List of people from Zadar County

The following is a list of notable people from Zadar (Zara) and the geographical area corresponding to present-day Zadar County.

Artists, musicians and actors

 * Steve Bacic (born 1965), actor
 * Nikola Bašić (born 1946), architect
 * Tomislav Bralić (born 1968), singer
 * Natali Dizdar (born 1984), pop singer
 * Tullio Carminati (1894–1971), actor
 * Gianni Garko (born 1935), actor
 * Giorgio da Sebenico (1410–1475), sculptor and architect
 * Francesco Laurana (1430–1502), sculptor and architect
 * Luciano Laurana (c. 1420 – 1479), architect and engineer
 * Tihana Lazović (born 1990), actress
 * Ottavio Missoni (1921–2013), designer
 * Antun Nalis (1911–2000), actor
 * Andrea Schiavone (c. 1510/1515–1563), painter
 * Tamara Šoletić (born 1965), actress
 * Živko Stojsavljević (1900–1979), painter
 * Giorgio Ventura (c. 1570 – c. 1610), painter
 * Anđeo Lovrov Zadranin, 14th-century architect
 * Juraj Lovrov Zadranin, 14th-century architect
 * Antonio Pini-Corsi (1858–1918), opera baritone
 * Katija Zubčić (born 1958), actress

Authors

 * Juraj Baraković (1548–1628), poet
 * Arturo Colautti (1851–1914), journalist, polemicist and librettist
 * Vladan Desnica (1905–1967), writer
 * Vincenzo Duplancich (1905–1967), journalist
 * Riccardo Foster (1869–1939), poet, journalist
 * Pavle Kalinić (born 1959), writer
 * Brne Karnarutić (1515–1573), poet
 * Bartol Kašić (c. 1575 – 1650), scribe, translator
 * Stelvio Mestrovich (born 1958), writer, musicologist, and critic
 * Pier Alessandro Paravia (1797–1857), writer, scholar, philanthropist and professor of Italian eloquence
 * Mima Simić (born 1976), writer, film critic, translator, LGBT activist
 * Savo Štrbac (born 1949), author and lawyer
 * Tanja Stupar-Trifunović (born 1977), writer
 * Jovan Sundečić (1825–1900), poet, Orthodox Christian priest, secretary of Prince Nikola I of Montenegro
 * Jeronim Vidulić (c. 1430 – 1499), poet
 * Petar Zoranić (c. 1508, died 1543–1569), writer

Military leaders

 * Branimir of Croatia (9th century), Croatian leader active in the area of Nin
 * Ante Gotovina (born 1955), lieutenant-general
 * Furio Lauri (1918–2002), aviator
 * Velimir Škorpik, Yugoslav Partisan commander
 * Danilo Stanisavljević (1917–1942), uprising leader
 * Georg von Trapp (1880–1947), naval officer
 * Vladimir Velebit (1907–2004), major-general, lawyer, historian, diplomat
 * Ante Zemljar (1922–2004), military officer, poet

Musicians

 * Valter Dešpalj (born 1947), cellist and music professor
 * Natali Dizdar (born 1984), singer
 * Mladen Grdović (born 1958), singer
 * Tomislav Ivčić (1953–1993), singer and composer
 * Emilija Kokić (born 1968), singer
 * Marie Kraja (1911–1999), opera singer
 * Ivana Radovniković (born 1985), singer
 * Michele Stratico (1728–1783), composer and violinist
 * Felix Weingartner (1863–1942), composer
 * Ksenija Zečević (1956–2006), pianist and composer

Politicians

 * Ingrid Antičević-Marinović (born 1957), lawyer, politician, Minister of Justice, Public Administration and Local Self-government, justice of the Constitutional Court
 * Maks Baće Milić (1914–2005), ambassador, revolutionary
 * Sava Bjelanović (1850–1897), politician and journalist
 * Andrea Cippico, (1877–1935), Italian senator
 * Igor Crnadak (born 1972), politician
 * Šime Đodan (1927–2007), politician
 * Roberto Ghiglianovich, Italian senator and patriot
 * Pavle Kalinić (born 1959), politician and writer
 * Božidar Kalmeta (born 1958), politician and Mayor of Zadar
 * Tomislav Karamarko (born 1959), politician and First Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia
 * Sanja Lakić (born 1994), politician
 * Neven Ljubičić (born 1963), politician
 * Budimir Lončar (born 1924), politician
 * Milorad Pupovac (born 1955), politician
 * Petar Škundrić (born 1947), politician
 * Enrico Tivaroni (1841–1925), Italian senator and magistrate
 * Lucio Toth (1934–2017), politician
 * Slobodan Uzelac (born 1947), politician
 * Giacomo Vuxani (1886–1964), politician
 * Luigi Ziliotto, politician, podestà of Zadar (Zara) (1863–1922)

Historians and scientists

 * Silvio Ballarin (1901 – 1969), mathematician and university professor
 * Zoran Bujas (1910–2004), psychiatrist
 * Spiridon Brusina (1845 – 1909), malacologist
 * Aldo Duro (1916–2000), linguist
 * Giovanni Francesco Fortunio (ca. 1470–1517), grammarian, jurist and humanist.
 * Renzo de' Vidovich (born 1934), politician, historian and journalist
 * Jevrem Jezdić (1916 – 1997), historian, publicist, writer
 * Boris Labar (born 1947), physician and scientist in the field of hematology and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
 * Josef Müller (1880–1964), entomologist
 * Simone Stratigo (1733–1824), mathematician and a nautical science
 * Carlo Tivaroni (1843–1906), historian and politician
 * Carlo Viola (1855–1925), geologist
 * Predrag Vranicki (1922–2002), Marxist humanist and philosopher
 * Obrad Zelić (born in 1946), professor of parodontology and oral medicine

Athletes

 * Vladan Alanović (born 1967), basketball player
 * Romano Bajlo (born 1946), rower
 * Marko Banić (born 1984), basketball player
 * Ivan Batur (born 1991), basketball player
 * Saša Bjelanović (born 1979), football player
 * Ante Bukvić, football player
 * Jurica Buljat (born 1986), football player
 * Marijan Buljat (born 1981), football player
 * Marjan Čakarun (born 1990), basketball player
 * Antonio Cattalinich (Ante Katalinić) (1895–1981), rower
 * Francesco Cattalinich (Frane Katalinić) (1891–1976), rower
 * Simone Cattalinich (Šimun Katalinić) (1891–1976), rower
 * Stefan Cebara (born 1991), football player
 * Đorđe Čotra (born 1984), football player
 * Ljubomir Crnokrak (born 1958), football manager
 * Aleksandar Čubrilo (born 1975), basketball player
 * Branko Culina (born 1957), football player and trainer
 * Hrvoje Ćustić (1983–2008), football player
 * Joey Didulica (born 1997), football player whose parents were from Zadar
 * Toni Dijan (born 1983), basketball player
 * Saša Dobrić (born 1982), football player
 * Šime Fantela (born 1986), sailor
 * Đorđe Gagić (born 1990), basketball player
 * Latino Galasso (1898–1949), rower
 * Josip (Giuseppe, "Pino") Gjergja (born 1937), basketball player
 * Alan Gregov (born 1970), basketball player
 * Šime Gregov (born 1989), footballer
 * Petar Ivanov (rower) (Pietro Ivanov) (1894–1961), rower
 * Danijel Jusup (born 1961), basketball coach
 * Ratko Kacian (1917–1949), football player
 * Arijan Komazec, basketball player
 * Emilio Kovačić (born 1968), basketball player
 * Ante Krapić (born 1985), basketball player
 * Marko Jagodić-Kuridža (born 1987), basketball player
 * Dominik Livaković (born 1995), football player
 * Mark Liveric (born 1953), football player
 * Viktor Ljubić (Vittorio Gliubich) (1902–1984), rower
 * Korana Longin-Zanze (born 1973), basketball player
 * Oliver Maric (born 1981), football player
 * Petar Marić (born 1987), basketball player
 * Dominik Mavra (born 1994), basketball player
 * Vladimir Milić (born 1955), shot putter
 * Roko Mišlov (born 1988), football player
 * Luka Modrić (born 1985), football player
 * Vedran Morović (born 1983), basketball player
 * Ivan Ninčević (born 1981), handball player
 * Ivan Novačić (born 1985), basketball player
 * Bernarda Pera (born 1994), tennis player
 * Joseph Plachutta (1827–1883), chess player
 * Nikola Plećaš (born 1948), basketball player
 * Marko Popović (born 1982), basketball player
 * Herdi Prenga (born 1994), football player
 * Zoran Primorac (born 1969), table tennis player
 * Dado Pršo (born 1974), football player
 * Milan Pršo (born 1990), football player
 * Marija Režan (born 1989), basketball player
 * Tullio Rochlitzer (1926–2006), basketball player and coach
 * Ivan Santini (born 1989), football player
 * Josip Skoblar (born 1941), football player
 * Branko Skroče (born 1955), basketball player
 * Bruno Sorić (Bruno Sorich) (1904–1942), rower
 * Enzo Sovitti (1926–1969), basketball player and coach
 * Danijel Subašić (born 1984), football player
 * Marin Tomasov (born 1987), football player
 * Carlo Toniatti (1892–1968), rower
 * Sergio Vatta (1937–2020), football coach
 * Dušan Vemić (born 1976), tennis player
 * Dalibor Veselinović (born 1987), football player
 * Jakov Vladović (born 1983), basketball player
 * Stojko Vranković (born 1964), basketball player
 * Luka Žorić (born 1984), basketball player
 * Tomislav Zubčić (born 1990), basketball player
 * Jurica Žuža (born 1978), basketball player

Religion

 * Šime Budinić (17th century), priest
 * Čika (died 1095), founder of the Benedictine monastery of St. Mary
 * Donatus of Zadar, Catholic saint and bishop
 * Gregory of Nin (10th century), bishop active in the area of Nin
 * Pope John IV (died 12 October 642) reigned from 24 December 640 to his death in 642.
 * Simeon Končarević, Serbian Orthodox bishop
 * Nikolaj Mandić (1840–1907), theologian
 * Marijan Oblak (1919–2008), Roman Catholic archbishop of the Archdiocese of Zadar
 * Ivan Prenđa (1939–2010), Roman Catholic archbishop of the Archdiocese of Zadar
 * Jakov Varingez (1400–1496), Roman Catholic professed religious of the Order of Friars Minor
 * Vekenega (died 1111), abbess of the Benedictine monastery of St. Mary
 * Gerasim Zelić (1752–1828), Serbian Orthodox Church archimandrite, traveller and writer

Other

 * Helen of Zadar (?-976), queen consort of the Kingdom of Croatia
 * Toni Jeričević (born 1983), businessman, actor, TV host
 * Franco Luxardo (born 1936), entrepreneur and fencer
 * Girolamo Luxardo (1784–1865), entrepreneur, diplomat
 * Girolamo Manfrin (1742–1801), entrepreneur
 * Joanna II of Naples (1373–1435), Queen of Naples