List of people from Bratislava

Coat of Arms of Bratislava

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.

A

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.

B

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.
• 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.

C

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.

D

• 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.

E

Saint Elisabeth of Hungary

• Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher (1804–1849), Austrian botanist.
• Árpád Érsek (born 1958), Slovak politician.
• Yvette Estermann (born 1967), Swiss politician.
• Elizabeth of Hungary (1207-1231), Catholic Saint.

F

• 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.
• Fedor Flašík (1958–2024), Slovak political marketer
• Gisi Fleischmann (1894–1944), leader of the Bratislava Working Group.
• Branislav Fodrek (born 1981), Slovak football player.
• Natália Fondrková (born 1997), Slovak field hockey 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.

G

• 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.

H

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.
• 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.
• Dana Herrmannová (1931–2024), Slovak television presenter.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

I

• Alexander Ilečko (1937-2023), Sculptor
• Dávid Ivan (born 1995), Slovak football player.

J

• 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.

K

Adriana Krnáčová, 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.

L

Philipp Lenard, physicist. Nobel Prize winner (1905)

• 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.
• Theodor von Lerch (1869–1945), Major General in the Austro-Hungarian Army, and a pioneer alpine ski instructor in Japan.
• 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.
• 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.

M

• 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.
• Rezső Máder (1856-1940), conductor and composer
• Kamila Magálová (born 1950), Slovak film and stage actress, singer, and entrepreneur.
• Štefan Maixner (born 1968), Slovak 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.

N

• Richard Nagy (born 2000), Slovak football player.
• Ondrej Nepela (1951–1989), Slovak figure skater.
• Hans Neusidler (1508–1563), German composer and lutenist of the Renaissance.
• Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová (born 1976), Slovak politician.
• Branislav Niňaj (born 1993), Slovak football player.
• Juraj Nvota (born 1954), Slovak actor and film director.

O

• Adam Obert (born 2002), Slovak football player.
• Adam Friedrich Oeser (1717–1799), German painter and sculptor.
• Juraj Okoličány (1943–2008), Czechoslovak ice hockey referee and a Slovak ice hockey administrator.
• Lucia Ondrušová (born 1988), Slovak football player.
• Vladimir Oravsky (born 1947), Slovak-Swedish author and film director.
• Ľuba Orgonášová (born 1961), Slovak operatic soprano.
• Peter Osuský (born 1953), Slovak politician.

P

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.

R

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.

S

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), Austro-Hungarian 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.
• 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.

T

• 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.

U

• Ferdinand Udvardy (1895–1945), Hungarian conscript.
• Jenő Uhlyárik (1893–1974), Hungarian fencing-master.

V

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.

W

• Vladimír Weiss (footballer, born 1964) (born 1964), Slovak football player.
• Vladimír Weiss (footballer, born 1989) (born 1989), Slovak football player.
• Gisela Werbezirk (1875–1956), Austrian-Hungarian actress.
• Miroslav Wlachovský (born 1970), Slovak diplomat.
• Jarmila Wolfe (born 1987), Slovak tennis player.

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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.