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, 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
• 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)
• 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
• 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), filmmaker, actor, writer
• Zofija Borštnik (1868–1948), actress
• 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
• 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

Sportsmen

• 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, NBA 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
• 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
• Aljaž Pegan, gymnast
• Mitja Petkovšek, gymnast
• Rok Petrovič (1966–1993), alpine skier
• Mateja Svet (born 1968), alpine skier
• Jurij Tepeš, ski jumper
• Miran Tepeš, ski jumper
• 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