List of Slovenian Americans

List of Slovenian Americans

This is list of notable Slovenian Americans.

List

* Louis Adamič - author
* Mike Adamle - American football player - Northwestern Wildcats and NFL - also a television and radio sports reporter and WWE wrestling announcer
* Tony Adamle - American football star - Ohio State Buckeyes and Cleveland Browns(member of 1950 and 1954 NFL Championship teams)
* Friderik Irenej Baraga - bishop
* John Blatnik - Congressman United States House of Representatives
* Frank Brimsek - ice hockey player
* Ferdinand J. Chesarek - general
* Joe Cimperman - Cleveland, Ohio City Councilman and 2008 candidate for the United States House of Representatives
* Ami Dolenz - actress
* George Dolenz - actor
* Micky Dolenz - musician (Drummer/Singer of "The Monkees")
* Edward Gobec - author
* Bob Golic - American football star (Notre Dame Fighting Irish and NFL - Cleveland Browns, among other teams) - also an actor
* Mike Golic - American football star (Notre Dame Fighting Irish and NFL - Philadelphia Eagles, among other teams) - also ESPN radio personality and host on Mike and Mike in the Morning
* Frank Gorenjec - general
* Stanley Gorenjec - general
* Randy Gradishar - American football star (Ohio State Buckeyes and Denver Broncos)
* Tom Harkin - United States Senator
* Eric Heiden - Olympic speed skater, winner of five gold medals at the 1980 Winter Olympics
* Wally Judnich - Baseball player
* Amy Klobuchar - United States Senator
* Jim Klobuchar - author and journalist
* Raymond P. Kogovsek - Congressman
* Joe Kuhel - Baseball player and manager
* Charles Kuralt - journalist
* Frank Lausche - United States Senator and Governor of Ohio
* John Stephan Lekson - general
* Jerry Michael Linenger - astronaut
* Anton Mavretič - NASA
* Joey Miskulin - (Grammy Award-winning Musician / Record Producer)
* Ignatius Mrak - Roman Catholic bishop
* Ken Novak - American football player
* James Oberstar - Congressman
* Dušan Petrač - NASA
* F. William Petrovič - admiral
* Warren Joseph Pezdirec - general
* Francis Xavier Pierz - Roman Catholic bishop
* August Pust, a retired functionary of the Ohio government
* Janez Repar - NASA
* Jerome Edward Rupnik - admiral
* Philip Ruppe - Congressman
* Ronald Sega - astronaut
* Joe Sutter - "father od Boeing 747"
* Melania Trump - fashion model and wife of entrepreneur and celebrity businessman, Donald Trump
* George Voinovich [http://www.ukom.gov.si/eng/slovenia/publications/slovenia-news/2014/2017/] [http://www.eurunion.org/welcome/ambassadorscorner/AmbWklyMess/2006/20060705jbwklymessage.htm] - Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, United States Senator, and Governor of Ohio
* Peter Vidmar - gymnast, U.S. team captain and winner of two gold medals and a silver medal in the 1984 Olympics, was the highest scoring gymnast in U.S. history (with a 9.89 average)
* Sunita Williams - astronaut
* Frankie Yankovic - musician, known as "America's Polka King", popularized Slovenian-style polka
*Fritzie Zivic - boxer
* Ronald Zlatoper - admiral

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