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

 * 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.
 * Tošo Dabac (1907–1970), photographer.
 * 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.

Authors

 * Slavko Kolar (1891-1963), writer.
 * Mato Lovrak (1899-1974), children's literature writer.
 * 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.

Military leaders

 * 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.

Politicians

 * 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.
 * 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.

Historians and scientists

 * 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.
 * Hrvoje Tkalčić (born 1970), geophysicist and professor at the Australian National University in Canberra.

Athletes

 * 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), footballer player.
 * Zvonko Canjuga (born 1921), footballer player.
 * Marko Capan (born 2004), footballer player.
 * Zdravko Ceraj (1920-2011) who competed for SFR Yugoslavia in the 1952 Summer Olympics. 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), footballer 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), footballer player.
 * Darko Kralj (born 1971), paralympic athlete, won a gold medal at Beijing 2008.
 * Marin Lalić (born 1969), footballer midfielder.
 * Zvezdan Ljubobratović (born 1971), footballer player.
 * Zdravko Mamić (born 1959), footballer administrator and sports manager.
 * Zoran Mamić (born 1971), footballer player and coach.
 * Alen Maras (born 1982), footballer player.
 * Miran Maričić (born 1997), sports shooter.
 * Alen Mrzlečki (born 1974), footballer 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), footballer player.
 * Rudolf Rupec (1895-1983), footballer who played ten matches for the Austrian national team.
 * 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.

Religion

 * 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.

Other

 * 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.