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This is a list of notable Croatian Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.

Lists of Americans
By US state
By ethnicity

To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Croatian American or must have references showing they are Croatian American and are notable.

Academics

Artists

Entertainers

Actors

Musicians

Screenwriters, directors, and producers

Inventors and engineers

Military personnel

  • Paul William Bucha - highly decorated American Vietnam War veteran; recipient of the Medal of Honor; foreign policy adviser to Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign
  • Louis Cukela - Marine, recipient of the Medal of Honor
  • Ron Kovic - Vietnam War veteran; peace activist
  • Leonard Matlovich - Vietnam War veteran and first publicly gay person to appear on TIME magazine's cover
  • James I. Mestrovitch - US Army, WWII recipient of the Medal of Honor
  • Michael J. Novosel - veteran of World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War; recipient of the Medal Of Honor
  • Peter Tomich
    Petar Herceg 'Tonić' - US Navy, WWII recipient of the Medal of Honor

Politicians

Scientists

Sportspersons

Writers

Others

References

  1. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1645646/bio
  2. ^ Biography for Rick Rossovich at IMDb
  3. ^ Tony Butala
  4. ^ Michael Matijevic
  5. ^ Johnny Mercer
  6. ^ a b http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/povjesnicar2/croatinas.htm&date=2009-10-26+00:41:22
  7. ^ http://www.morelaw.com/verdicts/case.asp?n=713117&s=CA%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&d=6668
  8. ^ http://www.adn.com/life/story/7679658p-7590861c.html
  9. ^ http://www.everyculture.com/multi/Bu-Dr/Croatian-Americans.html
  10. ^ http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/6854/1/E-Michael-Bilandic-Daley-Successor-in-Chicago-Dies-at-78.html
  11. ^ http://www.internationalspecialreports.com/europe/01/croatia/oncaphill.html
  12. ^ Croatian ancestry politicians - The Political Graveyard
  13. ^ http://www.radanovich.org/bio.html
  14. ^ http://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/VincentMatthewSarich.html
  15. ^ a b http://www.croatianworld.net/CROWNframes.htm?
  16. ^ a b http://www.croatianworld.net/Letters/4965.htm
  17. ^ Imehrvatsko.net Surname Barović
  18. ^ a b http://www2.jsonline.com/sports/brew/jun04/236935.asp
  19. ^ http://www.atxsport.com/news/030307.html
  20. ^ "SI.com". CNN. 2005-05-25.
  21. ^ Shelly Gledhill:Colby Vranes, awaiting his mission in life
  22. ^ http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/zivic.htm
  23. ^ Croatian Heritage
  24. ^ Fischer, Tibor (2005-10-15). "Smoking cigars with Tito". The Guardian. London.
  25. ^ http://www.music.us/education/B/Bill-Kurtis.htm
  26. ^ http://www.tv.com/amber-brkich/person/139659/summary.html
  27. ^ Biography for Gene Rayburn at IMDb
  28. ^ "Najmlađa Miss Amerike Teresa Scanlan porijeklom je Hrvatica" (in Croatian). Novi list. 2010-01-16. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
  29. ^ "Najmlađa Najmlađa Miss Amerike ima hrvatske korijene" (in Croatian). Večernji list. 2010-01-16. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
  30. ^ http://www.fanunity.com/vanna-white/bio.php
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