Primorsko-goranska County is a region where in the past, as well as in the present, many renowned individuals were born and have created their outstanding works. Amongst them we will name just a few: Juraj, Julije Klovic, Julio Clovio, Don Giulio Clovio Croata (1498 Grižane–1578 Rome) – world famous painter of miniatures from the XVI century, he lived and worked in Venice and Rome and was nicknamed Michelangelo of the miniature. Franjo Petris (Petric, Petricevic, Patritio, Patrizio) – 1529 (Cres) – 1597 (Rome) – Neo-Platonist philosopher, typical uomo universale of his period, a versatile scientists who wrote works dedicated to philosophy, methodology, philosophy of history, rhetoric, occultism, art of warfare, theory of literature and music. . Marko Antun Dominis (Markantun de Dominis) – 1560 (Rab) – archbishop of Split, condemned as heretic by the Inquisition and burnt at stake in Rome in 1624. Mathematician and philosopher, theologian, natural scientist, a free thinker who advocated the unity of all Christian churches and was against the supremacy of the Pope. Ivan Klobucaric Fluminensis (1545–1605 or 1606) - famous painter and cartographer. Franjo Glavinic (1585-1652) – author of numerous books on history and religion written in Latin, Italian and Croatian; guardian of the monastery of Trsat. Josip Pancic (Bribir 1814-1888) – doctor of medicine and famous botanist, he discovered many new plant species like the Pancic or Serbian spruce (Picea spruce). He worked in Serbia and was the first president of the Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences. Ivan Mažuranic (1814 Novi Vinodolski-1890) – Croatian Viceroy and poet, author of the epic poem ‘The death of Smail-aga Cengic’. Matija Mažuranic (1817 Novi Vinodolski-1881) – writer and author of the best travel book from the period of the Croatian national revival ‘Pogled u Bosnu’ (View of Bosnia). Fran Mažuranic (1859 Novi vinodolski-1928) – writer and author of collections of storiettes: ‘Licce’, ‘Novo licce’ and ‘Od zore do sumraka’. Eugen Kumicic (1850 Brsec--1904 Zagreb) – writer and politician, he introduced in the Croatian literature the naturalism of Zola and is the author of novels set in his native region (‘Jelkin bosiljak’, ‘Zacudeni svatovi’), in Zagreb, historical novels etc. Ivan pl. Zajc (1832 Rijeka-1914 Zagreb) – composer and director; in the history of music the period between 1870 and 1914 is called the Era of Zajc; he was the director of the Music Institute in Zagreb and author of 19 operas (‘Nikola Šubic Zrinski’ – 1876), 26 operettas (‘Momci na brod’, ‘Lizinka’), oratories, cantatas, solo songs etc. Franjo Racki (1828 Fužine-1894) – historian and politician, first president of the Yugoslav Academy of Arts and Sciences in Zagreb; author of ‘The Internal Situation in Croatia prior to the XII Century’ – the first sociological and historical study of the early Middle Ages in Croatia. Dinko Vitezic - first representative in the parliament in Vienna elected by the island and coastal municipalities in 1873. Matko Laginja (1852 Klana-1930) – leader of the Croatian national movement in Istria and Primorje; commissioner of the National Council for Istria, viceroy of Croatia SSlavonia. Vjekoslav Spincic (1848 Kastav-1933) – Croatian politician, fighter for the liberation of Istria; representative of the regional Parliament of Istria, of the Imperial Council in Vienna, of the National Council in Zagreb and of the National Assembly in Belgrade. Matko Mandic (1849 Mihotici, Kastav-1915 Trieste) – priest and reformist, one of the leaders of the Croatian and Slovenian movement for Istria; editor of ‘Naca sloga’ and advocate of tolerance and cooperation between nations. Fran Kurelac (1811 Rijeka-1874) – writer, philologist, politician; he fought for the linguistic purity and advocated that the Croatian literary language should be a synthesis of the popular language and of the language used in old written documents; author of ‘Recimo koju’, ‘Runje i pahuljice’. Adolf Veber Tkalcevic (1825-1889) – writer and linguist, one of the originators of Croatian short-story writing, representative of the Zagreb linguistic school (as opposed to Kurelac’s old concept of language). Frano Supilo (1870 Dubrovnik-1917) – politician and editor, founder of the newspaper ‘Novi List’ in Rijeka which he started on January 2nd 1900, the first modern European newspaper in Croatia. Politically he was a follower of Starcevic with whom he later disagreed. Supilo’s ideas are evident in the famous Rijeka’s Resolution of 1905. Andrija Mohorovicic (1857 Volosko-1936) – seismologist, geophysicist; he discovered on the depth of 55km the acceleration of seismic waves, the so called Mohorovicic discontinuity (Moho layer). In the area of today’s Primorsko-goranska County the following writers were born or have worked:Nikola Polic, Viktor Car Emin, Rikard Katalinic Jeretov, Drago Gervais, Janko Polic Kamov, Osvaldo Ramous, Vladimir Nazor, Ivan Goran Kovacic, Zvane Crnja; literary historians and theoreticians: Antun Barac, Mihovil Kombol, Milan Marjanovic, Zvane Crnja and others; the philologist Rudolf Struhal; composers Ivan Matetic Ronjgov and Boris Papandopulo; composer and director Lovro pl. Matacic; painters: Romolo Venucci, Ivo Kalina, Jakov Smokvina, Vladimir Udatny, Vilim Svecnjak, Oton Gliha and many other artists, scientists, businessmen, experts in different spheres of activity that have rendered our County famous all over the world.