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There might be few Croats you heard about but life on Earth today wouldn't be same without them.

SCIENTISTS AND INVENTORS:

Nikola Tesla - electricity and magnetism ...

Slavoljub Penkala - mechanical pencil, an anode battery ...

Ivan Luppis - torpedo

Ivan Vuccetic - dactyloscopy (identification by fingerprints)

Faust Vrancic -parachute

Franjo Hanaman - electric light bulb with metal thread

Antonio Grossich - first used iodine tincture which is widespread today

Leo Sternbach - invented tranquilizer (Vallium)

Marin Soljacic - invented wireless non-radiating energy transfer

Tomislav Uzelac - invented first MP3 player

Ruder Boskovic, Mario Radman (DNA)

FILM INDUSTRY:

Actors Rade Serbedzija (world known) and Goran Visnjic.

Producer Branko Lustig (Black Hawk Down, Hannibal, Gladiator, The Peacemaker, Intruders, Schindler's list.... )

MUSICIANS:

Maksim Mrvica, Ivo Pogorelic, Vjekoslav Sutej, Nenad Bach, Edin Karamazov

SPORT:

Blanka Vlasic (athlete), Toni Kukoc and Drazen Petrovic (one of the most famoust Basketball players),Goran Ivanisevic (tennis), Janica and Ivica Kostelic (skiing), Mirko CroCop Filipovic,

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