Notable Figures Born in Stolac
- Jezzar Pasha, Ottoman ruler of Acre and the Galilee who defended Acre against Napoleon
- Mak Dizdar, famous writer
- Ali-paša Rizvanbegović, administrator of Stolac from 1813 to 1833
- Asaf Duraković, doctor and poet
- Zdravko Šotra, director
- Alija Isaković, writer, publicist, lexicographer
- Rusmir Mahmutćehajić, writer, scientist, political philosopher
- Amra Hadžimuhamedović, historian of architecture, President of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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