This is a list of notable individuals who were born or lived in Ljubljana: Blason ville si Ljubljana (Slovénie)

Authors

Anton Aškerc Anton Aškerc (; 9 January 1856 – 10 June 1912) was an Slovenian poet and Roman Catholic priest who worked in Austria, best known for his epic poems. Aškerc was born into a peasant family near the town of Rimske Toplice in the Duchy of Styri ...

(1856–1912), poet * Vladimir Bartol (1903–1967), author *

Adam Bohorič Adam Bohorič () ( – after 20 November 1598) was a Slovene Protestant preacher, teacher and author of the first grammar of Slovene. Bohorič was born in the market town of Reichenburg in the Duchy of Styria (now Brestanica in Sl ...

(1520–1598), Protestant preacher, author and philologist *

Peter Božič Peter Božič (30 December 1932 – 10 July 2009) was a Slovenian writer, playwright, journalist and politician. He is renowned for his modernist novels in which he described the horrors of World War II, and for the literary depictions of lower cla ...

(1932–2009), writer, playwright, journalist, and politician * Ivan Cankar (1876–1918), writer, playwright, and essayist *

Peter Čeferin Peter Čeferin (born 28 June 1938) is a Slovenian attorney and the author of articles on issues related to the legal profession (specifically the position and profession of practicing attorneys). He is the father of Aleksander Čeferin, the curre ...

(born 1938), attorney, writer, playwright *

Aleš Debeljak Ale is a type of beer brewed using a warm fermentation method, resulting in a sweet, full-bodied and fruity taste. Historically, the term referred to a drink brewed without hops. As with most beers, ale typically has a bittering agent to bala ...

(1961–2016), poet, essayist and sociologist * Anton Funtek (1862–1932), writer, poet, editor and translator *

Alojz Gradnik Alojz Gradnik (August 3, 1882 – July 14, 1967) was a Slovenian poet and translator. Life Gradnik was born in the village of Medana in the Gorizia Hills region, in what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire and is today in the Municipality of ...

(1882–1967), poet * Drago Jančar (born 1948), writer and essayist *

Jože Javoršek Jože Javoršek was the pen name of Jože Brejc (October 20, 1920 – September 2, 1990), a Slovenian playwright, writer, poet, translator and essayist.Taras Kermauner, literary historian and essayist *

Mile Klopčič Mile Klopčič (16 November 1905 - 19 March 1984) was a Slovenian poet and translator. Together with Tone Seliškar, he is considered as the foremost representative of Slovenian literature, Slovene social realist poetry of the 1930s and 1940s. He ...

(1905–1984), poet and translator * Edvard Kocbek (1904–1981), poet, essayist, writer and politician * Srečko Kosovel (1904–1926), poet * Ferdo Kozak (1894–1957), writer, playwright, and politician * Juš Kozak (1892–1964), writer * Primož Kozak (1929–1981), playwright and essayist * Taja Kramberger (born 1970), poet, essayist and anthropologist * Anton Tomaž Linhart (1756–1795), playwright and historian * Janez Menart (1929–2004), poet and translator *

Josip Murn Josip Murn, also known under the pseudonym Aleksandrov (4 March 1879 – 18 June 1901) was a Slovene symbolist poet. Together with Ivan Cankar, Oton Župančič, and Dragotin Kette, he was regarded as one of the beginners of modernism in S ...

(1879–1901), poet * Lili Novy (1885–1958), poet * Iztok Osojnik (born 1951), poet * Marko Pohlin (1735–1801), author, philologist * France Prešeren (1800–1849), poet *

Alenka Puhar Alenka Puhar (born 4 February 1945) is a Slovenian journalist, author, translator, and historian. In 1982, she wrote a groundbreaking psychohistory-inspired book ''"The Primal Text of Life"'' (in Slovene: ''Prvotno besedilo življenja'') about t ...

(born 1945), columnist, historian, political activist *

Samo Resnik Samo Resnik (1962 in Maribor – 9 April 2011 in Ljubljana) was a Slovenian Slovene or Slovenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Slovenia, a country in Central Europe * Slovene language, a South Slavic language mainly spoken in ...

(1962–2011), Slovenian journalist, essayist, political activist, writer and poet * Tomaž Šalamun (born 1941), poet *

Dominik Smole Dominik Smole (24 August 1929 – 29 July 1992) was a Slovenian writer and playwright. Biography Smole was born in Ljubljana in what was then the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He attended school in Ljubljana and after the end of World War II he was emp ...

(1929–1992), writer and playwright *

Bojan Štih Bojan Štih (18 February 1923 – 14 October 1986), was a Slovene literary critic, stage director, and essayist. He was one of the most influential figures in modern Slovene theatre after 1945. Štih was born in Ljubljana, where he attended Be� ...

(1923–1986), stage director, literary critic and essayist * Gregor Strniša (1930–1987), poet and playwright *

Veno Taufer Veno Taufer (born 19 February 1933) is a Slovenian poet, essayist, translator and playwright. Under the Communist regime, he was a driving force behind alternative cultural and intellectual projects in Socialist Slovenia, which challenged the ...

(born 1933), poet * Ivan Tavčar (1851–1923), writer, editor and politician *

Igor Torkar Igor Torkar was the pen name of Boris Fakin (13 October 1913 – 1 January 2004), a Slovenian writer, playwright, and poet best known for his literary descriptions of Communist repression in Yugoslavia after World War II. Life Torkar was born i ...

(1913–2004), writer and playwright * Primož Trubar (1508–1586), Protestant preacher and writer * Josip Vidmar (1895–1992), literary critic, essayist and politician * Anton Vodnik (1901–1956), poet, art historian, and critic *

France Vodnik France Vodnik (1903–1986) was a Slovenian literary critic, essayist, translator and poet from Ljubljana. He was mostly active in the interwar period, when Slovenia was part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He was the younger brother of the poet and ...

(1903–1986), literary critic, essayist, translator and poet * Valentin Vodnik (1758–1819), poet * Dane Zajc (1929–2005), poet *

Vitomil Zupan Vitomil Zupan (18 January 1914 – 14 May 1987) was a post-World War II modernist Slovene writer and Gonars concentration camp survivor. Because of his detailed descriptions of sex and violence, he was dubbed the Slovene HemingwayOton Župančič (1872–1949), poet and playwright

Architects and visual artists

* Rihard Jakopič (1869–1943), painter *

Ivana Kobilca Ivana Kobilca (20 December 1861 – 4 December 1926) is the most prominent Slovenes, Slovene female Painting, painter and a key figure of Slovene cultural identity. She was a Realism (arts), realist painter who studied and worked in Vienna, Munich ...

(1861–1926), painter * Zoran Mušič (1909–2005), painter * Jože Plečnik (1872–1957), architect * Edvard Ravnikar (1907-1993), architect * Francesco Robba (1698–1757), Italian sculptor * Jakob Savinšek (1922–1961), sculptor *

Vladimir Šubic Vladimir Šubic (23 May 1894 – 16 November 1946)Bernik, Stane. 1999. "Vladimir Šubic." ''Enciklopedija Slovenije'', vol. 13. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, p. 163. was a Slovene architect. He designed many buildings, most notably Nebotičnik ...

(1894–1946), architect * Damijan Stepančič (born 1969), Slovene painter and illustratorSlovenia's Best for Young Readers by the Slovenian Book Agency
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Statesmen, politicians and diplomats

Juro Adlešič Juro Adlešič (7 May 1884 – 29 September 1968) was a Slovenian lawyer and politician. He was born in the village of Adlešiči in the Slovene region of White Carniola, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In 1918 he opened a legal off ...

(1884–1962), politician, Mayor of Ljubljana * Fran Albreht (1889–1963), Mayor of Ljubljana, poet * Andrej Bajuk (born 1942), Prime minister of Slovenia (2000) *

Joze Brilej Joze () is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a g ...

(1910–1981), politician, diplomat, ambassador, chief justice of the supreme court of Slovenia until his death * France Bučar (1923–2015), first Chairman of the Slovenian National Assembly (1990–1992) * Philipp von Cobenzl (1741–1810), Austrian diplomat *

Etbin Henrik Costa Etbin Henrik Costa (18 October 1832 – 28 January 1875) was a Slovene national conservative politician and author. Together with Janez Bleiweis and Lovro Toman, he was one of the leaders of the Old Slovene political party. He was born in a w ...

(1831–1875), Politician, Mayor of Ljubljana * Karel Dežman (1821–1889), Mayor of Ljubljana, historian *

Anton Füster Anton Füster, also spelled as Fister (5 January 1808 – 12 March 1881) was an Austrian Empire, Austrian Roman Catholic priest, theologian, pedagogue, Radicalism (historical), radical political activist and author of Slovenes, Slovene origin. ...

(1808–1881), Austrian radical activist *

Anastasius Grün Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg, also known under the name Anastasius Grün (11 April 180612 September 1876), was an Austrian poet and liberal politician from Carniola, a former Habsburg crown land in today's Slovenia. Biography He was born ...

(1806–1876), Austrian politician * Ivan Hribar (1851–1941), politician and diplomat, mayor of Ljubljana * Edvard Kardelj (1910–1979), Communist leader *

Boris Kidrič Boris Kidrič (10 April 1912 – 11 April 1953) was a Slovene politician and revolutionary who was one of the chief organizers of the Slovene Partisans, the Slovene resistance against occupation by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy after Operatio ...

(1912–1953), Communist leader * Ciril Kotnik (1895–1948), Yugoslav diplomat and anti-fascist hero *

Milivoj Lajovic Milivoj Emil "Misha" Lajovic (23 July 1921 – 5 June 2008) was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian Senate for New South Wales from 1975 to 1985, as well as the first migrant from a non-English- ...

(1921–2008), Australian politician *

Janez Potočnik Janez Potočnik (pronounced ; born 22 March 1958) is a Slovenian politician who served as European Commissioner for Environment from 2009 until 2014. He was formerly Slovenia's Minister for European Affairs. In November 2014, he became co-chair ...

(born 1958), European Commissioner * Ciril Ribičič (born 1947), politician, jurist, and author * Anton Rop (born 1960), politician * Dimitrij Rupel (born 1946), politician and writer * Marjan Šarec (born 1977), Slovene prime minister *

Matjaž Šinkovec Matjaž Šinkovec (; born on 22 May 1951) is a Slovenian diplomat, politician, translator, journalist and science fiction writer. He was one of the co-founders of the Slovenian Democratic Party. Early life and career Šinkovec was born in a mi ...

(born 1951), diplomat, author, translator and politician *

Gregor Virant Gregor Virant (born 4 December 1969) is a Slovenian politician and public servant. Between 2004 and 2008, he served as Minister of Public Administration in Janez Janša's first government, between 2011–2013 he was Speaker of the National Ass ...

(born 1969), public servant and politician

Journalists

* Demetrio Volčič (born 1931), Slovenian-Italian journalist

Performing artists

* Bojan Adamič (1912–1995), composer, conductor, photographer *

Maks Bajc Maks Bajc (7 October 1919, in Ljubljana – 25 September 1983) was a Slovenian actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre ...

(1919–1983), actor * Leo Funtek (1885–1965), violinist, conductor, arranger and music professor * Željko Ivanek (born 1957), actor * Lina Kuduzović (born 2002), child singer * Peter Lovšin (born 1955), rock icon, singer, writer * Ula Ložar (born 2002), child singer * Rocc (born 1979), opera director *

Dubravka Tomšič Srebotnjak Dubravka Tomšič Srebotnjak (born 7 February 1940 in Dubrovnik, Croatia, Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is a Slovenian pianist and music teacher. Early life Tomsic received private lessons at a very young age and continued with education at the Music Hi ...

(born 1940), pianist and music teacher * Zlatko Šugman (1932–2008), actor * DJ Umek (born 1976), deejay and music producer

Physicians

* Slavko Ziherl (1945–2012), psychiatrist

Religious leaders

* Sergiy Verigin (1868–1938), clergyman

Scientists and academics

* Robert Blinc (born 1933), physicist * Katja Boh (1929–2008), sociologist, politician and diplomat *

Miran Božovič Miran Božovič (born August 12, 1957) is a Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst, associated with the Ljubljana school of psychoanalysis. Božovič was born in Ljubljana. He holds a degree in comparative literature and philosophy from the Univ ...

(born 1957), philosopher * Božidar Debenjak (born 1935), philosopher *

Mladen Dolar Mladen Dolar (born 29 January 1951) is a Slovene philosopher, psychoanalyst, cultural theorist and film critic. Dolar was born in Maribor as the son of the literary critic Jaro Dolar. In 1978 he graduated in Philosophy and French language at ...

(born 1952), philosopher *

Joannes Disma Floriantschitsch de Grienfeld Joannes Disma Floriantschitsch de Grienfeld (Slovenized as ''Ivan'' or ''Janez Dizma Florjančič de Grienfeld''; July 1, 1691 – 1757) was a Carniolan astronomer, mathematician, geographer, and cartographer. Life and work Floriantschitsch de Gr ...

(1691–1757), Carniolan astronomer, mathematician, geographer, and cartographer * Bogo Grafenauer (1916–1995), historian * Jovan Hadži (1884–1972), zoologist *

Hermann Haus Hermann Anton Haus (August 8, 1925 – May 21, 2003) was a Slovene-American physicist, electrical engineer, and Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Haus' research and teaching ranged from fundamental investigations ...

(1925–2003), scientist *

Peter Jambrek Peter Jambrek (born 14 January 1940) is a Slovenian sociologist, jurist, politician and intellectual. He is considered among the fathers of the current Slovenian Constitution and among the most influential public intellectuals in Slovenia. Li ...

(born 1940), jurist, sociologist, and public intellectual * Taras Kermauner (1930–2008), literary historian and essayist * Milan Komar (1921–2006), philosopher *

Emil Korytko Emil Antoni Korytko (7 September 1813 – 31 January 1839) was a Polish political activist in the period of the Great Emigration, who was exiled to Ljubljana, Carniola (now Slovenia) and became an important ethnographer, philologist and translato ...

(1813–1839), Polish philologist and ethnographer *

Milos Krofta Milos Krofta(July 23, 1912 - 2002) was a Slovenian engineer and businessman. He developed the technology of dissolved air flotation mainly for the paper industry, in aim to improve the water reuse and to reach the goal of zero discharge. He founded ...

(1912–2002), Slovenian engineer and businessman * Ernst Mally (1879–1944), philosopher *

Vasilij Melik Vasilij Melik (17 January 1921 – 28 January 2009) was a Slovenian historian, who mostly worked on political history of the Slovene Lands in the 19th century. Life He was born in Ljubljana as the only son of the renowned geographer Anton Mel ...

(1921–2009), historian * Tamara Griesser Pečar (born 1947), historian * Anton Peterlin (1908–1993), physicist * Fritz Pregl (1869–1930), chemist, Nobel prize winner *

Janko Prunk Janko Prunk () (born 30 December 1942) is a Slovenian historian of modern history. He has published articles and monographs on analytical politology, modern history, the genesis of modern political formations, and the history of social and polit ...

(born 1942), historian * Rado Riha (born 1948), philosopher * Renata Salecl (born 1961), philosopher, sociologist, legal theorist and columnist * Vasko Simoniti (born 1951), historian * Marko Snoj (born 1959), linguist * Janez Strnad (born 1934), physicist and populariser of natural science * Gregor Tomc (born 1952), sociologist and musician * Milan Vidmar (1885–1962), electrical engineer, chess player and philosopher *

Josef Kalasanz von Erberg Josef Kalasanz Freiherr von Erberg ( sl, Jožef Kalasanc baron Erberg or ) (27 August 1771 – 10 July 1843) was a Carniolan botanist, cultural historian, collector, and patron of the arts. Von Erberg was born in Ljubljana. After graduating from ...

(1771–1843), botanist, historian, and collector * Johann Weikhard von Valvasor (1641–1693), scholar, polymath, member of the Royal Society *

Egon Zakrajšek Egon Zakrajšek (July 7, 1941 – September 2002) was a Slovene mathematician and computer scientist. Zakrajšek was born in Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia (today Slovenia). He became an orphan even before he started school. He went to elementar ...

(1941–2002), mathematician and computer scientist *

Slavoj Žižek Slavoj Žižek (, ; ; born 21 March 1949) is a Slovenian philosopher, cultural theorist and public intellectual. He is international director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at the University of London, visiting professor at New Y ...

(born 1949), sociologist and philosopher *

Sigismund Zois Sigmund Zois Freiherr von Edelstein, usually referred as Sigmund Zois ( sl, Žiga Zois, formerly Slovenized as ''Cojs'' or ''Cojz''; ) (23 November 1747 – 10 November 1819) was a Carniolan nobleman, natural scientist and patron of the arts. He ...

(1747–1819), natural scientist *

Alenka Zupančič Alenka Zupančič (born 1 April 1966) is a Slovenian philosopher whose work focuses on psychoanalysis and continental philosophy. She is a Slovenian psychoanalytic theorist and philosopher who along with Mladen Dolar and Slavoj Žižek have in l ...

, philosopher

Athletes

* Milenko Ačimovič, football player * Pia Babnik (born 2004), golfer *

Alenka Bikar Alenka Bikar (born 7 January 1974) is a retired female sprinter from Slovenia, born in Ljubljana. She specialised in the 200 metres, competing in three Olympic games from 1996 to 2004. She was also named Slovenian Sportswoman of the Year in 20 ...

, track and field * Brigita Bukovec, track and field * Miro Cerar, gymnast * Boštjan Cesar, football player * Ivo Daneu, basketball player * Luka Dončić, NBA basketball player * Goran Dragić (born 1986), NBA basketball player * Zoran Dragić, NBA basketball player *

Marko Elsner Marko Elsner (11 April 196018 May 2020) was a Slovenian professional footballer who played as a defender. Club career Born in Ljubljana, capital of SR Slovenia (then part of Yugoslavia), Elsner played for Wacker Innsbruck's youth team before r ...

, football player *

Luka Gregorc Luka Gregorc (born 14 February 1984) is a retired Slovenian tennis player. Gregorc reached his highest singles ranking of World No. 172 in August 2009. He lives in the United States, in the city of Boca Raton, Florida. Career Juniors Gregorc's ...

(born 1984), ATP tennis player * Samir Handanović, football player *

Urška Hrovat Urška Hrovat (born 18 February 1974 in Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a retired Slovenian alpine skier. She competed at three Winter Olympics The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major in ...

(born 1974), alpine skier *

Tomaz Humar Tomaz may refer to: * Tomaž, Slovene given name * Tomaz (given name), an archaic Portuguese form of the male given name Tomás * Adrianna Tomaz Isis is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, as well as a separa ...

(1969–2009), mountaineer *

Srečko Katanec Srečko Katanec (; born 16 July 1963) is a Slovenian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of the Uzbekistan national team. At international level, he was capped for both the Yugoslavia and Slovenia national teams. ...

(1981–1994), football player * Jaka Lakovič, basketball player *

Zlatan Ljubijankič Zlatan ( sr-Cyrl, Златан) is a male given name of Slavic origin meaning ''Golden''. The name is common amongst all South Slavic countries, namely in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia and Serbia. The name is found i ...

, football player * Erazem Lorbek, basketball player * Maksimilijan Mihelčič, football player *

Radoslav Nesterovič Radoslav () is a common Slavic masculine given name, derived from ''rad-'' ("happy, eager, to care") and ''slava'' ("glory, fame"), both very common in Slavic dithematic names. It roughly means "eager glory". It is known since the Middle Ages. Th ...

(born 1976), NBA basketball player *

Džoni Novak Džoni Novak (born 4 September 1969) is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He represented his country at Euro 2000 and the 2002 World Cup. Club career Born in Ljubljana, he started his professional career p ...

, football player * Milivoje Novakovič, football player * Brane Oblak (1965–1985), football player * Jan Oblak, football player *

Aljaž Pegan Aljaž Pegan (born 2 June 1974) is a Slovenian gymnast. Pegan is a world and European champion on the horizontal bar, where he has a skill named after him. He also has an eponymous skill on the parallel bars. He has competed internationally ...

, gymnast *

Janez Perme Janez Perme (born 12 April 1982) is a retired Slovenian footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, ...

(born 1982), retired Slovenian footballer * Mitja Petkovšek, gymnast *

Rok Petrovič Rok Petrovič (5 February 1966 – 16 September 1993) was a Yugoslav and Slovenian alpine skier. Petrovič was born in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, the son of Zdenka Steiner and Krešimir Petrović, a well known sports psychologist of Croatian o ...

(1966–1993), alpine skier *

Mateja Svet Mateja Svet (); born 16 August 1968) is a former Slovenian alpine skier, who competed for Yugoslavia from 1984 to 1990. Biography Svet was born in Ljubljana, Socialist Republic of Slovenia, Yugoslavia. Making her first appearance in the 1983/ ...

(born 1968), alpine skier *

Andraž Šporar Andraž Šporar (born 27 February 1994) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Super League Greece club Panathinaikos and the Slovenia national team. Club career Olimpija Ljubljana In June 2012, Šporar transferred ...

, football player *

Jurij Tepeš Jurij Tepeš (born 14 February 1989) is a Slovenian former ski jumper. Career Tepeš won a bronze medal at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo in the team large hill event. In the 2010–11 season he got his first podium in Wo ...

, ski jumper *

Miran Tepeš Miran Tepeš (born 25 April 1961) is a Slovenian former ski jumper and current ski jumping official who competed for Yugoslavia from 1979 to 1992. He won a silver medal in the team large hill competition at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. Hi ...

, ski jumper *

Sašo Udovič Sašo Udovič (born 12 December 1968) is a Slovenian former professional association football, footballer who played as a forward (association football), forward for Hajduk Split, KSK Beveren, FC Lausanne-Sport, Lausanne, and LASK. He made 42 a ...

, football player * Primož Ulaga, ski jumper * Haris Vučkić, football player * Aljoša Žorga, basketball player *

Petra Majdic Petra ( ar, ٱلْبَتْرَاء, Al-Batrāʾ; grc, Πέτρα, "Rock", Nabataean: ), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu or Raqēmō, is an historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan. It is adjacent to the mountain of J ...

, nordic skier * Kaja Juvan, tennis player

People who lived in Ljubljana temporarily

* Miodrag Bulatović (born 1930), Serb-Montenegrin writer * Carlos, Duke of Madrid (1848–1909), claimant to the Spanish throne (born in Ljubljana) * Eugène de Beauharnais (1781–1824), Viceroy of Italy * Gabriel Gruber (1740–1805), Austrian Jesuit and engineer *

(1813–1839), Polish ethnographer, philologist and translator *

Gustav Mahler Gustav Mahler (; 7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th-century Austro-German tradition and the modernism ...

(1860–1911), Austrian composer * Charles Nodier (1780–1844), French author *

Joseph Radetzky Johann Josef Wenzel Anton Franz Karl, Graf Radetzky von Radetz ( en, John Joseph Wenceslaus Anthony Francis Charles, Count Radetzky of Radetz; cz, Jan Josef Václav Antonín František Karel hrabě Radecký z Radče; sl, Janez Jožef Vencelj ...

(1766–1858), Austrian general

References

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