List of Famous people born in Koper City Municipality, Slovenia

Damir Skomina is a Slovenian UEFA Elite category football referee.

Lea Sirk is a Slovenian pop singer, who represented her country in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2018.

Tomaž Gantar is a Slovenian politician. He was the Minister of Health in Slovenia from 13 March 2020 to 18 December 2020 in the 14th Government of Slovenia. He was also the temporary representative of The Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia from September to December 2020.

Vlatko Čančar is a Slovenian professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Standing at 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m), he plays as small forward.

Santorio Santorio, also called Sanctorio Sanctorio, Santorio Santorii, Sanctorius of Padua, Sanctorio Sanctorius and various combinations of these names, was an Italian physiologist, physician, and professor, who introduced the quantitative approach into the life sciences and is considered the father of modern quantitative experimentation in medicine. He is also known as the inventor of several medical devices. His work De Statica Medicina, written in 1614, saw many publications and influenced generations of physicians.

Kristjan Fajt is a Slovenian racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team Adria Mobil. His only professional win to date came at the 2008 Tour of Qinghai Lake. He rode for Slovenia at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships.

Tinkara Kovač is a Slovenian singer and musician. She represented her country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, finishing in 25th place.

Giovanni Cernogoraz is a Croatian sports shooter. Competing in shotgun events, he won the Olympic gold medal in men's trap at the London 2012 Summer Olympics. He was elected for Croatian Sportsman of the year by Sportske novosti in 2012.