Joy, SIXTUS V 1585-1590 Joy Durrett <[email protected]> wrote: Who was the Croatian Pope? Thanks. Joy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Jerin" To: Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 3:33 PM Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] famous Croats > Patty, > > This is one of my favorite subjects! Here are some for Becca... this will > keep her busy of awhile! > > Nikola Tesla finventor from Smiljan Croatia discovered AC current and > worked for George Westinghouse and prevailed over Edison who promoted DC > current. > > Andrija Mohorovicic scientist disoverer of the Moho-Layer of the earths > crust > > Tony Kukoc basketball player > > Bill Belechick NFL coach > > Roger Maris baseball home run king > > Ruger Boskovic scientist > > George Chuvalo boxer > > Kresimir Kosic basketball star > > George Mikan first big man in US basketball > > Goran Ivanisevic Wimbeldon tennis champ > > Janica Kostelic skier - first winner ever of 4 medals in winter olympics > > Ivica Kostelic skier > > Mickey Lolich baseball > > Drazen Petrovic basketball star > > Peter Marevich basketball star > > Nick Saban NFL coach > > Fritzie Zivic called the "Croat Comet" boxer > > We did a Sports Exhibit at the Croatian Heritage Museum... and found the > list of Croatian sports figures to be huge... Steve Nekich (recently > deceased) compiled a huge list of Croatian sports figures, which he > verifed by sending each one a query regarding their heritage. > > 3 Nobel winners > Ivo Andric for literature > Lavoslav Ruzicka for chemistry > Vladimir Prelog for chemistry > Nikola Tesla refused his Nobel Prize which he would have shared with > Edison, Telsa got a raw deal in our history! > > Ferdinand Konscak missonary and explorer who discoverd that Baja > California was not an island, as thought, but was in fact attached to > California > > Tony Maglica invertor of the Maglite flashlight > > Eduard Penkala Zagreb inventor of one of the first mechanical pens > > David Schwartz inventor of the Zepplin! After his death Mrs Schwartz sold > the plans to Count Zeppelin > > Croatians also founded StarKist Tuna... are credited with the oyster > fishing business in New Orleans and more > > http://www.croatians.com/biographies.htm > > Boskovich family the largest grower of Iceberg Lettuce in the world (based > in Calif.) > > Ivan Mestrovic sculptor who taught at Notre Dame and created the Bowsman > in Grant Park, Chicago > > Guy Mitchell 1940s/50s band leader > > Dennis Kuchinich congresman from Ohio > > George Radanovich congressman from CA > > George Voinovich Senator from Ohio > > Big Annie Klemenc MICH copper range strike organizer > > > Zinka Kunc member of the NY Metropitan Opera > > Nenad Bach present day recording artist lives in NY > > Makso Vanko muralist who lived in the US from the about the time of WW II > and painted the murals at St Nicholas in Millvale PA > > Joseph Haydn the famous composer was born in the Croatian enclave of > Burgenland Austria, it is conterversial as to whether he was actually > Croatian (the name Hajdin is found in Croatia) but regardless some of his > compositions are known to be based on Croatian folk songs, ie For example > the main theme of his London symphony no 164 in D major (movement IV) is > based on the well known Croatian traditional song "Oj, Jelena, Jelena, > jabuka zelena" (Oj, Jelena, Jelena, my green apple). Also the final of his > Es major symphony is based on the Croatian folk song "Divojcica potok > gazi" (A little girl treads on a brook). And even the following song that > is widely known in Croatia - "Nikaj na svetu lepsega ni, nego gorica kad > nam rodi..." (There is nothing more beautiful in the world than a fruitful > hill) > > Do groups count? anyway the Zvjezdice (Little Stars) an all girl choir > from Zagreb was voted the best youth choir in Europe, even better than > Vienna Boy Choir! They have performed the last 2 years at Christmas time > in the US. > > Anyway here is a link to a list of famous Croatians... but it is not even > complete! > > http://www.hr/darko/etf/popis.html#prav > > And Adam Eterovich's page about famous Croatians > > And a list from Yad Vasham of Croatian Righteous (although Cardinal > Stepinac is listed as one who has helped he is not on the list... > communist and Serbian politics fixed that!) > > http://www.hr/darko/etf/prav.html > > Quite an interesting lot, the Croatians! > > Robert > > "Reuter, Patty" wrote: > My daughter asked me who was the most famous Croatian. I told her Marco > Polo, but then I remembered there was a Croatian Pope which lead her to > asking me how many famous Croatians are there. So, I am asking all of you. > What famous or infamous Croatians are you aware of? Her teacher told her > that she was the first Croatian he had ever met. She said there are a > "ton" of us, and were really fun. Becca told her teacher that she would > let him know how many famous ones we know of. She is even bringing a > Generalic print that we have to school. > > Thanks for your input, > > > Patty > > ________________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs SkyScan > service. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working > around the clock, around the globe, visit www.messagelabs.com. > ________________________________________________________________________ > Interested in visting Croatia? Click on the link below to find out about a wonderful tour of Croatia! http://www.kollander-travel.com/