People
Some of the people Croats take special pride in include:
- Prince Domagoj of Croatia
- First independent ruler, prince Branimir of Croatia
- Founder of the first Croatian kingdom King Tomislav
- King Peter Krešimir IV of Croatia, "the Great"
- King Dmitar Zvonimir of Croatia
- "Father of the Nation" Ante Starčević
- Statesman and soldier Nikola Šubić Zrinski
- Poet Marko Marulić
- Playwright and prose writer Marin Držić
- Inventor of parachutes Faust Vrančić
- Physicist and diplomat Ruđer Bošković
- Poet Ivan Gundulić
- Army general ban Josip Jelačić
- Sculptor Ivan Meštrović
- Inventor of torpedoes Giovanni Luppis
- Chemist Lavoslav Ružička
- Inventor of ink pens, bluing detergent (Windex), the rail-car brake, the hot water bottle, and the anode battery, Eduard Slavoljub Penkala
- Parliamentarian Stjepan Radić
- Writer Miroslav Krleža
- Writer Vladimir Nazor
- Josip Broz Tito, Croatian Yugoslav communist partisan who liberated the country from Nazi German rule and leader of Yugoslavia.
This list is far from inclusive: the list of Croatians includes all the people who influenced the Croatian culture and history.
Read more about this topic: Culture Of Croatia
Famous quotes containing the word people:
“I know nothing more important to inculcate into the minds of young people than the wisdom, the honor, and the blessed comfort of living within their income.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
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It is through friendships that teenagers learn to take responsibility, provide support, and give their loyalty to non- family members. It is also in teenage friendships that young people find confidants with whom to share thoughts and feelings that they are not comfortable sharing with their parents. Such sharing becomes one of the elements of true intimacy, which will be established later.”
—David Elkind (20th century)
“There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things that we could use.”
—Mother Teresa (b. 1910)