List of Slovenians
Encyclopedia
This is a list of Slovenes and people from Slovenia
that are famous or notable.
See list: List of Slovenian language poets
For musical bands, groups, ensembles and other musicians see: Music of Slovenia
See List of Slovenian mathematicians, List of Slovenian physicists.
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
that are famous or notable.
Artists / Performing Arts
- Zvest ApollonioZvest ApollonioZvest Apollonio was a Slovenian painter and scenographer.-Biography:Apollonio was born of an Italian father and a Slovenian mother and grew up bilingually. He entered the Ljubljana Academy of Fine Arts in 1960 where he studied under Gabrijel Stupica. He was a professor at the graphic arts...
(1935–2009) – painter and graphic artist. - Stanislava BrezovarStanislava BrezovarStanislava Brezovar , married name Kleiber, was a Slovenian ballerina. She was also known as Stanka Brezovar....
(1937–2003) – ballerina. - Jože CiuhaJože CiuhaJože Ciuha is a Slovenian-born artist. He has gained international recognition, winning several important international prizes. These prizes include:*Grand prix at the international graphic biennale at Seoul...
(1924– ) – painter, graphic artist and illustrator - Avgust ČernigojAvgust CernigojAvgust Černigoj, also known in Italian as Augusto Cernigoi was a Italian painter, known for his avant-garde experiments in Constructivism....
(1898–1985) – painter. - Maks Fabiani (1865–1962) – architect.
- Ivan GroharIvan GroharIvan Grohar was a Slovene Impressionist painter. Together with Rihard Jakopič, Matej Sternen and Matija Jama, he is considered one of the leading figures of Slovene impressionism in the fin de siecle period.- Life :...
(1867–1911) – painter. - Herman GvardjančičHerman GvardjančičHerman Gvardjančič, Slovene painter, born 21 October 1943, Gorenja vas, Škofja Loka.- Life :H. G. was born in Škofja Loka in Slovenia and was educated at the local primary school. After this he attented the Ljubljana School of Design and later continued painting at the Art Academy in Ljubljana...
(1943– ) – painter. - Stane JagodičStane Jagodichttp://www.rtvslo.si/slovenianmagazine/archive.php?op=read&id=158Stane Jagodič is a Slovenian free-lance artist and publicist. He was born in Celje and spent his youth in various places near Šmarje pri Jelšah. In 1964 he completed his studies at the School of Design and graduated at the Academy of...
(1943– ) – painter, graphic artist, montager and illustrator. - Božidar JakacBožidar JakacBožidar Jakac was a Slovene Expressionist, Realist and Symbolist painter, graphic artist, art teacher, photographer and filmmaker. He produced one of the most extensive oeuvres of pastels and oil paintings , drawings and, above all, graphics in Slovenia...
(1899–1989) – painter, graphic artist and illustrator. - Rihard JakopičRihard JakopicRihard Jakopič was a Slovenian painter. He was the leading Slovenian Impressionist painter and theoretician. Together with Matej Sternen, Matija Jama and Ivan Grohar, he is considered the pioneer of Slovenian impressionist painting.- Life :Jakopič was born in Ljubljana, then part of the...
(1869–1943) – painter. - Matija JamaMatija JamaMatija Jama was a Slovene painter. Together with Rihard Jakopič, Ivan Grohar and Matej Sternen, he is considered among the best representatives of Impressionism in the Slovene Lands.- Life :...
(1872–1947) – Impressionist painter. - Ivana KobilcaIvana KobilcaIvana Kobilca was a Slovene realist painter who lived, worked and studied in various European cities including Vienna, Sarajevo, Berlin, Paris and Munich. She was a member of Société Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris. Many of her paintings are still lifes, portraits or country settings...
(1861–1926) – realist painter. - Lojze LogarLojze LogarLojze Logar is a Slovenian painter, graphic artist and professor, a 1987 Prešeren Fund Award and 1994 Jakopič Award laureate.-References:...
(1944– ) – painter and graphic artist. - Adriana MaražAdriana MaražAdriana Maraž is a Slovene graphic artist. She studied painting and graphic art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana. She had many solo exhibitions and has participated in the Graphic Art Biennales in Ljubljana...
(1931– ) – painter and graphic artist. - Pino MlakarPino MlakarPino Mlakar was a Slovenian ballet dancer, choreographer, and teacher. He was born in Novo MestoIn 1927 he graduated from the Rudolf Laban Choreographic Institute in Hamburg....
(1907–2006) – ballet dancer and choreographer. - Miki MusterMiki MusterMiki Muster is a Slovenian academic sculptor, illustrator, cartoonist and animator. He's best known for his comic books with the characters Zvitorepec, Trdonja and Lakotnik and many others.- References :...
(1925 – ) – illustrator. - Marko MušičMarko MušicMarko Marijan Mušič is a Slovenian architect. He has designed buildings in cities such as Zagreb, Skopje and Ljubljana. Since May 2008 he has been a vice-president of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts .-Works:* Dom 7...
(1941 – ) – architect. - Zoran MušičZoran MušicZoran Mušič was a Slovenian painter. He spent half of his life living and working in Italy.-Life:Zoran Mušič was born in a Slovene-speaking family in Bukovica, a village in the Vipava Valley near Gorizia, in what was then the Austrian County of Gorizia and Gradisca...
(1909–2005) – painter. - Veno PilonVeno PilonVeno Pilon was a Slovene expressionist painter, graphic artist and photographer.Pilon was born in Ajdovščina, then part of the Austro-Hungarian province of Gorizia and Gradisca . After graduating from the prestigious gymasium of Gorizia, he was drafted by the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War I...
(1896–1970) – painter. - Jože PlečnikJože PlecnikJože Plečnik , was a Slovene architect who practised in Vienna, Belgrade, Prague and Ljubljana.-Biography:...
(1872–1957) – architect. - Marjetica PotrčMarjetica PotrcMarjetica Potrč is an artist and architect based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Her interdisciplinary practice includes on-site projects, research, architectural case studies, and series of drawings...
- artist. - Jakob SavinšekJakob SavinšekJakob Savinšek, 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 , where he spent his youth. After finishing secondary school in Ljubljana, he studied medicine at the University of...
(1922–1961) – sculptor. - Matej SternenMatej SternenMatej Sternen was a leading Slovene Impressionist painter.Sternen was born in Verd, now part of the Carniolan municipality of Vrhnika, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He attended the secondary school in Krško and attended technical school in Graz between 1888 and 1891...
(1870–1949) – painter. - Vladimir ŠubicVladimir ŠubicVladimir Šubic, was a Slovene architect. He was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia, which was at that time part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire...
– architect. - Jožef TomincJožef TomincGiuseppe Tominz, also known as Jožef Tominc was a Italian painter who lived and worked in the Austrian Empire and in Italy. He was one of the most prominent Italian and Austrian portraitists of the Biedermeier period. He became renowned for his realistic portraits,...
(1790–1866) – painter. - Ivan VurnikIvan VurnikIvan Vurnik, was a Slovene architect. Together with, Ciril Metod Koch and Jože Plečnik, Vurnik is considered one of the initiators of Slovenian modernist architecture.-Early years:...
(1884–1971) – architect and town planner. - Marko Porenta (1986- ) - known for knowing nothing
- See list: List of Slovenian painters
Authors
- Friderik BaragaFrederic BaragaFrederic Baraga, Servant of God was a Slovene American Roman Catholic missionary, bishop, and grammarian.-Early life:Frederic Baraga was born as Friderik Irenej Baraga in the manor house at Mala Vas no...
(1797–1868) – bishop, author - Vladimir BartolVladimir BartolVladimir Bartol was a Slovene writer, most famous for his novel Alamut. Alamut was published in 1938 and translated into numerous languages, becoming the most popular work of Slovene literature around the world.-Biography:Bartol was born on February 24, 1903 in San Giovanni , a suburb of the...
(1903–1967) – author - France BevkFrance BevkFrance Bevk was a Slovene writer, poet and translator. He also wrote under the pseudonym Pavle Sedmak.-Biography:...
(1890–1970) – author - Ivan CankarIvan CankarIvan Cankar 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 Slovene literature...
(1876–1918) – author, poet, storyteller, dramatist and essayist. - Matija ČopMatija CopMatija Čop , also known in German as Matthias Tschop, was a Slovene linguist, literary historian and critic.- Biography :...
(1797–1835) – author - Mate Dolenc (1945 – ) – author.
- Fran Saleški FinžgarFran Saleški FinžgarFran Saleški Finžgar was a Slovene writer, playwright, translator and Roman Catholic priest.Fran Saleški Finžgar was born into a poor peasant family in the Upper Carniolan village of Doslovče , in what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire...
(1871–1963) – author and priest. - Peter HandkePeter HandkePeter Handke is an avant-garde Austrian novelist and playwright.-Early life:Handke and his mother lived in the Soviet-occupied Pankow district of Berlin from 1944 to 1948 before resettling in Griffen...
(1942 – ) – author (Slovenian mother) - Jože Hudeček (1937 – ) – TV journalist and author
- Janez JalenJanez JalenJanez Jalen was a Slovene writer and priest.- Biography :Janez Jalen was born into a rural family. His father awakened in him a great interest in nature early on in his life. After finishing secondary school in Kranj he studied theology in Ljubljana. His first pastoral appointment was to Srednja...
(1891–1966) – author. - Drago JančarDrago JancarDrago Jančar is a Slovenian writer, playwright and essayist. Jančar is one of the most known contemporary Slovene writers. In Slovenia, he is also famous for his political commentaries and civic engagement.-Life:...
(1948 – ) – author and dramatist. - Jože JavoršekJože JavoršekJože Javoršek was the pen name of Jože Brejc , a Slovenian playwright, writer, poet, translator and essayist. He is regarded as one of the greatest masters of style and language among Slovene authors...
(1920–1990) – author. - Branka Jurca (1914–1999) – author.
- Josip JurčičJosip JurcicJosip Jurčič was a Slovene writer and journalist. He was born in Muljava, Austrian Empire and died in Ljubljana, Austria-Hungary...
(1844–1881) – author. - Srečko KosovelSrecko KosovelSrečko Kosovel was a Slovene expressionist poet who evolved towards avant-garde forms. Since the 1960s, Kosovel has become a poetic icon, in the league of the most prestigious Slovene literates like France Prešeren and Ivan Cankar. Together with Edvard Kocbek, he is considered as the most...
(1904–1926) – poet. - Tomo KrižnarTomo KrižnarTomo Križnar is a peace activist, writer and special envoy of the Slovene president for Darfur in Sudan.Tomo Križnar was born in Jesenice, Slovenia. He entered the Sudanese Darfur region in February 2006 via the neighbouring Chad, with the help of Darfur rebels and without a valid visa.He was...
(1954 – ) – world traveller, humanitarian, author - Lovro Kuhar (1893–1950) – author.
- Fran LevstikFran LevstikFran Levstik was a Slovene writer, political activist, playwright and critic. he was one of the most prominent exponents of the Young Slovene political movement.-Life and work:...
(1831–1887) – author. - Vladimir Levstik (1886–1957) – author and translator.
- Anton Tomaž LinhartAnton Tomaž LinhartAnton Tomaž Linhart was a Slovene playwright and historian, best known as the author of the first comedy in Slovene, Županova Micka...
(1756–1795) – dramatist and historian. - Cvetka LipušCvetka LipusCvetka Lipuš is an Austrian poet writing in Slovenian.She was born in Bad Eisenkappel/Železna Kapla in the Austrian province of Carinthia as the daughter of the Carinthian Slovenian author Florjan Lipuš...
(1959 – ) – author - Florjan LipušFlorjan LipušFlorjan Lipuš, born 4 May 1937 in Lobnig above Bad Eisenkappel, Austria, is a Carintian Slovene writer and translator. Since 1985 he has been a corresponding member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts- References :...
(1937 – ) – author. - Mira MiheličMira MihelicMira Mihelič, also known as Mira Kramer Puc was a Slovene writer and translator.-Biography:Mira Mihelič was born in Split on 14.julij 1912, then Austria-Hungary as Mira Kramer. She went to school in Ljubljana and studied law for a while...
(1912–1985) – author. - Miha MazziniMiha MazziniMiha Mazzini is a Slovenian writer, screenwriter and film director with twenty-three published books, translated in eight languages. He possesses a PhD in anthropology from the Institutum Studiorum Humanitatis and has MA in Creative Writing for Film and Television at The University of Sheffield...
(1961 – ) – author - Boris PahorBoris PahorBoris Pahor is a Slovene writer from Italy. He is considered to be one of the most influential living authors in the Slovene language and has been nominated for the Nobel prize for literature by the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts...
(1913 – ) – author - Ivan PotrčIvan PotrcIvan Potrč was a Slovene writer and playwright.-Biography:Ivan Potrč was born in a poor peasant family in Štuki near Ptuj, in what was then the Duchy of Styria in the Austro-Hungarian Empire...
- author. - Sebastijan PregeljSebastijan Pregelj-Bibliography:Collections of short stories* Burkači, skrunilci in krivoprisežniki * Cirilina roža * Svinje brez biserov * Prebujanja Novels* Leta milosti Years of Mercy...
(1970 – ) – author - France PrešerenFrance PrešerenFrance Prešeren was a Slovene Romantic poet. He is considered the Slovene national poet. Although he was not a particularly prolific author, he inspired virtually all Slovene literature thereafter....
(1800–1849) – poet. - Miha RemecMiha RemecMiha Remec Miha Remec Miha Remec (born August 10, 1928 in Ptuj, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (now Slovenia) is a Slovene author. He is a past winner of the Damiru Hoyki (Hoyka Award), given annually for the best science fiction novel.- Novels :* Stone of Truth (1957)...
(1928 – ) – author. - Anton Martin SlomšekAnton Martin SlomšekAnton Martin Slomšek was a Slovene bishop, author, poet, and advocate of Slovene culture.Slomšek was born to a peasant family in the hamlet of Slom near the village of Ponikva in the Municipality of Šentjur, Lower Styria. He studied theology and philosophy before being ordained in 1824 at the...
(1800–1862) – bishop, author, poet and national regenerator. - Josip StritarJosip StritarJosip Stritar was a Slovene writer, poet, playwright, publisher and translator.Stritar spent his early childhood in his home village in rural Lower Carniola and was sent to school in Ljubljana...
(1836–1923) – poet, author and editor. - Ivan TavčarIvan TavcarIvan Tavčar was a Slovene and Yugoslav writer, lawyer, and politician.- Biography :Tavčar was born into a poor peasant family of Janez and Neža née Perko in the Carniolan village of Poljane near Škofja Loka in what was then the Austrian Empire and is now in Slovenia. It has never been entirely...
(1851–1923) – author, lawyer and politician. - Janez TrdinaJanez TrdinaJanez Trdina was a Slovene writer and historian. The renowned author Ivan Cankar described him as the best Slovene stylist of his period. He was an ardent describer of the Gorjanci Hills and of the Lower Carniolan region in general...
(1830–1905) – author. - Primož TrubarPrimož TrubarPrimož Trubar or Primož Truber was a Slovene Protestant reformer, the founder and the first superintendent of the Protestant Church of the Slovene Lands, a consolidator of the Slovene language and the author of the first Slovene-language printed book...
(1508–1586) – Protestant reformer and author. - Ilka Vašte (1891–1967) – author.
- Franko LuinFranko LuinFranko Luin was a Swedish type designer of Slovene origin. He studied graphic arts at Grafiska Institutet in Stockholm, where he graduated in 1967...
(1941–2005) – author, editor, typographer. - Benka PulkoBenka PulkoBenka Pulko is a Slovenian world traveler, Guinness World Record holder, motivational speaker, author and photographer.-Biography:...
(1967 – ) – author and Guinness World Record setting world traveler.
See list: List of Slovenian language poets
Inventors
- Alojz KnafelcAlojz KnafelcAlojz Knafelc was a Slovene mountaineer and the inventor of the Slovenian trail blaze. He was born in 1859 and died in 1937. At first he worked as a drawer for the project of constructing the railway connection between Hrpelje and Kozina. Here he had to take care of different signatures and...
(1859–1937), the creator of Slovenian trail blazeTrail blazingTrail blazing, or trailblazing, is the practice of marking paths in outdoor recreational areas with blazes, markings that follow each other at certain — though not necessarily exactly defined — distances and mark the direction of the trail...
. - Janez Puh (German Johann Puch) (1862–1914) – inventor, innovator, industrial designer and manufacturer.
- Janez Auguštin PuharJanez PuharJanez Avguštin Puhar was a Slovene priest, photographer, painter, and poet. He invented a process for making photographs on glass in 1841; it was recognized on June 17, 1852 in Paris by the Académie Nationale Agricole, Manufacturière et Commerciale.The "Janez Puhar Photo Society Kranj" is the...
(1814–1864) – priest, photographer, painter and poet – invented a photographyPhotographyPhotography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
on the glass in 1842. - Herman PotočnikHerman PotocnikHerman Potočnik was an Austro-Hungarian rocket engineer and pioneer of cosmonautics . He is chiefly remembered for his work addressing the long-term human habitation of space.- Early life :Potočnik was born in Pola, southern Istria, Austria-Hungary...
– Noordung (1892–1929), one of the founders of astronautics. - Edvard RusjanEdvard RusjanEdvard Rusjan was a Slovene flight pioneer and airplane constructor. He died in an airplane crash in Belgrade.- Biography :Rusjan was born in Trieste, then the major port of Austria-Hungary...
(1886–1911) – pilot and aeronautic pioneer. - Richard FuiszRichard FuiszRichard Carl Fuisz, M.D. is an American physician, inventor, and entrepreneur. Fuisz founded Fuisz Technologies, Ltd. and Medcom, Inc...
(b 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.
Military Men and Women
- Odilo GlobocnikOdilo GlobocnikOdilo Lotario Globocnik was a prominent Austrian Nazi and later an SS leader. He was an acquaintance of Adolf Eichmann, who played a major role in the extermination of Jews and others during the Holocaust...
(1904–1945) – a prominent nazi and later an SS leader. - Anton HausAnton HausAnton Haus was an Austrian naval officer. Despite his German surname, he was born to a Slovenian-speaking family in Tolmein . Haus was fleet commander of the Austro-Hungarian Navy in World War I and was the Navy's Grand Admiral from 1916 until his death.-Biography:Haus entered the Navy in 1869...
, Grand Admiral of the Austro-Hungarian NavyAustro-Hungarian NavyThe Austro-Hungarian Navy was the naval force of Austria-Hungary. Its official name in German was Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine , abbreviated as k.u.k. Kriegsmarine....
. - Karel Destovnik KajuhKarel Destovnik KajuhKarel Destovnik, pen name and nom de guerre Kajuh was a Slovenian poet, translator, resistance fighter, and Yugoslav national hero.- Life and work :...
(1922–1944) – poet and national hero. - Rudolf MaisterRudolf MaisterRudolf Maister was a Slovene military officer, poet and political activist. The soldiers who fought under Maister's command in northern Slovenia became known as "Maister's fighters"...
(1874–1934 ) – general and poet. - Leon RupnikLeon RupnikLeon Rupnik, also known as Lav Rupnik or Lev Rupnik was a Slovene general during the Kingdom of Yugoslavia who collaborated with the Fascist Italian and Nazi German occupation forces during World War II...
(1880–1946) – Yugoslav general, Inspector-General of the Slovenian Home Guard
Motion Pictures, Radio, & Television
- Vinci Vogue AnžlovarVinci Vogue AnžlovarVinci Vogue Anžlovar is a well known Slovenian film director. He has directed Grandma Goes South , the first full-length film in the independent Slovenia...
(1963 – ) – film director. - Miha BalohMiha BalohMiha Baloh is a Slovene actor. He started participating in local theatre productions after the Second World War and eventually enrolled in the AGRFT in Ljubljana, from where he graduated in 1952. In 1953 he began collaboration with the Permanent Slovene Theatre in Trieste...
(1928 – ) – actor. - Ivo Ban (1949 – ) – actor.
- Matija BarlMatija BarlMatija Barl is a Slovene actor, producer and translator. In 1962 he founded and organized the first, oldest and most important Slovenian music festival called "Slovenska popevka".-Biography:...
(1940 – ) – actor. - Jože Bevc (1925 – ) – film director.
- Polde Bibič (1933 – ) – actor.
- Demeter BitencDemeter BitencDemeter Bitenc is a Slovenian film actor. He has appeared in 75 films since 1953. He was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia.-Selected filmography:* Target for Killing * Private Vices, Public Pleasures...
(1922 – ) – actor. - Metka Bučar (1903 – ) – actress.
- Boris Cavazza (1939 – ) – actor.
- Janez Čuk (1933–1964) – actor.
- František ČapFrantišek CápFrantišek Čáp , also known as "Franz Cap" in Germany, was a Czech film director and screenwriter. He directed 32 films between 1939 and 1970....
(1913–1972) – film director. - Avgusta Danilova (1869–1958) – actress, director and pedagogue.
- Ferdo Delak (1905–1968) – actor, film and theatre director, dramatist and publicist.
- Nataša Dolenc – Radio and TV narrator.
- George DolenzGeorge DolenzGeorge Dolenz was an American film actor born in Trieste , in the city's Slovene community.-Biography:...
(1908–1963) – (Born Jure Dolenc.) Movie/TV Actor. Father of Actor/Musician Micky Dolenz and grandfather of actress Ami Dolenz. - Štefka Drolc – (1923 – ) – actress and pedagogue.
- Veronika Drolc – actress.
- Vojko Duletič (1924 – ) – film director, montage editor and scenarist.
- Tone Fornezzi Tof – comedian.
- Metka Gabrijelčič – (1934 – ) – actress.
- Jože Gale (1913 – ) – actor, film director and pedagogue.
- Karpo GodinaKarpo GodinaKarpo Ačimović Godina is a Slovenian cinematographer and film director. His film Artificial Paradise was screened out of competition at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:* Occupation in 26 Pictures...
(1943 – ) – film director, cameraman and montage editor. - Nataša Barbara Gračner – actress.
- Bor Greiner – (1972 – ) – Radio journalist.
- Jurij Gustinčič – TV journalist and narrator.
- Andrej HiengAndrej HiengAndrej Hieng was a Slovene writer, playwright and theatre director.Hieng was born in Ljubljana in 1925. He studied at the Academy of Performing Arts in Ljubljana between 1948 and 1952 and worked as a theatre director in Kranj, Celje and Ljubljana...
(1925 – ) – storyteller, dramatist, film director and stage editor. - Boštjan HladnikBoštjan HladnikBoštjan Hladnik was a Yugoslavian/Slovene filmmaker.Hladnik was born in Kranj. He started with amateur short films after acquiring a projector and a 8mm camera in 1947. From 1949 he studied at the Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television in Ljubljana and made a name for himself with several...
(1929–2006) – film director, scenarist and montage editor. - Janez Hočevar Rifle (1941 – ) – actor and professor.
- Zeljko IvanekŽeljko IvanekŽeljko Ivanek is an Emmy award-winning Slovenian American actor best known for his role as Ray Fiske on Damages. He is also known for playing Blake Sterling on short-lived NBC series The Event and Emile Danko on Heroes....
- Hollywood actor - Olga Kacjan (1952 – ) – actress.
- Jane Kavčič (1923 – ) – film director.
- France Kosmač (1922–1974) – poet, film director and publicist.
- Rudi Kosmač (1932–1981) – actor.
- Damjan KozoleDamjan KozoleDamjan Kozole is one of the most recognized Slovenian filmmakers. In his films, "some of the most raffish, funky and even sordid characters discover their own humanity" . Sight & Sound ranked his Spare Parts among ten most important films of the New Europe...
(1964 – ) – film director and scenarist. - Janez LapajneJanez LapajneJanez Lapajne [yannez la-pie-nay] is a Slovenian film director,and former president of Directors Guild of Slovenia.The son of geophysicist and seismologist Janez K...
(1967 – ) – film director. - Tajda Lekše – TV journalist.
- Jure Longyka – Radio journalist.
- Bogdan Lubej (1960 – ) – actor.
- Jure Pervanje (1940 – ) – film director and director of photography.
- Vida Petrovčič (1957 – ) – TV journalist.
- Nataša Pirc – TV journalist.
- Duša Počkaj (1924–1982) – actress.
- Jože PogačnikJože PogačnikJože Pogačnik is a retired Slovenian film director and screenwriter.After studying film directing, Pogačnik first worked as a film critic, before becoming a prominent author of docmentary films in the 1960s, manly dealing with social issues...
(1932 – ) – film director and scenarist. - Radko Polič - Rac (1942 – ) – actor.
- Lojze Potokar (1902–1964) – actor, theatre director.
- Majda Potokar (1930–2001) – actress.
- Igor PretnarIgor PretnarIgor Pretnar was a Slovenian film director.Pretnar won the Golden Arena for Best Director for his film Wild Growth at the 1963 Pula Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
(1924–1977) – film and theatre director. - Aiken Veronika Prosenc (1970 – ) – film producer.
- Ali Raner (1934 – ) – actor.
- Rajko Ranfl (1937 – ) – film and TV director and scenarist.
- Janko Ravnik (1891–1982) – film director, pianist, composer, pedagogue and photographer.
- Tanja RibičTanja RibicTanja Ribič is a Slovenian actress and a singer. She represented Slovenia at Eurovision Song Contest 1997 with the song "Zbudi se", which finished 10th. She is married to actor and director Branko Đurić....
– actress and singer. - Ita RinaIta RinaItalina Lida "Ida" Kravanja , known under her pseudonym Ita Rina, was a Yugoslav film actress and beauty queen. She was one of the major film stars in Germany and Czechoslovakia in late 1920s and early 1930...
(1907–1979) – actress. - Brane Rončel – TV and Radio musical editor.
- Lojze Rozman (1930–1997) – actor.
- Stane Sever (1914–1970) – actor, theatre director and professor.
- Franci SlakFranci SlakFranci Slak was a Slovenian film director, producer and screenwriter. His 1987 film The Felons was entered into the 38th Berlin International Film Festival.-External links:...
(1953 – ) – film and TV director and scenarist. - Bert Sotlar (1921–1992) – actor.
- France ŠtiglicFrance ŠtiglicFrance Štiglic was a Slovenian film director and screenwriter. His 1948 film On Our Own Land was entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival...
(1919–1993) – film director. - Tugo Štiglic (1946 – ) – film director.
- Bojan Stupica (1910–1970) – film director, stage actor and scene manager.
- Jernej Šugman – actor.
- Zlatko ŠugmanZlatko ŠugmanZlatko Šugman was one of Slovenia's best known theater, television and film actors.Sugman was born in Gorisnica, which is located near Ptuj, in what was then Yugoslavia on August 28, 1932. He was a graduate of the Ljubljana Academy of Acting.He appeared in numerous Slovenian and Yugoslav theater...
(1932–2008) – actor. - Matjaž Tanko – TV journalist.
- Valentin ArehValentin ArehValentin Areh is a Slovenian journalist, who currently works for several international media. Born in the Slovenian capital Ljubljana, he was a soldier in the independence war in Slovenia . He is a Slovenian war correspondent with fifteen years of experience in places such as Croatia, Bosnia,...
(1971 – ) – war correspondent and TV journalist. - Vladimir Vodušek – TV journalist.
- Jožko Možina – TV journalist.
- Ervin Hladnik Milharčič – journalist.
- Sandi Čolnik – anchor and TV journalist.
- Rozvita Pesek – TV journalist.
- Anton Tomašič (1937 – ) – TV and film director.
- Polona Vetrih – actress.
- Boštjan Vrhovnik (1949 – ) – film director.
- Jane Weber – Radio musical editor.
- Ewelyne Wohlfeiler (1951 – ) – actress.
- Jože Zupan (1909–1980) – actor.
- Vasja Zupan (1971 – ) POP OnLine – 24ur.com
- Milena Zupančič (1946 – actress.
- Jonas ŽnidaršičJonas ŽnidaršicJonas Žnidaršič is a Slovenian television personality and journalist. He is best known for hosting the Slovenian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire. He is also a serious poker player and has appeared on Late Night Poker in Great Britain.-External links:*...
(1962 – ) – actor and TV journalist. - Danijel SrakaDanijel SrakaDanijel Sraka is a Slovenian film director and producer. Sraka directed his first feature film, Friday Night , at age 22 ....
(1975 – ) – film director. - Polona JuhPolona JuhPolona Juh is a Slovenian actress. She is the daughter of the Slovenian actors Mojca Ribič and Boris Juh. After finishing her studies at High School for Ballet, she entered to study a play on Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television, where she graduated...
– actress
Musicians / Composers
- Bojan AdamičBojan AdamicBojan Adamič was a well-known Slovenian composer of film scores, born in Ribnica.-Biography:Adamič earned a degree in piano from the Ljubljana Music Academy. His teacher was Janko Ravnik. Although he had an early preference for jazz, he later concentrated on film, pop, and stage music...
(1912–1995) – composer and conductor. - Blaž ArničBlaž ArnicBlaž Arnič was a Slovenian symphonic composer.Born in Luče, Lower Styria, Austria-Hungary, Arnič grew up on an isolated farmstead near Mount Raduha in the Kamnik Alps...
(1901–1970) – composer. - Slavko AvsenikSlavko AvsenikSlavko Avsenik is a Slovenian composer and musician. His career accomplishments place him at the worldwide pinnacle of success among ethnic popular musicians...
(1929 – ) – composer and musician. - Vilko Avsenik – composer and musician.
- Helena Blagne ZamanHelena Blagne ZamanHelena Blagne Zaman is a Slovenian vocalist. Having sold over two millions records at home and abroad, Helena Blagne is among the most successful Slovene singers of all times.-External links:* *...
(1963 – ) – singer. - Mr. DoctorMr. DoctorMr. Doctor is the leader of and creative drive behind the experimental rock band Devil Doll.For 20 years, from forming the band in 1987, he kept his identity a secret – revealing little more than that he was born in Slovenia, of Italian extraction, and lived in Venice...
– vocalist and composer of the Devil DollDevil DollDevil Doll may refer to:* The Devil-Doll, a 1936 film* Devil Doll , a 1964 film featured on a 1997 episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000* Devil Doll , an Italian-Slovenian experimental rock band...
. - Lojze BratužLojze BratužLojze Bratuž, italianized name Luigi Bertossi was a Slovene choirmaster and composer from Gorizia, killed by the Italian Fascist squads...
(1902–1937) – composer, choirmaster - Ciril Cvetko (1920–1999) – composer, conductor, pedagogue and publicist.
- Marjana Deržaj – singer.
- Micky DolenzMicky DolenzGeorge Michael "Micky" Dolenz, Jr. is an American actor, musician, television director, radio personality and theater director, best known as a member of the 1960s made-for-television band The Monkees.-Biography:...
(1945 – ) – drummer of The MonkeesThe MonkeesThe Monkees are an American pop rock group. Assembled in Los Angeles in 1966 by Robert "Bob" Rafelson and Bert Schneider for the American television series The Monkees, which aired from 1966 to 1968, the musical acting quartet was composed of Americans Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork,... - Tomaž Domicelj (1948 – ) – composer, musician and singer.
- Jakob Gallus PetelinJacobus GallusJacobus Gallus Carniolus was a late Renaissance composer of Slovenian ethnicity...
(1550–1591) – composer and conductor. - Radovan Gobec (1909–1995) – composer, conductor and choirmaster.
- Drago Golob (1937 – ) – oboist.
- Jani GolobJani GolobJani Golob is a Slovenian composer, conductor and violinist. From 1998, he has been professor of music composition and theory at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana ....
(1948 – ) – composer and violinist. - Alenka GotarAlenka GotarAlenka Gotar is a Slovene soprano singer, born in Rodica pri Domžalah in 1977. With the song “Cvet z juga” , she represented Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland...
(1979– ) – soprano singer - Ditka Haberl (1937 – ) – singer.
- Lado Jakša (1947 – ) – composer and photographer.
- Božidar KantušerBožidar KantušerBožidar Kantušer was an American and Slovene composer....
(1921–1999) – composer - Urban Koder (1928 – ) – composer, conductor and jazz trumpet player.
- Jani Kovačič – composer, musician and singer.
- Marjan KozinaMarjan KozinaMarjan Kozina was a Slovenian composer. His best known works include a symphony, composed in stages through the late 1940s; the opera Equinox, completed in 1946; and the music for the film On Own Land, which he later arranged into a suite for orchestra. He was a native of Novo Mesto.-References:...
(1907–1965) – composer. - Lado Leskovar – singer.
- Marijan LipovšekMarijan LipovšekMarijan Lipovšek was a Slovenian composer, pianist, and teacher.A native of Ljubljana, he studied music in that city before heading to Prague in 1932; among his teachers were Pavel Šivic, Josef Suk, and Alois Hába....
(1910–1995) – composer, pianist, pedagogue, musical essayist. - Marjana LipovšekMarjana LipovšekMarjana Lipovšek is an opera and concert singer. The daughter of composer Marijan Lipovšek, she was born on December 3, 1946 in Ljubljana, Slovenia....
(1946 – ) – opera singer, mezzo-soprano. - Janez Lipušček (1914–1965) – opera singer, tenor.
- Urška Majdič (1980 – ) – singer, songwriter.
- Robert Pešut - Magnifico (1965 – ) – composer and singer.
- Sergej Pobegajlo (1969 – ) – composer, musician
- Alfi Nipič – singer.
- Walter OstanekWalter Ostanek-External links:***...
(1935 – ) – Polka - Tomaž PengovTomaž PengovTomaž Pengov is a Slovenian singer-songwriter, guitarist, lutist, and poet.-Career:He was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia, then part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He recorded his first album Odpotovanja in 1973...
– composer, musician and singer. - Zoran PredinZoran PredinZoran Predin is a Slovenian singer-songwriter from Maribor. In the 1980s, he was the front man of the folk-rock band Lačni Franz. He also writes music for film, television and theatre....
(1958 – ) – composer and singer - Oto PestnerOto PestnerOto Pestner is one of the most prominent singers and composers of popular music from Slovenia, born in 1956 in Ljubljana. Until 2008 he was the leader of the Slovene vocal group New Swing Quartet....
– composer, musician and singer. - Jože Privšek (1937–1998) – composer and musician.
- Anja RupelAnja RupelAnja Rupel is a Slovene pop singer, songwriter, radio announcer, and journalist. Her father Fedja Rupel is a flautist and a professor at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana, and her uncle is the politician and diplomat Dimitrij Rupel....
(1966 – ) – singer and radio announcer. - Majda SepeMajda SepeMajda Sepe was one of the most successful and well recognized Slovenian singers for the time of Yugoslavia.-Early life:...
– singer. - Mojmir Sepe (1930 – ) – composer and musician.
- Lojze SlakLojze SlakLojze Slak was a Slovenian musician. Slak was one of the pioneers of Slovene popular folk music, based on diatonic button accordion and author of several evergreen songs, performed by his Lojze Slak Ansamble....
(1932 – 2011) – composer and musician. - Adi SmolarAdi SmolarAdi Smolar is a Slovenian singer-songwriter and composer.He made his first appearance in 1981 with a full repertoire of his own songs. He continued to perform for eight years before releasing his first tape Naš svet se pa vrti in 1989...
– composer, musician and singer. - Alojz Srebotnjak (1931 – ) – composer.
- Karmen StavecKarmen StavecKarmen Stavec is a Slovene musician and pop singer.-Early years:Karmen was born in West Berlin, at that time part of West Germany, to Slovene parents. After graduation she came to Domžale, Slovenia, where she joined the dance duo "4 Fun". She also began to study Germanic studies at the...
(1973 – ) – musician and singer. - Andrej Šifrer – composer, musician and singer.
- Giuseppe TartiniGiuseppe TartiniGiuseppe Tartini was an Italian baroque composer and violinist.-Biography:Tartini was born in Piran, a town on the peninsula of Istria, in the Republic of Venice to Gianantonio – native of Florence – and Caterina Zangrando, a descendant of one of the oldest aristocratic Piranian families.It...
(1692–1770) – composer and violinist - Dubravka Tomšič SrebotnjakDubravka Tomšic SrebotnjakDubravka Tomšič Srebotnjak is a Slovenian pianist and music teacher.Her substantial talent as a pianist was made obvious while receiving private instruction at a young age, so it was only natural that she continue her education in the field, first at the Music high school in Ljubljana and later at...
(1940 – ) – pianist and musical pedagogue. - Hugo WolfHugo WolfHugo Wolf was an Austrian composer of Slovene origin, particularly noted for his art songs, or lieder. He brought to this form a concentrated expressive intensity which was unique in late Romantic music, somewhat related to that of the Second Viennese School in concision but utterly unrelated in...
(1860–1903) – composer - Marta Zore – musician and singer.
- Dečo Žgur composer, musician, singer and musical producent.
- Mojca Zugna- Bassist in goth-rock outfit Clan Of XymoxClan of XymoxThe band Clan of Xymox, also known as Xymox, formed in the Netherlands in 1981. Clan Of Xymox featured a trio of songwriters - Pieter Nooten, Ronny Moorings and Anke [also Anka] Wolbert - and gained success in the 1980s, releasing their first two albums on a prestigious independent UK label, a...
- Audrey TotterAudrey TotterAudrey Mary Totter is an American actress and former Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract star of Austrian-Slovene and Swedish descent...
(1918 – ) – American actress - Frankie YankovicFrankie YankovicFrankie Yankovic was a Grammy Award-winning polka musician. Known as "America's Polka King," Yankovic was the premier artist to play in the Slovenian style during a long and successful career.-Background:Of Slovene descent, he was raised in South Euclid, Ohio...
(1915–1998) – Polka - Bor Turel – composer and sound artist
For musical bands, groups, ensembles and other musicians see: Music of Slovenia
Music of Slovenia
The music of Slovenia is closely related to Austrian and Northern Italian music because of its common history and Alpine and littoral culture, and in some southern regions to Croatian . In the minds of many foreigners, Slovenian folk music means a form of polka that is still popular today,...
Philosophers
- Mladen DolarMladen DolarMladen Dolar is a Slovenian philosopher, cultural theorist, film critic and expert in psychoanalysis.Dolar was born in Maribor as the son of the literary critic Jaro Dolar. In 1978 he graduated in Philosophy and French language at the University of Ljubljana, where he graduated under the...
(1951)- philosopher, co-founder of the Ljubljana school of psychoanalysisLjubljana school of psychoanalysisLjubljana school of psychoanalysis , also known as the Ljubljana Lacanian School is a popular name for a post-structuralist and Lacanian school of thought centred around the Society for Theoretical Psychoanalysis based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Prominent members of the school include Slavoj Žižek,... - Milan KomarMilan KomarMilan Komar, also known as Emilio Komar was a Slovene Argentine Catholic philosopher and essayist.-Life:...
(1921–2006) – philosopher - Anton StrleAnton StrleAnton Strle was a Slovenian professor of dogmatic theology and a catholic priest. He was born in the village Osredek in the parish Sveti Vid nad Cerknico. He was ordained priest in 1941 and was promoted D.D...
(1915–2003) – theologian - Slavoj ŽižekSlavoj ŽižekSlavoj Žižek is a Slovenian philosopher, critical theorist working in the traditions of Hegelianism, Marxism and Lacanian psychoanalysis. He has made contributions to political theory, film theory, and theoretical psychoanalysis....
(1949) – sociologist, philosopher and cultural critic - Alenka ZupančičAlenka ZupancicAlenka Zupančič is a Slovenian philosopher whose work focuses on psychoanalysis and continental philosophy.Born in Ljubljana, Zupančič graduated at the University of Ljubljana in 1990. She is currently a full-time researcher at the Institute of Philosophy of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and...
(1966) – philosopher and cultural critic - Ivo UrbančičIvo UrbancicIvo Urbančič is a Slovenian philosopher. He is considered to be one of the fathers of the phenomenological school in Slovenia...
(1930) – philosopher - Tine HribarTine HribarTine Hribar is a Slovenian philosopher and public intellectual, notable for his interpretations of Heidegger and his role in the democratization of Slovenia between 1988 and 1990, known as the Slovenian Spring...
(1941) – philosopher
Politicians
- Leo von CapriviLeo von CapriviGeorg Leo Graf von Caprivi de Caprera de Montecuccoli was a German major general and statesman, who succeeded Otto von Bismarck as Chancellor of Germany...
(1831–1899) – was a German major general and statesman who served as German Chancellor from March 1890 to October 1894 (His family (original surname Kopriva) was of Slovenian and Italian origin) - Vladko MačekVladko MacekVladko Maček was a Croatian politician active within the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in the first half of the 20th century. He led the Croatian Peasant Party following the assassination of Stjepan Radić, and all through World War II.- Early life :Maček was born to a Slovene-Czech family in the village...
(1879–1964) – Croatian politician of Slovene origin from the first half of the 20th century. He led the Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) - Josip Broz TitoJosip Broz TitoMarshal Josip Broz Tito – 4 May 1980) was a Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman. While his presidency has been criticized as authoritarian, Tito was a popular public figure both in Yugoslavia and abroad, viewed as a unifying symbol for the nations of the Yugoslav federation...
(1892–1980) – president of the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia between 1945 and 1980 (son of a Croat father, Franjo Broz, and a Slovenian mother, Marija Javeršek) - George VoinovichGeorge VoinovichGeorge Victor Voinovich is a former United States Senator from the state of Ohio, and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, he served as the 65th Governor of Ohio from 1991 to 1998, and as the 54th mayor of Cleveland from 1980 to 1989.-Personal life:Born in Cleveland, Ohio, his father was...
– US Senator – Fmr. Governor of Ohio and Mayor of Cleveland – (Slovenian Mother) - Edvard Kardelj SperansEdvard KardeljEdvard Kardelj also known under the pseudonyms Sperans and Krištof was a Yugoslav communist political leader, economist, partisan, publicist, and full member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts...
(1910–1979) – prewar communist, politician, statesman and publicist. - Boris KidričBoris KidricBoris Kidrič was a leading Slovenian Communist who was, jointly with Edvard Kardelj, one of the chief organizers of the Partisan struggle in Slovenia from 1941 to 1945....
(1912–1953) – communist, politician, statesman and economist. - Frank Lausche – Fmr. US Senator, Governor of Ohio & Mayor of Cleveland
- James Oberstar – US Representative from Minnesota
- John BlatnikJohn BlatnikJohn Anton Blatnik was a United States Congressman from Minnesota. He was a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party , which is affiliated with the Democratic Party....
– Fmr. US Congressman - Tom HarkinTom HarkinThomas Richard "Tom" Harkin is the junior United States Senator from Iowa and a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served in the United States House of Representatives ....
– US Senator - Leonard J. Bodack – Fmr. Pennsylvania State Senator
- Tanya PlibersekTanya PlibersekTanya Joan Plibersek, MP , is an Australian politician with the Australian Labor Party, and Federal Minister for Social Inclusion and Minister for Human Services. She has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives since October 1998, representing the seat of Sydney, New South Wales...
– Australian politician – House of Representatives - Walter VeltroniWalter VeltroniWalter Veltroni, Knight Grand Cross, is an Italian writer, journalist and politician, who served as the first leader of the Democratic Party within the centre-left opposition, until his resignation on 17 February 2009. He served as Mayor of Rome from 2001 to 2008.-Biography:Walter Veltroni was...
(1955–) – Mayor of Rome (Slovenian mother) - Anton VratušaAnton VratušaAnton Vratuša is a former politician and diplomat, who was Prime Minister of Slovenia and Yugoslavia's ambassador to the United Nations....
(1915–) – 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 - Aleš Bebler (1907–1981) – diplomat, communist, politician and lawyer.
- Amy Jean Klobuchar (1960–) – United States Senator from Minnesota.
- Anton KorošecAnton KorošecAnton Korošec was a Slovenian political leader, a prominent member of the conservative People's Party, a priest and a noted orator....
(1872–1940), prominent Yugoslav politician. - Milan KučanMilan KucanMilan Kučan is a Slovenian politician and statesman. He was the first President of Slovenia.-Early life and political beginnings:...
(1941–) – 1st and 2nd president of independent Slovenia 1991–2002. - Ivan Maček Matija (1908–1993) – communist, chief of secret police, responsible for many killings of civils after second world war.
- Miha Marinko (1900–1983) – Secretary of the central committee of the communist party of Slovenia, president of the peoples assembly, prime minister of former peoples socialist republic of Slovenia (1947–1991).
- Lojze PeterleLojze PeterleAlojz "Lojze" Peterle is a Slovenian politician. He was the leader of the Slovene Christian Democrats from the founding of the party in 1990 until it merged with the Slovenian People's Party in 2000. Between 1990 and 1992, he was the president of the first freely elected Slovenian government, and...
(1948–) – 1st prime minister of independent Slovenia. - Antal Rogán (1973–) – Hungarian politician of Hungarian SlovenianHungarian SlovenesHungarian Slovenes are an autochthonous ethnic and linguistic Slovene minority living in Hungary. The largest groups are the Rába Slovenes in the Rába Valley in western Hungary between the town of Szentgotthárd and the borders with Slovenia and Austria. They speak the Prekmurje dialect of Slovene...
descent, mayor of Budapest's Inner CityInner City (Budapest)Inner City is part of the historic old town of Pest. Today it is a part of the 5th District of Budapest, Hungary. Budapest's main shopping street, Váci utca , is located there, as is a large part of the city's commercial life, banks and travel agencies...
. - Andrej BajukAndrej BajukAndrej Bajuk, also known in Spanish as Andrés Bajuk was a Slovene politician and economist. He served shortly as Prime Minister of Slovenia in the year 2000, and Minister of Economy in the centre right government of Janez Janša between 2004 and 2008...
(1943–) – 3rd prime minister of independent Slovenia. - Anton RopAnton RopAnton Rop is a Slovenian politician. He is currently a member of the National Assembly of Slovenia. He was the fourth Prime Minister of Slovenia, from 2002 to 2004. Until 2005 he was also the president of the Liberal Democratic Party , the legal successor of the Slovenian Association of Socialist...
(1960–) – 4th prime minister of independent Slovenia. - Janez DrnovšekJanez DrnovšekJanez Drnovšek was a Slovenian liberal politician, President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia , Prime Minister of Slovenia and President of Slovenia . He was born in Celje, Slovenia, then the Socialist Republic of Slovenia...
(1950–2008) – 2nd prime minister of independent Slovenia, 3rd president of Slovenia 2003–2008. - Janez JanšaJanez JanšaJanez Janša is a Slovenian politician who was Prime Minister of Slovenia from November 2004 to November 2008. He has also been President of the Slovenian Democratic Party since 1993...
(1958–) – 5th prime minister of independent Slovenia. - Zmago Jelinčič Plemeniti (1948–) – leader of the Slovenian national party (SNS).
- Gregorij RožmanGregorij RožmanGregorij Rožman was a Slovenian Roman Catholic clergyman and theologian. Between 1930 and 1959, he served as bishop of the Diocese of Ljubljana. He is most famous for his controversial role during World War II...
(1883–1959) – Bishop of Ljubljana (1930–1945), collaborator with Italian and German occupying forces during the Second World War. - Danilo TürkDanilo Türk- Early life :Türk was born in a lower middle class family in Maribor, Slovenia . His father died when he was a child. He attended the prestigious II. Gymnasium High school in Maribor. In 1971 he enrolled to the University of Ljubljana where he studied law...
(1952–) – President elect of Slovenia - France Tomšič (1937–2010) - One of the key figures in the process of Slovenia's democratisation.
Scientists
- Albin Belar (1864–1939) – seismologist
- Robert BlincRobert BlincRobert Blinc was a prominent Slovene physicist.He completed his undergraduate studies in 1958 at the Faculty of Natural Sciences in Ljubljana and received a PhD a year later. He then started post-doc study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. When he returned to Slovenia, he continued his...
(1933 – ) – physicist. - Ivan BratkoIvan BratkoDr. Ivan Bratko is a Slovene computer scientist.Bratko received his Ph.D. in 1978 from the University of Ljubljana. He is a D. Sc. Professor of Computer and Information Science at the Faculty of Computer and Information Science at the University of Ljubljana...
(1946 – ) – computer scientist. - Srečko BrodarSrečko BrodarSrečko Brodar was a Slovenian archaeologist. He pioneered the study of the Palaeolithic period in Slovenia and substantially contributed to its development in the other republics of the former Yugoslavia, especially Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.Brodar first studied at the University of...
(1893–1987) – palaeontologist. - Dragotin CvetkoDragotin CvetkoDragotin Cvetko Dragotin Cvetko Dragotin Cvetko (September 19, 1911 - September 2, 1993 in Ljubljana was a Slovenian composer.-See also:*List of Slovenian composers...
(1911–1993) – musicologist. - Andrej ČadežAndrej CadežAndrej Čadež is a Slovene physicist and astrophysicist.He is the author of Fizika zvezd published in Ljubljana in 1986.- External links :*...
– astrophysicist. - Lavo ČermeljLavo CermeljLavo Čermelj, Italianized in Lavo Cermeli was a Slovene physicist, political activist, publicist and author...
(1889–1980) – physicist. - Janez Demšar (1971 – ) – computer scientist.
- Irena Dogsa (1957 – ) – psychologist
- Davorin DolarDavorin DolarDavorin Dolar was a Slovenian chemist at the University of Ljubljana . He was a physical chemist whose research was in the field of polyelectrolyte solutions.He was a member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts.-References:...
(1921 – ) – chemist. - Franjo Dominko (1903–1987) – astronomer.
- Janez Dular (1943 – ) – philologist and sociolinguist.
- Peter Fajfar (1943 – ) – constructional scientist.
- France Forstnerič (1958 – ) – mathematician.
- Ivan Gams (1923 – ) – geographer.
- Josip GlobevnikJosip GlobevnikJosip Globevnik, Slovenian mathematician, born December 6, 1945, Ljubljana, Slovenia .Globevnik graduated in 1968 and obtained his PhD in 1972 at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology of University of Ljubljana...
(1945 – ) – mathematician. - Ljubo Golič (1932 – ) – chemist.
- Igor Grabec (1939 – ) – physicist.
- Peter Gosar (1923 – ) – physicist.
- Milan Grošelj (1902–1979) – classical philologist.
- Pavel GrošeljPavel GrošeljPavel Grošelj was a Slovenian biologist and writer.- Life and work :Grošelj showed a great interest in the natural sciences and a gift for poetry from an early age. He graduated in biology from the University of Vienna in 1906; the following year he also completed his doctorate there...
(1883–1940) – biologist and belletrist. - Ludvik Gyergyek (1922–2003) – electrical engineer.
- Dušan Hadži (1921 – ) – chemist.
- Jovan HadžiJovan HadžiJovan Hadži was a Slovenian zoologist.Hadži began his career in Zagreb. In 1920, he moved to Ljubljana where he became the head of zoological institute at the then established University of Ljubljana. Between 1951 and 1972, Hadži was the head of the Biological institute at Slovenian Academy of...
– biologist. - Metka Hercog – political scientist.
- Svetozar Ilešič (1907–1985) – geographer.
- Anton JanežičAnton JanežicAnton Janežič, also known in German as Anton Janeschitz was a Carinthian Slovene linguist, philologist, author, editor, literary historian and critic.- Life :...
(1828–1869) – Slavist and grammarian. - Janez K. Lapajne (1937 – ) – geophysicist and seismologist.
- Gabrijel Kernel (1932 – physicist.
- France Kidrič (1880–1950) – literary historian.
- Jernej KopitarJernej KopitarJernej Bartol Kopitar was a Slovene linguist and philologist working in Vienna. He also worked as the Imperial censor for Slovene literature in Vienna...
(1780–1844) – philologist. - Aleksandra Kornhauser (1926 – ) – chemist.
- Peter KozlerPeter KozlerPeter Kozler or Kosler was a Slovene lawyer, geographer, cartographer, activist and manufacturer...
(1824–1879) – lawyer, geographer, cartographer, politician and manufacturer. - Alojz Kralj (1937 – ) – electrical engineer.
- Ivan Kuščer (1918–1979) – physicist.
- Ivo LahIvo LahIvo Lah was a Slovenian mathematician and actuary, best known for his discovery of the Lah numbers in 1955.Lah attended elementary school in St. Vid nad Cerknico and in Ljubljana...
(1896–1979) – mathematician. - Janez Levec (1943 – ) – chemist.
- Tine LogarTine LogarTine Logar, also known as Valentin Logar was a Slovenian historical linguist, dialectologist, and university professor...
(1916–2002) – philologist and dialectologist. - Thomas LuckmannThomas LuckmannThomas Luckmann is a German sociologist of Slovene origin. His main areas of research are the sociology of communication, Sociology of knowledge, sociology of religion, and the philosophy of science.- Biography :...
(1929 – ) – sociologist. - Anton MelikAnton MelikAnton Melik was a Slovene geographer.- Biography :Melik was born in the village of Črna Vas, now part of Ljubljana, Slovenia, at that time part of Austria-Hungary. Before and during World War I, he studied at the University of Vienna, graduating in 1916 in history and geography. Later he was...
(1890–1966) – geographer. - Drago Meze (1926 – ) – geographer.
- Franc MiklošičFranc MiklošicFran Miklošič , was a Slovene philologist.-Biography:Miklošič was born in the small village of Radomerščak near the Lower Styrian town of Ljutomer, then part of the Austrian Empire....
(1813–1891) – philologist. - Anton Moljk (1916–1998) – physicist.
- Rajko Nahtigal (1877–1958) – philologist.
- Milan Natek (1933 – ) – geographer.
- Karel Oštir (1888–1973) – philologist.
- Avgust Pavel (1886–1946) – ethnologist.
- Janez Peklenik (1926 – ) – technical scientist.
- Drago Perko (1961 – ) – geographer.
- Anton Peterlin (1908–1993) – physicist.
- Josip PlemeljJosip PlemeljJosip Plemelj was a Slovene mathematician, whose main contributions were to the theory of analytic functions and the application of integral equations to potential theory.- Life :...
(1873–1967) – mathematician. - Bogdan Povh (1932 – ) – physicist.
- Jože Povšič (1907–1985) – mathematician.
- Herman Potočnik - Noordung (1892–1929) – pioneer of astronautics and cosmonautics, and rocket engineer.
- Fritz PreglFritz PreglFritz Pregl , was an Austrian chemist and physician from a mixed Slovene-German-speaking background...
(1869–1930) – chemist, Nobel prizeNobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
for chemistryChemistryChemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
1923. - Ivan Prijatelj (1875–1937) – literary historian.
- Janko PrunkJanko PrunkJanko Prunk 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 political philosophy in Slovenia...
(1942 – ) – historian. - Ivan Rakovec (1899–1985) – geologist and palaeontologist.
- Fran Ramovš (1890–1952) – philologist and dialectologist.
- Zoran RantZoran RantZoran Rant was a Slovene mechanical engineer, scientist and professor, associate member of SAZU. He invented terms known today as "exergy and anergy"....
(1904–1972) – mechanical engineer. - Pavla Ranzinger – astronomer.
- Marij Rebek – chemist.
- Jakob Rigler (1929–1985) – philologist.
- Mitja Rosina – physicist.
- Simon RutarSimon RutarSimon Rutar , was a Slovene historian and geographer. He wrote primarily on the history and geography of the areas that are now part of the Slovenian Littoral, the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia and the Croatian counties of Istria and Primorsko-Goranska.- Biography :Rutar was born in a...
(1851–1903) – historian, geographer, archaeologist and geologist. - Maks Samec (1844–1889 – chemist.
- Ljubo SircLjubo SircLjubo Sirc CBE is a British-Slovene economist and prominent dissident from the former Yugoslavia.-Life and work:He was born in Kranj, then part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes in a wealthy and renowned family of Slovene and Yugoslav patriots...
(1920 – ) – economist. - Boris SketBoris SketBoris Sket is a Slovene zoologist.Sket obtained his doctorate at the University of Ljubljana in 1961 and became a research assistant at the former Natural sciences faculty. In 1965, he became an invertebrate zoology professor at the Biotechnical faculty in Ljubljana and remained at this position...
(1936 – ) – zoologist. - Branko StanovnikBranko StanovnikBranko Stanovnik is an accomplished Slovenian chemist, specializing in organic chemistry, and member of SAZU.-References:...
(1938 – ) – chemist. - Jožef Stefan (1835–1893) – physicist and mathematician.
- Janez StrnadJanez StrnadJanez Strnad is a Slovene physicist and populariser of natural science.- Life and work :Strnad was born in Ljubljana, Kingdom of Yugoslavia ....
(1934 – ) – physicist and populariser of natural science. - Milan Šifrer (1928 – ) – geographer.
- Ivan Štalec (???? – 1994) – mathematician.
- Stane Suhadolnik (1919–1992) – philologist.
- Franc Sušnik (1930–1996) – biologist.
- Miha Tišler (1926 – ) – chemist.
- Miha Tomaževič (1942 – ) – constructional scientist.
- France Tomšič (1905–1975 ) – philologist.
- Jože ToporišičJože ToporišicJože Toporišič is a Slovene linguist.Toporišič was born in a small village near Brežice in Slovenia, in what was then the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes...
(1926 – ) – philologist. - Anton Trstenjak (1906–1996) – psychologist and theologian.
- Janez Vajkard ValvasorJanez Vajkard ValvasorJohann Weichard Freiherr von Valvasor or simply Valvasor was a Slovenian nobleman, scientist and polymath, and a fellow of the Royal Society in London.-Biography:...
(1641–1693) – nobleman and polymath. - Alojzij Vadnal (1910–1987) – mathematician.
- Jurij Bartolomej Vega (1754–1802) – mathematician, physicist and artillery officer.
- Ivan VidavIvan VidavIvan Vidav is a Slovenian mathematician.Ivan Vidav was born in Opčine near Trieste , Italy. He is Josip Plemelj's student. Vidav got his Ph.D...
(1918 – ) – mathematician. - Milan VidmarMilan VidmarMilan Vidmar was a Slovene electrical engineer, chess player, chess theorist, philosopher, and writer. He was a specialist in power transformers and transmission of electric current.- Biography :...
(1885–1962) – electrical engineer, chess player and chess theorist. - Valentin VodnikValentin VodnikValentin Vodnik was a Slovene priest, journalist and poet from the late Enlightenment period.-Life and work:He was born in Šiška, now a suburb of Ljubljana, then part of the Habsburg Monarchy...
(1758–1819) – poet, journalist, philologist. - Egon ZakrajšekEgon ZakrajšekEgon Zakrajšek was a Slovene mathematician and computer scientist.Zakrajšek was born in Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia . He became an orphan even before he started to attend school. He went to elementary school and gymnasium in Jesenice. He was a good student and he showed his talent and abilities very...
(1941–2002) – mathematician and computer scientist. - Miroslav Zei (1914–2006) – Marine Biologist.
- Boštjan Žekš (1940 – ) – physicist.
- Tone Wraber (1938 – ) – botanist
See List of Slovenian mathematicians, List of Slovenian physicists.
Sports Personalities
- Vili AmeršekVili AmeršekViliam "Vili" Ameršek is a retired Slovenian football player who play in midfielder role.He holds the record for seasons played for Olimpija Ljubljana with 16. While at Olimpija, he played with his brother Peter. He also had a spell of 3 years with Angers SCO.-External links:*...
– football player. - Alenka BikarAlenka BikarAlenka Bikar is a retired female sprinter from Slovenia who specialised in the 200 metres.-Achievements:-External links:*...
– sprinter, Olympic athlete. - Brigita BukovecBrigita BukovecBrigita Bukovec is a retired Slovenian hurdler who won a surprising Olympic silver medal in 1996. During the Olympics she set a personal best time with 12.59 seconds....
(1970 – ) – athlete, Olympic athlete. - Miro Cerar (1939 – ) – gymnast, Olympic athlete.
- Jolanda ČeplakJolanda CeplakJolanda Čeplak is a Slovenian middle distance athlete. She was born in Celje and lived in Velenje until moving to Monaco.-Running career:...
(1976 – ) – Olympic, athlete. - Iztok ČopIztok CopIztok Čop is a Slovenian rower and Olympic gold medallist.Iztok started rowing at the age of 13 in Bled, where Slovenia's best rowing club is located....
(1972 – ) – rower, Olympic athlete. - Ivo DaneuIvo DaneuIvo Daneu is a retired Slovenian basketball player and coach.He played for Branik Maribor and Olimpija Ljubljana , won Yugoslav league in 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1966 and 1970)....
– basketball player. - Rajmond DebevecRajmond DebevecRajmond Debevec was born in Postojna, Slovenia, a part of the former Yugoslavia, on March 29, 1963. He became involved in shooting sports in 1971 and became a member of Junior national team in 1979. He won his first medal in 1980 by participating in Junior European Championship with air rifle...
(1963 – ) – shooter, Olympic athlete. - Jure FrankoJure FrankoJure Franko is a Slovenian former alpine skier, best known for winning a giant slalom silver medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo....
– alpine skier, Olympic athlete - Urška HrovatUrška HrovatUrška Hrovat is a retired Slovenian alpine skier.- World Cup victories :- References :...
– alpine skier, Olympic athlete. - Mima JaušovecMima JaušovecMima Jaušovec is a Slovenian female former tennis player. She was born on July 20, 1956, in Maribor, PR Slovenia, FPR Yugoslavia). In singles she reached a career high of No. 6 in 1982, in doubles she reached a career high of No. 211 in 1986....
(1956 – ) – female tennis player. - Davo KarničarDavo KarnicarDavorin "Davo" Karničar is a Slovenian climber and an extreme skier.As an active Alpine skier, he was a member of the National Alpine Ski Team between 1975 and 1982. An Alpine climber since 1980, he has so far recorded over 1.400 Alpine climbs and ski descents...
(1962 – ) – alpinist and extreme skier. - Srečko KatanecSrecko KatanecSrečko Katanec is a Slovenian football manager and a former player capped for Yugoslavia and Slovenia. His last position was as the manager of the United Arab Emirates national football team.-Career:...
(1963 – ) – football player and selector, Olympic athlete. - Anže KopitarAnže KopitarAnže Kopitar is a Slovene professional ice hockey player and alternate captain of the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League . The first Slovenian to play in the NHL, Kopitar played junior hockey for his hometown team HK Acroni Jesenice and led his native country before he moved to Sweden...
– NHL Hockey Player. - Jure KoširJure KoširJure Košir is a Slovenian former alpine skier.-Career:Košir's first international success was the title of the world junior champion in super G, won in Hemsedal in 1991. Later he focused in technical disciplines, esp. slalom and made quick progress, noticed also by his good friend, Italian...
– alpine skier, Olympic athlete. - Robert KranjecRobert KranjecRobert Kranjec is a Slovenian ski jumper who has competed since 1998. He won a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in the Team Large Hill event....
– alpine ski jumper. - Bojan KrižajBojan KrižajBojan Križaj is a Slovenian former alpine skier.-Career:Križaj, born in Kranj, was a member of a well known Tržič ski family so he started skiing at the age of 3. In the season 1976/77 he received the first World Cup point, qualified among the 15 best slalom runners and later during that season...
(1957 – ) – alpine skier, Olympic athlete. - Petra MajdičPetra MajdicPetra Majdič is a Slovenian former cross-country skier. Her best results came in classic style races. She won twenty-four World Cup races, twenty in sprint races, but she also won a marathon in Trondheim in 2009...
– cross country skier, Olympic athlete. - Tina MazeTina MazeTina Maze is a renowned Slovenian alpine ski racer. She is the current world champion in giant slalom.Maze first competed in the 2001 World Championships at age 17 and in the 2002 Winter Olympics the following year. She started her career as a giant slalom specialist but later expanded and...
– alpine skier. - Marko MiličMarko MilicMarko Milič is a Slovenian professional basketball player. Milič's father, Vladimir, was a shot putting champion in the former Yugoslavia. His mother, Metka Papler, is a former successful sportswoman of the same origin...
– basketball player - Radoslav NesterovičRadoslav NesterovicRadoslav "Rašo" Nesterović , usually referred to in English as Rasho Nesterovic , is a retired Slovenian professional basketball player. He holds citizenship in both Slovenia and Greece. In the NBA he played for the Minnesota Timberwolves, San Antonio Spurs, Indiana Pacers, and Toronto Raptors...
– basketball player (NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
) - Bogdan NorčičBogdan NorčičBogdan Norčič was a Yugoslavian ski jumper. He was born in Kranj and died in Cerklje na Gorenjskem. He competed at the 1976 and 1980 Winter Olympics.-References:*...
– alpine ski jumper. - Branko OblakBranko OblakBranko Oblak is a Slovenian football coach and former international player. He usually played as an offensive midfielder or deep-lying playmaker, notable for his excellent dribbling, stamina, great vision and precision passing...
(1947 – ) – football player. - Bruno ParmaBruno ParmaBruno Parma is a Slovene chess player and Grandmaster.Parma was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia . He first played in the World Junior Chess Championship in 1959, sharing second place...
(1941 – ) – chess player. - Franci PetekFranci PetekFranci Petek is a Slovenian geographer and former ski jumper. Petek competed from 1990 to 1995. At the 1991 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme, Petek won a gold medal for Yugoslavia in the individual large hill....
– ski jumper, Olympic athlete - Primož PeterkaPrimož PeterkaPrimož Peterka is a former Slovenian ski jumper. He has won 15 World Cup events, making him the second most successful Slovenian winter sports athlete and one of the most successful Slovenian sports personalities.-Career:...
(1979 – ) – ski jumper, Olympic athlete. - Rok PetrovičRok PetrovicRok Petrovič was a Slovenian alpine skier.Petrovič was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia, the son of Krešimir Petrović, a well known sports psychologist of Croatian origin. His first success in alpine ski racing was the 1983 Junior World Championship slalom title in Sestriere, Italy.After this he...
(1966–1993) – alpine skier. - Vasja PircVasja PircVasja Pirc was a leading Slovenian chess player. His name is most familiar to contemporary players as the originator of the hypermodern Pirc Defense...
(1907–1980) – chess player. - Špela PretnarŠpela PretnarŠpela Pretnar is a former alpine skier.In her career, Pretnar won six races in Alpine Skiing World Cup races, with 13 podiums altogether. In the 1999/2000 season, she won a small crystal globe in slalom. Pretnar was named Slovenian sportswoman of the year in 2000...
– alpine skier. - Iztok PucIztok PucIztok Puc was a Slovenian handball player who was one of the world's top players of the 1980s and 1990s. During his career he has played professionally for RK Borac, RK Zagreb, RK Celje and RD Prule 67 and won a total of 18 domestic trophies. He was also a member of the RK Zagreb squad which won...
- handball player. - Jure RobičJure RobicJure Robič was a Slovenian cyclist and a soldier in the Slovenian Army. He died on in a traffic accident when he was hit by a car on a forest road in Plavški Rovt near Jesenice....
(1965 – ) – marathon cyclist. - Mladen RudonjaMladen RudonjaMladen Rudonja is a retired Slovenian footballer who represented his country at two major tournaments - Euro 2000 and the 2002 World Cup.He most often played as a forward or a winger...
– football player. - Uroš SlokarUroš SlokarUroš Slokar is a Slovenian professional basketball player, formerly of the NBA's Toronto Raptors.-Pro career:After playing two seasons in the Slovenian basketball league, Slokar moved to Italy's Serie A in 2003, where he represented Benneton Treviso and Pallalcesto Amatori Udine...
– basketball player (NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
) - Katarina SrebotnikKatarina SrebotnikKatarina Srebotnik is a Slovenian professional tennis player. Srebotnik is right-handed, 1.80 m, weighs 65 kg and lives in Dubai. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 20 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour on August 7, 2006.Srebotnik won 4 singles titles on the WTA-tour and was a steady top 30...
– tennis player. - Elvis StojkoElvis StojkoElvis Stojko, MSC, MSM is a Canadian figure skater. He is a three-time World champion , two-time Olympic silver medalist , and seven-time Canadian champion ....
– figure skater. - Boris StrelBoris StrelBoris Strel is a former Slovenian alpine skier. He was born in Škofja Loka, Slovenia.- World Cup victories :-External links:*...
– alpine skier, Olympic athlete. - Martin StrelMartin StrelMartin Strel in Mokronog, SFR Yugoslavia, is a legendary Slovenian long-distance swimmer, best known for swimming the entire length of various rivers. Strel holds successive Guinness World Records for swimming the Danube river, the Mississippi River, the Yangtze River, and the Amazon River....
(1954 – ) – ultra marathon swimmer. - Mateja SvetMateja SvetMateja Svet is a former Slovenian alpine skier. Debuting in the 1983/1984 season, she won the first Slovenian female skiing victory in 1986...
(1968 – ) – alpine skier, Olympic athlete. - Leon ŠtukeljLeon ŠtukeljLeon Štukelj was a Yugoslav gymnast of Slovene nationality, Olympic gold medalist and athlete.Štukelj was born in Novo Mesto, Austria-Hungary . He is a noted figure in Slovenian sporting history...
(1898–1999) – gymnast, Olympic athlete. - Miran TepešMiran TepešMiran Tepeš is a slovene ski jumper who competed for the former Yugoslavia from 1979 to 1992. He won a silver medal in the team large hill competition at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary....
– ski jumper, Olympic athlete. - Beno UdrihBeno UdrihBeno Udrih is a Slovenian professional basketball player for the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks. He was traded to the Bucks on June 23, 2011 after spending four seasons in Sacramento. -Early career:...
– basketball player (NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
) - Primož UlagaPrimož UlagaPrimož Ulaga is a Slovene ski jumper who competed for the former Yugoslavia from 1980 to 1992. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won a silver medal in the team large hill competition at Calgary in 1988....
– ski jumper, Olympic athlete - Peter VilfanPeter VilfanPeter Vilfan is a Slovenian basketball player.Vilfan played for KK Union Olimpija and the Yugoslavia national team, with which he won a gold medal in the 1978 FIBA World Championship in Manila.-Club career:...
– basketball player. - Sasha VujačićSasha VujacicAleksandar "Sasha" Vujačić is a Slovenian basketball player who has played in Italy, the United States , and more recently for Anadolu Efes S.K. in Turkey...
– basketball player (NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
) - Zlatko ZahovičZlatko ZahovicZlatko Zahovič is a retired Slovenian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.After making a name for himself in Europe in Portugal, most notably with Porto and Benfica, he went on to have unassuming spells in Spain and Greece...
(1971 – ) – football player. - Jure ZdovcJure ZdovcJurij "Jure" Zdovc is a retired Slovenian basketball player and the coach of BC Spartak Saint Petersburg.As junior he start to play for Comet Slovenske Konjice...
– basketball player, Olympic athlete. - Matjaž ZupanMatjaž ZupanMatjaž Zupan is a slovene ski jumper who competed for the former Yugoslavia from 1987 to 1994. He won a silver medal in the team large hill competition at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary....
– alpine ski jumper, Olympic athlete. - Peter ŽontaPeter ŽontaPeter Žonta is a Slovenian ski jumper who competed from 1996 to 2005. He won a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in the team large hill event....
– alpine ski jumper. - Denis ŽvegeljDenis ZvegeljDenis Žvegelj, born on June 24, 1972 in Jesenice, SR Slovenia is an ex Slovenian rower and Olympic medallist.-Rowing Achievements:Olympic Games*1992: Barcelona – 3rd place...
– rower, Olympic athlete. - Anja ČarmanAnja CarmanAnja Čarman is a Slovenian swimmer. She won several medals at European LC and SC Championships and competed at 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.- References :*...
– swimmer
Other Personalities
- David M. Cvet (1955 – ) – Founder, Academy of European Medieval Martial Arts
- Danilo DolciDanilo DolciDanilo Dolci was an Italian social activist, sociologist, popular educator and poet. He is best known for his opposition to poverty, social exclusion and the Mafia on Sicily, and is considered to be one of the protagonists of the non-violence movement in Italy...
(1924–1997) – Sociologist and political activist (Slovenian mother) - Ivan KrambergerIvan KrambergerIvan Kramberger was a Slovenian inventor, writer and politician....
(1936–1992) – philanthropist - Melania Knauss (1970 – ) – model, wife of Donald Trump.
- Lama Shenphen Rinpoche (1969 – ) – Abbot of first Buddhist Congregation in Slovenia.
See also
- List of people by nationality
- List of Slovenian artists
- List of Slovenian playwrights
- List of Slovenian mathematicians
- List of Slovenian computer scientists
- List of Slovenian physicists
- Slovenian AmericansSlovenian AmericansSlovene Americans or Slovenian Americans are citizens of the United States of Slovene descent.- History :The first Slovenes in the United States were missionary priests. Two of the earliest such missionaries were Fr. Anton Kappus and Fr. Frederick Baraga . In the 1730s some Slovenes settled in...
- Slovenian CanadiansSlovenian CanadiansSlovene Canadians are Canadians of Slovene origin.-Important Slovene Canadians:* Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic, Roman Catholic Cardinal Archbishop of Toronto* Joe Mihevc, politician* Tina Srebotnjak, television journalist* Elvis Stojko, figure skater...
- List of Slovene writers and poets in Hungary
External links
- http://www.randburg.com/si/general/slo8.html
- Slovenian People