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^[1]

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.^[2]
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.^[3]
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^[4]
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

References

^ Slovenia's Best for Young Readers by the Slovenian Book Agency Archived February 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Carlos, Don (Prince of Bourbon)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 344–345.
^ "Anastasius Grün" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. XI (9th ed.). 1880. p. 224.
^ Glonar, Joža (2013). "Höffern, Antonija, pl. (1803–1871)". Slovenian Biographical Lexicon (in Slovenian). Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Retrieved May 5, 2023.

[1] Slovenia's Best for Young Readers by the Slovenian Book Agency Archived February 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine

[2] "Carlos, Don (Prince of Bourbon)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 344–345.

[3] "Anastasius Grün" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. XI (9th ed.). 1880. p. 224.

[4] Glonar, Joža (2013). "Höffern, Antonija, pl. (1803–1871)". Slovenian Biographical Lexicon (in Slovenian). Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Retrieved May 5, 2023.

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