Sportspersons
- Gary Beban - former NFL player
- Steve Belichick - football player
- Bill Belichick - football head coach
- Pete Bercich - former NFL player and coach with the Minnesota Vikings. Currently the color commentator on KFAN radio.
- Nick Burley (Nicholas Barovich), bare-knuckle boxer, Heavyweight Champion of the Yukon Territory in 1902
- Jack Carlson - Former NHL player
- Jeff Carlson - Former IHL/WHA player, one of the Hanson Brothers in Slapshot
- Steve Carlson - Former NHL player, one of the Hanson Brothers in Slapshot
- Tom Cecic - soccer player
- John Cena - professional wrestler
- Ann Cindric - All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Fred Couples - golfer, Croatian mother
- David Diehl - football player and offensive lineman in the National Football League
- Bill Fralic - former professional American football offensive guard
- Bobby Grich - former MLB baseball player
- Elvis Grbac - former NFL quarterback
- Mike Golic - former NFL defensive lineman and co-host of ESPN Radio's Mike and Mike in the Morning.
- Tom Haller - former MLB baseball player
- John Havlicek - NBA hall of famer, Croatian mother Amanda Turkal (spelt originally Turkalj)
- Frankie Hejduk - Current US National Soccer Team player and member of the Columbus Crew
- Les Horvath - former NFL quarterback
- John Jurkovic - former NFL player
- Mike Karakas - NHL Hockey Players
- David Kopay - first professional athlete (American football) too be out as gay
- Toni Kukoc - former NBA player
- Curtis Leskanic - baseball player
- Mickey Lolich - Baseball Player
- Tony Mandarich - NFL offensive player
- Marv Marinovich - retired American football offensive guard and sports trainer
- Todd Marinovich - former American and Canadian football quarterback.
- Dino Mattessich - former Maryland lacrosse coach, current UConn Sr. Assoc. Athletic Director
- Roger Maris - baseball player
- Kevin McHale - former NBA player
- George Mikan - former NBA player
- Pat Miletich - martial artist
- Rob Ninkovich - NFL player
- Mark Pavelich - retired professional ice hockey player
- Erv Palica - former MLB pitcher
- Dan Plesac- baseball player
- Ante Razov - US soccer player
- Lou Saban - football coach
- Nick Saban - football coach
- Vladimir Sabich - skier
- Joe Stydahar - former NFL player
- John Tomac - cyclist, considered the best mountain biker
- Auggie Vidovich II - driver in the NASCAR Busch Series
- Danny Vranes (Vranješ), professional basketball player (NBA) NBA All-Defensive Second Team 1985
- Fritzie Zivic - "Croat Comet", World boxing champion (welterweight)
- Mike Zordich - former NFL player
- Chris Zorich - former NFL player
- Johnny Pesky - former baseball player and announcer
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