List of people from Ljubljana

This is a list of notable individuals who were born or lived in Ljubljana:

Coats of arms of 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
  • Dane Zajc (1929–2005), poet
  • Vitomil Zupan (1914–1987), writer
  • Oton Župančič (1872–1949), poet and playwright

Architects and visual artists

Statesmen, politicians, diplomats and religious leaders

Performing artists

Scientists and academics

Athletes

People who lived in Ljubljana temporarily

References

  1. ^ Slovenia's Best for Young Readers by the Slovenian Book AgencyArchived February 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Carlos, Don (Prince of Bourbon)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 344–345.
  3. ^ "Anastasius Grün" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. XI (9th ed.). 1880. p. 224.
  4. ^ Glonar, Joža (2013). "Höffern, Antonija, pl. (1803–1871)". Slovenian Biographical Lexicon (in Slovenian). Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
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