Notable People
- Leopold Layer (1752–1828), painter
- Friderik Irenej Baraga (1797–1868), missionary
- France Prešeren (1800–1849), poet
- Janez Bleiweis (1808–1881), politician
- Janez Puhar (1814–1864), inventor of photography on glass
- Simon Jenko (1835–1869), poet
- Ciril Metod Koch (1867–1925), architect
- Janez Mencinger (1838–1912), writer
- Ernst Mally (1879–1944), philosopher
- Hinko Smrekar (1883–1942), painter
- Ivan Pregelj (1883–1960), writer
- Lojze Dolinar (1893–1970), sculptor
- Franc Novak (1908–1999), gynaecologist
- Peter Lipar (1912–1980), composer
- Marij Pregelj (1913–1967), painter
- Marjan Šorli (1915–1975), architect
- Davorin Dolar (1921–2005), chemist
- Zvone Černe (1927–2007), industrialist
- Boštjan Hladnik (1929–2006), film director
- Marko Pogačnik (born 1944), sculptor
- Ivan Savnik (1879–1950), industrialist and merchant
- Andrej Šifrer (born 1952), musician
- Andrej Štremfelj (born 1956), alpinist
- Borut Petrič and Darjan Petrič (1964), freestyle swimmers
- Primož Grašič (born 1968), guitarist
- Gregor Fučka (born 1971), Italian basketball player
- Marko Milič (born 1977), Slovenian basketball player
- Tadej Valjavec (born 1977), Slovenian professional road cyclist
- Aleksandar Radosavljević (born 1979), footballer
- Robert Kranjec (born 1981), ski jumper
- Vesna Fabjan (born 1985), cross country skier
- Bojan Jokić (born 1986), footballer
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