List of Famous people born in Slovenia

Bojan Križaj is a Slovenian, back then Yugoslavian, former alpine skier. During his international career he competed for the then-existing Yugoslavia. He competed at three Winter Olympics.

Teja Oblak is a professional Slovenian basketball player for ZVVZ USK Praha and the Slovenian national team. She began her basketball career in her hometown Škofja Loka, playing eight years for her local team Odeja Škofja Loka. In Euroleague, she combined one season in Polkowice with three seasons for Good Angels Košice and one season in Atomerömü KSC Szekszard and in 2018, she moved to ZVVZ USK Praha. She is one of two female Slovenian basketball players to have won two euroleague champion titles.

Boris Sket is a Slovenian zoologist and speleobiologist.

Roman Jerala is a Slovenian biochemist and synthetic biologist, internationally best known as the leader of Slovenian teams that won the Grand prize at the International Genetically Engineered Machine competition several times.

Primož Čerin is a Yugoslav former professional racing cyclist. He rode in two editions of the Tour de France, one edition of the Giro d'Italia and two editions of the Vuelta a España. He also competed in two events at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Archbishop Franc Kramberger is a Slovenian Roman Catholic prelate who served as a Bishop of the Diocese of Maribor from 6 November 1980 until 7 April 2006 and as an Archbishop of the newly elevated Archdiocese of Maribor since 7 April 2006 until his resignation on 3 February 2011.

Andrej Hauptman is a Slovenian former professional road racing cyclist. In 2001 he became the first Slovenian rider to take a world championship medal in cycling when he won the bronze in the road race at the Road World Championships. After retiring from competition, he became a cycling coach: he is coach of fellow Slovenian cyclist Tadej Pogačar and also serves as head coach and head of selectors for the Slovenian national cycling team.

Nuša Derenda is a Slovenian singer who represented Slovenia at the 2001 Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen, Denmark where she achieved 7th place.

Peter Kauzer is a Slovenian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 1999.