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Dubrovnik is hometown of many famous persons
which are known all around the
world. All of them are sort of symbol of this town and on some way, they made
Dubrovnik immortal.
Some of the most famous are:
Marin Držić
This famous Croatian playwright and prose writer lived in 16th century. He wrote
many dramas and comedies like: Pomet, Tirena, Novela od Stanca (Story on Stanac),
Dundo Maroje, Skup (The Miser). Lots of his dramas and comedies are being played
during
Dubrovnik summer festival. There is also Marin Drzic Home in
Dubrovnik.
Ivo Vojnović
This Croatian writer lived in 19th century. He is often nicknamed as last great
Dubrovnik writer. He wrote Geranium, Perom i olovkom, small novel Ksanta,
Lapadski soneti. But, his most popular works are those which are being
interpreted during
Dubrovnik Summer Festival: Ekvinocijo and Dubrovacka
trilogija (Dubrovnik trilogy) in which he describes the fall of
Dubrovnik
Republic.
Marin Getaldić
Croatian mathematician and physics who lived in 16th century.
Frano Supilo
Croatian politician and journalist who
was born in
Cavtat in 1870.
Ruđer Bošković
He lived in 18th century. He was mathematician, astronomer, diplomat, physicist
and philosopher.
Vlaho Bukovac
He is the best Croatian painter. He was born in Cavtat in 1855. In
Cavtat
you can visit his birth home.
Except all of them who made Dubrovnik be famous in the
whole world, there are many persons who continue doing it even today. They do it
through sport, music or art.
Luko Paljetak
Croatian writer who was born in 1943. He is an author of many essays,
scientific studies, books for children and poems. He also won many awards for
his work.
Tereza Kesovija
Famous musician from
Dubrovnik who is
very popular in the whole Europe. She sang her songs on 8 languages: Slovenian,
Italian, French, Russian, English, German, Spanish and Portuguese.
Ibrica Jusić
Famous musician who has been working for already 30 years. He has his
performances during
Dubrovnik
Summer Festival.
Sanja Jovanović
Famous Croatian Olympic swimmer who made lots of great results. She
is very young girl (she was born in 1986.) but she already won many gold and
silver medals.
Mihovil Španja
This famous Croatian athlete won many gold and silver medals on Paralympics
Games. He was born in 1984. and he started swimming when he was just 1.5 years
old. Today he is pride of
Dubrovnik.
Jelena Perčin
This very popular Croatian actress was born in Dubrovnik. Today she acts in many
TV series
Vaterpolo klub Jug
This is the most popular water polo club in Croatia. His specificity is that almost all
of his players are from
Dubrovnik and here
they have learned how to play. Lots of
players from this water polo club were the part of Croatian water polo team when
they won 1st place on world championship in Melbourne in 2007.
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