# List of Slovene Americans

This is a list of notable Slovene Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Slovene American or must have references showing they are Slovene American and are notable.

## List
### Entertainment
#### Actors

* Ami Dolenz – actor
* George Dolenz – actor
* Micky Dolenz – actor, musician (drummer/singer of The Monkees)
* Frank Gorshin – actor
* Melissa Joan Hart – actress
* Željko Ivanek – Emmy Award-winning actor
* Lana Rhoades – actress
* Audrey Totter – actress
* Patrick Warburton – actor (his father is of Slovenian ancestry)

#### Comedy

* Anthony Jeselnik – comedian

#### Musicians

* Karen Kamensek – orchestral and operatic conductor
* Emily Kokal – musician from rock band Warpaint
* Joey Miskulin – Grammy Award-winning musician and record producer
* Frankie Yankovic – Grammy Award-winning musician, known as "America's Polka King", popularized Slovenian-style polka
* "Weird Al" Yankovic – comedy performer known for his parodies of popular music

#### Sports

* Mike Adamle – American football player – Northwestern Wildcats and NFL – also a television and radio sports reporter and WWE wrestling announcer
* Tony Adamle – American football player – Ohio State Buckeyes and Cleveland Browns (member of 1950 and 1954 NFL Championship teams)
* Jeff Blatnick – Olympic champion in freestyle wrestling
* Frank Brimsek – ice hockey player
* Bryant Dunston – professional basketball player for the Slovenian national team since he acquired Slovenian citizenship in 2015
* Bob Golic – American football player (Notre Dame Fighting Irish and NFL – Cleveland Browns, among other teams) – also an actor Saved by the Bell: The College Years
* Mike Golic – American football player (Notre Dame Fighting Irish and NFL – Philadelphia Eagles, among other teams) – also ESPN radio personality and host on Mike and Mike in the Morning
* Randy Gradishar – American football player (Ohio State Buckeyes and Denver Broncos)
* John Gruden – ice hockey player
* Eric Heiden – Olympic speed skater, winner of five gold medals at the 1980 Winter Olympics
* Luke Hochevar – Major League Baseball pitcher
* Frank Hribar – NFL Washington Redskins
* Wally Judnich – baseball player
* Joe Kuhel – baseball player and manager
* Les Kuntar – ice hockey player
* Sepp Kuss – professional cyclist
* Trajan Langdon – basketball (NBA and Europe) player
* Dan Majerle – basketball (NBA) player
* Ariel McDonald – former basketball player who played for the Slovenian national team in 2001 since he acquired citizenship, 2000 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP
* Ken Novak – American football player
* Anton Peterlin – soccer player
* Anthony Randolph – basketball (NBA and Europe) player
* Peter Vidmar – gymnast, U.S. team captain and winner of two gold medals and a silver medal in the 1984 Olympics, was the highest scoring gymnast in U.S. history (with a 9.89 average)
* Fritzie Zivic – boxer
* Mark Zupan – athlete, wheelchair rugby team captain

### Journalists

* Jim Klobuchar – author and journalist
* Charles Kuralt – journalist

### Academic and scientific

* Richard Carl Fuisz – inventor
* Rado Lenček – linguist, ethnologist, cultural historian
* Jerry Michael Linenger – astronaut
* Ronald Sega – astronaut
* Joseph Velikonja – professor of geography
* Sunita Williams – astronaut

### Military

* Ferdinand J. Chesarek – general
* Frank Gorenc – general
* Stanley Gorenc – general
* Joshua S. Kunch – major
* John S. Lekson – United States Army major general
* Rudolf Perhinek – captain
* Ronald Zlatoper – admiral

### Politicians

* John Blatnik – U.S. Representative from Minnesota
* Joe Cimperman – Cleveland, Ohio city councilman and 2008 candidate for U.S. Representative
* Dennis E. Eckart – public and cultural worker; U.S. Representative from Ohio
* Paul Gosar – U.S. Representative from Arizona
* Tom Harkin – U.S. Senator from Iowa
* Amy Klobuchar – U.S. Senator from Minnesota
* Ray Kogovsek – U.S. Representative from Colorado
* Frank Lausche – Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. Senator and Governor of Ohio
* Jim Oberstar – U.S. Representative from Minnesota
* Philip Ruppe – U.S. Representative from Michigan
* Joseph Stodola – Mayor of Little Rock, AR
* Ron Suster – Ohio State Representative and judge
* George Voinovich – Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. Senator and Governor of Ohio
* Cheri Yecke – politician, academic

### Religious

* Friderik Irenej Baraga (Frederic Baraga) – Roman Catholic Bishop and Missionary
* Elden Francis Curtiss – former Roman Catholic Archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska and former Bishop of Helena, Montana
* Antonija Höffern – missionary and educator
* Ignatius Mrak – Roman Catholic bishop
* Francis Xavier Pierz – Roman Catholic bishop

### Writers

* Louis Adamič – author
* Tea Obreht – author
* Rose Mary Prosen – poet

### Others

* Joe Kenda – detective lieutenant and TV producer
* Santino William Legan – perpetrator of the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting on July 28, 2019
* Joe Sutter – manager of the design team for the Boeing 747
* Melania Trump – First Lady of the United States, wife of 45th and 47th U.S. President Donald Trump and fashion model