List of Slovene Americans
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This is list of notable Slovene Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
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Entertainment
Actors
- Ami Dolenz - actor
- George Dolenz - actor
- Micky Dolenz - actor, musician (Drummer/Singer of The Monkees)
- Mira Furlan - actor
- Frank Gorshin - actor
- Željko Ivanek - Emmy-Award winning actor
- Audrey Totter - actor
Comedy
- Anthony Jeselnik, comedian
Musicians
- Karen Kamensek, orchestral and peratic 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
- Zola Jesus, singer-songwriter of experimental and industrial 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 star - Ohio State Buckeyes and Cleveland Browns(member of 1950 and 1954 NFL Championship teams)
- Amar Alibegović - NCAA basketball player and son of Teoman Alibegović
- 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 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
- Frank Hribar - NFL Washington Redskins
- Wally Judnich - Baseball player
- Joe Kuhel - Baseball player and manager
- Les Kuntar - Ice hockey player
- 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
- 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
Journalists
- Jim Klobuchar - author and journalist
- Charles Kuralt - journalist
Scientifics
- Jerry Michael Linenger - astronaut
- Anton Mavretič - NASA
- Ronald Sega - astronaut
- Sunita Williams - astronaut
- Richard Carl Fuisz - Inventor
Military
- Ferdinand J. Chesarek - general
- Frank Gorenc - general
- Stanley Gorenc - general
- John S. Lekson - United States Army Major General
- 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
- 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
- George Voinovich[1][2] - Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, United States Senator, and Governor of Ohio
- Cheri Pierson Yecke - politician, academic
- Paul Gosar - Congressman
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
Writers
- Louis Adamič, author
- Tea Obreht, author
- Rose Mary Prosen, poet
Others
- Rado Lenček - linguist, ethnologist, cultural historian
- Joe Sutter - manager of the design team for the Boeing 747
- Melania Trump - fashion model and wife of entrepreneur and celebrity businessman, Donald Trump
- Anton Mavretič, NASA
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.