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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 * Ana Čolović Lešoska (born 1979), biologist * Georgi Efremov (1932–2011), biologist * Leonid Grčev (born 1951), electrical engineer * Ratko Janev (1939–2019), atomic physicist * Nataša Jonoska (born 1961), mathematician * Ljupčo Kocarev (born 1955), physicist and engineer *
Pasko Kuzman Pasko Kuzman ( Macedonian: Паско Кузман; born 1947) is a Macedonian archaeologist. Work Kuzman has been working on the whole territory of North Macedonia, but especially in the Skopje area and Lake Ohrid, one of the deepest lakes in ...
(born 1947), archaeologist * Ninoslav Marina (born 1974), electrical engineer * 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

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Svetlana Antonovska Svetlana Antonovska (, April 6, 1952 – October 7, 2016) was a Macedonian statistician. She headed the State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia from its founding in 1991 until 2001, brought the office into communication with severa ...
(1952–2016), statistician *
Dimitrija Čupovski Dimitrija Čupovski ( mk, Димитрија Чуповски) (November 8, 1878 – October 29, 1940) was a Macedonian textbook writer and lexicographer. Dimitrija Čupovski is considered one of the most prominent ethnic Macedonians in history ...
(1878–1940), Macedonian national activist *
Nace Dimov Nace Dimov ( mk, Наце Димов; 1876-1916), also known as Atanas Dimov Čupovski оr Čuparov, was a Macedonian political and cultural activist. He was the older brother of Dimitrija Čupovski. Dimov was a writer on the '' Macedonian Voice ...
(1876–1916), Macedonian national activist * Slavko Milosavlevski (1928–2012), sociologist *
Mihail Petruševski Mihail Petruševski (Macedonian Cyrillic, Macedonian and sr-cyr, Михаил Петрушевски; July 2, 1911, Bitola – February 27, 1990) was a Yugoslavia, Yugoslav SR Macedonia, Macedonian academic, philologist and founder of the Faculty ...
(1911–1990), founder of the College of Philosophy at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje *
Temko Popov Temko Popov (Macedonian: Темко Попов) was a pro-Macedonian activist and Serbian national worker in the Ottoman Empire. He espoused in his youth, according to Bulgarian sources, developed a kind of Macedonian pro-Serbian identity. Per Ser ...
(1855–1929) *
Gjorgji Pulevski Georgi Pulevski, sometimes also Gjorgji, Gjorgjija Pulevski or Đorđe Puljevski ( mk, Ѓорѓи Пулевски or Ѓорѓија Пулевски, bg, Георги Пулевски, sr, Ђорђе Пуљевски; 1817–1895) was a Mija ...
(1817–1893), first known author to publicly express in 1875 the idea of a separate Macedonian nation and language *
Andrew Rossos Andrew Rossos (Macedonian: Андреј Росос, Greek: Ανδρέας Ρόσος; born 1941) is a Canadian-Macedonian Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Toronto. Early life and education Rossos was born in 1941 in the v ...
(born 1941), Professor Emeritus of History at the
University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...
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Traian Stoianovich Traian Stoianovich (20 July 1921 – December 21, 2005) was an American historian and a professor of history at Rutgers University. He specialized in the history of the Balkans. Biography Born Trajan Stojanović ( sr-cyr, Трајан Стоја ...
(1921–2005), professor of history at
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Arts


Music


Classical music


=Composers

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Atanas Badev Atanas Badev (Cyrillic: Атанас Бадев) (January 1860 – 21 September 1908) was a Bulgarian composer and music teacher. Per the post-WWII Macedonian historiography he was an ethnic Macedonian. Biography Badev was born in Prilep, ...
(1860–1908)Ethnic identity disputed. See the relevant article. *
Dimitrije Bužarovski Dimitrije Bužarovski Ph.D. ( mk, Димитрије Бужаровски) (born 8 August 1952 in Skopje, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Macedonian composer, versatile artist and a scholar with interests in different fields: composition, musicology, comp ...
(born 1952) * Kiril Makedonski (1925–1984) * Toma Prošev (1931–1996) * Todor Skalovski (1909–2004), composer of the Macedonian national anthem " Today over Macedonia" * Stojan Stojkov (born 1941) * Aleksandar Džambazov (1936–2022)


=Conductors

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Borjan Canev Borjan Canev (born 1973 in Skopje) is a Macedonian conductor trained at the Royal College of Music in London. Back then, he served as Sir Colin Davis' assistant conductor at his 2001 production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's ''Don Giovanni ''Don ...
(born 1973)


=Instrumentalists

= Pianists *
Simon Trpčeski Simon Trpcheski (Simon Trpčeski), OMM ( mk, Симон Трпчески, ) (born September 18, 1979, in Skopje, Yugoslavia), is a Macedonian classical pianist. Trpčeski is the youngest of three children; his father was a judge and his mother ...
(born 1979)


=Opera singers

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Blagoj Nacoski Blagoj Nacoski ( mk, Благој Нацоски, born 18 May 1979 in Skopje), is a Macedonians (ethnic group), Macedonian tenor opera singer. Biography He began his studies in his native city and continued in Rome, Italy with Mirella Parutto, An ...
(born 1979) *
Boris Trajanov Boris Trajanov ( mk, Борис Трајанов, born in Ljubljana, 1959) is Macedonian operatic baritone. At the beginning, he studied singing with his father Goga Trajanov in Skopje. He continued his studies with Biserka Cvejic in Belgrade ...
(born 1959)


Popular and folk music


=Composers

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Darko Dimitrov Darko Dimitrov ( mk, Дарко Димитров ; born January 21, 1973) is a Macedonian songwriter, record producer, arranger and record executive. Highly acclaimed for revitalising the Yugoslav mainstream pop music scene, which also influenced ...
(born 1973) * Slave Dimitrov (born 1946) *
Jovan Jovanov Jovan Jovanov ( mk, Јован Јованов) is a Macedonian-Canadian music producer, record engineer and songwriter of pop, R&B, house, and hip-hop. Now based in Toronto, Ontario, Jovanov is working with Canadian artists such as Alx Veliz ...
(born 1981) * Ilija Pejovski (born 1947), composer and pianist * Trajko Prokopiev (1909–1979), infamous composer, who composed the soundtrack for the first
Macedonian Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North Ma ...
film
Frosina ''Frosina'' is a 1952 Yugoslavian drama film directed by Vojislav Nanović and starring Meri Boskova, Aco Jovanovski and Ljuba Arsova. Produced by the newly-established Vardar Film, it was the first Macedonian language film to be made.Bechev p.41- ...


=Musicians

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Bodan Arsovski Bodan Arsovski (born 22 April 1956) is a Macedonian bassist and a core founding member of the rock group Leb i sol, one of the most important rock bands in the former Yugoslavia. He is the only band member to have played on every Leb i sol record ...
(born 1956) * Goran Trajkoski (born 1963) * Kiril Džajkovski (born 1965) *
Chris Joannou Christopher Andrew Joannou (born 10 November 1979) is an Australian musician best known as the bassist for the Newcastle-based alternative rock band Silverchair. He is a twin to sister Louise Kipa. He was the first of the three band members to ...
(born 1979), bass guitarist *
Tale Ognenovski Tale Ognenovski ( mk, Тале Огненовски; April 27, 1922 – June 19, 2012) was a North Macedonia, Macedonian multi-instrumentalist who played clarinet, Recorder (musical instrument), recorder, tin whistle, bagpipe, zurna, and drums. ...
(1922–2012) *
Vlatko Stefanovski Vladimir "Vlatko" Stefanovski ( mk, Влатко Стефановски ) is a Macedonian ethno-rock jazz fusion guitar virtuoso. Biography Vlatko was born into a typical theatrical family. His parents, as artists, often traveled, so soon Ste ...
(born 1957) * Stevo Teodosievski (1924–1997) * Aleksandra Popovska (born 1975)


=Singers and Bands

= * Lambe Alabakovski (born 1987) *
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Arhangel Arhangel ( mk, Архангел , ''archangel'') is a Macedonian alternative rock band formed in 1989. The frontman is Risto Vrtev who has also been part of such rock bands as Mizar and Inola X. The original line-up is: Risto Vrtev, Dragan G ...
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Kristina Arnaudova Kristina Arnaudova ( mk, Кристина Арнаудова; born 1979) is a Macedonian pop singer. She is also president and founder of the largest Macedonian association for children at social risk, ''Project Happiness''. Biography She was ...
(born 1979) * Kaliopi Bukle (born 1966) * Vladimir Četkar, jazz guitarist *
Curse ov Dialect Curse Ov Dialect is an alternative hip hop group based in Melbourne. It consists of Raceless, Volk Makedonski, Atarungi, and Paso Bionic. They are the first Australian hip-hop group to be signed to an American record label. They have been descri ...
, alternative hip-hop group * Dani Dimitrovska (born 1979) *
Karolina Gočeva Karolina Gočeva ( mk, Каролина Гочева, ; born 28 April 1980), sometimes credited as Karolina Gocheva or known only as Karolina, is a Macedonian pop singer. Gočeva launched her music career in 1991 with a performance at a local chi ...
(born 1980) *
Vaska Ilieva Vaska Ilieva (; February 21, 1923 – May 4, 2001) was a Macedonian leading folk singer from Yugoslavia and North Macedonia. Career She started her career as a dancer and singer in the State Ensemble Tanec in the early 1950s. Her style of s ...
(1923–2001) *
Andrijana Janevska Andrijana Janevska ( mk, Андријана Јаневска, born December 6, 1981) is a famous Macedonian singer and musician. Biography Janevska was born in Skopje, SR Macedonia, Yugoslavia (in present-day North Macedonia) where she currentl ...
(born 1981) *
Vlado Janevski Vladimir Vlado Janevski ( mk, Владимир Владо Јаневски ) is a popular Macedonian singer. He was North Macedonia's first Eurovision contestant, finishing 19th in Birmingham at the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest with the song " N ...
(born 1960) *
Jovan Jovanov Jovan Jovanov ( mk, Јован Јованов) is a Macedonian-Canadian music producer, record engineer and songwriter of pop, R&B, house, and hip-hop. Now based in Toronto, Ontario, Jovanov is working with Canadian artists such as Alx Veliz ...
(born 1985) * Leb i sol *
Aleksandar Makedonski Aleksandar Makedonski (Macedonian language: Александар Македонски, meaning in English: Alexander of Macedonia) was a North Macedonia, Macedonian and former Yugoslavia, former Yugoslav rock band. Biography Aleksandar Makedonski ...
* Elvir Mekikj (born 1981) *
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Jasmina Mukaetova Jasmina Mukaetova ( mk, Јасмина Мукаетова; born December 3, 1981 in Kavadarci) is a Macedonian turbo folk and popular music singer. In 2007, she conducted a world tour, performing in front of large diaspora A diaspora ( ) i ...
(born 1981) *
Eva Nedinkovska Eva Nedinkovska ( mk, Ева Нединковска) (born August 26, 1983) is a Macedonian singer. Biography Nedinkovska was born in Ohrid. Her career started in 2003 with the song "''Dali Denot Ke E Raj''". She has performed on many music co ...
(born 1983) * Goce Nikolovski (1947–2006) * Blagica Pavlovska (born 1958) *
Elena Petreska Elena Petreska ( mk, Елена Петреска, born August 1, 1980) is a Macedonian pop singer from Prilep Prilep ( mk, Прилеп ) is the fourth-largest city in North Macedonia. It has a population of 66,246 and is known as "the cit ...
(born 1980) *
Toše Proeski Todor "Toše" Proeski ( mk, Тодор "Тоше" Проески, ; 25 January 1981 – 16 October 2007) was a Macedonian multi-genre singer and songwriter. Considered a top act of the local Macedonian and Balkan music scene, Proeski's music wa ...
(1981–2007) *
Elena Risteska Elena Risteska ( mk, Елена Ристеска, ; born 27 April 1986), sometimes known as simply Elena, is a Macedonian singer. She Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, represented Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Athen ...
(born 1986) * Aleksandar Sarievski (1922–2002) * Superhiks *
Dan Talevski Dan Talevski is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Georgetown, Ontario, who comes from a Macedonian background. His career first began as an online YouTube sensation in 2007 posting covers of popular songs. Since then he has gone on to work with wi ...
(born 1992) *
Tamara Todevska Tamara Todevska ( mk, Тамара Тодевска, pronounced , born 1 June 1985), also known mononymously as Tamara, is a Macedonian pop singer. Tamara began her music career in 2003 following the release of her debut studio album '' Sino'' ...
(born 1985) *
Tijana Todevska-Dapčević Tijana is a feminine given name of Serbian origin, also popular in North Macedonia. Etymology From the latin "Titius" meaning honourable. Related to the name Tatiana. Saint Tatiana is the patron saint of students. People *Tijana Ajduković (born 1 ...
(born 1976) *
Zoran Vanev Zoran "Zoki" Vanev (Serbian/Macedonian: Зоран Ванев) is a Macedonian pop-folk singer. He was born in Štip, Macedonia, Yugoslavia and began his career in 1993 with the release of his song ''"Angela"''. He enjoyed moderate success i ...
(born 1973) *
Elena Velevska Elena Velevska ( mk, Елена Велевска; born 26 October 1980) is a Macedonian turbo-folk and popular music singer. Due to her dress and musical style, which resembles that of Ceca, as well as her strong presence in the yellow press of ...
(born 1980) * Rade Vrčakovski (born 1980) *
Martin Vučić Martin Vučić ( mk, Мартин Вучиќ, sr-Cyrl, Мартин Вучић) is a Macedonian pop musician. Biography He finished elementary school in Skopje and expressed his interests in music at an early age. He started playing drums at ...
(born 1982) * Dragan Dautovski Quartet


Performing arts


Actors

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Kole Angelovski Nikola "Kole" Angelovski (born 14 March 1943) is a Macedonian actor. He appeared in more than fifty films since 1962. Selected filmography External links * 1943 births Living people Macedonian male film actors Male actors from Skopje ...
(born 1943) *
Igor Džambazov Igor Džambazov ( mk, Игор Џамбазов, ; born 15 July 1963) is a Macedonian actor, showman, TV presenter, comedian, singer, songwriter, and prosaist. He was born on July 15, 1963, in Skopje to composer Aleksandar Džambazov and actress ...
(born 1963), actor, singer, comedian *
Ljupka Džundeva Ljupka Arsova - Džundeva ( mk, Љупка Арсова - Џундева; 11 July 1934 – 7 December 2018) was Macedonian film and theater actress. Biography Džundeva was born in Skopje, Macedonia. She graduated from State Theatre School ...
(1934–2018) *
Jelena Jovanova Jelena Jovanova Perić ( mk, Јелена Јованова Периќ; born 21 October 1984) is a Macedonian actress. Biography Jelena Jovanova was born in SR Bosnia and Herzegovina to a Macedonian father from Štip and a Bosnian Serb mother from ...
(born 1984) *
Aco Jovanovski Aco Jovanovski (1930–2016) was a Macedonian film and television actor.Goulding p.267 He made his screen debut in 1952 in '' Frosina'', the first ever Macedonian language Macedonian (; , , ) is an Eastern South Slavic language. It is part ...
(1930–2016) * Meto Jovanovski (born 1946) *
Vlado Jovanovski Vlado Jovanovski ( mk, Владо Јовановски; born 27 February 1967) is Macedonian actor. His film credits include principal roles in prominent Macedonian films such as ''Bal-Can-Can'' and ''Mirage''. Filmography * ''Slovenski Orfej'' ( ...
(born 1967) *
Zafir Hadžimanov Zafir Hadžimanov (Macedonian: Зафир Хаџиманов; 25 December 1943 – 27 March 2021) was a Macedonian and Serbian singer, composer and actor who spent most of his adult life in Belgrade. Biography He was married to singer and actr ...
(1943–2021), actor, singer, composer *
Gjorgji Kolozov Gjorgi Kolozov ( mk, Ѓорѓи Колозов; February 26, 1948 – October 13, 2003) was one of the best-known Macedonian actors. He became famous by playing one of the main roles in the television series '' Makedonski narodni prikazni'' (' ...
(1948–2003) * Toni Mihajlovski (born 1967) *
Labina Mitevska Labina Mitevska ( mk, Лабина Митевска) (born 1975 in Skopje, Socialist Republic of Macedonia, Yugoslavia) is a Macedonian actress. Career Mitevska began her acting career aged 19 after studying in Skopje, Denmark, and the Univer ...
(born 1975) *
Natasha Negovanlis Natasha Negovanlis (born April 3, 1990) is a Canadian actress, writer, producer, and singer. She achieved international recognition for portraying Carmilla Karnstein in the web series ''Carmilla'' (2014–2016) and in the 2017 feature film bas ...
(born 1990) * Petre Prličko (1907–1995) *
Nikola Ristanovski Nikola "Kole" Ristanovski (born 23 January 1969) is a Macedonian Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation ...
(born 1969) * Petar Stojkoviḱ (born 1985) * Robert Veljanovski (born 1968) * Risto Šiškov (1940–1986)


Dancers

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Nick Vanoff Nick Vanoff (October 25, 1929 – March 20, 1991) was a dancer, producer and philanthropist. Early life Vanoff was born in the village of Banitsa, Greece.Eleanor BlauNick Vanoff, 61, Former Dancer Who Became Successful Producer ''The New York ...
(1929–1991), dancer and producer


Filmmakers

* Vladimir Blaževski (born 1955) * Kiril Cenevski (1943–2019) * Petar Gligorovski (1938–1995), animated film director and surrealist artist *
Igor Ivanov Igor Sergeyevich Ivanov (born 23 September 1945) is a Russian politician who was Foreign Minister of Russia from 1998 to 2004 under both the Yeltsin and the Putin administrations. Early life Ivanov was born in 1945 in Moscow to a Russian fathe ...
(born 1973) * Tamara Kotevska (born 1993) *
Milčo Mančevski Milcho Manchevski ( mk, Милчо Манчевски, )"Milcho Manchevski: Full Biography"
(born 1959), Golden Lion-winning director * Kole Manev (born 1941) * Darko Mitrevski (born 1971), film director and screenwriter * Dimitrie Osmanli (1927–2006) *
Stole Popov Stole Popov is a Macedonian film director. Biography Stole Popov (Macedonian: Столе Попов) was born 20 August 1950 in Skopje, North Macedonia. He graduated film directingat the Academy of Theatre, Film & Television in Belgrade. He is ...
(born 1950) *
Svetozar Ristovski Svetozar Ristovski (born January 26, 1972) is a Macedonian film director who now resides in Canada. His first film was the 2000 short ''Hunter'' about the psychological study of a wartime sniper. He marked his English language debut with 2010's ' ...
(born 1972) * Ljubomir Stefanov (born 1975) * Sofija Trenčovska (born 1975) * Goran Trenčovski (born 1970) * Apostol Trpeski (born 1948) *
Kiro Urdin Kiro Urdin (Macedonian: Киро Урдин; born 1945 in Strumica, Macedonia) is a visual, multimedia artist and film director. He is the artistic founder of the Planetarism movement. He represented France at the French Festival in Tapei, and ...
(born 1945)


Theatre production

* Bill Neskovski (1964–1989), playwright and actor *
Naum Panovski Naum Panovski ( mk, Наум Пановски) (born July 3, 1950 in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) is a professional theatre director and writer. He graduated 1973 from the Academy for Theatre, Film, Radio, and Television in Belgrade and made ...
(born 1950), theatre director


Visual arts


Architecture

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Slavko Brezoski Slavko Brezoski ( mk, Славко Брезоски; 10 June 1922 – 7 March 2017) was a Macedonian architect, urban planner, painter, writer and educator known for his works in the genre of modern architecture realised during the middle of the 2 ...
(1922–2017) * Elpida Hadži-Vasileva (born 1971) * Janko Konstantinov (1926–2010) * Georgi Konstantinovski (1930–2020) * Mimoza Nestorova-Tomić (born 1929) *
Živko Popovski Živko Popovski (alternative spellings: Zivko, Zhivko, 1934–2007) was the most prominent Macedonian architect after the Second World War. He was a professor at the Architectural Faculty in Skopje. He worked with Dutch architects and CIAM alumni ...
(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 Miroslav Grčev ( mk, Мирослав Грчев, ; born 1955) is a Macedonian architect, graphic designer, comics artist Tomislav Osmanli„Razvojot na stripot vo Makedonija – sedum decenii stripovno tvoreštvo“ ''Strip, zapis so čovečki li ...
(born 1955), designer of the Macedonian flag


Models

* Katarina Ivanovska (born 1988)


Multimedia

* Iskra Dimitrova (born 1965)


Painting

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Gavril Atanasov Gavril Atanasov ( bg, Гаврил Атанасов) (1863–1951) was a prominent Bulgarian icon painter in the 19th century from Berovo (Malesh region), in Ottoman Vardar Macedonia (present-day North Macedonia). His father was from Kruš ...
(1863–1951) * Dimitar Avramovski-Pandilov (1898–1963) * Rahim Blak (born 1983) * Angel Gavrovski (born 1942) * Vladimir Georgievski (1942–2017) *
Maja Hill Maja Hill (born Maja Dzartovska on 26 January 1976) is a Macedonian artist. Hill was born in Skopje, Yugoslavia (now North Macedonia) in 1976, she currently works and lives in the UK. While her oeuvre largely consists of oil paintings, notably p ...
(born 1976) * Mice Jankulovski (born 1954), painter and cartoonist *
Dimitar Kondovski Dimitar Kondovski ( mk, Димитар Кондовски, ;1927 - 1993) was a Macedonian painter, critic and professor. Education and career He was born in Prilep and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade. Kondovski spearheaded the firs ...
(1927–1993) * Vangel Kodžoman (1904–1994) * Rubens Korubin (born 1949) *
Lazar Ličenoski Lazar Ličenoski ( Macedonian: Лазар Личеноски; Galicnik, 26 March 1901 – Skopje, 10 April 1964) was one of the first Macedonian expressionist painters and one of the most authentic painters of landscape, in which he imported fo ...
(1901–1964) *
Petar Mazev Petar Mazev (February 10, 1927 in Kavadarci, Kingdom of Yugoslavia – March 13, 1993 in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) was a Macedonian academic painter, who is considered one of the most important postwar painters who introduced new energy into ...
(1927–1993) *
Isaija Mažovski Isaija Radev Mažovski ( mk, Исаија Радев Мажовски, bg, Исая Радев Мажовски; 1852–1926) was a Mijak painter and activist. Mažovski sought political solutions in the liberation of Ottoman Macedonia. A Slavop ...
(1852–1926), painter and activist * Ordan Petlevski (1930–1997) * Nadja Petrovikj (born 1991) * Zivko Prendzov (born 1957) * Bobby Stojanov Varga (born 1972) *
Dimo Todorovski Dimo Todorovski (Macedonian: Димо Тодоровски; 1910 in Thessaloniki – 1983 in Skopje), was a prominent Macedonian artist and sculptor. Education and career Two years after his birth, his family returned to his hometown of Prilep, ...
(1910–1983) * Borislav Traikovski (1917–1996) * Keraca Visulčeva (1911–2004) * Tomo Vladimirski (1904–1971)


Product design

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Stefan Janoski Stefan Janoski (born July 18, 1979) is an American professional skateboarder, artist, writer and musician, who is well known for his signature Nike SB shoe model, the "Nike Zoom Stefan Janoski". Among followers of professional skateboarding, Jano ...
(born 1979), skateboarder and artist * Apostol Tnokovski (born 1982)


Sculpting

* Žarko Bašeski (born 1957) * Petar Hadži Boškov (1928–2015) * Tome Serafimovski (1935–2016) * Gligor Stefanov (born 1956)


Business

* George Atanasoski (born 1952), founder of
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and MAK AM International Corporation *
John Bitove John I. Bitove (Jr.) (born 1960 in Toronto, Ontario) is a noted Canadian businessman and sportsman. He is the Founder of the Toronto Raptors of the NBA. Through his holding company, Obelysk, he is involved in several entities including; Sirius ...
(born 1960), founder of the
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* John Bitove, Sr. (1928–2015), restaurateur and philanthropist *Jordan Bitove, owner of
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, founder of Mobilicity, partial owner of
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* Marjan Bojadžiev (born 1967), CEO of the National Bank of North Macedonia, board member of Skopje Chamber of Commerce *Lorne Bozinoff, founder and CEO of
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Vasil Eshcoff Vasil Kozma Eshcoff was an emigrant from Macedonia (region), Ottoman Macedonia, known as a pioneer of the Coney Island hot dog in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was also briefly the second president of the Macedonian Patriotic Organization. Biography ...
(1882–1961), pioneer of the Coney Island hot dog * Valentin Ilievski (born 1968), senior vice president of southeast Europe for Messer Group, president of assembly of
FK Sarajevo Fudbalski klub Sarajevo (; English: Sarajevo Football Club) is a professional football club based in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is one of the most successful clubs in the country. Founded on 24 October 1946, FK Sar ...
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Christopher Ilitch Christopher Paul Ilitch (born June 2, 1965) is president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Ilitch Holdings, Inc., a holding company that provides services to businesses that were founded or purchased by Mike and Marian Ilitch. Ilitch compa ...
(born 1965), president and CEO of Ilitch Holdings, Inc. *
Marian Ilitch Marian Bayoff Ilitch (born January 7, 1933) is an American billionaire businesswoman, and the co-founder of Little Caesars Pizza with her late husband, Mike Ilitch. As of March 2018, Ilitch was one of the world's seven richest women, according t ...
(born 1933), wife of Mike Ilitch and owner of Detroit's
MotorCity Casino MotorCity Casino Hotel is a casino and hotel in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It was opened in December 1999 and is one of three casino hotels in the city. There are four hotels in the Detroit–Windsor area, including the Ontario-owned ...
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Mike Ilitch Michael Ilitch Sr. (July 20, 1929 – February 10, 2017) was an American entrepreneur, founder and owner of the international fast food franchise Little Caesars Pizza. He owned the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League and Detroit T ...
(1929–2017), founder of
Little Caesars Little Caesar Enterprises Inc. ( doing business as Little Caesars) is an American multi-national pizza chain. Based on 2020 statistics, Little Caesars is the third-largest pizza chain by total sales in the United States, behind Pizza Hut and ...
and owner of
Detroit Red Wings The Detroit Red Wings (colloquially referred to as the Wings) are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit. The Red Wings compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference, and are ...
and
Detroit Tigers The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the American League (AL) Central division. One of the AL's eight charter franchises, the club was f ...
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Kiradjieff brothers Tom Kiradjieff and John Kiradjieff were Bulgarian American restaurateurs, Macedonian immigrants, credited for their creation of a regional specialty dish known as the Cincinnati chili. History The brothers were born in the town of Hrupishta, ...
, creators of Cincinnati chili * Minčo Jordanov (born 1944), owner of multiple companies *
Petar Kajevski Petar Kajevski ( mk, Петар Кајевски) (born 1974) is Macedonian IT and management expert. He is most famous as creator of the Macedonian search engine "Najdi!", but also achieved prominence as expert on software outsourcing.
(born 1974), founder of
Najdi! Najdi! ( mk, Најди!, meaning "Find!") is a search engine specialized in Republic of Macedonia media content. Unlike most search engines, it does not utilize a spider to gather the content it indexes, but interfaces directly with the websites i ...
* Jordan Kamčev (born 1970), owner of multiple companies, richest man in Macedonia as of 2015 *Nada Laskovski, co-founder of
UrbanToronto UrbanToronto is a website that covers various urban development topics within the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2017, the website received over 2 million page views and 225,000 unique users every month, and had over 15,500 registered members. ...
and
Chart Attack ''Chart Attack'' was a Canadian online music publication. Formerly a monthly print magazine called ''Chart'', it was published from 1991 to 2009. While the web version appears to be available online, the domain is now used as a popular media outle ...
* Lou Naumovski (born 1957), vice president and commercial/general director of Russia for
Kinross Gold Kinross Gold Corporation is a Canadian-based gold and silver mining company founded in 1993 and headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Kinross currently operates six active gold mines, and was ranked fifth of the "10 Top Gold-mining Companies" o ...
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Susan Niczowski Susan Niczowski (born 1966) is a Canadian entrepreneur of Macedonian descent as well as founder and president of the company "The Summer Fresh Salads Inc." at Woodbridge, Ontario. Niczowski was born in North York, Ontario, Canada, now part of Toro ...
(born 1966), CEO and founder of Summer Fresh Salads Inc. *Chris Pavlovski, CEO and founder of Rumble *
Andy Peykoff Andrew Peykoff II (born 1976) is the owner of Niagara Bottling, the largest family-owned bottled water company in the United States. Niagara mainly bottles private label bottled drinking water for national supermarket chains, along with Wal-Mart's ...
(born 1976), owner of
Niagara Bottling Niagara Bottling, LLC is a family owned manufacturer of bottled water and soft drinks based in Diamond Bar, California. They produce private label bottled water for a number of companies including Walmart (Great Value), Food Lion, Safeway Inc. (Si ...
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Steve Stavro Steve Atanas Stavro, (September 27, 1926 – April 23, 2006; born Manoli Stavroff Sholdas) was a Macedonian-Canadian businessman, grocery store magnate, Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder, sports team owner, and a noted philanthropist. Un ...
(1926–2006), founder of
Knob Hill Farms Knob Hill Farms was a supermarket chain in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada that operated from 1953 to 2001 and was owned by businessman Steve Stavro. It began as a single produce store in the east end of Toronto in 1953 before growing ...
, owner of
Toronto Maple Leafs The Toronto Maple Leafs (officially the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club and often referred to as the Leafs) are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Div ...
, director of
Liquor Control Board of Ontario The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) is a Crown corporation that retails and distributes alcoholic beverages throughout the Canadian province of Ontario. It is accountable to the Legislative Assembly through the minister of finance. It wa ...
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Mike Zafirovski Mike Svetozar Zafirovski (born November 14, 1953) is a Macedonian American business executive. Personal life Zafirovski was born in Skopje, in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (the present-day capital of Macedonia). He immigrated to ...
(born 1953), president and CEO of
Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Corporation (Nortel), formerly Northern Telecom Limited, was a Canadian multinational telecommunications and data networking equipment manufacturer headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in Montreal, Queb ...
and Board of Directors at
Boeing The Boeing Company () is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, telecommunications equipment, and missiles worldwide. The company also provides leasing and ...


Journalism

* Stefan Dedov (1869–1914) * Vasko Eftov (born 1967) * Branko Geroski * Tomislav Kezarovski (born 1965) * Dijamandija Mišajkov (1872–1953) *
Nikola Mladenov Nikola Mladenov ( mk, Никола Младенов; 10 March 1964 – 26 March 2013) was a Macedonian journalist, actor, founder and managing editor of the weekly newspaper ''Fokus'', widely regarded as one of the most reputable journalists in ...
(1964–2013) * Mihail Solunov (1877–1956) *
Vlado Taneski Vlado Taneski ( mk, Владо Танески; 1952 – June 23, 2008) was a Macedonian journalist and serial killer. He was arrested in June 2008 in Kičevo, his hometown, for the murders of two women on whose deaths he had also written freelanc ...
(1952–2008) * Mirka Velinovska (born 1952)


Literature

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Gjorgji Abadžiev Gjorgji is a Macedonian given name and may refer to: * Gjorgji Abadžiev (1910–1963), Macedonian prosaist and publicist * Gjorgji Čekovski (born 1979), Macedonian professional basketball player * Gjorgji Hristov (born 1976), Macedonian football ...
(1910–1963) * Petre M. Andreevski (1934–2006) * Stojan Hristov (1898–1995) * Živko Čingo (1935–1987) * Ljubomir Cuculovski (born 1948), philosopher and professor * Dimitar Dimitrov (born 1937), philosopher and diplomat * Lidija Dimkovska (born 1971), poet * Elena Filipovska, philologist *
Bogomil Gjuzel Bogomil Gjuzel ( mk, Богомил Ѓузел; bg, Богомил Гюзел ; sr, Богомил Ђузел; 9 February 1939 – 22 April 2021) was a Macedonian poet, writer, playwright and translator. Biography Born in 1939 in Čačak, King ...
(1939–2021) * Jordan Hadži Konstantinov-Džinot (1818–1882) *
Vasil Iljoski Vasil Iljoski ( mk, Васил Иљоски, (December 20, 1902 - November 1, 1995) was a Macedonian writer, dramatist, professor and an important figure in Macedonian literature, especially in Macedonian drama between the two World Wars. Bio ...
(1902–1995) *
Slavko Janevski Slavko Janevski (January 11, 1920, Skopje - January 20, 2000) was a Macedonian poet, prose and script writer. He was also active as a comics artist.Tomislav Osmanli„Razvojot na stripot vo Makedonija – sedum decenii stripovno tvoreštvo“ ' ...
(1920–2000), poet, writer, and author of the first Macedonian-language novel ''The village behind the seven ash trees'' * Mišo Juzmeski (1966–2021) *
Blaže Koneski Blaže Koneski ( mk, Блаже Конески; 19 December 1921 – 7 December 1993) was a Macedonian poet, writer, literary translator, and linguistic scholar. His major contribution was to the codification of standard Macedonian. He is the key ...
(1921–1993) *
Risto Krle Risto Krle ( mk, Ристо Крле, ; September 3, 1900 – October 29, 1975) (born in Struga, present-day North Macedonia during the Ottoman Empire) was a Macedonian playwright and the son of a shoe maker. Many interruptions made his scho ...
(1900–1975) * Katica Kulavkova (born 1951) *
Vlado Maleski Vlado Maleski ( mk, Владо Малески; 5 September 1919 – Struga, 23 September 1984) was a Yugoslav Macedonian writer, communist activist, publisher and revolutionary. He published several novels and short stories and was the author o ...
(1919–1984), author of the Macedonian national anthem " Today over Macedonia" *
Stefan Markovski Stefan Markovski (Macedonian: Стефан Марковски) is a contemporary Macedonian writer, screenwriter, poet, philosopher and translator. Biography Markovski was born in Gevgelija in 1990, where he finished his primary and secondary edu ...
(born 1990), screenwriter, poet, philosopher *
Mateja Matevski Mateja Matevski (13 March 1929 – 6 June 2018) was a Macedonian poet, literary and theater critic, essayist, and translator. Career Matevski was born on 13 March 1929 in Istanbul, Turkey to an Albanian family of the Eastern Orthodox rite. His ...
(1929–2018) *
Krste Misirkov Krste Petkov Misirkov ( bg, Кръсте (Кръстьо) Петков Мисирков; mk, Крсте Петков Мисирков, ; 18 November 1874 – 26 July 1926) was a philologist, journalist, historian and ethnographer from the regio ...
(1874–1926) *
Kole Nedelkovski Kole Nedelkovski ( Bulgarian and mk, Коле Неделковски) was a Macedonian revolutionary and poet,Olivera Nikolova (born 1936) * Risto Ognjanovikj-Lonoski (1870–1941) * Anton Panov (1906–1967) *
Sibila Petlevski Sibila Petlevski (born 11 May 1964) is a Croatian writer of Macedonian descent, who is a poet, playwright, and Professor at the Academy of Dramatic Arts, University of Zagreb. Biography Petlevski was born in Zagreb on 11 May 1964. Her fath ...
(born 1964) * Vidoe Podgorec (1934–1997) * Aleksandar Prokopiev (born 1953) *
Kočo Racin Kosta Apostolov Solev ( Macedonian, Serbo-Croatian and bg, Коста Апостолов Солев; 22 December 1908 – 13 June 1943), primarily known by his pen name Kočo Racin ( Macedonian, Bulgarian and sh, Кочо Рацин), was a ...
(1908–1943), poet, socialist, and author of the poetry collection '' White Dawns'' * Atanas Razdolov (1872–1931), writer and revolutionary * Goce Smilevski (born 1975) * Milan Stoilov (1881–1903), writer and revolutionary *
Aco Šopov Aco Šopov ( mk, Ацо Шопов ; 1923 in Štip – 1982 in Skopje) was a Macedonian poet. He was considered one of the most important poets of Yugoslavia. He took part in World War II in Yugoslavia (1941–45) and his poems written at the tim ...
(1923–1982), poet * Zvonko Taneski (born 1980), poet * Jovica Tasevski-Eternijan (born 1976) *
Gane Todorovski Dragan "Gane" Todorovski (11 May 1929 – 22 May 2010) was a Macedonian poet, translator, essayist, literary critic, and historian, publicist. Biography Graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy, University SS. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje, ...
(1929–2010)


Religion

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Dositej II, Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia Dositej II ( mk, Доситеј II; en, Dositheus II, link=yes; 7 December 1906 – 20 May 1981) was the Metropolitan of Skopje, under the canonical jurisdiction of the Serbian Orthodox Church from 1959 to 1967, and Archbishop of Ohrid and Mac ...
(1906–1981) * 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) *
Theodosius of Skopje Theodosius of Skopje ( bg, Теодосий Скопски, mk, Теодосиј Гологанов; 1846–1926) was a Bulgarian religious figure from Macedonia who was also a scholar and translator of the Bulgarian language. He was initially ...
(1846–1926), attempted to restore the Archbishopric of Ohrid as a separate Macedonian church * Jovan Vraniškovski (born 1966), head of Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric * Dičo Zograf (1819–1872)


Revolutionaries

* Petar Pop Arsov (1868–1941) *
Goce Delčev Georgi Nikolov Delchev ( Bulgarian/Macedonian: Георги/Ѓорѓи Николов Делчев; 4 February 1872 – 4 May 1903), known as Gotse Delchev or Goce Delčev (''Гоце Делчев'', originally spelled in older Bulgari ...
(1872–1903) *
Dame Gruev Damyan Yovanov Gruev (,The first names can also be transliterated as ''Damjan Jovanov'', after Bulgarian Дамян Йованов Груев and Macedonian Дамјан Јованов Груев. The last name is also sometimes rendered as ''G ...
(1871–1906) * Dimitar Vlahov (1878–1953) * Alekso Martulkov (1878–1962) * Rizo Rizov (1872–1950) * Jane Sandanski (1872–1915) *
Boris Sarafov Boris Petrov Sarafov (Bulgarian and mk, Борис Петров Сарафов) (12 June 1872 in Libyahovo, Salonica Vilayet, Ottoman Empire, present-day Bulgaria  – 28 November 1907 in Sofia, Bulgaria) was a Bulgarian Army officer an ...
(1872–1907), revolutionary *
Hristo Tatarchev Hristo Tatarchev ( Macedonian and ; December 16, 1869 – January 5, 1952) was a Bulgarian doctor and revolutionary, the first leader of the revolutionary movement in Macedonia and Adrianople Thrace. He wrote a memoirs called ''The First Centr ...
(1869–1952), revolutionary and founder of
IMRO The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO; bg, Вътрешна Македонска Революционна Организация (ВМРО), translit=Vatrešna Makedonska Revoljucionna Organizacija (VMRO); mk, Внатр ...
* Smile Vojdanov (1872–1958), revolutionary and founder of the Macedonian People's League * Iljo Maleševski (1805–1898)


Sport


Athletics

* Kristijan Efremov (born 1990), sprinter *
Dario Ivanovski Dario Ivanovski ( mk, Дарио Ивановски) (born 15 May 1997) is a Macedonian long distance runner who runs for AK Delta Skopje and the Macedonian national team. Running career Ivanovski won the 3000 meters at a meet in Elbasan in 2016. ...
(born 1997), long distance runner * Daniela Kuleska (born 1981), middle distance runner * Ismail Mačev (1960–2019), sprinter *
Riste Pandev Riste Pandev (born 25 January 1994) is a Macedonian sprinter. He competed in the 100 metres event at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics. He holds the Macedonian record in the 100m with time of 10.61 placed in Pravets, Bulgaria on 15 Jun ...
(born 1994), sprinter * Elizabeta Pavlovska (born 1972), hurdler * Hristina Risteska (born 1991), sprinter *
Ivana Rožman Ivana Rožman (born 14 July 1989 in Skopje) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for North Macedonia.
(born 1989), track and field *
Vančo Stojanov Vančo "Vane" Stojanov (Macedonian: Ванчо "Ване" Стојанов; born 11 September 1977 in Strumica) is a Macedonian former middle-distance runner who specialised in the 800 metres. He represented his country at the 2000 and 2004 Summer ...
(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

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Vlade Janakievski Vlade Janakievski (born April 10, 1957) is a former American football placekicker for the Ohio State Buckeyes. Janakievski was born in North Macedonia while it was part of Yugoslavia and moved to the United States with his parents in 1967 at th ...
(born 1957), college football placekicker *
Paul Naumoff Paul Peter Naumoff (July 3, 1945 – August 17, 2018) was an American football player. He played college football at the University of Tennessee from 1964 to 1966 and was selected as a consensus first-team All-American at the linebacker positio ...
(1945–2018), NFL linebacker *
Pandel Savic Pandel Savic (July 15, 1925 – June 12, 2018) was an American football player, starting at quarterback for two years with the Ohio State Buckeyes. He is of Macedonian-American origin from the village of Drago. Pandel Savic came to Girard, Ohi ...
(1925–2018), college football quarterback *
Pete Stoyanovich Peter Stoyanovich (born April 28, 1967) is an American football placekicker of Macedonian descent. His father Mijalce and his mother Slobodanka are from Ljubojno, North Macedonia. He played with the Miami Dolphins, Kansas City Chiefs and briefly ...
(born 1967), NFL placekicker


Association football

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Vlatko Andonovski Vlatko Andonovski ( mk, Влатко Андоновски; born 14 September 1976) is a Macedonian-American soccer coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of the United States women's national team. Andonovski previously coach ...
(born 1976), US women's national team manager *
Zoran Baldovaliev Zoran Baldovaliev ( mk, Зоран Балдовалиев; born 4 March 1983) is a Macedonian footballer who plays as a forward for Tikvesh Kavadarci. Club career Baldovaliev started his career in the Macedonian club Belasica, and played for ...
(born 1983) * Milko Djurovski (born 1963), Olympic bronze medalist * Boško Gjurovski (born 1961) *
Mario Gjurovski Mario Gjurovski ( mk, Марио Ѓуровски, sr, Марио Ђуровски / Mario Đurovski; born 11 December 1985) is a Macedonian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder, who is the current manager of Thai Leagu ...
(born 1985) *
Gjorgji Hristov Georgi Hristov (Macedonian: Ѓорѓи Христов, also romanized as ''Gjorgji Hristov''; born 30 January 1976) is a Macedonian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Hristov made 48 appearances and netted 18 goals for Mac ...
(born 1976) *
Čedomir Janevski Čedomir "Čede" Janevski ( mk, Чедомир "Чеде" Јаневски, born 3 July 1961) is a Macedonian professional football manager and former player who was the manager of Cypriot club Olympiakos Nicosia. He played internationally for bo ...
(born 1961) *
Marek Jankulovski Marek Jankulovski (born 9 May 1977) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a defender. His most notable achievements include winning the UEFA Champions League with AC Milan and being voted the 2007 Czech Footballer of the Year. ...
(born 1977), Champions League winner *
Jovan Kirovski Jovan Kirovski ( mk, Јован Кировски; born March 18, 1976) is an American former soccer player who is the Technical Director for the Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer. Kirovski is the first American to win the UEFA Champions Le ...
(born 1976), first American to win Champions League *
Dejan Kulusevski Dejan Kulusevski ( mk, Дејан Кулушевски, Dejan Kulushevski; born 25 April 2000) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a winger or midfielder for club Tottenham Hotspur, on loan from club Juventus, and the Sweden na ...
(born 2000) *
Nemanja Matić Nemanja Matić ( sr-Cyrl, Немања Матић, ; born 1 August 1988) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Italian Serie A club Roma. Starting his career as an attacking midfielder, Matić shifted to a d ...
(born 1988) * Uroš Matić (born 1990) *
Goran Maznov Goran Maznov ( Macedonian Cyrillic: Горан Мазнов) (born 22 April 1981 in Strumica, SR Macedonia) is a Macedonian football striker who plays for FK Dojransko Ezero in the Macedonian third league group Southeast. Club career Internatio ...
(born 1981) *
Igor Mitreski Igor Mitreski ( mk, Игор Митрески; born 19 February 1979) is a Macedonian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Club career Mitreski was born in Struga. In early 2005, he was recognized as a feature member to B ...
(born 1979) *
George Nanchoff George Nanchoff (born 1954 in Resen, Yugoslavia (SR Macedonia)) is a retired Yugoslavian-American soccer player. He spent three seasons in the North American Soccer League and seven seasons in the Major Indoor Soccer League. He also earned ten ...
(born 1954) *
Louis Nanchoff Louis "Louie" Nanchoff (born May 13, 1956 in Resen, Yugoslavia) is a retired U.S.-Yugoslavian soccer player. He spent three seasons in the North American Soccer League and seven seasons in the Major Indoor Soccer League. He also earned ten cap ...
(born 1956) *
Zlatko Nastevski Zlatko Nastevski (Macedonian: Златкo Hacтeвcки; born 4 August 1957) is a retired Macedonian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. In October 2009, he played in the Australian "Olderoos" squad in the World Masters Games. Nast ...
(born 1957) *
Chris Naumoff Christopher Naumoff (born 29 June 1995) is a retired Australian professional football (soccer) player who played as a winger for Sutherland Sharks in the NPL and for Sydney FC in the A-League. Born in Sydney, Naumoff played youth football fo ...
(born 1995) * Natalia Naumoff (born 1990) *
Ilčo Naumoski Ilčo Naumoski ( mk, Илчо Наумоски) (born 29 July 1983 in Prilep) is a Macedonian football player currently playing as a striker for FK Vardar in Macedonia. He has spent the majority of his career in Austria, having played with Graz ...
(born 1983) *
Ilija Nestorovski Ilija Nestorovski ( mk, Илија Несторовски; born 12 March 1990) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Udinese and the North Macedonia national team. Club career Born in Prilep, SR Maced ...
(born 1990) *
Oka Nikolov Orhej "Oka" Nikolov (; mk, Орхеј "Ока" Николов ; born 25 May 1974) is a retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He serves as assistant coach for Los Angeles FC in Major League Soccer. He spent nineteen seasons ...
(born 1974) *
Jane Nikolovski Jane Nikoloski ( mk, Јане Николоски) (born 12 December 1973) is a Republic of Macedonia, Macedonian former Association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (football), goalkeeper. Playing career Club Nikoloski returned fr ...
(born 1973) *
Darko Pančev Darko Pančev ( mk, Дарко Панчев, ; born 7 September 1965) is a Macedonian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He most notably played for FK Vardar and Red Star Belgrade. He was part of the Red Star Belgrade squa ...
(born 1965), Golden Boot and European Cup winner * Goran Pandev (born 1983), Champions League winner * Saško Pаndev (born 1987) *
Robert Petrov Robert Petrov ( mk, Роберт Петров; born 2 June 1978) is a Macedonian footballer who last played as a defender for Germanea Sapareva Banya. Club career Robert Petrov began his career in the Macedonian club FK Ovče Pole. In 1999, he ...
(born 1978) *
Goran Popov Goran Popov ( mk, Горан Попов; born 2 October 1984) is a retired Macedonian footballer, who played as a defender. Popov started his career with local side Belasica and moved to Greece with Proodeftiki and AEK Athens. He signed for Re ...
(born 1984) *
Robert Popov Robert Popov ( mk, Роберт Попов; born 16 April 1982 in Strumica) is a retired footballer from North Macedonia. Club career Robert is a right defender or defensive midfielder. He started his career with FK Belasica. In 2003 Popov sig ...
(born 1982) *
Stevica Ristić Stevica "Stevo" Ristić ( mk, Стевица Ристиќ, ; born 23 May 1982) is a Macedonian- Serbian retired football striker who played for the Macedonia national football team. He took Macedonian citizenship to be eligible for the national ...
(born 1982) *
Goce Sedloski Goce Sedloski ( mk, Гоце Седлоски; born 10 April 1974) is a Macedonian professional football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Macedonian First League club Shkupi. He earned 100 caps for the Macedonia nation ...
(Гоце Седлоски) * Dragi Setinov (born 1961) * Goran Slavkovski (born 1989) *
Mile Sterjovski Mile Sterjovski (born 27 May 1979) is an Australian former football (soccer) player. Sterjovski played mainly as a right winger or as a second striker, but also played as a left winger and central midfielder. He is currently the head coach of Mac ...
(born 1979) *
Veliče Šumulikoski Veliče Šumulikoski ( mk, Величе Шумуликоски; born 24 April 1981) is a Macedonian former football midfielder. He is the third most capped player of all time of the North Macedonia national football team. He is the director of ...
(born 1981) * Goce Toleski (born 1977) *
Vančo Trajanov Vančo Trajanov ( mk, Ванчо Трајанов; born 9 August 1978) is a former Macedonian footballer who played as a midfielder. He was the first – and, to date, only – non-Bulgarian to have made more than 300 Bulgarian First League ap ...
(born 1978) * Jovica Trajčev (born 1981) * Ivan Tričkovski (born 1987) * Aleksandar Vasoski (born 1979)


Australian rules football

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Josh Daicos Josh Daicos (born 26 November 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Son of Peter Daicos, who played for Collingwood in the VFL/AFL, he played for th ...
(born 1998), forward * Peter Daicos (born 1961), Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee *
Nick Malceski Nick Malceski (born 15 August 1984) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans and Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A running defender, he was part of the Sydney line-u ...
(born 1984), 2014 All-Australian team member *
Mark Nicoski Mark Nicoski (born 24 November 1983) is a former Australian rules footballer who previously played with the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). From Perth, Western Australia, Nicoski first played for in the West Australi ...
(born 1983), utility


Baseball

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Kevin Kouzmanoff Kevin Kouzmanoff (born July 25, 1981) is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres, Oakland Athletics, Colorado Rockies and Texas Rangers. Kou ...
(born 1981), MLB third baseman


Basketball

* Jelena Antić (born 1991) *
Pero Antić Pero Antić ( mk, Перо Антиќ, ; born July 29, 1982), is a North Macedonian basketball executive and former professional player. He currently serves as a president of the Basketball Federation of North Macedonia. Antić was a member an ...
(born 1982), NBA player *
Gjorgji Čekovski Gjorgji "Stanko" Čekovski ( mk, Ѓорѓи Чековски; born December 11, 1979) is a Macedonian professional basketball player. He was also a member of the Macedonian national basketball team. Macedonian national team Čekovski is also a ...
(born 1979) * Slavica Dimovska (born 1985) *
Todor Gečevski Todor Gečevski ( mk, Тодор Гечевски; born 28 August 1977) is a Macedonian former professional basketball player. Standing at a height of , he played at the center and power forward positions. Professional career While playing with ...
(born 1977) * Blagoja Georgievski (1950–2020), Olympic silver medalist *
Vlado Ilievski Vlado Ilievski ( mk, Владо Илиевски; born 19 January 1980) is a former Macedonian professional basketball. Standing at , he played at the point guard position. Professional career During his career, Ilievski played for KK Nemetali Og ...
(born 1980) * Andrej Jakimovski (born 2001), NCAA player *
Petar Naumoski Petar "Pece" Naumoski ( mk, Петар "Пеце" Наумоски; born 27 August 1968) is a former Macedonian professional basketball player. At a height of 1.95 m (6'4 ") tall, and a weight of 95 kg (210 lbs.). He played mainly at th ...
(born 1968), two-time EuroLeague champion *
Kiril Nikolovski Kiril Nikolovski ( mk, Кирил Николовски; born 9 June 1988) is a Macedonian professional basketball player born in Skopje. He is a former member of the Macedonian national basketball team. Pro career Nikolovski started his pro ca ...
(born 1988) *
Predrag Samardžiski Predrag Samardžiski ( mk, Предраг Самарџиски; born April 11, 1986) is a Macedonian professional basketball player who plays for EuroNickel 2005 of the Macedonian League. Professional career Samardžiski started his career at K ...
(born 1986) *
Darko Sokolov Darko Sokolov ( mk, Дарко Соколов; born May 8, 1986) is a Macedonian professional basketball player who plays for EuroNickel 2005 of the Macedonian First League. Pro career Since beginning his professional career in 2002, Sokolov has ...
(born 1986) *
Vrbica Stefanov Vrbica Stefanov ( mk, Врбица Стефанов, ; born December 19, 1973) is a retired Macedonian professional basketball player and later was a head coach of Macedonian basketball team Kožuv. Professional career After starting his basketb ...
(born 1973) *
Damjan Stojanovski Damjan Stojanovski ( mk, Дамјан Стојановски; born December 9, 1987) is a Macedonian professional basketball player who currently plays for MZT Skopje Aerodrom. He also represents the Macedonian national basketball team. He is 1.9 ...
(born 1987) *
Vojdan Stojanovski Vojdan Stojanovski ( mk, Војдан Стојановски; born December 9, 1987) is a Macedonian professional basketball player who currently plays for MZT Skopje of the Macedonian League. He is (1.95 m) in height and plays at the shooting g ...
(born 1987) *
Stojna Vangelovska Stojna Vangelovska (, born 5 February 1964) is a Macedonian and former Yugoslav female professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Bask ...
(born 1964), Olympic silver medalist


Canoeing

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Atanas Nikolovski Atanas Nikolovski (born 22 June 1980 in Skopje) is a Macedonian slalom canoer who has competed since the mid-1990s. In 2009, Atanas achieved 14th place in the world ranking race in Sydney, Australia. He came 1st in the semi finals, and 7th in t ...
(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) *
Kiril Georgiev Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev ( bg, Кирил Димитров Георгиев; born 28 November 1965 in Petrich) is a Bulgarian and Macedonian chess grandmaster, and seven-time Bulgarian Chess Champion. Chess career Georgiev first caught the ...
(born 1965) * Vladimir Georgiev (born 1975) * Zvonko Stanojoski (born 1964)


Cricket

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Len Pascoe Leonard Stephen Pascoe (born Leonard Stephen Durtanovich, 13 February 1950) is a former Australian Test and One Day International cricketer. Born at Bridgetown, Western Australia, Pascoe was educated at Punchbowl Boys' High School in New Sout ...
(born 1950), Test and One Day International cricketer


Cycling

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


Golf

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Sandra Spuzich Sandra Spuzich (April 3, 1937 – October 6, 2015) was an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Spuzich was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, of Polish, Serbian, Macedonian and Lebanese descent. She ...
(1937–2015), LPGA Tour player


Handball

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Stevče Aluševski Stevche Alushovski ( mk, Стевче Алушовски; born 1 October 1972) is a retired Macedonian Australians, Macedonian-Australian handball player and current coach of GRK Ohrid. Career Stevche Alushovski was born in Sydney, Australia, b ...
(born 1972) *
Tanja Andrejeva Tanja Andrejeva ( mk, Тања Андрејева) (born 17 June 1978 in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) is a Macedonian handball goalkeeper who plays for ŽRK Metalurg and for the Macedonia women's national handball team. Career Tanja started ...
(born 1978) * Lasko Andonovski (born 1991) * Petar Angelov (born 1977) *
Branislav Angelovski Branislav Angelovski ( mk, Бранислав Ангеловски) (born 21 February 1977) is a former Macedonian handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of s ...
(born 1977) *
Filip Arsenovski Filip Arsenovski ( mk, Филип Арсеновски) (born 30 July 1998) is a Macedonian handball player who plays for RK Tineks Prolet. He participated at the 2017 Men's Junior World Handball Championship The 2017 IHF Men's Junior World Cha ...
(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 Nikola Danilovski ( mk, Никола Даниловски; 1 February 1997 – 29 May 2021) was a Macedonian handball player. He participated at the 2017 Men's Junior World Handball Championship The 2017 IHF Men's Junior World Championship was ...
(1997–2021) * Zlatko Daskalovski (born 1984) *
Zorica Despodovska Zorica Despodovska ( mk, Зорица Десподовска) (born 20 December 1991 in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) is a Macedonian handball player who plays for KPR Kobierzyce and for the North Macedonia women's national handball team The No ...
(born 1991) * Darko Dimitrievski (born 1993) *
Dimitar Dimitrioski Dimitar Dimitrioski ( mk, Димитар Димитриоски) (born 16 February 1998) is a Macedonian handball player who plays for Recoletas Atlético Valladolid and the Macedonian national team. He participated at the 2017 Men's Junior Wor ...
(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 Daniel Gjorgjeski (Macedonian: Даниел Ѓорѓески) (born 3 December 1993) is a Macedonian handball player who plays for GRK Ohrid. Honours : HC Vardar * Macedonian Handball Super League : Winner (2): 2018, 2019 * Macedonian Handball ...
(born 1993) * Dushica Gjorgjievska (born 1987) * Goran Gjorgonoski (born 1979) * Simona Grozdanovska (born 1988) *
Tomislav Jagurinovski Tomislav Jagurinovski ( mk, Томислав Јагуриновски) (born 19 August 1998) is a Macedonian handball player for RK Vardar 1961 and the Macedonian national team. He participated at the 2017 Men's Junior World Handball Championsh ...
(born 1998) * Aco Jonovski (born 1980) * 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 Goran Kuzmanoski (born 30 November 1982) is a retired Macedonian handball player. References * http://www.eurohandball.com/ech/men/2016/player/515754/GoranKuzmanoski {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuzmanoski, Goran 1981 births Living people Macedonian mal ...
(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 Miševski (born 1999) *
Petar Misovski Petar Misovski (Macedonian: Петар Мисовски) (born 4 Junel 1976) is a retired Macedonian handball player who has played for RK Pelister, Zamet Rijeka, RK Vardar, Nittedal, Merkur, Metalurg and Tinex Prolet and also he was playin ...
(born 1976) *
Andrej Mitikj Andrej Mitikj is a Macedonian handball player that plays for RK Metalurg Skopje. He just got promoted from Metlurg's B team to RK Metalurg Skopje. His position is Pivot and he is considered as the future of the HC Metalurg . References {{D ...
(born 2000) *
Vlatko Mitkov Vlatko Mitkov ( mk, Влатко Митков) (born 16 August 1981) is a Macedonian handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcou ...
(born 1981) *
Nikola Mitrevski Nikola Mitrevski (Macedonian: Никола Митревски; born 3 October 1985) is a Macedonian handball player who plays for FC Porto and the National team of North Macedonia. Honours Vardar * Macedonian Super League: 2008–09 * Macedonia ...
(born 1985) * Dragica Mitrova (born 1987) * Mihajlo Mladenovikj (born 2000) * Nataša Mladenovska (born 1986) *
Zlatko Mojsoski Zlatko Mojsovski (born 15 November 1981) is a Macedonian handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) ...
(born 1981) * Naumče Mojsovski (born 1980) * Dijana Naumoska (born 1985) * Vlado Nedanovski (born 1985) * Marko Neloski (born 1996) * Marko Ognjanovski (born 1997) *
Goce Ojleski Goce Ojleski (born 10 October 1989) is a Macedonian handball player for RK Eurofarm Pelister RK Eurofarm Pelister (HC Eurofarm Pelister) ( mk, РК Еурофарм Пелистер) is a handball club from Bitola, Macedonia. They currently com ...
(born 1989) * Toše Ončev (born 1996) *
Davor Palevski Davor Palevski (born 26 February 1997) is a Macedonian handball player who plays for RK Tineks Prolet. He participated at the 2017 Men's Junior World Handball Championship The 2017 IHF Men's Junior World Championship was the 21st edition of th ...
(born 1997) * Marija Papudjieva (born 1977) * Igor Pavlovski (born 1982) *
Dragana Pecevska Dragana Ristova, née Pecevska ( mk, Драгана Ристова) (born 11 April 1983) is a retired Macedonian handball player who plays for ŽRK Metalurg and for the North Macedonia women's national handball team. She plays on the position ...
(born 1983) * Antonio Peševski (born 1990) *
Žarko Peševski Žarko Peševski ( mk, Жарко Пешевски) (born 11 April 1991) is a Macedonian handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six ou ...
(born 1991) * Dragana Petkovska (born 1996) * Kostadin Petrov (born 1992) * Martin Popovski (born 1994) * Nemanja Pribak (born 1984) * Sara Ristovska (born 1996) *
Borko Ristovski Borko Ristovski ( mk, Борко Ристовски; born 2 November 1982) is a Macedonian handball player who plays for RK Vardar 1961 and the North Macedonia national team. Career Ristovski started his handball career in 1995 as a member of ...
(born 1982) * Ljubomir Savevski (born 1957) * Jovana Sazdovska (born 1993) *
Martin Serafimov Martin Serafimov ( mk, Мартин Серафимов) (born 3 March 2000) is a Macedonian handball player for RK Alkaloid and the Macedonian national team. He represented Macedonia at the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship The 2019 IH ...
(born 2000) * Mice Shilegov (born 1998) * Marija Shteriova (born 1991) * Sara Stevanoska (born 1993) * Mitko Stoilov (born 1983) *
Stojanče Stoilov Stojanče "Stole" Stoilov ( mk, Стојанче Стоилов) (born 30 April 1987) is a retired Macedonian handball player, and current handball coach. Honours Domestic competitions * Macedonian Handball Super League: : Winner: 2007–08, 2009 ...
(born 1987) * Nikola Stojčevski (born 1984) *
Zvonko Šundovski Zvonko Šundovski ( mk, Звонко Шундовски) is a former Macedonian team handball player and a former coach of the North Macedonia National Handball Team. He was born on 7 September 1967 in Bitola, then in SFR Yugoslavia. Starting from ...
(born 1967) * Filip Taleski (born 1996) * Jovan Talevski (born 1994) * Mario Tankoski (born 1998) * Vladimir Temelkov (born 1980) * Teodor Todeski (born 2002) *
Martin Tomovski Martin Tomovski ( mk, Мартин Томовски) (born 10 July 1997) is a Macedonian handball player who plays for RK Vardar 1961 and the Macedonian national team. He participated at the 2016 Men's Junior European Handball Championship and ...
(born 1997) * Blagojče Trajkovski (born 1986) * Martin Velkovski (born 1997)


Ice hockey

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Mike Angelidis Mike Angelidis (born June 27, 1985) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who last played with HCB South Tyrol in the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL). He has formerly played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Tampa Bay Light ...
(born 1985), center *
Tommy Ivan Thomas Nathaniel Ivan (January 31, 1911 – June 25, 1999) was a Canadian ice hockey coach and general manager. He served as a National Hockey League (NHL) head coach for the Detroit Red Wings from 1947 to 1954 where he won three Stanley Cups, ...
(1911–1999), three-time Stanley Cup winning coach * Dan Jancevski (born 1981), defenseman *
Ed Jovanovski Edward Jovanovski (born June 26, 1976) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He was born in Windsor, Ontario, and is of Macedonian descent. Jovanovski played major junior ice hockey for two seasons with the Windsor Spitfi ...
(born 1976), defenseman *
Steve Staios Steve Staios (born July 28, 1973) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who has played both right wing and defence in the National Hockey League (NHL). Staios played with the Boston Bruins, Vancouver Canucks, Atlanta Thrashers, Edm ...
(born 1973), winger/defenseman *
Steven Stamkos Steven Stamkos (born February 7, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and captain of the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL). Stamkos was selected first overall in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft by the Lightning. He ...
(born 1990), two-time Stanley Cup winning, seven-time all-star center *
Alek Stojanov Alexander Stojanov (born April 25, 1973) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player of Macedonian descent who spent three seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He is best known for his trade from Vancouver to Pittsburgh in exchang ...
(born 1973), right winger *
Brandon Tanev Brandon Tanev (born December 31, 1991) is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger for the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played in the NHL for the Winnipeg Jets and Pittsburgh Penguins. Born in Toro ...
(born 1991), left winger *
Christopher Tanev Christopher Tanev (born December 20, 1989) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and alternate captain for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played for the Vancouver Canucks. Unselected in the ...
(born 1989), defenseman *
Michael Zigomanis Michael Zigomanis (born January 17, 1981) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. Zigomanis was drafted twice. In the 1999 NHL Entry Draft he was selected 64th overall by the Buffalo Sabres, but was not signed. He re-entered for the ...
(born 1981), center


Martial arts

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Alen Amedovski Alen Amedovski (born April 6, 1988) is a Macedonian mixed martial artist who competes in the Middleweight division. He has formely fought for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Background Amedovski arrived in Trento when he was 10. He played foo ...
(born 1988), mixed martial artist *
Pete George Peter T. George (June 29, 1929 – July 27, 2021) was an American weightlifter and Olympic and World champion. He was later an assistant professor of stomatology. Because of his ethnic origin, and despite the long list of Bulgarian weightlif ...
(1929–2021), Olympic gold medalist weightlifter *
Dejan Georgievski Dejan Georgievski ( mk, Дејан Георгиевски; born 8 May 1999) is a Macedonian professional taekwondo practitioner who represents North Macedonia internationally in the World Taekwondo Tournaments in the men's heavyweight (+87 kg) ...
(born 1999), taekwondo Olympic silver medalist * Puleksenija Jovanoska (born 1993), karateka * Katerina Nikoloska (born 1990), judoka *
Nina Nunes Nina Ann Nunes (; born December 3, 1985) is an American former mixed martial artist who most competed in the women's flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Background Nunes was born and raised in Weston, Florida. Her mater ...
(born 1985), UFC flyweight fighter * Beni Osmanoski (born 1988), kickboxer *
Emil Pavlov Emil Pavlov (born 1992) is a Macedonian karateka. He won the silver medal in the men's 67 kg event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He is a two-time gold medalist in the men's 60 kg event at the Europea ...
(born 1992), karateka *
Ace Rusevski Ace Rusevski (born November 30, 1956 in Kumanovo) is a retired Macedonian boxer, who represented Yugoslavia at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There he won the bronze medal in the lightweight division (– 60 kg) ...
(born 1956), Olympic bronze medalist boxer * Vlatko Sokolov (born 1973), wrestler * Daniel Stefanovski (born 1996), kickboxer *
Alexander Volkanovski Alexander Volkanovski (born 29 September 1988) is an Australian mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Featherweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the current UFC Featherweight Champion. He is al ...
(born 1988), UFC Featherweight champion, reached #1 in pound-for-pound rankings


Mountain climbing

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Dimitar Ilievski-Murato Dimitar Ilievski-Murato ( mk, Димитар Илиевски-Мурато; 1953 in Bitola – 10 May 1989 in Mount Everest) was an alpinist from SR Macedonia representing SFR Yugoslavia, the first national of modern North Macedonia ever to climb ...
(1953–1989), first Macedonian to climb Everest *
Saško Kedev Saško Kedev ( mk, Сашко Кедев), also Sashko Kedev (born 6 July 1962) is a Macedonian politician and doctor of medical sciences. He is a member of the political party VMRO-DPMNE. Personal life Born at Štip, Kedev graduated high school ...
(born 1962), politician and third Macedonian to climb Everest


Racing

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Igor Stefanovski Igor "Idže" Stefanovski ( mk, Игор "Иџе" Стефановски; born 27 December 1982) is a Macedonian professional rally driver. He is currently competing in the European Touring Car Cup (ETCC). Stefanovski is a former European Hill Cl ...
(born 1982), two-time European Hill Climb champion


Rugby league

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Paul Momirovski Paul Momirovski (born 19 July 1996) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a and er for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL. He previously also played for the Sydney Roosters, before playing for the Wests Tigers, Melbourne Storm and ...
(born 1996), centre and winger


Shooting

* Borjan Brankovski (born 1996) *
Nina Balaban Nina Balaban ( mk, Нина Балабан; born 2 November 1995) is a Macedonian sports shooter. She competed in the women's 10 metre air rifle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes ...
(born 1995) *
Olivera Nakovska-Bikova Olivera Nakovska-Bikova (born 11 November 1974) is a Macedonian paralympian and sports shooter who won the gold medal in the women's 10 metre air pistol SH1 at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, England. Olivera is also competing in the To ...
(born 1974) * Darko Naseski (born 1979) * Sašo Nestorov (born 1987)


Skiing

* Darko Damjanovski (born 1981), biathlete and cross-country skier *
Gjoko Dineski Gjoko Dineski (born 18 September 1972) is a Macedonian cross-country skier. He competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Sa ...
(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 Jana Nikolovska (born 12 September 1979) is a Macedonian alpine skier. She competed in the women's giant slalom at the 1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長 ...
(born 1979), alpine skier *
Dejan Panovski Dejan Panovski (Macedonian: Дејан Пановски; born 30 April 1980) is a Macedonian Alpine skier. He competed in two events at the 2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and comm ...
(born 1980), alpine skier * Antonio Ristevski (born 1989), alpine skier *
Aleksandar Stojanovski Aleksandar Stojanovski (born February 16, 1983) is a Macedonian footballer playing with the York Region Shooters of the Canadian Soccer League. Playing career Stojanovski began his career in 2004 in the Macedonian First Football League with FK ...
(born 1979), alpine skier * Viktorija Todorovska (born 2000), cross-country skier


Swimming

* Marko Blaževski (born 1992) * Anastasia Bogdanovski (born 1993) * Atina Bojadži (1944–2010) *
Mirjana Boševska Mirjana Boševska (born June 25, 1981, in Skopje) is a retired female freestyle and medley swimmer from Macedonia. She twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d ...
(born 1981) * Biljana Coković (1982–2007) * Filip Derkoski (born 2000) * Mia Blazhevska Eminova (born 2005) * Kire Filipovski (born 1973) *
Zoran Lazarovski Zoran Lazarovski ( mk, Зоран Лазаровски; born December 26, 1980) is a Macedonian former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events. He is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004), and a former Macedonian record holder in the 200 m but ...
(born 1980) * Simona Marinova (born 1994) * Aleksandar Malenko (born 1979) * Nataša Meškovska (born 1972) *
Aleksandar Miladinovski Aleksandar Miladinovski ( mk, Александар Миладиновски; born August 4, 1979) is a Macedonian former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly and individual medley events. He represented the Republic of Macedonia in two editions ...
(born 1979) * Eva Petrovska (born 2004) * Elena Popovska (born 1990) * Mihajlo Ristovski (born 1983) * Tomi Stefanovski *
Vesna Stojanovska Vesna Stojanovska ( mk, Весна Стојановска; born January 20, 1985) is a Macedonian former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and butterfly events. She is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004), and holds multiple age-group records ...
(born 1985)


Tennis

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Lina Gjorcheska Lina Gjorcheska ( mk, Лина Ѓорческа, Lina Ǵorčeska; born 3 August 1994) is a Macedonian tennis player, and the most successful of her country to date. She has career-high WTA rankings of 170 in singles and 116 in doubles, both achi ...
(born 1994), highest ranked Macedonian player to date * Kalin Ivanovski (born 2004) * Tomislav Jotovski (born 1990) *
Aleksandar Kitinov Aleksandar Kitinov ( mk, Александар Китинов; born 13 January 1971) is a retired Macedonian professional tennis player. Kitinov turned pro in 1992 and retired in 2003. A doubles specialist, he won three titles during his career ...
(born 1971) * Marina Lazarovska (born 1978) *
Lazar Magdinčev Lazar Magdinčev (born 15 December 1980) is a Macedonian former professional tennis player. Born in Skopje, Magdinčev reached a career best ranking of 339 for singles and 267 for doubles while competing on the professional tour. He won an ATP ...
(born 1980) * Katarina Marinkovikj (born 1999) *
Ellen Perez Ellen Perez (born 10 October 1995) is an Australian professional tennis player. Perez has won five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, as well as two singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. ...
(born 1995) *
Predrag Rusevski Predrag Rusevski ( mk, Предраг Русевски; born 3 August 1983Predrag Rusevski
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(born 1983) * Magdalena Stoilkovska (born 1996)


Volleyball

* Vladimir Bogoevski (born 1953) *
Gjorgi Gjorgiev Gjorgi Gjorgiev (born 22 May 1992) is a Macedonian professional volleyball player, a member of the North Macedonia national team. He participated at the 2019 European Championship. At the professional club level, he plays for Cambrai Volley. C ...
(born 1992) * Nikola Gjorgiev (born 1988)


State


Politicians

* Metodija Andonov - Čento (1902–1957), first president of the People's Republic of Macedonia *
Stojan Andov Stojan Andov ( mk, Стојан Андов; born 30 November 1935) is a Macedonian politician, a founding member of the Liberal Party of Macedonia and a former president of Parliament from 1993 to 1997. Early years and education Stojan Andov w ...
(born 1935) * Strašo Angelovski (born 1959) * Ljupčo Arsov (1910–1986) * Ljube Boškoski (born 1960) *
Vlado Bučkovski Vlado Bučkovski ( mk, Владо Бучковски; born 2 December 1962) is a former prime minister of the Republic of Macedonia, elected by parliament on 17 December 2004. He was previously the defense minister of Macedonia from May 2001 to No ...
(born 1962) * Paul Christie (born 1952), Toronto politician *
Branko Crvenkovski Branko Crvenkovski ( mk, Бранко Црвенковски, pronounced ; born 12 October 1962) is a Macedonian politician who served as Prime Minister of Macedonia from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2002 to 2004, and as President of Macedonia f ...
(born 1962) *
Jimmy Dimos Jimmy N. Dimos (October 18, 1938 – May 18, 2023) was a Yugoslavian-born American judge and politician in Louisiana. He immigrated from SR Macedonia, Socialist Federal Republic Yugoslavia (modern-day North Macedonia) as a child in 1951, joining ...
(born 1938), politician, former Speaker of the Louisiana House *
Ljubčo Georgievski Ljubčo Georgievski or Lyubcho Georgievski ( mk, Љубчо Георгиевски, ; bg, Любчо Георгиевски; born 17 January 1966) is a politician from North Macedonia who served as the only Vice President of Macedonia and as the ...
(born 1966), founder of the political party
VMRO-DPMNE Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity ( mk, Внатрешна македонска револуционерна организација – Демократска партија за ...
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Kiro Gligorov Kiro Gligorov ( mk, Киро Глигоров, ; 3 May 1917 – 1 January 2012) was a Macedonian politician who served as the first President of the Republic of Macedonia (now North Macedonia) from 1991 to 1999. Early life He was born in Štip, ...
(1917–2012), first president of the Republic of Macedonia * Vladimir Gligorov (1945–2022) *
Tim Goeglein Timothy Goeglein (pronounced Ghegline) (born January 6, 1964) was special assistant to U.S. President George W. Bush and Deputy Director of the White House Office of Public Liaison from 2001 to 2008. In January 2009, Goeglein became the Vice Pres ...
(born 1964), Deputy Director of Public Liaison, Office of Public Liaison, Executive Office of the President under George W. Bush *
Nikola Gruevski Nikola Gruevski ( mk, Никола Груевски, pronounced ; hu, Nikola Gruevszki; born 31 August 1970) is a Macedonian politician who served as Prime Minister of Macedonia from 2006 until his resignation, which was caused by the 2016 Mace ...
(born 1970) * Denise Ilitch (born 1955), businesswoman, lawyer, and member of the
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Gjorge Ivanov Gjorge Ivanov ( mk, Ѓорге Иванов, ; born 2 May 1960) is a Macedonian politician, who served as the 4th President of North Macedonia from 2009 to 2019. Early and personal life Born at Valandovo, Ivanov finished primary and secondary sc ...
(born 1960) *
Gordana Jankuloska Gordana Jankuloska (, ; born 12 October 1975) is the former 10th Interior Minister of the Government of North Macedonia. She was a Minister in four cabinets of Nikola Gruevski Nikola Gruevski ( mk, Никола Груевски, pronounced ; ...
(born 1975) *
Zoran Jolevski Zoran Jolevski ( mk, Зоран Јолевски; born 16 July 1959) is a Macedonian diplomat and the former Minister of Defense of the Republic of Macedonia. Prior to his appointment as Minister of Defense, he served as Macedonia's Ambassador to ...
(born 1959), Macedonian Minister of Defense, Ambassador to the United States * Srgjan Kerim (born 1948) *
Nikola Kljusev Nikola Kljusev ( mk, Никола Кљусев; 2 October 1927 – 16 January 2008) was a Macedonian academician and politician. Kljusev served as the first Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia (now North Macedonia) from January 27, 19 ...
(1927–2008), first Prime Minister of Macedonia *
Lazar Koliševski Lazar Koliševski ( mk, Лазар Колишевски ; 12 February 1914 – 6 July 2000) was a Yugoslav communist political leader in the Socialist Republic of Macedonia and briefly in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He was clos ...
(1914–2000) *
Hari Kostov Hari Kostov ( mk, Хари Костов) (born November 13, 1959 in s. Pishica Probištip) is a Macedonian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Macedonia from May 2004 until his resignation in November 2004. He was appointed to the p ...
(born 1959) *
Dimitar Kovačevski Dimitar Kovačevski ( mk, Димитар Ковачевски, ; born 24 July 1974) is a Macedonian politician and economist serving as prime minister of North Macedonia since 17 January 2022. A member of the Social Democratic Union of Macedoni ...
(born 1974), current Prime Minister of North Macedonia *
Trifun Kostovski Trifun Kostovski ( mk, Трифун Костовски; born 27 December 1946 in Skopje)
(born 1946) *
Hristijan Mickoski Hristijan Mickoski ( mk, Христијан Мицкоски, ) is a Macedonian politician, university professor and president of VMRO-DPMNE. In 2016, he became the director of JSC "Power Plants of Macedonia", and in the period 2015—2017 he was ...
(born 1977), VMRO-DPMNE leader * Ilinka Mitreva (1950–2022) *
Lazar Mojsov Lazar Mojsov ( mk, Лазар Мојсов; 19 December 1920 – 25 August 2011) was a Macedonian journalist, communist politician and diplomat from SFR Yugoslavia. Biography Mojsov received his doctoral degree from the University of Belgrade's ...
(1920–2011) *
Stevo Pendarovski Stevo Pendarovski ( mk, Стево Пендаровски, ; born 3 April 1963) is a Macedonian politician who serves as the 5th and current President of North Macedonia since 12 May 2019. Early life and education Stevo Pendarovski was born o ...
(born 1963), current President of North Macedonia *
Tito Petkovski Tito Petkovski ( mk, Тито Петковски) (born 23 January 1945) is a politician of the Republic of North Macedonia, and leads the New Social Democratic Party. Early life Petkovski was born in Kriva Palanka, DFR Yugoslavia and was named af ...
(born 1945) *
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(born 1977), Macedonian Minister of Foreign Affairs * Zoran Stavreski (born 1964), Deputy Prime Minister of Macedonia * Borko Temelkovski (1919–2001) * Lui Temelkovski (born 1954), Member of Canadian Parliament *
Boris Trajkovski Boris Trajkovski ( GCMG) ( mk, Борис Трајковски, pronounced ; 25 June 1956 – 26 February 2004) was a Macedonian politician who served as the second President of Macedonia from 1999 until his death in 2004 in a plane crash. Tra ...
(1956–2004) *
Vasil Tupurkovski Vasil Tupurkovski ( mk, Васил Тупурковски; born 8 April 1951) is a Macedonian academic, politician and the former president of the Olympic Committee of North Macedonia. Tupurkovski was born in Skopje, PR Macedonia, FPR Yugoslavi ...
(born 1951) *
Zoran Zaev Zoran Zaev ( mk, Зоран Заев, ; born 8 October 1974) is a Macedonian economist and politician who served as prime minister of North Macedonia from May 2017 to January 2020, and again from August 2020 to January 2022. Prior to entering ...
(born 1974), Prime Minister of (North) Macedonia


Partisans

* Mirče Acev (1915–1943) *
Mihajlo Apostolski Mihailo Apostolski ( mk, Михаило Апостолски; born Mihail Mitev Apostolov, bg, Михаил Митев Апостолов; sr, Михаило Митић or Mihailo Mitić; November 8, 1906 – August 7, 1987) was a Yugoslav gen ...
(1906–1987) * Jordan Cekov (1921–2019) * Emanuel Čučkov (1901–1967) * Čede Filipovski Dame (1923–1945) * Dimče Mirčev (1913–1944) *
Blagoj Jankov Mučeto Blagoj Jankov Mučeto (Macedonian: Благој Јанков Мучето) was a Macedonian partisan who was declared a People's Hero of Yugoslavia. He was born in 1911 in Strumica, in the Salonica Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire (present-day Rep ...
(1911–1944) *
Orce Nikolov Jordan Nikolov (7 January 1916 in Skopje, occupied by the Kingdom of Bulgaria – 4 January 1942, Kukavica, annexed by the Kingdom of Bulgaria) was a Macedonian communist and partisan from Macedonia. His life and work are connected with the ...
(1916–1942) *
Strašo Pindžur Strahil Pindžurov (15 March, 1915 – 4 January 1943), better known by his Partisan name Strašo Pindžur (Страшо Пинџур) was a Macedonian Partisan, active during World War II in Yugoslav Macedonia, who was later proclaimed a nationa ...
(1915–1943) * Hristijan Todorovski Karpoš (1921–1944) * Julia Batino (1914–1942) * Gjorgi Dimitrovski Vikentiev (1920–1944) * Petar Zdravkovski (1912–1967) * Kuzman Josifovski - Pitu (1915–1944) * Vera Jocić (1923–1944) * Aco Karamanov (1927–1944) * Elpida Karamandi (1920–1942) * Fana Kočovska (1927–2004) * Veselinka Malinska (1917–1987) * Јordan Nikolov (1916–1942) * Katerina Nurdzhieva (1922–2018) *
Blagoj Stračkovski Blagoj Strachkovski ( mk, Благој Страчковски; 1920–1943) was a Macedonian national hero, Yugoslavian partisan who died during World War II. Biography Blagoj Strachkovski was born in Veles, 29 February 1920 in a poor Macedo ...
(1920–1943)


Television

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Ziya Tong Ziya () is a Turkish given name for males and females, it is of Arabic origin, in Turkish ''Ziya'' means ''light''. Given name * Ziya Doğan, Turkish football manager * Ziya Gökalp, Turkish sociologist * Nazmi Ziya Güran, Turkish impressionist p ...
(born 1980), television producer, TV host


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References

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