List of Famous people born in Slovakia
Ernest Vajda
Ernest Vajda was a Hungarian actor, playwright, and novelist, but is more famous today for his screenplays.
Erna Diez
Erna Diez was an Austrian classical archaeologist who undertook significant work on Roman art and the archaeology of the provinces of Noricum and Pannonia.
Vilmos Zsigmondy
Alois Machatschek
Alois Machatschek was an Austrian architect, architectural historian, university professor and architectural preservationist.
Jozef Barmoš
Jozef Barmoš is a former Slovak football coach and former player. He played in defence for Czechoslovakia, and won 52 international caps.
Ladislav Jurkemik
Ladislav Jurkemik is a former Slovak football player and later a football manager. He played in the Czechoslovak First League for Inter Bratislava and Dukla Banská Bystrica. Jurkemik played internationally for Czechoslovakia; he played a total of 57 matches and scored 3 goals. He managed Slovakia in 2002 and 2003.
Róbert Bezák
Mons. Róbert Bezák, C.SS.R. is a Slovak Roman Catholic prelate. He was consecrated as Archbishop of Trnava on June 6, 2009 by Cardinal Jozef Tomko.
Emerich Sinelli
Emerich Sinelli, O.F.M. Cap. was of the Capuchin Order and Prince-Bishop of Vienna.
Peter Dubovský
Peter Dubovský, SJ, was a Slovak Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Banská Bystrica from 1991 until his retirement in 1997. Dubovský was ordained as a Catholic priest on December 24, 1950 and clandestinely as bishop on May 18, 1961 by Dominik Kalata, because of the Communist Government of Czechoslovakia and the persecution of the Roman Catholic Church by the government. He died on April 10, 2008, at the age of 86.