Births

• April 4 – Nada Iveljić
  Nada Iveljić
  Nada Iveljić was a Croatian children's writer. Her work includes eight books of poetry, a short story collection, a novel, over forty books and a series of picture books for children, and several plays, radio and TV games for adults and children.-References:...
  
  , children's writer (d. 2009
  2009 in Croatia
  ----Events from the year 2009 in Croatia.-Incumbents:*President – Stjepan Mesić*Prime Minister – Ivo Sanader-Events:*April 1: Croatia became a full member of NATO....
  
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• May 11 – Zlatko Crnković
  Zlatko Crnkovic
  Zlatko Crnković is a renowned Croatian translator, writer, literary critic and an editor.After finishing primary school in Čaglin, he continues his education in Croatian capital Zagreb, where he graduated English and German language and literatures at the Faculty of Philosophy...
  
  , translator
• July 11 – Anđelko Klobučar
  Anđelko Klobučar
  Anđelko Klobučar is a Croatian composer, organist and professor of music. He was awarded the 2002 Porin Lifetime Achievement Award. Klobučar is a full member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts since 1992.-Sources:*...
  
  , composer
• June 4 – Antun Vrdoljak
  Antun Vrdoljak
  Antun Vrdoljak is a Croatian screenwriter, film director and former actor and political appointee.-Life:Antun Vrdoljak was born in Imotski, Kingdom of Yugoslavia . He studied acting at the Academy of Drama Arts at the University of Zagreb. His acting debut was in 1957 film Nije bilo uzalud...
  
  , actor and film director
• June 14 – Vasko Lipovac
  Vasko Lipovac
  Vasko Lipovac , was a Croatian painter and sculptor.-Biography:Vasko Lipovac was born on June 14, 1931 in Kotor, Montenegro. After graduating from secondary school in Kotor, he came to Zagreb, Croatia in 1950...
  
  , painter (d. 2006)
• September 26 – Ivo Šlaus
  Ivo Šlaus
  Ivo Šlaus is a nuclear and particle physicist, member of the Board of Trustees of the World Academy of Art & Science , director of the Academy's South East European Division and Chairman of the Editorial Board of Cadmus Journal...
  
  , physicist
• November 22 – Anton Tus
  Anton Tus
  Anton Tus is a retired Croatian general who served as head of the Yugoslav Air Force between 1985 and 1991 and was the first Chief of Staff of the Croatian Armed Forces from 1991 to 1992 during the Croatian War of Independence....
  
  , soldier
• December 11 – Sunčana Škrinjarić, children's writer (d. 2004)

Deaths

• February 11 – Bela Čikoš Sesija
  Bela Cikoš Sesija
  Bela Čikoš Sesija ; was a Croatian painter of historical and allegorical scenes at the turn of the 20th century...
  
  , painter (b. 1864)
• February 18 – Milan Šufflay
  Milan Šufflay
  Milan pl. Šufflay was a Croatian historian and politician. He was one of the founders of albanology and the author of the first Croatian science fiction novel.-Life:...
  
  , historian and politician (b. 1879)
• December 29 – Oton Kučera
  Oton Kucera
  Oton Kučera was a Croatian astronomer. He played a crucial role by popularizing science and technology in Croatia...
  
  , astronomer (b. 1857)