may be concluded that their ancestors were Serbs and Croats. In old folk poetry of White Carniola, Serbian hero Prince Marko is often mentioned, sung in "clean Shtokavian". A small Serb community exists in White Carniola. Notable people Notable people that were born or lived in White Carniola include: Juro Adlešič (1884–1968), lawyer and politician, mayor of Ljubljana from 1935 to 1942 Draga Ahačič (born 1924), actress, film director, translator, and journalist Andrej Bajuk (1943–2011), politician and economist Joe Cerne (born 1942), American football player Oton Gliha (1914–1999), Croatian painter Miran Jarc (1900–1942), writer, poet, playwright, and essayist Lojze Krakar (1926–1995), poet, translator, editor, literary historian, and essayist Radko Polič (1942–2022), actor John Vertin (1844–1899), Catholic priest, Bishop of Marquette in the US state of Michigan from 1879 to 1899 Oton Župančič (1878–1949), poet, playwright, and translator References External links Subdivisions of Carniola Historical regions in Slovenia