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Past figures in Slovak banking
The following list presents a selection of important figures in the history of the Slovak financial sector. The list is based mainly on a series of articles written by staff members of the NBS Archives and published between 1997 and 2003 in the NBS banking journal Biatec.
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Ján Balko (*21. June 1901 in Dolná Ždaňa - †10. December 1992 in Bratislava)
Ľudovít Bazovský (*22. July 1872 in Závada - †10. December 1958 in Ľubochňa)
Matej Metod Bella (*7. December 1869 in Kostolná pri Trenčíne - †26. November 1946 in Čereňany)
Pavol Blaho (*25. March 1867 in Skalica - †29. November 1927 in Bratislava)
Michal Bosák (*10. December 1869 in Okrúhle - †18. February 1937 in Scranton, USA)
Ján Cablk (*9. February 1867 in Oroszlány, Hungary - †15. October 1943 in Bratislava)
Ivan Daxner (*2. February 1860 in Nagykálló, Hungary - †28. December 1935 in Tisovec)
Vladimír Fajnor (*23. October 1875 in Senica - †5. January 1952 in Bratislava)
Rudolf Fraštacký (*11. February 1912 in Mošovce - †19. March 1988 in Toronto, Canada)
Milan Frič (*26. May 1882 in Belehrad, Serbia - †17. August 1966 in Ostrava, Czech Republic)
Jozef Fundárek (*1. October 1896 in Bytča - †17. August 1991 in Bratislava)
Rudolf Gábriš (*1. December 1889 in Nové Mesto nad Váhom - †5. September 1969 in Piešťany)
Egon Hlavatý (*24. July 1930 in Stupava - †8. March 2011 in Bratislava)
Andrej Hlinka (*27. September 1864 in Ružomberok - Černová - †16. August 1938 in Ružomberok - Černová)
Milan Hodža (*1. February 1878 in Sučany - †27. April 1944 in Clearwater, USA)
Štefan Horváth (*23. June 1913 in Staré Hory - †22. May 1993 in Bratislava)
Fedor Houdek (*5. January 1877 in Ružomberok - †26. February 1953 in Bratislava)
Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav (*2. February 1849 in Vyšný Kubín - †8. November 1921 in Dolný Kubín)
Fedor Jesenský (*22. April 1877 in Martin - †24. September 1958 in Martin)
Vladimír Jesenský (*27. August 1879 in Martin - †8. August 1960 in Bratislava)
Samuel Jurenka (*4. February 1854 in Myjava - †17. December 1930 in Myjava)
Ferdinand Juriga (*12. October 1874 in Gbely - †23. November 1950 in Bratislava)
Samuel Jurkovič (*9. February 1796 in Brezová pod Bradlom - †13. July 1873 in Brezová pod Bradlom)
Jozef Kállay (*12. August 1881 in Liptovský Mikuláš - †10. February 1939 in Bratislava)
Andrej Kapustáš (*24. November 1757 in Hlohovec - † December 1796 in Vilnius, Lithuania)
Imrich Karvaš (*25. February 1903 in Varšany - †22. February 1981 in Bratislava)
Martin Kollár (*23. October 1889 in Ovčie - †3. May 1956 in Bratislava)
Peter Kompiš (*10. August 1859 in Liptovský Hrádok - †21. April 1929 in Lučenec)
Gustáv Adolf Koričánsky (*8. December 1886 in Sibiu, Romania - †4. March 1947 in Bratislava)
Michal Kováč (*5. August 1930 in Ľubiša - †5. October 2016 in Bratislava)
Ľudovít Kováčik (*22. May 1913 in Čierny Balog - †23. June 1985 in Prague, Czech Republic)
Vojtech Krajčovič (*4. February 1914 in Klátová Nová Ves - †date of death unknown)
Cyril Kresák (*25. April 1863 in Dolný Kubín - †13. April 1945 in Senica)
Ján Krno (*20. September 1862 in Nemecká Ľupča - †28. March 1926 in Bratislava)
Rudolf Krupec (*10. April 1840 in Bystrička - †18. November 1913 in Žilina)
Valér Kubány (*19. May 1883 in Klenovec - †18. August 1936 in Bratislava)
Rudolf Kubiš (*19. April 1885 in Bytča - †24. April 1951 in Bratislava)
Pavol Kuzmány (*3. July 1835 in Banská Bystrica - †10. November 1900 in Prague, Czech Republic)
Daniel Gabriel Lichard (*17. January 1812 in Slovenská Ľupča - †17. November 1882 in Skalica)
Eugen Löbl (*14. May 1907 in Holíč - †1987 in New York, USA)
Pavol Majling (*13. June 1911 in Rudlová - †15. February 1984 in Bratislava)
Vladimír Makovický (*26. April 1862 in Ružomberok - †15. February 1944 in Smokovec)
Július Markovič (*21.December 1860 in Hrachov - †19. December 1913 in Vienna, Austria)
Karol Markovič (*4. February 1897 in Radvaň - †2. February 1980 in Bratislava)
Anton Mederly (*13. June 1892 in Ružomberok - †27. August 1972 in Bratislava)
Ľudovít Medvecký (*28. July 1878 in Zvolen - †26. March 1954 in Modrý Kameň)
Ján Michalík (*12. April 1899 in Malý Čepčín - †date of death unknown)
Ján Milec (*9. May 1847 in Necpaly - †28. August 1901 in Žilina)
Jozef Mudrík (*9. April 1934 in Hlohovec - †15. January 2021 in Bratislava)
Matej Murtin (*3. May 1905 in Liptovský Mikuláš - †11. March 1979 in Prague, Czech Republic)
Ľudovít Okánik (*15. August 1869 in Skalica - †21. March 1944 in Bratislava)
Ján Oliva (*14. June 1903 in Halič - †2. June 1982 in Prague, Czech Republic)
Samuel Ormis (*1. July 1824 in Revúca - †18. October 1875 in Revúca)
Viliam Pauliny-Tóth (*3. June 1826 in Senica - †6. May 1877 in Martin)
Žigmund Pauliny-Tóth (*11. May 1865 in Skalica - †6. March 1906 in Martin)
Viliam Pauliny (*20. December 1887 in Slovenské Pravno - †1945 at unknown place)
Július Pázman (*7. September 1907 in Hodruša - †15. June 1982 in Bratislava)
Ladislav Rástocký (*1. July 1888 in Brezno - †date of death unknown)
Peter Víťazoslav Rovnianek (*21. June 1867 in Horný Hričov - †16. November 1933 in Chicago, USA)
František Skyčák (*15. March 1870 in Klin - †9. April 1953 in Pohranice)
Kornel Milan Stodola (*26. August 1866 in Liptovský Mikuláš - †21. October 1946 in Bratislava)
Elo Šándor (*8. March 1896 in Vrbové - †9. January 1952 in Bratislava)
Miloš Vladimír Štefanovič (*2. November 1854 in Balažske Ďarmoty, Hungary - †21. November 1904 in Martin)
Jozef Gregor Tajovský (*18. October 1875 in Tajov - †20. May 1940 in Bratislava)
Ivan Thurzo (*28. February 1882 in Radvaň - †1. September 1964 in Martin)
Jozef Trnovec (*25. January 1899 in Banská Bystrica - †11. February 1981 in Bratislava)
Tomáš Tvarožek (*21. December 1892 in Brezová pod Bradlom - †20. July 1945 in Bratislava)
Ján Ursíny (*11. October 1896 in Rakša - †8. January 1972 in Rakša)
Ján Valach (*23. January 1912 in Slizske - †1. July 2001 in Bratislava)
Ľudovít Vanovič (*4. January 1878 in Dražkovce - †19. August 1949 in Martin)
Ján Vansa (*21. June 1846 in Tisovec - †22. June 1922 in Banská Bystrica)
Pavel Varsik (*25. October 1891 in Myjava – †23. September 1939 in Bratislava)
Ján Vesel (*25. September 1862 in Banská Bystrica - †22. March 1931 in Banská Bystrica)
Ján Alojz Wagner (*3. July 1864 in Slovenské Pravno - †18. October 1930 in Bratislava)
Ján Záturecký (*19. October 1875 in Brezno - †21. July 1936 in Bratislava)
Štefan Závodník (*2. September 1813 in Horná Poruba - †12. December 1885 in Pružina)