List of Macedonians (ethnic group)

This is a list of notable Macedonians or people of Macedonian descent sorted by occupation and year of birth, regardless of any political, territorial or other divisions, historical or modern.

Academia

Scientists

• Blaga Aleksova (1922–2007), archaeologist
• Svetlana Antonovska (born 1952–2016), statistician
• Ana Čolović LeÅ¡oska (born 1979), biologist
• Georgi Efremov (1932–2011), biologist
• Leonid Grčev (born 1951), electrical engineer
• Martin Guleski (born 1945), architect
• Ratko Janev (1939–2019), atomic physicist
• NataÅ¡a Jonoska (born 1961), mathematician
• SaÅ¡ko Kedev (born 1962), physician specialist cardiologist
• Ljupčo Kocarev (born 1955), physicist and engineer
• Pasko Kuzman (born 1947), archaeologist
• Petar Popovski (born 1973), electrical engineer
• Zoran T. Popovski (born 1962), biologist
• Paskal Sotirovski (1927–2003), astrophysicist
• Aneta Stefanovska, biophysicist
• Boris P. Stoicheff (1924–2010), physicist

Social academics

• Svetlana Antonovska (1952–2016), statistician
• Despot Badžović (1850-1932), teacher and activist
• Dimitrija Čupovski (1878–1940), Macedonian national activist
• Nace Dimov (1876–1916), Macedonian national activist
• Stojan Kočov (1930–2023), historian, partisan, scientist and publisher
• Slavko Milosavlevski (1928–2012), sociologist
• Mihail PetruÅ¡evski (1911–1990), founder of the College of Philosophy at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje
• Temko Popov (1855–1929)
• Gjorgji Pulevski (1817–1893), first-known author to publicly express in 1875 the idea of a separate Macedonian nation and language
• Andrew Rossos (born 1941), Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Toronto
• Dragan TaÅ¡kovski (1917–1980), historian

Arts

Music

Classical music

Composers

• Dimitrije Bužarovski (born 1952)
• Tanja Carovska (born 1980)
• Aleksandar Džambazov (1936–2022)
• Petar Georgiev-Kalica (born 1951)
• Jonče Hristovski (1931–2000)
• Kiril Makedonski (1925–1984)
• Zoran Madzirov (1968–2017)
• Tale Ognenovski (1922–2012)
• Ilija Pejovski (born 1947)
• Toma ProÅ¡ev (1931–1996)
• Todor Skalovski (1909–2004), composer of the Macedonian national anthem "Today over Macedonia"
• Stojan Stojkov (born 1941)

Conductors

• Borjan Canev (born 1973)

Instrumentalists

Pianists

• Duke Bojadziev (born 1972)
• Dimitrije Bužarovski (born 1952)
• Simon Kiselicki (born 1974)
• Simon Trpčeski (born 1979)

Opera singers

• Igor Durlovski (born 1977)
• Blagoj Nacoski (born 1979)
• Boris Trajanov (born 1959)

Popular and folk music

Composers

• Darko Dimitrov (born 1973)
• Slave Dimitrov (born 1946)
• Jovan Jovanov (born 1981)
• Ilija Pejovski (born 1947), composer and pianist
• Trajko Prokopiev (1909–1979), infamous composer, who composed the soundtrack for the first Macedonian film Frosina
• Tomislav Zografski (1934–2000)

Musicians

• Bodan Arsovski (born 1956)
• Goran Trajkoski (born 1963)
• Kiril Džajkovski (born 1965)
• Chris Joannou (born 1979), bass guitarist
• Tale Ognenovski (1922–2012)
• Lars-Göran Petrov (1972–2021)
• Vlatko Stefanovski (born 1957)
• Stevo Teodosievski (1924–1997)
• Branko Trajkov (born 1966)
• Aleksandra Popovska (born 1975)

Singers

• Lambe Alabakovski (born 1987)
• Bobi Andonov (born 1994)
• Kristina Arnaudova (born 1979)
• Kaliopi Bukle (born 1966)
• Vladimir Četkar, jazz guitarist
• Dani Dimitrovska (born 1979)
• Karolina Gočeva (born 1980)
• Vaska Ilieva (1923–2001)
• Andrijana Janevska (born 1981)
• Vlado Janevski (born 1960)
• Jovan Jovanov (born 1985)
• Aleksandar Makedonski
• Maika Makovski (born 1983)
• Jasmina Mukaetova (born 1981)
• Eva Nedinkovska (born 1983)
• Ljiljana Nikolovska (born 1964)
• Goce Nikolovski (1947–2006)
• Blagica Pavlovska (born 1958)
• Elena Petreska (born 1980)
• ToÅ¡e Proeski (1981–2007)
• Elena Risteska (born 1986)
• Risto Samardžiev (born 1964)
• Aleksandar Sarievski (1922–2002)
• Dan Talevski (born 1992)
• Tamara Todevska (born 1985)
• Tijana Todevska-Dapčević (born 1976)
• Zoran Vanev (born 1973)
• Elena Velevska (born 1980)
• Alexander Veljanov (born 1964-1965)
• Rade Vrčakovski (born 1980)

Performing arts

Actors

• Kole Angelovski (born 1943)
• Igor Džambazov (born 1963), actor, singer, comedian
• Ljupka Džundeva (1934–2018)
• Jelena Jovanova (born 1984)
• Aco Jovanovski (1930–2016)
• Meto Jovanovski (1946–2023)
• Vlado Jovanovski (born 1967)
• Zafir Hadžimanov (1943–2021), actor, singer, composer
• Gjorgji Kolozov (1948–2003)
• Toni Mihajlovski (born 1967)
• Labina Mitevska (born 1975)
• Natasha Negovanlis (born 1990)
• Chris Petrovski (born 1991)
• Petre Prličko (1907–1995)
• Nikola Ristanovski (born 1969)
• Robert Veljanovski (born 1968)

Filmmakers

• Vladimir Blaževski (born 1955)
• Kiril Cenevski (1943–2019)
• Petar Gligorovski (1938–1995), animated film director and surrealist artist
• Igor Ivanov (born 1973)
• Tamara Kotevska (born 1993)
• Milčo Mančevski (born 1959), Golden Lion-winning director
• Kole Manev (born 1941)
• Darko Mitrevski (born 1971), film director and screenwriter
• Stole Popov (born 1950)
• Svetozar Ristovski (born 1972)
• Ljubomir Stefanov (born 1975)
• Apostol Trpeski (born 1948)
• Kiro Urdin (born 1945)

Theatre production

• Bill Neskovski (1964–1989), playwright and actor
• Naum Panovski (born 1950), theatre director

Visual arts

Architecture

• Slavko Brezoski (1922–2017)
• Elpida Hadži-Vasileva (born 1971)
• Janko Konstantinov (1926–2010)
• Georgi Konstantinovski (1930–2020)
• Mimoza Nestorova-Tomić (1929–2024)
• Živko Popovski (1934–2007)

Fashion design

• Risto Bimbiloski (born 1975)
• Nikola Eftimov (born 1968)
• Mila Hermanovski (born 1969), costume and fashion designer
• Toni Matičevski (born 1976)
• Marjan Pejoski (born 1968)

Graphic design

• Vlado Goreski (born 1958)
• Miroslav Grčev (born 1955), designer of the Macedonian flag

Models

• Katarina Ivanovska (born 1988)

Multimedia

• Iskra Dimitrova (born 1965)

Painting

• Dimitar Avramovski-Pandilov (1898–1963)
• Rahim Blak (born 1983)
• Angel Gavrovski (born 1942)
• Vladimir Georgievski (1942–2017)
• Maja Hill (born 1976)
• Mice Jankulovski (born 1954), painter and cartoonist
• Dimitar Kondovski (1927–1993)
• Vangel Kodžoman (1904–1994)
• Rubens Korubin (born 1949)
• Lazar Ličenoski (1901–1964)
• Petar Mazev (1927–1993)
• Isaija Mažovski (1852–1926), painter and activist
• Ordan Petlevski (1930–1997)
• Bobby Stojanov Varga (born 1972)
• Dimo Todorovski (1910–1983)
• Borislav Traikovski (1917–1996)
• Keraca Visulčeva (1911–2004)
• Tomo Vladimirski (1904–1971)

Product design

• Stefan Janoski (born 1979), skateboarder and artist
• Apostol Tnokovski (born 1982)

Sculpting

• Žarko BaÅ¡eski (born 1957)
• Petar Hadži BoÅ¡kov (1928–2015)
• Tome Serafimovski (1935–2016)
• Gligor Stefanov (born 1956)
• Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva (born 1971)

Business

• George Atanasoski (born 1952), founder of Microflex Inc. and MAK AM International Corporation
• John Bitove (born 1960), founder of the Toronto Raptors
• John Bitove, Sr. (1928–2015), restaurateur and philanthropist
• Marjan Bojadžiev (born 1967), CEO of the National Bank of North Macedonia, board member of Skopje Chamber of Commerce
• Valentin Ilievski (born 1968), senior vice president of southeast Europe for Messer Group, president of assembly of FK Sarajevo
• Christopher Ilitch (born 1965), president and CEO of Ilitch Holdings, Inc.
• Marian Ilitch (born 1933), wife of Mike Ilitch and owner of Detroit's MotorCity Casino
• Mike Ilitch (1929–2017), founder of Little Caesars and owner of Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Tigers
• Minčo Jordanov (born 1944), owner of multiple companies
• Petar Kajevski (born 1974), founder of Najdi!
• Jordan Kamčev (born 1970), owner of multiple companies, richest man in Macedonia as of 2015
• Kocho Angjushev (born 1969), businessman owner of multiple Macedonian businesses
• Katrina Markoff (born 1973), owner of multiple chocolatier companies
• Lou Naumovski (born 1957), vice president and commercial/general director of Russia for Kinross Gold
• Susan Niczowski (born 1966), CEO and founder of Summer Fresh Salads Inc.
• Chris Pavlovski, CEO and founder of Rumble
• Andy Peykoff (born 1976), owner of Niagara Bottling
• Steve Stavro (1926–2006), founder of Knob Hill Farms, owner of Toronto Maple Leafs, director of Liquor Control Board of Ontario
• Mike Zafirovski (born 1953), president and CEO of Nortel Networks and Board of Directors at Boeing

Journalism

• Stefan Dedov (1869–1914)
• Vasko Eftov (born 1967)
• Branko Geroski
• Tomislav Kezarovski (born 1965)
• Dijamandija MiÅ¡ajkov (1872–1953)
• Nikola Mladenov (1964–2013)
• Mihail Solunov (1877–1956)
• Vlado Taneski (1952–2008)
• Mirka Velinovska (born 1952)

Literature

• Gjorgji Abadžiev (1910–1963)
• Petre M. Andreevski (1934–2006)
• Stojan Hristov (1898–1995)
• Živko Čingo (1935–1987)
• Dimitar Dimitrov (born 1937), philosopher and diplomat
• Lidija Dimkovska (born 1971), poet
• Elena Filipovska, philologist
• Vasil Iljoski (1902–1995)
• Slavko Janevski (1920–2000), poet, writer, and author of the first Macedonian-language novel The village behind the seven ash trees
• MiÅ¡o Juzmeski (1966–2021)
• Blaže Koneski (1921–1993)
• Blaže Ristovski (1931-2018), linguist, folklorist and cultural historian
• Risto Krle (1900–1975)
• Katica Kulavkova (born 1951)
• Vlado Maleski (1919–1984), author of the Macedonian national anthem "Today over Macedonia"
• Stefan Markovski (born 1990), screenwriter, poet, philosopher
• Mateja Matevski (1929–2018)
• Krste Misirkov (1874–1926)
• Kole Nedelkovski (1912–1941)
• Olivera Nikolova (1936–2024)
• Risto Ognjanovikj-Lonoski (1870–1941)
• Anton Panov (1906–1967)
• Sibila Petlevski (born 1964)
• Vidoe Podgorec (1934–1997)
• Aleksandar Prokopiev (born 1953)
• Kočo Racin (1908–1943), poet, communist, and author of the poetry collection White Dawns
• Atanas Razdolov (1872–1931), writer and revolutionary
• Sterjo Spasse (1914–1989), writer and novelist
• Goce Smilevski (born 1975)
• Milan Stoilov (1881–1903), writer and revolutionary
• Aco Å opov (1923–1982), poet
• Zvonko Taneski (born 1980), poet
• Nikola Vaptsarov (1909-1942), poet
• Jovica Tasevski-Eternijan (born 1976)
• Gane Todorovski (1929–2010)

Religion

• Gabriel Athonite (1926-1990), Macedonian Orthodox bishop, monk, and ascetic, later canonized as a saint
• David Ninov (born 1972), Bishop of Dremvit and Auxiliary Bishop of the Ardi of Skopje of the Macedonian Orthodox Church
• Mihail Gogov (1912–1999), fourth Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia
• Kiro Stojanov (born 1959), Roman Catholic Bishop of Skopje
• Stefan, Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia (born 1955)
• Slavko Dimevski (1920-1994), priest
• Joseph of Kumanovo and Osogovo, first and current Metropolitan bishop of the Diocese of Kumanovo and Osogovo
• Ivica Serafimovski (born 1973)
• Theodosius of Skopje (1846–1926), attempted to restore the Archbishopric of Ohrid as a separate Macedonian church
• Nikodim Tsarknias (born 1942), Macedonian Orthodox Christian monk

Revolutionaries

• Alekso Martulkov (1878–1962)
• Rizo Rizov (1872–1950)
• Boris Sarafov (1872–1907), revolutionary
• Pavel Shatev (1882–1951), socialist revolutionary
• Smile Vojdanov (1872–1958), revolutionary and founder of the Macedonian People's League

Sport

Athletics

• Kristijan Efremov (born 1990), sprinter
• Dario Ivanovski (born 1997), long distance runner
• Daniela Kuleska (born 1981), middle distance runner
• Ismail Mačev (1960–2019), sprinter
• Chris Mitrevski (born 1996), long jumper and sprinter
• Riste Pandev (born 1994), sprinter
• Elizabeta Pavlovska (born 1972), hurdler
• Hristina Risteska (born 1991), sprinter
• Ivana Rožman (born 1989), track and field
• Vančo Stojanov (born 1977), middle distance runner
• Mile Stojkoski (born 1965), long distance marathon paralympian
• Jovan Stojoski (born 1997), sprinter
• Aleksandra Vojnevska (born 1981), sprinter

American football

• Vlade Janakievski (born 1957), college football placekicker
• Paul Naumoff (1945–2018), NFL linebacker
• Pete Stoyanovich (born 1967), NFL placekicker

Association football

• Vlatko Andonovski (born 1976), US women's national team manager
• Zoran Baldovaliev (born 1983)
• Milko Djurovski (born 1963), Olympic bronze medalist
• BoÅ¡ko Gjurovski (born 1961)
• Mario Gjurovski (born 1985)
• Gjorgji Hristov (born 1976)
• Čedomir Janevski (born 1961)
• Marek Jankulovski (born 1977), Champions League winner
• Jovan Kirovski (born 1976), first American to win Champions League
• Dejan Kulusevski (born 2000)
• Goran Maznov (born 1981)
• Igor Mitreski (born 1979)
• George Nanchoff (born 1954)
• Louis Nanchoff (born 1956)
• Zlatko Nastevski (born 1957)
• Chris Naumoff (born 1995)
• Ilčo Naumoski (born 1983)
• Ilija Nestorovski (born 1990)
• Oka Nikolov (born 1974)
• Jane Nikolovski (born 1973)
• Darko Pančev (born 1965), Golden Boot and European Cup winner
• Goran Pandev (born 1983), Champions League winner
• SaÅ¡ko Pаndev (born 1987)
• Robert Petrov (born 1978)
• Goran Popov (born 1984)
• Robert Popov (born 1982)
• Stevica Ristić (born 1982)
• Goce Sedloski (Гоце Седлоски)
• Dragi Setinov (born 1961)
• Goran Slavkovski (born 1989)
• Mile Sterjovski (born 1979)
• Veliče Å umulikoski (born 1981)
• Goce Toleski (born 1977)
• Vančo Trajanov (born 1978)
• Jovica Trajčev (born 1981)
• Ivan Tričkovski (born 1987)
• Aleksandar Vasoski (born 1979)

Australian rules football

• Josh Daicos (born 1998), forward
• Peter Daicos (born 1961), Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee
• Nick Daicos (born 2003), midfielder
• Nick Malceski (born 1984), 2014 All-Australian team member
• Mark Nicoski (born 1983), utility
• Paul Peos (born 1968)
• Sam Petrevski-Seton (born 1998)

Baseball

• Kevin Kouzmanoff (born 1981), MLB third baseman

Basketball

• Jelena Antić (born 1991)
• Pero Antić (born 1982), NBA player
• Gjorgji Čekovski (born 1979)
• Slavica Dimovska (born 1985)
• Todor Gečevski (born 1977)
• Blagoja Georgievski (1950–2020), Olympic silver medalist
• Vlado Ilievski (born 1980)
• Andrej Jakimovski (born 2001), NCAA player
• Petar Naumoski (born 1968), two-time EuroLeague champion
• Kiril Nikolovski (born 1988)
• Predrag Samardžiski (born 1986)
• Darko Sokolov (born 1986)
• Vrbica Stefanov (born 1973)
• Damjan Stojanovski (born 1987)
• Vojdan Stojanovski (born 1987)
• Stojna Vangelovska (born 1964), Olympic silver medalist

Canoeing

• Atanas Nikolovski (born 1980), slalom canoer
• Lazar Popovski (born 1975), whitewater kayaker
• Nenad Trpovski (born 1978), slalom canoer
• Ana Ugrinovska (born 1980), slalom canoer

Chess

• Vlatko Bogdanovski (born 1964)
• Aleksandar Colovic (born 1976)
• Zvonko Stanojoski (born 1964)

Cricket

• Len Pascoe (born 1950), Test and One Day International cricketer

Cycling

• Andrej Petrovski (born 1996)
• Stefan Petrovski (born 1991)
• Gorgi Popstefanov (born 1987)

Handball

• Stevče AluÅ¡evski (born 1972)
• Tanja Andrejeva (born 1978)
• Lasko Andonovski (born 1991)
• Petar Angelov (born 1977)
• Branislav Angelovski (born 1977)
• Filip Arsenovski (born 1998)
• Stefan Atanasovski (born 1999)
• Mirjeta Bajramoska (born 1984)
• Andrea Beleska (born 1994)
• Danilo Brestovac (born 1975)
• Biljana Crvenkoska (born 1983)
• Jane Cvetkovski (born 1987)
• Filip Čurlevski (born 1992)
• Viktor Damceski (born 1996)
• Nikola Danilovski (1997–2021)
• Zlatko Daskalovski (born 1984)
• Zorica Despodovska (born 1991)
• Darko Dimitrievski (born 1993)
• Dimitar Dimitrioski (born 1998)
• Oliver Dimitrioski (born 1972)
• Ivan Dimitrovski (born 1998)
• Vasko Dimitrovski (born 1982)
• Vancho Dimovski (born 1979)
• Ivan Djonov (born 1997)
• Stefan Drogrishki (born 1994)
• Daniel Dupjačanec (born 1983)
• David Gashoski (born 1996)
• Goce Georgievski (born 1987)
• Elena Gjeorgjievska (born 1990)
• Daniel Gjorgjeski (born 1993)
• Dushica Gjorgjievska (born 1987)
• Simona Grozdanovska (born 1988)
• Tomislav Jagurinovski (born 1998)
• Lenche Ilkova (born 1984)
• Stefan Kimevski (born 1990)
• Marko Kizikj (born 2001)
• Alen Kjosevski (born 2001)
• Dario Kofiloski (born 2000)
• Marjan Kolev (born 1977)
• Nikola Kosteski (born 1992)
• Goran Krstevski (born 1996)
• Ilija Krstevski (born 1993)
• Milorad Kukoski (born 1987)
• Goran Kuzmanoski (born 1982)
• Filip Kuzmanovski (born 1996)
• Milan Lazarevski (born 1997)
• Filip Lazarov (born 1985)
• Kiril Lazarov (born 1980), all-time Champions League top scorer
• Milan Levov (born 1987)
• Elena Livrinikj (born 1994)
• Bojan Ljubevski (born 1996)
• Bojan Madzovski (born 1994)
• Borjan Madzovski (born 1994)
• Dejan Manaskov (born 1992)
• Martin Manaskov (born 1994)
• Pepi Manaskov (born 1964)
• Nikola Markoski (born 1990)
• Andrej Markudov (born 1996)
• Robertina Mečevska (born 1984)
• Filip Mirkulovski (born 1983)
• Marko MiÅ¡evski (born 1999)
• Petar Misovski (born 1976)
• Andrej Mitikj (born 2000)
• Vlatko Mitkov (born 1981)
• Nikola Mitrevski (born 1985)
• Dragica Mitrova (born 1987)
• Mihajlo Mladenovikj (born 2000)
• NataÅ¡a Mladenovska (born 1986)
• Zlatko Mojsoski (born 1981)
• Naumče Mojsovski (born 1980)
• Dijana Naumoska (born 1985)
• Vlado Nedanovski (born 1985)
• Marko Neloski (born 1996)
• Marko Ognjanovski (born 1997)
• Goce Ojleski (born 1989)
• ToÅ¡e Ončev (born 1996)
• Davor Palevski (born 1997)
• Marija Papudjieva (born 1977)
• Igor Pavlovski (born 1982)
• Dragana Pecevska (born 1983)
• Antonio PeÅ¡evski (born 1990)
• Žarko PeÅ¡evski (born 1991)
• Dragana Petkovska (born 1996)
• Kostadin Petrov (born 1992)
• Martin Popovski (born 1994)
• Nemanja Pribak (born 1984)
• Sara Ristovska (born 1996)
• Borko Ristovski (born 1982)
• Ljubomir Savevski (born 1957)
• Jovana Sazdovska (born 1993)
• Martin Serafimov (born 2000)
• Mice Shilegov (born 1998)
• Marija Shteriova (born 1991)
• Sara Stevanoska (born 1993)
• Mitko Stoilov (born 1983)
• Stojanče Stoilov (born 1987)
• Nikola Stojčevski (born 1984)
• Zvonko Å undovski (born 1967)
• Filip Taleski (born 1996)
• Jovan Talevski (born 1994)
• Mario Tankoski (born 1998)
• Vladimir Temelkov (born 1980)
• Teodor Todeski (born 2002)
• Martin Tomovski (born 1997)
• Blagojče Trajkovski (born 1986)
• Martin Velkovski (born 1997)

Ice hockey

• Mike Angelidis (born 1985), center
• Tommy Ivan (1911–1999), three-time Stanley Cup-winning coach
• Dan Jancevski (born 1981), defenseman
• Ed Jovanovski (born 1976), defenseman
• Steve Staios (born 1973), winger/defenseman
• Steven Stamkos (born 1990), two-time Stanley Cup-winning, seven-time all-star center
• Alek Stojanov (born 1973), right winger
• Andy Andreoff (born 1991), left winger
• Brandon Tanev (born 1991), left winger
• Christopher Tanev (born 1989), defenseman
• Jonah Gadjovich (born 1998), left winger
• Michael Zigomanis (born 1981), center
• Jose Theodore (born 1976 ), goalie, vezina and hart trophy winner

Martial arts

• Alen Amedovski (born 1988), mixed martial artist
• Pete George (1929-2021), weightlifter Olympic gold medalist
• Dejan Georgievski (born 1999), taekwondo Olympic silver medalist
• Puleksenija Jovanoska (born 1993), karateka
• Katerina Nikoloska (born 1990), judoka
• Nina Nunes (born 1985), UFC flyweight fighter
• Beni Osmanoski (born 1988), kickboxer
• Emil Pavlov (born 1992), karateka
• Ace Rusevski (born 1956), Olympic bronze medalist boxer
• Vlatko Sokolov (born 1973), wrestler
• Daniel Stefanovski (born 1996), kickboxer
• Alexander Volkanovski (born 1988), UFC Featherweight champion, reached #1 in pound-for-pound rankings

Mountain climbing

• Dimitar Ilievski-Murato (1953–1989), first Macedonian to climb Everest
• SaÅ¡ko Kedev (born 1962), politician and third Macedonian to climb Everest

Racing

• Igor Stefanovski (born 1982), two-time European Hill Climb champion

Rugby league

• Paul Momirovski (born 1996), centre and winger

Shooting

• Nina Balaban (born 1995)
• Olivera Nakovska-Bikova (born 1974)
• Darko Naseski (born 1979)
• SaÅ¡o Nestorov (born 1987)

Skiing

• Darko Damjanovski (born 1981), biathlete and cross-country skier
• Gjoko Dineski (born 1972), cross-country skier
• Ivana Ivchevska (born 1988), alpine skier
• Stavre Jada (born 1998), cross-country skier
• Rosana Kiroska (born 1991), cross-country skier
• Marija Kolaroska (born 1997). cross-country skier
• Gjorgi Markovski (born 1986), alpine skier
• Jana Nikolovska (born 1979), alpine skier
• Dejan Panovski (born 1980), alpine skier
• Antonio Ristevski (born 1989), alpine skier
• Aleksandar Stojanovski (born 1979), alpine skier
• Viktorija Todorovska (born 2000), cross-country skier

Swimming

• Marko Blaževski (born 1992)
• Anastasia Bogdanovski (born 1993)
• Mirjana BoÅ¡evska (born 1981)
• Biljana Coković (1982–2007)
• Filip Derkoski (born 2000)
• Mia Blaževska Eminova (born 2005)
• Kire Filipovski (born 1973)
• Nikola Ç´uretanoviḱ (born 2007)
• Zoran Lazarovski (born 1980)
• Simona Marinova (born 1994)
• Aleksandar Malenko (born 1979)
• NataÅ¡a MeÅ¡kovska (born 1972)
• Aleksandar Miladinovski (born 1979)
• Eva Petrovska (born 2004)
• Elena Popovska (born 1990)
• Mihajlo Ristovski (born 1983)
• Tomi Stefanovski
• Vesna Stojanovska (born 1985)

Tennis

• Lina Gjorcheska (born 1994), highest-ranked Macedonian player to date
• Kalin Ivanovski (born 2004)
• Tomislav Jotovski (born 1990)
• Aleksandar Kitinov (born 1971)
• Marina Lazarovska (born 1978)
• Lazar Magdinčev (born 1980)
• Katarina Marinkovikj (born 1999)
• Ellen Perez (born 1995)
• Predrag Rusevski (born 1983)
• Beti Sekulovski (born 1983)
• Magdalena Stoilkovska (born 1996)

Volleyball

• Vladimir Bogoevski (born 1953)
• Gjorgi Gjorgiev (born 1992)
• Nikola Gjorgiev (born 1988)

Politicians

• Metodija Andonov - Čento (1902–1957), first president of the Anti-fascist Assembly for the National Liberation of Macedonia's presidium
• Stojan Andov (1935–2024), first president of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia
• StraÅ¡o Angelovski (born 1959)
• Ljupčo Arsov (1910–1986)
• Dimitar Blagoev (1856–1924), founder of the Bulgarian Social Democratic Party (1891)
• Dimitar Vlahov (1878–1953)
• Ljube BoÅ¡koski (born 1960)
• Vlado Bučkovski (born 1962)
• Paul Christie (born 1952), Toronto politician
• Branko Crvenkovski (born 1962)
• Jimmy Dimos (born 1938), politician, former Speaker of the Louisiana House
• Ljubčo Georgievski (born 1966), founder of the political party VMRO-DPMNE
• Kiro Gligorov (1917–2012), first president of the Republic of Macedonia
• Vladimir Gligorov (1945–2022)
• Tim Goeglein (born 1964), Deputy Director of Public Liaison, Office of Public Liaison, Executive Office of the President under George W. Bush
• Nikola Gruevski (born 1970)
• Denise Ilitch (born 1955), businesswoman, lawyer, and member of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan
• Gjorge Ivanov (born 1960)
• Gordana Jankuloska (born 1975)
• Zoran Jolevski (born 1959), Macedonian Minister of Defense, Ambassador to the United States
• Nikola Kljusev (1927–2008), first Prime Minister of Macedonia
• Lazar KoliÅ¡evski (1914–2000)
• Dimitar Kovačevski (born 1974), former Prime Minister of North Macedonia
• Trifun Kostovski (born 1946)
• Hristijan Mickoski (born 1977), VMRO-DPMNE leader and Prime Minister of North Macedonia
• Ilinka Mitreva (1950–2022)
• Lazar Mojsov (1920–2011), 34th President of the United Nations General Assembly
• Stevo Pendarovski (born 1963), former President of North Macedonia
• Tito Petkovski (born 1945)
• Nikola Poposki (born 1977), Macedonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Metodi Shatorov (1897–1944), one of the founders of IMRO United and temporary leader of the Regional Committee of Communists in Macedonia
• Zoran Stavreski (born 1964), Deputy Prime Minister of Macedonia
• Radmila Å ekerinska (born 1972), the current Deputy Secretary General of NATO since December 2024
• Liliane Tanguy (born 1967), member of the French National Assembly
• Borko Temelkovski (1919–2001)
• Lui Temelkovski (born 1954), Member of Canadian Parliament
• Boris Trajkovski (1956–2004)
• Vasil Tupurkovski (born 1951)
• Pavlos Voskopoulos (born 1964), politician and member of the Rainbow party
• Zoran Zaev (born 1974), Prime Minister of (North) Macedonia

Partisans

• Mirče Acev (1915–1943), organiser of the Yugoslav communist resistance in vardar Macedonia
• Vera Aceva (1919–2006), partisan and national hero of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
• Vangel Ajanovski-Oče (1909-1996)
• Mihajlo Apostolski, commander of the General Staff of the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Macedonia (1906–1987)
• Jordan Cekov (1921–2019), partisan and commander of the Third Macedonian Assault Brigade
• Vančo Prke (1921–1943)
• Emanuel Čučkov (1901–1967), partisan
• Čede Filipovski Dame (1923–1945), partisan and a People's Hero of Yugoslavia
• Nevena Georgieva (1925-1942), partisan
• Mirka Ginova (1916–1946), partisan and teacher
• Vlado Makelarski (1919-1993), partisan
• Dimče Mirčev (1913–1944), partisan and awarded the Order of the people’s hero of Yugoslavia
• Paskal Mitrevski (1912–1978), partisan, leader of National Liberation Front and minister in the Provisional Democratic Government
• Blagoj Jankov Mučeto (1911–1944), partisan and declared a People's Hero of Yugoslavia
• Orce Nikolov (1916–1942), partisan
• StraÅ¡o Pindžur (1915–1943), partisan and a national hero of SFR Yugoslavia
• Hristijan Todorovski KarpoÅ¡ (1921–1944), partisan and commander of the "Jordan Nikolov" battalion
• Andreas Tsipas (1904-1956), leader of the Greek Communist Party during the Second World War
• Gjorgi Dimitrovski Vikentiev (1920–1944), partisan and commander of the 4th Macedonian brigade
• Petar Zdravkovski (1912–1967), Macedonian partisan and awarded the Legion of Honour
• Kuzman Josifovski - Pitu (1915–1944), partisan and one of the organizers of the Peoples's Liberation Struggle in Macedonia who was declared a People's Hero of Yugoslavia
• Risto Kirjazovski (1927–2002), partisan in the NOF
• Fana Kočovska (1927–2004), partisan and was the youngest-named National Hero of Yugoslavia
• Veselinka Malinska (1917–1987), partisan and prominent member of the Women's Antifascist Front of Macedonia
• Vlado Makelarski (1919-1993), partisan
• Mara Naceva (1920-2013), partisan and president of the board of the Women's Antifascist Front of Macedonia
• Stefan Naumov (1920–1942), partisan and People's Hero of Yugoslavia
• Јordan Nikolov (1916–1942), partisan
• Katerina Nurdzhieva (1922–2018), macedonian partisan and national activist
• Blagoj Stračkovski (1920–1943), partisan and a Macedonian national hero

Television

• Bojan Jovanovski, television personality
• Ziya Tong (born 1980), television producer, TV host

References