Tomaž Humar, born February 18, 1969 in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia and died around November 10, 2009 in Langtang Lirung, Nepal, was a Slovenian mountaineer. Father of two children, he lived in Kamnik in Slovenia.

He made more than 1,500 ascents and won numerous mountaineering awards such as the Piolet d'Or in 1996 for his ascent of Ama Dablam. He became widely known after his solo ascent of the south face of Dhaulagiri in 19992 considered one of the deadliest routes in the Himalayas with 40% fatalities. During a solo ascent on Nanga Parbat in 2005, Tomaž Humar was caught in an avalanche almost 6,000 meters above sea level.