Notable Residents
- Hermann II of Celje (1365–1435), Count of Celje, Ortenburg and Seger
- Anna of Celje (1381–1416), second wife of Jogaila - king of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania
- Barbara of Celje (1390/1395-1451), second wife of Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor
- Ulrich II of Celje (1406–1456), Count of Celje
- Thomas Berlower (Thomas of Cilli) (1421–1496), Bishop of Konstanz from 1491–1496
- Ambrosy of Belaya Crintsa (Ambrosy of Belaya Crintsa) (1791–1863), Old Believers Bishop
- Johann Krainz(1847–1907), Austrian writer ("Hans von der Sann")
- Vatroslav Oblak (1864–1896), linguist
- Josip Tominšek (1872–1954), linguist and alpinist
- Cvetko Golar (1879–1965), poet and author
- Margarete Weinhandl(1880–1975), Austrian writer
- Vladimir Levstik (1886–1957), author and translator
- August Friedrich Seebacher (1887–1940), painter and graphic artist
- Alma Karlin (1889–1950), traveller, author, poet, and collector
- Anica Černej (1900–1944), poet, author, and schoolmistress
- Thea Gammelin (1906–1988), painter
- Igor Grdina (born 1965), historian, literary historian and librettist
- Josef Kaiser (1910–1991), architect
- Darinka Pavletič-Lorenčak (born 1924), painter and graphic artist, poet, honorary citizen of Celje
- Andrej Hieng (born 1925), author
- Lojze Rozman (1930–1997), actor
- Milan Pogačnik (born 1946), politician
- Janez Drozg (1933–2005), film director
- Emerik Bernard (born 1937), painter
- Janez K. Lapajne (1937-2012), geophysicist and seismologist (born in Celje, not a resident)
- Janez Drnovšek (1950–2008), politician, statesman, and third president of Slovenia
- Bina Štampe Žmavc (born 1951), poet and author
- Brina Zupančič (born 1953), pianist and composer
- Jelko Kacin (born 1955), politician
- Oto Pestner (born 1956), musician and singer
- Romana Jordan Cizelj (born 1966), physicist and politician
- Janez Lapajne (born 1967), film director (born in Celje, not a resident)
- Gregor Cankar (born 1975), athlete
- Jolanda Čeplak (born 1976), athlete
- Urška Žolnir (born 1981), judoist
- Beno Udrih (born 1982), basketball player
- Lucija Polavder (born 1984), judoka
- Vita Mavrič, chanteuse and singer
- Janko Orožen, historian
- Andreja Rihter, minister of culture of Slovenia
- Draža Mihailović (1893–1946), Serbian resistance leader
- Bogumil Vošnjak (1882–1955), scholar, politician, diplomat
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