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Template:Short description Template:Lists of Slovenians This is a list of Slovenes and people from Slovenia that are notable.
Artists including performing arts
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- Zvest Apollonio (1935–2009) – painter and graphic artist
- Stanislava Brezovar (1937–2003) – ballerina
- Franz Caucig (1755–1828) – Neoclassical painter
- Anton Cebej (1722–1774) – Baroque painter
- Avgust Černigoj (1898–1985) – painter
- Jože Ciuha (1924–2015) – painter, graphic artist and illustrator
- Ivan Grohar (1867–1911) – painter
- Anton Gvajc (1865–1935) – painter
- Herman Gvardjančič (born 1943) – painter
- Stane Jagodič (born 1943) – painter, graphic artist, montager and illustrator
- Božidar Jakac (1899–1989) – painter, graphic artist and illustrator
- Rihard Jakopič (1869–1943) – painter
- Matija Jama (1872–1947) – impressionist painter
- Laurenz Janscha (1749–1812) – landscape painter and engraver
- Anton Karinger (1829–1870) – painter and poet
- Ivana Kobilca (1861–1926) – realist painter
- Lojze Logar (1944–2014) – painter and graphic artist
- Adriana Maraž (1931–2015) – painter and graphic artist
- Pino Mlakar (1907–2006) – ballet dancer and choreographer
- Marko Mušič (born 1941) – architect
- Zoran Mušič (1909–2005) – painter
- Miki Muster (1925–2018) – illustrator
- Veno Pilon (1896–1970) – painter
- Jože Plečnik (1872–1957) – architect
- Marjetica Potrč (born 1953) – artist
- Jakob Savinšek (1922–1961) – sculptor
- Matej Sternen (1870–1949) – painter
- Michael Stroy (1803–1871) – painter
- Vladimir Šubic (1894–1946) – architect
- Jožef Tominc (1790–1866) – painter
- Joseph Urbania (1877–1943) – sculptor
- Ivan Vurnik (1884–1971) – architect and town planner
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Authors
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- Louis Adamic (1898–1951) – author and translator
- Anton Aškerc (1856–1912) – poet and Roman Catholic priest
- Frederic Baraga (1797–1868) – bishop, author
- Vladimir Bartol (1903–1967) – author
- France Bevk (1890–1970) – author
- Franjo Bučar – writer of Slovenian descent
- Ivan Cankar (1876–1918) – author, poet, storyteller, playwright, and essayist
- Matija Čop (1797–1835) – author
- Mate Dolenc (born 1945) – author
- Fran Saleški Finžgar (1871–1963) – author and priest
- France Forstnerič (1933–2007) – author, poet and journalist
- Alojz Gradnik (1882–1967) – poet and translator
- Simon Gregorčič (1844–1906) – poet and Roman Catholic priest
- Peter Handke (born 1942) – author (Slovenian mother; born and raised in Austria and has never lived in Slovenia)
- Janez Jalen (1891–1966) – author
- Drago Jančar (born 1948) – author and dramatist
- Simon Jenko (1835–1869) – poet, lyricist, writer
- Jože Javoršek (1920–1990) – author
- Branka Jurca (1914–1999) – author
- Josip Jurčič (1844–1881) – author
- János Kardos (1801–1875) – writer, teacher and priest
- Alma Karlin (1889–1950) – writer and poet
- Dragotin Kette (1876–1899) – poet
- Edvard Kocbek (1904–1981) – poet and writer
- Srečko Kosovel (1904–1926) – poet
- József Kossics (1788–1867) – writer, poet, historian, priest
- Tomo Križnar (born 1954) – world traveller, humanitarian, author
- Lovro Kuhar (1893–1950) – author
- Miklós Küzmics (1737–1804) – writer and translator
- Feri Lainšček (born 1959) – writer, poet
- Fran Levstik (1831–1887) – author
- Anton Tomaž Linhart (1756–1795) – playwright and historian
- Cvetka Lipuš (born 1959) – author
- Florjan Lipuš (born 1937) – author
- Franko Luin (1941–2005) – author, editor, typographer
- Rudolf Maister (1874–1934) – poet, military officer
- Mira Mihelič (1912–1985) – author
- Frane Milčinski (1914–1988) – poet, satirist, humorist
- Miha Mazzini (born 1961) – author
- Boris Pahor (1913–2022) – author
- Ivan Potrč (1913–1993) – author
- Sebastijan Pregelj (born 1970) – author
- France Prešeren (1800–1849) – poet
- Benka Pulko (born 1967) – author and Guinness World Record setting world traveler
- Miha Remec (1928–2020) – author
- Anton Martin Slomšek (1800–1862) – bishop, author, poet and national awakener
- Tomaž Šalamun (1941–2014) – poet
- Damijan Šinigoj (born 1964) – author and translator
- Josip Stritar (1836–1923) – poet, author, and editor
- Ivan Tavčar (1851–1923) – author, lawyer and politician
- Janez Trdina (1830–1905) – author
- Primož Trubar (1508–1586) – Protestant reformer and author
- Josipina Urbančič (1508–1586) – poet, writer
- Josip Vidmar (1895–1992) – essayist and literary critic
- Vitomil Zupan (1914–1987) – writer
Inventors
- Ivo Boscarol (born 1956) – light aircraft designer and manufacturer
- Joseph Fuisz (born 1970) – filed thirty-five patents relating to drug delivery and computer fields
- Richard Fuisz (born 1939) – pharmaceutical inventor of controlled release drug beads, quick dissolve tablet systems, thin film drug delivery systems as well as various medical devices, diagnostic devices and electronic mail patents
- Japec Jakopin (born 1951) – yacht designer
- Alojz Knafelc (1859–1937) – creator of Slovenian trail blaze
- Herman Potočnik (a.k.a. Noordung, 1892–1929), one of the founders of astronautics
- Johann Puch (Slovene: Janez Puh) (1862–1914) – inventor, innovator, industrial designer and manufacturer
- Johann Pucher (Slovene: Janez Auguštin Puhar) (1814–1864) – priest, photographer, painter and poet – invented a photography on the glass in 1842.
- Edvard Rusjan (1886–1911) – pilot and aeronautic pioneer
Military personnel
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- Karel Destovnik Kajuh (1922–1944) – poet and Yugoslav people's hero
- Alenka Ermenc (born 1963) – officer in the Slovenian Armed Forces and NATO's Chief of defence
- Karl Novak (1905–1975) – commander of the Slovene Chetniks during World War II
- Odilo Globočnik (1904–1945) – prominent Nazi and later an SS leader
- Anton Haus (1851–1917) – Grand Admiral of the Austro-Hungarian Navy
- Pepca Kardelj (1914–1990) – partisan and political activist
- Johann Katzianer (1491–1539) – aristocrat and Habsburg Imperial Army commander
- Dušan Kveder (1915–1966) – soldier, military commander and diplomat
- Rudolf Maister (1874–1934) – general and poet
- Franjo Malgaj (1894–1919) – Austro-Hungarian military leader
- Johann Mickl (1893–1945) – Austrian-born Generalleutnant of Slovenian descent
- Leon Rupnik (1880–1946) – Yugoslav general, inspector-general of the Slovenian Home Guard
- Franc Rozman (1911–1944) – Partisan general and Yugoslav people's hero
- Valerija Skrinjar Tvrz (1928–2023) – Partisan codebreaker
Film, radio and television
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- Vinci Vogue Anžlovar (1963–2024) – film director
- Valentin Areh (born 1971) – war correspondent and TV journalist
- Miha Baloh (1928–2022) – actor
- Matija Barl (1940–2018) – actor
- Polde Bibič (1933–2012) – actor
- Demeter Bitenc (1922–2018) – actor
- David Boreanaz (born 1969) – actor, father of remote Slovenian descent
- Špela Čadež (born 1977) – film director
- František Čap (1913–1972) – film director
- Anica Dobra (born 1963) – Serbian actress, Slovenian mother
- George Dolenz (1908–1963) – (born Jure Dolenc) movie/TV actor, father of actor/musician Micky Dolenz and grandfather of actress Ami Dolenz
- Micky Dolenz (born 1945) – actor and musician, son of George Dolenz
- Rudi Dolezal (born 1958) – Austrian film producer and film director
- Mira Furlan (1955–2021) – actress, father of Slovenian descent
- Karpo Godina (born 1943) – film director, cameraman and montage editor
- Frank Gorshin (1933–2005) – actor and comedian
- Melissa Joan Hart (born 1976) – actress, mother of Slovenian descent
- Andrej Hieng (1925–2000) – storyteller, dramatist, film director and stage editor
- Boštjan Hladnik (1929–2006) – film director, scenarist and montage editor
- Željko Ivanek – Hollywood actor
- Anthony Jeselnik (born 1978) – comedian of Slovenian descent
- Polona Juh (born 1971) – actress
- Damjan Kozole (born 1964) – film director and scenarist
- Janez Lapajne (born 1967) – film director
- Jože Pogačnik (1932–2016) – film director and scenarist
- Igor Pretnar (1924–1977) – film and theatre director
- Janko Ravnik (1891–1982) – film director, pianist, composer, pedagogue, and photographer
- Tanja Ribič (born 1968) – actress and singer
- Ita Rina (1907–1979) – actress
- Franci Slak (1953–2007) – film and TV director and scenarist
- Danijel Sraka (born 1975) – film director
- France Štiglic (1919–1993) – film director
- Zlatko Šugman (1932–2008) – actor
- Template:Ill (born 1973) – German actor, Slovenian mother
- Alice Tumler (born 1978) – TV presenter, father of Slovenian–Italian descent
- Eka Vogelnik (1946–2024) – multi type artist (film, video and animation director and performer; scene, costume and puppet designer; book author and illustrator, music composer...)
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- Jonas Žnidaršič (born 1962) – actor and TV journalist
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Musicians and composers
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- Bojan Adamič (1912–1995) – composer and conductor
- Blaž Arnič (1901–1970) – composer
- Slavko Avsenik (1929–2015) – composer and musician
- Helena Blagne Zaman (born 1963) – singer
- Lojze Bratuž (1902–1937) – composer, choirmaster
- Ciril Cvetko (1920–1999) – composer, conductor, pedagogue, and journalist
- Micky Dolenz (born 1945) – drummer of The Monkees (Slovenian father; born and raised in the United States and has never lived in Slovenia)
- Jakob Gallus Petelin (1550–1591) – composer and conductor
- Jani Golob (born 1948) – composer and violinist
- Irena Grafenauer (born 1957) – flautist
- Alenka Gotar (born 1979) – soprano singer
- Senida Hajdarpašić (known as Senidah) (born 1985) – singer and composer
- Karen Kamensek (born 1970) – conductor of Slovenian descent
- Božidar Kantušer (1921–1999) – composer
- Herbert von Karajan (1908–1989) – composer
- Maja Keuc – singer
- Marjan Kozina (1907–1966) – composer
- Zala Kralj (born 1999) – singer
- Lina Kuduzović (born 2002) – singer
- Marijan Lipovšek (1910–1995) – composer, pianist, pedagogue, musical essayist
- Marjana Lipovšek (born 1946) – opera singer, mezzo-soprano
- Magnifico (born 1965) – composer and singer
- Joey Miskulin (born 1949) – accordionist of Slovenian descent
- Omar Naber – singer-songwriter, guitarist
- Mr. Doctor – vocalist and composer of the Devil Doll
- Tito in ekšn – punk rock band of the 1990s
- Tomaž Pengov – composer, musician and singer
- Zoran Predin (born 1958) – composer and singer
- Oto Pestner – composer, musician and singer
- Jože Privšek (1937–1998) – composer and musician
- Raay (Maraaya) (born 1984) – composer
- Anja Rupel (born 1966) – singer and radio announcer
- Gašper Šantl (born 1996) – singer and composer
- Nina Šenk (born 1982) – classical composer
- Majda Sepe (1937–2006) – singer
- September – Swedish singer of Slovenian descent
- Lojze Slak (1932–2011) – composer and musician
- Adi Smolar – composer, musician and singer
- Ana Soklič – singer-songwriter
- Karmen Stavec (born 1973) – musician and singer
- Dubravka Tomšič Srebotnjak (born 1940) – pianist and musical pedagogue
- Audrey Totter (1917–2013) – actress (Slovenian father; born and lived in the United States; never lived in Slovenia)
- Marjetka Vovk (Maraaya) (born 1984) – singer and composer
- Sare Havliček (born 1974) – musical producer
- Hugo Wolf (1860–1903) – composer
- "Weird Al" Yankovic (born 1959) – singer and musician of Slovenian descent
- Frankie Yankovic (1915–1998) – Grammy-award winning accordion player and polka musician of Slovenian descent
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Philosophers
- Mladen Dolar (born 1951) – philosopher, cofounder of the Ljubljana school of psychoanalysis
- Herman of Carinthia (1105/1110 – after 1154) – philosopher, astronomer, astrologer, mathematician
- Tine Hribar (born 1941) – philosopher
- Milan Komar (1921–2006) – philosopher
- Josip Križan (1841–1921) – mathematician, physicist, philosopher, astronomer
- Leonid Pitamic (1885–1971) – philosopher of law
- Avguštin Stegenšek (1875–1920) – philosopher, theologian, art historian
- Anton Strle (1915–2003) – theologian
- Ivo Urbančič (1930–2016) – philosopher
- Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) – philosopher, in part of Slovenian descent
- Slavoj Žižek (born 1949) – sociologist, philosopher, and cultural critic
- Alenka Zupančič (born 1966) – philosopher and cultural critic
Politicians
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- Andrej Bajuk (1943–2011) – third prime minister of independent Slovenia
- John Blatnik (1911–1991) – U.S. Congressman (Slovenian parents; born and raised in the United States, and never lived in Slovenia)
- Leonard J. Bodack (1932–2015) – former Pennsylvania State Senator (Slovenian ancestry; born and raised in the United States, and never lived in Slovenia)
- Jože Brilej (1910–1981) – Yugoslav politician, diplomat and ambassador, President of the United Nations Security Council (1956)
- Josip Broz Tito (1892–1980) – president of the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia between 1945 and 1980 (son of a Slovenian mother, Marija Javeršek and of a Croat father, Franjo Broz)
- Leo von Caprivi (1831–1899) – German major general and statesman who served as German Chancellor from March 1890 to October 1894 (His family (complete surname: von Caprivi de Caprera de Montecuccoli) was of Italian and disputed Slovenian origin; born and raised in Germany, and never lived in Slovenia)
- Janez Drnovšek (1950–2008) – second prime minister of independent Slovenia, third president of Slovenia, 2003–2008
- Robert Golob (born 1967) – Slovene prime minister
- Template:Ill (1860–1935) – organ-builder, member of the Imperial Council and the State Parliament, People's Tribune of the Carinthian Slovenes
- Tom Harkin – U.S. Senator (Slovenian mother; born and raised in the United States and never lived in Slovenia)
- Janez Janša (born 1958) – fifth prime minister of independent Slovenia
- Edvard Kardelj (1910–1979) – prewar communist, politician, statesman, and journalist
- Boris Kidrič (1912–1953) – communist, politician, statesman and economist
- Amy Jean Klobuchar (born 1960) – U.S. Senator from Minnesota (Father's grandparents came from Slovenia; born and raised in United States, has never lived in Slovenia)
- Anton Korošec (1872–1940) – prominent Yugoslav politician
- Milan Kučan (born 1941) – first president of independent Slovenia, 1991–2002
- Frank Lausche (1895–1990) – former U.S. Senator, Governor of Ohio & Mayor of Cleveland (Parents of Slovenian origin; born and raised in the United States and never lived in Slovenia)
- Vladko Maček (1879–1964) – Croatian politician of Slovene origin from the first half of the 20th century. He led the Croatian Peasant Party (HSS)
- James Oberstar (1934–2014) – U.S. Representative from Minnesota (Partial Slovenian ancestry; born and raised in the United States and never lived in Slovenia)
- Lojze Peterle (born 1948) – first prime minister of independent Slovenia
- Wolfgang Petritsch (born 1947) – Austrian diplomat of Slovene ethnicity (former OHR)
- Tanya Plibersek – Australian politician – House of Representatives
- Anton Rop (born 1960) – fourth prime minister of independent Slovenia
- Gregorij Rožman (1883–1959) – Bishop of Ljubljana (1930–1945), collaborator with Italian and German occupying forces during the Second World War
- Marjan Šarec (born 1977) – Slovene prime minister
- Kurt Schuschnigg (1897–1977) – Chancellor of Austria, of Slovenian descent
- Danilo Türk (born 1952) – President elect of Slovenia
- Walter Veltroni (born 1955) – Mayor of Rome (Slovenian mother)
- George Voinovich – U.S. Senator, former Governor of Ohio and Mayor of Cleveland, (Slovenian mother; born and raised in the United States, never lived in Slovenia)
- Anton Vratuša (1915–2017) – politician and diplomat, who was the Prime Minister of Slovenia from 1978–80 and of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, also its ambassador to the United Nations
Scientists and scholars
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- Robert Blinc (1933–2011) – physicist
- Ivan Bratko (born 1946) – computer scientist
- Srečko Brodar (1893–1987) – palaeontologist
- Andrej Čadež (born 1942) – astrophysicist
- Avrelija Cencič (1964–2012) – biochemist
- Lavo Čermelj (1889–1980) – physicist
- Bojan Čop (1923–1994) – linguist
- Dragotin Cvetko (1911–1993) – musicologist
- Davorin Dolar (1921–2005) – chemist
- Josip Globevnik (born 1945) – mathematician
- Bogo Grafenauer (1916–1995) – historian
- Ivan Grafenauer (1880–1964) – literary historian and ethnologist
- Stanko Grafenauer (1922–2010) – mineralogist
- Pavel Grošelj (1883–1940) – biologist and belletrist
- Jovan Hadži (1884–1972) – biologist
- Anton Janežič (1828–1869) – Slavic specialist and grammarian
- Jernej Kopitar (1780–1844) – philologist
- Peter Kosler (1824–1879) – lawyer, geographer, cartographer, politician, and manufacturer
- Ivo Lah (1896–1979) – mathematician
- Tine Logar (1916–2002) – philologist and dialectologist
- Thomas Luckmann (1927–2016) – sociologist
- Anton Melik (1890–1966) – geographer
- Franz Miklosich (1813–1891) – philologist
- Avgust Pavel (1886–1946) – ethnologist
- Anton Peterlin (1908–1993) – physicist
- Josip Plemelj (1873–1967) – mathematician
- Herman Potočnik (a.k.a. Noordung, 1892–1929) – pioneer of astronautics and cosmonautics, and rocket engineer
- Fritz Pregl (1869–1930) – chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1923
- Janko Prunk (born 1942) – historian
- Fran Ramovš (1890–1952) – philologist and dialectologist
- Zoran Rant (1904–1972) – mechanical engineer
- Simon Rutar (1851–1903) – historian, geographer, archaeologist and geologist
- Ljubo Sirc (1920–2016) – economist
- Boris Sket (born 1936) – zoologist
- Branko Stanovnik (born 1938) – chemist
- Jožef Stefan (1835–1893) – physicist and mathematician
- Janez Strnad (1934–2015) – physicist and populariser of natural science
- Jože Toporišič (1926–2014) – philologist
- Denis Trček (born 1963) – computer scientist
- Anton Trstenjak (1906–1996) – psychologist and theologian
- Johann Weikhard von Valvasor (1641–1693) – nobleman and polymath
- Jurij Bartolomej Vega (1754–1802) – mathematician, physicist and artillery officer
- Ivan Vidav (1918–2015) – mathematician
- Milan Vidmar (1885–1962) – electrical engineer, chess player, and chess theorist
- Valentin Vodnik (1758–1819) – poet, journalist, philologist
- Egon Zakrajšek (1941–2002) – mathematician and computer scientist
- Miroslav Zei (1914–2006) – marine biologist
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Athletes
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- Vili Ameršek – football player
- Alenka Bikar – sprinter, Olympic athlete
- Valter Birsa (born 1986) – footballer
- Jaka Blažič (born 1990) – basketball player
- Andrej Urlep – basketball coach
- David Dedek – basketball coach
- Ante Šimundža – football coach
- Fredi Bobic (born 1971) – footballer of Slovenian descent
- Vinko Bogataj – ski jumper, featured in the Wide World of Sports Agony of Defeat video
- Nataša Bokal (born 1967) – skier
- Borut Božič – cyclist
- Janez Brajkovič – cyclist
- Primož Brezec (born 1979) – basketball player (NBA)
- Brigita Brezovac (born 1979) – IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Brigita Bukovec (born 1970) – athlete, Olympic athlete
- Anja Čarman – swimmer
- Jolanda Čeplak (born 1976) – Olympic athlete
- Miroslav Cerar (born 1939) – gymnast, Olympic athlete
- Iztok Čop (born 1972) – rower, Olympic athlete
- Alenka Cuderman (born 1961) – handball player, Olympic athlete
- Rudolf Cvetko (1880–1977) – fencer, Olympic athlete
- Ivo Daneu – basketball player
- Matjaž Debelak (born 1965) – ski jumper, Olympic athlete
- Rajmond Debevec (born 1963) – shooter, Olympic athlete
- Luka Dončić – basketball player, No. 3 overall pick in the 2018 NBA draft, NBA player for the Los Angeles Lakers<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Polona Dornik – basketball player, Olympic athlete
- Alenka Dovžan – alpine skier, Olympic athlete
- Goran Dragić – basketball player (NBA), Serbian father and Slovene mother<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Zoran Dragić – basketball player (NBA), Serbian father and Slovene mother
- Ana Drev (born 1985) – alpine skier
- Vital Eiselt (born 1941) – basketball player
- Vesna Fabjan – cross-country skier
- Saša Farič – freestyle skier
- Maruša Ferk – alpine skier
- Jure Franko – alpine skier, Olympic athlete
- Damjan Fras – ski jumper, Olympic athlete
- Tim Gajser (born 1996) – motocross racer (MXGP)
- Janja Garnbret (born 1999) – rock climber
- Samir Handanovic (born 1984) – goalkeeper and football trainer
- Meta Hrovat (born 1998) – alpine skier
- Urška Hrovat – alpine skier, Olympic athlete
- Sait Idrizi (born 1990) – football player
- Sara Isaković (born 1988) – swimmer
- Milan Janša (born 1965) – rower
- Mima Jaušovec (born 1956) – female tennis player
- Simon Jecl (born 1986) – freestyle skier
- Andrej Jerman – alpine skier
- Marjan Kandus (born 1932) – basketball player
- Davo Karničar (born 1962) – alpine and extreme skier
- Srečko Katanec (born 1963) – football player and selector, Olympic athlete
- Peter Kauzer (born 1983) – slalom canoeist, Olympic athlete
- Jani Klemenčič (born 1971) – rower
- Anže Kopitar – NHL hockey player, Olympic athlete
- Jure Košir – alpine skier, Olympic athlete
- Žan Košir – snowboarder
- Katja Koren – alpine skier, Olympic athlete
- Primož Kozmus – hammer thrower, Olympic athlete
- Robert Kranjec – alpine ski jumper
- Žan Kranjec – alpine skier
- Rene Krhin (born 1990) – football player
- Bojan Križaj (born 1957) – alpine skier, Olympic athlete
- Miha Lokar (born 1935) – basketball player
- Petra Majdič – cross country skier, Olympic athlete
- Andreja Mali (born 1977) – biathlete
- Tina Maze – alpine skier
- Ariel McDonald – basketball player
- Miha Mevlja – football player
- Marko Milič – basketball player
- Sašo Mirjanič (1968–1994) – rower
- Matej Mohorič – cyclist
- Radoslav Nesterovič – basketball player (NBA)
- Bogdan Norčič – alpine ski jumper
- Branko Oblak (born 1947) – football player
- Jan Oblak – football player
- Bruno Parma (born 1941) – chess player
- Franci Petek – ski jumper, Olympic athlete
- Primož Peterka (born 1979) – ski jumper, Olympic athlete
- Borut Petrič (born 1961) – swimmer
- Darjan Petrič (born 1964) – swimmer
- Rok Petrovič (1966–1993) – alpine skier
- Vasja Pirc (1907–1980) – chess player
- Tadej Pogačar – cyclist
- Lucija Polavder (born 1984) – judoka, Olympic athlete
- Klemen Prepelič (born 1992) – basketball player
- Špela Pretnar – alpine skier
- Peter Prevc (born 1992) – ski jumper
- Josip Primožič (1900–1985) – gymnast, Olympic athlete
- Iztok Puc – handball player
- Alenka Cuderman (born 1961) – handball player, Olympic athlete
- Jure Robič (1965–2010) – marathon cyclist
- Primož Roglič – cyclist
- Mladen Rudonja – football player
- Benjamin Savšek – slalom canoeist, Olympic athlete
- Uroš Slokar – basketball player (NBA)
- Luka Špik (born 1979) – rower, Olympic athlete
- Andraž Šporar (born 1994) – football player
- Katarina Srebotnik – tennis player
- Elvis Stojko – figure skater
- Boris Strel – alpine skier, Olympic athlete
- Martin Strel (born 1954) – ultra marathon swimmer
- Ilka Štuhec (born 1990) – alpine skier
- Leon Štukelj (1898–1999) – gymnast, Olympic athlete
- Mateja Svet (born 1968) – alpine skier, Olympic athlete
- Miran Tepeš – ski jumper, Olympic athlete
- Tina Trstenjak – judoka, Olympic athlete
- Beno Udrih – basketball player (NBA)
- Primož Ulaga – ski jumper, Olympic athlete
- Tadej Valjavec – cyclist
- Andraž Vehovar – slalom canoeist, Olympic athlete
- Anamari Velenšek – judoka
- Benjamin Verbič – football player
- Peter Vilfan – basketball player
- Sasha Vujačić – basketball player (NBA), Serbian father and Slovene mother
- Zlatko Zahovič (born 1971) – football player
- Miha Zajc (born 1994) – football player
- Vasilij Žbogar (born 1975) – sailor, Olympic athlete
- Jure Zdovc – basketball player, Olympic athlete
- Tamara Zidanšek – tennis player
- Urška Žolnir (born 1981) – judoka, Olympic athlete
- Peter Žonta – alpine ski jumper
- Aljoša Žorga – basketball player
- Matjaž Zupan – alpine ski jumper, Olympic athlete
- Denis Žvegelj – rower, Olympic athlete
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Other people
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- Danilo Dolci (1924–1997) – sociologist and political activist (Slovenian mother)
- Aleš Hlad – supermoto racer and 2005 European Champion
- Pavla Hočevar (1889–1972) – teacher, writer, socialist and suffragist
- Ivan Kramberger (1936–1992) – philanthropist
- Pavla Jerina Lah (1915–2007) – surgeon and partisan
- Klemen Pevec (Pylo) – software developer (creator of MCreator)
- Shenphen Rinpoche (born 1969) – abbot of first Buddhist Congregation in Slovenia
- Walter Wolf (born 1939) – businessman
- Melania Trump (born Melanija Knavs, later changed to Knauss,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 1970) – model, spouse of U.S. President Donald Trump, First Lady of the United States of America
See also
- List of people by nationality
- List of Slovene writers and poets in Hungary
- List of Slovenian artists
- List of Slovenian computer scientists
- List of Slovenian playwrights
- List of Slovenian mathematicians
- List of Slovenian physicists
- Slovenian Americans
- Slovene Australians
- Slovenian Canadians
- Slovenes of Croatia