27 Croatian surnames

Bašić is a South Slavic surname.

Darko Bodul is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bosnian Premier League club Sarajevo. He began his career in the Netherlands, where he played for AFC Ajax and for Sparta Rotterdam on loan. He has also played for Nacional in Portugal, Odense Boldklub in Denmark, two Austrian clubs, and Dundee United in Scotland.

Mijo Caktaš is a Croatian professional footballer who most recently played as an attacking midfielder for Damac in the Saudi Professional League.

Duje Ćaleta-Car is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Marseille and the Croatia national team. He was a member of the Croatian squad which ended as runners-up to France in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Marin Čilić is a Croatian professional tennis player. Čilić has won 19 ATP Tour singles titles, including a Grand Slam title at the 2014 US Open. He was also runner-up at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships and the 2018 Australian Open. Čilić has reached at least the quarterfinals of all four Grand Slams and all nine ATP Masters 1000 tournaments. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 3, achieved on 28 January 2018. He won silver medal at 2020 Tokyo Olympics in doubles tournament with his best-man Ivan Dodig.

Čingrija is a Serbo-Croatian surname. Pero Čingrija (1837–1921) was one of four representatives of the People's Party in the Kingdom of Dalmatia elected in the 1911 Imperial Austrian elections. Melko Čingrija was the acting governor of the Yugoslav national bank between April 1934 and February 1935.

Ivan Ćurković is a Yugoslavian and Serbian footballer and football manager and administrator, who played as a goalkeeper for Velež Mostar, Partizan and Saint-Étienne. Ćurković was a goalie of outstanding quality who played for AS Saint-Étienne during the 1970s and early 1980s and was instrumental in the successful runs of Saint-Étienne's football club to the top of the French League and to the final of the European Cup in the 1975–76 season. He played alongside French legend Michel Platini from 1978 to 1981.

Ivan Dodig is a Croatian professional tennis player. His career-high ATP rankings are world No. 29 in singles and world No. 4 in doubles. In singles, Dodig achieved his career-best Grand Slam result at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships, where he reached the fourth round. He has won 1 ATP singles title, at the 2011 Zagreb Indoors. In doubles, Dodig is a five-time Grand Slam champion, having won the men's doubles events at the 2015 French Open with Marcelo Melo, and the 2021 Australian Open with Filip Polášek. In mixed doubles, he won the French Open in 2018 and 2019, and Wimbledon in 2019, all alongside Latisha Chan. Dodig has won 16 career titles in men's doubles, including 5 Masters 1000 events in addition to his two Grand Slam titles. He was also part of the Croatian team which won the 2018 Davis Cup.

Željko Franulović is a Croatian former tennis player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia and has since had a long career in tennis management. He has been the Monte-Carlo Masters tournament director since 2005.

Slavko Goluža is a retired Croatian handball player and current coach of HT Tatran Prešov.

Ivana Kapitanović is a Croatian handballer for Metz Handball and the Croatian national team.

Ante Kotromanović is Croatian politician and army officer who served as Defense Minister of Croatia from December 2011 until January 2016.

Ivan Lenković was a Habsburg Croatian army general and the leader of the Uskoks. He carried the title of baron. He is noted for the construction of Nehaj Fortress and as a captain of the Senj area. He also contributed in organizing the Military Frontier.

Marin Leovac is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a left back for Dinamo Zagreb.

Dejan Lovren is a Croatian professional footballer who captains the Russian Premier League club Zenit Saint Petersburg and plays for the Croatia national team as a centre-back.

Mario Mandžukić is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Besides being a prolific goalscorer, he is known for his defensive contribution and aerial power.

Modrić is a Croatian surname primarily from Zadar-Benkovac area in North Dalmatia. In Zaton Obrovački in Benkovac area every third inhabitant had the family name Modrić, where also exist a hamlet Modrići. Today, circa 1930 people carry it, making it 212th most numerous surname in Croatia, almost doubling the 1948 census number, in almost all Croatian counties and many cities and villages, but mostly Zagreb, Glavice near Sinj, Rijeka, Zadar, Split, Obrovac among others, and less in Northern Croatia and Slavonia. According to some sources, the noble part of the family is from Podgorje area on the littoral slopes of Velebit, between Senj in the North and river Zrmanja in the South, where came at least in the 17th century from Dalmatia (Podzrmanje). Outside Croatia, due to migration the surname can be found in Algeria, United States, Germany, Austria, Argentina, Slovenia, France, Serbia, Italy, Australia and so on.

Tereza Mrdeža is a Croatian tennis player.

Giovanni Thomas Marnavich or Joannes Thomas Marnavich or Ivan Tomko Mrnavić was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Bosnia (1631–1639) and an author of historical works. He was the author of several forgeries, with the most famous being that of the Life of Justinian. He also wrote a book on the Life of Saint Sava.

Mirando Mrsić is a Croatian physician and politician who served as a Minister of Labour and Pension System in the centre left Government of Zoran Milanović from 23 December 2011 until 22 January 2016.

Silvia Njirić is a Croatian tennis player.

Daria Obratov is a Croatian luger. She competed in the women's singles event at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Ivica Olić is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who is an assistant coach of the Croatia national team.

Josip Pivarić is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Prva HNL side Lokomotiva Zagreb.

Zdravko Ponoš is a Serbian general and politician who has served as the Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces and the Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia. Currently, he is the vice president of the People's Party.

Milan Rešetar was a linguist, historian and literary critic from Dubrovnik.

Marin Rozić is a Croatian former professional basketball player. Standing at 6'8" in height and 220 pounds (100 kg) in weight, he played at the small forward position.