92 Notable alumni of Comenius University in Bratislava

Updated: June 14, 2026 EliteDegrees

Comenius University in Bratislava is 658st in the world, 1st in North America, and 1st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 92 notable alumni from Comenius University in Bratislava sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Comenius University in Bratislava won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Milan Mišík

1. Milan Mišík

1928-2011 (aged 83)
geologist botanist
Milan Mišík was Slovak geologist and university professor. He excelled particularly as an expert in microfacies analysis, stratigraphy, sedimentology, petrography of sedimentary rocks, but also in paleogeography, general and structural geology and tectonics. His best known scientific works were dealing with carbonate rocks and exotic conglomerates.
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Pavol Šajgalík

2. Pavol Šajgalík

1955-. (aged 71)
scientist
Pavol Šajgalík is a Slovak physicist, specialized in materials science. He has served as the president of the Slovak Academy of Sciences from 2015 to 2025.
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Zora Mintalová-Zubercová

3. Zora Mintalová-Zubercová

1950-. (aged 76)
historian
Zora Mintalová-Zubercová is a Slovak ethnographer, historian, museologist and popular science author, best known for her study of food history and material culture of Slovakia and the history of the Slovak Red Cross. Her work has, among others, earned her the Pitrè Prize as well as the National Medal of Science of the Slovak Republic.
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Viera Prokešová

4. Viera Prokešová

1957-2008 (aged 51)
poet writer journalist
Viera Prokešová was a Slovak writer and translator.
Stanislav Piętak

5. Stanislav Piętak

1946-. (aged 80)
university teacher Protestant theologian parson
Stanislav Piętak is a Czech theologian and pedagogue.
Zuzana Beňušková

6. Zuzana Beňušková

1960-. (aged 66)
ethnologist
Prof. PhDr. Zuzana Beňušková, CSc. is a Slovak ethnologist, ethnographer, cultural and social anthropologist. She is a professor of ethnology at University of Constantine the Philosopher in Nitra. Her fields of research are ethnic minorities, social relations, customs, cultural regions of Slovakia and history of ethnology.
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Bohuslav Kokotek

7. Bohuslav Kokotek

1949-2016 (aged 67)
Christian minister politician journalist
Bohuslav Kokotek was a Polish Czech Lutheran clergyman, journalist, activist of the Polish minority in the Czech Republic, and local politician.
Tatiana Štefanovičová

8. Tatiana Štefanovičová

1934-2021 (aged 87)
archaeologist historian
Tatiana Štefanovičová was a Slovak archaeologist and historian, one of leading experts in early history of Slovakia. Along with other research activities, she worked on excavations unearthing the oldest archeological remains of Bratislava at most Bratislava Castle.
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Oskar Dvořák

9. Oskar Dvořák

1991-. (aged 35)
Oskar Dvořák is a Slovak politician. Since 2023 he serves as an MP of the National Council of Slovakia.
Jan Oravec

10. Jan Oravec

1964-. (aged 62)
economist
Ján Oravec is a Slovak economist and former member of the National Council of Slovakia. He was among the members of the National Council of Slovakia between 2020 and 2023.
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Mira Nábělková

11. Mira Nábělková

1956-. (aged 70)
linguist
Mira Nábělková is a Slovak linguist.
Renáta Kaščáková

12. Renáta Kaščáková

1965-. (aged 61)
politician
Renáta Kaščáková is a Slovak politician. She served as a member of the National Council from 2016 to 2020 representing the Freedom and Solidarity party.
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László Szarka

13. László Szarka

1953-. (aged 73)
historian university teacher
László Szarka is a Hungarian historian.
František Lipka

14. František Lipka

1946-. (aged 80)
sommelier writer diplomat linguist poet
František Lipka is a Slovak diplomat, poet and translator, who contributed to the process of the creation of independent Montenegro.
Rudolf Baláž

15. Rudolf Baláž

1940-2011 (aged 71)
Catholic priest Catholic bishop
Rudolf Baláž was a Slovak Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Banská Bystrica from 1990 until his death in 2011. Baláž was ordained as a Catholic priest on 23 June 1963. He died on 27 July 2011 at the age of 70.
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Tamara Heribanová

16. Tamara Heribanová

1985-. (aged 41)
television presenter writer journalist
Tamara Heribanová is a Slovak writer, journalist and presenter.
Juraj Hromkovič

17. Juraj Hromkovič

1958-. (aged 68)
computer scientist university teacher
Juraj Hromkovič is a Slovak Computer Scientist and Professor at ETH Zürich. He is the author of numerous monographs and scientific publications in the field of algorithmics, computational complexity theory, and randomization.
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Vladimir Fekete

18. Vladimir Fekete

1955-. (aged 71)
Catholic priest Catholic bishop
Bishop Vladimír Fekete, S.D.B. is a Slovak-born Roman Catholic prelate as the Apostolic Prefect of Apostolic Prefecture of Azerbaijan (since 5 November 2009 until 4 August 2011 as Superior of the Mission sui iuris) and Titular Bishop of Municipa (since 8 December 2017).
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Miroslav Wlachovský

19. Miroslav Wlachovský

1970-. (aged 56)
civil servant diplomat
Miroslav Wlachovský is a Slovak diplomat. He served as the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia from May to October 2023. Previously he served as Slovak ambassador to the United Kingdom from 2011 to 2015 and to Denmark from 2018 to 2022.
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Pavol Rankov

20. Pavol Rankov

1964-. (aged 62)
prose writer writer journalist
Pavol Rankov is a Slovak writer. Rankov was born in Poprad and went to school in Bratislava. He studied library science at the Comenius University, graduating in 1987. He then worked at the Slovak National Library in Martin and at the Slovak Pedagogic Library in Bratislava. In 1993, Rankov joined the staff of the Comenius University. He won the European...
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Anton Štefánek

21. Anton Štefánek

1877-1964 (aged 87)
writer sociologist university teacher minister politician
Anton Štefánek was a Slovak politician and sociologist who was involved in the campaign for Czech and Slovak unity and independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was an important promoter of the concept of Czechoslovakism and served for 14 years in the Czechoslovak National Assembly and the Senate of Czechoslovakia in the 1920s and 1930s. He also pursued an academic...
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Yuri Dojc

22. Yuri Dojc

1946-. (aged 80)
photographer
Yuri Dojc is a Slovak-Canadian fine arts photographer. Dojc currently resides in Toronto, Canada, with work internationally exhibited in countries such as Brazil, Slovakia, Rwanda as well as across Canada.
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Ľuba Lesná

23. Ľuba Lesná

1954-. (aged 72)
journalist writer
Ľuba Lesná is a contemporary Slovak investigative journalist, filmmaker, novelist, and playwright. While her earlier work focused on plays, since Czechoslovakia's Velvet Revolution she has worked primarily as a journalist, writing also several books and a novel, Prípad medička (The Medical Student Case), being rewritten as a play. Lesná worked with Prime Minister Iveta Radičová, as an analyst in the...
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Henrieta Todorova

24. Henrieta Todorova

1933-2015 (aged 82)
archaeologist university teacher historian
Henrieta Todorova was a Bulgarian archaeologist, specialist in prehistory, professor, corresponding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute in Berlin, and a foreign member of the academy Leibniz Scientific Society (Leibniz-Sozietät der Wissenschaften) in Berlin.
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Barbora Mokošová

25. Barbora Mokošová

1997-. (aged 29)
artistic gymnast
Barbora Mokošová is a Slovak artistic gymnast. She is the 2020 European bronze medalist on the uneven bars and the first gymnast representing Slovakia to receive a medal at the European Championships. She represented Slovakia at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games. She is also a two-time World Challenge Cup champion on the uneven bars.
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Jozef Heriban

26. Jozef Heriban

1953-. (aged 73)
screenwriter film director politician writer playwright
Jozef Heriban is a Slovak writer, scenarist and film director. He devotes his time to literature and film. He is the former President of the Slovak PEN Centre, a Vice-President of the Board of the Slovak Audiovisual Fund and a member of the Slovak Film and Television Academy. He was married to well-known television talk show host and former Director...
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Dušan Kováč

27. Dušan Kováč

1942-. (aged 84)
historian writer
Dušan Kováč is a Slovak historian and writer. He specializes in Slovak and Central European history of the 19th and 20th centuries, the author or co-author of several synthetic works about Slovak history. The head of the Institute of History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (1990-1998), the scientific secretary of the Presidium of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (since...
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Andrej Žarnov

28. Andrej Žarnov

1903-1982 (aged 79)
writer linguist translator physician poet
Andrej Žarnov, born František Šubík, was a Slovak Catholic modernist (Catholic Moderna) writer and physician.
Branislav Škripek

29. Branislav Škripek

1970-. (aged 56)
politician
Branislav Škripek is a Slovak politician. He has served as Member of the National Council of Slovakia since 2023, having previously served as an MP from 2012 to 2014. From 2014 to 2019 he served as a Member of the European Parliament.
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Zuzana Martináková

30. Zuzana Martináková

1961-. (aged 65)
politician writer journalist
Zuzana Martináková is a Slovak politician and a former journalist. She is the leader of the political party Free Forum.
Zuzka Zguriška

31. Zuzka Zguriška

1900-1984 (aged 84)
translator playwright teacher writer
Zuzka Zguriška, born as Ľudmila Šimonovičová, married Dvořáková, was a Slovak novelist, play-writer and translator, and occasional actress. Zguriška is a belated representative of classical Slovak Realism.
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Ľubomír Belák

32. Ľubomír Belák

1951-. (aged 75)
singer opinion journalist composer television producer musician
Ľubomír Belák is a Slovak musician, vocalist, music composer and TV producer. His father Michal Belák was a presenter, singer and actor, and his mother Pavla Adámková Beláková was a singer in choir of the Slovak National Theater. His older sister Jana Beláková was a singer and his younger sister Daniela Luthová is a vogue designer. In 1983 he graduated...
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Ján Packa

33. Ján Packa

1956-. (aged 70)
Ján Packa is the former president of the Slovak Police Force the National Police in Slovakia.
Árpád Érsek

34. Árpád Érsek

1958-. (aged 68)
civil servant
Árpád Érsek is a Slovakian politician of Hungarian ethnicity from the former Most–Híd party who served as the Minister of Transport and Minister of the Environment in 2020.
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Pavel Vilikovský

35. Pavel Vilikovský

1941-2020 (aged 79)
editing staff opinion journalist prose writer writer translator
Pavel Vilikovský was a Slovak writer. He was born in Palúdzka, now part of Liptovský Mikuláš. He attended the FAMU film school in Prague, before switching to Comenius University in Bratislava where he studied languages. He worked as an editor at various journals and publishing houses. Although he started writing in the 1960s, his literary output only became freely available...
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Ivan Štefanec

36. Ivan Štefanec

1961-. (aged 65)
economist politician manager
Ivan Štefanec is a Slovak politician and business manager, former member of the Slovak Parliament and current member of the European Parliament for Christian Democratic Movement.
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Simona Petrík

37. Simona Petrík

1982-. (aged 44)
politician
Simona Petrík is a Slovak politician who served as a member of the National Council of Slovakia from 2016–2020 and is serving again from 2023.
Peter Zajac

38. Peter Zajac

1946-. (aged 80)
literary historian university teacher translator German–Slovak translator essayist
Peter Zajac is a Slovak literary critic and politician who served as an MP of the National Council between 1998 and 2001 and again between 2010 and 2012. He is married to the science fiction writer Alta Vášová. In 2020 president Zuzana Čaputová awarded Peter Zajac Ľudovít Štúr Order, 1st class.
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Ivan Kamenec

39. Ivan Kamenec

1938-. (aged 88)
historian university teacher
Ivan Kamenec is a Slovak historian.
Rudolf Chmel

40. Rudolf Chmel

1939-. (aged 87)
writer diplomat pedagogue politician
Rudolf Chmel is a Slovak politician who was Minister of Culture in the government of Slovakia from 2002 to 2005 and again in 2006. He was also the last ambassador of Czechoslovakia accredited to Hungary, a member of the Parliament of Slovakia, and a writer and editor. From 2010 to 2012, he was the Deputy Prime Minister in Iveta Radičová's...
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Pavel Traubner

41. Pavel Traubner

1941-2024 (aged 83)
physician professor neurologist
Pavel Traubner was a Slovak neurologist.
Branislav Ondruš

42. Branislav Ondruš

1973-. (aged 53)
journalist politician
Branislav Ondruš is a Slovak television presenter and politician of Hlas–SD who was elected member of the European Parliament in 2024. He previously served in the National Council of Slovakia, as news presenter at TV Markíza, as news presenter at TV JOJ and as state secretary at the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, and Family. In 2007, Ondruš competed in...
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Peter Osuský

43. Peter Osuský

1953-. (aged 73)
physician
Peter Osuský is a Slovak politician, serving as the member of the National Council. In addition to being an MP, he is also a councilor in the Bratislava Old Town council, university professor and physician. Osuský is active as a co-editor of the Encyclopaedia Beliana.
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Dušan Čaplovič

44. Dušan Čaplovič

1946-2025 (aged 79)
historian prehistorian archaeologist politician
Dušan Čaplovič was a Slovak politician, historian and archaeologist. In 2006–2010, he was the Deputy Prime Minister for Knowledge Society, European Affairs, Human Rights and Minorities. Čaplovič was also vice-chairman of Direction – Social Democracy.
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Martin Bútora

45. Martin Bútora

1944-. (aged 82)
writer sociologist university teacher politician journalist
Martin Bútora is a Slovak sociologist, writer, university professor and diplomat.
Gyula Bárdos

46. Gyula Bárdos

1958-. (aged 68)
journalist politician
Gyula Bárdos is an ethnic Hungarian journalist and politician in Slovakia, who was candidate in 2014 Slovak presidential election, running as a member of the Party of the Hungarian Community (SMK–MKP). He came in fifth with 5.1%.
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Milan Chautur

47. Milan Chautur

1957-. (aged 69)
Catholic priest Catholic bishop
Milan Chautur, C.Ss.R. is a Slovak Greek Catholic hierarch, who served as the first Bishop of the Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Košice from 30 January 2008 until his resignation on 24 June 2021.
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Miklós Duray

48. Miklós Duray

1945-2022 (aged 77)
geologist opinion journalist politician
Miklós Duray was an ethnic Hungarian politician active in Slovakia. He served as a Member of the National Council from 1994 to 2010. Previously he was a member of the Czechoslovak Federal Assembly from 1990 to 1994.
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František Šebej

49. František Šebej

1947-. (aged 79)
writer journalist pedagogue politician
František Šebej is a Slovak politician and academic. He was member of the National Council of Slovakia between 1998 and 2002 and once more from 2010 until 2018. Between 1990 and 1992 he was member of the House of the Nation of the Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia.
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Boris Zala

50. Boris Zala

1954-. (aged 72)
university teacher politician assistant professor
Boris Zala is a Slovak politician for the parliamentary party SMER-SD, a member of the Slovak parliament, and the current Chairman of the parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee. He is also Assistant Professor at Constantine the Philosopher University (UKF) in Nitra, Columnist, Chair of the Political Science, and European Studies Department at UKF's Faculty of Philosophy.
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Basil Hopko

51. Basil Hopko

1904-1976 (aged 72)
Catholic priest Catholic bishop
Basil or Vasiľ Hopko was an eparch (bishop) of the Slovak Greek Catholic Church. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 14 September 2003 for his martyrdom under Communist occupation.
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Karl-Heinz Brunner

52. Karl-Heinz Brunner

1953-. (aged 73)
politician
Karl-Heinz Brunner is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). He was elected a member of the German parliament (Bundestag) in the federal election of 2013 until October 2021.
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Vladimír Palko

53. Vladimír Palko

1957-. (aged 69)
university teacher mathematician politician
Vladimír Palko is a Slovak politician. He is a member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic and former interior minister of Slovakia. On 12 March 2008 he established a new party called Conservative Democrats of Slovakia after he left Christian Democratic Movement in February 2008, due to his skepticism and disappointment about leadership of Pavol Hrušovský. This political...
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Yvette Estermann

54. Yvette Estermann

1967-. (aged 59)
politician physician
Yvette Estermann is a Swiss-Slovak physician and politician who served on the National Council (Switzerland) from 2007 to 2023. During the 2023 Swiss federal election she did not run for re-election and is due to leave her post on 3 December 2023.
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Jan Vilcek

55. Jan Vilcek

1933-. (aged 93)
immunologist scientist microbiologist
Jan T. Vilček is a Slovak-American biomedical scientist, educator, inventor and philanthropist. He is a professor in the department of microbiology at the New York University School of Medicine, and chairman and CEO of The Vilcek Foundation. Vilček received his M.D. degree from Comenius University Medical School in Bratislava in 1957; and his Ph.D. in Virology from the Institute of...
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Martin Hojsík

56. Martin Hojsík

1977-. (aged 49)
politician activist
Martin Hojsík is a Slovak environmental activist and politician elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019. In addition to his committee assignments, Hojsík is a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals and a member of the political group Renew Europe. He is also a vice chairman of the political party...
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Milan Ftáčnik

57. Milan Ftáčnik

1956-2021 (aged 65)
teacher politician
Milan Ftáčnik was a Slovak politician, Minister of Education of the Slovak Republic from 1998 to 2002 and Mayor of Bratislava from 2010 to 2014. Prior to this he was also Mayor of Petržalka from 2006 to 2010.
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Ondrej Dostál

58. Ondrej Dostál

1971-. (aged 55)
sociologist politician journalist
Ondrej Dostál is a Slovak politician and former journalist, currently serving as member of the National Council of Slovakia in the caucus of Freedom and Solidarity and the chairman of the Civic Conservative Party.
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František Trstenský

59. František Trstenský

1973-. (aged 53)
theologian Catholic bishop Catholic priest
František Trstenský is the current bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Spiš.
Ľubomír Galko

60. Ľubomír Galko

1968-. (aged 58)
politician
Ľubomír Galko is a Slovakia politician. He has served as a Member of the National Council of Slovakia since 2023, having previously served as an MP from 2011 to 2020. Galko served as the Minister of Defence of Slovakia between 2010 and 2011.
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Antonín Mrkos

61. Antonín Mrkos

1918-1996 (aged 78)
discoverer of asteroids astronomer
Antonín Mrkos was a Czech astronomer.
Marek Krajčí

62. Marek Krajčí

1974-. (aged 52)
politician
Marek Krajčí is a Slovak politician, member of the National Council and a member of the parliamentary caucus of the political party Slovakia (Hnutie Slovensko).
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Pavol Rusko

63. Pavol Rusko

1963-. (aged 63)
journalist politician
Pavol Rusko is retired Slovak politician, television magnate and convicted fraudster. He served as the Minister of Economy of Slovakia between 2003 and 2005 and Managing Director of TV Markíza, at the time Slovakia's most viewed private TV station, between 1996 and 2000. He currently serves a 19-year prison sentence for forging promissory notes in a conspiracy to defraud TV...
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František Mikloško

64. František Mikloško

1947-. (aged 79)
mathematician politician
František Mikloško is a Slovak politician. He was the Speaker of the Slovak National Council from 1990 to 1992 and a long serving MP of the National Council of the Slovak Republic (1990-2010). For most of his career, he was a member of Christian Democratic Movement.
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Pavol Paška

65. Pavol Paška

1958-2018 (aged 60)
politician
Pavol Paška was a Slovak politician who served as Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2012 to 2014. He was a member of the Direction – Social Democracy (Smer-SD) party.
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Peter Colotka

66. Peter Colotka

1925-2019 (aged 94)
jurist lawyer university teacher judge politician
Peter Colotka was a Slovak academic, lawyer and politician. He was the prime minister of the Slovak Socialist Republic from 1969 to 1988.
Jana Žitňanská

67. Jana Žitňanská

1974-. (aged 52)
politician writer journalist
Jana Žitňanská is a Slovak journalist and politician. She has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2014 as well as the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR). Žitňanská worked as a member of the Broadcasting and Retransmission Council between 2001 and 2007.
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Jozef Mihál

68. Jozef Mihál

1965-. (aged 61)
politician
Jozef Mihál is a Slovak politician and tax consultant. He was Deputy Prime Minister; Minister for Labour, Social Affairs, and Family; and deputy leader of Freedom and Solidarity (SaS).
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Milan Šášik

69. Milan Šášik

1952-2020 (aged 68)
Catholic priest Catholic bishop Catholic deacon Greek-Catholic priest
Milan Šašik, CM was a Ruthenian Catholic hierarch from Slovakia who served as Bishop of the Eparchy of Mukachevo from 2010 until his death in 2020.
Tibor Gašpar

70. Tibor Gašpar

1962-. (aged 64)
Tibor Gašpar is a Slovak police officer and politician. He was the President of police of Slovakia from 2012 to 2018. He has served as a Member of the National Council since 2023.
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Anna Záborská

71. Anna Záborská

1948-2025 (aged 77)
politician physician
Anna Záborská was a Slovak politician of the Christian Union who was a member of the National Council from 2020 until her death in 2025. From 2004 to 2019 she was a Member of the European Parliament, where she was a member of the Group of the European People's Party (EPP).
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Emil Benčík

72. Emil Benčík

1933-. (aged 93)
linguist writer journalist
Emil Benčík is a Slovak writer, journalist and translator. He established the feature radio documentary in Slovakia and created the first family radio series in the country called Čo nového, Bielikovci, which during its 17 years run established itself as one of the most popular programs in Slovakia's history with almost 1 in 2 Slovaks tuning in regularly.
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Martina Šimkovičová

73. Martina Šimkovičová

1971-. (aged 55)
politician
Martina Šimkovičová is a Slovak television presenter and politician. From 2016 to 2020, she served as a member of the National Council. Since October 2023, Šimkovičová has been serving as the Minister of Culture of Slovakia.
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Ľudovít Ódor

74. Ľudovít Ódor

1976-. (aged 50)
banker economist politician
Ľudovít Ódor is a Slovak economist and politician who served as Prime Minister of Slovakia from May to October 2023, heading a technocratic cabinet. From July to October 2023, he also served as Minister of the Interior. Prior to his appointment as prime minister, Ódor served as Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Slovakia, from 2018 to 2023. He...
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Ladislav Chudík

75. Ladislav Chudík

1924-2015 (aged 91)
university teacher television actor drama teacher actor film actor
Ladislav Chudík was a Slovak actor. He appeared in more than fifty films.
Kasper berg

76. Kasper berg

1960-. (aged 66)
art historian opinion journalist politician
Adriana Krnáčová is a Czech businesswoman and a politician. She was the mayor of Prague from November 2014 until November 2018, becoming the first woman to serve in this position.
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Milan Rúfus

77. Milan Rúfus

1928-2009 (aged 81)
essayist writer linguist translator poet
Milan Rúfus was a Slovak poet, essayist, translator, children's writer and academic. Rúfus is the most translated Slovak poet into other languages.
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Matúš Šutaj Eštok

78. Matúš Šutaj Eštok

1987-. (aged 39)
jurist politician
Matúš Šutaj Eštok is a Slovak politician who has served as the Minister of Interior of Slovakia since 2023. He was an MP of the National Council.
Martin Ďurinda

79. Martin Ďurinda

1961-. (aged 65)
singer pianist
Martin "Maťo" Ďurinda is the vocalist and guitarist of the Slovak hard rock/heavy metal band Tublatanka. His hometown is Bratislava, Slovakia.
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Zuzana Čaputová

80. Zuzana Čaputová

1973-. (aged 53)
politician lawyer environmentalist jurist activist
Zuzana Čaputová is a Slovak politician, lawyer and environmental activist who served as the fifth president of Slovakia from 2019 to 2024. Čaputová is the first woman to hold the presidency, as well as the youngest president in the history of Slovakia, elected at the age of 45.
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Alexander Dubček

81. Alexander Dubček

1921-1992 (aged 71)
diplomat politician
Alexander Dubček was a Slovak statesman who served as the First Secretary of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) (de facto leader of Czechoslovakia) from January 1968 to April 1969 and as Chairman of the Federal Assembly from 1989 to 1992 following the Velvet Revolution. He oversaw significant reforms to the communist system...
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Igor Matovič

82. Igor Matovič

1973-. (aged 53)
politician
Igor Matovič is a Slovak politician and former businessman. He previously served as Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia and Minister of Finance from April 2021 to December 2022 and Prime Minister from March 2020 to March 2021.
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Magdaléna Vášáryová

83. Magdaléna Vášáryová

1948-. (aged 78)
writer diplomat actor politician
Magdaléna Vášáryová is a former Slovak actress and diplomat, prominent for her liberal anti-nationalist stances.
Jožo Ráž

84. Jožo Ráž

1954-. (aged 72)
singer
Jozef "Jožo" Ráž is a Slovak singer–songwriter and bassist from Bratislava known mainly for his work with the group Elán.
Iveta Radičová

85. Iveta Radičová

1956-. (aged 70)
politician sociologist
Iveta Radičová is a Slovak sociologist and former politician who served as prime minister of Slovakia from 2010 to 2012. The first woman to hold the position, Radičová led a coalition government as a member of the SDKÚ-DS. As prime minister, she was responsible for managing the economy after the Great Recession, and she supported budget cuts to reduce the...
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Silvia Gašparovičová

86. Silvia Gašparovičová

1941-. (aged 85)
civil engineer
Silvia Gašparovičová née Beníková was the First Lady of Slovakia from 2004 to 2014 as wife of former President Ivan Gašparovič.
Ivan Korčok

87. Ivan Korčok

1964-. (aged 62)
diplomat politician
Ivan Korčok is a Slovak politician and retired executive diplomat who was Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia from 2020 to 2022 as an independent nominee of the Freedom and Solidarity political party.
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Ivan Mikloš

88. Ivan Mikloš

1960-. (aged 66)
politician economist
Ivan Mikloš is a Slovak politician who served as Minister of Finance of Slovakia from 2002 to 2006, and Deputy Prime Minister for Economy between 1998 and 2002.
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Marko Škop

89. Marko Škop

1974-. (aged 52)
screenwriter film director documentarian
Marko Škop is a Slovak film director.
Maroš Šefčovič

90. Maroš Šefčovič

1966-. (aged 60)
diplomat politician
Maroš Šefčovič is a Slovak diplomat and politician serving as European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security; Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency (2024–2029) in the Von der Leyen Commission II. Prior to that, he was the Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for the European Green Deal from 2023 to 2024, as well as Vice-President of the European Commission for Interinstitutional...
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David Tencer

91. David Tencer

1963-. (aged 63)
Catholic priest friar Catholic bishop theologian
Dávid Bartimej Tencer OFM Cap. is a Slovak prelate of the Catholic Church and has served as the Bishop of Reykjavík since 2015.
József Berényi

92. József Berényi

1967-. (aged 59)
politician
József Berényi is a Hungarian minority politician from Slovakia. He was the Chairman of the Party of the Hungarian Coalition of Slovakia in 2010-2016.
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