Ladislav Škultéty-Gábriš (1738-1832), nicknamed the ”Eternal Soldier” - serving as much as 80 years as sergeant of the Austrian army, the longest lasting military service ever recorded, took part in more than 250 battles and survived five Habsburg emperors
Martin Palkovič (Martin Palkovich) (1606-1662) – philosopher, professor in Trnava, Košice and Vienna
Matej Bel (Matthias Bél, Bél Mátyás) (1684-1749) – polyhistor, teacher, one of the greatest Slovak scholars of the eighteen century. His father was Slovak, while his mother was Hungarian.
Pavol Jozef Šafárik (Paul Joseph Schaffarik, Pavel Josef Safarik) (1795-1861) – poet, professor, polyhistor
Samuel Augustini ab Hortis (1729-1792) - theorist
Igor Hrušovský (1907-1978) - philosopher, theorist
Ivan Branislav Zoch, (1843-1921) physicist, polyhistorian
Albert Laski (Łaski) (1536-1605) – writer, alchemist, humanist, noble (his family stems originally from Poland)
Jozef Alauda, philosopher
Peter Krištof Akai, philosopher
Jan Komar (1939-2000), philosopher, humanist, poet
Marina Čarnogurská – sinologist and philosopher, acknowledged translator of Tao Te Ting
Anton Bernolák (1762-1813) – lower nobleman, Jesuit, author of the first Slovak language standard (in the 1780s), which was based on western Slovak dialects
Milan Stanislav Ďurica[1] (1925) - priest, historian, Professor of the University in Padua, author of the controversial bookHistory of Slovakia and Slovaks.
Ľudovít Štúr (Ludevít Štúr) (1815-1856) - best known for his role in the development of the modern Slovak language (in 1844 he suggested that the central Slovak dialect should be used as the literary language of the Slovaks and in 1846 he codified the new language standard in his Nauka reči Slovenskej [Theory of the Slovak language])
Jozef Murgaš (1864-1929) – inventor of the wireless telegraph (forerunner of the radio). Murgas' "Rotary-spark-system" allowed for much faster communication, through the use of musical tones. He patented his new invention, which is now listed as the "Wireless Telegraphy Apparatus", as well as more inventions in this field. These patents would go on to form the foundations for the invention of the radio. Also devised a system which greatly improved the Morse code. His other patents include the spinning reel (for fishing), the wave meter, the electric transformer, the magnetic detector, and an engine producing electromagnetic waves.
Aurel Stodola (1859-1942) – engineer and professor, enabled the construction of steam and gas turbines (around 1900), constructor of a movable artificial arm (the Stodola arm) in 1915
John Dopyera (Ján Dopjera) (1893-1988) – inventor of music instruments, invented dobro resonator guitar
Ján Bahýľ (1865-1916) – military engineer, inventor of the motor-driven helicopter (four years before Bréguet and Cornu). Bahyl was granted 7 patents in all, including the invention of the tank pump, air balloons combined with an air turbine, the first petrol engine car in Slovakia (with Anton Marschall) and a lift up to Bratislava castle.
Anyos Jedlik (Štefan Anián Jedlík, Anianus Jedlik) (1800-1895) -hungarian inventor born in Kingdom of Hungary, constructed the electromagnetic rotor – a predecessor of the modern electromotor – three years before Faraday and the unipolar dynamo six years before W. Siemens
Dušan Makovický (1866-1921) - physician, writer, translator, personal doctor of Leo Tolstoy
Pavol Olexik (1801-1878) - pioneer of genetics
Ján Severíni (1716-1789) - historian, natural scientist, author of the first high school textbooks of biology in the Kingdom of Hungary (together with Matej Piller)
Pavel Kray (1735-1804) – field marshal, mathematician, engineer, architect, participant of the Seven Years War and of the Turkish War (1788-1789), defeated the Peasant Uprising in Transylvania in 1786
Ladislav Medňanský (Ladislav Mednyánszky) (1852-1919) - Slovak-Hungarian painter (changed his own name from a Magyar one (Laszlo) to a Slovak one (Ladislav))
Ján Mudroch (1909-1968) – painter, teacher
Master of the Altar of Košice (Majster košického oltára) (15th century) – the most important Slovak painter of the 15th century
Master of the Altar of Smrečany (Majster smrečianskeho hlavného oltára) (15th century) – painter
Master of the Hlohovec Nativity (15th-16th century) - painter
Master of Lúčky (Master of Honneshau, Majster z Lúčok) (15th century) – painter
Master of Okoličné (Majster okoličiansky) (15th-16th century) – painter
Theodor Jozef Mousson (1887-1946) – painter, born in Hungary, working in Slovakia
Andy Warhol (baptized Andrew Warhola, his father's pre-immigration family name was Varchola) (1928-1987) — one of the most famous artists of the 20th century. He introduced Pop-Art to the world, and was the first artist to use a photographic silk-screen technique in his work. He was born in the United States as the son of emigrants from eastern Slovakia (members of the Rusyn nationality from the village of Miková, his parents' first language was Rusyn, he took over the religious views of his parents[citation needed] and he always wanted to return to the country of his parents,[citation needed] which obviously was not possible because of the communist regime in Central Europe. The Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art is located in Medzilaborce, eastern Slovakia.
Zdenek Ďuriš (1953) - sports physiotherapist and masseur of a top tennis player Marcos Baghdatis and a canoeing Olympic champion Michal Martikán. A regular member of the Slovak Olympic team, Davis Cup and Fed Cup teams.
Elizabeth Báthory-Nádasdy (countess Alžbeta Bátoriová, the "Bloody Lady of Čachtice") (1560-1614), Hungarian countess, presumably the most infamous mass murderer in Slovak and Hungarian history
Móric Beňovský (Maurycy Beniowski, Baron Maurice Auguste de Benyowski, many other name versions) (1746-1786) - Slovak globetrotter, explorer, soldier, writer, and the King of Madagascar
Juraj Jánošík (1688- 1713) - the Slovak equivalent of Robin Hood, the topic of many Slovak legends, books and films
Stibor of Stiborice and Beckov (?-1414) - an ethnic Polish noble, who lived in present-day Slovakia, he gained huge properties in western and central upper - kingdom of Hungary after 1388 and was sometimes referred to as a petty king
Martina Valková - famous Slovak model, one of the european finalists (the only one from Eastern Europe) in the casting for the Hollywood movie Troy (leading female role)
Mojmír II (894-907?) - last king of Great Moravia, son of Svätopluk I.
Pribina (Priwina, Priuuinna) (? - 861) - first known prince of the Principality of Nitra (much of present-day Slovakia) and of the Balaton Principality.
Rastislav (Rastic, Rasticlao, Rastislaus) (? - 870) - prince of Great Moravia, invited Saints Cyril and Methodius to Christianize his Empire.
Slavomír (?-?) - leader of a Great Moravian uprising against Frankish occupation in 871.
Svätopluk I(?-894) - king of Great Moravia, responsible for the empire’s greatest territorial expansion.
Svätopluk II (?-?906) - ruler of the Principality of Nitra, son of Svätopluk I.
Ladislav Škultéty-Gábriš (1738-1832), nicknamed the ”Eternal Soldier” - serving as much as 80 years as sergeant of the Austrian army, the longest lasting military service ever recorded, took part in more than 250 battles and survived five Habsburg emperors
Saint Gorazd (9th century) – a disciple of Cyril and Methodius, 881-884 probably bishop
Saint Zorard (Svorad, Svoradus) (around 1000) - hermit at Skalka near Trenčín, born in Lesser Poland or in northern Slovakia, adopted the name Andrew (Ondrej, Andrej)
Saint Benedict (original name Stojislav) (? – 1034) – hermit at Skalka near Trenčín, disciple of St. Zorard
Saint Bystrík (Latin: Beztertus Nitriensis, Bestredius, Bestridus, Bestricus, Bistridus, Bistritus; Hungarian: Beszteréd, Besztrik, Besztríd, Beszter) - probably bishop of Nitra, murdered in 1046 during a pagan revolt near Budapest
the three Košice martyrs tortured to death in Košice by Gabriel Bethlen’s men in 1619:
Saint Štefan Pongrác - a Hungarian-Transylvanian Catholic priest
Saint Melichar Grodecki - a Polish-Moravian Catholic
Martin Palkovič (Martin Palkovich) (1606-1662) – philosopher, professor in Trnava, Košice and Vienna
Matej Bel (Matthias Bél, Bél Mátyás) (1684-1749) – polyhistor, teacher, one of the greatest Slovak scholars of the eighteen century. His father was Slovak, while his mother was Hungarian.
Pavol Jozef Šafárik (Paul Joseph Schaffarik, Pavel Josef Safarik) (1795-1861) – poet, professor, polyhistor
Samuel Augustini ab Hortis (1729-1792) - theorist
Ján Henkel (Johannes Henkel/Henckel) (1490-1535) - humanist
Igor Hrušovský (1907-1978) - philosopher, theorist
Ivan Branislav Zoch, (1843-1921) physicist, polyhistorian
Albert Laski (Łaski) (1536-1605) – writer, alchemist, humanist, noble (his family stems originally from Poland)
Jozef Alauda, philosopher
Peter Krištof Akai, philosopher
Jan Komar (1939-2000), philosopher, humanist, poet
Marina Čarnogurská – sinologist and philosopher, acknowledged translator of Tao Te Ting
Anton Bernolák (1762-1813) – lower nobleman, Jesuit, author of the first Slovak language standard (in the 1780s), which was based on western Slovak dialects
Milan Stanislav Ďurica[6] (1925) - priest, historian, Professor of the University in Padua, author of the controversial bookHistory of Slovakia and Slovaks.
Janko Matúška (1821-1877), He was the author of the Slovak national anthem
Jozef Mistrík (1921-2001) – linguist
Ján Sambucus (Johann Sambucus) (1531-1584) – a famous humanist at the royal court in Vienna, a historian of the emperor Maximilian II, publisher of works of the Ancients, creator of the biggest private library in the world at that time
Ľudovít Štúr (Ludevít Štúr) (1815-1856) - best known for his role in the development of the modern Slovak language (in 1844 he suggested that the central Slovak dialect should be used as the literary language of the Slovaks and in 1846 he codified the new language standard in his Nauka reči Slovenskej [Theory of the Slovak language])
Ján Vlk Kempelen[citation needed] (Johann Wolfgang von Kempelen, Kempelen Farkas) (1734-1804) - poly-technician and inventor, built the first fountain and pressure water piping, designed a chess machine, a speaking machine and a special typewriter for the blind
Jozef Murgaš (1864-1929) – inventor of the wireless telegraph (forerunner of the radio). Murgas' "Rotary-spark-system" allowed for much faster communication, through the use of musical tones. He patented his new invention, which is now listed as the "Wireless Telegraphy Apparatus", as well as more inventions in this field. These patents would go on to form the foundations for the invention of the radio. Also devised a system which greatly improved the Morse code. His other patents include the spinning reel (for fishing), the wave meter, the electric transformer, the magnetic detector, and an engine producing electromagnetic waves.
Jozef Maximilián Petzval (Josef Maximilian Petzval, Petzval Józeph Miksa) (1807-1891) – mathematician, optician, constructor of camera zoom lens, he is considered by many to be the founder of modern photography, he is most renowned for his work on optical lenses in the 1840s (invention of the portrait objective), which was instrumental in the construction of modern cameras, he is also remembered for greatly improving the telescope, microscope and designing the opera glass.
Ján Andrej Segner (Johann Andrea von Segner, Segner János András) (1704-1777) - physician, physicist, mathematician, designed a reactive water engine - the so-called Segner wheel, inventor of the water turbine principle (which is the basis for the functioning of modern space rockets)
Aurel Stodola (1859-1942) – engineer and professor, enabled the construction of steam and gas turbines (around 1900), constructor of a movable artificial arm (the Stodola arm) in 1915
John Dopyera (Ján Dopjera) (1893-1988) – inventor of music instruments, invented dobro resonator guitar
Ján Bahýľ (1865-1916) – military engineer, inventor of the motor-driven helicopter (four years before Bréguet and Cornu). Bahyl was granted 7 patents in all, including the invention of the tank pump, air balloons combined with an air turbine, the first petrol engine car in Slovakia (with Anton Marschall) and a lift up to Bratislava castle.
Anyos Jedlik (Štefan Anián Jedlík, Anianus Jedlik) (1800-1895) - hungarian inventor, constructed the electromagnetic rotor – a predecessor of the modern electromotor – three years before Faraday and the unipolar dynamo six years before W. Siemens
Ján Dernschwam (Hans Dernschwam) (1494-1567) - a mining expert, chief manager of the Fugger-Thurzo Company in Banská Bystrica
Jozef Karol Hell (Joseph Karl Hell) (1713-1789) - mining engineer active in central Slovakia, has influenced the mining technology considerably, inventor of the water-pillar pump machine (his first machine could pump water up from the depth of 212 meters), which is used till today for oil extraction
Izák Potter (Issac Potter) (1690-1735) - born in England, living and working in Banská Štiavnica, engineer, constructor of the first atmospheric steam engine in Europe (in Nová Baňa, in 1723)
Ján Thurzo I (Johannes Thurzo I) (1437-1508) - mining engineer, entrepreneur, together with the Fuggers founder of the biggest copper producing and trading company in the world of the 1st half of the 16th century
Dušan Makovický (1866-1921) - physician, writer, translator, personal doctor of Leo Tolstoy
Pavol Olexik (1801-1878) - pioneer of genetics
Karol Rayger (Rayger Károly) (1641-1707) - introduced the pulmonary test of new-born children still used in forensic medicine
Ján Severíni (1716-1789) - historian, natural scientist, author of the first high school textbooks of biology in the Kingdom of Hungary (together with Matej Piller)
Rudolf Vrba (born Walter Rosenberg, 1924-2006) - was a professor of pharmacology at the University of British Columbia who was known internationally for his work on diabetes, cancer, and the chemistry of the brain, also Auschwitz survivor, author of the Vrba-Wetzler report.
Pavel Kray (1735-1804) – field marshal, mathematician, engineer, architect, participant of the Seven Years War and of the Turkish War (1788-1789), defeated the Peasant Uprising in Transylvania in 1786
Filip Anton Eduard Lenard (Philipp Eduard Anton von Lenard, Lénárd Fülöp) (1862-1947) – a German Nobel prize holder (1905) for physics born in Bratislava, founder of quantum physics*Ivan Wilhelm [7] (1942 Trnava) - nuclear physicist, former rector of Charles University in Prague
Maximilián Hell (Maximilian Hell, Hell Miksa) (1720-1792) – Jesuit priest, astronomer and mathematician, designed the observatory of the Trnava University, director of the Imperial Observatory in Vienna
Ladislav Medňanský (Ladislav Mednyánszky) (1852-1919) - Slovak-Hungarian painter (changed his own name from a Magyar one (Laszlo) to a Slovak one (Ladislav))
Andy Warhol (baptized Andrew Warhola, his father's pre-immigration family name was Varchola) (1928-1987) — one of the most famous artists of the 20th century. He introduced Pop-Art to the world, and was the first artist to use a photographic silk-screen technique in his work. He was born in the United States as the son of emigrants from eastern Slovakia (members of the Rusyn nationality from the village of Miková, his parents' first language was Rusyn, he took over the religious views of his parents[citation needed] and he always wanted to return to the country of his parents,[citation needed] which obviously was not possible because of the communist regime in Central Europe. The Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art is located in Medzilaborce, eastern Slovakia.
Ján Brokoff (Johann Brokoff) (1652-1718) - sculptor
Jozef Damko (1872-1955) - sculptor
Ján Anton Kraus (Johann Anton Kraus) (1728-1795)- sculptor
Robert Kühmayer (1883-1972) - sculptor; born in Bratislava
Ján Kulich famous sculptor
Ľudovít Mack (Ludwig Mack) (1876-1963) – sculptor
Master MS (Majster MS) (15th-16th century) - sculptor
Master Paul of Levoča (Majster Pavol z Levoče) (1470-1535) – one of the most important European late Gothic carvers / sculptors, his most famous piece is the magnificent Gothic High Altar in the St. James Church in the town of Levoča, which is the highest wooden altar in the world (18.6 meters high).
Master of the Figures of Banská Štiavnica (Majster banskoštiavnických figúr) (15th century) – Gothic carver
Ignác Feigler I (Ignaz Feigler I) (1791-1847) – a major architect of Bratislava, author of many buildings of the town
Ignác Feigler II (Ignaz Feigler II) (1820-1894)- a major architect of Bratislava*Bohuslav Fuchs (1895-1972) – architect; a Czech also active in Slovakia
Zdenek Ďuriš (1953) - sports physiotherapist and masseur of a top tennis player Marcos Baghdatis and a canoeing Olympic champion Michal Martikán. A regular member of the Slovak Olympic team, Davis Cup and Fed Cup teams.
Elizabeth Báthory-Nádasdy (countess Alžbeta Bátoriová, the "Bloody Lady of Čachtice") (1560-1614), Hungarian countess, presumably the most infamous mass murderer in Slovak and Hungarian history
Móric Beňovský (Maurycy Beniowski, Baron Maurice Auguste de Benyowski, many other name versions) (1746-1786) - Slovak globetrotter, explorer, soldier, writer, and the King of Madagascar
Juraj Jánošík (1688- 1713) - the Slovak equivalent of Robin Hood, the topic of many Slovak legends, books and films
Juliana Korponaiová-Géciová (Julie Korponay), the „White Lady of Levoča“(1680-1714) – a legendary person responsible for the capitulation of the town of Levoča during the Francis II Rákóczi Uprising
Stibor of Stiborice and Beckov (?-1414) - an ethnic Polish noble, who lived in present-day Slovakia, he gained huge properties in western and central upper - kingdom of Hungary after 1388 and was sometimes referred to as a petty king
Martina Valková - famous Slovak model, one of the european finalists (the only one from Eastern Europe) in the casting for the Hollywood movie Troy (leading female role)