Blaž is a masculine given name found in Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is cognate to Blaise. It may refer to: *

Blaž Arnič Blaž Arnič (31 January 1901 – 1 February 1970) was a Slovenian symphonic composer. Born in Luče, Lower Styria, Austria-Hungary, Arnič grew up on an isolated farmstead near Mount Raduha in the Kamnik Alps. He taught himself how to play ...

, Slovenian composer * Blaž Bertoncelj, Slovene dancer *

Blaž Blagotinšek Blaž Blagotinšek (born 17 January 1994) is a Slovenian handball player who plays for Frisch Auf Göppingen and the Slovenian national team. Career Club Blagotinšek was a member of Slovenian club RK Celje until 2016, when he joined Hungarian te ...

, Slovenian handball player *

Blaž Božič Blaž Božič (born 23 October 1990) is a Slovenian football midfielder who plays for Ilirija 1911. External linksPlayer profileat PrvaLiga {{DEFAULTSORT:Bozic, Blaz 1990 births Living people Footballers from Ljubljana Slovenian football ...

, Slovenian football player * Blaž Brezovački, Slovenian football player *

Blaž Cof Blaž Cof (born 5 July 1991) is a Slovenian male canoeist Canoeing is an activity which involves paddling a canoe with a single-bladed paddle. Common meanings of the term are limited to when the canoeing is the central purpose of the activity. ...

, Slovenian canoeist *

Blaž Črešnar Blaž Črešnar (born July 14, 1986, in Maribor, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Slovenian professional basketball player. He is a tall center. External links * Blaž Črešnarat RealGM.com RealGM.com is a sports website created in 2000. The site was ...

, Slovenian basketball player * Blaž Emeršič, Slovenian hockey player *

Blaž Furdi Blaž Furdi (born 27 May 1988) is a Slovenian former professional cyclist. Major results ;2008 :3rd Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano :3rd Gara Ciclistica Montappone ;2010 :1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships :1st Gran Premio Pa ...

, Slovenian cyclist *

Blaž Gregorc Blaž Gregorc (January 18, 1990) is a Slovenian professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for Augsburger Panther of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He participated at the 2011 I ...

, Slovenian hockey player * Blaž Jakopič, Slovenian skier * Blaž Janc, Slovenian handball player *

Blaž Jarc Blaž Jarc (born 17 July 1988) is a Slovenian former professional cyclist, who competed professionally between 2007 and 2014. Major results ;2005 : 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships ;2007 : 5th Gran Premio della Liberazione ; ...

, Slovenian cyclist *

Blaž Kocen Blasius Kozenn ( sl, Blaž Kocen; 24 January 1821 in Hotunje, Lower Styria – 29 May 1871 in Hernals) was a Slovenian geographer and cartographer. He has occasionally been misidentified as Slovak. The name Kozenn was familiar to generations ...

, Slovenian geographer and cartographer *

Blaž Kavčič Blaž Kavčič (born 5 March 1987) is a Slovenian former professional tennis player. He was the highest ranked Slovenian male player ever, achieving a career-high of World No. 68 in August 2012, until Aljaž Bedene began to play for Slovenia a ...

, Slovenian tennis player * Blaž Kavčič (politician), Slovenian politician and economist *

Blaž Kraljević Blaž Nikola Kraljević (19 September 1947 – 9 August 1992) was a Bosnian Croat paramilitary leader who commanded the Croatian Defence Forces (HOS) during the Bosnian War. An immigrant to Australia, Kraljević joined the Croatian Revolutionary ...

, Bosnian Croat military leader * Blaž Lenger, Croatian singer * Blaž Lomovšek, Slovene hockey player who played for Yugoslavia *

Blaž Lorković Blaž Lorković (29 January 1839 – 17 February 1892) was a Croatian economist, lawyer, political and cultural worker, and the founder of Croatian political economy. Because of his contributions, the Republic of Croatia named its Order of Danica ...

, Croatian economist and lawyer *

Blaž Mahkovic Blaž Mahkovic (born March 21, 1990) is a Slovenian professional basketball player for Helios Suns of the Slovenian League. He is a 2.01 m tall forward. International career Mahkovic made his debut for the Slovenian national team on November 24, ...

, Slovenian basketball player *

Blaž Medvešek Blaž Medvešek (born July 10, 1980 in Maribor) is a former backstroke swimmer from Slovenia, who competed for his native country of Slovenia at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece as well as at 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. ...

, Slovenian swimmer * Blaž Mesiček, Slovenian basketball player *

Blaž Mikuž This is a list of minor-planet discoverers credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of one or several minor planets (such as near-Earth and main-belt asteroids, Jupiter trojans and distant objects). , the discovery of 612,011 nu ...

, Slovenian astronomer *

Blaž Mohar Blaž Mohar (born 21 April 1989 in Ljubljana) is a Slovenian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of ...

, Slovenian football player *

Blaž Puc Blaž Puc (Chinese: 普科; 人born 29 January 1978 in Slovenia) is a Slovenian retired footballer. China Contributing two goals as Shenyang Ginde eliminated Liaoning from the 2006 Chinese FA Cup with a 2-1 scoreline, Puc was able to collabor ...

, Slovenian football player * Blaž Rola, Slovenian tennis player *

Blaž Samerl Blaž Samerl was a 16th-century politician in Slovenia when the country was under the Holy Roman Empire. He became mayor of Ljubljana in 1559. He was succeeded by Marko Pregl Marko Pregl was a 16th-century politician in Slovenia when the country w ...

, Slovene politician *

Blaž Slišković Blaž "Baka" Slišković (; born 30 May 1959) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He is regarded as one of the most successful Bosnian football managers. As a player, Slišković was capped 26 times for Yugoslavia in th ...

, Bosnian Croat football manager and player *

Blaž Škrinjarić Blaž Škrinjarić (1520s-1592) was a city notary and judge in Varaždin and a member of the Varaždin literary circle. Early life and career Škrinjarić was born in the mid or late 1520s in a place near Varaždin. After he was educated in Habs ...

, Croatian notary and judge * Blaž Trupej, Slovenian tennis player * Blaž Vrhovec, Slovenian football player *

Blaž Vrhovnik Blaž Vrhovnik (born 8 May 1981) is a Slovenian ski jumper. He competed in the normal hill and large hill events at the 1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長 ...

, Slovenian ski jumper * Blaž Zbičajnik, Slovenian football player *

Blaž Zupan Blaž Zupan (born 26 January 1968 in Postojna, Yugoslavia), is a Slovenian computer scientist and university professor. Career After finishing the Bežigrad Grammar School in 1986, Zupan graduated in computer science at the University of Ljubl ...

, Slovenian computer scientist

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