Ivan Filipović

Ivan Filipović (24 July 1823 – 28 October 1895) was a Croatian teacher, writer and lexicographer.

Born in Velika Kopanica, he was educated to become a teacher in Vinkovci and Sremska Mitrovica, where he also started as a teacher's apprentice in 1842. He became a teacher in Nova Gradiška in 1846, later moving to Zagreb, then to Požega and then again to Zagreb in 1863, where in turn he would remain until his retirement. In 1875 he became the school superintendent of the Zagreb County.

Filipović was an avid organizer of teachers, having founded a teachers' cooperative in 1865,

The Croatian government named its national award for educational workers after Ivan Filipović. First created in 1964 by the Croatian Pedagogical and Literary Board, since 1967 it has been awarded by the Croatian Parliament. It has since become an annual award and a lifetime achievement award.