List of Famous people born in Ljubljana City Municipality, Slovenia

Matija Gogala is a Slovene entomologist, working mainly in the fields of insect bioacoustics, physiology and taxonomy.

Werner Roth is a retired American professional soccer defender.

Boris Sket is a Slovenian zoologist and speleobiologist.

Maja Pohar Perme is a former Slovenian badminton player from Olimpija club. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Her brother Andrej Pohar also a professional badminton player, and the duo played in the mixed doubles event. She won 33 times National Championships title, 10 in the women's singles, 9 in the women's doubles, and 14 in the mixed doubles event.

Igor Bavčar is a Slovenian politician and manager. He rose to prominence during the Slovenian spring, when he served as chairman of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, the largest independent civil society movement in the Socialist Republic of Slovenia. He was the Slovenian Minister of Interior during the Slovenian war of independence in June 1991, and coordinated Slovenian defence forces together with the Minister of Defence Janez Janša. He remained one of the most influential political figures in Slovenia until 1992, and remained an important member of the political establishment until 2002, when he left politics to engage in the private sector.

Dimitrij Rupel is a Slovenian politician.

Primož Čerin is a Yugoslav former professional racing cyclist. He rode in two editions of the Tour de France, one edition of the Giro d'Italia and two editions of the Vuelta a España. He also competed in two events at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Andrej Hauptman is a Slovenian former professional road racing cyclist. In 2001 he became the first Slovenian rider to take a world championship medal in cycling when he won the bronze in the road race at the Road World Championships. After retiring from competition, he became a cycling coach: he is coach of fellow Slovenian cyclist Tadej Pogačar and also serves as head coach and head of selectors for the Slovenian national cycling team.