List of people from Bjelovar-Bilogora County

The following is a list of notable people from Bjelovar and the geographical area corresponding to present-day Bjelovar-Bilogora County, Croatia.

## Artists, musicians and actors

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* Momčilo Bajagić Bajaga (born 1960), singer, songwriter and musician.
* Vojin Bakić (1915–1992), sculptor.
* Boris Buzančić (1929–2014), actor and politician.
* Dragomir Čumić (1937–2013), actor.[1]
* Tošo Dabac (1907–1970), photographer.[2]
* Bogdan Diklić (born 1953), actor.
* Eva Fischer (1920–2015), actress.
* Sonja Kovač (born 1984), actress, model and singer.
* Charles Millot (1921–2003), actor.
* Edo Murtić (1921–2005), painter.
* Milena Mrazović (1863–1927), journalist, writer, piano, and composer.
* Bojan Navojec (born 1976), theatre and film actor.
* Goran Navojec (born 1970), actor and musician.
* Mario Petreković (born 1972), comedian, actor, television presenter and entertainer.
* Ivo Robić (1923–2000), singer.
* Nasta Rojc (1883–1964), painter.
* Ferdo Rusan (1810–1879), reformer, composer and musician.
* Ivo Serdar (1933–1985), actor.
* Zdenko Strižić (1902–1990), architect, urban planner, and teacher.
* Snježana Tribuson (born 1957), screenwriter and film director.

* Bakić

* Fischer

* Navojec

* Rusan

* Strižić

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## Authors

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* Slavko Kolar (1891-1963), writer.[3]
* Mato Lovrak (1899-1974), children's literature writer.[4]
* Milena Mrazović (1863-1927), journalist, writer.
* Josip Novakovich (born 1956), writer.
* Đuro Sudeta (1903-1927), writer.
* Janus Pannonius (1434-1472) poet, diplomat and Bishop of Pécs.
* Goran Tribuson (born 1948), prose and screenplay writer.
* Ivan Trnski (1819-1910), writer, translator and 7th President of Matica hrvatska.

* Lovrak

* Trnski

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## Military leaders

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* Vilko Begić (1874-1947), military officer.
* Ivan Herenčić (1910-1978), leader in the Independent State of Croatia.
* Károly Knezić (1808-1849), honvéd general in the Hungarian Army.
* Branko Krga (born 1945), military officer and Serbia's Chief of the General Staff.
* Marko Mesić (1901-1982) decorated gunnery officer.

* Knezić

* Mesić

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## Politicians

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* Đurđa Adlešič (born 1960), politician and former leader.
* Milivoj Ašner (1913-2011) Independent State of Croatia's police officer who was number 4 on the Simon Wiesenthal Center's list of most wanted Nazi war criminals and on the Interpol's most wanted list.[5][6]
* Vesna Bedeković (born 1966), politician who served as the Minister of Demographics, Family, Youth and Social Policy of Croatia.
* Boris Buzančić (1929-2014), actor, politician, mayor of Zagreb.
* Slavko Cuvaj (1851-1931), politician, Ban of Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.
* Silvije Degen (born 1942), politician and lawyer.
* Gordan Jandroković (born 1967), politician and diplomat, 12th Speaker of the Croatian Parliament, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs.
* Julije Makanec (1904-1945), politician.
* Anka Mrak-Taritaš (born 1959), politician, Minister of Construction and Spatial Planning and President of the Civic Liberal Alliance.

* Adlešič

* Cuvaj

* Jandroković

* Mrak-Taritaš

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## Historians and scientists

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* Zvonimir Janko (1932–2022), mathematician.
* Željko Karaula (born 1973), historian.
* Božidar Puretić (1921-1971), physician.
* Branko Souček (1930-2014), pioneer of Croatian computer science.
* Đuro Šurmin (1867-1937), literary historian and politician.[7]
* Hrvoje Tkalčić (born 1970), geophysicist and professor at the Australian National University in Canberra.[8]

## Athletes

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* Mirko Bašić (born 1960), handball player who won several medals representing Yugoslavia, including a gold at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
* Luka Božić (born 1996), basketball player.
* Dario Čanađija (born 1994), football player.
* Zvonko Canjuga (born 1921), football player.
* Marko Capan (born 2004), football player.
* Zdravko Ceraj (1920-2011) who competed for SFR Yugoslavia in the 1952 Summer Olympics.[9] and won two medals at the Mediterranean Games
* Zdravko Divjak (born 1956), swimmer who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
* Bogumir Doležal (1889-1959), footballer, sportsman and journalist.
* Bojan Đurković (born 1989), sports shooter.
* Mladen Frančić (born 1955), football player.
* Petar Gorša (born 1988), sports shooter.
* Ivan Gubijan (1923-2009), hammer thrower, won a silver medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
* Hrvoje Horvat (born 1946), handball player who won several medals with Yugoslavia.
* Hrvoje Horvat, Jr. (born 1977), handball player and coach.
* Franjo Jurjević (1932–2022), gymnast.
* Bojan Knežević (born 1997), football player.
* Darko Kralj (born 1971), paralympic athlete, won a gold medal at Beijing 2008.
* Marin Lalić (born 1969), football midfielder.
* Zvezdan Ljubobratović (born 1971), football player.
* Zdravko Mamić (born 1959), football administrator and sports manager.
* Zoran Mamić (born 1971), football player and coach.
* Alen Maras (born 1982), football player.
* Miran Maričić (born 1997), sports shooter.
* Alen Mrzlečki (born 1974), football manager and player.
* Filip Ozobić (born 1991), footballer who played for Croatia's national football team.
* Božidar Peter (1938-2012), handball player who played with Yugoslavia's national team.
* Miroslav Pribanić (born 1946), handball player who was part of the Yugoslav national team that won a gold at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
* Borut Puc (born 1991), tennis player.
* Marko Roginić (born 1995), football player.
* Rudolf Rupec (1895-1983), footballer who played ten matches for the Austrian national team.[10]
* Luka Šebetić (born 1952), handball player and coach who played with RK Zamet.
* Marijan Seđak (born 1976), handball player playing for HC Motor Zaporizhzhia and Croatia's national team.
* Nataša Vezmar (born 1976), taekwondo practitioner.
* Ognjen Vukojević (born 1983), former football player who played for Dynamo Kyiv and Croatia's national team.
* Jelena Zrnić (born 1975), basketball player.

* Gubijan

* Mamić

* Mamić

* Ozobić

* Šebetić

* Vukojević

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## Religion

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* Stephen II, Bishop of Zagreb (1190-1247) Bishop of Zagreb.
* Ratko Perić (born 1944), bishop of Mostar-Duvno.
* Rudolf Vimer (1863-1933), writer, polyglot, benefactor, prebendary, rector of the University of Zagreb, dean of the Catholic Faculty of Theology.

* Perić

* Stephen

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## Other

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* Dragutin Wolf (1866-1927), industrialist.
* David Frankfurter (1909-1982), assassin of Swiss Nazi Wilhelm Gustloff.
* Josip Reihl-Kir (1955-1991), police officer known for his peacemaking initiatives in the opening stages of the Croatian War of Independence.
* Lavoslav Singer (1866-1942), industrialist.

* Frankfurter

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## References

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1. ^ "Blic Online | Preminuo glumac Dragomir Čumić - Drago Čuma". Blic.rs. Archived from the original on 2013-11-15. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
2. ^ Kostelnik, Branko (24 November 2007). "Sve Tošine žene" [All Tošo's women] (in Croatian). Jutarnji list. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
3. ^ "Slavko Kolar (1891.-1963.)". kgz.hr (in Croatian). Knjižnice grada Zagreba. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
4. ^ "Četiri članka Mate Lovraka" [Four Articles by Mato Lovrak] (PDF). Libri et Liberi (in Croatian). 1 (1). June 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
5. ^ Ya'ar, Chana (20 June 2011). "WWII Nazi War Criminal Milivoj Asner Dies Free in Austria". Arutz Sheva. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
6. ^ "Ratni zločinac Milivoj Ašner umro u Klagenfurtu u 98. godini". Večernji list (in Croatian). 20 June 2011. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
7. ^ "Šurmin, Đuro", Croatian Encyclopedia (in Croatian), Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža, 1999–2009, retrieved May 3, 2014
8. ^ Who is Who in Croatian Science: Hrvoje Tkalčić. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
9. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "List of people from Bjelovar-Bilogora County". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
10. ^ Players Appearing for Two or More Countries