Many prominent people have attended the Nova Gorica Grammar School since its founding. Among them were: • Rajko Bratož, historian •
Kostja Gatnik, illustrator •
Robert Golob, politician and businessman •
Dean Komel, philosopher •
Jana Krivec, chess grandmaster •
Branko Marušič, historian •
Tomaž Marušič, lawyer and politician, Minister of Justice of Slovenia (1997-2000) • Tomaž Mastnak, sociologist, political scientist and columnist •
Iztok Mlakar, actor, singer and songwriter • Katja Perat, poet •
Borut Pahor, politician, current
President of Slovenia • Senko Pličanič, lawyer and politician, current Slovenian Minister of Justice and Administration •
Vojteh Ravnikar, architect •
Uroš Seljak, cosmologist, a professor of physics at
University of California, Berkeley •
Dušan Šinigoj, politician, Prime Minister of the
Socialist Republic of Slovenia (1984-1990) • Mitja Velikonja, sociologist and cultural anthropologist •
Igor Vidmar, rock musician • Boštjan Vuga, architect • Saša Vuga, writer •
Danilo Zavrtanik, physicist •
Samuel Žbogar, diplomat and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia (2008-2012) • Pavel Zgaga, pedagogue and politician, Minister of Education of Slovenia (1999-2000) == Notable professors ==