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List of notable individuals who were born or lived in Ljubljana:
[edit] Authors
- Anton Aškerc (1856-1912), Poet
- Vladimir Bartol (1903-1967), Author
- Adam Bohorič (1520-1598), Protestant preacher, author and philologist
- Ivan Cankar (1876-1918), Writer, playwright, and essayist
- Aleš Debeljak (1961), Poet, essayist and sociologist
- Alojz Gradnik (1882-1967), Poet
- Drago Jančar (1948), Writer and essayist
- Jože Javoršek (1920-1990), Author, essayist, playwright and translator
- Srečko Kosovel (1904-1926), Poet
- Taja Kramberger (1970), Poet, essayist and anthropologist
- Edvard Kocbek (1904-1981), Poet, essayist, writer and politician
- Josip Murn Aleksandrov (1879–1901), Poet
- Anton Tomaž Linhart (1756 - 1795), Playwright and historian
- Charles Nodier (1780-1844), French author
- Lili Novy (1885-1958), Poet
- Marko Pohlin (1735-1801), Author, philologist
- France Prešeren (1800-1849), Poet
- Alenka Puhar (b. 1945), Columnist, historian, political activist
- Dominik Smole (1929-1992), Writer and Playwright
- Tomaž Šalamun (1941), Poet
- Bojan Štih (1923-1986), Stage director, literary critic and essaysit
- Ivan Tavčar (1851-1923), Writer, editor and politician
- Primož Trubar (1508 - 1586), Protestant preacher and writer
- Josip Vidmar (1895-1992), Literary critic, essayist and politician
- Valentin Vodnik (1758-1819), Poet
- Vitomil Zupan (1914-1987), Writer
- Oton Župančič (1872-1949), Poet and playwright
[edit] Architects and visiual artists
[edit] Statesmen, politicians and diplomats
- Juro Adlešič (1884-1962), Politician, Mayor of Ljubljana
- Fran Albreht (1889-1963), Mayor of Ljubljana, poet
- Andrej Bajuk (1942), Prime minister of Slovenia (2000)
- Philipp von Cobenzl (1741-1810), Austrian diplomat
- Karel Dežman (1821-1889), Mayor of Ljubljana, historian
- 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
- Janez Potočnik (1958), European Commissioner
- Anton Rop (1960), Politician
- Dimitrij Rupel (1946), Politician and writer
[edit] Military leaders
[edit] Performing artists
- Ignacij Borštnik (1858 - 1919), Movie Film maker, Actor, writer
- Zofija Borštnik (1868 - 1948), Actress
- Maks Bajc (1919–1983), Actor
- Branko Đurić (1962), Actor
- Željko Ivanek (1957), Actor
- Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), Composer
- Rade Šerbedžija (1947), Actor
- Dubravka Tomšič Srebotnjak (1940-), pianist and music teacher
[edit] Scientists and academians
- Robert Blinc (1933), Physicist
- Mladen Dolar (1952), Philosopher
- Taras Kermauner (1930-2008), Literary historian and essayist
- Milan Komar (1921-2006), Philosopher
- Tamara Griesser Pečar (b. 1947), Historian
- Anton Peterlin (1908–1993), Physicist
- Fritz Pregl (1869–1930), Chemist, Nobel prize winner
- Janez Vajkard Valvasor (1641-1693), Scholar, Polymath, Member of the Royal Society
- Milan Vidmar (1885–1962), Electrical engineer, chess player and philosopher
- Janez Strnad (1934), Physicist and populariser of natural science
- Egon Zakrajšek (1941–2002), Mathematician and computer scientist
- Sigismund Zois (1747-1819), Natural scientist
- Alenka Zupančič, Philosopher
- Slavoj Žižek (1949), Sociologist and philosopher
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[edit] Others
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