List of Famous people born in North Macedonia

{{Infobox football biography | name = Mirsad Jonuz | image = | fullname = Mirsad Jonuz | birth_date = 9 April 1962 | birth_place = Sveti Nikole, SFR Yugoslavia | height = | position = Goalkeeper | currentclub = | years1 = 1985–1986 | years2 = | years3 = | years4 = 1988 | years5 = 1989 | years6 = 1989–1990 | years7 = 1990–1991 | years8 = 1992–1993 | years9 = 1993–1995 | clubs1 = Teteks | clubs2 = Bregalnica Shtip | clubs3 = Borec | clubs4 = Rad Beograd | clubs5 = Novi Pazar | clubs6 = Vardar Skopje | clubs7 = Sutjeska | clubs8 = Rad Beograd | clubs9 = Levadiakos | caps1 = 30 | caps2 = | caps3 = | caps4 = 8 | caps5 = 1 | caps6 = 2 | caps7 = 31 | caps8 = 0 | caps9 = 37 | goals1 = 0 | goals2 = | goals3 = | goals4 = 0 | goals5 = 0 | goals6 = 0 | goals7 = 0 | goals8 = 0 | goals9 = 0 | manageryears1 = 1996–2000 | manageryears2 = 2001–2002 | manageryears3 = 2002-2003 | manageryears4 = 2003–2009 | manageryears5 = 2005 | manageryears6 = 2009–2011 | manageryears7 = 2012–2013 | manageryears8 = 2018–2019 | manageryears9 = 2019-2020 | managerclubs1 = Rabotnichki | managerclubs2 = Pobeda Prilep | managerclubs3 = Rabotnichki | managerclubs4 = Macedonia U21 | managerclubs5 = Macedonia B | managerclubs6 = Macedonia | managerclubs7 = Nea Salamis Famagusta | managerclubs8 = Aiginiakos F.C. | managerclubs9 = Vllaznia Shkoder | managerclubs10 = Lusail SC Mirsad Jonuz is a former Macedonian football goalkeeper and head coach.

Čedomir "Čede" Janevski is a former footballer who played international football for both Yugoslavia and Macedonia.

Ljubčo Georgievski or Lyubcho Georgievski born 17 January 1966) is a politician from North Macedonia who served as the 3rd Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia and is considered one of the pioneers of the country's independence. He founded the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization - Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity and was the first party president from 1990 to 2003. Nevertheless, following accusations of being pro-Bulgarian, Georgievski broke off with the party he founded and established the VMRO-NP, and later acquired Bulgarian citizenship.

Vladimir Vlado Janevski is a popular Macedonian singer. He was Macedonia's first Eurovision contestant, finishing 19th in Birmingham at the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Ne Zori, Zoro".

Hari Kostov was the Prime Minister of Macedonia from May 2004 to November 2004. He was appointed to the position of Prime Minister by the parliament on May 31, 2004, two weeks after being nominated by President Branko Crvenkovski. Kostov was an economic advisor to the Macedonian government and the World Bank during the 1980s and 1990s. He was the interior minister in the previous government, which was led by Crvenkovski and lasted from 2002 until 2004, and ended when Crvenkovski was elected president. Kostov retained most officials from the Crvenkovski government.

Nikola Gruevski is a politician from North Macedonia who served as Prime Minister of the then-Macedonia from 2006 to 2016, and led the VMRO-DPMNE party from 2003 to 2017. Previously, he was Minister of Finance in the VMRO-DPMNE government led by Ljubčo Georgievski until 2002.

Gjorge Ivanov is a Macedonian politician, who served as the 4th President of North Macedonia from 2009 to 2019.

Tihomir "Pop" Asanović is a Croatian jazz-rock and fusion keyboardist, Hammond organ player and composer.