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
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