Matjaž or Matjaz is a given name. It may refer to: * King Matjaž, legendary king in Slovenia, as well as Croatia and elsewhere * Matjaž Brumen (born 1982), Slovenian handball player * Matjaž Ceraj (born 1983), Slovenian judoka *

Matjaž Cvikl Matjaž Cvikl (13 January 1967 – 27 July 1999) was a Slovenian footballer who played as a forward. Club career Born in Slovenj Gradec, Cvikl began playing professional football with local side Rudar Velenje before moving to Maribor. Cvikl p ...

(1967–1999), Slovenian footballer who played in a forward role *

Matjaž Debelak Matjaž Debelak (born 27 August 1965, in Braslovče) is a Slovenian former ski jumper who competed for Yugoslavia from 1986 to 1990. His best-known successes were at the 1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as th ...

(born 1965), Slovenian ski jumper * Matjaž Florijančič (born 1967), former Slovenian football (soccer) player * Matjaz Godina (1768–1835), Slovene Lutheran pastor, writer and teacher in Hungary * Matjaž Kek (born 1961), former Slovenian footballer and a coach *

Matjaž Klopčič Matjaž Klopčič (4 December 1934 – 15 December 2007) was a Slovenian film director and screenwriter. He directed 28 films between 1959 and 2005. His film ''Heritage'' ( sl, Dediščina) was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at ...

(1934–2007), Slovenian film director and screenwriter * Matjaž Kopitar (born 1965), retired Slovenian professional ice hockey player *

Matjaž Kozelj Matjaž Koželj (born 12 March 1970) is a retired swimmer from Slovenia. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the 100 m and 200 m butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology ...

(born 1970), retired male butterfly swimmer from Slovenia *

Matjaž Markič Matjaž Markič (born 12 January 1983 in Koper) is a male breaststroke swimmer from Slovenia, who won the gold medal in the men's 50 m breaststroke event at the 2008 European SC Championships in Rijeka. He represented his native country at the ...

(born 1983), male breaststroke swimmer from Slovenia * Matjaž Mlakar (born 1981), professional handball player * Matjaž Perc (born 1979), Slovenian physicist * Matjaž Pograjc (born 1967, theatre director and one of Slovenia's most prominent theatre artists * Matjaž Rozman (born 1987), Slovenian footballer * Matjaž Schmidt (1948–2010), Slovene artist and illustrator, known for children's books illustrations * Matjaž Sekelj (born 1960), retired Slovenian professional ice hockey player *

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), Slovenian diplomat, politician, translator, journalist and science fiction writer * Matjaž Smodiš (born 1979), Slovenian professional basketball player * Matjaž Vrhovnik (born 1972), former Slovenian former alpine skier * Matjaž Zupan (born 1966), slovene ski jumper who competed for the former Yugoslavia from 1987 to 1994

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