List of people from Karlovac County

The following is a list of notable people from Karlovac and the geographical area of present-day Karlovac County.

Artists, musicians and actors

 * Zrinka Cvitešić (born 1979), theater, film and television actress
 * Darko Domijan (born 1952), pop singer
 * Zvonimír Eichler (1903–1975), painter
 * Vjekoslav Karas (1821–1858), 19th-century painter
 * Tomislav Krizman (1882–1955), painter, graphic artist, costume and set designer
 * Alfred Krupa Sr. (1915–1989), Silesia-born painter, inventor and sportsman
 * Alfred Freddy Krupa (born 1971), painter
 * John Malkovich (born 1953), actor whose paternal grandparents were from Ozalj
 * Carla Martinis (1922–2010), soprano
 * Boris Mutić (1939–2009), sports journalist and television commentator
 * Vladimir Pogačić (1919–1999), film director
 * Barbara Radulović (born 1982), TV host
 * Slava Raškaj (1877–1906), painter
 * Božidar Širola (1889–1956), composer, musicologist
 * Dejan Šorak (born 1954), film director
 * Miroslav Šutej (1936–2005), designer

Authors

 * Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874–1938), writer
 * Ulderiko Donadini (1894–1923), novelist, dramatist, short story writer
 * Karl Felix Wolff (1879–1966), journalist, poet, author and self-taught folklorist
 * Dragojla Jarnević (1812–1874), writer and poet
 * Juraj Križanić (1618–1683), writer, earliest recorded pan-slavist
 * Irena Lukšić (1953–2019), writer and translator

Military leaders

 * Edgar Angeli (1892–1945), rear admiral
 * Anton Csorich (1795–1864), nobleman and general
 * Ivan Gošnjak (1909–1980), general, secretary of defence of Yugoslavia
 * Roza Miletić (born 1934), veteran of Croatian war of Independence
 * Pavao Miljavac (born 1953), army general
 * Omar Pasha (1806–1871), field marshal
 * Petar Stipetić (1937–2018), general

Musicians

 * Davor Gobac (born 1964), singer
 * Ema Pukšec (1834–1889), soprano opera singer
 * Ana Vidović (born 1980), Silvije Vidović and Viktor Vidović (1973), academic musicians
 * Viktor Vidović (born 1973), guitarist

Politicians

 * Elvira Abdić-Jelenović (born 1967), politician
 * Ivan Banjavčić (1843–1913), Mayor of Karlovac
 * Josip Boljkovac (1920–2014), politician, Minister of the Interior
 * Nikolina Brnjac (born 1978), politician, Ministry of Tourism and Sports of Croatia
 * Većeslav Holjevac (1917–1970), Mayor of Zagreb
 * Daniel Ivin (1932–2021), politician, activist, writer
 * Fran Krsto Frankopan (1643–1671), politician, nobleman and writer.
 * Josip Kregar (1953–2020), politician, Mayor of Zagreb
 * Miroslav Lazanski (1950–2021), military analyst, politician and a diplomat, ambassador of Serbia to Russia
 * Miodrag Linta (born 1969), politician and activist
 * Blaž Lorković (1839–1892), economist, lawyer
 * Ivan Mažuranić (1814–1890), poet, linguist and politician.
 * Ivan Ribar (1881–1968), politician
 * Ivan Šubašić (1892–1955), politician, last Ban of Croatia
 * Ivan Vilibor Sinčić (born 1990), President of the Living Wall
 * Branko Vukelić (1958–2013), politician, 11th Minister of Defence of Croatia
 * Nikola Vuljanić (1949–2024), politician, member of the European Parliament for Croatia

Historians, intellectuals, scientists

 * Vladimir Goldner (1933–2017), physician and professor
 * Ljudevit Jonke (1907–1979), linguist
 * Božidar Liščić (born 1929), engineer, member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
 * Radoslav Lopašić (1835–1893), historian
 * Gojko Nikoliš (1911–1995), physician and historian
 * Anđelko Milardović (born 1956), political scientist
 * Sava Mrkalj (1783–1833), linguist, grammarian, philologist, poet
 * Gajo Petrović (1927–1993), author and philosopher
 * Elza Polak (1910–1995), horticulturist
 * Ivo Protulipac, physician, a lawyer, and an important Catholic activist
 * Vanja Sutlić (1925–1989), philosopher
 * Živko Vrcelj (born 1959), doctor and politicians

Athletes

 * Boris Batinić (born 1981), handball player
 * Bill Belichick (born 1952) and Steve Belichick (1919–2005) football coaches born in the U.S., whose ancestors were from near Karlovac
 * Dražen Bolić (born 1971), footballer player
 * Goran Bunjevčević (1973–2018), footballer player
 * Mirko Bunjevčević (born 1978), footballer player
 * Damir Čavlović (born 1952), handball player
 * Luka Cindrić (born 1993), handball player
 * Borislav Cvetković (born 1964), Yugoslav footballer
 * Zvjezdan Cvetković (1960–2017), footballer manager and player
 * Miloš Hrstić (born 1955), former footballer for HNK Rijeka and Yugoslavia's national team
 * Nikolina Ilijanić (born 1983), basketball player
 * Dejan Jakovic (born 1985), Canadian soccer player
 * Marko Jakšić (born 1987), footballer defender and player
 * Rajko Janjanin (born 1957), footballer player
 * Tihomir Jarnjević (born 1978), rower
 * Peter Kokotowitsch (1890–1968), wrestler.
 * Branko Kokir (born 1974), handball player
 * Simeon Kosanović (born 1933), former basketball and handball player
 * Željko Kosanović (born 1934), former basketball and handball player
 * Nikola Krajinović (born 1999), footballer player
 * Josip Krznarić (born 1993), footballer player
 * Jurica Lakić (1953–1982), handball player who played for RK Zamet and Yugoslavia's national team
 * Adrijana Lekaj (born 1995), tennis player.
 * Elvis Letaj (born 2003), footballer player
 * Kristijan Lovrić (born 1955), footballer player
 * Dino Martinović (born 1990), footballer player
 * Snježana Mijić (born 1971), volleyball player
 * Boris Mutić (1939–2009), sports reporter, working for Croatian national television (HRT)
 * Milan Neralić (1875–1918), fencer, won a bronze medal at the Olympics
 * Igor Novaković (born 1979), footballer midfielder
 * Sandro Obranović (born 1992), handball player
 * Vladimir Ostarčević (born 1982), handball player
 * Ante Pavić (born 1989), tennis player
 * Jelica Pavličić-Štefančić (born 1954), athlete, multiple champion of Yugoslavia in the 100m, 200m and 400m; 400 m world record holder
 * Dražen Perković (born 1963), taekwondo practitioner
 * Željko Perušić (1936–2017), footballer player who played for Dinamo Zagreb and Yugoslavia
 * Predrag Počuča (born 1986), footballer player
 * Jelena Popović (born 1984), handball player
 * Krešimir Račić (1932–1994), hammer thrower
 * Milan Šašić (born 1958), footballer manager and player
 * Antun Stipančić (1949–1991), table tennis player
 * Tin Vukmanić (born 1999), footballer
 * Dragomir Vukobratović (born 1988), footballer

Religion

 * Mile Bogović (1939–2020), titular bishop of Tamata and diocesan bishop of Gospić-Senj
 * Branko Dobrosavljević (1886–1941), Serbian Orthodox priest killed during ethnic cleansing in WW2
 * Maksimilijan Vrhovac (1752–1827), Bishop of Zagreb

Other

 * Jelka Glumičić (1941–2020). activist
 * Mirko and Stjepan Seljan (1871 – 20th century) (1875–1936), explorers
 * Ilona Zrínyi (1643–1707), daughter of Petar Zrinski
 * Katarina Zrinska (1625–1673), influential woman from the Frankopan family