Famous People with Name Miljenko

Miljenko Smoje            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Miljenko Smoje: was a Croatian writer and journalist.Smoje finished high school in Split in 1941, but his further education was interrupted by Axis invasion of Yugoslavia and Split being occupied by Italy. Smoje joined Communist Party of Yugoslavia and took part in local resistance movement. However, due to his rebellious nature, he was expelled from the Party, but he survived that, as well as brief incarceration by Italian authorities. After the end of the war he finished college and worked as a teacher.

Miljenko Bošnjak            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Miljenko Bošnjak: is an Croatian footballer currently under contract with Romanian side FC Astra Ploiesti.

Miljenko Kovacic            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Miljenko Kovacic: was a Croatian soccer player . His nickname was “The Son of the Wind". He played professionally for quite a few teams, most notably for Dinamo Zagreb with which he was part of the national championship victory in 1995-1996 and Brescia (Italy). Certain choices he made in his professional career were interesting, at one point he quit playing because of religious reasons (he was a member of the Hare Krishna religion stating money being the root of evil and that he was content with what he had.

Miljenko Mumlek            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Miljenko Mumlek: is a Croatian football midfielder. He was born in Varaždin and started his professional career at local club Varteks Varaždin in early 1992, becoming one of the club's best players by the late 1990s.

Miljenko "Dino" Dvornik            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Miljenko "Dino" Dvornik: was a Croatian singer, songwriter, music producer, actor and reality television star. Dino was best known to the public as a musician, more so than an actor, as he only took sporadic forays into acting over the years. His music had originally made him famous, earning him wide popularity across the regions of the former Yugoslavia. In the early 1980s, Dino and his brother Dean founded Kineski zid (Chinese wall or Great wall), a pop band named after the building in which the Dvornik family lived at that time in Split. It was the first domestic funk record released in Croatia. He had been a perfectionist by reputation, who would lock himself in the studio for months. However, differences between the interests of the band members and the public led the band to an early breakup.