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^[1]
Luciano Laurana (c. 1420 – 1479), architect and engineer^[2]
Tihana Lazović (born 1990), actress^[3]
Ottavio Missoni (1921–2013), designer
Antun Nalis (1911–2000), actor
Andrea Schiavone (c. 1510/1515–1563), painter^[4]
Tamara Šoletić (born 1965), actress^[5]
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^[6]

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^[7]
Pier Alessandro Paravia (1797–1857), writer, scholar, philanthropist and professor of Italian eloquence^[8]
Mima Simić (born 1976), writer, film critic, translator, LGBT activist^[9]
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^[10]
Jeronim Vidulić (c. 1430 – 1499), poet^[11]
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^[12]
Josef Müller (1880–1964), entomologist
Simone Stratigo (1733–1824), mathematician and a nautical science^[13]
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^[14]
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^[15]
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^[16]
Nikola Plećaš (born 1948), basketball player
Marko Popović (born 1982), basketball player
Herdi Prenga (born 1994), football player^[17]
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^[18]
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^[19]

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