Marko Perković

Marko Perković, known as Thompson, is one of the most divisive figures I have written about. Born in the Croatian village of Čavoglave, he launched his career during the War of Independence with a nationalist song tied to his home soil. His far-right associations split opinion sharply, and I will not pretend that tension away. What I can acknowledge is the raw force of an artist who built a massive domestic following out of wartime memory. I prefer to observe rather than endorse here, treating him as a complicated human story rather than a slogan. The sheer pull he holds over Croatian audiences is undeniable.

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Name (English)

Marko Perković

Name (Japanese)

マルコ・ペルコビッチ

Reading

まるこ・ぺるこびっち

Born

October 27, 1966 (age 59)

Origin

Čavoglave, Croatia

Occupation

singer / composer / songwriter / singer-songwriter / businessperson

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Horse

• Official sitehttps://www.thompson.hr/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/thompson_hr/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marko%20Perkovi%C4%87
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%81
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q935263

Tags

• singer
• composer
• songwriter

Last updated

September 28, 2026

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