St Donatus (sveti Donat), the famous Bishop of Zadar, was mentioned by the distinguished Jesuit Daniele Farlati in his monumental work Illyricum sacrum, published in Venice in 1775.
Spiridon Brusina est un zoologiste croate d'Autriche-Hongrie, né à Zadar le 11 décembre 1845 et décédé à Zagreb le 21 mai 1908. Il est considéré comme l'un des pères fondateurs de la biologie croate.
Juraj Baraković (Plemići, Rtina near Zadar, 1548 – Rome, August 1, 1628) was a Croatian Renaissance poet from Zadar.
Andrea Meldolla (Croatian: Andrija Medulić), also known as Andrea Schiavone (c.1510/1515–1563) was a Renaissance etcher and painter, active mainly in Venice.
Šime Budinić (1530/35–1600), Renaissance church writer and translator
Krešimir Ćosić (né le 26 novembre 1948 – décédé le 25 mai 1995) - L'ancien joueur de basket-ball et diplomate croate
Brne Karnarutić (Zadar, 1515 - Zadar, 1573) was Croatian Renaissance poet and writer.
Georg Ludwig von Trapp (April 4, 1880 – May 30, 1947)
Šimun Kožičić-Benja (Zadar, 1460 – Zadar, 1536) was Croatian nobleman, the bishop of Modruš and the founder of the glagolithic printing house in Rijeka.
Petar Zoranic (1508-1569) écrit le premier roman pastoral croate, Planine (Les montagnes, 1569)