American Slovenes are Americans of Slovene origin.

In 1990, 124.437 Americans declared that they were of Slovene origin (of those, 738 are doctors).

History of settlement

Large Slovenian areas in USA

Important American Slovenes

• 2 astronauts (Ronald Sega and Jeremy Linenger )
• 3 state governers (Frank Lausche, George Voinovich,...)
• 7 congressmen (John Blatnik , James Oberstar,...)
• 9 generals (Ferdinand Chesarek , John Stephan Lekson , Warren Joseph Pezdirtz ,...)
• 7 admirals (Ronald Zlatoper , Jerome Edward Rupnik , F. William Petrovic ,...),
• 9 bishops (Friderik Irenej Baraga ,...)
• ...

See also

• Slovenians