List of Famous people born in Vukovar-Syrmia County, Croatia

Mirko Filipović, known by the nickname Cro Cop, is a retired Croatian professional mixed martial artist, kickboxer and amateur boxer. He is mostly known for his time in Pride Fighting Championships. Cro Cop fought in the UFC, K-1, RIZIN and Bellator. He is widely considered as one of the greatest Heavyweight Kickboxers and MMA fighters of all time.

Siniša Mihajlović is a Serbian professional football manager and former footballer, who is the manager of Serie A club Bologna.

Goran Hadžić was a Croatian Serb nationalist politician of the self-proclaimed Republic of Serbian Krajina, in office during the Croatian War of Independence. He was accused of crimes against humanity and of violation of the laws and customs of war by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

Sandra Paović is a former Croatian para table tennis player. Sandra suffered critical injuries in a traffic accident on 30 January 2009. As of December 2009 she was still undergoing therapy in the effort to regain full use of her legs.

Duje Čop is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Standard Liège.

Flavius Valens was Roman emperor from 364 to 378. He was the younger brother of the emperor Valentinian I, who gave Valens the eastern half of the Roman Empire to rule. Before 364, Valens had a largely unremarkable military career. In 378, Valens was defeated and killed at the Battle of Adrianople against the invading Goths, which astonished contemporaries and marked the beginning of barbarian encroachment into Roman territory.

Milan Gajić is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Serbian club Red Star Belgrade.

Nicholas of Ilok was Ban of Croatia, Slavonia, Dalmatia and Macsó, Voivode of Transylvania and titular King of Bosnia from 1471 until his death.

Pavao Pavličić is a Croatian writer, literary historian and translator whose main focus are crime novels. He writes for both adults and children.

Leopold Ružička was a Croatian-Swiss scientist and joint winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry who worked most of his life in Switzerland. He received eight honoris causa doctorates in science, medicine, and law; seven prizes and medals; and twenty-four honorary memberships in chemical, biochemical, and other scientific societies.