List of people from Gostivar

Below is a list of notable people born in Gostivar, North Macedonia or its surroundings:

Historical figures

 * Petar Novaković Čardaklija, diplomat in the First Serbian Uprising
 * Xhem Hasa, nationalist and member of the Balli Kombëtar
 * Voisava Tripalda, mother of Skanderbeg

Sports figures

 * Amir Bilali, football player
 * Argjend Beqiri, football player
 * Rudi Gusnić, football manager and former player
 * Shaban Ismaili, footballer
 * Shkodran Mustafi, footballer
 * Admir Mehmedi, football player
 * Nazmi Mehmeti, wrestler
 * Gentjana Rochi, football player
 * Nuri Seferi, boxer, reigning WBO European Cruiserweight Champion
 * Nezbedin Selimi, footballer

Academics

 * Ferid Murad, is a physician and pharmacologist, and a co-winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
 * Haralampije Polenaković, literary historian
 * Jovan Trifunovski, Serbian geographer
 * Fadil Hoca, Turkish Literature Professor,Founder and Rector of International Vision University

Artist

 * Burhan Ahmeti, Artist
 * Mladen Srbinović, Serbian painter
 * Elyesa Kaso, Turkish Macedonian actor
 * Atilla Klinçe, Turkish Macedonian actor, director of Turkish Theatre in Skopje
 * İkay Yusuf, Turkish Macedonian Rock musician and Radio DJ
 * Yusuf Sabit, Turkish Macedonian writer and poet
 * Haris Murić, Bosniak Macedonian graphic designer.
 * Nuri Karaca, Turkish Macedonian musician and vocalist
 * Xhezair Rexhepi, Albanian Artist Sculptor
 * Tamara Grujeska, Macedonian singer who represented North Macedonia at the 2023 Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Politicians

 * Hadi Nezir, Turkish Macedonian ex-state minister.
 * Furkan Çako, Turkish Macedonian ex-state minister.
 * Arben Taravari, Albanian Macedonian doctor and mayor of Gostivar.