List of Famous people born in Slovakia

Miroslav Válek was a Slovak poet, publicist and politician. He was also the Minister of Culture in the government of Slovak Socialistic Republic within the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.

Marián Čalfa was the former Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia during and after the Velvet Revolution in 1989, as well as de facto acting President for 19 days, and was a key facilitator of the smooth transfer of power from Communist rule to a new democratic representation.

Mikuláš Schneider-Trnavský KSG was a Slovak composer, conductor and pedagogue. He was popular mostly because of his songs, some becoming traditional.

Ľubor Kresák was a Slovak astronomer.

Adam Nemec is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga I side Dinamo București. In his career, he has played in 7 different countries but mostly for teams in Germany. During 13 years international career, he won 43 caps and scoring 13 goals.

Ján Babjak, S.J. Archbishop and Metropolitan of Prešov is Prešov residential archieparch and the highest representative of the Greek Catholic Metropolitan Church in Slovakia.

František Tondra was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Spiš (1989-2011), Slovakia.

Samo Tomášik was a Slovak romantic poet and prosaist.