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 will represent 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
 * Justin I, Eastern Roman Emperor
 * 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, current Minister of Foreign Affairs
 * Radmila Šekerinska, current 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