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)