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This is a list of notable individuals who were born or lived in
Ljubljana:
Authors
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Anton Aškerc (1856–1912), poet
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Vladimir Bartol (1903–1967), author
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Adam Bohorič (1520–1598), Protestant preacher, author and philologist
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Peter Božič (1932–2009), writer, playwright, journalist, and politician
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Ivan Cankar (1876–1918), writer, playwright, and essayist
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Peter Čeferin (born 1938), attorney, writer, playwright
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Aleš Debeljak (1961–2016), poet, essayist and sociologist
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Anton Funtek (1862–1932), writer, poet, editor and translator
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Alojz Gradnik (1882–1967), poet
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Drago Jančar (born 1948), writer and essayist
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Jože Javoršek (1920–1990), author, essayist, playwright and translator
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Taras Kermauner (1930–2008), literary historian and essayist
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Mile Klopčič (1905–1984), poet and translator
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Edvard Kocbek (1904–1981), poet, essayist, writer and politician
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Srečko Kosovel (1904–1926), poet
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Ferdo Kozak (1894–1957), writer, playwright, and politician
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Juš Kozak (1892–1964), writer
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Primož Kozak (1929–1981), playwright and essayist
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Taja Kramberger (born 1970), poet, essayist and anthropologist
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Anton Tomaž Linhart (1756–1795), playwright and historian
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Janez Menart (1929–2004), poet and translator
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Josip Murn (1879–1901), poet
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Lili Novy (1885–1958), poet
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Iztok Osojnik (born 1951), poet
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Marko Pohlin (1735–1801), author, philologist
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France Prešeren (1800–1849), poet
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Alenka Puhar (born 1945), columnist, historian, political activist
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Samo Resnik (1962–2011), Slovenian journalist, essayist, political activist, writer and poet
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Tomaž Šalamun (1941–2014), poet
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Mirca Sancin (1901-1970), composer
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Dominik Smole (1929–1992), writer and playwright
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Bojan Štih (1923–1986), stage director, literary critic and essayist
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Gregor Strniša (1930–1987), poet and playwright
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Veno Taufer (1933–2023), poet
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Ivan Tavčar (1851–1923), writer, editor and politician
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Igor Torkar (1913–2004), writer and playwright
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Primož Trubar (1508–1586), Protestant preacher and writer
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Josip Vidmar (1895–1992), literary critic, essayist and politician
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Anton Vodnik (1901–1956), poet, art historian, and critic
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France Vodnik (1903–1986), literary critic, essayist, translator and poet
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Valentin Vodnik (1758–1819), poet
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Demetrio Volčič (1931–2021), Slovenian-Italian journalist
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Dane Zajc (1929–2005), poet
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Vitomil Zupan (1914–1987), writer
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Oton Župančič (1872–1949), poet and playwright
Architects and visual artists
Statesmen, politicians, diplomats and religious leaders
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Juro Adlešič (1884–1962), politician, Mayor of Ljubljana
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Fran Albreht (1889–1963), Mayor of Ljubljana, poet
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Andrej Bajuk (1943–2011),
Prime minister of Slovenia (2000)
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Joze Brilej (1910–1981), politician, diplomat, ambassador, chief justice of the supreme court of
Slovenia until his death
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France Bučar (1923–2015), first Chairman of the
Slovenian National Assembly (1990–1992)
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Carlos, Duke of Madrid (1848–1909), claimant to the Spanish throne.
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Philipp von Cobenzl (1741–1810), Austrian diplomat
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Etbin Henrik Costa (1831–1875), Politician, Mayor of Ljubljana
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Karel Dežman (1821–1889), Mayor of Ljubljana, historian
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Anton Füster (1808–1881), Austrian radical activist
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Anastasius Grün (1806–1876), a liberal politician and poet.
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Ivan Hribar (1851–1941), politician and diplomat, mayor of Ljubljana
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Edvard Kardelj (1910–1979), Communist leader
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Boris Kidrič (1912–1953), Communist leader
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Ciril Kotnik (1895–1948), Yugoslav diplomat and anti-fascist hero
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Milivoj Lajovic (1921–2008), Australian politician
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Janez Potočnik (born 1958), European Commissioner
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Ciril Ribičič (born 1947), politician, jurist, and author
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Anton Rop (born 1960), politician
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Dimitrij Rupel (born 1946), politician and writer
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Marjan Šarec (born 1977), Slovene prime minister
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Matjaž Šinkovec (born 1951), diplomat, author, translator and politician
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Sergiy Verigin (1868–1938), clergyman
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Gregor Virant (born 1969), public servant and politician
Performing artists
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Bojan Adamič (1912–1995), composer, conductor, photographer
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Maks Bajc (1919–1983), actor
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Leo Funtek (1885–1965), violinist, conductor, arranger and music professor
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Željko Ivanek (born 1957), actor
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Lina Kuduzović (born 2002), child singer
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Peter Lovšin (born 1955), rock icon, singer, writer
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Ula Ložar (born 2002), child singer
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Rocc (born 1979), opera director
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Dubravka Tomšič Srebotnjak (born 1940), pianist and music teacher
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Zlatko Šugman (1932–2008), actor
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DJ Umek (born 1976),
deejay and music producer
Scientists and academics
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Robert Blinc (1933–2011), physicist
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Katja Boh (1929–2008), sociologist, politician and diplomat
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Miran Božovič (born 1957), philosopher
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Božidar Debenjak (born 1935), philosopher
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Mladen Dolar (born 1952), philosopher
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Joannes Disma Floriantschitsch de Grienfeld (1691–1757), Carniolan astronomer, mathematician, geographer, and cartographer
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Bogo Grafenauer (1916–1995), historian
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Jovan Hadži (1884–1972), zoologist
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Hermann Haus (1925–2003), scientist
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Peter Jambrek (born 1940), jurist, sociologist, and public intellectual
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Taras Kermauner (1930–2008), literary historian and essayist
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Milan Komar (1921–2006), philosopher
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Emil Korytko (1813–1839), Polish philologist and ethnographer
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Janko Kos (born 1931), literary historian, theoretician, and critic
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Milos Krofta (1912–2002), Slovenian engineer and businessman
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Ernst Mally (1879–1944), philosopher
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Vasilij Melik (1921–2009), historian
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Tamara Griesser Pečar (born 1947), historian
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Anton Peterlin (1908–1993), physicist
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Fritz Pregl (1869–1930), chemist,
Nobel prize winner
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Janko Prunk (born 1942), historian
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Rado Riha (born 1948), philosopher
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Renata Salecl (born 1961), philosopher, sociologist, legal theorist and columnist
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Vasko Simoniti (born 1951), historian
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Marko Snoj (born 1959), linguist
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Janez Strnad (1934–2015), physicist and populariser of natural science
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Miha Tišler (1926–2021), chemist
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Gregor Tomc (born 1952), sociologist and musician
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Milan Vidmar (1885–1962), electrical engineer, chess player and philosopher
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Josef Kalasanz von Erberg (1771–1843), botanist, historian, and collector
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Johann Weikhard von Valvasor (1641–1693), scholar, polymath, member of the Royal Society
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Egon Zakrajšek (1941–2002), mathematician and computer scientist
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Slavko Ziherl (1945–2012), psychiatrist
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Slavoj Žižek (born 1949), sociologist and philosopher
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Sigismund Zois (1747–1819), natural scientist
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Alenka Zupančič (born 1966), philosopher
Athletes
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Milenko Ačimovič (born 1977), football player
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Pia Babnik (born 2004), golfer
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Alenka Bikar (born 1974), track and field
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Brigita Bukovec (born 1970), track and field
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Miro Cerar (born 1963), gymnast
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Boštjan Cesar (born 1982), football player
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Ivo Daneu (born 1937), basketball player
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Luka Dončić (born 1999), NBA basketball player for the
Dallas Mavericks
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Goran Dragić (born 1986), NBA basketball player for the
Milwaukee Bucks
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Zoran Dragić (born 1989), NBA basketball player
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Marko Elsner (1960–2020), football player
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Luka Gregorc (born 1984), ATP tennis player
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Samir Handanović (born 1984), football player
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Urška Hrovat (born 1974), alpine skier
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Tomaz Humar (1969–2009), mountaineer
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Kaja Juvan (born 2000), tennis player
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Srečko Katanec (1981–1994), football player
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Jaka Lakovič (born 1978), basketball player
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Zlatan Ljubijankič (born 1983), football player
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Erazem Lorbek (born 1984), basketball player
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Petra Majdic (born 1979), nordic skier
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Maksimilijan Mihelčič (1905–1958), football player
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Radoslav Nesterovič (born 1976), NBA basketball player
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Džoni Novak (born 1969), football player
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Milivoje Novakovič (born 1979), football player
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Brane Oblak (1965–1985), football player
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Jan Oblak (born 1993), football player
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Aljaž Pegan (born 1974), gymnast
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Janez Perme (born 1982), retired Slovenian footballer
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Mitja Petkovšek (born 1977), gymnast
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Rok Petrovič (1966–1993), alpine skier
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Mateja Svet (born 1968), alpine skier
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Andraž Šporar (born 1994), football player
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Jurij Tepeš (born 1989), ski jumper
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Miran Tepeš (born 1961), ski jumper
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Sašo Udovič (born 1968), football player
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Primož Ulaga (born 1962), ski jumper
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Haris Vučkić (born 1992), football player
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Aljoša Žorga (born 1947), basketball player
People who lived in Ljubljana temporarily
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Miodrag Bulatović (1930–1991), Serb-Montenegrin writer
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Eugène de Beauharnais (1781–1824), Viceroy of Italy
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Gabriel Gruber (1740–1805), Austrian Jesuit and engineer
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Antonija Höffern (1803–1871), Slovene noblewoman and educator
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Emil Korytko (1813–1839), Polish ethnographer, philologist and translator
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Gustav Mahler (1860–1911), Austrian composer
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Charles Nodier (1780–1844), French author
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Joseph Radetzky (1766–1858), Austrian general
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Mirko Ramovš (1935–2023), Slovene ethnochoreologist
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Boris Sket (1936–2023), Slovenian zoologist and speleobiologist
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