List of Slovaks

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The Slovak people are an ethnic group predominantly residing in the modern-day nation of Slovakia and its surrounding areas. Slovaks have played an active role in European history, including politically, militarily, scientifically, culturally, and religiously. Ethnic Slovaks have inhabited Central Europe since the Middle Ages. Slovaks were minority citizens of Hungary, and subsequently Austria-Hungary, from the 7th Century until the formation of Czechoslovakia in 1918 by the Treaty of Versailles. After Slovak calls for greater autonomy dissolved the Czechoslovak parliament, the Slovak Republic was formed in 1993. The major language among Slovaks is Slovak.

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The page lists notable people who are citizens of Slovakia, Czechoslovakia, or are of Slovak identity, ancestry or ethnicity.

Politics

Politicians (contemporary)

Prime Ministers of the Slovak Republic:

Presidents:

Speakers of National Council of the Slovak Republic:

Other:

Politicians (19th and 20th century)

Fighters, Warriors, Soldiers and Revolutionaries

First Ladies

Religion

Notable religious figures

Religious Leaders

Science and technology

Philosophers, Polyhistors, Teachers

Linguists, Humanists and Historians

Inventors and Engineers

Aviation

Natural Sciences and Medicine

Geology, Mineralogy

Archeology

Physics

Mathematics

Computer Science

Astronomy

Astronomers (20th century)

Astronauts / Cosmonauts

  • Ivan Bella (1964) – the first cosmonaut of Slovakia (in 1998)
  • Eugene Cernan (1934) – U.S. astronaut, last man to set foot on the Moon, son of the Slovak immigrant Ondrej Čerňan.
  • Michael Fincke (1967) – U.S. astronaut, current American record holder for time in space, grandson of Margaret Hornyak Fincke

Economists

Culture

Literature

See list of Slovak prose and drama authors.
See list of Slovak poets.

Music

Classical

Composers
Conductors
Instrumentalists
Opera Singers

Jazz

  • Jaroslav Filip (1949–2000) – musician, composer, vocalist, actor, playwright
  • Marika Gombitová (1956) – singer, composer, musician since the second half of the 1970s
  • Dave Grohl (1969) – drummer of Nirvana, singer of Foo Fighters
  • Dara Rolins (1972) – singer, entrepreneur
  • Tina (1984) – singer, musician since the 2000s
  • Pavol Hammel (1948) – singer, composer, musician (reached his height the 1970s and 1980s)
  • Jana Kirschner – musician, composer, vocalist
  • Jana Kocianová (1947–2018) – singer, musician, jazzman, gospels singer reached her height the 1970s
  • Ján Lehotský (1947) – composer, musician, singer of Modus (a band having reached its height in the late 1970s)
  • Rytmus (1977) – rapper, singer, actor, member and co-founder of the hip-hop group Kontrafakt, musician since the 1990s
  • Ivan Tásler (1979) – singer, guitarist, composer, producer, musician since the 1990s
  • Peter Lipa – musician, composer, vocalist, scatman, jazzman, co-organizer of BJD (Bratislava Jazz Days) festival
  • Laco Lučenič (1952) – musician, producer, member of Modus
  • Richard Müller (1961) – the best-known current Slovak pop-rock singer
  • Vašo Patejdl (1954) – the most important Slovak pop composer in the 1980s and 1990s, singer, musician
  • Jozef Ráž (1954) – current singer of Elán (a band having reached its height in the 1980s)
  • Dežo Ursiny (1947–1995) – composer, rock singer, musician in the 1960s and 1970s
  • Marián Varga (1947–2017) – rock composer, musician in the 1960s and 1970s
  • Sui Vesan – folk musician
  • Miroslav Žbirka (1952–2021) – singer, composer from the 1970s to the 1990s

Fine arts

Painters, Graphic Artists

Sculptors

Photographers

  • Dezo Hoffmann (1912–1986) – photoreporter and photographer
  • Tono Stano (1960) – photographer; his photograph Sense inspired the poster for the film Showgirls.

Architects

Film and Theatre

Actors

Filmmakers

Law

Sports

Football

Ice hockey

Tennis

Water sports

Figure Skating

Modelsports

Other

Historical personalities

Models

Miscellaneous

See also

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