activist Johann Katzianer (1491–1539) – aristocrat and Imperial Army commander Dušan Kveder (1915–1966) – soldier, military commander and diplomat Rudolf Maister (1874–1934) – general and poet Franjo Malgaj (1894–1919) – Austro-Hungarian military leader Johann Mickl (1893–1945) – Austrian-born Generalleutnant of Slovenian descent Leon Rupnik (1880–1946) – Yugoslav general, inspector-general of the Slovenian Home Guard Franc Rozman (1911–1944) – Partisan general and Yugoslav people's hero Film, radio and television Vinci Vogue Anžlovar (born 1963) – film director Valentin Areh (born 1971) – war correspondent and TV journalist Miha Baloh (born 1928) – actor Matija Barl (1940–2018) – actor Polde Bibič (1933–2012) – actor Demeter Bitenc (1922–2018) – actor David Boreanaz (born 1971) – actor, father of remote Slovenian descent Špela Čadež (born 1977) - film director František Čap (1913–1972) – film director George Dolenz (1908–1963) – (born Jure Dolenc) movie/TV actor, father of actor/musician Micky Dolenz and grandfather of actress Ami Dolenz Micky Dolenz (born 1945) – actor and musician, son of George Dolenz Rudi Dolezal (born 1958) – Austrian film producer and film director Mira Furlan (1955–2021) – actress, father of Slovenian descent Karpo Godina (born 1943) – film director, cameraman and montage editor Melissa Joan Hart (born 1976) – actress, mother of Slovenian descent Andrej Hieng (1925–2000) – storyteller, dramatist, film director and stage editor Boštjan Hladnik (1929–2006) – film director, scenarist and montage editor Željko Ivanek – Hollywood actor Anthony Jeselnik (born 1978) – comedian of Slovenian descent Polona Juh (born 1971) – actress Damjan Kozole (born 1964) – film director and scenarist Janez Lapajne (born 1967) – film director Jože Pogačnik (1932–2016) – film director and scenarist Igor Pretnar (1924–1977) – film and theatre director Janko Ravnik (1891–1982) – film director, pianist, composer, pedagogue, and photographer Tanja Ribič (born 1968) – actress and singer Ita Rina (1907–1979) – actress Franci Slak (1953–2007) – film and TV director and scenarist Danijel Sraka (born 1975) – film director France Štiglic (1919–1993) – film director Zlatko Šugman (1932–2008) – actor Alice Tumler (born 1978) – TV presenter, father of Slovenian–Italian descent Christoph Waltz (born 1956) – actor, mother of Slovenian descent Jonas Žnidaršič (born 1962) – actor and TV journalist Musicians and composers Bojan Adamič (1912–1995) – composer and conductor Blaž Arnič (1901–1970) – composer Slavko Avsenik (1929–2015) – composer and musician Helena Blagne Zaman (born 1963) – singer Lojze Bratuž (1902–1937) – composer, choirmaster Ciril Cvetko (1920–1999) – composer,