20 Famous People from Slovakia

President of Slovakia since 15 June 2019

Footballer who played for Liverpool from 2008 to 2016

Tennis player who won the men's singles gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games

President of Slovakia from 2004 to 2014 and the first to be re-elected

Ice hockey player who has five NHL All-Star Game appearances

Manager who reached quarter-finals of the 1990 World Cup with Czechoslovakia

Russian-Slovak female athlete and current world record holder in the long jump

Road bicycle racer who is considered one of cycling's greatest talents

Czechoslovak-born Canadian filmmaker who directed Ghostbusters and Space Jam

Philologist, poet, historian and ethnographer in the Kingdom of Hungary

Glamour model, Penthouse Pet and television presenter. born as Martina Jacová

First president of Slovakia, having served from 1993 through 1998

Ice hockey player and the NHL's best defenseman in 2009

Most capped Slovakian football player

Female tennis player who reached her highest ranking of world No. 5 in 2003

1st Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and architect of the Prague Spring

Fashion model who was married to French footballer Christian Karembeu

Coach of a world top tennis-player Novak Djokovic

Female tennis player who played in 2014 Australian Open final

Ice hockey player who scored more than 500 goals in the NHL