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Authors

* Anton Aškerc (1856–1912), poet *

Vladimir Bartol Vladimir Bartol (24 February 1903 – 12 September 1967) was a writer from the Slovene minority in Italy. He is best known for his 1938 novel '' Alamut'', the most popular work of Slovene literature around the world, which has been translated int ...

(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 Slov ...

(1520–1598), Protestant preacher, author and philologist * Peter Božič (1932–2009), writer, playwright, journalist, and politician *

Ivan Cankar Ivan Cankar (, ) (10 May 1876 – 11 December 1918) was a Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, poet, and political activist. Together with Oton Župančič, Dragotin Kette, and Josip Murn, he is considered as the beginner of modernism in Slov ...

(1876–1918), writer, playwright, and essayist * Peter Čeferin (born 1938), attorney, writer, playwright * Aleš Debeljak (1961–2016), poet, essayist and sociologist *

Anton Funtek Anton Funtek (30 October 1862 – 21 October 1932) was a Slovene writer, poet, editor and translator. Funtek was born in Ljubljana that was then part of the Austrian Empire, now the capital of Slovenia. He trained as a teacher and worked in L ...

(1862–1932), writer, poet, editor and translator * Alojz Gradnik (1882–1967), poet *

Drago Jančar Drago Jančar (born 13 April 1948) is a Slovenian writer, playwright and essayist. Jančar is one of the most well-known contemporary Slovene writers. In Slovenia, he is also famous for his political commentaries and civic engagement. Jančar's n ...

(born 1948), writer and essayist * Jože Javoršek (1920–1990), author, essayist, playwright and translator *

Taras Kermauner Taras Kermauner (13 April 1930 – 11 June 2008) was a Slovenian literary history, literary historian, critic, philosopher, essayist, playwright and translator. Life Taras Kermauner was born in Ljubljana as the son of the Communist Party of Slove ...

, literary historian and essayist * Mile Klopčič (1905–1984), poet and translator *

Edvard Kocbek Edvard Kocbek () (27 September 1904 – 3 November 1981) was a Slovenian poet, writer, essayist, translator, member of Christian Socialists in the Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation and Slovene Partisans. He is considered one of the best au ...

(1904–1981), poet, essayist, writer and politician *

Srečko Kosovel Srečko Kosovel () (18 March 1904 – 26 May 1926) was a Slovenian poet, now considered one of central Europe's major modernist poets.

(1904–1926), poet *

Ferdo Kozak Ferdo Kozak (28 October 1894 – 8 December 1957) was a Slovenian author, playwright, editor and politician. He was born as Ferdinand Kozak in an upper middle class family in Ljubljana, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His older brothe ...

(1894–1957), writer, playwright, and politician *

Juš Kozak Juš Kozak (26 June 1892 – 29 August 1964), also known under the pseudonym Jalanov, was a Slovenian writer, playwright, and editor. He is best known for his autobiographic novels, such as ''Celica'' (The Cell) on his experience as a politica ...

(1892–1964), writer *

Primož Kozak Primož Kozak (11 September 1929 – 22 December 1981) was a Slovenian playwright and essayist. Together with Dominik Smole, Dane Zajc and Taras Kermauner, he was the most visible representative of the so-called Critical generation, a group o ...

(1929–1981), playwright and essayist *

Taja Kramberger Taja Kramberger (born 11 September 1970) is a Slovenian poet, translator, essayist and historical anthropologist from Slovenia. She lives in France. Biography Early life and education Kramberger was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Kramberger ...

(born 1970), poet, essayist and anthropologist *

Anton Tomaž Linhart Anton Tomaž Linhart (December 11, 1756 – July 14, 1795) was a Carniolan playwright and historian, best known as the author of the first comedy and theatrical play in general in Slovene, ''Županova Micka'' (Micka, the Mayor's Daughter). He ...

(1756–1795), playwright and historian *

Janez Menart Janez Menart () (29 September 1929 – 22 January 2004) was a Slovene poet, best known for his Intimist poetry. He translated a number of classic French and English poetry and drama works into Slovene, including Shakespeare' ...

(1929–2004), poet and translator * Josip Murn (1879–1901), poet *

Lili Novy Lili Novy née Haumeder (24 December 1885 – 7 March 1958) was a Slovene poet and translator of poetry. She is considered the first Slovene female lyric poet as well as one of the most important Slovene female poets in general. Biography She wa ...

(1885–1958), poet *

Iztok Osojnik Iztok Osojnik (born 27 July 1951) is a Slovene poet and essayist. Between 1997 and 2004 he was the director of the Vilenica International Literary Festival organized by the Slovene Writers' Association. Osojnik was born in Ljubljana in 1951. H ...

(born 1951), poet *

Marko Pohlin Marko Pohlin born Anton Pohlin (13 April 1735 – 4 February 1801), was a Slovene philologist and author. He is generally considered the first exponent of the Age of Enlightenment in the Slovene Lands. He was baptized Antonius Puhlin in Ljubljan ...

(1735–1801), author, philologist *

France Prešeren France Prešeren () (2 or 3 December 1800 – 8 February 1849) was a 19th-century Romantic Slovene poet whose poems have been translated into many languages.

(1800–1849), poet * Alenka Puhar (born 1945), columnist, historian, political activist * Samo Resnik (1962–2011), Slovenian journalist, essayist, political activist, writer and poet *

Tomaž Šalamun Tomaž Šalamun (July 4, 1941 – December 27, 2014) was a Slovenian poet who was a leading figure of postwar neo-avant-garde poetry in Central EuropeColm Tóibín (2004The comet's trail Guardian and an internationally acclaimed absurdist. Martín ...

(born 1941), poet * Dominik Smole (1929–1992), writer and playwright * Bojan Štih (1923–1986), stage director, literary critic and essayist *

Gregor Strniša Gregor Strniša (18 November 1930 – 23 January 1987) was a Slovenian poet, playwright, and songwriter. He is considered one of the most important Slovene-language poet of the second half of the 20th century. He spent most of his life away from ...

(1930–1987), poet and playwright * Veno Taufer (born 1933), poet *

Ivan Tavčar Ivan Tavčar () (28 August 1851 – 19 February 1923) was a Slovenian writer, lawyer, and politician. Biography Tavčar was born into the poor peasant family of Janez and Neža née Perko in the Carniolan village of Poljane near Škofja Loka ...

(1851–1923), writer, editor and politician * Igor Torkar (1913–2004), writer and playwright *

Primož Trubar Primož Trubar or Primus Truber () (1508 – 28 June 1586) was a Slovene Protestant Reformer of the Lutheran tradition, mostly known as the author of the first Slovene language printed book, the founder and the first superintendent of the Pro ...

(1508–1586), Protestant preacher and writer *

Josip Vidmar Josip Vidmar (October 14, 1895 – April 11, 1992) was a notable Slovenian literary critic, essayist, and politician. From 1944 to 1946 he was speaker of the Slovenian People's Liberation Council (Slovenian Parliament). From 1952 to 1976 was pr ...

(1895–1992), literary critic, essayist and politician *

Anton Vodnik Anton Vodnik (28 May 1901 – 2 October 1965) was a Slovenian poet, art historian, and critic. He was one of the most notable representatives of Slovene Catholic expressionism in the interwar period. He was born in Ljubljana, and studied art his ...

(1901–1956), poet, art historian, and critic * France Vodnik (1903–1986), literary critic, essayist, translator and poet *

Valentin Vodnik Valentin Vodnik (3 February 1758 – 8 January 1819) was a Carniolan priest, journalist and poet of Slovene descent. He was active in the late Enlightenment period. He is well known for his contributions in writing materials that lifted the p ...

(1758–1819), poet *

Dane Zajc Dane Zajc () (26 October 1929 – 20 October 2005) was a Slovenian poet and playwright. He served as president of the Slovene Writers' Association (1991–1995), and was awarded the prestigious Prešeren Award for lifetime achievement (1981). To ...

(1929–2005), poet * Vitomil Zupan (1914–1987), writer *

Oton Župančič Oton Župančič (January 23, 1878 – June 11, 1949, pseudonym ''Gojko'') was a Slovene poet, translator, and playwright. He is regarded, alongside Ivan Cankar, Dragotin Kette and Josip Murn, as the beginner of modernism in Slovene literature. ...

(1872–1949), poet and playwright

Architects and visual artists

Rihard Jakopič Rihard Jakopič (12 April 1869 – 21 April 1943) was a Slovene painter. He was the leading Slovene Impressionist painter, patron of arts and theoretician. Together with Matej Sternen, Matija Jama and Ivan Grohar, he is considered the pio ...

(1869–1943), painter * Ivana Kobilca (1861–1926), painter *

Zoran Mušič Zoran Mušič (12 February 1909 – 25 May 2005), baptised as Anton Zoran Musič, was a Slovene painter, printmaker, and draughtsman. He was the only painter of Slovene descent who managed to establish himself in the elite cultural circles of ...

(1909–2005), painter *

Jože Plečnik Jože Plečnik () (23 January 1872 – 7 January 1957) was a Slovene architect who had a major impact on the modern architecture of Vienna, Prague and of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, most notably by designing the iconic Triple Bridge an ...

(1872–1957), architect *

Edvard Ravnikar Edvard Ravnikar (4 December 1907 – 23 August 1993) was a Slovenian architect. Ravnikar was born in Novo Mesto and was a student of architect Jože Plečnik. Later, he led the new generation of Slovene architects, notable for developing t ...

(1907-1993), architect * Francesco Robba (1698–1757), Italian sculptor *

Jakob Savinšek Jakob Savinšek (4 February 1922 – 17 August 1961) was a Slovene sculptor, illustrator, and poet. Life Savinšek was born in the Upper Carniolan town of Kamnik, then part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (now in Slovenia ...

(1922–1961), sculptor * Vladimir Šubic (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 (1884–1962), politician, Mayor of Ljubljana *

Fran Albreht Fran Albreht (17 November 1889 – 11 February 1963) was a Slovenian poet, editor, politician and partisan. He also published under the pseudonym Rusmir. He was born as Franc Albrecht in the Upper Carniolan town of Kamnik in what was then the Aus ...

(1889–1963), Mayor of Ljubljana, poet *

Andrej Bajuk Andrej Bajuk, also known in Spanish as Andrés Bajuk (18 October 1943 – 16 August 2011) was a Slovene politician and economist. He served briefly as Prime Minister of Slovenia in the year 2000, and was Minister of Finance in the centre-right g ...

(born 1942),

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(2000) * Joze Brilej (1910–1981), politician, diplomat, ambassador, chief justice of the supreme court of

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

until his death *

France Bučar France Bučar (2 February 1923 – 21 October 2015) was a Slovenian politician, legal expert and author. Between 1990 and 1992, he served as the first speaker of the freely elected Slovenian Parliament. He was the one to formally declare the inde ...

(1923–2015), first Chairman of the

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(1990–1992) *

Philipp von Cobenzl Johann Philipp, Graf von Cobenzl (28 May 1741 – 30 August 1810) was a statesman of the Habsburg monarchy and the Austrian Empire. Life Cobenzl was born in Ljubljana, Carniola, the son of treasurer Count Guidobald von Cobenzl (1716–1797) and ...

(1741–1810), Austrian diplomat * Etbin Henrik Costa (1831–1875), Politician, Mayor of Ljubljana *

Karel Dežman Karel Dežman, also known as Dragotin Dežman and Karl Deschmann (3 January 1821 – 11 March 1889), was a Carniolan liberal politician and natural scientist. He was one of the most prominent personalities of the political, cultural, and sc ...

(1821–1889), Mayor of Ljubljana, historian * Anton Füster (1808–1881), Austrian radical activist * Anastasius Grün (1806–1876), Austrian politician *

Ivan Hribar Ivan Hribar (19 September 1851 – 18 April 1941) was a Slovene and Yugoslav banker, politician, diplomat and journalist. During the start of the 20th century, he was one of the leaders of the National Progressive Party, and one of the mos ...

(1851–1941), politician and diplomat, mayor of Ljubljana *

Edvard Kardelj Edvard Kardelj (; 27 January 1910 – 10 February 1979), also known by the pseudonyms Bevc, Sperans and Krištof, was a Yugoslav politician and economist. He was one of the leading members of the Communist Party of Slovenia before World War II ...

(1910–1979), Communist leader * Boris Kidrič (1912–1953), Communist leader *

Ciril Kotnik Ciril Kotnik (20 December 1895 – 29 June 1948) was a Yugoslav diplomat of Slovene ethnicity. He was born in Ljubljana, then part the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to Carinthian Slovene parents. He attended the Ljubljana Classical Gymnasium, where ...

(1895–1948), Yugoslav diplomat and anti-fascist hero * Milivoj Lajovic (1921–2008), Australian politician * Janez Potočnik (born 1958), European Commissioner *

Ciril Ribičič Ciril Ribičič (born 30 June 1947) is a Slovenian jurist, politician and author. Since 2000, he has served as member of the Constitutional Court of Slovenia. He was born in Ljubljana, then part of the People's Republic of Slovenia in former Yugos ...

(born 1947), politician, jurist, and author *

Anton Rop Anton Rop (born 27 December 1960) is a Slovenian politician. Currently, he is a vice-president of European Investment Bank. He was Prime Minister of Slovenia, from 2002 to 2004. Until 2005 he was also the president of the Liberal Democratic Par ...

(born 1960), politician *

Dimitrij Rupel Dimitrij Rupel (born 7 April 1946) is a Slovenian politician. Early life and education Rupel was born in Ljubljana, in what was then the PR Slovenia, into a bourgeois family of former anti-fascist political emigrants from the Julian March (hi ...

(born 1946), politician and writer *

Marjan Šarec Marjan Šarec (born 2 December 1977) is a Slovenian politician, actor and comedian who served as prime minister of Slovenia from 2018 to 2020. He has served as the minister of defence in the government of Prime Minister Robert Golob since 1 June 2 ...

(born 1977), Slovene prime minister * Matjaž Šinkovec (born 1951), diplomat, author, translator and politician * Gregor Virant (born 1969), public servant and politician

Journalists

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

Performing artists

Bojan Adamič Bojan Adamič a.k.a. Master ( sl, Mojster; 9 August 1912 – 3 November 1995), Slovene Partisans nom de guerre Gregor, was a well-known Slovene composer of jazz, the Slovenian song festival music, and particularly film scores. He was also an avid ...

(1912–1995), composer, conductor, photographer * Maks Bajc (1919–1983), actor *

Leo Funtek Leo Funtek (August 21, 1885 – January 13, 1965) was a Slovenian violinist, conductor and arranger. He is best known for work as a music professor and for his 1922 arrangement of Modest Mussorgsky's piano suite '' Pictures at an Exhibition''. ...

(1885–1965), violinist, conductor, arranger and music professor *

Željko Ivanek Željko Ivanek (né Šimić-Ivanek; ; ; born August 15, 1957) is an American actor, known for his role as Ray Fiske on '' Damages'', for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award. Ivanek is also known for his role of Ed Danvers on '' Homicide: Life on ...

(born 1957), actor *

Lina Kuduzović Lina Kuduzović (born 30 December 2002) is a Slovenian singer of Bosniak origin who won the first season of ''Slovenia's Got Talent'' in 2010 when she was seven years old, making her the youngest winner of any ''Got Talent'' show to that time. In ...

(born 2002), child singer *

Peter Lovšin Peter "Pero" Lovšin (born June 27, 1955) is a Slovenian musician, songwriter and singer, best known as a frontman of the first Yugoslav punk rock group ''Pankrti''. After a period with Pankrti in the 1980s, he formed a successful rock band '' S ...

(born 1955), rock icon, singer, writer *

Ula Ložar Ula Ložar (born 24 January 2002), sometimes known as simply Ula, is a Slovenian singer. She represented Slovenia with the song " Nisi sam (Your Light)" in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Malta. She participated in EMA 2019 with the ...

(born 2002), child singer * Rocc (born 1979), opera director * Dubravka Tomšič Srebotnjak (born 1940), pianist and music teacher *

Zlatko Šugman Zlatko Šugman (28 August 1932 – 16 December 2008) was one of Slovenia's best known theater, television and film actors. Šugman was born in Gorišnica, which is located near Ptuj, in what was then Yugoslavia on 28 August 1932. He was a gr ...

(1932–2008), actor *

DJ Umek Uroš Umek (; born May 16, 1976), better known as DJ Umek or simply Umek, is a Slovenian dance music producer and DJ. Musically active since 1993, he is the owner of several techno record labels. In 1999 he founded Consumer Recreation and Recycle ...

(born 1976),

deejay A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at a nightclub or music festival), mobile D ...

and music producer

Physicians

Slavko Ziherl Slavko Ziherl, MD, PhD (September 23, 1945January 21, 2012) was a Slovenian specialist in psychiatry. Early life and education Ziherl was born in Ljubljana in 1945. He graduated from the University of Ljubljana Faculty of Medicine in 1970, and ...

(1945–2012), psychiatrist

Religious leaders

Sergiy Verigin Sergiy Verigin (24 March 1868 in Ljubljana, Slovenia – 1938) was a Russian Orthodox convert to Catholicism. Initially ordained an Orthodox clergyman, in 1907 Verigin changed his religious position united himself to Catholic faith. From 1910 to 1 ...

(1868–1938), clergyman

Scientists and academics

Robert Blinc Robert Blinc (October 30, 1933 – September 26, 2011) was a prominent Slovene physicist a full professor of physics and, with more than 650 articles in prestigious international journals and two extensive monographs published abroad, a hig ...

(born 1933), physicist *

Katja Boh Katja Boh (1929–2008) was a Slovenian sociologist, diplomat and politician. Early life and career She was born in a wealthy middle class family in Ljubljana, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now the capital of Slovenia). Her father was an Austrian Jew ...

(1929–2008), sociologist, politician and diplomat * Miran Božovič (born 1957), philosopher *

Božidar Debenjak Božidar Debenjak (born 7 May 1935) is a Slovenian Marxist philosopher, social theorist and translator. Biography He was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia, then part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. In 1961, he became professor at the University of Ljubl ...

(born 1935), philosopher * Mladen Dolar (born 1952), philosopher * Joannes Disma Floriantschitsch de Grienfeld (1691–1757), Carniolan astronomer, mathematician, geographer, and cartographer *

Bogo Grafenauer Bogo Grafenauer (16 March 1916 – 12 May 1995) was a Slovenian historian, who mostly wrote about medieval history in the Slovene Lands. Together with Milko Kos, Fran Zwitter, and Vasilij Melik, he was one of the founders of the so-called ...

(1916–1995), historian *

Jovan Hadži Jovan Hadži (; 22 November 1884 – 11 December 1972) was a Slovenian zoologist of Serbian origin. Biography Hadži was born in a Serbian family in Temišvar (today Timișoara, Romania) in what was then Austria-Hungary. He began his career in Zag ...

(1884–1972), zoologist * Hermann Haus (1925–2003), scientist * Peter Jambrek (born 1940), jurist, sociologist, and public intellectual *

(1930–2008), literary historian and essayist *

Milan Komar Milan Komar, also known as Emilio Komar (4 June 1921 – 20 January 2006) was a Slovene Argentine Catholic philosopher and essayist. Life He was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia, then part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, to a Slovene f ...

(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 translat ...

(1813–1839), Polish philologist and ethnographer * Milos Krofta (1912–2002), Slovenian engineer and businessman *

Ernst Mally Ernst Mally (; ; 11 October 1879 – 8 March 1944) was an Austrian analytic philosopher, initially affiliated with Alexius Meinong's Graz School of object theory. Mally was one of the founders of deontic logic and is mainly known for his contrib ...

(1879–1944), philosopher * Vasilij Melik (1921–2009), historian *

Tamara Griesser Pečar Tamara Griesser Pečar (born 18 March 1947) is a Slovenian historian. Early life and education She was born in Ljubljana, then part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. She attended high school in Ljubljana, Koper and Portorož and ...

(born 1947), historian * Anton Peterlin (1908–1993), physicist *

Fritz Pregl Fritz Pregl ( sl, Friderik Pregl; 3 September 1869 – 13 December 1930), was a Slovenian-Austrian chemist and physician from a mixed Slovene-German-speaking background. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1923 for making important contribut ...

(1869–1930), chemist,

Nobel prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...

winner * Janko Prunk (born 1942), historian *

Rado Riha Rado Riha (born 8 October 1948) is a Slovene philosopher. He is a senior research fellow and currently the head of thInstitute of Philosophy Centre for Scientific Research at the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, and coordinator of the p ...

(born 1948), philosopher * Renata Salecl (born 1961), philosopher, sociologist, legal theorist and columnist *

Vasko Simoniti Vasko Simoniti (born 23 March 1951) is a Slovenian historian and politician. Between 2004 and 2008, he served as the Minister of Culture of Slovenia, being reappointed in 2020. He is an active member of the Slovenian Democratic Party. Early ...

(born 1951), historian *

Marko Snoj Marko Snoj (born 19 April 1959) is an Indo-Europeanist, Slavist, Albanologist, lexicographer, and etymologist employed at the Fran Ramovš Institute for Slovene Language of the Scientific Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Ar ...

(born 1959), linguist *

Janez Strnad Janez Strnad (March 4, 1934 – November 28, 2015) was a Slovene physicist and popularizer of natural science. Life and work Strnad was born in Ljubljana, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now Slovenia). He received a degree at the University of Ljub ...

(born 1934), physicist and populariser of natural science *

Gregor Tomc Gregor Tomc also known as Grega Tomc (born 3 February 1952) is a Slovenian sociologist, musician and activist. In the late 1970s and 1980s, he was the founder and member of the Slovenian punk rock band ''Pankrti''. Biography Tomc was born i ...

(born 1952), sociologist and musician *

Milan Vidmar Milan Vidmar (22 June 1885 – 9 October 1962) was a Slovenian electrical engineer, chess player, Chess theory, chess theorist, and writer. He was among the top dozen chess players in the world from 1910 to 1930 and in 1950, was among the inaugu ...

(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 Johann Weikhard Freiherr von Valvasor or Johann Weichard Freiherr von Valvasor ( sl, Janez Vajkard Valvasor, ) or simply Valvasor (baptised on 28 May 1641 – September or October 1693) was a natural historian and polymath from Carniola, pr ...

(1641–1693), scholar, polymath, member of the Royal Society * Egon Zakrajšek (1941–2002), mathematician and computer scientist * Slavoj Žižek (born 1949), sociologist and philosopher * Sigismund Zois (1747–1819), natural scientist * Alenka Zupančič, philosopher

Athletes

Milenko Ačimovič Milenko "Mile" Ačimovič (; ; born 15 February 1977) is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Besides Slovenia, he has played in FR Yugoslavia, England, France, Saudi Arabia, and Austria. Club career Born to S ...

, football player *

Pia Babnik Pia Babnik (born 2 January 2004) is a Slovenian professional golfer. She won the 2019 R&A Girls Amateur Championship. In 2020, 16 years old, she joined the Ladies European Tour, were she won two tournaments the year after. 18 years old, she fini ...

(born 2004), golfer * Alenka Bikar, track and field *

Brigita Bukovec Brigita Bukovec (born 21 May 1970) is a retired Slovenian hurdler who won an Olympic silver medal in 1996. During the Olympics she set a personal best time with 12.59 seconds. She stopped competing on top level after the 1999 season. Biog ...

, track and field *

Miro Cerar Miroslav Cerar Jr. (, known as Miro Cerar ;) is a Slovenian law professor and politician. He was Prime Minister of Slovenia, leading the 12th Government. He served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the 13th Governmen ...

, gymnast *

Boštjan Cesar Boštjan Cesar (born 9 July 1982) is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Cesar played in Slovenia, Croatia, France, England and Italy. With 101 international appearances, he is Slovenia's most capped player of ...

, football player *

Ivo Daneu Ivo Daneu (born 6 October 1937) is a retired Slovenian professional basketball player and coach. During his playing career, at a height of 1.91 m (6'3") tall, he played at the point guard and shooting guard positions. He represented the Yugoslav ...

, basketball player *

Luka Dončić Luka Dončić ( ; ; born February 28, 1999) is a Slovenian professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also represents the Slovenian national team. Born in Ljubljana, Dončić shone ...

, NBA basketball player *

Goran Dragić Goran Dragić (born 6 May 1986) is a Slovenian professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Dragon", he had played professional basketball in Slovenia and Spain before entering ...

(born 1986), NBA basketball player *

Zoran Dragić Zoran Dragić (born June 22, 1989) is a Slovenian professional basketball player who plays for Cedevita Olimpija of the Slovenian League and the ABA League. He also represents the Slovenian national basketball team internationally. Standing a ...

, NBA basketball player * Marko Elsner, football player * Luka Gregorc (born 1984), ATP tennis player *

Samir Handanović Samir Handanović (born 14 July 1984) is a Slovenian professional footballer who serves as captain and plays as a goalkeeper for club Inter Milan. Before moving to Italy, Handanović played in his home country of Slovenia. In 2004, he was acqui ...

, football player * Urška Hrovat (born 1974), alpine skier * Tomaz Humar (1969–2009), mountaineer * Srečko Katanec (1981–1994), football player *

Jaka Lakovič Jaka Lakovič (born 9 July 1978) is a Slovenian professional basketball coach and former player. He currently serves as a head coach for Gran Canaria of the Liga ACB, as well as an assistant coach of the Slovenia national team. Standing at , ...

, basketball player * Zlatan Ljubijankič, football player *

Erazem Lorbek Erazem Lorbek (born February 21, 1984) is a Slovenian former professional basketball player. At a height of tall, he primarily played at the power forward position, but he was also capable of playing at the center position. A three-time All-Eur ...

, basketball player * Maksimilijan Mihelčič, football player * Radoslav Nesterovič (born 1976), NBA basketball player * Džoni Novak, football player *

Milivoje Novakovič Milivoje ( sr, Миливоје) is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: *Milivoje Blaznavac (1824–1873), Serbian soldier and politician *Milivoje Božović (born 1985), Serbian professional basketball player * Milivoje M ...

, football player *

Brane Oblak Branko Oblak (born 27 May 1947) is a Slovenian football coach and former international player. He usually played as an attacking midfielder or deep-lying playmaker. Playing career Brane, as he is often known, started playing football at the you ...

(1965–1985), football player *

Jan Oblak Jan Oblak (born 7 January 1993) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and captains the Slovenia national team. He is frequently ranked as one of the best goalkeepers in the world. O ...

, football player * Aljaž Pegan, gymnast * Janez Perme (born 1982), retired Slovenian footballer *

Mitja Petkovšek Mitja Petkovšek (born 6 February 1977 in Ljubljana) is a former Slovenian gymnast. Petkovšek is a specialist on parallel bars, where he is world champion (2005, 2007), World Cup Final champion (2000, 2004), and European champion (2000, 2007, ...

, gymnast * Rok Petrovič (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 1983/1 ...

(born 1968), alpine skier * Andraž Šporar, football player * Jurij Tepeš, ski jumper * Miran Tepeš, ski jumper * Sašo Udovič, football player *

Primož Ulaga Primož Ulaga (born 20 July 1962) is a Yugoslav/Slovenian former ski jumper. Career Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won a silver medal in the team large hill competition at Calgary in 1988. Ulaga also won a silver medal at the FIS Ski-Fly ...

, ski jumper *

Haris Vučkić Haris Vučkić (born 21 August 1992) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Buriram United. Vučkić has represented Slovenia international youth selections in every category. He made his senior debut ...

, football player *

Aljoša Žorga Aljoša Žorga (born 25 February 1947) is a former Slovenian basketball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the ...

, basketball player * Petra Majdic, nordic skier *

Kaja Juvan Kaja Juvan (born 25 November 2000) is a Slovenian tennis player who turned professional on 17 October 2016. Juvan has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 58, achieved on 6 June 2022, and peaked at No. 99 in the doubles rankings on 11 July ...

, tennis player

People who lived in Ljubljana temporarily

Miodrag Bulatović Miodrag Bulatović ( cnr-Cyrl, Миодраг Булатовић; 20 February 1930 – 15 March 1991), was a writer, novelist, journalist and playwright. He is considered to be one of the best Montenegrin novelists and remains the most translated M ...

(born 1930), Serb-Montenegrin writer *

Carlos, Duke of Madrid ''Don'' Carlos de Borbón y Austria-Este (Spanish: ''Carlos María de los Dolores Juan Isidro José Francisco Quirico Antonio Miguel Gabriel Rafael''; French: ''Charles Marie des Douleurs Jean Isidore Joseph François Cyr Antoine Michel Gabriel R ...

(1848–1909), claimant to the Spanish throne (born in Ljubljana) *

Eugène de Beauharnais Eugène Rose de Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg (; 3 September 1781 – 21 February 1824) was a French nobleman, statesman, and military commander who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. Through the second marr ...

(1781–1824), Viceroy of Italy *

Gabriel Gruber Gabriel Gruber, S.J. (May 6, 1740 – April 7, 1805) was the second Superior General of the Society of Jesus in Russia. Early years and education Gabriel Gruber, born in Vienna, became a Jesuit at the young age of 15, in 1755 and did most of h ...

(1740–1805), Austrian Jesuit and engineer *

(1813–1839), Polish ethnographer, philologist and translator * Gustav Mahler (1860–1911), Austrian composer *

Charles Nodier Jean Charles Emmanuel Nodier (29 April 1780 – 27 January 1844) was a French author and librarian who introduced a younger generation of Romanticists to the ''conte fantastique'', gothic literature, and vampire tales. His dream related writings ...

(1780–1844), French author * Joseph Radetzky (1766–1858), Austrian general

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People A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of prope ...

Ljubliana Ljubljana (also known by other historical names) is the capital and largest city of Slovenia. It is the country's cultural, educational, economic, political and administrative center. During antiquity, a Roman city called Emona stood in the are ...