This is an alphabetically sorted list of personalities from Bratislava in Slovakia . Due to the city's former multi-cultural character, in addition to Slovaks it includes people of German , Austrians , Hungarian and other nationalities.
Coat of Arms of Bratislava
Count Apponyi, Lord Chancellor of Hungary (1846–1848)
Michaela Abrhámová (born 1993), Slovak volleyball player
Ladislav Almási (born 1999), Slovak football player.
Alena Antalová (born 1972), Slovak actress
Dimitrij Andrusov (1897–1976), Slovak geologist of Russian origin, member of the Slovak Academy of Sciences .
Stanislav Angelovič (born 1982), Slovak football player.
György Apponyi (1808–1899), Hungarian conservative politician.
Peter Aristone (born 1980), Slovak singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer.
Ján Arpáš (1917–1976), Slovak football player.
Christian Attersee (born 1940), Austrian painter.
Radoslav Augustín (born 1987), Slovak football player.
Lajos Aulich (1793–1849), Hungarian general and third Defence minister of Hungary.
Andrej Babiš, Prime Minister of Czechia (2017–2021).
Andrej Babiš (born 1954), Czech politician and businessman.
Tomáš Bagi (born 1991), Slovak football player.
Fritz Balogh (1920–1951), German football player.
Jozef Banáš (born 1948), Slovak novelist, journalist, diplomat and politician.
Alojz Baránik (born 1954), Slovak lawyer and politician.
Gyula Bárdos (born 1958), Hungarian politician.
Judit Bárdos (born 1988), Slovak actress.
Kázmér Batthyány (1807–1854), Hungarian politician, minister.
Lajos Batthyány (1807–1849), Hungarian magnate, first prime minister of Hungary.[1]
Ľubomír Belák (born 1951), Slovak musician, vocalist, music composer and TV producer.
Gabriela Beňačková (born 1947), Slovak lyric soprano.
Monika Beňová (born 1968), Slovak politician.
Klaudia Boczová (born 1990), Slovak tennis player.
Shlomo Breznitz (born 1936), Israeli author, psychologist, and president of the University of Haifa .
Peter Brezovan (born 1979), Slovak football player.
Petra Brocková (born 1976), Slovak actress and stand-up comedian.
Dagmar Bruckmayerová (born 1969), Slovak actress.
Katarína Brychtová (born 1967), Slovak actress and television presenter.
Celeste Buckingham (born 1995), Slovak singer and songwriter.
Béla Bugár (born 1958), Slovak politician.
Martin Bútora (born 1944), Slovak sociologist, writer, university professor and diplomat.
Zuzana Čaputová, president of Slovakia (2019–2024)
Štefan Čambal (1908–1990), Slovak football player.
Ján Čapkovič (born 1948), Slovak football player.
Jozef Čapkovič (born 1948), Slovak football player.
Dušan Čaplovič (born 1946), Slovak politician.
Zuzana Čaputová (born 1973), Slovak politician, lawyer and environmental activist.
Ivan Čarnogurský (1933–2022), Slovak businessman and politician.
Ján Čarnogurský (born 1944), Slovak politician.
Soňa Čechová (1930–2007), Slovak translator.
Roman Čerepkai (born 2002), Slovak football player.
Pavol Červenák (born 1987), Slovak tennis player.
Peter Chrappan (born 1984), Slovak football player.
Dominika Cibulková (born 1989). Slovak tennis player.
Ivan Čičmanec (born 1942), Slovak writer.
Jana Bittó Cigániková (born 1983), Slovak politician.
Erik Čikoš (born 1988), Slovak football player.
Jakub Čunta (born 1996), Slovak football player.
Juraj Czinege (born 1977), Slovak football player.
Herta Däubler-Gmelin (born 1943), German politician.
Anna Daučíková (born 1950), Slovak visual artist and activist.
Árpád Degen (1866–1934), Hungarian biologist, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences .
Marián Dirnbach (born 1979), Slovak football player.
Martin Dobrotka (born 1985), Slovak football player.
Ernst von Dohnányi (1877–1960), Hungarian pianist and composer.
Marek Dolezaj (born 1998), Slovak professional basketball player.
Andrej Doležal (born 1981), Slovak politician.
Erzsébet Dolník (1940–2021), Slovak politician.
Emília Došeková (1937-2021), Slovak actress
Ondrej Dostál (born 1971), Slovak politician and former journalist.
Juraj Draxler (born 1975), Slovak political scientist and politician.
Tomáš Drucker (born 1978), Slovak politician.
Ľudovít Dubovský (1918–1998), Slovak football player.
Peter Dubovský (footballer) (1972–2000), Slovak football player.
Jana Dukátová (born 1983), Slovak slalom canoeist.
Árpád Duka-Zólyomi (1941–2013), Hungarian nuclear physicist, university teacher and politician from Slovakia.
Bucura Dumbravă (1868–1926), Romanian writer and esotericist.
Filip Ďuriš (born 1995), Slovak football player.
Jozef Džubara (born 1965), Slovak football player.
Saint Elisabeth of Hungary
Ferdinand Faczinek (1911–1991), Slovak football player.
János Fadrusz (1858–1903), Hungarian sculptor.
Kristína Farkašová (born 1982), Slovak actress, singer, dramaturge, presenter, comedian, editor, blogger and naïve art painter.
Dana Fecková (born 1987), Slovak football player.
Martin Fehérváry (born 1999), Slovak ice hockey player.
Zuzana Fialová (born 1974), Slovak actress.
Peter Fieber (born 1964), Slovak football player.
Peter Fieber (footballer, born 1989) (born 1989), Slovak football player.
Gisi Fleischmann (1894–1944), leader of the Bratislava Working Group .
Branislav Fodrek (born 1981), Slovak football player.
Flora Frangepán (fl. 1743), Hungarian writer.
Fedor Frešo (1947–2018), Slovak rock and jazz bassist and singer.
Ľubomír Ftáčnik (born 1957), Slovak chess master.
Ferdinand Udvardy (1895-1945), World War I flying ace of the Austro-Hungarian Empire .
Csaba Gabris (born 1988), Slovak football player.
Tina Gažovičová (born 1986), Slovak politician.
Lukáš Gašparovič (born 1993), Slovak football player.
Lenka Gazdíková (born 1986), Slovak football player.
Martin Glváč (born 1967), Slovak politician.
Vladimír Godár (born 1956), Slovak classical and film score composer.
Jozef Golonka (born 1938), Slovak ice hockey player and coach.
József Grassy (1894–1946), Hungarian military officer.
Patrik Gregora (born 1993), Slovak football player.
Dominik Greif (born 1997), Slovak football player.
Gábor Grendel (born 1980), Slovak journalist and politician.
Edita Gruberová (1946–2021), Slovak soprano.
Berthold Grünfeld (1932–2007), Norwegian psychiatrist and professor.
Gustáv Husák, President of Czechoslovakia (1975–1989)
Zuzana Haasová (born 1981), actress and singer.
Michal Habai (born 1985), Slovak football player.
Magdaléna Hajóssyová (born 1946), Slovak soprano.
Jaroslav Halák (born 1985), Slovak ice hockey player.
Pavol Hammel (born 1948), Slovak musician, singer and producer.
Jack Martin Händler (1947–2023), Slovak conductor and violinist.
Andrej Hanták (born 1985), Slovak football player.
Lukáš Haraslín (born 1996), Slovak football player.
František Havránek (1923–2011), Czech football player.
Erzsébet Házy (1929–1982), Hungarian opera singer.
Antonie Hegerlíková (1923–2012), Czech actress, whose career in film, television and theater endured for more than seventy years.
Karin Haydu (1977), Slovak actress
Hana Hegerová (1931–2021), Slovak singer and actress.
Andrej Hesek (born 1981), Slovak football player.
Monika Hilmerová (born 1974), Slovak actress.
Arnošt Hložek (1929–2013), Slovak football player.
Andrej Hodek (born 1981), Slovak football player.
Ludwig von Höhnel (1857–1942), Austrian explorer.
Martin Hojsík (born 1977), Slovak activist, an environmental expert and a politician.
Michaela Hončová (born 1992), Slovak tennis player.
Olga Horak (1926–2024), Australian survivor of the Holocaust; author.
Katarína Horáková (born 1934), university biology professor.[4]
Simona Houda-Šaturová , Slovak classical soprano.
Lukas Hradecky (born 1989), Finnish football player.
Michal Hrazdílek (born 1995), Slovak football player.
Dominik Hrbatý (born 1978), Slovak tennis player.
Ivan Hrdlička (born 1943), Slovak football player.
Libor Hrdlička (born 1986), Slovak football player.
Martin Hromkovič (born 1982), Slovak football player.
Ivan Hrušovský (1927–2001), Slovak composer and educator.
Jana Hubinská (born 1964), Slovak film and stage actress.
Dávid Hudák (born 1993), Slovak football player.
Ladislav Hudec (born 1957), Slovak football player.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778–1837), Austrian composer and pianist.[5]
Gustáv Husák (1913–1991), Slovak politician.
Janette Husárová (born 1974), Slovak tennis player.
Max Hussarek von Heinlein (1865–1935), Austrian statesman.
Michal Hvorecký (born 1976), Slovak author.
Miroslava Jánošíková (born 1969), Czech Olympic judoka.
Miloš Janoušek (1952–2023), Slovak folk singer and music publicist.
Dušan Jarjabek (born 1953), Slovak singer and politician.
Tomáš Janovic (1937-2023), Slovak writer
Zora Jaurová (born 1973), Slovak politician.
János Jeszenák (1800–1849), Hungarian politician, noble, Inspector of the Lutheran Diocese of Cisdanubia.
Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria (1833–1905), Austrian archduke.
Lenka Juríková (born 1990), Slovak tennis player.
Martin Jurkemik (born 1989), Slovak football player.
Eugen Jurzyca (born 1958), Slovak economist and politician.
Mayor of Prague (2014–2018)
Damián Kachút (born 2004), Slovak football player.
Juraj Kakaš (born 1971), Slovak football player.
Erik Kaliňák (born 1991), Slovak politician.
Robert Kaliňák (born 1971), Slovak politician.
Andrej Karpathy (born 1986), Slovak-Canadian computer scientist
Dušan Keketi (born 1951), Slovak football player.
Wolfgang von Kempelen (1734–1804), Hungarian inventor.
Vladimír Kinder (born 1969), Slovak football player.
József Kiss de Elemér et Ittebe (1896-1918) World War I flying ace of the Austro-Hungarian Empire .
Jana Kiššová (born 1974), Slovak manager and former politician.
Livia Klausová (born 1943), Slovak-born Czech economist.
Ivo Klec (born 1980), Slovak tennis player.
Martin Kližan (born 1989), Slovak tennis player.
Monika Kochanová (born 1989), Slovak tennis player.
Gejza Kocsis (1910–1958), Czechoslovak-Hungarian football player.
Kristián Kolčák (born 1990), Slovak football player.
Ignác Kolisch (1837–1889), Hungarian banker and chess master.
Boris Kollár (born 1965), Slovak businessman and politician.
Dávid Kondrlík (born 1997), Slovak football player.
Mária Korenčiová (born 1989), Slovak football player.
Tomáš Košický (born 1986), Slovak goalkeeper.
Juraj Kotula (born 1995), Slovak football player.
Alan Kováč (born 1993), Slovak football player.
Michal Kovačič (born 1983), Slovak journalist
Emília Kováčová (1931–2020), Slovak economist and professor of employment and social development at the University of Economics in Bratislava .
Martin Kovaľ (born 1999), Slovak football player.
Jozef Kovalík (born 1992), Slovak tennis player.
Sergej Kozlík (born 1950), Slovak politician.
Samuel Kozlovský (born 1999), Slovak football player.
Denisa Krajčovičová (born 1968), Slovak tennis player.
Roman Kratochvíl (born 1974), Slovak football player.
Karl Kreibich (1867–1949), German politician in the First Czechoslovak Republic .
Marek Krejčí (1980–2007), Slovak football player.
Ondrej Krištofík (born 1966), Slovak football player.
Petra Krištúfková (born 1977), Slovak politician.
Eva Krížiková (1934–2020), Slovak film and stage actress.
Adriana Krnáčová (born 1965), Czech businesswoman and politician.
Ján Krošlák (born 1974), Slovak tennis player.
Ján Kubiš (born 1952), Slovak politician.
Karol Kučera (born 1974), Slovak tennis player.
Kristína Kučová (born 1990), Slovak tennis player.
Zuzana Kučová (born 1982), Slovak tennis player.
Jana Kulan (born 1987), Slovak-born Azerbaijani volleyball player.
Tatiana Kulíšková (born 1961), Slovak actress and television presenter.
Jozef Kundlák (born 1956), Slovak tenor.
Ľubomíra Kurhajcová (born 1983), Slovak tennis player.
Johann Sigismund Kusser (1660–1727), composer born in the Kingdom of Hungary who was active in Germany, France, and Ireland.
Miroslav Kusý (1931–2019), Slovak political scientist and politician.
Rudolf Laban (1879–1958), Hungarian dance artist and theorist.
Matúš Lacko (born 1987), Slovak football player.
Adam Laczkó (born 1997), Slovak football player.
František Lády (born 1997), Slovak football player.
Yehoshua Lakner (1924–2003), Israeli composer.
Richard Lásik (born 1992), Slovak football player.
Samuel Lavrinčík (born 2001), Slovak football player.
Ján Lehotský (born 1947), Slovak composer.
Philipp Lenard (1862–1947), Hungarian physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1905, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences .[6]
Theodor von Lerch (1869–1945), Major General in the Austro-Hungarian Army , and a pioneer alpine ski instructor in Japan .[7] [8]
Ľuba Lesná (born 1954), contemporary Slovak investigative journalist, filmmaker, novelist, and playwright.
Andrea Letanovská (born 1969), Slovak physician and politician.
Lukáš Letenay (born 2001), Slovak football player.
Ivan Lexa (born 1961), Slovak Secret Service from 1995 to 1998.[9] [10]
Miriam Lexmann (born 1972), Slovak politician.
Imi Lichtenfeld (1910–1998), Hungarian-Jewish Israeli martial artist; founded the Krav Maga self-defense system.
Zuzana Licko (born 1960), American typeface designer.
Ivan Lietava (born 1983), Slovak football player.
Daniel Lipšic (born 1973), Slovak politician and jurist.
Johanna Loisinger (1865–1951), Austrian opera singer.
Viliam Loviska (born 1964), Slovak sculptor, painter, designer, educator and organiser of the cultural life.
Štefan Luby (born 1941), Slovak physicist.
Martina Lubyová (1967-2023), Slovak economist and politician.
Malte Ludin (born 1942), German filmmaker.
Roman Luknár (born 1965), Slovak actor.
Peter Machajdík (born 1961), Slovak composer, sound and visual artist.
Alois Machatschek (1928–2014), Austrian architect, architectural historian, university professor and architectural preservationist.
Marek Maďarič (born 1966), Slovak politician.
Kamila Magálová (born 1950), Slovak film and stage actress, singer, and entrepreneur.
Štefan Maixner (born 1968), SSlovak football player.
Tomáš Majtán (born 1991), Slovak football player.
Róbert Mak (born 1991), Slovak football player.
Iveta Malachovská (born 1965), Slovak television presenter and actress.
Herbert Thomas Mandl (1926–2007), Czechoslovak-German-Jewish author, concert violinist, philosopher and inventor.
Carlos Mardel (1695–1763), Hungarian-Portuguese military officer, engineer, and architect.
Karol Marko (born 1966), Slovak football player.
Ján Markoš (born 1985), Slovak author and chess player.
Martin Maroši (born 1988), Slovak football player.
Andrej Martin (born 1989), Slovak tennis player.
Daniel Filip Mašulovič (born 1998), Slovak football player.
Róbert Matejka (born 1996), Slovak football player.
Štefan Matlák (1934–2003), Slovak football player.
Ivan Matušík (1930–2022), Slovak architect.
Zuzana Mauréry (born 1968), Slovak actress working in film, television, and on stage, as well as a musical singer.
Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806–1856), Austrian composer.
Ľubomír Meszároš (born 1979), Slovak football player.
Kristína Michalaková (born 1985), Slovak tennis player.
Marián Miezga (born 1974), Slovak actor.
Jozef Mihál (born 1965), Slovak politician and tax consultant.
Kristián Mihálek (born 2000), Slovak football player.
Viktor Miklós (born 1993), Slovak football player.
Pavel Mikšík (born 1943), Slovak architect and designer.
Roman Mikulec (born 1972), Slovak politician and former soldier, Interior Minister of Slovakia from March 2020.
Martin Mikulič (born 1985), Slovak football player.
Natália Milanová (born 1982), Slovak politician.
Ivan Mistrík (1935–1982), Slovak actor.
Monika Mockovčáková (born 1971), Slovak classical pianist.
Pavol Molnár (1936–2021), Slovak football player.
Diana Mórová (born 1970), Slovak film and stage actress.
Gustáv Mráz (born 1934), Slovak football player.
Peter Mráz (born 1975), Slovak football player.
Peter Mutkovič (born 1945), Slovak football player.
Petar Pejačević, Minister of Croatian Affairs (1871–1876) in the Kingdom of Hungary
Lukáš Parízek (born 1986), Slovak politician.
Tatiana Pauhofová (born 1983), Slovak actress.
Lukáš Pauschek (born 1992), Slovak football player.
Pavol Pavlis (born 1961), Slovak politician.
Ivan Pecha (born 1986), Slovak football player.
Petar Pejačević (1804–1887), Croatian politician.
Andrej Pernecký (born 1991), Slovak football player.
Silvia Petöová (1968–2019), Slovak actress.
Juraj Piroska (born 1987), Slovak football player.
Vladimír Pláteník (born 1976), Slovak tennis player.
Lucia Plaváková (born 1982), Slovak politician
Ján Počiatek (born 1970), Slovak politician.
Peter Podhradský (born 1979), Slovak ice hockey player.
Julius Podlipny (1898–1991), Slovak and Romanian painter.
Paul Podolay (born 1946), German politician.
Elena Podzámska (born 1972), Slovak actress.
Vladimír Pončák (born 1982), Slovak football player.
Andrej Porázik (born 1977), Slovak football player.
Tomáš Porubský (1914–1973), Slovak football player.
Oliver Práznovský (born 1991), Slovak football player.
Radoslav Procházka (born 1972), Slovak lawyer, former politician and former leader of the political party Sieť .
Iveta Radičová, Prime Minister of Slovakia (2010–2012)
Iveta Radičová (born 1956), Slovak politician.
Ľudovít Rado (1914–1992), Slovak football player.
Ida Rapaičová (born 1943), Slovak actress and former politician.
Jozef Ráž (born 1979), politician
Rudolf Rehák (born 1965), Slovak football player.
Stanislava Repar (born 1960), Slovak writer
Heinrich Reinhardt (1865–1922), Austrian composer.
Bystrík Režucha (1935–2012), Slovak conductor.
Lukas Ridgeston (born 1974), Slovak actor and director.
Marek Rigo (born 1997), Slovak football player.
Dara Rolins (born 1972), Slovak recording artist and entrepreneur.
Yossele Rosenblatt (1882–1933), Ukrainian-born chazzan and composer.
Tatiana Rosová (born 1961), Slovak sociologist and politician.
Milan Rufus (1928–2009), Slovak poet, essayist, children's writer and academic.
Viktor Rumpelmayer (1830–1885), Austro-Hungarian architect.
Adam Ružička (born 1999), Slovak ice hockey player.
Jakub Rybárik (born 1986), Slovak actor.
Orthodox Rabbi Chatam Sofer, buried in Bratislava
Patrik Sabo (born 1993), Slovak football player.
Jozef Sabovčík (born 1963), Slovak figure skater.
Eva Sakálová (born 1985), Slovak stage and television actress.
Július Satinský (1941–2002), Slovak author and actor.
Magda Šaturová (1929–2016), Slovak translator
Helmut Schiff (1918–1982), Austrian composer and music educator.
Franz Schmidt (1874–1939), Austrian composer.
Brigita Schmögnerová (born 1947), Slovak economist and politician.
Ivan Schranz (born 1993), Slovak football player.
Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers (1775–1852), Austrian naturalist.
Andrej Šeban (born 1962), Slovak jazz fusion musician, composer, producer, studio guitarist, and instructor.
František Šebej (born 1947), Slovak politician and academic.
Filip Šebo (born 1984), Slovak football player.
Pavol Sedlák (born 1979), Slovak football player.
Samuel Šefčík (born 1996), Slovak football player.
Maroš Šefčovič (born 1966), Slovak diplomat and politician.
Johann Andreas Segner (1704–1777), German physicist.
Branislav Sekáč (born 1979), Slovak tennis player.
Marek Semjan (born 1987), Slovak tennis player.
Michal Šimečka (born 1984), Slovak politician, journalist and researcher who has served as Vice President of the European Parliament.
Ester Šimerová-Martinčeková (born 1907), Slovak painter
Ivan Šimko (born 1955), Slovak politician.
Tomáš Šimkovič (born 1987), Slovak football player.
Viliam Široký (1902–1971), Czechoslovakia politician.
Radovan Sloboda (born 1982), Slovak professional ice hockey player.
Samuel Benjamin Sofer (1815–1871), Rabbi of Bratislava.
Shimon Sofer (1820–1883), Austrian Orthodox Jewish rabbi.
Dominik Špiriak (born 1999), Slovak football player.
Majk Spirit (born 1984), Slovak rapper .
Ivan Šramko , (born 1957), Governor of the National Bank of Slovakia (2005-2010)
Rebecca Šramková (born 1996), Slovak tennis player.
Ľubomír Stankovský (1951-2024), Slovak pop rock musician
Anton Šťastný (born 1959), Slovak ice hockey player.
Peter Šťastný (born 1956), Slovak ice hockey player and politician.
Pavol Steiner (1908–1969), Czechoslovak Olympic water polo player, swimmer, and cardiac surgeon.
Eugene Sternberg (1915–2005), Hungarian-born American architect.
Wilhelm Stiassny (1842–1910), Austrian architect.
Ludwig Straus (1835–1899) Austrian violinist.[11]
Milan Strelec (born 1972), Slovak football player.
Diana Štrofová (born 1973), Slovak politician
Peter Struhár (born 1984), Slovak football player.
Katarína Studeníková (born 1972), Slovak tennis player.
Zdena Studenková (born 1954), Slovak film and stage actress, and a musical theater singer.
Tomáš Stúpala (born 1966), Slovak football player.
Boris Susko (born 1970), Slovak politician.
Ladislav Švarc (born 1978), Slovak tennis player.
Kristína Svarinská (born 1989), Slovak actress and dubbing artist.
Otto Szabó (born 1981), Slovak football player.
Romana Tabak (born 1991), Slovak politician and former professional tennis player.
Peter Tatár (born 1953), Slovak parliament.
Alfred Tauber (1866–1942), Austrian mathematician.
Abraham Mendel Theben (1730–1768), Hungarian the Jewish community in the Kingdom of Hungary .
Siegfried Theiß (1882–1963), Austrian architect.
Yvonne Tobis (born 1948), Israeli Olympic swimmer.
Samuel Tomeček (born 1986), Slovak singer.
Mário Tóth (born 1995), Slovak football player.
Katarína Tóthová (born 1940), Slovak former Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia and 1st Minister of Justice of Slovakia and a long term Member of National Council of the Slovak Republic representing the People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia .
Martin Trnovský (born 2000), Slovak football player.
Vojtech Tuka (1880–1946), Slovak prime minister and minister of foreign affairs of the Slovak Republic (1939–1945) , war criminal.
Lenka Tvarošková (born 1982), Slovak tennis player.
Tibor Ág , Hungarian folk music researcher.
Matúš Vallo, mayor of Bratislava since 2018
Jozef Valachovič (born 1975), Slovak football player.
Juraj Valčuha (born 1976), Slovak conductor.
Matúš Vallo (born 1977), Slovak politician, architect, urban activist, musician, and the current Mayor of Bratislava .
Alexander Vencel (born 1967), Slovak football player.
Ingrid Veninger (born 1968), actress, writer, director, producer, and film professor who later immigrated to Canada.
Jan Vilcek (born 1933), professor in the Department of Microbiology at the NYU School of Medicine.
Róbert Vittek (born 1982), Slovak football player.
Gabriela Voleková (born 1981), Slovak tennis player.
Viktor Vondryska (born 2001), Slovak football player.
Igor Vrablic (born 1965), Slovak football player.
Miroslav Žbirka, pop star
Peter Zajac (born 1946), Slovak literary critic and politician.
Rudolf Zajac (born 1951), Slovak former Minister of Health .
Miroslav Žbirka (1952–2021), Slovak pop and rock singer and songwriter.
Ilja Zeljenka (1932–2007), Slovak composer.
Marián Zeman (born 1974), Slovak football player.
Hanna Zemer (1925–2003), Israeli journalist.
József Zichy (1841–1924), Hungarian politician.
Jana Žitňanská (born 1973), Slovak politician.
Lucia Žitňanská (born 1964), Slovak politician.
Ján Zlocha (1942–2013), Slovak football player.
Ľudovít Zlocha (born 1945), Slovak football player.
Radka Zrubáková (born 1970), Slovak tennis player.
Tibor Zsitvay (1884–1969), Hungarian politician and jurist.
Veronika Zuzulová (born 1984), Slovak alpine skier.
Zuzana Zvolenská (born 1972), Slovak lawyer and politician.
Ján Zvonár (1951–2023), Slovak physician and politician.
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