Slovene Argentines

Argentines of Slovene descent, also Slovene Argentines (Slovene: Argentinski Slovenci) are Argentines who have predominantly or total Slovene ancestry. According to Jernej Zupančič of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, they number around 150,000.^[1][2]

Slovene Argentines

Esloveno Argentino (Spanish) Argentinski Slovenci (Slovene)
Slovenian community in Buenos Aires on Immigrant Day 2011
Total population
+ 150,000 (by ancestry)[1][2]
Regions with significant populations
Buenos Aires, San Carlos de Bariloche, Mendoza, Paraná, Córdoba
Languages
Slovene, Spanish
Religion
Catholic with a Lutheran minority
Related ethnic groups
Slovenes Slovene Americans Slovene Canadians

Notable people

• Andrés Kogovsek, handball player
• Cristian Poglajen, volleyball player^[3]
• Alojz Geržinič, composer^[4]
• Andrej Bajuk, banker and politician^[5]
• Anton Novačan, author, politician and diplomat^[6]
• Bernarda Fink, opera singer^[7]
• Emilio Komar, philosopher^[8]
• Franc Rode, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
• Ivan Ahčin, journalist, sociologist and politician^[9]
• Juan Vasle, singer and journalist
• Lucas Mario Horvat, football player
• Marcos Fink, singer
• Pedro Opeka, missionary
• Tine Debeljak, literary historian and essayist
• Viktor Sulčič, architect
• Luciano Pocrnjic, football player
• Andrés Vombergar, football player
• Vicente Bokalic Iglic, cardinal

See also

• Argentina–Slovenia relations
• Argentines of European descent
• Croatian Argentines
• Macedonian Argentine
• Montenegrin Argentines
• Serbian Argentines
• Ethnic groups of Argentina
• Slovenian diaspora