# List of people from Skopje

Below is a list of notable people from Skopje, North Macedonia or its surroundings.

## Artists

* Bojana Barltrop, artist and photographer

### Fashion designers

* Nikola Eftimov

### Painters

* Sabri Berkel
* Abdurrahim Buza
* Maja Dzartovska
* Petar Gligorovski
* Mice Jankulovski
* Petar Mazev

## Business, industry, academics

* Dragoslav Avramović, economist, governor of the National Bank of Yugoslavia
* Dimitrije Bužarovski, scientist
* Marko Čalasan, youngest information technology engineer in the world, has worked for Microsoft since age 9
* Ljubomir Maksimović, historian
* Veni Markovski, Internet pioneer
* Zoran T. Popovski, scientist and professor
* Şarık Tara, founder of ENKA
* Mike S. Zafirovski, 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, singer
* Vaska Ilieva, folk singer
* Andrijana Janevska, singer
* Vlado Janevski, singer
* Jovan Jovanov, singer and composer
* Andrea Koevska, singer who represented North Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022
* Aleksandar Makedonski
* Lindon Berisha, singer and songwriter
* Mizar, band
* Blagoj Nacoski, tenor opera singer
* Goce Nikolovski, singer
* Barbara Popović, singer
* Kanita, singer
* Esma Redžepova, vocalist
* Elena Risteska, singer and songwriter
* Altuna Sejdiu, singer
* Muharem Serbezovski, singer
* Branimir Štulić, singer and composer
* Tamara Todevska, singer who represented North Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019
* Tijana Todevska-Dapčević, singer
* Simon Trpceski, classical pianist
* Martin Vučić, singer
* Toni Zen, rapper

## Movie, television figures, models and journalists

* Filiz Ahmet, actress
* Milka Babović, figure skating TV presenter
* Petar Gligorovski, animated movie director
* Katarina Ivanovska, model
* Ivo Jankoski, producer, fine arts manager, publisher and promoter
* Milčo Mančevski, film director
* Labina Mitevska, actress
* Naum Panovski, theatre director and writer
* Dragan Pavloviḱ Latas, journalist
* Stole Popov, film director
* Ljubiša Samardžić, actor
* Alaettin Tahir, journalist
* Avni Qahili, journalist

## Politicians and historical figures

* Strašo Angelovski
* Vlado Bučkovski, former Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia
* Constantine Tikh of Bulgaria, Tsar of Bulgaria
* Stevo Crvenkovski, former foreign minister of Macedonia
* Boris Drangov, Bulgarian colonel
* Lazar Elenovski, Macedonian Minister of Defence
* Ljubomir Frčkoski, former presidential candidate
* Atanasije II Gavrilović, 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, atomic physicist
* Zoran Jolevski, Macedonian ambassador to the United States
* Justinian I, Eastern Roman Emperor
* Kalinik I, Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church
* Srgjan Kerim, former president of the United Nations General Assembly
* Emil Kirjas, politician
* Blerim Reka, politician
* Zana Ramadani, German politician
* Trifun Kostovski, former mayor of Skopje
* Maksim I, Serbian Patriarch
* Venko Markovski, writer, poet and political figure
* Ljubomir Mihajlovski, former Minister of Internal Affairs
* Ilinka Mitreva, former foreign minister
* Jordan Nikolov Orce, communist and partisan
* Bujar Osmani, former Minister of Foreign Affairs
* Radmila Šekerinska, former Minister of Defense
* Ali Shefqet Shkupi, 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, German racer
* Pero Antić, basketball player
* Boban Babunski, football coach
* Agim Sopi, football coach
* Aleksandar Bajevski, footballer
* Muharem Bajrami, footballer
* Enis Bardhi, footballer
* Mirjana Boševska, freestyle and medley swimmer
* Aleksandar Colovic, chess player
* Besir Demiri, footballer
* Ertan Demiri, footballer
* Filip Despotovski, footballer
* Fisnik Zuka – footballer
* Kiril Dojčinovski, former Yugoslav footballer
* Mario Đurovski, football striker for FK Vojvodina
* Antonio Filevski, retired footballer
* Jane Gavalovski, footballer
* Enver Idrizi, karateka
* Saša Ilić, goalkeeper
* Filip Ivanovski, footballer
* Čedomir Janevski, head coach of the Macedonia national football team
* Zoran Jovanovski, footballer
* Suat Zendeli – footballer
* Stefan Kozlov, tennis player
* Luka Nakov, footballer
* Zlatko Nastevski, retired footballer
* Nderim Nexhipi, footballer
* Ardian Nuhiu, footballer
* Žarko Odžakov, retired footballer
* Darko Pančev, European Cup-winning footballer
* Drita Islami – Macedonian hurdler
* Afrodita Salihi – footballer
* Aleksandar Popovski, footballer
* Lazar Popovski, kayaker
* Zekirija Ramadani, footballer
* Ivana Rožman, track and field athlete
* Berat Sadik, Finnish striker
* Predrag Samardžiski, basketball player
* Dušan Savić, footballer
* Shaban Sejdiu, wrestler
* Kiril Simonovski, footballer
* Jasir Asani – footballer
* Metodije Spasovski, former footballer
* Goran Stankovski, footballer
* Mevlan Adili – footballer
* Muhamed Demiri, footballer
* Darko Tasevski, footballer
* Goce Toleski, footballer
* Sedat Berisha – footballer
* Shaban Tërstena, wrestler
* Aleksandar Vasoski, defender for Eintracht Frankfurt
* Blagoja Vidinić, former football coach and former football player
* Muzafer Ejupi, footballer
* Zoran Zlatkovski, footballer

## Writers, novelists, and poets

* Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, poet
* Rumena Bužarovska, writer
* Elena Filipovska, philologist, teacher, writer
* Slavko Janevski, poet, prose writer
* Venko Markovski, writer, poet and political figure
* Olivera Nikolova, novelist
* Naum Panovski, writer
* Aleksandar Prokopiev, novelist and essayist
* Goce Smilevski, writer
* Jovica Tasevski-Eternijan, poet, essayist, and literary critic
* Gane Todorovoski, poet, author, translator, essayist

## Others

* Ana Colovic Lesoska, environmental activist
* Mother Teresa, Roman Catholic nun (now Saint Teresa of Calcutta)
* Nathan of Gaza, Jewish mystic