Famous People with Name Juraj

Juraj Njavro            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Juraj Njavro: was a Croatian medical doctor and politician.He served as a surgeon Vukovar's hospital during the city's intense siege within the Croatian War of Independence.[2] He continued to work in the hospital right up until the fall of the city to Serb forces.[3] Njavro was subsequently imprisoned and taken to the Sremska Mitrovica camp in Serbia.[2] In late 1991 Njavro was released as part of a prisoner exchange.

Juraj Križanic            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Juraj Križanic: was a Croatian Catholic missionary who is often regarded as the earliest recorded pan-Slavist and anti-Normanist.Križanic was born in Obrh, near Bihac (in present-day Bosnia Herzegovina) in 1618, a period of political turmoil and of Turkish invasions into Croatia. He attended a Jesuit grammar school in Ljubljana and a Jesuit gymnasium in Zagreb from 1629 to 1635. His father died when he was 17 years old, at approximately the same time he graduated from the gymnasium. He began attending the University of Bologna in 1638 to study theology and graduated in 1640.

Juraj Amšel            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Juraj Amšel: is a Croat water polo player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1948 Summer Olympics.Four years later he was a squad member of the Yugoslav Olympic team in the 1952 tournament but did not play in a match. Again in 1956 he was a squad member but did not pl

Juraj Šimek            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Juraj Šimek: is a Slovak-Swiss professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Norfolk Admirals of the American Hockey League (AHL), the top affiliate of the Tampa Bay Lightning. Šimek has played for the Swiss national junior team twice at the World Junior Ch

Juraj Kolník            Origin/Culture/Country: Europe

Juraj Kolník: is a Slovak professional ice hockey player, currently a free agent. He has played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Islanders and also played with the Slovak national ice hockey team in the 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships.