List of people from Ljubljana

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
• Aleš Debeljak (born 1961), 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
• Josip Murn Aleksandrov (1879–1901), Poet
• Anton Tomaž Linhart (1756–1795), Playwright and historian
• Janez Menart (1929–2004), Poet and translator
• 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
• Dominik Smole (1929–1992), Writer and Playwright
• Tomaž Šalamun (born 1941), Poet
• Bojan Štih (1923–1986), Stage director, literary critic and essaysit
• 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
• Francesco Robba (1698–1757), Italian sculptor
• Jakob Savinšek (1922–1961), Sculptor
• Vladimir Šubic (1894–1946), Architect

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)
• France Bučar (born 1923), first Chairman of the Slovenian National Assembly (1990–1992)
• Joze Brilej (1910–1981), politician, diplomat, ambassador, chief justice of the supreme court of Slovenia until his death
• 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
• Anton Rop (born 1960), Politician
• Ciril Ribičič (born 1947), Politician, jurist, and author
• Dimitrij Rupel (born 1946), Politician and writer
• 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
• Ignacij Borštnik (1858–1919), film maker, actor, writer
• Zofija Borštnik (1868–1948), actress
• Leo Funtek (1885–1965), violinist, conductor, arranger and music professor
• Željko Ivanek (born 1957), actor
• Peter Lovšin (born 1955), rock icon, singer, writer
• 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
• 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
• Joseph Calasanz, baron Erberg (1771–1843), Botanist, historian, and collector
• Anton Peterlin (1908–1993), Physicist
• Fritz Pregl (1869–1930), Chemist, Nobel prize winner
• Janko Prunk (born 1942), Historian
• Rado Riha (born 1948), Philosopher
• Johann Weikhard von Valvasor (1641–1693), Scholar, polymath, member of the Royal Society
• Milan Vidmar (1885–1962), Electrical engineer, chess player and 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
• Egon Zakrajšek (1941–2002), Mathematician and computer scientist
• Sigismund Zois (1747–1819), Natural scientist
• Alenka Zupančič, Philosopher
• Slavoj Žižek (born 1949), Sociologist and philosopher

Sportsmen

• Tomaz Humar (1969–2009), Mountaineer
• Milenko Ačimovič, Football player
• Brigita Bukovec, Track and field
• Miro Cerar, Gymnast
• Boštjan Cesar, Football player
• Ivo Daneu, Basketball player
• Goran Dragić (born 1986), NBA Basketball Player
• Zoran Dragić, Basketball player
• Marko Elsner, Football player
• Blaž Emeršič (born 1980), Ice Hockey player
• Luka Gregorc (born 1984), ATP Tennis Player
• Samir Handanović, Football player
• Urška Hrovat (born 1974), Alpine skier
• Srečko Katanec (1981–1994), Football player
• Erazem Lorbek, Basketball player
• Jaka Lakovič, Basketball player
• Zlatan Ljubijankič, Football 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
• Aljaž Pegan, Gymnast
• Mitja Petkovšek, Gymnast
• Rok Petrovič (1966–1993), Alpine skier
• Jurij Tepeš, Ski jumper
• Miran Tepeš, Ski jumper
• Mateja Svet (born 1968), Alpine skier
• Sašo Udovič, Football player
• Primož Ulaga, Ski jumper
• Tomaž Vnuk, Ice Hockey player
• Aljoša Žorga, Basketball Player

People who lived in Ljubljana temporarily

• Miodrag Bulatović (born 1930), Serb-Montenegrian 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

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