Tomaž Barada: Taekwondo athlete
Walter Wolf: Tycoon, businessman
Sani Bečirovič: Basketball player
Bernhard von Spanheim: Founder of the city
Fredi Bobic: German-Slovene association football player
Urška Bračko: 2014 Miss Universe Slovenia
Aleš Čeh: Football player
Mladen Dolar: Philosopher
Filip Flisar: Ski cross champion
Vekoslav Grmič: Roman Catholic bishop and theologian
Herta Haas: Yugoslav Partisan and second wife of Josip Broz Tito
Polona Hercog: Tennis player
Israel Isserlin: Medieval rabbi
Jure Ivanušič: Actor and musician
Archduke Johann of Austria: Habsburg nobleman and philanthropist
Drago Jančar: Author
Mima Jaušovec: Female tennis player
Kevin Kampl: Football player
Janko Kastelic: Conductor and music director
Matjaž Kek: Association football player and manager
Maja Keuc: Singer who represented Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Aleksander Knavs: Football player
Edvard Kocbek: Poet, essayist, and politician
Jana Kolarič: Author and translator
Katja Koren: Alpine skier
Anton Korošec: Politician
Luka Krajnc: Football player
Bratko Kreft: Author
Rene Krhin: Football player
Marko Letonja: Conductor
Rudolf Maister: Military leader
Janez Menart: Poet and translator
Jan Muršak: Second ever Slovenian NHL hockey player
Tomaž Pandur: Stage director
Tone Partljič: Playwright, screenwriter, politician
Matjaž Perc: Physicist
Žarko Petan: Writer, essayist, theatre and film
Saša Arsenovič, current 2023 mayor of Maribor