List of people from Maribor

List of notable individuals who were born or lived in Maribor:

• Maja Keuc, singer who represented Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011
• Tomaž Barada, taekwondo athlete
• Sani Bečirovič, basketball player
• Bernhard von Spanheim, founder of the city
• Fredi Bobic, German-Slovene association football player
• Urška Bračko, 2014 Miss Universe Slovenia
• Brigita Brezovac, IFBB professional bodybuilder
• Andrej Brvar, poet
• Aleš Čeh, football player
• Lev Detela, writer, poet, and translator
• Mladen Dolar, philosopher
• Filip Flisar, ski cross champion
• Tomaž Gnyra, carpenter
• Vekoslav Grmič, Roman Catholic bishop and theologian
• Herta Haas, second wife of Joseph Broz Tito
• Polona Hercog, tennis player
• Israel Isserlin, Medieval rabbi
• Archduke Johann of Austria, Habsburg nobleman and philanthropist
• Drago Jančar, author
• Mima Jaušovec, female tennis player
• Kevin Kampl, football player
• Janko Kastelic, conductor and music director
• Matjaž Kek, association football player and manager
• Ottokar Kernstock, Austrian poet
• Maja Keuc, singer
• Aleksander Knavs, football player
• Edvard Kocbek, poet, essayist, and politician
• Katja Koren, alpine skier
• Anton Korošec, politician
• Luka Krajnc, football player
• Bratko Kreft, author
• Rene Krhin, football player
• Marko Letonja, conductor
• Rudolf Maister, military leader
• Stanko Majcen, playwright
• Janez Menart, poet and translator
• Giuseppe Morpurgo, founder of Generali
• Jan Muršak, second ever Slovenian NHL hockey player
• Tomaž Pandur, stage director
• Tone Partljič, playwright, screenwriter, politician
• Matjaž Perc, physicist
• Žarko Petan, writer, essayist, theatre and film director
• Janko Pleterski, historian
• Miran Potrč, politician
• Zoran Predin, singer
• Ladislaus von Rabcewicz, Austrian civil engineer
• Karmina Šilec, conductor
• Zorko Simčič, writer and essayist
• Anton Martin Slomšek, Roman Catholic bishop, author, poet, and advocate of Slovene culture
• Leon Štukelj, Olympic champion
• Luka Šulić, cellist, member of the 2Cellos duo
• Marcos Tavares, football player
• Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, Austrian admiral
• Anton Trstenjak, theologian, psychologist, essayist
• Danilo Türk, former president of Slovenia
• Prežihov Voranc, writer and political activist
• Sasha Vujačić, basketball player
• Krištof Wildenrainer, mayor, who defended Maribor against the Osmans in 1532
• Zlatko Zahovič, association football player