A list of notable

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Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

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* Anton Ambschel (1749–1821)

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* Franc Breckerfeld (1681–1744) * Silvo Breskvar (1902–1969)

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* Andrej Čadež (born 1942) *

Lavo Čermelj Lavo Čermelj, Italianized in ''Lavo Cermeli'' (10 October 1889 – 26 January 1980) was a Slovene physicist, political activist, publicist and author. In the 1930s, he was one of the foremost representatives of Slovene anti-Fascist émigrés ...

(1889–1980)

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Andreja Gomboc Andreja Gomboc (born 10 November 1969) is a Slovenian astrophysicist. Biography Andreja Gomboc was born in Murska Sobota, Slovenia. Andreja Gomboc graduated in 1995 at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics (FMF) at University of Ljubljana w ...

(born 1969) * Pavel Grošelj (1883–1940) *

Gabriel Gruber Gabriel Gruber, Society of Jesus, S.J. (May 6, 1740 – April 7, 1805) was the second Superior General of the Society of Jesus#Notes, Superior General of the Society of Jesus in Russia. Early years and education Gabriel Gruber, born in Vienna, b ...

(1740–1805)

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Ferdinand Augustin Hallerstein Ferdinand Augustin Haller von Hallerstein ( sl, Ferdinand Avguštin Haller von Hallerstein; 27 August 1703 – 29 October 1774), also known as August Allerstein or by his Chinese name Liu Songling (), was a Jesuit missionary and astronomer ...

(1703–1774)

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* Josip Križan (1841–1921) *

Pavel Kunaver Pavel Kunaver (19 December 1889 – 19 April 1988) was a Slovene language, Slovene pedagogy, pedagogue, writer of popular science books, geography, history and Slovene language teacher and pioneer of amateur astronomy, mountaineering, mountain c ...

(1889–1988)

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* Marijan Prosen (born 1937)

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* Uros Seljak (born 1966)

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Jurij Vega Baron Jurij Bartolomej Vega (also Veha; la, Georgius Bartholomaei Vecha; german: Georg Freiherr von Vega; born ''Vehovec'', March 23, 1754 – September 26, 1802) was a Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer. Early life Bor ...

(1754–1802)

Astronomers An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. They observe astronomical objects such as stars, planets, natural satellite, moons, comets and galaxy, g ...