1. FAMOUS PEOPLE OF SLOVENIA
Made by Tia Skok, Saša Kočar, Neža Dolmovič
January 2014

2. France Prešeren The greatest Slovene poet Born: 3. December 1800, Vrba
Died: 8. February 1849, Kranj
Wrote: Wreath of Sonnets, O, Vrba;
Zdravljica (our national anthem),…
Job: lawyer, poet
He‘s on 2€ coin

3. Ivana Kobilica The most famous Slovene woman painter
When she was 16, she went to Vienna and decided to become a painter
Born: 20. December 1861, Ljubljana
Died: 4. December 1926, Ljubljana
Summer
Self-portrait in white

4. Primož Trubar Was the Protestant reformer Born: 1508, Rašica
Died: 28. June 1586, Germany
Born as son of miller and keymaker
Wrote the 1st book, printed in slovene
languages
(Catechismus and abecedarium)
1st page of Catechismus

5. Jernej Kopitar Publicist Worked in Vienna
He studied classical literature
Born: 21. August 1780
Died: 11. August 1844
Foreign langues he spoke: French, English, Italian
He was secretary and librarian of the mineralogical collections

6. Valentin Vodnik The 1st Slovene poet Teacher, linguist,
translator, journalist,
archeologist, astronomer,
Carniolan priest
Born: 3 February 1758
Died: 8 January 1819

7. Jurij Vega Baron, mathematician, physicist Born: 23. March 1754,
Zagorica pri Dolskem
Died: 26. September 1802
After him is called a crater on the moon
1780 – got job in army and
moved to Vienna

8. Žiga Zois Sigmund Zois Freiherr von Edelstein Born: 23. November 1747
Died: 10. November 1819
a carniolan nobleman,
natural scientist, patron of arts

9. Oton Zupančič Born: 23. January 1878, Vinica
Died: 11 June 1949, Ljubljana
Slovene poet, translator, playwriter
Studied in Vienna
With Ivan Cankar,
Josip Murn and Dragotin Kette he
considered as the beginner
of modernism in Slovene literature

10. Jože Plečnik Born: 23. January 1872, Ljubljana
Died: 7. January 1957, Ljubljana
Slovene architect
Designed: Triple bridge (Ljubljana),
Slovene National and University Library
building, parks, plazas etc.
Over the architecture he got
Impressed when he saw
the exhibition plans of Otto Wagner

11. Ivan Cankar Born: 10. May 1876 Died: 11. December 1918
Slovene writer, playwrighter,
essayist, poet, political activist,…
With Oton Zupančič,
Josip Murn and Dragotin Kette he
considered as the beginner
of modernism in Slovene literature

12. Jakob Petelin Gallus He was born on 3. July 1550
He died in Praha
He was late-Renaissance
composer
He lived and worked in Moravia
and Bohemia

13. Rudolf Maister He was born on 29. March He lived in Kamnik
(they celebrate 29. march)
In Maribor and in
Kamnik is his monument
He was Slovene military
officer, poet and political activist
The soldiers who
fought under Maister's
command in northern Slovenia 
became known as "Maister's fighters"

14. Janez Vajkard Valvazor
He was born in Ljubljana
in noble family from Italy
He was natural historian
from Carniola
His best known work is
Glory of the Duchy Carniola,
published in 15 tomes, was
together with his other
writings until the late 19th
century the main sources for older Slovenian history

15. Tina Maze most successful female ski racer World Cup alpine ski racer
two-time Olympic gold medalist
Desciplines: super-G, giant slalom, slalom, combined

16. Nika Kljun Professional hip hop dancer More than 30x world champion
Works with famus singers,…

17. Peter Prevc born 20 September 1992 Slovenian ski jumper
won a silver and a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics, a silver and a bronze at the 2013 Nordic World Ski Championships, a bronze at the 2014 Ski-Flying World Championships

18. Dejan Zavec Slovenian professional boxer
held the IBF Welterweight Champion title from December 2009 until September 3, 2011, when he lost it to Andre Berto.
only Slovenian boxer ever to hold a world boxing champion title

19. Dragič Brothers Slovenian professional basketball players Goran
born May 6, 1986
NBA
position: shooting guard
Zoran
born June 22, 1989
shooting guard

20. Anže Kopitar The best slovenian hockey player
Plays for Los Angeles Kings
His team won the Stanley cup two times

21. Klemen Slakonja Slovenian entertainer, actor and television host
He had two famous shows
He also makes parodies of famous songs and covers

22. Siddharta Slovenian five-member rock band
The most popular and famous band in slovenia
The most famous song is 'Na Soncu', which means 'On The Sun'

23. Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_Pre%C5%A1eren