- Samuel Slovák
Samuel Slovák is a slovak footballer, who currently plays for ŠK Slovan Bratislava in the Corgoň Liga. Slovák played 6 matched for Liberec in which he scored 3 goals. In February 2003 he underwent knee surgery and miseed the rest of the season. After his stay in three different european clubs, he went on to sign with Slovan Bratislava. In the 2006-07 season he helped Slovan to finish in 3rd place.
- Ladislav Slovák
Ladislav Slovák was one of Slovakia's best conductors. He was a long-time director of the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, taking over the job from his teacher and mentor Václav Talich. Amongst his most important recordings is the entire collection of Shostakovich's fifteen symphonies, published on the NAXOS label. Slovák met Shostakovich in person during a study trip to St. Petersburg, where he studied under the great Russian conductor Mravinsky.
- Hillel Slovak
Hillel Slovak was an Israeli American guitarist. He is best known as being the original guitarist for the band Red Hot Chili Peppers.
- Robert Fico
Robert Fico was the winner of the parliamentary elections in 2006, receiving approximately 30 percent of the votes.
- Ivan Gašparovič
Ivan Gašparovič, Slovak politician and law professor, became President of Slovakia on June 15, 2004. Gašparovič was born in Poltár, near Lučenec and Banská Bystrica in south-central Slovakia. His father, Vladimir Gašparović, immigrated to Slovakia from Croatia at the end of World War I and was a teacher at a (secondary school) in Bratislava, and at one point its headmaster. Gašparovič studied at the Law Faculty of the Comenius University in Bratislava, …
- Marián Hossa
Marián Hossa is a Slovak professional ice hockey right winger who currently plays for the Atlanta Thrashers of the National Hockey League.
- Magdaléna Vášáryová
Magdaléna Vášáryová (referred also as Magda Vášáryová is Slovak actress and diplomat. In 1971 she completed her studies at Comenius University in Bratislava. Until 1989 she acted in several Slovak theatres, including Slovak National Theatre and in numerous movies. She was ambassador of Czechoslovakia in Austria (1990 - 1993) and ambassador of Slovakia in Poland (2000 - 2005). She was one of the candidates in the 1999 presidential election, …
- 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.
- Daniel Lipšic
JUDr. Daniel Lipšic, LL.M. (born July 8, 1973) is a slovak politician, former Minister of Justice of Slovakia (served in 2002-2006). He is a member of the Christian Democratic Movement, a party currently in opposition. He studied law at the Comenius University in Bratislava, he lives in Bratislava.
- Mikuláš Dzurinda
Mikuláš Dzurinda (born February 4, 1955) served as the Prime Minister of Slovakia from October 30, 1998 until July 4, 2006 (after re-election in October 2002). He was a founder and leader of the Slovak Democratic Coalition (SDK) and the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union. From 2002 to 2004, his party formed a coalition government with the Christian Democratic Movement, the Alliance of the New Citizen and the Party of the Hungarian Coalition.
- Marcel Hossa
Marcel Hossa (born October 12, 1981 in Ilava, Czechoslovakia, now Slovakia) is a Slovak ice hockey player for the New York Rangers franchise of the National Hockey League. He wears sweater number 81, playing either left or right wing. He was selected in the first round of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, 16th overall, by the Montreal Canadiens and played his first three NHL seasons for them. He was traded to the Rangers in exchange for forward Garth Murray.
- Peter Budaj
Peter Budaj, #31 is a Slovak ice hockey goaltender currently with the Colorado Avalanche of the NHL. Peter Budaj was drafted by the Avalanche in the 2001 Draft as the first pick for the Avalanche and 63rd overall. He wears number 31 for the Colorado Avalanche and is now playing in his second season in the NHL (2006-07). Prior to this, he played for the Hershey Bears of the AHL and the St. Michael's Majors of the OHL.
- Branislav Mezei
Branislav Mezei (born October 8, 1980 in Nitra, Slovakia) is a Slovak ice hockey defenceman currently (2005) with the Florida Panthers of the NHL. He also played with the Slovak national ice hockey team in the 2001 and 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships.
- Vladimír Mečiar
Vladimír Mečiar is the leader of the People's Party - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (ĽS-HZDS) and a former Prime Minister of Slovakia. He led Slovakia to a disengagement from the Czech Republic. He was one of the leading presidential candidates in Slovakia in 1998 and 2004. He has been criticised by his opponents as well as by Western political organisations for having an autocratic style of administration and lack of respect for democratic order.
- Zuzana Martináková
Zuzana Martináková is a Slovak politician and a former journalist. She is a leader of a political party Free Forum. Zuzana Martináková is a graduate of the Comenius University in Bratislava. She has worked for Slovak Radio (1988-1993) and for the BBC (1993-2001). She joined the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ) and after Slovak parliamentary election in 2002 became the vice president of the National Council of the Slovak Republic.
- Ján Slota
Ján Slota is the co-founder and President of the Slovak National Party (SNS). He was the mayor of the town of Žilina between 1990-2006. He is succeeded by Ivan Harman. Slota became involved in politics after 1989 when the Communist party fell from power in Czechoslovakia in the Velvet Revolution. In 1990 he co-founded SNS and was elected as a member of the Federal Assembly. Later, he was elected into the National Council of the Slovak Republic.
- Eduard Kukan
Eduard "Skopec" Kukan served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia from 1998-2006. He was a candidate in the presidential election held on April 3, 2004, and although pre-election polls had suggested he would come in first, he actually came in third behind former prime minister Vladimír Mečiar and Ivan Gašparovič, thus preventing him from contesting the run-off. Mr. Kukan graduated from The Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1964, …
- Peter Bondra
Peter Bondra (Born February 7, 1968 in Lutsk, Ukraine, U.S.S.R.) is a Slovak professional ice-hockey player for the Chicago Blackhawks. Bondra became the 37th player in NHL History to score 500 NHL goals on December 22, 2006 against Toronto's Jean-Sebastien Aubin.
- František Mikloško
František Mikloško is a Slovak politician. He is a member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, a member of Christian Democratic Movement and was one of the candidates in the 2004 presidential election.
- Ľubomir Višňovský
Ľubomír Višňovský (Born August 11, 1976 in Topoľčany, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia), is a Slovakian professional ice hockey defenseman.
- Richard Müller
Richard Müller is a Slovak singer, songwriter and composer.
- Marek Čech
Marek Čech is a Slovakian professional footballer. He has played for Inter Bratislava and Sparta Prague and currently plays for FC Porto in Portugal. While at AC Sparta Prague, Marek formed a unstoppable partnership with the defense. In the 2005/06 season he was part of Co Adriaanse's triumphant domestic league and cup winning team. He also plays for the Slovakia national football team where he is part of the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying team.
- Marián Gáborík
Marián Gáborík born February 14, 1982 in Trenčín, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) is a Slovak professional ice hockey player. He plays right wing for the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League.
- Pavol Rusko
Pavol Rusko is the leader of the Slovak political party "Aliancia nového občana (Alliance of the New Citizen)". He also owned the TV Markíza television station. He has two children.
- Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová is a Slovak professional tennis player. She is currently working with a number of coaches who work under the Sanchez-Casal Academy. Her WTA Tour mentor in the Partners for Success program was Martina Navratilova, who was her doubles partner for a brief period in early 2005. As of July 9, 2007, Hantuchová ranks at No. 12 in singles.
- Ján Kubiš
Ján Kubiš has been the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia since July 2006. The Slovak diplomat was formerly Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Secretary General. In July 2005, the European Union appointed Jan Kubis to be the EU's special envoy to Central Asia. Kubis had previously served as the United Nations special envoy to Tajikistan during the transitional period following the civil war until the country held its first postwar elections.
- Matej Bel
Matej Bel was a Slovak Lutheran pastor and polymath, one of the greatest scholars of the 18th century in the Kingdom of Hungary. He was dubbed "Magnum decus Hungariae" - the Great Ornament of Hungary. Bel was born in Očová. His father was Matej Bel, a butcher, while his mother was Cseszneki Erzsébet (Hungarian) from Veszprém. Later he married a German woman, Zsuzsanna Hermann, with whom he had eight children.
- Juraj Jakubisko
Juraj Jakubisko is arguably the most esteemed living Slovak film director, with domestic acclaim said to be equal to that of Fellini for Italians and Bergman for Swedish. In his movies he managed to catch the life's most beautiful colors, unhide the poetry behind the ordinary and to be ahead of his time without forgetting his roots. Recently he was several times voted the most significant Slovak film maker ever, by both the critics and the audience.
- Peter Šťastný
Peter Šťastný is a Slovak ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1980 to 1995. During his time with the Quebec Nordiques, Stastny became a Canadian citizen. Since 2004, he has also served as a Member of the European Parliament for Slovakia. During his NHL career, he played with the Quebec Nordiques, New Jersey Devils and St. Louis Blues.
- Rudolf Bauer
RNDr. Rudolf Bauer was the first President of the Košice Self-governing Region (since December 19, 2001 till January 8, 2006). He is also a former mathematician, the Mayor of the town of Košice and a deputy of the National Council of the Slovak Republic. As a member of Christian Democratic Movement he is a deputy of the Council of the Košice Self-governing Region. He is married with three children.
- Richard Zedník
Richard Zedník is a Slovak professional hockey player who plays right wing for the National Hockey League's Florida Panthers. He was drafted in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft by the Washington Capitals, in the tenth round, two-hundred forty-ninth overall, after playing junior hockey for the Portland Winter Hawks of the Western Hockey League. Richard Zednik was traded by the Washington Capitals on March 13, 2001, …
- Jozef Tiso
Monsignor Jozef Tiso was a fascist Slovak politician of the SPP, Roman Catholic priest who became a deputy of the Czechoslovak parliament, a member of the Czechoslovak government, and finally the President of Independent Slovak Republic from 1939-1945, allied with Nazi Germany. After the end of World War II, Tiso was hanged by Czechoslovak authorities.
- Dušan Galis
Dušan Galis is a Slovak politician, a football trainer and a former Czechoslovak football player. In Czechoslovak league he played 226 matches and with 89 goals. He was capped 8 times for Czechoslovakia, scored 1 goal. He was a participant at the 1976 European Football Championship where he became European Champion with his national team
- Ľudovít Štúr
Ľudovít Štúr expressed his philosophy in one sentence: “My country is my being, and every hour of my life shall be devoted to it.”. Štúr, a Lutheran, was aware of the fact that Czech, the language of educated Lutherans, was not enough to carry out a national campaign, and that Slovaks, if they were ever to become autonomous and be an effective force against Magyarization, needed a language they could call their own.
- Mário Breška
Mário Breška is a Slovak football striker who currently plays for Panionios NFC. He has also played for the Slovak national team.
- Vladimír Weiss
Vladimír Weiss is a Slovak football player and later a football manager. He played for Czechoslovakia and for Inter Bratislava. He was a participant in the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He had 19 caps for Czechoslovakia and also 12 caps for Slovakia. As the coach of Artmedia Bratislava he succeeded to win Slovak Corgoň Liga and reach the group stage in the 2005-06 season of UEFA Champions League. Now he is coaching FC Saturn Ramenskoye.
- Jana Kirschner
Jana Kirschner is Slovak singer. She first attracted public attention as a participant of the beauty pageant Miss Slovakia. In 1996 she made her first album "Jana Kirschner". She has won the prize for Discovery of the Year (1997), Album of the Year (1999), Female Singer of the Year (1999). In 1999 she has also won Golden Nightingale (Zlatý Slávik). In 2007 she released a new album Shine in Great Britain.
- Juraj Halenár
Juraj Halenár is a Slovak football player, who currently plays for FC Artmedia Bratislava. He has played in two junior tournaments for his country, the Under 19 European Championships in 2002 and the Under-20 FIFA World Youth Championship in 2003. In the 2004/05 season he scored 12 goals for Inter Bratislava in the Slovak First Division, before transferring in the 2005/06 season to Artmedia for 20 million Koruna. In only his second game for Artmedia on July 27, 2005, …
- Peter Breiner
Peter Breiner is a Slovak pianist, conductor, and composer. Breiner began to play the piano at age four, but did not begin formal training until age nine, at the Conservatory in Košice, Slovakia (where he studied piano, percussion, composition and conducting). He subsequently moved to Bratislava, Slovakia where he attended the Academy of Performing Arts continuing his composition studies under the tuition of Alexander Moyzes; he was graduated from the Academy in 1982.
- Jan Březina
Jan Březina is a Czech politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Christian Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party, part of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. He is a substitute for the Committee on Regional Development and a member of the Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe