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 Fredy Malec Koschitz(1914–2001) - painter and woodcarver Adriana Maraž (1931–2015) – painter and graphic artist Julie Martini (1871–1943) – photographer Špelca Mladič (1894–1981) – painter and designer 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 Mira Pintar (1891–1980) - artist and art collector Jože Plečnik (1872–1957) – architect Marjetica Potrč (born 1953) – artist Jakob Savinšek (1922–1961) – sculptor Zora Stančič (born 1956) – graphic and visual artist Matej Sternen (1870–1949) – painter Michael Stroy (1803–1871) – painter Vladimir Šubic (1894–1946) – architect Henrika Šantel (1874–1940) – painter Avgusta Šantel (1876–1968) – painter, teacher, printmaker Jožef Tominc (1790–1866) – painter Joseph Urbania (1877–1943) – sculptor Antonija Volk Krebelj (1908–2003) – farmer and folk artist 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 Krista Povirk (1938–2004) – catechist, poet, choir director 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 Marija Rus (1921–2019) – Romance philologist, professor of French, translator, poet. Anton Martin Slomšek (1800–1862) – bishop, author, poet and national awakener Tomaž Šalamun (1941–2014) – poet Anka Salmič (1902–1969) - farmer, folk healer and 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 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
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 (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...) 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 Irena Grafenauer (born 1957) – flautist Alenka Gotar (born 1979) – soprano singer Eliza Frančiška Grizold (1847–1913) – teacher, poet, organist and composer Senida Hajdarpašić (known as Senidah) (born 1985) – singer and composer Marija Hladnik Berden (1892–1924) – teacher, organist 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 Minca Krkovič (1858–1933) – field labourer and folk singer Lina Kuduzović (born 2002) – singer Dragica Legat Košmerl (1883–1956) – zither player, zither teacher, and composer 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 Friderika Podgornik – pianist and music educator Jože Privšek (1937–1998) – composer and musician Raay (Maraaya) (born 1984) – composer Ana Roner Lavrič (1869–1957) - organist 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