This is a list of Slovenes and people from Slovenia that are notable.
Authors Vladimir Bartol Simon Gregorčič Alma Karlin France Prešeren Josipina Urbančič Louis Adamic (1898–1951) – author and translatorAnton Aškerc (1856–1912) – poet and Roman Catholic priestFrederic Baraga (1797–1868) – bishop, authorVladimir Bartol (1903–1967) – authorFrance Bevk (1890–1970) – authorFranjo Bučar – writer of Slovenian descentIvan Cankar (1876–1918) – author, poet, storyteller, playwright, and essayistMatija Čop (1797–1835) – authorMate Dolenc (born 1945) – authorFran Saleški Finžgar (1871–1963) – author and priestFrance Forstnerič (1933–2007) – author, poet and journalistAlojz Gradnik (1882–1967) – poet and translatorSimon Gregorčič (1844–1906) – poet and Roman Catholic priestPeter Handke (born 1942) – author (Slovenian mother; born and raised in Austria and has never lived in Slovenia)Janez Jalen (1891–1966) – authorDrago Jančar (born 1948) – author and dramatistSimon Jenko (1835–1869) – poet, lyricist, writerJože Javoršek (1920–1990) – authorBranka Jurca (1914–1999) – authorJosip Jurčič (1844–1881) – authorJános Kardos (1801–1875) – writer, teacher and priestAlma Karlin (1889–1950) – writer and poetDragotin Kette (1876–1899) – poetEdvard Kocbek (1904–1981) – poet and writerSrečko Kosovel (1904–1926) – poetJózsef Kossics (1788–1867) – writer, poet, historian, priestTomo Križnar (born 1954) – world traveller, humanitarian, authorLovro Kuhar (1893–1950) – authorMiklós Küzmics (1737–1804) – writer and translatorFeri Lainšček (born 1959) – writer, poetFran Levstik (1831–1887) – authorAnton Tomaž Linhart (1756–1795) – playwright and historianCvetka Lipuš (born 1959) – authorFlorjan Lipuš (born 1937) – authorFranko Luin (1941–2005) – author, editor, typographerRudolf Maister (1874–1934) – poet, military officerMira Mihelič (1912–1985) – authorFrane Milčinski (1914–1988) – poet, satirist, humoristMiha Mazzini (born 1961) – authorBoris Pahor (1913–2022) – authorIvan Potrč (1913–1993) – authorSebastijan Pregelj (born 1970) – authorFrance Prešeren (1800–1849) – poetBenka Pulko (born 1967) – author and Guinness World Record setting world travelerMiha Remec (1928–2020) – authorAnton Martin Slomšek (1800–1862) – bishop, author, poet and national awakenerTomaž Šalamun (1941–2014) – poetDamijan Šinigoj (born 1964) – author and translatorJosip Stritar (1836–1923) – poet, author, and editorIvan Tavčar (1851–1923) – author, lawyer and politicianJanez Trdina (1830–1905) – authorPrimož Trubar (1508–1586) – Protestant reformer and authorJosipina Urbančič (1508–1586) – poet, writerJosip Vidmar (1895–1992) – essayist and literary criticVitomil Zupan (1914–1987) – writer
Inventors Janez Puh Ivo Boscarol (born 1956) – light aircraft designer and manufacturerJoseph Fuisz (born 1970) – filed thirty-five patents relating to drug delivery and computer fieldsRichard Fuisz (born 1939) – pharmaceutical inventor of controlled release drug beads, quick dissolve tablet systems, thin film drug delivery systems as well as various medical devices, diagnostic devices and electronic mail patentsJapec Jakopin (born 1951) – yacht designerAlojz Knafelc (1859–1937) – creator of Slovenian trail blaze Herman Potočnik (a.k.a. Noordung, 1892–1929), one of the founders of astronauticsJohann Puch (Slovene: Janez Puh) (1862–1914) – inventor, innovator, industrial designer and manufacturerJohann Pucher (Slovene: Janez Auguštin Puhar) (1814–1864) – priest, photographer, painter and poet – invented a photography on the glass in 1842.Edvard Rusjan (1886–1911) – pilot and aeronautic pioneer
Military personnel
Vinci Vogue Anžlovar (1963–2024) – film directorValentin Areh (born 1971) – war correspondent and TV journalistMiha Baloh (1928–2022) – actorMatija Barl (1940–2018) – actorPolde Bibič (1933–2012) – actorDemeter Bitenc (1922–2018) – actorDavid Boreanaz (born 1969) – actor, father of remote Slovenian descentŠpela Čadež (born 1977) – film directorFrantišek Čap (1913–1972) – film directorGeorge Dolenz (1908–1963) – (born Jure Dolenc) movie/TV actor, father of actor/musician Micky Dolenz and grandfather of actress Ami Dolenz Micky Dolenz (born 1945) – actor and musician, son of George DolenzRudi Dolezal (born 1958) – Austrian film producer and film directorMira Furlan (1955–2021) – actress, father of Slovenian descentKarpo Godina (born 1943) – film director, cameraman and montage editorFrank Gorshin (1933–2005) – actor and comedianMelissa Joan Hart (born 1976) – actress, mother of Slovenian descentAndrej Hieng (1925–2000) – storyteller, dramatist, film director and stage editorBoštjan Hladnik (1929–2006) – film director, scenarist and montage editorŽeljko Ivanek – Hollywood actorAnthony Jeselnik (born 1978) – comedian of Slovenian descentPolona Juh (born 1971) – actressDamjan Kozole (born 1964) – film director and scenaristJanez Lapajne (born 1967) – film directorJože Pogačnik (1932–2016) – film director and scenaristIgor Pretnar (1924–1977) – film and theatre directorJanko Ravnik (1891–1982) – film director, pianist, composer, pedagogue, and photographerTanja Ribič (born 1968) – actress and singerIta Rina (1907–1979) – actressFranci Slak (1953–2007) – film and TV director and scenaristDanijel Sraka (born 1975) – film directorFrance Štiglic (1919–1993) – film directorZlatko Šugman (1932–2008) – actorAleksandar Tesla [de ] (born 1973) – German actor, Slovenian motherAlice Tumler (born 1978) – TV presenter, father of Slovenian–Italian descentChristoph Waltz (born 1956) – actor, mother of Slovenian descent[ 1] Jonas Žnidaršič (born 1962) – actor and TV journalist
Musicians and composers
Bojan Adamič (1912–1995) – composer and conductorBlaž Arnič (1901–1970) – composerSlavko Avsenik (1929–2015) – composer and musicianHelena Blagne Zaman (born 1963) – singerLojze Bratuž (1902–1937) – composer, choirmasterCiril Cvetko (1920–1999) – composer, conductor, pedagogue, and journalistMicky Dolenz (born 1945) – drummer of The Monkees (Slovenian father; born and raised in the United States and has never lived in Slovenia)Jakob Gallus Petelin (1550–1591) – composer and conductorJani Golob (born 1948) – composer and violinistAlenka Gotar (born 1979) – soprano singerSenida Hajdarpašić (known as Senidah ) (born 1985) – singer and composer
Karen Kamensek (born 1970) – conductor of Slovenian descentBožidar Kantušer (1921–1999) – composerHerbert von Karajan (1908–1989) – composerMaja Keuc – singerMarjan Kozina (1907–1966) – composerZala Kralj (born 1999) – singerLina Kuduzović (born 2002) – singerMarijan Lipovšek (1910–1995) – composer, pianist, pedagogue, musical essayistMarjana Lipovšek (born 1946) – opera singer, mezzo-sopranoMagnifico (born 1965) – composer and singerJoey Miskulin (born 1949) – accordionist of Slovenian descentOmar Naber – singer-songwriter, guitaristMr. Doctor – vocalist and composer of the Devil Doll Tito in ekšn – punk rock band of the 1990s
Tomaž Pengov – composer, musician and singerZoran Predin (born 1958) – composer and singerOto Pestner – composer, musician and singerJože Privšek (1937–1998) – composer and musicianRaay (Maraaya ) (born 1984) – composer
Anja Rupel (born 1966) – singer and radio announcerGašper Šantl (born 1996) – singer and composerNina Šenk (born 1982) – classical composerMajda Sepe (1937–2006) – singerSeptember – Swedish singer of Slovenian descentLojze Slak (1932–2011) – composer and musicianAdi Smolar – composer, musician and singerAna Soklič – singer-songwriterKarmen Stavec (born 1973) – musician and singerDubravka Tomšič Srebotnjak (born 1940) – pianist and musical pedagogueAudrey Totter (1917–2013) – actress (Slovenian father; born and lived in the United States; never lived in Slovenia)Marjetka Vovk (Maraaya ) (born 1984) – singer and composer
Sare Havliček (born 1974) – musical producer
Hugo Wolf (1860–1903) – composer"Weird Al" Yankovic (born 1959) – singer and musician of Slovenian descentFrankie Yankovic (1915–1998) – Grammy-award winning accordion player and polka musician of Slovenian descent
Philosophers Slavoj Žižek Mladen Dolar (born 1951) – philosopher, cofounder of the Ljubljana school of psychoanalysis Herman of Carinthia (1105/1110 – after 1154) – philosopher, astronomer, astrologer, mathematicianTine Hribar (born 1941) – philosopherMilan Komar (1921–2006) – philosopherJosip Križan (1841–1921) – mathematician, physicist, philosopher, astronomerLeonid Pitamic (1885–1971) – philosopher of lawAvguštin Stegenšek (1875–1920) – philosopher, theologian, art historianAnton Strle (1915–2003) – theologianIvo Urbančič (1930–2016) – philosopherLudwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) – philosopher, in part of Slovenian descentSlavoj Žižek (born 1949) – sociologist, philosopher, and cultural criticAlenka Zupančič (born 1966) – philosopher and cultural critic
Politicians Janez Janša Leon Rupnik Kurt Schuschnigg Josip Broz Tito Andrej Bajuk (1943–2011) – third prime minister of independent SloveniaJohn Blatnik (1911–1991) – U.S. Congressman (Slovenian parents; born and raised in the United States, and never lived in Slovenia)Leonard J. Bodack (1932–2015) – former Pennsylvania State Senator (Slovenian ancestry; born and raised in the United States, and never lived in Slovenia)Jože Brilej (1910–1981) – Yugoslav politician, diplomat and ambassador, President of the United Nations Security Council (1956)Josip Broz Tito (1892–1980) – president of the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia between 1945 and 1980 (son of a Slovenian mother, Marija Javeršek and of a Croat father, Franjo Broz)Leo von Caprivi (1831–1899) – German major general and statesman who served as German Chancellor from March 1890 to October 1894 (His family (complete surname: von Caprivi de Caprera de Montecuccoli) was of Italian and disputed Slovenian origin; born and raised in Germany, and never lived in Slovenia)Janez Drnovšek (1950–2008) – second prime minister of independent Slovenia, third president of Slovenia, 2003–2008Robert Golob (born 1967) – Slovene prime ministerTom Harkin – U.S. Senator (Slovenian mother; born and raised in the United States and never lived in Slovenia)Janez Janša (born 1958) – fifth prime minister of independent SloveniaEdvard Kardelj (1910–1979) – prewar communist, politician, statesman, and journalistBoris Kidrič (1912–1953) – communist, politician, statesman and economistAmy Jean Klobuchar (born 1960) – U.S. Senator from Minnesota (Father's grandparents came from Slovenia; born and raised in United States, has never lived in Slovenia)Anton Korošec (1872–1940) – prominent Yugoslav politicianMilan Kučan (born 1941) – first president of independent Slovenia, 1991–2002Frank Lausche (1895–1990) – former U.S. Senator, Governor of Ohio & Mayor of Cleveland (Parents of Slovenian origin; born and raised in the United States and never lived in Slovenia)Vladko Maček (1879–1964) – Croatian politician of Slovene origin from the first half of the 20th century. He led the Croatian Peasant Party (HSS)James Oberstar (1934–2014) – U.S. Representative from Minnesota (Partial Slovenian ancestry; born and raised in the United States and never lived in Slovenia)Lojze Peterle (born 1948) – first prime minister of independent SloveniaWolfgang Petritsch (born 1947) – Austrian diplomat of Slovene ethnicity (former OHR )Tanya Plibersek – Australian politician – House of RepresentativesAnton Rop (born 1960) – fourth prime minister of independent SloveniaGregorij Rožman (1883–1959) – Bishop of Ljubljana (1930–1945), collaborator with Italian and German occupying forces during the Second World WarMarjan Šarec (born 1977) – Slovene prime ministerKurt Schuschnigg (1897–1977) – Chancellor of Austria , of Slovenian descentDanilo Türk (born 1952) – President elect of SloveniaWalter Veltroni (born 1955) – Mayor of Rome (Slovenian mother)George Voinovich – U.S. Senator, former Governor of Ohio and Mayor of Cleveland, (Slovenian mother; born and raised in the United States, never lived in Slovenia)Anton Vratuša (1915–2017) – politician and diplomat, who was the Prime Minister of Slovenia from 1978–80 and of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, also its ambassador to the United Nations
Scientists and scholars
Robert Blinc (1933–2011) – physicistIvan Bratko (born 1946) – computer scientistSrečko Brodar (1893–1987) – palaeontologistAndrej Čadež (born 1942) – astrophysicistAvrelija Cencič (1964–2012) – biochemistLavo Čermelj (1889–1980) – physicistDragotin Cvetko (1911–1993) – musicologistDavorin Dolar (1921–2005) – chemistJosip Globevnik (born 1945) – mathematicianPavel Grošelj (1883–1940) – biologist and belletristJovan Hadži (1884–1972) – biologistAnton Janežič (1828–1869) – Slavic specialist and grammarianJernej Kopitar (1780–1844) – philologistPeter Kosler (1824–1879) – lawyer, geographer, cartographer, politician, and manufacturerIvo Lah (1896–1979) – mathematicianTine Logar (1916–2002) – philologist and dialectologistThomas Luckmann (1927–2016) – sociologistAnton Melik (1890–1966) – geographerFranz Miklosich (1813–1891) – philologistAvgust Pavel (1886–1946) – ethnologistAnton Peterlin (1908–1993) – physicistJosip Plemelj (1873–1967) – mathematicianHerman Potočnik (a.k.a. Noordung, 1892–1929) – pioneer of astronautics and cosmonautics, and rocket engineerFritz Pregl (1869–1930) – chemist, Nobel prize for chemistry 1923Janko Prunk (born 1942) – historianFran Ramovš (1890–1952) – philologist and dialectologistZoran Rant (1904–1972) – mechanical engineerSimon Rutar (1851–1903) – historian, geographer, archaeologist and geologistLjubo Sirc (1920–2016) – economistBoris Sket (born 1936) – zoologistBranko Stanovnik (born 1938) – chemistJožef Stefan (1835–1893) – physicist and mathematicianJanez Strnad (1934–2015) – physicist and populariser of natural scienceJože Toporišič (1926–2014) – philologistDenis Trček (born 1963) – computer scientistAnton Trstenjak (1906–1996) – psychologist and theologianJohann Weikhard von Valvasor (1641–1693) – nobleman and polymathJurij Bartolomej Vega (1754–1802) – mathematician, physicist and artillery officerIvan Vidav (1918–2015) – mathematicianMilan Vidmar (1885–1962) – electrical engineer, chess player, and chess theoristValentin Vodnik (1758–1819) – poet, journalist, philologistEgon Zakrajšek (1941–2002) – mathematician and computer scientistMiroslav Zei (1914–2006) – marine biologist
Athletes
Vili Ameršek – football playerAlenka Bikar – sprinter, Olympic athleteValter Birsa (born 1986) – footballerJaka Blažič (born 1990) – basketball playerFredi Bobic (born 1971) – footballer of Slovenian descentVinko Bogataj – ski jumper, featured in the Wide World of Sports Agony of Defeat videoNataša Bokal (born 1967) – skierBorut Božič – cyclistJanez Brajkovič – cyclistPrimož Brezec (born 1979) – basketball player (NBA )Brigita Brezovac (born 1979) – IFBB professional bodybuilderBrigita Bukovec (born 1970) – athlete, Olympic athleteAnja Čarman – swimmerJolanda Čeplak (born 1976) – Olympic athleteMiroslav Cerar (born 1939) – gymnast, Olympic athleteIztok Čop (born 1972) – rower, Olympic athleteAlenka Cuderman (born 1961) – handball player, Olympic athleteRudolf Cvetko (1880–1977) – fencer, Olympic athleteIvo Daneu – basketball playerMatjaž Debelak (born 1965) – ski jumper, Olympic athleteRajmond Debevec (born 1963) – shooter, Olympic athleteLuka Dončić – basketball player, No. 3 overall pick in the 2018 NBA draft , NBA player for the Dallas Mavericks [ 2] [ 3] Polona Dornik – basketball player, Olympic athleteAlenka Dovžan – alpine skier, Olympic athleteGoran Dragić – basketball player (NBA ), Serbian father and Slovene mother[ 4] Zoran Dragić – basketball player (NBA ), Serbian father and Slovene motherAna Drev (born 1985) – alpine skierVital Eiselt (born 1941) – basketball playerVesna Fabjan – cross-country skierSaša Farič – freestyle skierMaruša Ferk – alpine skierJure Franko – alpine skier, Olympic athleteDamjan Fras – ski jumper, Olympic athleteTim Gajser (born 1996) – motocross racer (MXGP )Janja Garnbret (born 1999) – rock climberMeta Hrovat (born 1998) – alpine skierUrška Hrovat – alpine skier, Olympic athleteSait Idrizi (born 1990) – football playerSara Isaković (born 1988) – swimmerMilan Janša (born 1965) – rowerMima Jaušovec (born 1956) – female tennis playerSimon Jecl (born 1986) – freestyle skierAndrej Jerman – alpine skierMarjan Kandus (born 1932) – basketball playerDavo Karničar (born 1962) – alpine and extreme skierSrečko Katanec (born 1963) – football player and selector, Olympic athletePeter Kauzer (born 1983) – slalom canoeist, Olympic athleteJani Klemenčič (born 1971) – rowerAnže Kopitar – NHL hockey player, Olympic athleteJure Košir – alpine skier, Olympic athleteŽan Košir – snowboarderKatja Koren – alpine skier, Olympic athletePrimož Kozmus – hammer thrower, Olympic athleteRobert Kranjec – alpine ski jumperŽan Kranjec – alpine skierRene Krhin (born 1990) – football playerBojan Križaj (born 1957) – alpine skier, Olympic athleteMiha Lokar (born 1935) – basketball playerPetra Majdič – cross country skier, Olympic athleteAndreja Mali (born 1977) – biathleteTina Maze – alpine skierAriel McDonald – basketball playerMiha Mevlja – football playerMarko Milič – basketball playerSašo Mirjanič (1968–1994) – rowerMatej Mohorič – cyclistRadoslav Nesterovič – basketball player (NBA )Bogdan Norčič – alpine ski jumperBranko Oblak (born 1947) – football playerJan Oblak – football playerBruno Parma (born 1941) – chess playerFranci Petek – ski jumper, Olympic athletePrimož Peterka (born 1979) – ski jumper, Olympic athleteBorut Petrič (born 1961) – swimmerDarjan Petrič (born 1964) – swimmerRok Petrovič (1966–1993) – alpine skierVasja Pirc (1907–1980) – chess playerTadej Pogačar – cyclistLucija Polavder (born 1984) – judoka, Olympic athleteKlemen Prepelič (born 1992) – basketball playerŠpela Pretnar – alpine skierPeter Prevc (born 1992) – ski jumperJosip Primožič (1900–1985) – gymnast, Olympic athleteIztok Puc – handball playerAlenka Cuderman (born 1961) – handball player, Olympic athleteJure Robič (1965–2010) – marathon cyclistPrimož Roglič – cyclistMladen Rudonja – football playerBenjamin Savšek – slalom canoeist, Olympic athleteUroš Slokar – basketball player (NBA )Luka Špik (born 1979) – rower, Olympic athleteAndraž Šporar (born 1994) – football playerKatarina Srebotnik – tennis playerElvis Stojko – figure skaterBoris Strel – alpine skier, Olympic athleteMartin Strel (born 1954) – ultra marathon swimmerIlka Štuhec (born 1990) – alpine skierLeon Štukelj (1898–1999) – gymnast, Olympic athleteMateja Svet (born 1968) – alpine skier, Olympic athleteMiran Tepeš – ski jumper, Olympic athleteTina Trstenjak – judoka, Olympic athleteBeno Udrih – basketball player (NBA )Primož Ulaga – ski jumper, Olympic athleteTadej Valjavec – cyclistAndraž Vehovar – slalom canoeist, Olympic athleteAnamari Velenšek – judokaBenjamin Verbič – football playerPeter Vilfan – basketball playerSasha Vujačić – basketball player (NBA ), Serbian father and Slovene motherZlatko Zahovič (born 1971) – football playerMiha Zajc (born 1994) – football playerVasilij Žbogar (born 1975) – sailor, Olympic athleteJure Zdovc – basketball player, Olympic athleteTamara Zidanšek – tennis playerUrška Žolnir (born 1981) – judoka, Olympic athletePeter Žonta – alpine ski jumperAljoša Žorga – basketball playerMatjaž Zupan – alpine ski jumper, Olympic athleteDenis Žvegelj – rower, Olympic athlete
Other people
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