# 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
* Constant von Wurzbach (1818–1893), Austrian biographer
* 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
* Carl Schütz (1745-1800), Austrian engraver and architect
* Vladimir Šubic (1894–1946), architect
* Damijan Stepančič (born 1969), Slovene painter and illustrator

## 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.
* 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.
* 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
* Johann Berthold von Höffer (1667-1718), nobleman and composer
* 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
* Johann Gregor Thalnitscher (1655–1719), lawyer and historian
* 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 Los Angeles Lakers
* 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
* 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