List of Famous people born in Slovenia

Rene Krhin is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays for Castellón and the Slovenia national team as a central midfielder.

Robert Kranjec is a Slovenian former ski jumper.

Primož Peterka is a Slovenian former ski jumper who competed from 1996 to 2011. He is one of the most successful athletes from Slovenia, having won fifteen Ski Jumping World Cup competitions, two consecutive Ski Jumping World Cup titles, a Ski Flying World Cup title, and the Four Hills Tournament. Peterka currently works as an assistant coach in the Slovenian women's ski jumping team.

Drago Jančar is a Slovenian writer, playwright and essayist. Jančar is one of the most well-known contemporary Slovene writers. In Slovenia, he is also famous for his political commentaries and civic engagement. Jančar's novels, essays and short stories have been translated into 21 languages and published in Europe, Asia and the United States. The most numerous translations are into German, followed by Czech and Croatian translations. His dramas have also been staged by a number of foreign theatres, while back home they are frequently considered the highlights of the Slovenian theatrical season. He lives and works in Ljubljana.

Željko Ivanek is a Slovenian–American actor, known for his role as Ray Fiske on Damages, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award. Ivanek is also known for his role of Ed Danvers on Homicide: Life on the Street and Homicide: The Movie, Governor James Devlin on Oz, Andre Drazen on 24, Blake Sterling on the short-lived NBC series The Event, and Emile "The Hunter" Danko in Heroes. From 2014 until 2019, he starred as Russell Jackson in the CBS drama Madam Secretary. He also had a recurring role as FBI Special Agent Jim Racine in the Cinemax original series Banshee.

Jasmin Handanović is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Maribor.

Petra Majdič is a Slovenian former cross-country skier. Her best results came in classic style races. She won twenty-four World Cup races, twenty in sprint races, but she also won a marathon in Trondheim in 2009. She is the first Slovenian cross-country skier to win the World Cup race, the first to get a medal at the World Championships and the first to get an Olympic medal. With 20 wins, Majdič is the second-most successful sprinter in FIS Cross-Country World Cup history and with 24 wins in total she's the fourth-most successful World Cup competitor of all time.

Žan Kranjec is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Slovenia. He specializes in the technical event of giant slalom.

Jan Polanc is a Slovenian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates. He is a two time Giro d'Italia stage winner.

Branko Ilić is a Slovenian former footballer. Usually a right-back, he also played as a central defender.