Notable interments at Žale

105 notable figures are documented at Žale in Wikidata's burial records, each with a Wikipedia article and a recorded place of burial. Listed alphabetically.

• Albert Kramer (1882–1943), politician, jurist, diplomat
• Albin Planinc (1944–2008), chess player
• Aleksander Konjajev (1909–1995), writer, agronomist
• Aleš Debeljak (1961–2016), writer, poet, translator
• Aleš Kunaver (1935–1984), mountain guide, mountaineer
• Ana Mayer Kansky (1895–1962), teacher, entrepreneur, chemist
• Andrej Bajuk (1943–2011), politician, economist
• Andrej Hieng (1925–2000), screenwriter, writer, playwright
• Angela Vode (1892–1985), teacher, politician, human rights defender
• Anton Peterlin (1908–1993), physicist
• Anton Slodnjak (1899–1983), writer, literary critic, literary historian
• Anton Strle (1915–2003), professor, Catholic priest, translator
• Anton Vovk (1900–1963), Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
• Beno Zupančič (1925–1980), screenwriter, writer, politician
• Bert Sotlar (1921–1992), actor
• Berta Bojetu (1946–1997), actor, writer, poet
• Bogomir Magajna (1904–1963), writer, physician, partisan
• Bojan Adamič (1912–1995), actor, photographer, composer
• Branka Jurca (1914–1999), writer, teacher, editor
• Ciril Zlobec (1925–2018), writer, poet, politician
• Črtomir Nagode (1903–1947), politician, engineer, geologist
• Davorin Jenko (1835–1914), composer, conductor, chapelmaster
• Dominik Smole (1929–1992), writer, playwright, dramaturge
• Dragotin Kette (1876–1899), writer, poet, children's writer
• Dragotin Lončar (1876–1954), politician, historian, editor
• Duša Počkaj (1924–1982), actor, stage actor, film actor
• Edvard Kocbek (1904–1981), writer, politician, poet
• Emil Adamič (1877–1936), composer, conductor, music teacher
• Erwin Rösener (1902–1946), military personnel, politician, Obergruppenführer
• Ferdo Delak (1905–1968), journalist, film director, theatre manager
• Ferdo Godina (1912–1994), writer, partisan, editing staff
• Ferdo Kozak (1894–1957), writer, politician, partisan
• Fran Albreht (1889–1963), writer, poet, politician
• Fran Saleški Finžgar (1871–1962), writer, priest, poet
• Gregor Strniša (1930–1987), writer, poet, playwright
• Gregor Žerjav (1882–1929), lawyer, politician, jurist
• Heinrich Freyer (1802–1866), naturalist, pharmacist, zoologist
• Hinko Smrekar (1883–1942), artist, graphic designer, painter
• Igor Zabel (1958–2005), writer, translator, exhibition curator
• Ivan Cankar (1876–1918), writer, politician, poet
• Ivan Potrč (1913–1993), writer, playwright, editor
• Ivan Potrč (1913–1993), writer, playwright, editor
• Ivan Vidav (1918–2015), mathematician, university teacher
• Izidor Cankar (1886–1958), writer, diplomat, Catholic priest
• Jakob Savinšek (1922–1961), poet, illustrator, painter
• Janez Evangelist Krek (1865–1917), writer, priest, politician
• Janez Frančišek Gnidovec (1873–1939), Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
• Janez Menart (1929–2004), screenwriter, writer, poet
• Janez Rakovec (1949–2008), composer, mathematician, topologist
• Janez Zemljarič (1928–2022), politician, political commissar, jurist
• Jernej Šugman (1968–2017), actor
• Josip Murn (1879–1901), writer, poet
• Josip Pavčič (1870–1949), composer, teacher, organist
• Josip Plemelj (1873–1967), mathematician, university teacher
• Josip Vandot (1884–1944), writer, poet, editor
• Josip Vidmar (1895–1992), writer, politician, political commissar
• Joško Battestin (1918–2020), writer, inventor
• Jože Plečnik (1872–1957), teacher, architect, urban planner
• Katja Boh (1929–2008), politician, diplomat, sociologist
• Lambert Ehrlich (1878–1942), politician, professor, Catholic priest
• Leon Rupnik (1880–1946), military personnel, politician
• Leonid Pitamic (1885–1971), lawyer, jurist, diplomat
• Lili Novy (1885–1958), writer, poet, translator
• Lojze Kovačič (1928–2004), writer, children's writer
• Ludvik Mrzel (1904–1971), writer, poet, translator
• Majda Potokar (1930–2001), actor, stage actor, film actor
• Marij Kogoj (1892–1956), composer
• Marija Lucija Stupica (1950–2002), painter, graphic artist, illustrator
• Marjan Pengov (1913–1991), fencer
• Marko Godina (1943–1986), inventor, surgeon, plastic surgeon
• Marko Petkovšek (1955–2023), mathematician
• Matej Sternen (1870–1949), conservator, artist, painter
• Matic Šušteršič (1980–2005), sprinter, athletics competitor
• Matjaž Schmidt (1948–2010), teacher, painter, illustrator
• Matjaž Schmidt (1948–2010), teacher, painter, illustrator
• Milan Komar (1921–2006), philosopher, essayist
• Milan Vidmar (1885–1962), writer, university teacher, electrical engineer
• Mira Marko Debelak Deržaj (1904–1948), translator, opinion journalist, mountaineer
• Mira Pintar (1891–1980), painter, bank teller, embroiderer
• Mitja Ribičič (1919–2013), politician, political commissar, partisan
• Nadina Abarth-Žerjav (1912–2000), businessperson
• Nikolaj Pirnat (1903–1948), poet, military officer, partisan
• Oton Župančič (1878–1949), writer, poet, playwright
• Pavel Golia (1887–1959), writer, poet, playwright
• Pavel Grošelj (1883–1940), physicist, mathematician, biologist
• Pepca Kardelj (1914–1990), politician, political commissar, partisan
• Peter Božič (1932–2009), writer, politician, playwright
• Rihard Jakopič (1869–1943), painter, art theorist
• Rudi Šeligo (1935–2004), writer, politician, playwright
• Saša Vegri (1934–2010), writer, poet, librarian
• Slavko Osterc (1895–1941), composer, professor, music teacher
• Stane Sever (1914–1970), stage actor, film actor
• Štefka Drolc (1923–2018), actor, stage actor, film actor
• Tone Pavček (1928–2011), writer, poet, translator
• Tone Seliškar (1900–1969), writer, teacher, poet
• Tsuneko Kondo-Kavese (1893–1963), nurse
• Veno Taufer (1933–2023), poet, playwright, translator
• Vera Albreht (1895–1971), writer, poet, translator
• Vida Jeraj (1875–1932), writer, poet
• Vida Tomšič (1913–1998), politician, political commissar, partisan
• Vilko Ukmar (1905–1991), composer, university teacher, opinion journalist
• Vitomil Zupan (1914–1987), screenwriter, writer, poet
• Vladimir Bartol (1903–1967), writer, playwright, entomologist
• Zdenka Cerar (1941–2013), politician, jurist, gymnast
• Zlatko Šugman (1932–2008), actor, stage actor, television actor