On 21 July 1953, Kajuh was declared a national hero of Yugoslavia.
Karel Gott | Karel Čapek | Karel Appel | Karel Teige | Karel Reisz | Karel Goeyvaerts | Karel van Mander | Karel Václav Rais | Karel Husa | Karel Roden | Karel Kovařovic | Karel Halík | Jan Karel Lenstra | Karel Zeman | Karel van der Toorn | Karel Svoboda | Karel Štěpánek | Karel Píč | Karel Marquez | Karel Kryl | Karel Kroupa | Karel Jaromír Erben | Karel Zich | Karel Vasak | Karel van Wolferen | Karel Van Mander | Karel Stepanek | Karel Schulz | Karel Plicka | Karel Otčenášek |
On 22 February 1944 the Slovene poet and Yugoslav people's hero Karel Destovnik (a.k.a. Kajuh) was killed in fighting with German troops in the hamlet of Žlebnik south of the main settlement.