Josip Voltiggi
Josip Voltiggi or Josip Voltić (1750–1825) was a Venetian linguist from Istria. In 1803, he published his Grammatica illirica, in Ricoslovnik illiricskoga, italianskoga i nimacskoga jezika s’ jednom pridpostavljenomm grammatikom illi pismenstvom: sve ovo sabrano i sloxeno od Jose Voltiggi Istranina (A dictionary of the Illyrian, Italian and German languages with a grammar and orthography), in Vienna. Because of his Pan-Slavic views, he was subject to harassment from the Austrian police. He died in a hospital and in great poverty. Sources
 Viktor Novak: Vuk i Hrvati (Vuk and the Croats)

Linguists from Croatia
1750 births
1825 deaths
Republic of Venice people
19th-century linguists