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Artists

* Bojana Barltrop, artist and photographer


Fashion designers

* Nikola Eftimov


Painters

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Sabri Berkel Sabri Fetah Berkel (1907–1993) was a Turkish-Albanian modernist painter; he was one of the most important painters and academic personalities of the last century in Turkey. Berkel was born in Skopje, where, in 1927, he completed high school at a ...
* Abdurrahim Buza * Maja Dzartovska *
Petar Gligorovski Petar Gligorovski (Macedonian language, Macedonian: Петар Глигоровски, ; February 3rd, 1938 - December 4, 1995) was a Yugoslavia, Yugoslav and North Macedonia, Macedonian animated film director and surrealist artist. Education an ...
* Mice Jankulovski *
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 ...


Business, industry, academics

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Dragoslav Avramović Dragoslav Avramović (14 October 1919, in Skopje – 26 February 2001, in Rockville, Maryland) was a Serbian economist and the governor of the National Bank of Yugoslavia. Biography Born in 1919 in Skopje where he finished high school in 1937. ...
, economist, governor of the National Bank of Yugoslavia *
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, comput ...
, scientist * Marko Čalasan, youngest information technology engineer in the world, has worked for Microsoft since age 9 *
Ljubomir Maksimović Ljubomir Maksimović (Skopje, November 27, 1938), Serbian Byzantologist. Life Maksimović got his BA (1961), MA (1965) and PhD (1971) in history at the Faculty of Philosophy of Belgrade University. At the same faculty he became an assistant in 1961 ...
, historian * Veni Markovski, Internet pioneer *
Zoran T. Popovski Dr. Zoran T. Popovski is a Macedonians (ethnic group), Macedonian scientist and professor working at the Institute of Animal Biotechnology under the Faculty of Agricultural Science and Food in Skopje, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food in ...
, scientist and professor * Şarık Tara, founder of ENKA *
Mike S. 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 ...
, businessman involved in the success of several American companies


Musicians, bands, composers

* Lorenc Antoni, composer * Arhangel, band * Darko Dimitrov, songwriter, composer, and music producer *
Adrian Gaxha Adrian Gaxha (, mk, Адријан Гаџа; born 13 February 1984) is a Macedonian-Albanian singer, songwriter, producer, dancer and entrepreneur. Life and career Adrian Gaxha was born on 13 February 1984 into an Albanian family in the ci ...
, singer *
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 ...
, folk singer *
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 current ...
, singer * Vlado Janevski, singer *
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 ...
, singer and composer *
Andrea Koevska Andrea Koevska ( mk, Андреа Коевска; born 14 February 2000), best known under her mononym Andrea, is a Macedonian singer. She represented North Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with "Circles". Early life Andrea was bo ...
, singer who will represent
North Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 North Macedonia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy, with the song "Circles" performed by Andrea. The North Macedonian broadcaster Macedonian Radio Television (MRT) organised the national final '' 2022'' in order to ...
* Aleksandar Makedonski * Lindon Berisha, singer and songwriter * Mizar, band *
Blagoj Nacoski Blagoj Nacoski ( mk, Благој Нацоски, born 18 May 1979 in Skopje), is a Macedonian tenor opera singer. Biography He began his studies in his native city and continued in Rome, Italy with Mirella Parutto, Antonio Boyer and Anna Vandi ...
, tenor opera singer * Goce Nikolovski, singer * Barbara Popović, singer * Kanita, singer * Esma Redžepova, vocalist *
Elena Risteska Elena Risteska ( mk, Елена Ристеска, ; born 27 April 1986), sometimes known as simply Elena, is a Macedonian singer. She represented Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Athens with the song "Ninanajna", and finished in 1 ...
, singer and songwriter *
Altuna Sejdiu Altuna Sejdiu ( mk, Алтуна Сејдиу; ; born 14 July 1985), also known professionally as Tuna ( mk, Туна), is a Macedonian-Albanian singer and songwriter. Life and career Altuna Sejdiu was born on 14 July 1985 into an Albanian ...
, singer *
Muharem Serbezovski Muharem "Mumo" Serbezovski ( mk, Мухарем Сербезовски; born 2 May 1950) is a Muslim Roma singer, popular in former Yugoslavia. He is also a writer and translator and was briefly in Bosnian politics in the 2000s. Although born in ...
, singer *
Branimir Štulić Branimir "Johnny" Štulić (born 11 April 1953) is a Yugoslav singer-songwriter, musician and author, best known for being the frontman of the popular Yugoslav rock group Azra. He is known for his charismatic stage performances and inspiring song ...
, singer and composer * Tamara Todevska, singer who represented
North Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 North Macedonia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Proud" written by Darko Dimitrov, Robert Bilbilov, Lazar Cvetkoski, Kosta Petrov and Sanja Popovska. The song was performed by Tamara Todevska, who was internally sel ...
*
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 ...
, singer *
Simon Trpceski Simon may refer to: People * Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon * Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon * Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...
, classical pianist *
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 ...
, singer *
Toni Zen Toni Petkovski ( mk, Тони ''Зен'' Петковски, italic=unset), also known as Toni Zen, is a Macedonians (ethnic group), Macedonian rap music, rapper and producer. The former member of music band Urbana Dimenzija has been a pop artist ...
, rapper


Movie, television figures, models and journalists

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Filiz Ahmet Filiz Ahmet (born 15 April 1981) is a Macedonian-Turkish stage and screen actress. She is best known for her roles as Zarife in the Turkish TV series ''Elveda Rumeli (Farewell Rumelia)'' and Nigar Kalfa in the TV series ''Muhteşem Yüzyıl''. ...
, actress * Milka Babović, figure skating TV presenter *
Petar Gligorovski Petar Gligorovski (Macedonian language, Macedonian: Петар Глигоровски, ; February 3rd, 1938 - December 4, 1995) was a Yugoslavia, Yugoslav and North Macedonia, Macedonian animated film director and surrealist artist. Education an ...
, animated movie director *
Katarina Ivanovska Katarina Ivanovska ( mk, Катарина Ивановска; born 18 August 1988) is a Macedonian model and actress. She began her modeling career in 2004, appearing at Milan Fashion Week after winning the Look Models International model search ...
, model * Ivo Jankoski, producer, fine arts manager, publisher and promoter *
Milčo Mančevski Milcho Manchevski ( mk, Милчо Манчевски, )"Milcho Manchevski: Full Biography"
, film director *
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 Unive ...
, actress *
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 hi ...
, theatre director and writer *
Dragan Pavloviḱ Latas Dragan (, sr-Cyrl, Драган) is a popular Serbo-Croatian masculine given name derived from the common Slavic element '' drag'' meaning "dear, beloved". The feminine form is Dragana. People named Dragan include: Politicians and office holde ...
, journalist *
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 ...
, film director * Ljubiša Samardžić, actor * Alaettin Tahir, journalist *
Avni Qahili Avni Qahili (Skopje, 12 September 1967) is a Macedonian-Albanian TV presenter, songwriter and musician. Life Qahili finished studies in Prishtina in 1991 and studies in Skopje in 1993. Got hired in Macedonian National Television in 1992, where he ...
, journalist


Politicians and historical figures

* Strašo Angelovski * Vlado Bučkovski, former
Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia } The prime minister of North Macedonia ( mk, Премиер на Северна Македонија, al, Kryeministri i Maqedonisë së Veriut), officially the President of the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia ( mk, Претсед ...
*
Constantine Tikh of Bulgaria Konstantin Tih ( bg, Константин Тих Асен) or Constantine I Tikh (Константин I), was the tsar of Bulgaria from 1257 to 1277, he was offered the throne from Mitso Asen. He led the Bulgarian Empire at a time when the nearb ...
, Tsar of Bulgaria *
Stevo Crvenkovski Stevo Crvenkovski (; March 18, 1947 in Skopje – February 4, 2004 in Skopje) was a diplomat from the Republic of North Macedonia. He served as foreign minister A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister f ...
, former foreign minister of Macedonia *
Boris Drangov Boris Stoyanov Drangov ( bg, Борис Стоянов Дрангов; 15 March 1872–26 May 1917) was a Bulgarian colonel and warfare pedagogue. Drangov was born in Skopje in Ottoman-ruled Macedonia (today the capital of North Macedonia), to t ...
, Bulgarian colonel * Lazar Elenovski, Macedonian Minister of Defence *
Ljubomir Frčkoski Ljubomir Danailov Frčkoski ( Macedonian: Љубомир Данаилов Фрчкоски; born 12 December 1957, in Skopje) is a Macedonian diplomat who is current Permanent Representative of North Macedonia to the United Nations and a full-tim ...
, former presidential candidate *
Atanasije II Gavrilović Atanasije II Gavrilović ( sr-cyr, Атанасије II Гавриловић; Skopje, late 17th century – Peć, 1752) was Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch from 1747 to 1752. He was first mentioned in 1741 as the Metropolitan of Skopj ...
, Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church * Nevena Georgieva, youngest fighter and first woman among the Macedonian Yugoslav partisan units * Nikola Gruevski, former Prime Minister of Macedonia *
Ratko Janev Ratko Janev ( mk, Ратко Jанев) (March 30, 1939 – December 31, 2019) was a Yugoslav and Serbian atomic physicist and Macedonian academician. Biography Janev was born on March 30, 1939 in Sveti Vrach, Bulgaria. During his youth he mov ...
, atomic physicist * Zoran Jolevski, Macedonian ambassador to the United States * Justin I, Eastern Roman Emperor * Justinian I, Eastern Roman Emperor *
Kalinik I Kalinik I ( sr-cyr, Калиник I) (d. 1710, Temišvar) was the Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch, head of the Serbian Orthodox Church from 1691 until 1710. He was a relative of Alexander Mavrocordatos, a very influential man and transl ...
, Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church * Srgjan Kerim, former president of the United Nations General Assembly *
Emil Kirjas Emil Kirjas (born 26 June 1975, in Skopje) is a Macedonian politician. He served as junior political minister, minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Macedonia from 2004 to 2006. He is currently a vice-president of Liberal International, the ...
, politician *
Blerim Reka Blerim Reka ( mk, Блерим Река) is an ethnic Albanian academic from North Macedonia. He is currently the Minister of European Integration of Kosovo. He ran as an independent presidential candidate in the 2019 North Macedonian president ...
, politician *
Zana Ramadani Zana Ramadani (born 1984) is a German politician, feminist activist, and author of Albanian descent. She was born in Skopje, but fled to West Germany as a child. She was chair of the Junge Union, the youth organization of the CDU (Conservative Par ...
, German politician *
Trifun Kostovski Trifun Kostovski ( mk, Трифун Костовски; born 27 December 1946 in Skopje)
, former mayor of Skopje * Maksim I, Serbian Patriarch * Venko Markovski, writer, poet and political figure *
Ljubomir Mihajlovski Ljubomir Mihajlovski ( mk, Љубомир Михајловски) (born 1954 in Skopje), is the minister of internal affairs of the Republic of Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), offici ...
, former Minister of Internal Affairs *
Ilinka Mitreva Ilinka Mitreva (; 11 February 1950 – 1 August 2022) was a Macedonian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2001 and from 2002 to 2006. Personal life Mitreva was born in Skopje in 1950. Her education after graduating from the Faculty ...
, former foreign minister *
Jordan Nikolov Orce 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 ...
, communist and partisan * Bujar Osmani, current Minister of Foreign Affairs * Radmila Šekerinska, current Minister of Defense *
Ali Shefqet Shkupi Lieutenant Colonel Ali Shefqet Shkupi, also known as Ali Shefqet Bey, was the first Chief of Supreme Staff of the Albanian Army bearing the functions of the Supreme Commander in the Albanian Government of Ismail Qemal Vlora. Family Ali Shefqet ...
, Lieutenant Colonel * Theodahad, King of the Ostrogoths * Vasil Tupurkovski


Sports figures

* Vlatko Andonovski, former head coach of the United States women's national soccer team *
Lirim Zendeli Lirim Zendeli (born 18 October 1999 in Bochum) is a German racing driver of Macedonian-Albanian descent who is set to compete in the 2023 USF Pro 2000 Championship with TJ Speed Motorsports. He last competed as a substitute driver for Campos ...
, German racer *
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 and ...
, basketball player * Boban Babunski, football coach *
Agim Sopi Agim Sopi ( mk, Агим Сопи; born 28 October 1969) is a Macedonian professional football coach of Kosovan descent, with Swedish citizenship, and current manager. Managerial career Landskrona BoIS 2017 season On 4 November 2017, Sopi and Land ...
, football coach *
Aleksandar Bajevski Aleksandar Bajevski ( mk, Александар Бајевски, born 8 December 1979) is a Macedonian international footballer who has retired from professional football in 2012, after a short spell at FK Radnički Niš in Serbian SuperLiga. ...
, footballer *
Muharem Bajrami Muharem Bajrami ( mk, Мухарем Бајрами; born 29 November 1985) is an Albanians in North Macedonia, Albanian retired association football, footballer from the present-day North Macedonia. Club career He started his playing career in F ...
, footballer * Enis Bardhi, footballer * Mirjana Boševska,
freestyle Freestyle may refer to: Brands * Reebok Freestyle, a women's athletic shoe * Ford Freestyle, an SUV automobile * Coca-Cola Freestyle, a vending machine * ICD Freestyle, a paintball marker * Abbott FreeStyle, a blood glucose monitor by Abbott La ...
and medley swimmer *
Aleksandar Colovic Aleksandar Colovic ( mk, Александар Чоловиќ, Aleksandar Čoloviḱ) is a Macedonian chess grandmaster. In 2016, Colovic was elected as a General Secretary of the Association of Chess Professionals and in 2019 he was elected as ...
, chess player * Besir Demiri, footballer *
Ertan Demiri Ertan Demiri ( mk, Ертан Демири; born 24 January 1979) is a retired Macedonian footballer. He belongs to the ethnic Albanian minority in the country. Club career Childhood and early career Ertan Demiri was born in Saraj, Skopje, So ...
, footballer *
Filip Despotovski Filip Despotovski ( Macedonian: Филип Дecпoтoвcки; born 18 November 1982 in Skopje, Macedonia) is a Macedonian football midfielder who plays for Gostivar. Professional career Early career Filip Despotovski started his career in Mac ...
, footballer *
Fisnik Zuka Fisnik Zuka (born 3 September 1995) is a Macedonian footballer of Albanian descent who plays for Gostivari in the Macedonian First Football League. Club career Shkupi Zuka started his senior career with the club. He made his First League debut ...
– footballer * Kiril Dojčinovski, former Yugoslav footballer * Mario Đurovski,
football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
striker Striker or The Strikers may refer to: People *A participant in a strike action *A participant in a hunger strike *Blacksmith's striker, a type of blacksmith's assistant *Striker's Independent Society, the oldest mystic krewe in America People wi ...
for FK Vojvodina *
Antonio Filevski Antonio Filevski ( mk, Антонио Филевски; born 26 March 1966) is a Macedonian former professional association football, footballer who played as a goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. At international level, he made ten a ...
, retired footballer * Jane Gavalovski, footballer *
Enver Idrizi Enver Idrizi ( mk, Енвер Идризи; born 4 August 1966) is a Croatian former karateka and former World Champion. He is an ethnic Albanian, born in Skopje. He was the karate champion of Yugoslavia at the age of 16. The day he won his firs ...
, karateka * Saša Ilić, goalkeeper *
Filip Ivanovski Filip Ivanovski ( mk, Филип Ивановски, born 1 May 1985) is a footballer from Macedonia who currently assistant coach for Macedonian club Vardar. Club career Ivanovski made his name in Poland with Polonia Warsaw and on 11 March 200 ...
, footballer *
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 b ...
, head coach of the
Macedonia national football team The North Macedonia national football team ( mk, Фудбалска репрезентација на Северна Македонија, Fudbalska reprezentacija na Severna Makedonija) represents North Macedonia in men's international footbal ...
* Zoran Jovanovski, footballer * Suat Zendeli – footballer *
Stefan Kozlov Stefan Kozlov (, ; born February 1, 1998) is an American professional tennis player of Russian descent. He has a career-high ATP ranking of world No. 103 achieved on 18 July 2022 and doubles ranking of world No. 180 on 19 June 2017. Kozlov m ...
, tennis player * Luka Nakov, footballer * Zlatko Nastevski, retired footballer *
Nderim Nexhipi Nderim Nexhipi ( mk, Ндерим Неџипи, Nderim Nedžipi, born 22 May 1984) is a Macedonian football player of Albanian ethnicity now retired from football and working as a Sports Director at the current Champions of Kosovo FC Ballkani ...
, footballer * Ardian Nuhiu, footballer *
Žarko Odžakov Žarko Odžakov ( mk, Жарко Оџаков) (born 11 November 1955, in Skopje) is a retired footballer who represented Australia 13 times in full international matches. Former Australia coach Rale Rasic in 2006 picked Odžakov in his greatest ...
, retired footballer *
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 squad ...
,
European Cup The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...
-winning footballer * Drita Islami – Macedonian hurdler *
Afrodita Salihi Afrodita Salihi (born 11 April 1989) is a Macedonian footballer who plays as a forward for ŽFK Dragon 2014. She is a member of the Macedonia women's national football team.Aleksandar Popovski Aleksandar Popovski (born 3 February 1988) is a striker who most recently played for Skopje in the Macedonian First League. He was born in Skopje Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North M ...
, footballer *
Lazar Popovski Lazar Popovski ( mk, Лазар Поповски; born 19 May 1975 in Skopje, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Macedonian whitewater kayaker, and a four-time Olympian. He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. In the K-1 event he finis ...
, kayaker *
Zekirija Ramadani Zekirija Ramadani ( mk, Зекирија Рамадани; born 21 January 1978) is a Macedonian professional football coach and former player of Albanian descent. Club career Ramadani started his career at FK Sloga Jugomagnat. In the summer of ...
, footballer * Ivana Rožman, track and field athlete * Berat Sadik, Finnish striker * Predrag Samardžiski, basketball player * Dušan Savić, footballer *
Shaban Sejdiu Shaban Sejdiu ( mk, Шабан Сејдиу; born 6 May 1959) is Macedonian retired freestyle wrestler. An ethnic Macedonian Albanian, Sejdiu, as part of the Skopje Wrestling Club, was trained by notable coaches Risto Takov, who had also train ...
, wrestler * Kiril Simonovski, footballer *
Jasir Asani Jasir Fadil Asani (born 19 May 1995) is an Albanian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Winger, right winger for South Korean club Gwangju FC at K League 1. Club career Early life and career Jasir Asani was b ...
– footballer *
Metodije Spasovski Metodije Spasovski (born 4 February 1946) is a former Macedonian football player. He capped three times for the Yugoslav national team. Club career Spasovski played a total of 647 games in all competitions for hometown club Vardar, scoring 212 ...
, former footballer * Goran Stankovski, footballer * Mevlan Adili – footballer * Muhamed Demiri, footballer *
Darko Tasevski Darko Tasevski ( bg, Дарко Тасевски; born 20 May 1984) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bulgarian First League club Slavia Sofia. He holds also Bulgarian citizenship. Club career Prior to joini ...
, footballer *
Goce Toleski Goce Toleski ( mk, Гоце Толески, born 5 May 1977) is a Macedonian former professional footballer who played as a striker Club career Macedonia Toleski signed for FK Rabotnički in January 2004. In summer 2006, Toleski left for FK R ...
, footballer *
Sedat Berisha Sedat Berisha (born 3 September 1989) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for KF Trepça '89. Club career Sloga Jugomagnat Berisha broke into the Sloga Jugomagnat senior team in the 2009/2010 season earning 9 cap ...
– footballer *
Shaban Tërstena Shaban Trstena ( mk, Шабан Трстена, Šaban Trstena, sq, Shaban Tërstena; born 1 January 1965) is a Macedonian-Yugoslavian former freestyle wrestler. Trstena was born in Skopje, SFR Yugoslavia and is of Albanian ethnicity. Growi ...
, wrestler *
Aleksandar Vasoski Aleksandar Vasoski ( mk, Александар Васоски; born 21 November 1979) is a Macedonian professional football manager and former player who is the current manager of Macedonian First Football League club Sileks. Club career Born in ...
, defender for
Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The team is currently playing in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the Germa ...
*
Blagoja Vidinić Blagoja is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Blagoja Kitanovski (born 1962), former Macedonian football player, now assistant coach at FK Pelister *Blagoja Kuleski (born 1962), retired Macedonian football player and currently a f ...
, former
football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
coach and former football player *
Muzafer Ejupi Muzafer Ejupi ( mk, Музафер Ејупи; born 16 September 1988) is a retired Macedonian footballer. He last played in Croatia for Slaven Belupo. Club career Ejupi started his career at FK Vardar, where he remained until 2010 when he joine ...
, footballer * Zoran Zlatkovski, footballer


Writers, novelists, and poets

* Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, poet *
Rumena Bužarovska Rumena Bužarovska ( mk, Румена Бужаровска) is a fiction writer, literary translator, and social commentator born in 1981 in Skopje, North Macedonia. Her book ''My Husband'' (Dalkey Archive Press) has received critical acclaim in E ...
, writer * Elena Filipovska, philologist, teacher, writer *
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“ ' ...
, poet, prose writer * Venko Markovski, writer, poet and political figure *
Olivera Nikolova Olivera Nikolova ( Macedonian: Оливера Николова, ; born March 11, 1936) is a Macedonian author who is considered to be one of the top novelists of her country. She was born is 1936 in Skopje, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, now the capital ...
, novelist *
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 hi ...
, writer *
Aleksandar Prokopiev Aleksandar Prokopiev ( mk, Александар Прокопиев; born February 24, 1953) is a Macedonian PhD in comparative literature and literary theory working in the Institute of Macedonian Literature at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius Univer ...
, novelist and essayist *
Goce Smilevski Goce Smilevski (born 1975) is a Macedonian writer. He was born in Skopje. He studied at the Sts Kiril and Metodij University in Skopje, at Charles University in Prague and at the Central European University in Budapest. Two of his novels have be ...
, writer * Jovica Tasevski-Eternijan, poet, essayist, and
literary critic Literary criticism (or literary studies) is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often influenced by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of literature's goals and methods. Th ...
* Gane Todorovoski, poet, author, translator, essayist


Others

*
Ana Colovic Lesoska Ana Čolović Lešoska (born c.1979) is a Macedonian biologist who since 2011 has campaigned against the construction of dams for hydroelectric power production in the Mavrovo National Park in order to safeguard threatened species, including the B ...
, environmental activist * Mother Teresa, Roman Catholic nun (now Saint Teresa of Calcutta) * Nathan of Gaza, Jewish mystic


References

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