List of Slovenian Americans
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This is list of notable Slovenian Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
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Cajun · Cambodian · Chinese · Colombian · Croatian · Cuban · Czech |
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English · Estonian |
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Filipino · Finnish · French |
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German · Greek |
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Haitian · Hispanic/Latino · Hmong · Hungarian |
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Indian · Indonesian · Iranian · Irish · Israeli · Italian |
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Jamaican · Japanese · Jewish |
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Korean |
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Laotian · Lebanese · Louisiana Creole |
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Macedonian · Mexican |
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Native American · Native Hawaiian · Nicaraguan · Nigerian · Norwegian |
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Pakistani · Palestinian · Polish · Portuguese · Puerto Ricans |
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Romanian · Russian · Rusyn |
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Salvadoran · Scotch-Irish · Scottish · Serbian · Slovak · Slovenian · Spanish · Sri Lankan · Swedish · Swiss |
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Taiwanese · Turkish |
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Ukrainian |
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Vietnamese |
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Welsh |
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[edit] List
[edit] Entertainment
[edit] Actors
- Ami Dolenz - actress
- George Dolenz - actor
- Micky Dolenz - actor, musician (Drummer/Singer of "The Monkees")
- Frank Gorshin - actor
- Željko Ivanek - Emmy-Award winning actor
[edit] Musicians
- Karen Kamensek - Orchestral and Operatic Conductor
- Joey Miskulin - (Grammy Award-winning Musician / Record Producer)
- "Weird Al" Yankovic - Grammy Award-winning musician and comedian
- Frankie Yankovic - Grammy Award-winning musician, known as "America's Polka King", popularized Slovenian-style polka
[edit] 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 star - Ohio State Buckeyes and Cleveland Browns(member of 1950 and 1954 NFL Championship teams)
- Frank Brimsek - ice hockey player
- Bob Golic - American football star (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 star (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 star (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 - athlete, Major League Baseball pitcher
- Wally Judnich - Baseball player
- Joe Kuhel - Baseball player and manager
- Les Kuntar - Ice hockey player
- Ken Novak - American football player
- Anton Peterlin - soccer 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
[edit] Journalist
[edit] Scientifics
- Jerry Michael Linenger - astronaut
- Anton Mavretič - NASA
- Ronald Sega - astronaut
- Sunita Williams - astronaut
- Richard Carl Fuisz - Inventor
[edit] Military
- Ferdinand J. Chesarek - general
- John S. Lekson - United States Army Major General
- Ronald Zlatoper - admiral
[edit] Politician
- John Blatnik - Congressman United States House of Representatives
- Joe Cimperman - Cleveland, Ohio City Councilman and 2008 candidate for the United States House of Representatives
- Tom Harkin - United States Senator
- Amy Klobuchar - United States Senator
- Raymond P. Kogovsek - Congressman
- Frank Lausche - United States Senator and Governor of Ohio
- James Oberstar - Congressman
- Philip Ruppe - Congressman
- George Voinovich[1][2] - Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, United States Senator, and Governor of Ohio
- Cheri Pierson Yecke - politician, academic
[edit] 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
- Ignatius Mrak - Roman Catholic bishop
- Francis Xavier Pierz - Roman Catholic bishop
[edit] Writers
- Louis Adamič, author
- Rose Mary Prosen, poetess
[edit] Others
- Rado Lenček - linguist, ethnologist, cultural historian
- Joe Sutter - father of the Boeing 747
- Melania Trump - fashion model and wife of entrepreneur and celebrity businessman, Donald Trump
[edit] 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.
