List of people from Ljubljana
Born in Ljubljana personalities
To 1850
- George of Slatkonia (1456-1522), Catholic bishop of Vienna
- Johann Ludwig Schönleben (1618-1681), Jesuit, dean and prothonotary
- August von Haller Stone (1703-1774), Jesuit missionary and
- Philip of Cobenzel (1741-1810), statesman
- Ludwig Graf Cobenzel (1744-1792), provost
- Janez Novak Baptist (1756-1833), composer
- Karl Meisl (1775-1853), an official and a playwright
- Yuri Mihevec (1805-1882), composer
- Anastasius Grün (1806-1876), politician
- Karl von Wurzbach (1809-1886), lawyer, politician and Governor
- Franz Egger (1810-1877), politician and lawyer
- Constantin von Wurzbach (1818-1893), bibliographer, lexicographer and writer
- Kamilo Masek (1831-1859), composer
- Anton von Brandis (1832-1907), Governor of Tyrol
- Zeno Graf Welser of Welsersheimb (1835-1921), officer, diplomat and politician
- Franz von Krauss (1837-1919), jurist
- Heinrich Freiherr von Pitreich (1841-1920), kuk Secretary of War
- Carlos María de los Dolores de Borbón (1848-1909), nobleman
1851-1900
- Franz Persoglia (1852-1912), history and genre painter
- Emil Heinricher (1856-1934), botanist
- Mitteis Ludwig (1859-1921), legal historian
- Ivana Kobilca (1861-1926), painter
- Anton Funtek (1862-1932), writer
- Richard Cornelius Kukula (1862-1919), philologist
- Hauffen Adolf (1863-1930), literary historian, writer and professor
- Franz Naval (1865-1939), opera singer
- Konrad Zindler (1866-1934), mathematician
- Josef Kollmann (1868-1951), businessman and politician
- Franja Tavčar (1868-1938), women's rights activist
- Carl O'Lynch of Town (1869-1942), painter
- Fritz Pregl (1869-1930), Chemist
- Anton von Premerstein (1869-1935), historian, and epigraphists papyrologist
- Waldemar Titzenthaler (1869-1937), Photographer
- Plečnik (1872-1957), architect
- Ernst Moro (1874-1951), pediatrician
- Josip Murn (1879-1901), poet
- Eduard Baar Baar - rock (1885-1967), Home Guard leaders and politicians
- Odo Neustadter-Sturmer (1885-1938), politician and chief ideologue of the Home Guard
- Milan Vidmar (1885-1962), engineer, high school teacher and chess grandmaster
- Bruno Brehm (1892-1974), writer
- Juš Kozak (1892-1964), writer
1901-1950
- Rupert Glawitsch (1907-1981), tenor
- Edvard Kardelj (1910-1979), politician
- Kos Wilhelm (1910-1995), SS- Obersturmbannführer
- Marijan Lipovšek (1910-1995), composer
- Max Marinko (1916-1975), table tennis players
- Maks Bajc (1919-1983), actor
- Rudolf Francl (1920-2009), opera singer
- Vasily Melik (1921-2009), historian
- Dietfried Müller- Hegemann (1910-1989), specialist in psychiatry and neurology, psychotherapist and psychoanalyst
- Hermann A. Haus (1925-2003), Physicist
- Črtomir Zupančič ( b. 1928 ), Professor of Physics
- Branko Elsner (1929-2012), football player and coach
- Zarko Petan (* 1929), writer
- Taras Kermauner (1930-2008), literary historian, philosopher, essayist, critic and playwright
- Lilijana Istenič ( born 1931 ), biologist
- Igor Ozim ( born 1931 ), violinist
- Janez Bernik ( born 1933), painter and graphic artist
- Franc Rode ( born 1934 ), cardinal
- Miroslav Cerar (* 1939), gymnast
- Saša Powerful ( b. 1941 ), architect
- Bruno Parma ( b. 1941 ), chess master
- Lado Leskovar ( b. 1942 ), singer
- Andrej Bajuk (1943-2011), politician
- Alojz uranium ( born 1945 ), cleric
- Vladimir Bebić (1946-2009), politician
- Lipovšek (* 1946), a concert and opera singer and actress
- Dimitrij Rupel ( born 1946 ), sociologist, journalist and politician
- Ratimir Marijan Gomboc ( b. 1947 ), artist
- Maruša Krese (1947-2013), writer and poet
- Bojan Kurajica ( b. 1947 ), chess master
- Branko Oblak ( born 1947 ), football player
- Mladen Bogić (* 1949), writer and railway railway museum designer
- Slavoj Zizek ( b. 1949 ), philosopher, cultural critic and psychoanalyst
1951
- Lev Kreft ( b. 1951 ), philosopher and politician
- Eva Sršen ( born 1951 ), singer
- Barbara Brezigar ( b. 1953 ), lawyer and politician
- Eva Jeler (* 1953 ), table tennis player and trainer
- Uroš Rojko (born 1954 ), composer and clarinetist
- Željko Ivanek (* 1957), actor
- Janez Janša (born 1958 ), politician
- Jože Prelogar ( b. 1959 ), football player and coach
- Mitja Ferenc ( born 1960 ), historian
- Anton Rop ( born 1960 ), Prime Minister of Slovenia
- Aleš Debeljak (* 1961), writer, poet and publisher
- Miran Tepeš (* 1961), ski jumpers
- Aleš Zalar ( b. 1961 ), Minister of Justice
- Vasja Bajc (* 1962), ski jumpers
- Ziga Turk ( born 1962 ), Professor of Civil Engineering and Slovenian Minister
- Primoz Ulaga (born 1962 ), ski jumpers
- Srečko Katanec ( b. 1963 ), football player
- Tomaž Čižman (* 1965), skier
- Rok Petrovich (1966-1993), alpine skier
- Valter Bonca ( b. 1968 ), cyclist
- Veronika Šarec (* 1968), alpine skier
- Mateja Svet (* 1968), alpine skier
- Nik Zupančič ( born 1968 ), ice hockey player
- Tomaž Humar (1969-2009), mountaineer
- HVASTIJA Martin ( b. 1969 ), cyclist
- Janko Kastelic (born 1969 ), conductor
- Željko Milinović (born 1969 ), football player
- Brigita Bukovec (born 1970 ), athlete
- Tomaž Vnuk (born 1970 ), ice hockey player
- Jaka Bizilj (born 1971 ), producer and writer
- Marko Dolenc (* 1972), biathlete
- Matjaž Vrhovnik (* 1972), skier
- Katarina Kresal (born 1973 ), lawyer and politician
- Ermin Šiljak (born 1973 ), football player
- Alenka Bikar ( born 1974 ), sprinter
- Urška Hrovat ( born 1974 ), alpine skier
- Marko Tratar ( b. 1974 ), chess player
- Andrej Hauptman ( born 1975 ), cyclist
- Igor Jerman ( born 1975 ), motorcycle racer
- Matjaž Kladnik (* 1975), ski jumpers
- Zoran Lubej (* 1975), handball players
- Mojca Suhadolc (* 1975), alpine skier
- Senad Tiganj ( b. 1975 ), football player
- Zoran Klemenčič ( b. 1976 ), cyclist
- Radoslav Nesterović (born 1976 ), basketball player
- Uroš Umek (born 1976 ), DJ and music producer
- Milenko Ačimovič ( born 1977 ), football player
- Katarina Breznik ( b. 1977 ), skier
- Alenka Gotar ( b. 1977 ), soprano
- Andreja Mali ( b. 1977 ), biathlete and cross-country skier
- Jure Radelj ( b. 1977 ), ski jumpers
- Vasja Rupnik ( born 1977 ), biathlete and cross-country skiers
- Brina Vogelnik ( b. 1977 ), artist
- Jasmin Handanovic (born 1978 ), football goalkeeper
- Jaka Laković (born 1978 ), basketball player
- Peter Mankoc (born 1978 ), swimmer
- Luka Žagar (born 1978 ), ice hockey player
- Petra Majdič (* 1979), cross-country skier
- Milivoje Novakovič ( b. 1979 ), football player
- Primoz Peterka (* 1979), ski jumpers
- Peter Žonta (* 1979), ski jumpers
- Ognjen Bačković (* 1980), handball players
- Teja Gregorin (* 1980), biathlete
- Robert Koren ( born 1980 ), football player
- Jože flour (* 1980), biathlete and cross-country skiers
- Robert Kranjec (* 1981), ski jumpers
- Igor Medved ( born 1981 ), ski jumpers
- Omar Naber ( born 1981 ), pop singer
- Miha Rihtar (* 1981), ski jumpers
- Matjaž Brumen (* 1982 ), handball players
- Bostjan Cesar ( b. 1982 ), football player
- Damjan Dervarič (* 1982 ), ice hockey player
- Luka Elsner ( b. 1982 ), football player
- Matej Hočevar (* 1982 ), ice hockey player
- Mare Hojc (* 1982 ), handball players
- Anja Milenkovič, ( b. 1982 ), football player
- Aleš Mušič (* 1982 ), ice hockey player
- Jure Natek (* 1982 ), handball players
- Jernej Damjan (* 1983), ski jumpers
- Lucija Grad ( b. 1983 ), football player
- Branko Ilič ( b. 1983 ), football player
- Beno Lapajne (* 1983), handball players
- Zlatan Ljubijankič ( b. 1983 ), football player
- Maja Tvrdy (* 1983), badminton player
- Samir Handanovič (* 1984), football goalkeeper
- Andrej Hebar ( born 1984 ), ice hockey player
- Andrej Hočevar ( born 1984 ), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Andraž Kirm ( born 1984 ), football player
- Erazem Lorbek ( born 1984 ), basketball player
- Dalibor Stevanovič ( born 1984 ), football player
- Ana Srebrnič (* 1984), chess player
- Peter Dokl (* 1985), biathlete
- Jure Šinkovec (* 1985), ski jumpers
- Pia Tajnikar ( born 1985 ), sprinter
- Klemen Bauer ( born 1986 ), biathlete
- Rok Benkovič (* 1986), ski jumpers
- Igor Cvetek ( born 1986 ), ice hockey player
- Goran Dragić ( born 1986 ), basketball player
- Rok Elsner ( born 1986 ), football player
- Domen Vedlin ( born 1986 ), ice hockey player
- Anže Damjan (* 1987), ski jumpers
- Lucija Grad ( * 1987), football player
- Blaž Kavčič (* 1987), tennis player
- Gašper Krošelj (* 1987), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Vesna Rožič (1987-2013), chess player
- Aleš Sila (* 1987), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Luka Lenic (* 1988), chess player
- Ziga Pance (* 1989), ice hockey player
- Anže Ropret (* 1989), ice hockey player
- Yuri Tepeš (* 1989), ski jumpers
- Anže Florjančič (* 1990), ice hockey player
- January Tratnik (* 1990), cyclist
- Ana Gros ( * 1991), Women's Handball
- Erik Pance (* 1991), ice hockey player
- Gregor Režek (* 1991), ice hockey player
- Fata Salkunič, (* 1991), football player
- Anja Tepeš (* 1991), ski jumper
- Kristina Erman (* 1993), football player
Famous inhabitants of Ljubljana
- Sigmund Zois of gemstone (1747-1819), metallurgist, entrepreneur and philanthropist
Honorary citizen of Ljubljana
Andreas Freiherr von Winkler (1825-1916), an Austrian jurist and civil servant and state president of the Duchy of Carniola