Below is a list of poets who wrote or write much of their poetry in Croatian.

A

• Borislav Arapović (born 1935)

B

• Lidija Bajuk (born 1965)
• Juraj Baraković (1548–1628)
• Milan Begović (1876–1948)
• Ivan Belostenec (1593/1594–1675)
• Mirko Bogović (1816–1893)
• Tituš Brezovački (1757–1805)
• Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874–1938)
• Ivan Bunić Vučić (1591/1592–1658)

C

• Dobriša Cesarić (1902–1980)
• Ilija Crijević (1463–1520)

D

• Arsen Dedić (1938–2015)
• Mak Dizdar (1917–1971)
• Dragutin Domjanić (1875–1933)
• Džore Držić (1461–1501)
• Marin Držić (1508–1567)

G

• Drago Gervais (1904–1957)
• Stanka Gjurić (Born 1956)
• Vladimir Gotovac (1930–2000)
• Ivan Gundulić (1589–1638)

H

• August Harambašić (1861–1911)
• Petar Hektorović (1487–1572)

J

• Dragojla Jarnević (1812–1875)
• Ivan Franjo Jukić (1818–1857)

K

• Petar Kanavelić (1637–1719)
• Brne Karnarutić (1515–1573)
• Jure Kaštelan (1919–1990)
• Jerolim Kavanjin (1641–1714)
• Ivan Goran Kovačić (1913–1943)
• Ivo Kozarčanin (1911–1941)
• Miroslav Krleža (1893–1981)
• Rajmund Kupareo (1914–1996)

M

• Marko Marulić (1450–1524)
• Antun Gustav Matoš (1873–1914)
• Šiško Menčetić (1457–1527)
• Andrija Kačić Miošić (1704–1760)

N

• Vladimir Nazor (1876–1949)
• Vjenceslav Novak (1859–1905)

O

• Ilija Okrugić (1827–1897)

P

• Vesna Parun (1922–2010)

S

• Sonja Smolec (born 1953)
• Đuro Sudeta (1903–1927)

Š

• Mihalj Šilobod Bolšić (1724–1787)
• Antun Branko Šimić (1898–1925)
• Antun Šoljan (1932–1993)
• Dragutin Tadijanović (1905–2007)

U

• Tin Ujević (1891–1955)

V

• Viktor Vida (1913–1960)
• Vladimir Vidrić (1875–1909)

W

• Ljubo Wiesner (1885–1951)