Artists, musicians and actors
* Meri Andraković (born 2000), (singer) * Viktor Axmann (1878–1946), (architect) * Zlatko Burić (born 1953), (Croatian-Danish actor) * Petra Cicvarić (born 1986), (actress) * Bela Čikoš Sesija (1864–1931), (painter, one among the first representatives of symbolism (secesija, art nouveau) in Croatia) * Mia Dimšić (born 1992), (singer, who will represent Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022) * Andrej Dojkic (born 1980), (actor) * Goran Grgić (born 1965), (actor) * Zvonimir Jurić (born 1971), (film and TV director) * Julije Knifer (1924–2004), (painter) * Franjo Krežma (1862–1881), (violinist) * Branko Lustig (1932–2019), (Hollywood producer and winner of two Oscars) * Branko Mihaljević (1931–2005), (composer), spent his career in Osijek and died in Osijek * Krešimir Mikić (born 1974), (actor) * Oliver Mlakar (born 1935), (TV anchor) * Oscar Nemon (1906–1985), (sculptor) * Aklea Neon (born 1990), (singer) * Zlatko Pejaković (born 1950), (singer) * Slava Raškaj (1877–1906), (painter) * Ivan Rein (1905–1943), (painter) * Rod Riffler (1907–1941), (modern dance teacher and choreographer) * Sigmund Romberg (1887–1951), (composer), studied in Osijek (Osijek gymnasium) * Zdenka Rubinstein (1911–1961), (operatic soprano) * Branko Schmidt (born 1957), (film director) * Krunoslav Slabinac (1944–2020), (popular singer) * Miroslav Škoro (born 1962), (singer and composer) * Dado Topić (born 1949), (singer) * Adolf Waldinger (1843–1904), (19th-century painter)Authors
* Luka Bekavac (born 1976), (writer, university professor and translator) * Danilo Blanuša (1903–1987), (mathematician, physicist, engineer and a professor) * Maja Bošković-Stulli (1922–2012), (historian, writer, publisher and academic) * Borivoj Dovniković (1930–2022), (film director, animator, caricaturist, illustrator and graphic designer) * Drago Hedl (born 1950), (journalist, editor of ''Feral Tribune'', winner of the Knight International Journalism Award in 2006) * Vladimir Herzog (1937–1975), (Brazilian TV journalist, university professor and theater author) * Vane Ivanović (1913–1999), (athlete, political activist and writer) * Matija Petar Katančić (1750–1825), (18th-century writer, university professor for archaeology, translator of the Bible in the Croatian, author of the first paper over the archaeology in Croatia) * Zlatko Krilić (born 1955), (writer and the president of the Croatian Writers' Association) * Franjo Maixner (1841–1903), (university professor and rector of the University of Zagreb) * Krista Kostial-Šimonović (1923–2018), (physician and academic) * Viktor Sonnenfeld (1902–1969), (translator and philosopher)Politicians
* Biljana Borzan (born 1971), (member of the European Parliament and member of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia) * Josip Frank (1844–1911), (lawyer and politician) * Vilim Herman (born 1949), (former representative in the Croatian Parliament for Croatian Social Liberal Party) * Branimir Glavaš (born 1956), (right-wing politician) * Ivan Rikard Ivanović (1880–1949), (politician and industrialist) * Zlatko Kramarić (born 1956), (liberal politician and former mayor) * Vladimir Šeks (born 1943), (President (Speaker) of the Croatian Parliament) * Vesna Škare Ožbolt (born 1961), (leader of the Democratic Centre (Croatia), Democratic Centre political party) * Daniel Srb (born 1964), (politician)Scientists
* Mislav Grgić (born 1973), (Professor, university professor, scientist, Doctor of Philosophy, Ph.D., technical sciences and Electrical engineering, electrical engineer) * Branko Grünbaum (1929–2018), (mathematician and professor) * Snježana Kordić (born 1964), (Croatian linguist) * Andrija Mohorovičić (1857–1936), (meteorologist and seismologist born in Volosko, Istria) * Vladimir Prelog (1906–1998), (chemist, List of Nobel laureates in Chemistry, Nobel prize winner, born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) * Lavoslav Ružička, Lavoslav (Leopold) Ružička (1887–1976), (chemist, Nobel prize winner; born in nearby Vukovar and attended famous Osijek high school/gymnasiumAthletes
* Zdenko Adamović (born 1963), (footballer player) * Ivan Aleksić (born 1993), (footballer player) * Maja Anić (born 1988), (rower) * Silvio Anočić (born 1997), (footballer player) * Zoran Arsenić (born 1994), (footballer player) * Marko Babić (footballer), Marko Babić (born 1981), (footballer player) * Valentin Babić (born 1981), (footballer player) * Davor Bagarić (born 1985), (footballer player) * Davor Bajsić (born 1974), (footballer player) * Davorka Balić (born 1988), (basketball player) * Borna Barišić (born 1992), (footballer player) * Josip Barišić (footballer, born 1986), Josip Barišić (born 1986), (footballer player) * Luka Barišić (born 1998), (basketball player) * Nenad Bjelica (born 1971), (footballer player) * Saša Branežac (born 1976), (footballer player) * Bernarda Brčić (born 1991), (volleyball player) * Zorko Cvetković (1924–2017), (electrical engineer and basketball player) * Igor Cvitanović (born 1970), (footballer player) * Slobodanka Čolović (born 1965), (athlete, who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics, finishing fourth, and a gold at the Athletics at the 1987 Mediterranean Games, 1987 Mediterranean Games) * Jelena Dokić (born 1983), (Australian tennis player, former #4 on Women's Tennis Association, WTA) * Marko Dugandžić (born 1994), (footballer player) * Beta Dumančić (born 1991), (volleyball player) * Siniša Ergotić (born 1968), (long jumper) * Dražen Funtak (born 1975), (sprint canoer) * Mika Grbavica (born 2001), (volleyball player) * Ivan Horvat (pole vaulter), Ivan Horvat (born 1993), (pole vaulter) * Emanuel Horvatiček (born 1979), (sprint canoer) * Krunoslav Hulak (1951–2015), (chess player) * Katica Ileš (born 1946), (handball player) * Silvio Ivandija (born 1964), (handball player and current handball coach) * Vedrana Jakšetić (born 1996), (volleyball player) * Sonja Kešerac (born 1985), (rower) * Kristijan Krajina (born 1990), (basketball player) * Petar Krpan (born 1974), (footballer player) * Vladimir Krstić (basketball), Vladimir Krstić (born 1972), (basketball coach and former player) * Zvonimir Krznarić (born 1972), (sprint canoer) * Josip Kuna (born 1972), (sport shooter) * Nikica Ljubek (born 1980), (sprint canoer) * Ivan Meštrović (sportsman), Ivan Meštrović (born 1979), (entrepreneur and sportsman) * Svetlana Ognjenović (born 1981), (handball player) * Sena Pavetić (born 1986), (basketball player) * Kosta Perović (born 1985), (Serbian basketball player; first basketball player born in Osijek to be drafted into NBA) * Alen Petrović (born 1969), (footballer player) * Dino Radoš (born 1991), (basketball player) * Davor Rupnik (born 1971), (football manager and former player) * David Šain (born 1988), (rower) * Ninoslav Saraga (born 1969), (rower) * Jasna Šekarić (born 1965), (Serbian sport shooter; winner of one gold, three silver and one bronze medal at Olympic games; winner of International Shooting Sport Federation "Shooter of the Millennium" award) * Dražen Sermek (born 1969), (chess player) * Dino Skender (born 1983), (footballer manager) * Ivo Smoje (born 1978), (footballer player) * Robert Špehar (born 1970), (footballer player) * Davor Šuker (born 1968), (footballer player, winner of Golden Boot at 1998 FIFA World Cup) * Karlo Uljarević (born 1998), (basketball player) * Saša Vasiljević (born 1979), (Bosnian basketball player) * Donna Vekić (born 1996), (tennis player) * Mario Vekić (born 1982), (rower) * Aljoša Vojnović (born 1985), (footballer player) * Ljubomir Vorkapić (born 1967), (Serbian footballer player) * Jurica Vranješ (born 1980), (footballer player) * Vojislav Vujević (born 1955), (judoka) * Darko Zibar (born 1958), (rower) * Nataša Zorić (born 1989), (tennis player)Other
* Tatjana Aparac-Jelušić (born 1948), (librarian) * Jelica Belović-Bernadzikowska (1870–1946), (ethnographer, journalist, writer, and feminist) * Jovan Četirević Grabovan (1720–1781), (icon painter) * Igor Ćutuk (born 1976), (journalist) * Zora Dirnbach (1929–2019), (journalist and writer) * Nikola Đuretić (born 1949), (writer and publisher) * Francis, Duke of Teck (1837–1900), (German Prince, great grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II) * Drago Hedl (born 1950), (investigative journalist) * Mirko Hermann (1868–1927), (industrialist, businessman, banker and member of the Freemasonry in Osijek) * Slavko Hirsch (1893–1942), (physician, founder and director of the Epidemiological Institute in Osijek) * Mihajlo Klajn (1912–1941), (agronomist and communist killed during the Holocaust) * Arnold Kohn (1905–1984), (Zionist and longtime president of the Jewish community Osijek) * Franjo Šeper (1905–1981), (Archbishop of Zagreb from 1960 to 1968, and Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 1968 to 1981) * Ferdo Šišić (1869–1940), (historian) * Josip Juraj Strossmayer (1815–1905), (Maecenas bishop) * Simon Ungar (1864–1942), (rabbi of the Osijek Jewish community) * Miroslav Volf (born 1956), (Christian theologian) * Branko Vukelić (spy), Branko Vukelić (1904–1945), (spy working for Richard Sorge's spy ring in Japan)References
External links
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