This is 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
Entertainment
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
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
Jim Klobuchar – author and journalist
Charles Kuralt – journalist
Academic and scientific
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
Ferdinand J. Chesarek – general
Frank Gorenc – general
Stanley Gorenc – general
John S. Lekson – United States Army Major General
Rudolf Perhinek – captain
Ronald Zlatoper – admiral
Politicians
John Blatnik – Congressman United States House of Representatives
Joe Cimperman – Cleveland, Ohio City Councilman and 2008 candidate for the United States House of Representatives Dennis Eckart – public and cultural worker; US Congressman Paul Gosar – Congressman Tom Harkin – United States Senator Amy Klobuchar – United States Senator Raymond P. Kogovsek – Congressman Frank Lausche – Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, United States Senator and Governor of Ohio James Oberstar – Congressman Philip Ruppe – Congressman Ron Suster – Ohio state representative and judge George Voinovich – Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, United States Senator, and Governor of Ohio Cheri Pierson Yecke – politician, academic
Religious
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