List of Slovenes
This is a list of Slovenes and people from Slovenia that are notable.
Artists including performing arts
- Zvest Apollonio – painter and graphic artist
- Stanislava Brezovar – ballerina
- Franz Caucig – Neoclassical painter
- Anton Cebej – Baroque painter
- Avgust Černigoj – painter
- Jože Ciuha – painter, graphic artist and illustrator
- Ivan Grohar – painter
- Anton Gvajc – painter
- Herman Gvardjančič – painter
- Stane Jagodič – painter, graphic artist, montager and illustrator
- Božidar Jakac – painter, graphic artist and illustrator
- Rihard Jakopič – painter
- Matija Jama – impressionist painter
- Laurenz Janscha – landscape painter and engraver
- Anton Karinger – painter and poet
- Ivana Kobilca – realist painter
- Lojze Logar – painter and graphic artist
- Adriana Maraž – painter and graphic artist
- Špelca Mladič – painter and designer
- Pino Mlakar – ballet dancer and choreographer
- Marko Mušič – architect
- Zoran Mušič – painter
- Miki Muster – illustrator
- Veno Pilon – painter
- Mira Pintar - artist and art collector
- Jože Plečnik – architect
- Marjetica Potrč – artist
- Jakob Savinšek – sculptor
- Zora Stančič – graphic and visual artist
- Matej Sternen – painter
- Michael Stroy – painter
- Vladimir Šubic – architect
- Henrika Šantel – painter
- Avgusta Šantel – painter, teacher, printmaker
- Jožef Tominc – painter
- Joseph Urbania – sculptor
- Ivan Vurnik – architect and town planner
Authors
- Louis Adamic – author and translator
- Anton Aškerc – poet and Roman Catholic priest
- Frederic Baraga – bishop, author
- Vladimir Bartol – author
- France Bevk – author
- Franjo Bučar – writer of Slovenian descent
- Ivan Cankar – author, poet, storyteller, playwright, and essayist
- Matija Čop – author
- Mate Dolenc – author
- Fran Saleški Finžgar – author and priest
- France Forstnerič – author, poet and journalist
- Alojz Gradnik – poet and translator
- Simon Gregorčič – poet and Roman Catholic priest
- Peter Handke – author
- Janez Jalen – author
- Drago Jančar – author and dramatist
- Simon Jenko – poet, lyricist, writer
- Jože Javoršek – author
- Branka Jurca – author
- Josip Jurčič – author
- János Kardos – writer, teacher and priest
- Alma Karlin – writer and poet
- Dragotin Kette – poet
- Edvard Kocbek – poet and writer
- Srečko Kosovel – poet
- József Kossics – writer, poet, historian, priest
- Tomo Križnar – world traveller, humanitarian, author
- Lovro Kuhar – author
- Miklós Küzmics – writer and translator
- Feri Lainšček – writer, poet
- Fran Levstik – author
- Anton Tomaž Linhart – playwright and historian
- Cvetka Lipuš – author
- Florjan Lipuš – author
- Franko Luin – author, editor, typographer
- Rudolf Maister – poet, military officer
- Mira Mihelič – author
- Frane Milčinski – poet, satirist, humorist
- Miha Mazzini – author
- Boris Pahor – author
- Ivan Potrč – author
- Sebastijan Pregelj – author
- France Prešeren – poet
- Benka Pulko – author and Guinness World Record setting world traveler
- Miha Remec – author
- Anton Martin Slomšek – bishop, author, poet and national awakener
- Tomaž Šalamun – poet
- Anka Salmič - farmer, folk healer and poet
- Damijan Šinigoj – author and translator
- Josip Stritar – poet, author, and editor
- Ivan Tavčar – author, lawyer and politician
- Janez Trdina – author
- Primož Trubar – Protestant reformer and author
- Josipina Urbančič – poet, writer
- Josip Vidmar – essayist and literary critic
- Vitomil Zupan – writer
Inventors
- Ivo Boscarol – light aircraft designer and manufacturer
- Joseph Fuisz – filed thirty-five patents relating to drug delivery and computer fields
- Richard Fuisz – 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 – yacht designer
- Alojz Knafelc – creator of Slovenian trail blaze
- Herman Potočnik, one of the founders of astronautics
- Johann Puch – inventor, innovator, industrial designer and manufacturer
- Johann Pucher – priest, photographer, painter and poet – invented a photography on the glass in 1842.
- Edvard Rusjan – pilot and aeronautic pioneer
Military personnel
- Karel Destovnik Kajuh – poet and Yugoslav people's hero
- Alenka Ermenc – officer in the Slovenian Armed Forces and NATO's Chief of defence
- Karl Novak – commander of the Slovene Chetniks during World War II
- Odilo Globočnik – prominent Nazi and later an SS leader
- Anton Haus – Grand Admiral of the Austro-Hungarian Navy
- Pepca Kardelj – partisan and political activist
- Johann Katzianer – aristocrat and Habsburg Imperial Army commander
- Dušan Kveder – soldier, military commander and diplomat
- Rudolf Maister – general and poet
- Franjo Malgaj – Austro-Hungarian military leader
- Johann Mickl – Austrian-born Generalleutnant of Slovenian descent
- Leon Rupnik – Yugoslav general, inspector-general of the Slovenian Home Guard
- Franc Rozman – Partisan general and Yugoslav people's hero
- Valerija Skrinjar Tvrz – Partisan codebreaker
Film, radio and television
- Vinci Vogue Anžlovar – film director
- Valentin Areh – war correspondent and TV journalist
- Miha Baloh – actor
- Matija Barl – actor
- Polde Bibič – actor
- Demeter Bitenc – actor
- David Boreanaz – actor, father of remote Slovenian descent
- Špela Čadež – film director
- František Čap – film director
- Anica Dobra – Serbian actress, Slovenian mother
- George Dolenz – movie/TV actor, father of actor/musician Micky Dolenz and grandfather of actress Ami Dolenz
- Micky Dolenz – actor and musician, son of George Dolenz
- Rudi Dolezal – Austrian film producer and film director
- Mira Furlan – actress, father of Slovenian descent
- Karpo Godina – film director, cameraman and montage editor
- Frank Gorshin – actor and comedian
- Melissa Joan Hart – actress, mother of Slovenian descent
- Andrej Hieng – storyteller, dramatist, film director and stage editor
- Boštjan Hladnik – film director, scenarist and montage editor
- Željko Ivanek – Hollywood actor
- Anthony Jeselnik – comedian of Slovenian descent
- Polona Juh – actress
- Damjan Kozole – film director and scenarist
- Janez Lapajne – film director
- Jože Pogačnik – film director and scenarist
- Igor Pretnar – film and theatre director
- Janko Ravnik – film director, pianist, composer, pedagogue, and photographer
- Tanja Ribič – actress and singer
- Ita Rina – actress
- Franci Slak – film and TV director and scenarist
- Danijel Sraka – film director
- France Štiglic – film director
- Zlatko Šugman – actor
- – German actor, Slovenian mother
- Alice Tumler – TV presenter, father of Slovenian–Italian descent
- Eka Vogelnik – multi type artist
- Christoph Waltz – actor, mother of Slovenian descent
- Jonas Žnidaršič – actor and TV journalist
Musicians and composers
- Bojan Adamič – composer and conductor
- Blaž Arnič – composer
- Slavko Avsenik – composer and musician
- Helena Blagne Zaman – singer
- Lojze Bratuž – composer, choirmaster
- Ciril Cvetko – composer, conductor, pedagogue, and journalist
- Micky Dolenz – drummer of The Monkees
- Jakob Gallus Petelin – composer and conductor
- Jani Golob – composer and violinist
- Irena Grafenauer – flautist
- Alenka Gotar – soprano singer
- Senida Hajdarpašić – singer and composer
- Karen Kamensek – conductor of Slovenian descent
- Božidar Kantušer – composer
- Herbert von Karajan – composer
- Maja Keuc – singer
- Marjan Kozina – composer
- Zala Kralj – singer
- Minca Krkovič – field labourer and folk singer
- Lina Kuduzović – singer
- Dragica Legat Košmerl – zither player, zither teacher, and composer
- Marijan Lipovšek – composer, pianist, pedagogue, musical essayist
- Marjana Lipovšek – opera singer, mezzo-soprano
- Magnifico – composer and singer
- Joey Miskulin – 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 – composer and singer
- Oto Pestner – composer, musician and singer
- Friderika Podgornik – pianist and music educator
- Jože Privšek – composer and musician
- Raay – composer
- Anja Rupel – singer and radio announcer
- Gašper Šantl – singer and composer
- Nina Šenk – classical composer
- Majda Sepe – singer
- September – Swedish singer of Slovenian descent
- Lojze Slak – composer and musician
- Adi Smolar – composer, musician and singer
- Ana Soklič – singer-songwriter
- Karmen Stavec – musician and singer
- Dubravka Tomšič Srebotnjak – pianist and musical pedagogue
- Audrey Totter – actress
- Marjetka Vovk – singer and composer
- Sare Havliček – musical producer
- Hugo Wolf – composer
- "Weird Al" Yankovic – singer and musician of Slovenian descent
- Frankie Yankovic – Grammy-award winning accordion player and polka musician of Slovenian descent
Philosophers
- Mladen Dolar – philosopher, cofounder of the Ljubljana school of psychoanalysis
- Herman of Carinthia – philosopher, astronomer, astrologer, mathematician
- Tine Hribar – philosopher
- Milan Komar – philosopher
- Josip Križan – mathematician, physicist, philosopher, astronomer
- Leonid Pitamic – philosopher of law
- Avguštin Stegenšek – philosopher, theologian, art historian
- Anton Strle – theologian
- Ivo Urbančič – philosopher
- Ludwig Wittgenstein – philosopher, in part of Slovenian descent
- Slavoj Žižek – sociologist, philosopher, and cultural critic
- Alenka Zupančič – philosopher and cultural critic
Politicians
- Andrej Bajuk – third prime minister of independent Slovenia
- John Blatnik – U.S. Congressman
- Leonard J. Bodack – former Pennsylvania State Senator
- Jože Brilej – Yugoslav politician, diplomat and ambassador, President of the United Nations Security Council
- Josip Broz Tito – president of the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia between 1945 and 1980
- Leo von Caprivi – German major general and statesman who served as German Chancellor from March 1890 to October 1894
- Janez Drnovšek – second prime minister of independent Slovenia, third president of Slovenia, 2003–2008
- Robert Golob – Slovene prime minister
- – organ-builder, member of the Imperial Council and the State Parliament, People's Tribune of the Carinthian Slovenes
- Tom Harkin – U.S. Senator
- Janez Janša – fifth prime minister of independent Slovenia
- Edvard Kardelj – prewar communist, politician, statesman, and journalist
- Boris Kidrič – communist, politician, statesman and economist
- Amy Jean Klobuchar – U.S. Senator from Minnesota
- Anton Korošec – prominent Yugoslav politician
- Milan Kučan – first president of independent Slovenia, 1991–2002
- Frank Lausche – former U.S. Senator, Governor of Ohio & Mayor of Cleveland
- Vladko Maček – Croatian politician of Slovene origin from the first half of the 20th century. He led the Croatian Peasant Party
- James Oberstar – U.S. Representative from Minnesota
- Lojze Peterle – first prime minister of independent Slovenia
- Wolfgang Petritsch – Austrian diplomat of Slovene ethnicity
- Tanya Plibersek – Australian politician – House of Representatives
- Anton Rop – fourth prime minister of independent Slovenia
- Gregorij Rožman – Bishop of Ljubljana, collaborator with Italian and German occupying forces during the Second World War
- Marjan Šarec – Slovene prime minister
- Kurt Schuschnigg – Chancellor of Austria, of Slovenian descent
- Danilo Türk – President elect of Slovenia
- Walter Veltroni – Mayor of Rome
- George Voinovich – U.S. Senator, former Governor of Ohio and Mayor of Cleveland,
- Anton Vratuša – 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 – physicist
- Ivan Bratko – computer scientist
- Srečko Brodar – palaeontologist
- Andrej Čadež – astrophysicist
- Avrelija Cencič – biochemist
- Lavo Čermelj – physicist
- Bojan Čop – linguist
- Dragotin Cvetko – musicologist
- Davorin Dolar – chemist
- Josip Globevnik – mathematician
- Bogo Grafenauer – historian
- Ivan Grafenauer – literary historian and ethnologist
- Stanko Grafenauer – mineralogist
- Pavel Grošelj – biologist and belletrist
- Jovan Hadži – biologist
- Anton Janežič – Slavic specialist and grammarian
- Jernej Kopitar – philologist
- Peter Kosler – lawyer, geographer, cartographer, politician, and manufacturer
- Ivo Lah – mathematician
- Tine Logar – philologist and dialectologist
- Thomas Luckmann – sociologist
- Anton Melik – geographer
- Franz Miklosich – philologist
- Avgust Pavel – ethnologist
- Anton Peterlin – physicist
- Josip Plemelj – mathematician
- Herman Potočnik – pioneer of astronautics and cosmonautics, and rocket engineer
- Fritz Pregl – chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1923
- Janko Prunk – historian
- Fran Ramovš – philologist and dialectologist
- Zoran Rant – mechanical engineer
- Simon Rutar – historian, geographer, archaeologist and geologist
- Ljubo Sirc – economist
- Boris Sket – zoologist
- Branko Stanovnik – chemist
- Jožef Stefan – physicist and mathematician
- Janez Strnad – physicist and populariser of natural science
- Marija Šuštar – ethnochoreologist and folklorist.
- Jože Toporišič – philologist
- Denis Trček – computer scientist
- Anton Trstenjak – psychologist and theologian
- Johann Weikhard von Valvasor – nobleman and polymath
- Jurij Bartolomej Vega – mathematician, physicist and artillery officer
- Ivan Vidav – mathematician
- Milan Vidmar – electrical engineer, chess player, and chess theorist
- Valentin Vodnik – poet, journalist, philologist
- Egon Zakrajšek – mathematician and computer scientist
- Miroslav Zei – marine biologist
Athletes
- Vili Ameršek – football player
- Alenka Bikar – sprinter, Olympic athlete
- Valter Birsa – footballer
- Jaka Blažič – basketball player
- Andrej Urlep – basketball coach
- David Dedek – basketball coach
- Ante Šimundža – football coach
- Fredi Bobic – footballer of Slovenian descent
- Vinko Bogataj – ski jumper, featured in the Wide World of Sports Agony of Defeat video
- Nataša Bokal – skier
- Borut Božič – cyclist
- Janez Brajkovič – cyclist
- Primož Brezec – basketball player
- Brigita Brezovac – IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Brigita Bukovec – athlete, Olympic athlete
- Anja Čarman – swimmer
- Jolanda Čeplak – Olympic athlete
- Miroslav Cerar – gymnast, Olympic athlete
- Iztok Čop – rower, Olympic athlete
- Alenka Cuderman – handball player, Olympic athlete
- Rudolf Cvetko – fencer, Olympic athlete
- Ivo Daneu – basketball player
- Matjaž Debelak – ski jumper, Olympic athlete
- Rajmond Debevec – shooter, Olympic athlete
- Luka Dončić – basketball player, No. 3 overall pick in the 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, Serbian father and Slovene mother
- Zoran Dragić – basketball player, Serbian father and Slovene mother
- Ana Drev – alpine skier
- Vital Eiselt – 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 – motocross racer
- Janja Garnbret – rock climber
- Samir Handanovic – goalkeeper and football trainer
- Meta Hrovat – alpine skier
- Urška Hrovat – alpine skier, Olympic athlete
- Sait Idrizi – football player
- Sara Isaković – swimmer
- Milan Janša – rower
- Mima Jaušovec – female tennis player
- Simon Jecl – freestyle skier
- Andrej Jerman – alpine skier
- Marjan Kandus – basketball player
- Davo Karničar – alpine and extreme skier
- Srečko Katanec – football player and selector, Olympic athlete
- Peter Kauzer – slalom canoeist, Olympic athlete
- Jani Klemenčič – 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 – football player
- Bojan Križaj – alpine skier, Olympic athlete
- Miha Lokar – basketball player
- Petra Majdič – cross country skier, Olympic athlete
- Andreja Mali – biathlete
- Tina Maze – alpine skier
- Ariel McDonald – basketball player
- Miha Mevlja – football player
- Marko Milič – basketball player
- Sašo Mirjanič – rower
- Matej Mohorič – cyclist
- Radoslav Nesterovič – basketball player
- Bogdan Norčič – alpine ski jumper
- Branko Oblak – football player
- Jan Oblak – football player
- Bruno Parma – chess player
- Franci Petek – ski jumper, Olympic athlete
- Primož Peterka – ski jumper, Olympic athlete
- Borut Petrič – swimmer
- Darjan Petrič – swimmer
- Rok Petrovič – alpine skier
- Vasja Pirc – chess player
- Tadej Pogačar – cyclist
- Lucija Polavder – judoka, Olympic athlete
- Klemen Prepelič – basketball player
- Špela Pretnar – alpine skier
- Peter Prevc – ski jumper
- Josip Primožič – gymnast, Olympic athlete
- Iztok Puc – handball player
- Alenka Cuderman – handball player, Olympic athlete
- Jure Robič – marathon cyclist
- Primož Roglič – cyclist
- Mladen Rudonja – football player
- Benjamin Savšek – slalom canoeist, Olympic athlete
- Uroš Slokar – basketball player
- Luka Špik – rower, Olympic athlete
- Andraž Šporar – football player
- Katarina Srebotnik – tennis player
- Elvis Stojko – figure skater
- Boris Strel – alpine skier, Olympic athlete
- Martin Strel – ultra marathon swimmer
- Ilka Štuhec – alpine skier
- Leon Štukelj – gymnast, Olympic athlete
- Mateja Svet – alpine skier, Olympic athlete
- Miran Tepeš – ski jumper, Olympic athlete
- Tina Trstenjak – judoka, Olympic athlete
- Beno Udrih – basketball player
- 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, Serbian father and Slovene mother
- Zlatko Zahovič – football player
- Miha Zajc – football player
- Vasilij Žbogar – sailor, Olympic athlete
- Jure Zdovc – basketball player, Olympic athlete
- Tamara Zidanšek – tennis player
- Urška Žolnir – judoka, Olympic athlete
- Peter Žonta – alpine ski jumper
- Aljoša Žorga – basketball player
- Matjaž Zupan – alpine ski jumper, Olympic athlete
- Denis Žvegelj – rower, Olympic athlete
Other people
- Danilo Dolci – sociologist and political activist
- Aleš Hlad – supermoto racer and 2005 European Champion
- Pavla Hočevar – teacher, writer, socialist and suffragist
- Ivan Kramberger – philanthropist
- Pavla Jerina Lah – surgeon and partisan
- Klemen Pevec – software developer
- Shenphen Rinpoche – abbot of first Buddhist Congregation in Slovenia
- Walter Wolf – businessman
- Melania Trump – model, spouse of U.S. President Donald Trump, First Lady of the United States of America