List of Famous people born in North Macedonia

Stevo Pendarovski is a Macedonian politician who has served as the president of North Macedonia since 12 May 2019.

Goran Popov is a retired Macedonian footballer, who played as a defender for Macedonian side Vardar and the Macedonia national team.

Talat Xhaferi is a Macedonian politician and current President of the Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia. He was also the former Minister of Defense.

Milcho Manchevski is a New York-based Macedonian film director, photographer and artist.

Goce Smilevski is a Macedonian writer. He was born in Skopje. He studied at the Sts Kiril and Metodij University in Skopje, at Charles University in Prague and at the Central European University in Budapest. Two of his novels have been translated into English: Conversation with Spinoza which won the Macedonian Novel of the Year Award in 2003, and Freud's Sister, which won the EU Prize for Literature in 2010.

Filiz Ahmet is a Macedonian-born Turkish stage and screen actress. She is best known for her roles as Zarife in the Turkish TV series Farewell Rumelia and Nigar Kalfa in the TV series Muhteşem Yüzyıl.

Labina Mitevska is a Macedonian actress.

Lidija Dimkovska is a Macedonian poet, novelist and translator. She was born in Skopje and studied comparative literature at the University of Skopje. She proceeded to obtain a PhD in Romanian literature at the University of Bucharest. She has taught at the University of Bucharest and the University of Nova Gorica in Slovenia. She now lives in Ljubljana, working as a freelance writer and translator of Romanian and Slovenian literature.

Boško Gjurovski is a Macedonian professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He also holds Serbian citizenship.

Vasil Tupurkovski is a Macedonian academic, politician and the current president of the Olympic Committee of North Macedonia.