List of Famous people born in Slovenia

Matej Mohorič is a Slovenian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Bahrain Victorious. Mohorič turned professional in 2014.

Jaka Bijol is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hannover 96 in the 2. Bundesliga, on loan from CSKA Moscow.

Lea Sirk is a Slovenian pop singer, who represented her country in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2018.

Cene Prevc is a Slovenian ski jumper. He is a younger brother of Peter Prevc and older brother of Domen Prevc.

Simon Špilak is a retired Slovenian professional road bicycle racer.

Tomaž Gantar is a Slovenian politician. He was the Minister of Health in Slovenia from 13 March 2020 to 18 December 2020 in the 14th Government of Slovenia. He was also the temporary representative of The Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia from September to December 2020.

Vlatko Čančar is a Slovenian professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Standing at 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m), he plays as small forward.

Giovanni "Nino" Benvenuti is an Italian retired boxer and actor. As an amateur welterweight boxer he won the Italian title in 1956–60, the European title in 1957 and 1959, and an Olympic gold medal in 1960, receiving the Val Barker trophy for boxing style. In 1961, having an amateur record of 120-0, he turned professional and won world titles in the light-middleweight division and twice in the middleweight division. Near the end of his boxing career he appeared in Sundance and the Kid (1969) and then in Mark Shoots First (1975).

Srečko Katanec is a Slovenian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of the Iraq national team. At international level, he was capped for both the Yugoslavia and Slovenia national teams. Besides Slovenia, he has played in Croatia, Serbia, Germany, and Italy.

Mihael Žgank is a Slovenian-born Turkish judoka.