List of people from Ljubljana
This is a list of notable individuals who were born or lived in Ljubljana:
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Coats of arms of 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, 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
- Tomaž Šalamun (born 1941), poet
- 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 (born 1933), 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
- 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[1]
Statesmen, politicians and diplomats
- Juro Adlešič (1884–1962), politician, Mayor of Ljubljana
- Fran Albreht (1889–1963), Mayor of Ljubljana, poet
- Andrej Bajuk (born 1942), 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)
- 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), Austrian politician
- 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
- Gregor Virant (born 1969), public servant and politician
Journalists
- Demetrio Volčič (born 1931), Slovenian-Italian journalist
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
Physicians
- Slavko Ziherl (1945–2012), psychiatrist
Scientists and academics
- Robert Blinc (born 1933), 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
- 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 (born 1934), physicist and populariser of natural science
- 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
- Slavoj Žižek (born 1949), sociologist and philosopher
- Sigismund Zois (1747–1819), natural scientist
- Alenka Zupančič, philosopher
Sportspeople
- Milenko Ačimovič, football player
- Alenka Bikar, track and field
- Brigita Bukovec, track and field
- Miro Cerar, gymnast
- Boštjan Cesar, football player
- Ivo Daneu, basketball player
- Luka Dončić, basketball player
- Goran Dragić (born 1986), NBA basketball player
- Zoran Dragić, NBA basketball player
- Marko Elsner, football player
- Luka Gregorc (born 1984), ATP tennis player
- Samir Handanović, football player
- Urška Hrovat (born 1974), alpine skier
- Tomaz Humar (1969–2009), mountaineer
- Srečko Katanec (1981–1994), football player
- Jaka Lakovič, basketball player
- Zlatan Ljubijankič, football player
- Erazem Lorbek, basketball player
- Maksimilijan Mihelčič, football player
- Radoslav Nesterovič (born 1976), NBA basketball player
- Džoni Novak, football player
- Milivoje Novakovič, football player
- Brane Oblak (1965–1985), football player
- Jan Oblak, football player
- Aljaž Pegan, gymnast
- Mitja Petkovšek, gymnast
- Rok Petrovič (1966–1993), alpine skier
- Mateja Svet (born 1968), alpine skier
- Andraž Šporar, football player
- Jurij Tepeš, ski jumper
- Miran Tepeš, ski jumper
- Sašo Udovič, football player
- Primož Ulaga, ski jumper
- Haris Vučkić, football player
- Aljoša Žorga, basketball player
- Petra Majdic, nordic skier
People who lived in Ljubljana temporarily
- Miodrag Bulatović (born 1930), Serb-Montenegrin writer
- Carlos, Duke of Madrid (1848–1909), claimant to the Spanish throne (born in Ljubljana)
- Eugène de Beauharnais (1781–1824), Viceroy of Italy
- Gabriel Gruber (1740–1805), Austrian Jesuit and engineer
- 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
References
- Slovenia's Best for Young Readers by the Slovenian Book AgencyArchived February 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
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