List of Famous people born in Bitola Municipality, North Macedonia

Michael Ilitch Sr. 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 Tigers of Major League Baseball.

Muhterem Nur was a Turkish film actress and pop music singer.

Nexhmije Hoxha was an Albanian Communist politician, for many years she was the spouse of Enver Hoxha, the first leader of the Socialist People's Republic of Albania and the First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania. Very close to her husband, she attempted to remain politically influential after his death in 1985. She was one of the few spouses of a ruling Communist Party leader with a high political profile of her own.

Sabiha Rıfat (Ecebilge) Gürayman was a Turkish construction engineer and volleyball player. As Turkey's first female civil engineer, she served as chief engineer for 10 years at the construction of Anıtkabir, the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder and first President of the Republic of Turkey. She was the first female volleyball player of Fenerbahçe SK, and the first Turkish woman to engage in the game of volleyball.

Jovan Vraniškoski known as Jovan VI, born 28 February 1966, is the Archbishop of Ohrid, Metropolitan of Skopje and the head of the Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric.

Petar Miloševski was a Macedonian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Patrona Halil,, was the instigator of a mob uprising in 1730 which replaced Sultan Ahmed III with Mahmud I and ended the Tulip period.

Hüseyin Avni Bey was the commander of the 57th Infantry Regiment of the Ottoman Army at the Battle of Gallipoli. His last rank was Lieutenant Colonel.

Slobodan Aligrudić was a Serbian actor known for some of the most memorable roles in the history of former Yugoslav cinema.