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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.

 

 

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)

Pavel Kordoš (*24. September 1903 in Liptovský Mikuláš - †11. May 1981 in Bratislava)

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 Holíč - †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)   


                                                          


 

Last updated: Friday, December 5, 2025