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
  • Fredy Malec Koschitz(1914–2001) - painter and woodcarver
  • Adriana Maraž (1931–2015) – painter and graphic artist
  • Julie Martini (1871–1943) – photographer
  • Špelca Mladič (1894–1981) – painter and designer
  • Pino Mlakar (1907–2006) – ballet dancer and choreographer
  • Marko Mušič (born 1941) – architect
  • Zoran Mušič (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 Savinšek (1922–1961) – sculptor
  • Zora Stančič (born 1956) – graphic and visual artist
  • Matej Sternen (1870–1949) – painter
  • Michael Stroy (1803–1871) – painter
  • Vladimir Šubic (1894–1946) – architect
  • Henrika Šantel (1874–1940) – painter
  • Avgusta Šantel (1876–1968) – painter, teacher, printmaker
  • Jožef Tominc (1790–1866) – painter
  • Joseph Urbania (1877–1943) – sculptor
  • Antonija Volk Krebelj (1908–2003) – farmer and folk artist
  • Ivan Vurnik (1884–1971) – architect and town planner

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File:Franc Kavčič (2).jpg|Franz Caucig

File:Ivan Grohar (2).jpg|Ivan Grohar

File:Anton Gvajc.jpg|Anton Gvajc

File:Rihard Jakopič.jpg|Rihard Jakopič

File:Gojmir Anton Kos.jpg|Gojmir Anton Kos

File:Ivana Kobilca - Avtoportret v belem.jpg|Ivana Kobilca

File:Zoran Mušič.jpg|Zoran Mušič

File:Miki Muster.jpg|Miki Muster

File:Jože Plečnik (1943), Zbirka upodobitev znanih Slovencev NUK.jpg|Jože Plečnik

File:Tominz Autoritratto 1.jpg|Giuseppe Tominz

File:Henrika Šantel - Avtoportret.jpg|Henrika Šantel

File:Avgusta Šantel.jpg|Avgusta Šantel

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Authors

thumb|140px|[[Vladimir Bartol]]

thumb|140px|[[Simon Gregorčič]]

thumb|140px|[[Alma Karlin]]

thumb|140px|[[France Prešeren]]

thumb|140px|[[Anka Salmič]]

thumb|140px|[[Josipina Urbančič]]

  • Louis Adamic (1898–1951) – author and translator
  • Anton Aškerc (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 Saleški 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 Javoršek (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 Lipuš (born 1959) – author
  • Florjan Lipuš (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 Prešeren (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 Slomšek (1800–1862) – bishop, author, poet and national awakener
  • Tomaž Šalamun (1941–2014) – poet
  • Anka Salmič (1902–1969) - farmer, folk healer and poet
  • Damijan Šinigoj (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

thumb|140px|[[Janez Puh]]

  • 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 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

  • 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
  • Dušan 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

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File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2007-0188, Odilo Globocnik.jpg|Odilo Globocnik

File:Dušan Kveder1.jpg|Dušan Kveder

File:Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-219-0596-04, Russland-Mitte-Süd, Anschieben eines Motorrads.jpg|Johann Mickl

File:Franc Rozman-Stane.jpg|Franc Rozman

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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
  • Špela Čadež (born 1977) – film director
  • František 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
  • Boštjan 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 Štiglic (1919–1993) – film director
  • Zlatko Šugman (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 Žnidaršič (born 1962) – actor and TV journalist

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File:David Boreanaz Comic-Con 2012.jpg|David Boreanaz

File:Stevan Kragujevic, František Čáp & Metka Gabrijelcic, premijera filma u Beogradu, 1953.JPG|František Čáp

File:George Dolenz in Vendetta (1950).jpg|George Dolenz

File:The Monkees 1966 (Dolenz).JPG|Micky Dolenz

File:Frank Gorshin Batman villains 1966 (cropped).jpg|Frank Gorshin

File:Mira Furlan by Gage Skidmore.jpg|Mira Furlan

File:Melissa Joan Hart 2011.jpg|Melissa Joan Hart

File:Ita Rina 1928-29.jpg|Ita Rina

File:Željko Ivanek (33355599031 - crop).jpg|Željko Ivanek

File:Anthony Jeselnik in 2012.jpg|Anthony Jeselnik

File:Tanja Ribič.jpg|Tanja Ribič

File:Christoph Waltz Viennale 2017 f (cropped).jpg|Christoph Waltz

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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 Frančiška Grizold (1847–1913) – teacher, poet, organist and composer
  • Senida Hajdarpašić (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 Kantušer (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 Košmerl (1883–1956) – zither player, zither teacher, and composer
  • Marijan Lipovšek (1910–1995) – composer, pianist, pedagogue, musical essayist
  • Marjana Lipovšek (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 ekšn – 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 Privšek (1937–1998) – composer and musician
  • Raay (Maraaya) (born 1984) – composer
  • Ana Roner Lavrič (1869–1957) - organist
  • Anja Rupel (born 1966) – singer and radio announcer
  • Gašper Šantl (born 1996) – singer and composer
  • Nina Šenk (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 Tomšič 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

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File:Bojan Adamič 1960.jpg|Bojan Adamič

File:Slavko Avsenik 1961.jpg|Slavko Avsenik

File:Nuša Derenda pred tekmo v Krškem 19 julija 2015 (cropped).JPG|Nuša Derenda

File:Rebeka Dremelj.jpg|Rebeka Dremelj

File:Dragica Košmerlj.jpg|Dragica Legat Košmerl

File:Jakob Petelin Gallus 1590.jpg|Jacobus Gallus

File:GotarAlenka.JPG|Alenka Gotar

File:GrafenauerIrena.JPG|Irena Grafenauer

File:Maja Keuc cropped.jpg|Maja Keuc

File:20150514 ESC 2015 Maraaya 5882.jpg|Maraaya

File:Karmen Stavec.jpg|Karmen Stavec

File:Hugo Wolf.jpg|Hugo Wolf

File:DionaDimm.jpg|Ana Soklič

File:Frank Yankovic 1958.JPG|Frank Yankovic

File:AlYankovicByKristineSlipson.jpg|"Weird Al" Yankovic

File:Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest Semi-final 1 dress rehearsal (01) - cropped.jpg|zalagasper

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Philosophers

thumb|140px|[[Slavoj Žižek]]

  • 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
  • Avguštin Stegenšek (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

thumb|140px|[[Janez Janša]]

thumb|140px|[[Leon Rupnik]]

thumb|140px|[[Kurt Schuschnigg]]

thumb|140px|[[Josip Broz Tito]]

  • 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 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, 2003–2008
  • 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 Janša (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 Korošec (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 Šarec (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 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) – 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 Grošelj (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 Ramovš (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 Šuštar (1905–1989) – ethnochoreologist and folklorist.
  • Jože Toporišič (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 Zakrajšek (1941–2002) – mathematician and computer scientist
  • Miroslav Zei (1914–2006) – marine biologist

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File:Srečko Brodar 1930s.jpg|Srečko Brodar

File:Dragotin Cvetko 1961.jpg|Dragotin Cvetko

File:Ivan Grafenauer 1920s-edited.jpg|Ivan Grafenauer in the 1920s

File:Grave of Jernej Kopitar, Vienna.jpg|Jernej Kopitar

File:Franz von Miklosich (Dauthage, 1853).jpg|Franz Miklosich

File:Josip Plemelj 1920s.jpg|Josip Plemelj

File:Herman Potocnik Noordung.jpg|Herman Potočnik

File:Janko Prunk 2015.jpg|Janko Prunk

File:Fritz Pregl.jpg|Fritz Pregl

File:Jozef Stefan.jpg|Josef Stefan

File:Jože toporišič.jpg|Jože Toporišič

File:Janez Vajkard Valvasor.jpg|Valvasor

File:Georg Freiherr von Vega 1802.jpg|Jurij Vega

File:Milan Vidmar 1930s.jpg|Milan Vidmar

File:Franz Kurz zum Thurn und Goldenstein - Valentin Vodnik (cropped).jpg|Valentin Vodnik

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Athletes

  • Vili Ameršek – 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 Šimundža – 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
  • Nataša 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
  • Saša Farič – freestyle skier
  • Maruša 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
  • Urška Hrovat – alpine skier, Olympic athlete
  • Sait Idrizi (born 1990) – football player
  • Sara Isaković (born 1988) – swimmer
  • Milan Janša (born 1965) – rower
  • Mima Jaušovec (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 Košir – alpine skier, Olympic athlete
  • Žan Košir – 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
  • Sašo Mirjanič (1968–1994) – rower
  • Matej Mohorič – cyclist
  • Jan Muršak - 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
  • Špela 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 Savšek – slalom canoeist, Olympic athlete
  • Uroš Slokar – basketball player (NBA)
  • Luka Špik (born 1979) – rower, Olympic athlete
  • Andraž Šporar (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 Štuhec (born 1990) – alpine skier
  • Leon Štukelj (1898–1999) – gymnast, Olympic athlete
  • Mateja Svet (born 1968) – alpine skier, Olympic athlete
  • Miran Tepeš – 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 Velenšek – 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 Zidanšek – tennis player
  • Urška Žolnir (born 1981) – judoka, Olympic athlete
  • Peter Žonta – alpine ski jumper
  • Aljoša Žorga – basketball player
  • Matjaž Zupan – alpine ski jumper, Olympic athlete
  • Denis Žvegelj – rower, Olympic athlete

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File:Primož Brezec 2009.jpg|Primož Brezec

File:Bukovec.jpg|Brigita Bukovec

File:Miroslav Cerar 1964b.jpg|Miroslav Cerar

File:Iztok Čop at the 2012 Olympics.jpg|Iztok Čop

File:Rudolf Cvetko.jpg|Rudolf Cvetko

File:Ivo Daneu 1968.jpg|Ivo Daneu

File:Rajmond Debevec crop.jpg|Rajmond Debevec

File:Luka Dončić 2021.jpg|Luka Dončić

File:Goran Dragic 2018 (cropped).jpg|Goran Dragić

File:Ana Drev.jpg|Ana Drev

File:FIS Skilanglauf-Weltcup in Dresden PR CROSSCOUNTRY StP 6896 LR10 by Stepro.jpg|Vesna Fabjan

File:Teja Gregorin.jpg|Teja Gregorin

File:Kopitar2015.jpg|Anže Kopitar

File:Žan Košir 2015.jpg|Žan Košir

File:Primož Kozmus 2012.jpg|Primož Kozmus

File:Majdic Petra-Trondheim09-1.jpg|Petra Majdič

File:Internationale Sportnacht Davos 2014.jpg|Tina Maze

File:Matej Mohorič (Tour of Austria 2018).jpg|Matej Mohorič

File:Jan Oblak 2019.jpg|Jan Oblak

File:Primož Peterka 2004 (2).jpg|Primož Peterka

File:Tadej Pogačar in 2019.jpg|Tadej Pogačar

File:CJB 19 20 10 KLEMEN PREPELIC DGL 8457.jpg|Klemen Prepelič

File:20161001 FIS Sommer Grand Prix Hinzenbach 5483.jpg|Peter Prevc

File:Josip Primožič.jpg|Josip Primožič

File:Primož Roglič (Team Jumbo-Visma, 2019).jpg|Primož Roglič

File:Uroš Slokar.jpg|Uroš Slokar

File:Andraz Sporar.jpg|Andraž Šporar

File:Srebotnik US16 (10) (29235402614).jpg|Katarina Srebotnik

File:2017 Audi FIS Ski Weltcup Garmisch-Partenkirchen Damen - Ilka Stuhec - by 2eight - 8SC8056.jpg|Ilka Štuhec

File:Tina Trstenjak.jpg|Tina Trstenjak

File:Beno Udrih (31320667020).jpg|Beno Udrih

File:Primož Ulaga 2013.jpg|Primož Ulaga

File:Peter Vilfan 2014 crop.jpg|Peter Vilfan

File:Sasha Vujacic 2017.jpg|Sasha Vujačić

File:Golovin Zajc.jpg|Miha Zajc

File:Vasilij Zbogar.jpg|Vasilij Žbogar

File:Jure Zdovc (2015).jpg|Jure Zdovc

File:Urška Žolnir 2012.jpg|Urška Žolnir

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Other people

  • Danilo Dolci (1924–1997) – sociologist and political activist (Slovenian mother)
  • Aleš 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

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File:Aleksander Čeferin 2017.jpg| Aleksander Čeferin

File:Melania Trump official portrait.jpg|Melania Trump

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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

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