Famous people who grew up or lived in Croatia
3 notable people grew up or lived in Croatia. Each listing explores the home and neighbourhood, and how the place shaped the person they became.
Josip Broz Tito1892–1980
📍 Kumrovec, Krapina-Zagorje, Croatia
I was born Josip Broz on the 7th of May 1892 in Kumrovec, a village in the Zagorje region of Croatia — then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire — the seventh of fifteen children of a…
Luka Modrić1992–2002
📍 Zadar, Croatia
Luka Modrić was born in September 1985 in Zadar, on the Dalmatian coast of Croatia, and spent his early years in Modrići, a hamlet of stone houses in the rocky foothills of the Velebit…
Nikola Tesla1856–1875
📍 Smiljan, Lika, Croatia
I was born on the 10th of July 1856 in Smiljan, a small village in the Lika region of Croatia — then part of the Austrian Empire — the son of an Orthodox priest and a mother who was herself…