Notable Slovenes in Italy Slovene minority in Italy

1 notable slovenes in italy

1.1 actors, directors , showmen
1.2 architects , designers
1.3 authors
1.4 journalists
1.5 musicians
1.6 painters
1.7 politicians
1.8 psychotherapists
1.9 religious figures
1.10 resistance fighters , anti-fascist activists
1.11 scholars
1.12 sports
1.13 others

notable slovenes in italy

notable slovenes, either born in today italy, or spent considerable part of lives in these area, include:

actors, directors , showmen

miranda caharija, attress trieste
ferdo delak, slovenian-croatian theatre director (born in gorizia)
george dolenz, actor (born in trieste)
boris kobal, comedian , director trieste
andro merkù, comedian

architects , designers

franko luin, slovene-swedish graphic designer trieste
edo mihevc, modernist architect trieste
marco pozzetto, slovene-italian architect , theorist gorizia
boris podrecca, slovene-austrian architect trieste
viktor sulčič, slovene argentine architect, born in santa croce near trieste

authors

vladimir bartol, writer (born in trieste, lived in ljubljana)
france bevk, writer (born near cerkno, slovenia, lived in gorizia between 1920-1943, , in trieste, 1945-1952)
andrej budal, writer , translator
igo gruden, poet (born in duino-aurisina, lived in ljubljana)
dušan jelinčič, writer , mountaineer trieste
jovan vesel koseski, poet (born in carniola, lived, worked , died in trieste)
miroslav košuta, poet trieste
boris pahor, writer trieste
alojz rebula, writer , essayist san pelagio (duino-aurisina)
josip ribičič, writer (lived , worked in trieste)
zora tavčar, writer, essayist , translator (born in loka pri zidanem mostu, slovenia, living , working in villa opicina, trieste)
stanko vuk, poet , catholic political activist (born in miren (slovenia), lived , died in trieste)

journalists

jurij gustinčič, slovenian journalist (born in trieste)
miran hrovatin, photographer , camera operator trieste, killed in somalia journalist ilaria alpi
demetrio volcic (born in ljubljana, lived in trieste)
sergio tavčar, sport anchor trieste

musicians

edi bucovaz, musician venetian slovenia, founder of beneški fantje folk group
marij kogoj, slovenian composer (born in trieste)
denis novato, accordion player trieste

painters

milko bambič, painter, illustrator, cartoonist, caricaturist, inventor, children s writer , author trieste
franc kavčič, classicist painter gorizia
avgust Černigoj, avant-garde painter trieste
gojmir anton kos, neo-historicist painter gorizia
zoran mušič, modernist painter gorizia
lojze spacal, abstract painter trieste
lojze spazzapan, modernist painter gradisca d isonzo
jožef tominc, classicist painter gorizia
klavdij palčič, abstract painter, scenographer, graphic designer , former director of slovenian cultural , economic union, trieste

politicians

engelbert besednjak, christian democratic politician, italian mp (1924-1929)
tamara blažina, left-wing politician, italian senator (2008-2013)
darko bratina, sociologist , center left politician, italian senator (1992-1997)
miloš budin, left-wing politician, italian senator (2001-2006), , government official (2006-2008)
ivan marija Čok, liberal politician , organizer
ivan dolinar, conservative politician, journalist , teacher
josip ferfolja, social democrat politician
rudolf golouh, socialist politician, , trade union activist
ivan nabergoj, liberal nationalist politician, member of austrian parliament
bogumil remec, christian democratic politician , entrepreneur
mitja ribičič, communist politician, president of yugoslav government (1969-1971)
avgust sfiligoj, liberal democratic politician, co-founder of slovene democratic union
stojan spetič, socialist politician, italian senator
josip vilfan, liberal politician, italian mp (1921-1929)
joža vilfan, yugoslav communist politician , diplomat
boris ziherl, yugoslav communist theorist , politician

psychotherapists

alenka rebula tuta, psychotherapist, poet, , author
pavel fonda, psychiatrist, psychotherapist, , politician

religious figures

lambert ehrlich, catholic priest, ethnologist , traditionalist theorist canale valley
pasquale gujon, roman catholic bishop, author , minority rights activist venetian slovenia
marino qualizza, roman catholic priest, minority rights activist, author , historian venetian slovenia
frančišek borgia sedej, last slovene archbishop of gorizia, born in cerkno, lived in gorizia
virgil Šček, catholic priest, christian socialist activist , politician trieste
ivan trinko, roman catholic bishop, translator , author venetian slovenia
jakob ukmar, roman catholic bishop , human rights activist trieste
božo zuanella, roman catholic priest, author , minority rights activist venetian slovenia

resistance fighters , anti-fascist activists

ferdo bidovec, anti-fascist insurrectionist trieste, executed fascist regime in 1930
lojze bratuž, composer , catholic activist gorizia, assassinated fascist squads
zorko jelinčič, national liberal activist trieste, co-founder of tigr organization
fran marušič, anti-fascist insurrectionist basovizza (trieste), executed fascist regime in 1930
zvonimir miloš, slovene-croat anti-fascist insurrectionist trieste, executed fascist regime in 1930
pinko tomažič, communist activist trieste, executed fascist regime in 1941
ivan regent, communist activist trieste

scholars

milko brezigar, yugoslav economist (born in doberdò del lago)
lavo Čermelj, slovene anti-fascist immigrant trieste; physicist, political activist , public intellectual
boris furlan, jurist, legal theorist (born in trieste)
boris m. gombač, historian trieste
ivo kerže, philosopher trieste
franc kos, historian (lived , worked in gorizia)
milko kos, historian (born in gorizia)
niko kuret, ethnologist (born in trieste)
alessio lokar, economist , essayist gorizia
pavle merkù, ethnomusicologist
avgust pirjevec, literary scholar (born in gorizia)
jože pirjevec, historian trieste
igor Škamperle, sociologist , writer trieste
božo Škerlj, anthropologist (born in trieste)
vladimir truhlar, theologian , poet (born in gorizia)
marta verginella, historian trieste
sergij vilfan, historian (born in trieste)

sports

sani bečirovič, former basketball player, italian citizen marriage
arianna bogatec, sailer
matej Černic, volleyball player
claudia coslovich, athlete (javelin throw)
lorenzo crisetig, football player
gregor fučka, former basketball player italian national team
barbara lah, triple jumper
edoardo reja, football coach
lidija rupnik, gymnast
giorgio ursi, racing cyclist
mirza alibegović, basketball player
amar alibegović, basketball player
teoman alibegović, coach , former basketball player

others

sergej mašera, yugoslav naval officier, military hero, born in gorizia
edvard rusjan, pioneer aviator, born in trieste, lived in gorizia
jožko Šavli, author, amateur historian gorizia
sigmund zois, enlightenment figure , entrepreneur, born in trieste