List of Slovenes

This is a list of Slovenes and people from Slovenia that are notable.

Artists including performing arts

• Zvest Apollonio (1935–2009) – painter and graphic artist
• Stanislava Brezovar (1937–2003) – ballerina
• Franz Caucig (1755–1828) – Neoclassical painter
• Anton Cebej (1722–1774) – Baroque painter
• Avgust Černigoj (1898–1985) – painter
• Jože Ciuha (1924–2015) – painter, graphic artist and illustrator
• Ivan Grohar (1867–1911) – painter
• Anton Gvajc (1865–1935) – painter
• Herman Gvardjančič (born 1943) – painter
• Stane Jagodič (born 1943) – painter, graphic artist, montager and illustrator
• Božidar Jakac (1899–1989) – painter, graphic artist and illustrator
• Rihard Jakopič (1869–1943) – painter
• Matija Jama (1872–1947) – impressionist painter
• Laurenz Janscha (1749–1812) – landscape painter and engraver
• Anton Karinger (1829–1870) – painter and poet
• Ivana Kobilca (1861–1926) – realist painter
• Lojze Logar (1944–2014) – painter and graphic artist
• Adriana Maraž (1931–2015) – painter and graphic artist
• Julie Martini (1871–1943) – photographer
• Å pelca Mladič (1894–1981) – painter and designer
• Pino Mlakar (1907–2006) – ballet dancer and choreographer
• Marko MuÅ¡ič (born 1941) – architect
• Zoran MuÅ¡ič (1909–2005) – painter
• Miki Muster (1925–2018) – illustrator
• Veno Pilon (1896–1970) – painter
• Mira Pintar (1891–1980) - artist and art collector
• Jože Plečnik (1872–1957) – architect
• Marjetica Potrč (born 1953) – artist
• Jakob SavinÅ¡ek (1922–1961) – sculptor
• Zora Stančič (born 1956) – graphic and visual artist
• Matej Sternen (1870–1949) – painter
• Michael Stroy (1803–1871) – painter
• Vladimir Å ubic (1894–1946) – architect
• Henrika Å antel (1874–1940) – painter
• Avgusta Å antel (1876–1968) – painter, teacher, printmaker
• Jožef Tominc (1790–1866) – painter
• Joseph Urbania (1877–1943) – sculptor
• Ivan Vurnik (1884–1971) – architect and town planner

Authors

• Louis Adamic (1898–1951) – author and translator
• Anton AÅ¡kerc (1856–1912) – poet and Roman Catholic priest
• Frederic Baraga (1797–1868) – bishop, author
• Vladimir Bartol (1903–1967) – author
• France Bevk (1890–1970) – author
• Franjo Bučar – writer of Slovenian descent
• Ivan Cankar (1876–1918) – author, poet, storyteller, playwright, and essayist
• Matija Čop (1797–1835) – author
• Mate Dolenc (born 1945) – author
• Fran SaleÅ¡ki Finžgar (1871–1963) – author and priest
• France Forstnerič (1933–2007) – author, poet and journalist
• Alojz Gradnik (1882–1967) – poet and translator
• Simon Gregorčič (1844–1906) – poet and Roman Catholic priest
• Peter Handke (born 1942) – author (Slovenian mother; born and raised in Austria and has never lived in Slovenia)
• Janez Jalen (1891–1966) – author
• Drago Jančar (born 1948) – author and dramatist
• Simon Jenko (1835–1869) – poet, lyricist, writer
• Jože JavorÅ¡ek (1920–1990) – author
• Branka Jurca (1914–1999) – author
• Josip Jurčič (1844–1881) – author
• János Kardos (1801–1875) – writer, teacher and priest
• Alma Karlin (1889–1950) – writer and poet
• Dragotin Kette (1876–1899) – poet
• Edvard Kocbek (1904–1981) – poet and writer
• Srečko Kosovel (1904–1926) – poet
• József Kossics (1788–1867) – writer, poet, historian, priest
• Tomo Križnar (born 1954) – world traveller, humanitarian, author
• Lovro Kuhar (1893–1950) – author
• Miklós Küzmics (1737–1804) – writer and translator
• Feri Lainšček (born 1959) – writer, poet
• Fran Levstik (1831–1887) – author
• Anton Tomaž Linhart (1756–1795) – playwright and historian
• Cvetka LipuÅ¡ (born 1959) – author
• Florjan LipuÅ¡ (born 1937) – author
• Franko Luin (1941–2005) – author, editor, typographer
• Rudolf Maister (1874–1934) – poet, military officer
• Mira Mihelič (1912–1985) – author
• Frane Milčinski (1914–1988) – poet, satirist, humorist
• Miha Mazzini (born 1961) – author
• Boris Pahor (1913–2022) – author
• Ivan Potrč (1913–1993) – author
• Krista Povirk (1938–2004) – catechist, poet, choir director
• Sebastijan Pregelj (born 1970) – author
• France PreÅ¡eren (1800–1849) – poet
• Benka Pulko (born 1967) – author and Guinness World Record setting world traveler
• Miha Remec (1928–2020) – author
• Marija Rus (1921–2019) – Romance philologist, professor of French, translator, poet.
• Anton Martin SlomÅ¡ek (1800–1862) – bishop, author, poet and national awakener
• Tomaž Å alamun (1941–2014) – poet
• Anka Salmič (1902–1969) - farmer, folk healer and poet
• Damijan Å inigoj (born 1964) – author and translator
• Josip Stritar (1836–1923) – poet, author, and editor
• Ivan Tavčar (1851–1923) – author, lawyer and politician
• Janez Trdina (1830–1905) – author
• Primož Trubar (1508–1586) – Protestant reformer and author
• Josipina Urbančič (1508–1586) – poet, writer
• Josip Vidmar (1895–1992) – essayist and literary critic
• Vitomil Zupan (1914–1987) – writer

Inventors

• Ivo Boscarol (born 1956) – light aircraft designer and manufacturer
• Joseph Fuisz (born 1970) – filed thirty-five patents relating to drug delivery and computer fields
• Richard 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 patents
• Japec Jakopin (born 1951) – yacht designer
• Alojz Knafelc (1859–1937) – creator of Slovenian trail blaze
• Herman Potočnik (a.k.a. Noordung, 1892–1929), one of the founders of astronautics
• Johann Puch (Slovene: Janez Puh) (1862–1914) – inventor, innovator, industrial designer and manufacturer
• Johann Pucher (Slovene: Janez AuguÅ¡tin 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

• Karel Destovnik Kajuh (1922–1944) – poet and Yugoslav people's hero
• Alenka Ermenc (born 1963) – officer in the Slovenian Armed Forces and NATO's Chief of defence
• Karl Novak (1905–1975) – commander of the Slovene Chetniks during World War II
• Odilo Globočnik (1904–1945) – prominent Nazi and later an SS leader
• Anton Haus (1851–1917) – Grand Admiral of the Austro-Hungarian Navy
• Pepca Kardelj (1914–1990) – partisan and political activist
• Johann Katzianer (1491–1539) – aristocrat and Habsburg Imperial Army commander
• DuÅ¡an Kveder (1915–1966) – soldier, military commander and diplomat
• Rudolf Maister (1874–1934) – general and poet
• Franjo Malgaj (1894–1919) – Austro-Hungarian military leader
• Johann Mickl (1893–1945) – Austrian-born Generalleutnant of Slovenian descent
• Leon Rupnik (1880–1946) – Yugoslav general, inspector-general of the Slovenian Home Guard
• Franc Rozman (1911–1944) – Partisan general and Yugoslav people's hero
• Valerija Skrinjar Tvrz (1928–2023) – Partisan codebreaker

Film, radio and television

• Vinci Vogue Anžlovar (1963–2024) – film director
• Valentin Areh (born 1971) – war correspondent and TV journalist
• Miha Baloh (1928–2022) – actor
• Matija Barl (1940–2018) – actor
• Polde Bibič (1933–2012) – actor
• Demeter Bitenc (1922–2018) – actor
• David Boreanaz (born 1969) – actor, father of remote Slovenian descent
• Å pela Čadež (born 1977) – film director
• FrantiÅ¡ek Čap (1913–1972) – film director
• Anica Dobra (born 1963) – Serbian actress, Slovenian mother
• George 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 Dolenz
• Rudi Dolezal (born 1958) – Austrian film producer and film director
• Mira Furlan (1955–2021) – actress, father of Slovenian descent
• Karpo Godina (born 1943) – film director, cameraman and montage editor
• Frank Gorshin (1933–2005) – actor and comedian
• Melissa Joan Hart (born 1976) – actress, mother of Slovenian descent
• Andrej Hieng (1925–2000) – storyteller, dramatist, film director and stage editor
• BoÅ¡tjan Hladnik (1929–2006) – film director, scenarist and montage editor
• Željko Ivanek – Hollywood actor
• Anthony Jeselnik (born 1978) – comedian of Slovenian descent
• Polona Juh (born 1971) – actress
• Damjan Kozole (born 1964) – film director and scenarist
• Janez Lapajne (born 1967) – film director
• Jože Pogačnik (1932–2016) – film director and scenarist
• Igor Pretnar (1924–1977) – film and theatre director
• Janko Ravnik (1891–1982) – film director, pianist, composer, pedagogue, and photographer
• Tanja Ribič (born 1968) – actress and singer
• Ita Rina (1907–1979) – actress
• Franci Slak (1953–2007) – film and TV director and scenarist
• Danijel Sraka (born 1975) – film director
• France Å tiglic (1919–1993) – film director
• Zlatko Å ugman (1932–2008) – actor
• (born 1973) – German actor, Slovenian mother
• Alice Tumler (born 1978) – TV presenter, father of Slovenian–Italian descent
• Eka Vogelnik (1946–2024) – multi type artist (film, video and animation director and performer; scene, costume and puppet designer; book author and illustrator, music composer...)
• Christoph Waltz (born 1956) – actor, mother of Slovenian descent
• Jonas ŽnidarÅ¡ič (born 1962) – actor and TV journalist

Musicians and composers

• Bojan Adamič (1912–1995) – composer and conductor
• Blaž Arnič (1901–1970) – composer
• Slavko Avsenik (1929–2015) – composer and musician
• Helena Blagne Zaman (born 1963) – singer
• Lojze Bratuž (1902–1937) – composer, choirmaster
• Ciril Cvetko (1920–1999) – composer, conductor, pedagogue, and journalist
• Micky 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 conductor
• Jani Golob (born 1948) – composer and violinist
• Irena Grafenauer (born 1957) – flautist
• Alenka Gotar (born 1979) – soprano singer
• Eliza FrančiÅ¡ka Grizold (1847–1913) – teacher, poet, organist and composer
• Senida HajdarpaÅ¡ić (known as Senidah) (born 1985) – singer and composer
• Marija Hladnik Berden (1892–1924) – teacher, organist and composer
• Karen Kamensek (born 1970) – conductor of Slovenian descent
• Božidar KantuÅ¡er (1921–1999) – composer
• Herbert von Karajan (1908–1989) – composer
• Maja Keuc – singer
• Marjan Kozina (1907–1966) – composer
• Zala Kralj (born 1999) – singer
• Minca Krkovič (1858–1933) – field labourer and folk singer
• Lina Kuduzović (born 2002) – singer
• Dragica Legat KoÅ¡merl (1883–1956) – zither player, zither teacher, and composer
• Marijan LipovÅ¡ek (1910–1995) – composer, pianist, pedagogue, musical essayist
• Marjana LipovÅ¡ek (born 1946) – opera singer, mezzo-soprano
• Magnifico (born 1965) – composer and singer
• Joey Miskulin (born 1949) – accordionist of Slovenian descent
• Omar Naber – singer-songwriter, guitarist
• Mr. Doctor – vocalist and composer of the Devil Doll
• Tito in ekÅ¡n – punk rock band of the 1990s
• Tomaž Pengov – composer, musician and singer
• Zoran Predin (born 1958) – composer and singer
• Oto Pestner – composer, musician and singer
• Friderika Podgornik – pianist and music educator
• Jože PrivÅ¡ek (1937–1998) – composer and musician
• Raay (Maraaya) (born 1984) – composer
• Ana Roner Lavrič (1869–1957) - organist
• Anja Rupel (born 1966) – singer and radio announcer
• GaÅ¡per Å antl (born 1996) – singer and composer
• Nina Å enk (born 1982) – classical composer
• Majda Sepe (1937–2006) – singer
• September – Swedish singer of Slovenian descent
• Lojze Slak (1932–2011) – composer and musician
• Adi Smolar – composer, musician and singer
• Ana Soklič – singer-songwriter
• Karmen Stavec (born 1973) – musician and singer
• Dubravka TomÅ¡ič Srebotnjak (born 1940) – pianist and musical pedagogue
• Audrey 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 descent
• Frankie Yankovic (1915–1998) – Grammy-award winning accordion player and polka musician of Slovenian descent

Philosophers

• Mladen Dolar (born 1951) – philosopher, cofounder of the Ljubljana school of psychoanalysis
• Herman of Carinthia (1105/1110 – after 1154) – philosopher, astronomer, astrologer, mathematician
• Tine Hribar (born 1941) – philosopher
• Milan Komar (1921–2006) – philosopher
• Josip Križan (1841–1921) – mathematician, physicist, philosopher, astronomer
• Leonid Pitamic (1885–1971) – philosopher of law
• AvguÅ¡tin StegenÅ¡ek (1875–1920) – philosopher, theologian, art historian
• Anton Strle (1915–2003) – theologian
• Ivo Urbančič (1930–2016) – philosopher
• Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) – philosopher, in part of Slovenian descent
• Slavoj Žižek (born 1949) – sociologist, philosopher, and cultural critic
• Alenka Zupančič (born 1966) – philosopher and cultural critic

Politicians

• Andrej Bajuk (1943–2011) – third prime minister of independent Slovenia
• John 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 JaverÅ¡ek 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 DrnovÅ¡ek (1950–2008) – second prime minister of independent Slovenia, third president of Slovenia, 2003–2008
• Robert Golob (born 1967) – Slovene prime minister
• (1860–1935) – organ-builder, member of the Imperial Council and the State Parliament, People's Tribune of the Carinthian Slovenes
• Tom Harkin – U.S. Senator (Slovenian mother; born and raised in the United States and never lived in Slovenia)
• Janez JanÅ¡a (born 1958) – fifth prime minister of independent Slovenia
• Edvard Kardelj (1910–1979) – prewar communist, politician, statesman, and journalist
• Boris Kidrič (1912–1953) – communist, politician, statesman and economist
• Amy 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 KoroÅ¡ec (1872–1940) – prominent Yugoslav politician
• Milan Kučan (born 1941) – first president of independent Slovenia, 1991–2002
• Frank 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 Slovenia
• Wolfgang Petritsch (born 1947) – Austrian diplomat of Slovene ethnicity (former OHR)
• Tanya Plibersek – Australian politician – House of Representatives
• Anton Rop (born 1960) – fourth prime minister of independent Slovenia
• Gregorij Rožman (1883–1959) – Bishop of Ljubljana (1930–1945), collaborator with Italian and German occupying forces during the Second World War
• Marjan Å arec (born 1977) – Slovene prime minister
• Kurt Schuschnigg (1897–1977) – Chancellor of Austria, of Slovenian descent
• Danilo Türk (born 1952) – President elect of Slovenia
• Walter 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 VratuÅ¡a (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) – physicist
• Ivan Bratko (born 1946) – computer scientist
• Srečko Brodar (1893–1987) – palaeontologist
• Andrej Čadež (born 1942) – astrophysicist
• Avrelija Cencič (1964–2012) – biochemist
• Lavo Čermelj (1889–1980) – physicist
• Bojan Čop (1923–1994) – linguist
• Dragotin Cvetko (1911–1993) – musicologist
• Davorin Dolar (1921–2005) – chemist
• Josip Globevnik (born 1945) – mathematician
• Bogo Grafenauer (1916–1995) – historian
• Ivan Grafenauer (1880–1964) – literary historian and ethnologist
• Stanko Grafenauer (1922–2010) – mineralogist
• Pavel GroÅ¡elj (1883–1940) – biologist and belletrist
• Jovan Hadži (1884–1972) – biologist
• Anton Janežič (1828–1869) – Slavic specialist and grammarian
• Jernej Kopitar (1780–1844) – philologist
• Peter Kosler (1824–1879) – lawyer, geographer, cartographer, politician, and manufacturer
• Ivo Lah (1896–1979) – mathematician
• Tine Logar (1916–2002) – philologist and dialectologist
• Thomas Luckmann (1927–2016) – sociologist
• Anton Melik (1890–1966) – geographer
• Franz Miklosich (1813–1891) – philologist
• Avgust Pavel (1886–1946) – ethnologist
• Anton Peterlin (1908–1993) – physicist
• Josip Plemelj (1873–1967) – mathematician
• Herman Potočnik (a.k.a. Noordung, 1892–1929) – pioneer of astronautics and cosmonautics, and rocket engineer
• Fritz Pregl (1869–1930) – chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1923
• Janko Prunk (born 1942) – historian
• Fran RamovÅ¡ (1890–1952) – philologist and dialectologist
• Zoran Rant (1904–1972) – mechanical engineer
• Simon Rutar (1851–1903) – historian, geographer, archaeologist and geologist
• Ljubo Sirc (1920–2016) – economist
• Boris Sket (born 1936) – zoologist
• Branko Stanovnik (born 1938) – chemist
• Jožef Stefan (1835–1893) – physicist and mathematician
• Janez Strnad (1934–2015) – physicist and populariser of natural science
• Marija Å uÅ¡tar (1905–1989) – ethnochoreologist and folklorist.
• Jože ToporiÅ¡ič (1926–2014) – philologist
• Denis Trček (born 1963) – computer scientist
• Anton Trstenjak (1906–1996) – psychologist and theologian
• Johann Weikhard von Valvasor (1641–1693) – nobleman and polymath
• Jurij Bartolomej Vega (1754–1802) – mathematician, physicist and artillery officer
• Ivan Vidav (1918–2015) – mathematician
• Milan Vidmar (1885–1962) – electrical engineer, chess player, and chess theorist
• Valentin Vodnik (1758–1819) – poet, journalist, philologist
• Egon ZakrajÅ¡ek (1941–2002) – mathematician and computer scientist
• Miroslav Zei (1914–2006) – marine biologist

Athletes

• Vili AmerÅ¡ek – football player
• Alenka Bikar – sprinter, Olympic athlete
• Valter Birsa (born 1986) – footballer
• Jaka Blažič (born 1990) – basketball player
• Andrej Urlep – basketball coach
• David Dedek – basketball coach
• Ante Å imundža – football coach
• Fredi Bobic (born 1971) – footballer of Slovenian descent
• Vinko Bogataj – ski jumper, featured in the Wide World of Sports Agony of Defeat video
• NataÅ¡a Bokal (born 1967) – skier
• Borut Božič – cyclist
• Janez Brajkovič – cyclist
• Primož Brezec (born 1979) – basketball player (NBA)
• Brigita Brezovac (born 1979) – IFBB professional bodybuilder
• Brigita Bukovec (born 1970) – athlete, Olympic athlete
• Anja Čarman – swimmer
• Jolanda Čeplak (born 1976) – Olympic athlete
• Miroslav Cerar (born 1939) – gymnast, Olympic athlete
• Iztok Čop (born 1972) – rower, Olympic athlete
• Alenka Cuderman (born 1961) – handball player, Olympic athlete
• Rudolf Cvetko (1880–1977) – fencer, Olympic athlete
• Ivo Daneu – basketball player
• Matjaž Debelak (born 1965) – ski jumper, Olympic athlete
• Rajmond Debevec (born 1963) – shooter, Olympic athlete
• Luka Dončić – basketball player, No. 3 overall pick in the 2018 NBA draft, NBA player for the Los Angeles Lakers
• Polona Dornik – basketball player, Olympic athlete
• Alenka Dovžan – alpine skier, Olympic athlete
• Goran Dragić – basketball player (NBA), Serbian father and Slovene mother
• Zoran Dragić – basketball player (NBA), Serbian father and Slovene mother
• Ana Drev (born 1985) – alpine skier
• Vital Eiselt (born 1941) – basketball player
• Vesna Fabjan – cross-country skier
• SaÅ¡a Farič – freestyle skier
• MaruÅ¡a Ferk – alpine skier
• Jure Franko – alpine skier, Olympic athlete
• Damjan Fras – ski jumper, Olympic athlete
• Tim Gajser (born 1996) – motocross racer (MXGP)
• Janja Garnbret (born 1999) – rock climber
• Samir Handanovic (born 1984) – goalkeeper and football trainer
• Meta Hrovat (born 1998) – alpine skier
• UrÅ¡ka Hrovat – alpine skier, Olympic athlete
• Sait Idrizi (born 1990) – football player
• Sara Isaković (born 1988) – swimmer
• Milan JanÅ¡a (born 1965) – rower
• Mima JauÅ¡ovec (born 1956) – female tennis player
• Simon Jecl (born 1986) – freestyle skier
• Andrej Jerman – alpine skier
• Marjan Kandus (born 1932) – basketball player
• Davo Karničar (born 1962) – alpine and extreme skier
• Srečko Katanec (born 1963) – football player and selector, Olympic athlete
• Peter Kauzer (born 1983) – slalom canoeist, Olympic athlete
• Jani Klemenčič (born 1971) – rower
• Anže Kopitar – NHL hockey player, Olympic athlete
• Jure KoÅ¡ir – alpine skier, Olympic athlete
• Žan KoÅ¡ir – snowboarder
• Katja Koren – alpine skier, Olympic athlete
• Primož Kozmus – hammer thrower, Olympic athlete
• Robert Kranjec – alpine ski jumper
• Žan Kranjec – alpine skier
• Rene Krhin (born 1990) – football player
• Bojan Križaj (born 1957) – alpine skier, Olympic athlete
• Miha Lokar (born 1935) – basketball player
• Petra Majdič – cross country skier, Olympic athlete
• Andreja Mali (born 1977) – biathlete
• Tina Maze – alpine skier
• Ariel McDonald – basketball player
• Miha Mevlja – football player
• Marko Milič – basketball player
• SaÅ¡o Mirjanič (1968–1994) – rower
• Matej Mohorič – cyclist
• Jan MurÅ¡ak - ice hockey player
• Radoslav Nesterovič – basketball player (NBA)
• Bogdan Norčič – alpine ski jumper
• Branko Oblak (born 1947) – football player
• Jan Oblak – football player
• Bruno Parma (born 1941) – chess player
• Franci Petek – ski jumper, Olympic athlete
• Nika Prevc (born 2005) ski jumper female olympic athlete
• Primož Peterka (born 1979) – ski jumper, Olympic athlete
• Borut Petrič (born 1961) – swimmer
• Darjan Petrič (born 1964) – swimmer
• Rok Petrovič (1966–1993) – alpine skier
• Vasja Pirc (1907–1980) – chess player
• Tadej Pogačar – cyclist
• Lucija Polavder (born 1984) – judoka, Olympic athlete
• Klemen Prepelič (born 1992) – basketball player
• Å pela Pretnar – alpine skier
• Peter Prevc (born 1992) – ski jumper
• Josip Primožič (1900–1985) – gymnast, Olympic athlete
• Iztok Puc – handball player
• Alenka Cuderman (born 1961) – handball player, Olympic athlete
• Jure Robič (1965–2010) – marathon cyclist
• Primož Roglič – cyclist
• Mladen Rudonja – football player
• Benjamin SavÅ¡ek – slalom canoeist, Olympic athlete
• UroÅ¡ Slokar – basketball player (NBA)
• Luka Å pik (born 1979) – rower, Olympic athlete
• Andraž Å porar (born 1994) – football player
• Katarina Srebotnik – tennis player
• Elvis Stojko – figure skater
• Boris Strel – alpine skier, Olympic athlete
• Martin Strel (born 1954) – ultra marathon swimmer
• Ilka Å tuhec (born 1990) – alpine skier
• Leon Å tukelj (1898–1999) – gymnast, Olympic athlete
• Mateja Svet (born 1968) – alpine skier, Olympic athlete
• Miran TepeÅ¡ – ski jumper, Olympic athlete
• Tina Trstenjak – judoka, Olympic athlete
• Beno Udrih – basketball player (NBA)
• Primož Ulaga – ski jumper, Olympic athlete
• Tadej Valjavec – cyclist
• Andraž Vehovar – slalom canoeist, Olympic athlete
• Anamari VelenÅ¡ek – judoka
• Benjamin Verbič – football player
• Peter Vilfan – basketball player
• Sasha Vujačić – basketball player (NBA), Serbian father and Slovene mother
• Zlatko Zahovič (born 1971) – football player
• Miha Zajc (born 1994) – football player
• Vasilij Žbogar (born 1975) – sailor, Olympic athlete
• Jure Zdovc – basketball player, Olympic athlete
• Tamara ZidanÅ¡ek – tennis player
• UrÅ¡ka Žolnir (born 1981) – judoka, Olympic athlete
• Peter Žonta – alpine ski jumper
• AljoÅ¡a Žorga – basketball player
• Matjaž Zupan – alpine ski jumper, Olympic athlete
• Denis Žvegelj – rower, Olympic athlete

Other people

• Danilo Dolci (1924–1997) – sociologist and political activist (Slovenian mother)
• AleÅ¡ Hlad – supermoto racer and 2005 European Champion
• Pavla Hočevar (1889–1972) – teacher, writer, socialist and suffragist
• Ivan Kramberger (1936–1992) – philanthropist
• Pavla Jerina Lah (1915–2007) – surgeon and partisan
• Klemen Pevec (Pylo) – software developer (creator of MCreator)
• Shenphen Rinpoche (born 1969) – abbot of first Buddhist Congregation in Slovenia
• Walter Wolf (born 1939) – businessman
• Melania Trump (born Melanija Knavs, later changed to Knauss, 1970) – model, spouse of U.S. President Donald Trump, First Lady of the United States of America

See also

• List of people by nationality
• List of Slovene writers and poets in Hungary
• List of Slovenian artists
• List of Slovenian computer scientists
• List of Slovenian playwrights
• List of Slovenian mathematicians
• List of Slovenian physicists
• Slovenian Americans
• Slovene Australians
• Slovenian Canadians
• Slovenes of Croatia

References

External links

• https://archive.today/20130104154830/http://www.randburg.com/si/general/slo8.html