List of Famous people born in North Macedonia
Goran Pandev
Goran Pandev is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian club Genoa. He is the captain of the North Macedonia national football team, and is the country's all-time top scorer with 36 goals.
Simona Brown
Simona Brown is an English actress.
Cedi Osman
Cedi Osman is a Turkish professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He plays the small forward position.
Admir Mehmedi
Admir Mehmedi is a Swiss professional footballer of Albanian descent who plays as a second striker or centre forward for Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg and the Switzerland national team.
Ezgjan Alioski
Ezgjan Alioski is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a winger or wing-back for Premier League club Leeds United and the North Macedonia national team. He is commonly known as 'Gjanni'.
Blerim Džemaili
Blerim Džemaili is a Swiss professional footballer who plays for Super League club Zürich as a midfielder.
Stole Dimitrievski
Stole Dimitrievski is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Spanish La Liga club Rayo Vallecano and the North Macedonia national team.
Zoran Zaev
Zoran Zaev is a Macedonian economist and politician who is serving as the Prime Minister of North Macedonia since 30 August 2020, a position he previously held from 31 May 2017 to 3 January 2020.
Nuri Seferi
Nuri Seferi is an Albanian professional boxer who competes out of Burgdorf, Switzerland.
Elif Elmas
Elif Elmas is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays for Serie A club Napoli and the North Macedonia national team as a midfielder.
Sefer Seferi
Sefer Seferi is an Albanian professional boxer. His older brother Nuri Seferi is also a professional boxer.
Arif Şentürk
Arif Şentürk, traditional folk singer and compiler. He is known as a singer who performs Balkan ethnical music.
Tamara Todevska
Tamara Todevska, also known mononymously as Tamara, is a Macedonian singer, songwriter and recording artist.
Amra Sadiković
Amra Sadiković is a Swiss tennis player. She announced her retirement in May 2014, a few days after her 25th birthday, only to begin playing on the ITF Women's Circuit again 13 months later.
Enis Bardhi
Enis Bardhi is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Spanish club Levante UD and the North Macedonia national team.
Zana Ramadani
Zana Ramadani is a German politician, feminist activist, and author of Albanian descent. She was chair of the Junge Union, the youth organization of the CDU, in Wilnsdorf in Central Germany.
Adis Jahović
Adis Jahović is a Macedonian footballer who plays as a forward for Süper Lig club Göztepe.
Ertan Saban
Ertan Saban is a Macedonian-Turkish stage and screen actor. He was born in Skopje, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia. He is of Turkish descent.
David Babunski
David Babunski is a Macedonian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Romanian club Viitorul Constanța.
Kiril Lazarov
Kiril Lazarov is a Macedonian handball player for HBC Nantes and the North Macedonia national team, which he also captains and coaches.