List of people from Ljubljana

This is a list of notable individuals who were born or lived in Ljubljana:

Authors

 * Anton Aškerc (1856–1912), poet
 * Vladimir Bartol (1903–1967), author
 * Adam Bohorič (1520–1598), Protestant preacher, author and philologist
 * Peter Božič (1932–2009), writer, playwright, journalist, and politician
 * Ivan Cankar (1876–1918), writer, playwright, and essayist
 * Peter Čeferin (born 1938), attorney, writer, playwright
 * Aleš Debeljak (1961–2016), poet, essayist and sociologist
 * Anton Funtek (1862–1932), writer, poet, editor and translator
 * Alojz Gradnik (1882–1967), poet
 * Drago Jančar (born 1948), writer and essayist
 * Jože Javoršek (1920–1990), author, essayist, playwright and translator
 * Taras Kermauner (1930–2008), literary historian and essayist
 * Mile Klopčič (1905–1984), poet and translator
 * Edvard Kocbek (1904–1981), poet, essayist, writer and politician
 * Srečko Kosovel (1904–1926), poet
 * Ferdo Kozak (1894–1957), writer, playwright, and politician
 * Juš Kozak (1892–1964), writer
 * Primož Kozak (1929–1981), playwright and essayist
 * Taja Kramberger (born 1970), poet, essayist and anthropologist
 * Anton Tomaž Linhart (1756–1795), playwright and historian
 * Janez Menart (1929–2004), poet and translator
 * Josip Murn (1879–1901), poet
 * Lili Novy (1885–1958), poet
 * Iztok Osojnik (born 1951), poet
 * Marko Pohlin (1735–1801), author, philologist
 * France Prešeren (1800–1849), poet
 * Alenka Puhar (born 1945), columnist, historian, political activist
 * Samo Resnik (1962–2011), Slovenian journalist, essayist, political activist, writer and poet
 * Tomaž Šalamun (1941–2014), poet
 * Mirca Sancin (1901-1970), composer
 * Dominik Smole (1929–1992), writer and playwright
 * Bojan Štih (1923–1986), stage director, literary critic and essayist
 * Gregor Strniša (1930–1987), poet and playwright
 * Veno Taufer (1933–2023), poet
 * Ivan Tavčar (1851–1923), writer, editor and politician
 * Igor Torkar (1913–2004), writer and playwright
 * Primož Trubar (1508–1586), Protestant preacher and writer
 * Josip Vidmar (1895–1992), literary critic, essayist and politician
 * Anton Vodnik (1901–1956), poet, art historian, and critic
 * France Vodnik (1903–1986), literary critic, essayist, translator and poet
 * Valentin Vodnik (1758–1819), poet
 * Demetrio Volčič (1931–2021), Slovenian-Italian journalist
 * Dane Zajc (1929–2005), poet
 * Vitomil Zupan (1914–1987), writer
 * Oton Župančič (1872–1949), poet and playwright

Architects and visual artists

 * Rihard Jakopič (1869–1943), painter
 * Ivana Kobilca (1861–1926), painter
 * Zoran Mušič (1909–2005), painter
 * Jože Plečnik (1872–1957), architect
 * Edvard Ravnikar (1907-1993), architect
 * Francesco Robba (1698–1757), Italian sculptor
 * Jakob Savinšek (1922–1961), sculptor
 * Vladimir Šubic (1894–1946), architect
 * Damijan Stepančič (born 1969), Slovene painter and illustrator

Statesmen, politicians, diplomats and religious leaders

 * Juro Adlešič (1884–1962), politician, Mayor of Ljubljana
 * Fran Albreht (1889–1963), Mayor of Ljubljana, poet
 * Andrej Bajuk (1943–2011), Prime minister of Slovenia (2000)
 * Joze Brilej (1910–1981), politician, diplomat, ambassador, chief justice of the supreme court of Slovenia until his death
 * France Bučar (1923–2015), first Chairman of the Slovenian National Assembly (1990–1992)
 * Carlos, Duke of Madrid (1848–1909), claimant to the Spanish throne.
 * Philipp von Cobenzl (1741–1810), Austrian diplomat
 * Etbin Henrik Costa (1831–1875), Politician, Mayor of Ljubljana
 * Karel Dežman (1821–1889), Mayor of Ljubljana, historian
 * Anton Füster (1808–1881), Austrian radical activist
 * Anastasius Grün (1806–1876), a liberal politician and poet.
 * Ivan Hribar (1851–1941), politician and diplomat, mayor of Ljubljana
 * Edvard Kardelj (1910–1979), Communist leader
 * Boris Kidrič (1912–1953), Communist leader
 * Ciril Kotnik (1895–1948), Yugoslav diplomat and anti-fascist hero
 * Milivoj Lajovic (1921–2008), Australian politician
 * Janez Potočnik (born 1958), European Commissioner
 * Ciril Ribičič (born 1947), politician, jurist, and author
 * Anton Rop (born 1960), politician
 * Dimitrij Rupel (born 1946), politician and writer
 * Marjan Šarec (born 1977), Slovene prime minister
 * Matjaž Šinkovec (born 1951), diplomat, author, translator and politician
 * Sergiy Verigin (1868–1938), clergyman
 * Gregor Virant (born 1969), public servant and politician

Performing artists

 * Bojan Adamič (1912–1995), composer, conductor, photographer
 * Maks Bajc (1919–1983), actor
 * Leo Funtek (1885–1965), violinist, conductor, arranger and music professor
 * Željko Ivanek (born 1957), actor
 * Lina Kuduzović (born 2002), child singer
 * Peter Lovšin (born 1955), rock icon, singer, writer
 * Ula Ložar (born 2002), child singer
 * Rocc (born 1979), opera director
 * Dubravka Tomšič Srebotnjak (born 1940), pianist and music teacher
 * Zlatko Šugman (1932–2008), actor
 * DJ Umek (born 1976), deejay and music producer

Scientists and academics

 * Robert Blinc (1933–2011), physicist
 * Katja Boh (1929–2008), sociologist, politician and diplomat
 * Miran Božovič (born 1957), philosopher
 * Božidar Debenjak (born 1935), philosopher
 * Mladen Dolar (born 1952), philosopher
 * Joannes Disma Floriantschitsch de Grienfeld (1691–1757), Carniolan astronomer, mathematician, geographer, and cartographer
 * Bogo Grafenauer (1916–1995), historian
 * Jovan Hadži (1884–1972), zoologist
 * Hermann Haus (1925–2003), scientist
 * Peter Jambrek (born 1940), jurist, sociologist, and public intellectual
 * Taras Kermauner (1930–2008), literary historian and essayist
 * Milan Komar (1921–2006), philosopher
 * Emil Korytko (1813–1839), Polish philologist and ethnographer
 * Janko Kos (born 1931), literary historian, theoretician, and critic
 * Milos Krofta (1912–2002), Slovenian engineer and businessman
 * Ernst Mally (1879–1944), philosopher
 * Vasilij Melik (1921–2009), historian
 * Tamara Griesser Pečar (born 1947), historian
 * Anton Peterlin (1908–1993), physicist
 * Fritz Pregl (1869–1930), chemist, Nobel prize winner
 * Janko Prunk (born 1942), historian
 * Rado Riha (born 1948), philosopher
 * Renata Salecl (born 1961), philosopher, sociologist, legal theorist and columnist
 * Vasko Simoniti (born 1951), historian
 * Marko Snoj (born 1959), linguist
 * Janez Strnad (1934–2015), physicist and populariser of natural science
 * Miha Tišler (1926–2021), chemist
 * Gregor Tomc (born 1952), sociologist and musician
 * Milan Vidmar (1885–1962), electrical engineer, chess player and philosopher
 * Josef Kalasanz von Erberg (1771–1843), botanist, historian, and collector
 * Johann Weikhard von Valvasor (1641–1693), scholar, polymath, member of the Royal Society
 * Egon Zakrajšek (1941–2002), mathematician and computer scientist
 * Slavko Ziherl (1945–2012), psychiatrist
 * Slavoj Žižek (born 1949), sociologist and philosopher
 * Sigismund Zois (1747–1819), natural scientist
 * Alenka Zupančič (born 1966), philosopher

Athletes

 * Milenko Ačimovič (born 1977), football player
 * Pia Babnik (born 2004), golfer
 * Alenka Bikar (born 1974), track and field
 * David Brekalo (born 1998), football player
 * Brigita Bukovec (born 1970), track and field
 * Miro Cerar (born 1963), gymnast
 * Boštjan Cesar (born 1982), football player
 * Ivo Daneu (born 1937), basketball player
 * Luka Dončić (born 1999), NBA basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks
 * Goran Dragić (born 1986), NBA basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks
 * Zoran Dragić (born 1989), NBA basketball player
 * Marko Elsner (1960–2020), football player
 * Luka Gregorc (born 1984), ATP tennis player
 * Samir Handanović (born 1984), football player
 * Urška Hrovat (born 1974), alpine skier
 * Tomaz Humar (1969–2009), mountaineer
 * Kaja Juvan (born 2000), tennis player
 * Srečko Katanec (1981–1994), football player
 * Jaka Lakovič (born 1978), basketball player
 * Zlatan Ljubijankič (born 1983), football player
 * Erazem Lorbek (born 1984), basketball player
 * Petra Majdic (born 1979), nordic skier
 * Maksimilijan Mihelčič (1905–1958), football player
 * Radoslav Nesterovič (born 1976), NBA basketball player
 * Džoni Novak (born 1969), football player
 * Milivoje Novakovič (born 1979), football player
 * Brane Oblak (1965–1985), football player
 * Jan Oblak (born 1993), football player
 * Aljaž Pegan (born 1974), gymnast
 * Janez Perme (born 1982), retired Slovenian footballer
 * Mitja Petkovšek (born 1977), gymnast
 * Rok Petrovič (1966–1993), alpine skier
 * Mateja Svet (born 1968), alpine skier
 * Andraž Šporar (born 1994), football player
 * Jurij Tepeš (born 1989), ski jumper
 * Miran Tepeš (born 1961), ski jumper
 * Sašo Udovič (born 1968), football player
 * Primož Ulaga (born 1962), ski jumper
 * Haris Vučkić (born 1992), football player
 * Aljoša Žorga (born 1947), basketball player

People who lived in Ljubljana temporarily

 * Miodrag Bulatović (1930–1991), Serb-Montenegrin writer
 * Eugène de Beauharnais (1781–1824), Viceroy of Italy
 * Gabriel Gruber (1740–1805), Austrian Jesuit and engineer
 * Antonija Höffern (1803–1871), Slovene noblewoman and educator
 * Emil Korytko (1813–1839), Polish ethnographer, philologist and translator
 * Gustav Mahler (1860–1911), Austrian composer
 * Charles Nodier (1780–1844), French author
 * Joseph Radetzky (1766–1858), Austrian general
 * Mirko Ramovš (1935–2023), Slovene ethnochoreologist
 * Boris Sket (1936–2023), Slovenian zoologist and speleobiologist