– writer, poet, historian, priest Tomo Križnar (born 1954) – world traveller, humanitarian, author Lovro Kuhar (1893–1950) – author Miklós Küzmics (1737–1804) – writer and translator Feri Lainšček (born 1959) – writer, poet Fran Levstik (1831–1887) – author Anton Tomaž Linhart (1756–1795) – playwright and historian Cvetka Lipuš (born 1959) – author Florjan Lipuš (born 1937) – author Franko Luin (1941–2005) – author, editor, typographer Rudolf Maister (1874–1934) – poet, military officer Mira Mihelič (1912–1985) – author Frane Milčinski (1914–1988) – poet, satirist, humorist Miha Mazzini (born 1961) – author Boris Pahor (born 1913) – author Ivan Potrč (1913–1993) – author Sebastijan Pregelj (born 1970) – author France Prešeren (1800–1849) – poet Benka Pulko (born 1967) – author and Guinness World Record setting world traveler Miha Remec (1928–2020) – author Anton Martin Slomšek (1800–1862) – bishop, author, poet and national awakener Tomaž Šalamun (1941–2014) – poet Damijan Šinigoj (born 1964) – author and translator Josip Stritar (1836–1923) – poet, author, and editor Ivan Tavčar (1851–1923) – author, lawyer and politician Janez Trdina (1830–1905) – author Primož Trubar (1508–1586) – Protestant reformer and author Josipina Urbančič (1508–1586) – poet, writer Josip Vidmar (1895–1992) – essayist and literary critic Vitomil Zupan (1914–1987) – writer Inventors Ivo Boscarol (born 1956) – light aircraft designer and manufacturer Joseph Fuisz (born 1970) – filed thirty-five patents relating to drug delivery and computer fields Richard Fuisz (born 1939) – pharmaceutical inventor of controlled release drug beads, quick dissolve tablet systems, thin film drug delivery systems as well as various medical devices, diagnostic devices and electronic mail patents Japec Jakopin (born 1951) – yacht designer Alojz Knafelc (1859–1937) – creator of Slovenian trail blaze Herman Potočnik (a.k.a. Noordung, 1892–1929), one of the founders of astronautics Johann Puch (Slovene: Janez Puh) (1862–1914) – inventor, innovator, industrial designer and manufacturer Johann Pucher (Slovene: Janez Auguštin Puhar) (1814–1864) – priest, photographer, painter and poet – invented a photography on the glass in 1842. Edvard Rusjan (1886–1911) – pilot and aeronautic pioneer Military personnel Karel Destovnik Kajuh (1922–1944) – poet and Yugoslav people's hero Alenka Ermenc (born 1963) – officer in the Slovenian Armed Forces and NATO's Chief of defence Karl Novak (1905–1975) – commander of the Slovene Chetniks during World War II Odilo Globočnik (1904–1945) – prominent Nazi and later an SS leader Anton Haus (1851–1917) – Grand Admiral of the Austro-Hungarian Navy Pepca Kardelj (1914–1990) – partisan and political