List of Famous people born in Slovenia

Slavoj Žižek is a Slovenian philosopher, a researcher at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Ljubljana Faculty of Arts and international director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities of the University of London. He is also Global Eminent Scholar at Kyung Hee University in Seoul and Global Distinguished Professor of German at New York University. He works in subjects including continental philosophy, psychoanalysis, political theory, cultural studies, art criticism, film criticism, Marxism, Hegelianism and theology.

Aljaž Bedene is a professional tennis player from Slovenia. He was naturalised British and played with this nationality from 2015 to 2017, returning to represent Slovenia in 2018.

Fredi Bobic is a German football executive and former player who played as a striker. He is the sporting director of Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt.

Amir Dervišević is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Indian Super League club SC East Bengal.

Luka Elsner is a Slovenian professional football manager and former player. He was most recently the manager of Amiens.

Tamara Zidanšek is a Slovenian tennis player.

Zoran Dragić is a Slovenian professional basketball player for Kirolbet Baskonia of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He also represents the Slovenian national basketball team internationally. Standing at 1.96 m, he plays the shooting guard and small forward positions. He is the younger brother of Miami Heat point guard Goran Dragić.

Peter Prevc is a Slovenian ski jumper. He is one of the sport's most successful contemporary athletes, having won the 2016 Ski Jumping World Cup overall title and two Olympic medals, silver and bronze at the 2014 Winter Olympics. His other career accomplishments include finishing runner-up in the 2014 and 2015 World Cup seasons, winning the 2016 Four Hills Tournament and 2016 Ski Flying World Championships, three consecutive Ski Flying World Cup overall titles, silver and bronze medals at the 2013 Ski Jumping World Championships, bronze at the 2014 Ski Flying World Championships, and bronze and silver with the Slovenian national team at the 2011 Ski Jumping and 2018 Ski Flying World Championships, respectively.

Kaja Juvan is a tennis player from Slovenia.

Benjamin Dolić, known professionally as Ben Dolic, is a Slovenian singer. He gained popularity in Germany after his participation in the eighth season of The Voice of Germany. Dolic would have represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 held in Rotterdam, Netherlands with the song "Violent Thing" before it was cancelled.