Vanna White (born Vanna Rosic) - best known as the hostess and puzzle board operator on the long-running game show Wheel of Fortune.
Marco Polo, the explorer, was born on the island of Korcula, Croatia.
Slavoljub Penkala filed for a patent for a “mechanical pencil” in 1906 and invented the first fountain pen in 1907. He also invented the hot water bottle. KUGELSCHREIBER
The neck tie, or cravat (kravata, krawate, derived from Croat)
Eric Bana (born Eric Banadinovic) Australian actor famous for roles in Chopper, Troy, Incredible Hulk and Munich
Faust Vrancic, invented the parachute FALLSCHIRM
Ivan Mestrovic, the sculptor, is famous for his work around the world, including the Native American horseman in Chicago
Tony Kukoc - basketball player for the Chicago Bulls
John Malkovich - actor, producer and director
Goran Višnjić - actor (ER)
Mirko “CroCop” Filipović - K-1 UFC fighter
Ante Maglica invented the famous Maglite flashlight used by law enforcement and army personnel as well as ordinary folk
TASCHENLAMPE
Starkist Tuna was founded by a Croatian in Alaska
Vlasic Pickles was founded by a Croatian in Detroit
The marble used in the White House was quarried on the Island of Brac, Croatia. Also the Canadian WWI monument at Remy, Belgium.
Der Marmor der beim Bau des weißen Hauses verwendet wurde kommt aus Brac
Grgich Wineries are famous for their California wines
Dalmatians dogs have been bred on the Dalmatian coast for centuries
Janica Kostelic, skier, won 3 gold medals and 1 silver medal in 2002 Winter Olympics in Utah, 1 gold medal and 1 silver medal in 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, and counting…
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Andrija Mohorovicic- discovered and has one of the earth layers names after him (the Moho Layer). It’s the boundary between the crust and the mantle (the Mohorovicic discontinuity).!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hat eine bestimmte Zone der Erdummantelung erforscht und sie dann nach sich selber benannt.
VUCETIC has invented the finger print for research purposes. He was a croatian who migrated to Argentina and invented that.
the finger print is the unique record of yourself in documents and it had been a great help for officers, police etc etc. Thanks to Laura Schneider for finding this nice little fact out all the way from our very own Argentina.