
This is a list of notable philosophers who either spent many productive years of their lives in Croatia or the country's citizens working abroad, in alphabetical order:

Đuro Arnold was a Croatian writer and philosopher.

Pavo Barišić is a Croatian philosopher and politician who served as the Minister of Science and Education in the Cabinet of Andrej Plenković from 19 October 2016 until 9 June 2017. He publishes in the field of philosophy of law, politics and democracy, history of philosophy, and bioethics. He is a member of Croatian Democratic Union.

Antun Bauer was a Croatian theologian and philosopher who served as Archbishop of Zagreb.

Roger Joseph Boscovich was a physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, theologian, Jesuit priest, and a polymath from the Republic of Ragusa. He studied and lived in Italy and France where he also published many of his works.

Nadežda Čačinovič is a Croatian philosopher, sociologist, comparatist, feminist and Croatian-language book author.

Ljiljana Filipović is a Croatian author and philosopher.

Predrag Finci is a philosopher, author, and essayist. His work is best known for its combination of erudition, philosophical and aesthetical insights, and personal experience. Finci writes extensively in his native language and also in English. A great number of articles and reviews of Finci’s books have been published in Bosnia and Croatia.

Ivan Focht was a Yugoslav philosopher and mycologist.

Stanka Gjurić is a Croatian poet, essayist, actress, filmmaker and ex model. She is a member of the Croatian Writers' Association and Croatian Academy of Science and Art in Diaspora. She has also acted in seven feature films.

Stjepan "Stijepo" Gradić or Stefano Gradi was a philosopher, scientist and a patrician of the Republic of Ragusa.

Anđelko Habazin was a Croatian philosopher.

Srećko Horvat is a Croatian philosopher, author and political activist. The German weekly Der Freitag called him as "one of the most exciting voices of his generation" and he has been described as a "fiery voice of dissent in the Post-Yugoslav landscape". His writing has appeared in The Guardian, Al Jazeera, Der Spiegel, Jacobin, Newsweek and The New York Times.

Milan Kangrga was a Croatian and Yugoslav philosopher who was one of the leading thinkers in the Praxis School of thought which originated in the 1960s in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Mario Kopić is a Croatian philosopher, author and translator. His main areas of interest include: History of Ideas, Philosophy of Art, Philosophy of Culture, Phenomenology and Philosophy of Religion.

Anton Kržan was a Croatian philosopher, university professor and a rector.

Željko Loparić is a Yugoslav-born Brazilian philosopher, historian of philosophy and university teacher. Born in modern-day Croatia, he is a naturalized Brazilian, and professor at the University of Campinas.

Franjo Marković was a Croatian philosopher and writer.

Franciscus Patricius was an Italian philosopher and scientist of Croatian descent from the Republic of Venice. He was known as a defender of Platonism and an opponent of Aristotelianism. In Croatia he is mostly referred to as Franjo Petriš or Frane Petrić. His family name in Cres was known as Petris.

Žarko Puhovski is a Croatian professor, political analyst, philosopher and intellectual, former president of the Croatian Helsinki Committee.

Rajmund Zamanja (Džamanjić) or Raymundo Giamagnik was a Croatian theologian, philosopher and linguist from Dubrovnik.

Nino Raspudić is a Croatian conservative philosopher, writer and political analyst. He is a professor at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb and the Faculty of Humanities in Mostar. He is a columnist for the Večernji list and Nezavisne novine, and is one of the editors of the Reflex, a political show on OBN Televizija.

Faust Vrančić was a Croatian-Venetian polymath and bishop from Šibenik, then part of the Venetian Republic.