List of people from Osijek

This is a list of famous people who were born or have lived in Osijek, Croatia.

Artists, musicians and actors

 * Meri Andraković (born 2000), (singer)
 * Viktor Axmann (1878–1946), (architect)
 * Zlatko Burić (born 1953), (Croatian-Danish actor)
 * Petra Cicvarić (born 1986), (actress)
 * Bela Čikoš Sesija (1864–1931), (painter, one among the first representatives of symbolism (secesija, art nouveau) in Croatia)
 * Mia Dimšić (born 1992), (singer, who will represent Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022)
 * Andrej Dojkic (born 1980), (actor)
 * Goran Grgić (born 1965), (actor)
 * Zvonimir Jurić (born 1971), (film and TV director)
 * Julije Knifer (1924–2004), (painter)
 * Franjo Krežma (1862–1881), (violinist)
 * Branko Lustig (1932–2019), (Hollywood producer and winner of two Oscars)
 * Branko Mihaljević (1931–2005), (composer), spent his career in Osijek and died in Osijek
 * Krešimir Mikić (born 1974), (actor)
 * Oliver Mlakar (born 1935), (TV anchor)
 * Oscar Nemon (1906–1985), (sculptor)
 * Aklea Neon (born 1990), (singer)
 * Zlatko Pejaković (born 1950), (singer)
 * Slava Raškaj (1877–1906), (painter)
 * Ivan Rein (1905–1943), (painter)
 * Rod Riffler (1907–1941), (modern dance teacher and choreographer)
 * Sigmund Romberg (1887–1951), (composer), studied in Osijek (Osijek gymnasium)
 * Zdenka Rubinstein (1911–1961), (operatic soprano)
 * Branko Schmidt (born 1957), (film director)
 * Krunoslav Slabinac (1944–2020), (popular singer)
 * Miroslav Škoro (born 1962), (singer and composer)
 * Dado Topić (born 1949), (singer)
 * Adolf Waldinger (1843–1904), (19th-century painter)

Authors

 * Luka Bekavac (born 1976), (writer, university professor and translator)
 * Danilo Blanuša (1903–1987), (mathematician, physicist, engineer and a professor)
 * Maja Bošković-Stulli (1922–2012), (historian, writer, publisher and academic)
 * Borivoj Dovniković (1930–2022), (film director, animator, caricaturist, illustrator and graphic designer)
 * Drago Hedl (born 1950), (journalist, editor of Feral Tribune, winner of the Knight International Journalism Award in 2006)
 * Vladimir Herzog (1937–1975), (Brazilian TV journalist, university professor and theater author)
 * Vane Ivanović (1913–1999), (athlete, political activist and writer)
 * Matija Petar Katančić (1750–1825), (18th-century writer, university professor for archaeology, translator of the Bible in the Croatian, author of the first paper over the archaeology in Croatia)
 * Zlatko Krilić (born 1955), (writer and the president of the Croatian Writers' Association)
 * Franjo Maixner (1841–1903), (university professor and rector of the University of Zagreb)
 * Krista Kostial-Šimonović (1923–2018), (physician and academic)
 * Viktor Sonnenfeld (1902–1969), (translator and philosopher)

Politicians

 * Biljana Borzan (born 1971), (member of the European Parliament and member of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia)
 * Josip Frank (1844–1911), (lawyer and politician)
 * Vilim Herman (born 1949), (former representative in the Croatian Parliament for Croatian Social Liberal Party)
 * Branimir Glavaš (born 1956), (right-wing politician)
 * Ivan Rikard Ivanović (1880–1949), (politician and industrialist)
 * Zlatko Kramarić (born 1956), (liberal politician and former mayor)
 * Vladimir Šeks (born 1943), (President (Speaker) of the Croatian Parliament)
 * Vesna Škare Ožbolt (born 1961), (leader of the Democratic Centre political party)
 * Daniel Srb (born 1964), (politician)

Scientists

 * Mislav Grgić (born 1973), (university professor, scientist, Ph.D., technical sciences and electrical engineer)
 * Branko Grünbaum (1929–2018), (mathematician and professor)
 * Snježana Kordić (born 1964), (Croatian linguist)
 * Andrija Mohorovičić (1857–1936), (meteorologist and seismologist born in Volosko, Istria)
 * Vladimir Prelog (1906–1998), (chemist, Nobel prize winner, born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
 * Lavoslav (Leopold) Ružička (1887–1976), (chemist, Nobel prize winner; born in nearby Vukovar and attended famous Osijek high school/gymnasium )

Athletes

 * Zdenko Adamović (born 1963), (footballer player)
 * Ivan Aleksić (born 1993), (footballer player)
 * Maja Anić (born 1988), (rower)
 * Silvio Anočić (born 1997), (footballer player)
 * Zoran Arsenić (born 1994), (footballer player)
 * Marko Babić (born 1981), (footballer player)
 * Valentin Babić (born 1981), (footballer player)
 * Davor Bagarić (born 1985), (footballer player)
 * Davor Bajsić (born 1974), (footballer player)
 * Davorka Balić (born 1988), (basketball player)
 * Borna Barišić (born 1992), (footballer player)
 * Josip Barišić (born 1986), (footballer player)
 * Luka Barišić (born 1998), (basketball player)
 * Nenad Bjelica (born 1971), (footballer player)
 * Saša Branežac (born 1976), (footballer player)
 * Bernarda Brčić (born 1991), (volleyball player)
 * Zorko Cvetković (1924–2017), (electrical engineer and basketball player)
 * Igor Cvitanović (born 1970), (footballer player)
 * Slobodanka Čolović (born 1965), (athlete, who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics, finishing fourth, and a gold at the 1987 Mediterranean Games)
 * Jelena Dokić (born 1983), (Australian tennis player, former #4 on WTA)
 * Marko Dugandžić (born 1994), (footballer player)
 * Beta Dumančić (born 1991), (volleyball player)
 * Siniša Ergotić (born 1968), (long jumper)
 * Dražen Funtak (born 1975), (sprint canoer)
 * Mika Grbavica (born 2001), (volleyball player)
 * Ivan Horvat (born 1993), (pole vaulter)
 * Emanuel Horvatiček (born 1979), (sprint canoer)
 * Krunoslav Hulak (1951–2015), (chess player)
 * Katica Ileš (born 1946), (handball player)
 * Silvio Ivandija (born 1964), (handball player and current handball coach)
 * Vedrana Jakšetić (born 1996), (volleyball player)
 * Sonja Kešerac (born 1985), (rower)
 * Kristijan Krajina (born 1990), (basketball player)
 * Petar Krpan (born 1974), (footballer player)
 * Vladimir Krstić (born 1972), (basketball coach and former player)
 * Zvonimir Krznarić (born 1972), (sprint canoer)
 * Josip Kuna (born 1972), (sport shooter)
 * Nikica Ljubek (born 1980), (sprint canoer)
 * Ivan Meštrović (born 1979), (entrepreneur and sportsman)
 * Svetlana Ognjenović (born 1981), (handball player)
 * Sena Pavetić (born 1986), (basketball player)
 * Kosta Perović (born 1985), (Serbian basketball player; first basketball player born in Osijek to be drafted into NBA)
 * Alen Petrović (born 1969), (footballer player)
 * Dino Radoš (born 1991), (basketball player)
 * Davor Rupnik (born 1971), (football manager and former player)
 * David Šain (born 1988), (rower)
 * Ninoslav Saraga (born 1969), (rower)
 * Jasna Šekarić (born 1965), (Serbian sport shooter; winner of one gold, three silver and one bronze medal at Olympic games; winner of International Shooting Sport Federation "Shooter of the Millennium" award)
 * Dražen Sermek (born 1969), (chess player)
 * Dino Skender (born 1983), (footballer manager)
 * Ivo Smoje (born 1978), (footballer player)
 * Robert Špehar (born 1970), (footballer player)
 * Davor Šuker (born 1968), (footballer player, winner of Golden Boot at 1998 FIFA World Cup)
 * Karlo Uljarević (born 1998), (basketball player)
 * Saša Vasiljević (born 1979), (Bosnian basketball player)
 * Donna Vekić (born 1996), (tennis player)
 * Mario Vekić (born 1982), (rower)
 * Aljoša Vojnović (born 1985), (footballer player)
 * Ljubomir Vorkapić (born 1967), (Serbian footballer player)
 * Jurica Vranješ (born 1980), (footballer player)
 * Vojislav Vujević (born 1955), (judoka)
 * Darko Zibar (born 1958), (rower)
 * Nataša Zorić (born 1989), (tennis player)

Other

 * Tatjana Aparac-Jelušić (born 1948), (librarian)
 * Jelica Belović-Bernadzikowska (1870–1946), (ethnographer, journalist, writer, and feminist)
 * Jovan Četirević Grabovan (1720–1781), (icon painter)
 * Igor Ćutuk (born 1976), (journalist)
 * Zora Dirnbach (1929–2019), (journalist and writer)
 * Nikola Đuretić (born 1949), (writer and publisher)
 * Francis, Duke of Teck (1837–1900), (German Prince, great grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II)
 * Drago Hedl (born 1950), (investigative journalist)
 * Mirko Hermann (1868–1927), (industrialist, businessman, banker and member of the Freemasonry in Osijek)
 * Slavko Hirsch (1893–1942), (physician, founder and director of the Epidemiological Institute in Osijek)
 * Mihajlo Klajn (1912–1941), (agronomist and communist killed during the Holocaust)
 * Arnold Kohn (1905–1984), (Zionist and longtime president of the Jewish community Osijek)
 * Franjo Šeper (1905–1981), (Archbishop of Zagreb from 1960 to 1968, and Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 1968 to 1981)
 * Ferdo Šišić (1869–1940), (historian)
 * Josip Juraj Strossmayer (1815–1905), (Maecenas bishop)
 * Simon Ungar (1864–1942), (rabbi of the Osijek Jewish community)
 * Miroslav Volf (born 1956), (Christian theologian)
 * Branko Vukelić (1904–1945), (spy working for Richard Sorge's spy ring in Japan)