List of Famous people born in Slovakia

Vladimír Weiss

Vladimír Weiss is a Slovak footballer who plays as a winger for Slovan Bratislava.

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Peter Lorre

First Name Peter
Last Name Lorre
Born on June 26, 1904
Died on March 23, 1964 (aged 59)
Height 160 cm | 5'3

Peter Lorre was a Hungarian-American actor. Lorre began his stage career in Vienna before moving to Germany where he worked first on the stage, then in film in Berlin in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Lorre caused an international sensation in the German film M (1931), directed by Fritz Lang, in which he portrayed a serial killer who preys on little girls.

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Martin Škrtel

Martin Škrtel is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a centre back and is currently a free agent. He is a former player and captain of the Slovakia national team.

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Ivan Reitman

First Name Ivan
Last Name Reitman
Died on February 12, 2022 (aged 52)

Ivan Reitman, is a Czechoslovak-Canadian film and television director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his comedy work, especially in the 1980s and 1990s. He is the owner of The Montecito Picture Company, founded in 1998.

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Andrej Babiš

First Name Andrej
Born on September 2, 1954 (age 69)
Net Worth $3.5B

Andrej Babiš is a Czech politician serving as the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic since December 2017 and the founding leader of ANO 2011 since 2012. He previously served as Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister from 2014 to 2017. Prior to entering politics, he was a businessman.

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Daniela Hantuchová

First Name Daniela
Born on April 23, 1983 (age 41)
Height 181 cm | 5'11

Daniela Hantuchová is a retired Slovak tennis player and commentator. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first WTA tournament, the Indian Wells Masters, defeating Martina Hingis in the final and becoming the lowest-ranked player to ever win the tournament. She also reached the quarterfinals of that year's Wimbledon Championships and US Open, ending the year in the top ten. She was part of the Slovak team that won the 2002 Fed Cup and the 2005 Hopman Cup.

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Marek Svatoš

First Name Marek
Last Name Svatoš
Born on June 17, 1982
Died on November 5, 2016 (aged 34)
Height 178 cm | 5'10

Marek Svatoš was a Slovak professional ice hockey winger. He last played during the 2013–14 season in the Slovak Extraliga with Košice, the same club with which he began his career in 1999. Svatoš played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for several seasons, mostly with the Colorado Avalanche; his last stint in the NHL was in the 2010–11 season, during which he played with the Nashville Predators and Ottawa Senators after beginning the season in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) with Avangard Omsk.

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Rudolf Vrba

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First Name Rudolf
Last Name Vrba
Died on March 27, 2006 (aged 36)

Rudolf "Rudi" Vrba was a Slovak-Jewish biochemist who, as a teenager in 1942, was deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland. He became known for having escaped from the camp in April 1944, at the height of the Holocaust, and for having co-written a detailed report about the mass murder that was taking place there. Distribution of the report by George Mantello in Switzerland is credited with having halted the mass deportation of Hungary's Jews to Auschwitz in July 1944, saving more than 200,000 lives. After the war Vrba trained as a biochemist, working mostly in England and Canada.

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Martin Dúbravka

First Name Martin
Last Name Dúbravka
Born on January 15, 1989 (age 35)
Height 191 cm | 6'3

Martin Dúbravka is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Newcastle United and the Slovakia national team.

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Igor Matovič

First Name Igor
Born on May 11, 1973 (age 50)

Igor Matovič is a Slovak politician serving as Prime Minister of Slovakia since 2020.

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