List of Croatian Americans
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This is a list of notable Croatian Americans:
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- Scott Bakula - actor
- Lidia Bastianich - acclaimed chef, restaurateur, and PBS cooking show host whose family escaped from Istria in 1957
- Mark Begich - Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska [20]
- Nick Begich - Alaska congressman[1]
- Bill Belichick - football head coach[2]
- Brenda Brkusic - Filmmaker, TV and Movie Producer [21]
- Tony Butala - co-founder and member of the singing group The Lettermen[3]
- Fred Couples - golfer, Croatian mother
- George Chuvalo - boxer
- David Diehl (1980 - ) football player and offensive lineman in the National Football League[4]
- Jenna Elfman - television and film actress
- William Feller - mathematician[5]
- Mira Furlan - television and film actress
- Mike Grgich - winemaker[6]
- Terry Jonathan Hart - former astronaut, Croatian mother
- John Kasich - congressman[7]
- Richard Kauzlarich - diplomat, writer, and intelligence analyst[8]
- Dennis Kucinich - former Mayor of Cleveland, US Congressman from Ohio, and 2004 Democratic Presidential candidate[9]
- Curtis Leskanic - baseball player[10]
- Anthony Francis Lucas, born as Antun Lučić, first successful oil well in Texas
- Branko Lustig - movie producer[7]
- Anthony Maglica - inventor[11]
- John Malkovich - actor
- Roger Maris - baseball player[12]
- Mary Matalin - political commentator[7]
- Michael Matijevic - musician[13]
- Johnny Mercer - Croatian mother
- George Mikan - grandparents from Karlovac region
- Pat Miletich - martial artist[14]
- Ivana Milicevic - actress
- Guy Mitchell - singer
- Patrick Muldoon - actor
- Steve Nelson (Activist) - Spanish Civil War veteran and Communist Party leader who was jailed in Pittsburgh in the 1950s; birth name Stjepan Mesaros (Croatian of Hungarian extraction)
- Josip Novakovich - writer[15]
- Krist Novoselic - bassist for Nirvana
- Mark Pavelich - retired American professional ice hockey player
- Rudy Perpich, Former Governor of Minnesota [22]
- Dan Plesac- baseball player[16]
- George Radanovich - congressman[7]
- Bill Rancic - entrepreneur, husband of E! News' Giuliana DePandi
- Ante Razov - US soccer player
- Denise Richards - actress[17]
- Rick Rossovich - actor[18]
- Lou Saban - football coach
- Nick Saban - football coach[19]
- Jason Smilovic - writer, executive producer
- Rudy Tomjanovich - basketball player/coach[20]
- Goran Visnjic - actor
- Franjo Vlasic - Croatian from Livno, dairyman and founder of Vlasic Pickles
- Fritzie Zivic - "Croat Comet", World boxing champion (welterweight)[21]
[edit] References
- ^ [1] Mentioned as one of several Croatian-Americans
- ^ [2] Mentioned as a "Croatian coach in the NFL"
- ^ Tony Butala
- ^ [3] "Chronicle: Dave, you are Croatian American, tell us about your background? Diehl: I grew up on the south side of Chicago. I’m fifty percent Croatian and fifty percent German. I went to grammar school and High School (Brother Rice) with some Croatian friends. So I have been following Croatian heritage ever since I can remember. That’s why people couldn’t figure out why I have Diehl as my last name and Croatian GRB tattooed on my left arm. I grew up going to St. Jerome’s Croatian Catholic Church with my Grandmother. Her maiden name was Semanic and she was from one of the Croatian islands. I remember going to St. Jerome’s and having palacinke for breakfast. My grandmother married Grandpa who was Ante Bekavac from small village Bekavci near Lovrec in Imotski, Dalmacija, Croatia. My father Jerry who passed away in August was hundred percent German on both sides."
- ^ [4] "William Feller, 100 years since the birth of outstanding Croatian-American mathematician."
- ^ [5] "Miljenco "Mike" Grgich, a Croatian native..."
- ^ a b c d [6] included as one of a "vast number of Croatian Americans who are proud to assert their Croatian background..."
- ^ Croatian Heritage Short biography
- ^ [7] "Dennis Kucinich is a second generation Croatian..."
- ^ [8] Ethnicity mentioned by baseball coach Karin Krunoslav
- ^ [9] "Anthony Maglica, a Croatian immigrant, founded his own machine shop business..."
- ^ [10] mention as a "Famous Croatian baseball player in the USA"
- ^ [11] "Croatian-born Matijevic..."
- ^ [12] ""The Croatian Sensation" Pat Miletich"
- ^ [13] "This is the first novel by the 48-year-old Croatian-turned-American Josip Novakovich, the author of several short-story and non-fiction collections..."
- ^ [14]Ethnicity mentioned by baseball coach Karin Krunoslav
- ^ [15] "Is of Croatian/Italian descent."
- ^ [16] "Is of Welsh and Croatian heritage."
- ^ [17] Mentioned as a "Croatian coach in the NFL"
- ^ [18] "I also traveled this summer when I was scouting for Houston. I went to Croatia. I'm 100 percent Croatian, but I had no idea about my heritage. I came from a small family that didn't have any tradition passed down and didn't speak the language. I didn't know where I was from. I've had a couple of Croatian players and guys from that area tell me they thought I was from Brac, which is a beautiful island right across from Split. I assumed that's where I was from. I liked the way it sounded: "Where you from?" "I'm from Brac." It sounds cool. It sounds manly."
- ^ [19] "Croat Comet"
