• Source: List of Slovene Americans

This is a list of notable Slovene Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Slovene American or must have references showing they are Slovene American and are notable.




List






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Actors

Ami Dolenz – actor
George Dolenz – actor
Micky Dolenz – actor, musician (drummer/singer of The Monkees)
Frank Gorshin – actor
Melissa Joan Hart – actress
Željko Ivanek – Emmy Award-winning actor
Lana Rhoades – actress
Audrey Totter – actress
Patrick Warburton – actor (his father is of Slovenian ancestry)



Comedy

Anthony Jeselnik – comedian



Musicians

Karen Kamensek – orchestral and operatic conductor
Emily Kokal – musician from rock band Warpaint
Joey Miskulin – Grammy Award-winning musician and record producer
Frankie Yankovic – Grammy Award-winning musician, known as "America's Polka King", popularized Slovenian-style polka
"Weird Al" Yankovic – comedy performer known for his parodies of popular music



Sports

Mike Adamle – American football player – Northwestern Wildcats and NFL – also a television and radio sports reporter and WWE wrestling announcer
Tony Adamle – American football player – Ohio State Buckeyes and Cleveland Browns (member of 1950 and 1954 NFL Championship teams)
Jeff Blatnick – Olympic champion in freestyle wrestling
Frank Brimsek – ice hockey player
Bryant Dunston – professional basketball player for the Slovenian national team since he acquired Slovenian citizenship in 2015
Bob Golic – American football player (Notre Dame Fighting Irish and NFL – Cleveland Browns, among other teams) – also an actor Saved by the Bell: The College Years
Mike Golic – American football player (Notre Dame Fighting Irish and NFL – Philadelphia Eagles, among other teams) – also ESPN radio personality and host on Mike and Mike in the Morning
Randy Gradishar – American football player (Ohio State Buckeyes and Denver Broncos)
John Gruden – ice hockey player
Eric Heiden – Olympic speed skater, winner of five gold medals at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Luke Hochevar – Major League Baseball pitcher
Frank Hribar – NFL Washington Redskins
Wally Judnich – baseball player
Joe Kuhel – baseball player and manager
Les Kuntar – ice hockey player
Sepp Kuss – professional cyclist
Trajan Langdon – basketball (NBA and Europe) player
Dan Majerle – basketball (NBA) player
Ariel McDonald – former basketball player who played for the Slovenian national team in 2001 since he acquired citizenship, 2000 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP
Ken Novak – American football player
Anton Peterlin – soccer player
Anthony Randolph – basketball (NBA and Europe) player
Peter Vidmar – gymnast, U.S. team captain and winner of two gold medals and a silver medal in the 1984 Olympics, was the highest scoring gymnast in U.S. history (with a 9.89 average)
Fritzie Zivic – boxer
Mark Zupan – athlete, wheelchair rugby team captain




= Journalists

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Jim Klobuchar – author and journalist
Charles Kuralt – journalist




= Academic and scientific

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Richard Carl Fuisz – inventor
Rado Lenček – linguist, ethnologist, cultural historian
Jerry Michael Linenger – astronaut
Ronald Sega – astronaut
Joseph Velikonja – professor of geography
Sunita Williams – astronaut




= Military

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Ferdinand J. Chesarek – general
Frank Gorenc – general
Stanley Gorenc – general
Joshua S. Kunch – major
John S. Lekson – United States Army major general
Rudolf Perhinek – captain
Ronald Zlatoper – admiral




= Politicians

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John Blatnik – U.S. Representative from Minnesota
Joe Cimperman – Cleveland, Ohio city councilman and 2008 candidate for U.S. Representative
Dennis E. Eckart – public and cultural worker; U.S. Representative from Ohio
Paul Gosar – U.S. Representative from Arizona
Tom Harkin – U.S. Senator from Iowa
Amy Klobuchar – U.S. Senator from Minnesota
Ray Kogovsek – U.S. Representative from Colorado
Frank Lausche – Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. Senator and Governor of Ohio
Jim Oberstar – U.S. Representative from Minnesota
Philip Ruppe – U.S. Representative from Michigan
Joseph Stodola – Mayor of Little Rock, AR
Ron Suster – Ohio State Representative and judge
George Voinovich – Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. Senator and Governor of Ohio
Cheri Yecke – politician, academic




= Religious

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Friderik Irenej Baraga (Frederic Baraga) – Roman Catholic Bishop and Missionary
Elden Francis Curtiss – former Roman Catholic Archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska and former Bishop of Helena, Montana
Antonija Höffern – missionary and educator
Ignatius Mrak – Roman Catholic bishop
Francis Xavier Pierz – Roman Catholic bishop




= Writers

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Louis Adamič – author
Tea Obreht – author
Rose Mary Prosen – poet




= Others

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Joe Kenda – detective lieutenant and TV producer
Santino William Legan – perpetrator of the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting on July 28, 2019
Joe Sutter – manager of the design team for the Boeing 747
Melania Trump – former First Lady of the United States, wife of 45th U.S. President Donald Trump and fashion model




References



Gobetz, E. 2009. Slovenians made a difference in America and the World. Slovenian American Times, Vol. 1, Issue 7, Pages 1; 15. 23 May 2009.

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