The Most Famous
COMPANIONS from Slovenia
This page contains a list of the greatest Slovene Companions. The pantheon dataset contains 784 Companions, 2 of which were born in Slovenia. This makes Slovenia the birth place of the 39th most number of Companions behind Switzerland, and Azerbaijan.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Slovene Companions of all time. This list of famous Slovene Companions is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Melania Trump (b. 1970)
With an HPI of 78.51, Melania Trump is the most famous Slovene Companion. Her biography has been translated into 102 different languages on wikipedia.
Melania Knauss Trump (born Melanija Knavs, April 26, 1970) is a Slovenian and American former model who is married to U.S. President Donald Trump. Since 2025, Melania Trump has served as the first lady of the United States, a role she previously held from 2017 to 2021. She is the first naturalized citizen to become first lady, the second foreign-born first lady, after Louisa Adams, the second Roman Catholic first lady, after Jacqueline Kennedy, and the second first lady to hold the position for two nonconsecutive terms, after Frances Cleveland. Melanija Knavs was born in Yugoslavia, where she began working as a fashion model at the age of 16 while pursuing her education. She changed the spelling of her name to Melania Knauss and traveled to Paris and Milan to seek modeling work before meeting Paolo Zampolli; Zampolli hired her and sponsored her immigration to the United States in 1996. She worked as a model in Manhattan, where Zampolli introduced her to Donald Trump in 1998. She began dating Donald Trump shortly thereafter. Trump worked to get Melania more modeling jobs, and she supported him during his 2000 presidential campaign. Melania and Donald Trump married in 2005, and they had a son, Barron Trump, the following year. Melania started her own jewelry brand, Melania, in 2009. After encouraging Donald to run for president in the 2016 presidential election, Melania only made rare campaign appearances, instead opting to help Donald with strategy. She received major press coverage during the campaign when erotic photos from her modeling years were uncovered and published, and again when a speech she gave at the 2016 Republican National Convention was found to be plagiarized from a similar speech by Michelle Obama. In the month leading up to the election, she defended her husband following the release of the Access Hollywood tape that mired his campaign in scandal. Melania stayed in Manhattan for the first months of her tenure as first lady, allowing Barron to finish school there and to renegotiate her prenuptial agreement. She kept to minimal activity after moving into the White House and held fewer events than previous first ladies. Melania faced several challenges in 2018, including allegations of extramarital affairs by her husband, surgery for kidney disease, and a tour of Africa that was overshadowed by scrutiny of her wardrobe and personal conduct. During her tenure as first lady, Melania prioritized children's issues, launching the Be Best campaign to promote children's welfare and visiting many children's hospitals. She was also a close advisor to her husband, influencing his decisions to end the Trump administration's family separation policy and to ban fruit-flavored electronic cigarette cartridges. In the final months of her initial tenure as first lady, Melania endorsed her husband's false claims of election fraud in the 2020 presidential election. After leaving the White House in 2021, she largely stayed out of the public view before assuming the role of first lady again in 2025.
2. Anna of Cilli (1380 - 1416)
With an HPI of 64.21, Anna of Cilli is the 2nd most famous Slovene Companion. Her biography has been translated into 20 different languages.
Anna of Cilli or Anne of Celje (Polish: Anna Cylejska; 1386 – 21 May 1416) was Queen of Poland from 1402 to 1416. She was the second wife of Jogaila (Władysław II Jagiełło), King of Poland and Supreme Duke of Lithuania (reigned 1387–1434). Their marriage was politically motivated to strengthen Jogaila's ties with the Piast dynasty and his claims to the Polish throne. Their marriage was rather distant and during fourteen years Anna bore only one daughter, Hedwig Jagiellon, who died without issue.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Slovene companions born between 1380 and 1970. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Slovene companions include Melania Trump. The most famous deceased Slovene companions include Anna of Cilli. As of April 2024, 2 new Slovene companions have been added to Pantheon including Melania Trump, and Anna of Cilli.
