List of Slovenes

This is a list of Slovenes and people from Slovenia that are notable.

Artists including performing arts

 * Zvest Apollonio (1935–2009) – painter and graphic artist
 * Stanislava Brezovar (1937–2003) – ballerina
 * Franz Caucig (1755–1828) – Neoclassical painter
 * Anton Cebej (1722–1774) – Baroque painter
 * Avgust Černigoj (1898–1985) – painter
 * Jože Ciuha (1924–2015) – painter, graphic artist and illustrator
 * Ivan Grohar (1867–1911) – painter
 * Anton Gvajc (1865–1935) – painter
 * Herman Gvardjančič (born 1943) – painter
 * Stane Jagodič (born 1943) – painter, graphic artist, montager and illustrator
 * Božidar Jakac (1899–1989) – painter, graphic artist and illustrator
 * Rihard Jakopič (1869–1943) – painter
 * Matija Jama (1872–1947) – impressionist painter
 * Laurenz Janscha (1749–1812) – landscape painter and engraver
 * Anton Karinger (1829–1870) – painter and poet
 * Ivana Kobilca (1861–1926) – realist painter
 * Lojze Logar (1944–2014) – painter and graphic artist
 * 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

Authors

 * 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

 * 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 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

Film, radio and television

 * Vinci Vogue Anžlovar (born 1963) – 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
 * 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
 * Alice Tumler (born 1978) – TV presenter, father of Slovenian–Italian descent
 * Christoph Waltz (born 1956) – actor, mother of Slovenian descent
 * Jonas Žnidaršič (born 1962) – actor and TV journalist

Musicians and composers

 * Bojan Adamič (1912–1995) – composer and conductor
 * Blaž Arnič (1901–1970) – composer
 * Slavko Avsenik (1929–2015) – composer and musician
 * Helena Blagne Zaman (born 1963) – singer
 * Lojze Bratuž (1902–1937) – composer, choirmaster
 * Ciril Cvetko (1920–1999) – composer, conductor, pedagogue, and journalist
 * Micky Dolenz (born 1945) – drummer of The Monkees (Slovenian father; born and raised in the United States and has never lived in Slovenia)
 * Jakob Gallus Petelin (1550–1591) – composer and conductor
 * Jani Golob (born 1948) – composer and violinist
 * 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

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

 * 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
 * Tom Harkin – U.S. Senator (Slovenian mother; born and raised in the United States and never lived in Slovenia)
 * Janez Janša (born 1958) – fifth prime minister of independent Slovenia
 * Edvard Kardelj (1910–1979) – prewar communist, politician, statesman, and journalist
 * Boris Kidrič (1912–1953) – communist, politician, statesman and economist
 * Amy Jean Klobuchar (born 1960) – U.S. Senator from Minnesota (Father's grandparents came from Slovenia; born and raised in United States, has never lived in Slovenia)
 * Anton Korošec (1872–1940) – prominent Yugoslav politician
 * Milan Kučan (born 1941) – first president of independent Slovenia, 1991–2002
 * Frank Lausche (1895–1990) – former U.S. Senator, Governor of Ohio & Mayor of Cleveland (Parents of Slovenian origin; born and raised in the United States and never lived in Slovenia)
 * Vladko Maček (1879–1964) – Croatian politician of Slovene origin from the first half of the 20th century. He led the Croatian Peasant Party (HSS)
 * James Oberstar (1934–2014) – U.S. Representative from Minnesota (Partial Slovenian ancestry; born and raised in the United States and never lived in Slovenia)
 * Lojze Peterle (born 1948) – first prime minister of independent Slovenia
 * Wolfgang Petritsch (born 1947) – Austrian diplomat of Slovene ethnicity (former OHR)
 * Tanya Plibersek – Australian politician – House of Representatives
 * Anton Rop (born 1960) – fourth prime minister of independent Slovenia
 * Gregorij Rožman (1883–1959) – Bishop of Ljubljana (1930–1945), collaborator with Italian and German occupying forces during the Second World War
 * Marjan Šarec (born 1977) – Slovene prime minister
 * Kurt Schuschnigg (1897–1977) – Chancellor of Austria, of Slovenian descent
 * Danilo Türk (born 1952) – President elect of Slovenia
 * Walter Veltroni (born 1955) – Mayor of Rome (Slovenian mother)
 * George Voinovich – U.S. Senator, former Governor of Ohio and Mayor of Cleveland, (Slovenian mother; born and raised in the United States, never lived in Slovenia)
 * Anton Vratuša (1915–2017) – politician and diplomat, who was the Prime Minister of Slovenia from 1978–80 and of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, also its ambassador to the United Nations

Scientists and scholars

 * Robert Blinc (1933–2011) – physicist
 * Ivan Bratko (born 1946) – computer scientist
 * Srečko Brodar (1893–1987) – palaeontologist
 * Andrej Čadež (born 1942) – astrophysicist
 * Avrelija Cencič (1964–2012) – biochemist
 * Lavo Čermelj (1889–1980) – physicist
 * Dragotin Cvetko (1911–1993) – musicologist
 * Davorin Dolar (1921–2005) – chemist
 * Josip Globevnik (born 1945) – mathematician
 * 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 for 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

Athletes

 * Vili Ameršek – football player
 * Alenka Bikar – sprinter, Olympic athlete
 * Valter Birsa (born 1986) – footballer
 * Jaka Blažič (born 1990) – basketball player
 * 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 Dallas Mavericks
 * Polona Dornik – basketball player, Olympic athlete
 * Alenka Dovžan – alpine skier, Olympic athlete
 * Goran Dragić – basketball player (NBA), Serbian father and Slovene mother
 * Zoran Dragić – basketball player (NBA), Serbian father and Slovene mother
 * Ana Drev (born 1985) – alpine skier
 * Vital Eiselt (born 1941) – basketball player
 * Vesna Fabjan – cross-country skier
 * Saša Farič – freestyle skier
 * Maruša Ferk – alpine skier
 * Jure Franko – alpine skier, Olympic athlete
 * Damjan Fras – ski jumper, Olympic athlete
 * Tim Gajser (born 1996) – motocross racer (MXGP)
 * Janja Garnbret (born 1999) – rock climber
 * 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

Other people

 * Danilo Dolci (1924–1997) – sociologist and political activist (Slovenian mother)
 * Aleš Hlad – supermoto racer and 2005 European Champion
 * Ivan Kramberger (1936–1992) – philanthropist
 * Klemen Pevec (Pylo) – software developer (creator of MCreator)
 * Shenphen Rinpoche (born 1969) – abbot of first Buddhist Congregation in Slovenia
 * Walter Wolf (born 1939) – businessman
 * Melania Trump (born Melanija Knavs, later changed to Knauss, 1970) – model, spouse of U.S. President Donald Trump, former First Lady of the United States of America