Notable Natives and Residents
List of notable individuals who were born or lived in Maribor:
- Bernhard von Spanheim, duke of Carinthia, founder of the city
- Leon Štukelj, Olympic champion
- Zlatko Zahovič, association football player
- Tomaž Barada, taekwondoist
- Sani Bečirovič, basketball player
- Danilo Türk, president of Slovenia
- Saša Vujačić, NBA basketball player
- Fredi Bobic, German-Slovene association football player
- Andrej Brvar, poet
- Aleš Čeh, association football player
- Lev Detela, writer, poet, and translator
- Mladen Dolar, philosopher
- Filip Flisar, ski cross champion
- Vekoslav Grmič, Roman Catholic bishop and theologian
- Herta Haas, second wife of Joseph Broz Tito
- Polona Hercog, tennis player
- Israel Isserlin, Medieval rabbi
- Archduke Johann of Austria, Habsburg nobleman and philanthropist
- Drago Jančar, author
- Janko Kastelic, conductor and music director
- Matjaž Kek, association football player and manager
- Ottokar Kernstock, Austrian poet
- Aleksander Knavs, association football player
- Edvard Kocbek, poet, essayist, and politician
- Katja Koren, alpine skier
- Anton Korošec, politician
- Bratko Kreft, author
- Rene Krhin, association football player
- Marko Letonja, conductor
- Rudolf Maister, military leader
- Janez Menart, poet and translator
- Guiseppe Morpurgo, Founder of Generali
- Mima Jaušovec, female former tennis player
- Tomaž Pandur, stage director
- Tone Partljič, playwright, screenwriter, politician
- Žarko Petan, writer, essayist, theatre and film director
- Janko Pleterski, historian
- Tomaž Gnyra, carpenter
- Miran Potrč, politician
- Zoran Predin, singer
- Ladislaus von Rabcewicz, Austrian civil engineer
- Stanko Majcen, playwright
- Zorko Simčič, writer and essayist
- Anton Martin Slomšek, Roman Catholic bishop, author, poet, and advocate of Slovene culture.
- Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, Austrian admiral
- Anton Trstenjak, theologian, psychologist, essayist
- Prežihov Voranc, writer and political activist
- Krištof Wildenrainer, mayor, who defended Maribor from Osmans in 1532
- Karmina Šilec, conductor
- Luka Šulić, cellist, member of the 2Cellos duo
- Jan Muršak, second ever Slovenian NHL hockey player
- Luka Krajnc, association football player
- Maja Keuc, singer
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