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 (November 26th, 1948 – May 25th, 1995) was a Croatian professional basketball player, a member of FIBA Hall of Fame and Basketball Hall of Fame.

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.

Felix Weingartner, Edler von Münzberg (né le 2 juin 1863 à Zadar, mort le 7 mai 1942 à Winterthour)

Petar Zoranić (1508 – between 1543 and 1569) was a Croatian Renaissance writer from Zadar. He is most important as the author of Planine, the first Croatian novel.