- Pavol Demitra
Pavol Demitra is a Slovakian professional ice hockey player. He plays right wing and centre. He is currently playing for the Minnesota Wild.
- Marek Zagrapan
Marek Zagrapan is a Slovakian ice hockey center. He was drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the first round, 13th overall, in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. After playing two seasons in the Czech Extraliga with HC Zlín, Zagrapan came to North America. Zagrapan played two seasons in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with the Chicoutimi Saguenéens.
- Ivan Reitman
Ivan Reitman is a Slovakian-born, Canadian-raised jewish film actor, producer, and director. He is most remembered for directing and producing a string of comedies, mostly in the 1980s and 1990s. Reitman worked on a number of films after graduating from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He produced two films for director David Cronenberg with "Shivers/They Came from Within/The Parasite Murders" (1974) and "Rabid" (1976).
- Martin Škrtel
Martin Škrtel is a Slovakian defender who currently plays for Zenit St. Petersburg in the Russian Premier League, and for the Slovakia national team. Škrtel was born in Handlova, Slovakia, making his debut for FC Zenit in a Russian Cup Match, in 2004.
- Kevin Harmse
Kevin Harmse is a professional soccer player currently plays for the Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer. Raised in British Columbia, Harmse was drafted by the Vancouver Whitecaps in 2002 but transferred to Tromsø I.L. in the Norwegian Premier League (Tippeligaen). He did not see much playing time, so he returned to the Whitecaps in 2004, where he gradually worked himself to become a cornerstone of the Whitecaps defense, playing in 36 games and scoring once.
- Szilárd Németh
Szilárd 'The Slovakian Express' Németh is an ethnic Hungarian professional Slovakian footballer currently playing for German club Alemannia Aachen. Németh started his career with Slovan Bratislava, before moving to eastern Slovakian club FC Košice. At both of these clubs he achieved impressive goalscoring feats and earned a loan move to the giants of the region, Czech team Sparta Prague. From here he moved back to Slovakia with one of the top teams of the country, …
- Matej Jurco
Matej Jurco (born August 8 1984 in Poprad) is an Slovakian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour Team Milram.
- Ján Ďurica
Ján Ďurica is a Slovakian footballer, currently playing for FC Saturn Moscow Oblast in Russia. He plays for the Slovakia national football team. At international level, he played 15 mahces for the Slovakia national football team.
- Jozef Vengloš
Jozef Vengloš is a Slovakian football coach with a wealth of coaching experience at the highest level, having coached in a number of countries. He has a Doctorate in Physical Education, as well as specialising in Psychology. He has been selected by FIFA on various occasions to lecture at the FIFA Academies throughout the world. Venglos played as a midfielder for Slovan Bratislava 1954-1966. He later captained the team and played for Czechoslovakia.
- Eyþór Guðjónsson
Eyþór Guðjónsson, often anglicized as Eythor Gudjonsson, is an Icelandic actor. He stands 6'3" (1.91 meters) tall. Guðjónsson was born in Iceland. He got his first big role in the 2006 horror movie "Hostel", where he plays an Icelandic backpacker named Óli famous for his catchphrase, "King of the Swing", …
- Filip Šebo
Filip Šebo is a Slovak footballer currently playing for Scottish Premier League club Rangers. Šebo started his professional career with German team FC Köln. He did not make a first team appearance, playing his games for the reserve side "Köln II". He moved to Slovakian side Inter Bratislava in 2003 after being released from FC Köln.
- Ľubomir Višňovský
Ľubomír Višňovský (Born August 11, 1976 in Topoľčany, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia), is a Slovakian professional ice hockey defenseman.
- Linda Vojtova
Linda Vojtova (born June 22, 1985 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovakian supermodel. She was the winner of Elite Model Look in 2000, when she was 15. Since then, she has been appearing in various model magazines including but not limiting to "Vogue", "Elle", "Glamour", "Amica", "The European Magazine", "Surface". She is best known for her collaboration with German lingerie brand Palmers, and Victoria's Secret.
- Branko Radivojevič
Branko Radivojevič is a Slovakian ice hockey forward, on fathers side of Serb origin
- Vladimír Godár
Vladimír Godár is a Slovakian composer who is active in the fields of contemporary classical music and film music. He is also known for his collaboration with the Czech violinist, singer and composer Iva Bittová. As an academic, he is a writer, editor and translator of books on historical music research. He has been responsible for reviving the music and reputation of 19th Century Slovakian composer Ján Levoslav Bella.
- Vladimir Leitner
Vladimir Leitner (born on June 28, 1974) is a Slovakian footballer (defender]) playing currently in MSK Zilina. Leitner is also a former Slovakia national football team player.
- Dominik Graňák
Dominik Graňák, is a professional Slovakian ice hockey player. He is currently playing for the Färjestads BK in the Elitserien. He joined the club in April 2007. Before joining Färjestad did he play for HC Slavia Praha. He has represented Slovakia in four World Championships, including 2007.
- Jorge Fucile
Jorge Ciro Fucile Perdomo (born 19 November 1984 in Montevideo) is an Uruguayan football player currently playing for FC Porto. He was loaned for one season to the Portuguese team on 31<sup><small>st</small><;/sup> August 2006, the last day of the transfer window. He quickly gained a spot in FC Porto on the right side of defense, a situation also aided by an internal punishment that the coach Jesualdo Ferreira gave to Bosingwa.
- Rastislav Staňa
Rastislav Staňa is a Slovakian professional ice hockey goaltender who was drafted by the Washington Capitals in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, 193rd overall. He currently plays for Linköpings HC of Sweden's Elitserien.
- Martin Petráš
Martin Petráš is a Slovakian football defender who, as of 2007, is playing for Treviso. He measures 186 cm, weighing 82 kg.
- Vladimír Kinder
Vladimír Kinder is a retired Slovakian footballer. He is most notable for his spell playing as a midfielder with Middlesbrough in England between 1996 and 1999. He helped them reach three domestic cup finals as well as win promotion to the Premier League. He earned 1 cap for Czechoslovakia and 39 caps for Slovakia.
- Igor Bališ
Igor Bališ is a Slovakian footballer who played for West Bromwich Albion in England. He has also appeared for Slovan Bratislava and Spartak Trnava, as well as the Slovakia national team. Bališ converted a dramatic stoppage time penalty against Bradford City in the penultimate game of the 2001-02 season, which put Albion on the brink of promotion to the F.A. Premiership. After completing a season in the Premiership with Albion, …
- Dušan Uhrin
Dušan Uhrin is a Czech and Slovakian football coach. Although he was born in the Nitra District in Slovakia, he has been living in Prague since he was 16 years old. He coached the Czech Republic national football team at the 1996 UEFA European Championship, where the Czech Republic was silver. During his coaching career Dušan Uhrin was a coach of Sparta Praha (Czech Republic), FC Hradec Králové (Czech Republic), Rudá Hvězda Brno (Czech Republic), …
- Paul Popowich
Paul Popowich (born March 2, 1973 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada), is a Canadian actor of Ukrainian and Slovakian origin. Popowich was born in Hamilton and was raised in Stoney Creek, Ontario. In high school, he studied dramatic art and played classical piano. He made his beginning in the cinematography at age of 15, when he received his first professional role as Cass in the movie Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller.
- Chris Jansing
Chris Jansing was born Christine Kapostasy on January 30, 1957 (source: oldest sister and first cousin confirmation, both having been born in 1937 and 20 years of age when Chris was born). She is the youngest of 12 children of Joseph and Tilly Kapostasy, of Hungarian and Slovakian extraction. She hails from Fairport Harbor, Ohio. Jansing is an American TV news anchor and correspondent.
- Miroslav Hýll
Miroslav Hýll is a Slovakian football goalkeeper who currently plays for Bargh Shiraz F.C. and previously the Slovakia national football team.
- Richard Riszdorfer
Richard Riszdorfer is a Slovakian flatwater canoer, who won an Olympic bronze medal in K-4 1000 m at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He has won a total of five World and six European titles, all in the four-man (K-4) kayak. "Rici", the younger brother of team-mate Michal, is a member of the ŠKP Bratislava club. He is 181 cm (5'11") tall and weighs 80 kg (176 lbs). He has been a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program since August 2002.
- Martin Bajčičák
Martin Bajčičák is a Slovakian cross country skier who has been competing since 1994. His best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was fourth in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit in 2005. Bajčičák's best finish at the Winter Olympics was also in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit, though it was eighth in 2006. His only individual World Cup victory came in 15 km event in Germany in 2005.
- Radek Ťoupal
Radek Ťoupal is a former ice hockey player. His debut in Czechoslovak ice hockey league came in season 1982/1983, playing for HC České Budějovice, when he was only 16. During an army duty spent two years playing for slovakian club HC Dukla Trenčín. He played on 1992 Bronze Medal winning Olympic ice hockey team for Czechoslovakia and also on Bronze Medal winning 1993 World Championships. Drafted 6th round draft choice of the Edmonton Oilers in 1987.
- Roman Tvrdoň
Roman Tvrdoň is a Slovakian ice hockey player who was drafted in 1999 by the Washington Capitals. Tvrdoň currently plays hockey in Europe for the slovak club HC Slovan Bratislava.
- Juraj Sviatko
Juraj Sviatko (born October 22, 1980 in Kosice, Slovakia) is a Slovakian figure skater. He is the six time national champion and four time national silver medalist. His highest placement at an ISU Championship was 8th at the 1998 World Junior Figure Skating Championships. As a senior, his highest placement was 17th at the 2002 European Figure Skating Championships.
- Igor Macypura
Igor Macypura (born April 10, 1985 in Kiev, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian figure skater who currently competes internationally for Slovakia. He has also competed for the United States. He is the 2005 and 2007 Slovak national champion. His highest placement at an ISU championship is 27th, which he achieved at the 2006 World Figure Skating Championships. He is the 2006 Ondrej Nepela Memorial bronze medalist.
- Zuzana Babiaková
Zuzana Babiaková is a Slovakian figure skater. She is a multiple Slovakian national champion and competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics, where she placed 21st. She won the Golden Spin of Zagreb in 2003 and the bronze at the Ondrej Nepela Memorial in 2004. She is married and has one son.
- Róbert Erban
Róbert Erban is a Slovakian flatwater canoer and current (2006) world champion in the kayak K4 500m. A regular finalist at world and European championships since the early nineties Erban competed in three Olympic Games (1992,1996 and 2000) and was unlucky to finish in fourth place twice.
- Ivan Kinčík
Ivan Kinčík is a Slovakian figure skater. He is a three-time national silver medalist and three-time national bronze medalist.
- Robert Kazimir
Robert Kazimir (born March 30, 1978) is a Slovakian figure skater. He is a four time national champion. He competed for Slovakia at the 1998 Winter Olympics, where he placed 26th. His highest placement at an ISU championship was 10th at the 2001 European Figure Skating Championships. Early in his career, Kazimir was coached by Jozef Sabovcik.
- Róbert Szelepcsényi
Róbert Szelepcsényi was a Slovakian student, member of the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics of Comenius University in Bratislava. His results on the closure of nondeterministic space under complement, independently obtained in 1987 also by Neil Immerman (the result known as the Immerman-Szelepcsényi theorem), brought the Gödel Prize of ACM and EATCS to both of them in 1995.
- Enrico Cardoso Nazaré
Enrico Cardoso Nazaré is a Brazilian football player, currently at Djurgårdens IF in Sweden. The talented young midfielder, who played for Ipatinga and Atlético Mineiro, joined the club during the summer of 2006 when the the transfer window was open. He played in DIF's qualifier for the UEFA Champions League against Slovakian counter parts MFK Ružomberok, but a fatal mistake from Nazaré gave the Slovakians the overall victory.
- Lucia Starovičová
Lucia Starovičová is a Slovakian figure skater. She is the 2001-2005 national bronze medallist. Her highest placement at an ISU championship was 17th at the 2001 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.
- Ján Ondrejka
Ján Ondrejka is a Slovakian photographer. Interested in photography from childhood he undertook specialised camera studies in secondary school, attending a school in Bratislava for this purpose. He graduated in 2002 from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design (Slovak abbr.: VŠVU), Department of Photography and New Media, studio of Milota Havránková. He found work as a cameraman’s assistant at Slovak Television, quickly rising to camera operator.