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Begovic, Ena b. June 17, 1960 d. August 15, 2000
Actress. She won a dozen Best Actress awards and prizes over her 17 years in theater, films, and television. She appeared in 45 plays, mostly with the Croatian National Theater, in roles ranging from Desdemona in "Othello," Gertrude in "Hamlet," and Goneril in "King Lear," to Antigone and Medea in "Antigone" and "Medea," and to Hedda in "Hedda Gabler" and Julie in "Miss Julie." She also appeared in more than 20 films and TV plays. She died in car accident. (Bio by: Jelena)
Mirogoj Cemetery, Zagreb, City of Zagreb (Grad Zagreb), Croatia
Brlic, Ivana b. April 18, 1874 d. September 21, 1938
Author. Known as the "Croatian Hans Christian Andersen," she was born into privilage at Ogulin, Croatia to the famous Mazuranic family whose noted members were historians, politicians, writers and poets. Her grandfather was Ivan Mazuranic, "Viceroy" in the Austro-Hungarian empire and the author of many Croatian epic poems. At the age of eighteen, she married Vatroslav Brlic a lawyer from Slovenski Brod. They had five children. Here she became part of yet another famous family well known in...[Read More] (Bio by: Paul S.)
Mirogoj Cemetery, Zagreb, City of Zagreb (Grad Zagreb), Croatia
Plot: Family Plot
Cosic, Kresimir b. November 26, 1948 d. March 25, 1995
Professional Basketabll Player. He was the first foreign player to earn All-America honors by United Press Internatio, garnering them in 1972 and 1973. He played for Brigham Young University from 1971 to 1973. After his college career, he rejected several pro offers and returned home to Croatia. He played in four Olympic Games (1968, 1972, 1976 and 1980) and guided his team to the Gold Medal in 1980. He had previously led the former Yugoslavia to a pair of World Championship gold medals in 1970...[Read More] (Bio by: Jelena)
Mirogoj Cemetery, Zagreb, City of Zagreb (Grad Zagreb), Croatia
Gaj, Ludovit b. July 8, 1809 d. April 20, 1872
Social Reformer, Newspaper Founder. He was born in Krapina to non Croatian parents but went on to become an expert in Serbo-Croatian. He was one of the founders of the Illyrian Movement and started the first Croatian newspaper in 1834. A scandal basically ended his political life. (Bio by: girlofcelje)
Mirogoj Cemetery, Zagreb, City of Zagreb (Grad Zagreb), Croatia
Krleza, Miroslav b. July 7, 1893 d. December 29, 1981
Novelist, poet, essayist, short-story writer, and playwright. After World War I, Krleza returned to Zagreb and devoted himself to writing. He was also in constant conflict with freemasons, nationalists and clerics. Deeply impressed by the Soviet revolution he became attracted to Marxist ideas. Krleza was a member of the Communist Party from 1918 until 1939, when he was expelled. Krleza's importance as a leader of the socially oriented writers grew steadily between the two world wars. Krleza...[Read More] (Bio by: Jelena)
Mirogoj Cemetery, Zagreb, City of Zagreb (Grad Zagreb), Croatia
Macek, Dr. Vladko b. June 20, 1879 d. May 15, 1964
Croatian Statesman. Leader of the Croatian Peasant Party after the death of Stjepan Radic and agitator for Croatian autonomy, achieving a portion of that goal with the signing of the "Sporazum" (Understanding) of 1939. Dr. Macek was imprisoned twice for his activism, first by Yugoslavia's King Alexander in the early 1930s and then by the fascist Ustase regime during World War II. He fled to the United States when the communist takeover of Yugoslavia appeared inevitable, dying there in exile...[Read More] (Bio by: Stuthehistoryguy)
Mirogoj Cemetery, Zagreb, City of Zagreb (Grad Zagreb), Croatia
Mazuranic, Ivan b. August 11, 1814 d. August 4, 1890
Croatian Poet and Statesman. Was the first non-aristocrat to serve as Ban of Croatia for the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was also the author of highly-regarded Croatian epic poetry. Mazuranic is perhaps best known for his promotion of Croatian national institutions, including the University of Zagreb. (Bio by: Stuthehistoryguy)
Mirogoj Cemetery, Zagreb, City of Zagreb (Grad Zagreb), Croatia
Milanov, Zinka b. August 8, 1906 d. May 30, 1989
Opera Singer. A premiere dramatic soprano of the mid 20th Century, she is remembered for interpreting the heavier works of Giuseppe Verdi. Born Zinka Kunc, she was raised in what was then Yugoslavia, took to music early, and was trained by legendary Wagnerian soprano Milka Ternina. Zinka made her professional debut at Ljubljana, Slovenia, in 1927 as Leonora from Verdi's "Il Trovatore"; a few weeks later she sang in Zagreb as Marguerite from Gounod's "Faust" but after Milka was not pleased with...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Mirogoj Cemetery, Zagreb, City of Zagreb (Grad Zagreb), Croatia
Plot: Kunc family plot
Petrovic, Drazen b. October 22, 1964 d. June 7, 1993
Professional Basketball Player. As a young man during the 1984-85 season, he once scored 112 points in a Croatian League game, hitting 40 of 60 from the field. He was a member of the silver medal-winning Yugoslavian (1988) and Croatian (1992) Olympic teams. He also led his Real Madrid Spanish league team to the European Cup Championship in February 1989, and led the Yugoslavian National Team to victory at the European Championships in June of that year. His skills propelled him into a brief...[Read More] (Bio by: Jelena)
Mirogoj Cemetery, Zagreb, City of Zagreb (Grad Zagreb), Croatia
Preradovic, Petar b. March 19, 1818 d. October 18, 1872
Soldier, poet and Slavophile. His early works were in German. His later lyrics, was written in Croatian and were imbued with Slavonic symbolism. His outstanding work was an epic poem, The First Men (1862). He is considered the finest lyricist of the Illyrian literary movement. (Bio by: Jelena)
Mirogoj Cemetery, Zagreb, City of Zagreb (Grad Zagreb), Croatia
Plot: Arcades
Racan, Ivica b. February 24, 1944 d. April 29, 2007
Croatian Prime Minister. A native of Ebersbach, Germany, Racan served as the Prime Minister of his country from 2000 to 2003. He was also a noted communist and parliamentarian leader. (Bio by: K)
Mirogoj Cemetery, Zagreb, City of Zagreb (Grad Zagreb), Croatia
Radic, Stjepan b. May 11, 1871 d. August 8, 1928
Croatian Nationalist. Founder of the Croatian Peasant Party, promoter of Croatian philology and literature, and lifelong activist for Croatian independence. Assassinated in the Belgrade parliament on June 20th, 1928. (Bio by: Stuthehistoryguy)
Mirogoj Cemetery, Zagreb, City of Zagreb (Grad Zagreb), Croatia
Sakic, Dinko b. September 8, 1921 d. July 20, 2008
War Criminal. As commander of the Jasenova Concentration Camp in the Nazi puppet government of Croatia, he was responsible for the murder of as many as 600,000 civilians. After the war he emigrated to Argentina where he was eventually arrested. He was extradited to Coatia where he was tried and convicted on war crimes charges. He was sentenced to 20 years in jail. He died while serving this sentence. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Mirogoj Cemetery, Zagreb, City of Zagreb (Grad Zagreb), Croatia
Ternina, Milka b. December 19, 1863 d. May 18, 1941
Opera Singer. A premiere dramatic soprano of the late 19th. century, she is probably best remembered as a Wagnerian. Born Katarina Milka Ternina in the village of Vezisice, she studied privately in Zagreb and then at the Vienna Conservatory from which she graduated in 1883 with a gold medal; while a student Milka made her 1882 operatic bow at Zagreb as Amalia from Verdi's "Un Ballo in Maschera" then after leaving the conservatory had brief stays in Leipzig and Graz before being engaged at...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Mirogoj Cemetery, Zagreb, City of Zagreb (Grad Zagreb), Croatia
Tijardovic, Ivo b. September 18, 1895 d. March 19, 1976
Composer, writer and painter. He studied music in Split and in Vienna and he also studied architecture. Graduated in drama in Zagreb. Tijardovic was director of the Croatian National Theatre in Split, stage director of the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, and director of the State Symphony Orchestra (The Zagreb Philharmonic). As a composer, he relied on folklore and a national musical expression, especially of his native region of Dalmatia. Tijardovic composed eight operettas, the best...[Read More] (Bio by: Jelena)
Mirogoj Cemetery, Zagreb, City of Zagreb (Grad Zagreb), Croatia
Tudjman, Franjo b. May 14, 1922 d. December 9, 1999
President of Croatia. He was born in the Croatian village of Veliko Trgovisce. Most of his family was killed pursuing political venues. His mother died when Tudjman was seven, his brother was slain during World War II and his father was killed during his activities supporting an independent Croatia. He rose quickly to become the youngest general in the Yugoslav People's Army during the rule of Marshal Josip Broz Tito. But later became a nationalist dissident resulting in imprisonment. Once he...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Cause of death: Stomach cancer
Mirogoj Cemetery, Zagreb, City of Zagreb (Grad Zagreb), Croatia

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