List of notable individuals who were born or lived in Maribor:
Tomaž Barada, taekwondo athlete Walter Wolf, tycoon, businessman person Sani Bečirovič, basketball player Bernhard von Spanheim, founder of the city Fredi Bobic, German-Slovene association football player Urška Bračko, 2014 Miss Universe Slovenia Brigita Brezovac, IFBB professional bodybuilder Aleš Čeh, football player Mladen Dolar, philosopher Filip Flisar, ski cross champion Vekoslav Grmič, Roman Catholic bishop and theologian Herta Haas, Yugoslav Partisan and second wife of Josip Broz Tito Polona Hercog, tennis player Israel Isserlin, Medieval rabbi Jure Ivanušič, actor and musician Archduke Johann of Austria, Habsburg nobleman and philanthropist Drago Jančar, author Ludmila Janovská, Czech painter; as a girl she lived for several years in Maribor, where her parents, both painters, were members of the Grohar art club Mima Jaušovec, female tennis player Kevin Kampl, football player Janko Kastelic, conductor and music director Matjaž Kek, association football player and manager Maja Keuc, singer who represented Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 Aleksander Knavs, football player Edvard Kocbek, poet, essayist, and politician Jana Kolarič (born 1954), author and translator. Katja Koren, alpine skier Anton Korošec, politician Luka Krajnc, football player Bratko Kreft, author Rene Krhin, football player Marko Letonja, conductor Rudolf Maister, military leader Janez Menart, poet and translator Špelca Mladič, painter, teacher and designer; she lived and worked in Maribor for more than a decade Jan Muršak, second ever Slovenian NHL hockey player Tomaž Pandur, stage director Tone Partljič, playwright, screenwriter, politician Matjaž Perc, physicist Žiga Pešut, professional ice hockey player Žarko Petan, writer, essayist, theatre and film director Janko Pleterski, historian Herman Potočnik, rocket engineer and pioneer of astronautics Zoran Predin, singer Ladislaus von Rabcewicz, Austrian civil engineer Anton Martin Slomšek, Roman Catholic bishop, author, poet, and advocate of Slovene culture Ilka Štuhec, alpine skiing champion Leon Štukelj, Olympic champion Luka Šulić, cellist, member of the 2Cellos duo Marcos Tavares, football player Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, Austrian admiral Jurij Toplak, constitutional scholar, election law expert Ludvik Toplak, lawyer, university rector, ambassador Anton Trstenjak, theologian, psychologist, essayist Danilo Türk, former president of Slovenia Slavko Vinčić, FIFA football referee Prežihov Voranc, writer and political activist Sasha Vujačić, basketball player Zlatko Zahovič, association football player Vito Žuraj, composer
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