41.9835° N, 21.4333° E
SKOPJE
Most Famous People Born in Skopje, North Macedonia
- Notable people
- 530
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1979
- Most distinctive
- Handball 18.7×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Skopje during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Skopje Is Known For
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Football is Skopje's biggest profession — 32% of all notables (168).
Skopje over-indexes on handball — 18.7× the global rate.
Skopje under-produces politician — only 0.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Skopje's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Music
- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Film & TV
- Science
- Other
Mother Teresa
1910 - 1997
Esma Redžepova
1943 - 2016
David Babunski
Born 1994
Ljubiša Samardžić
1936 - 2017
Pero Antić
Born 1982
Yahya Kemal Beyatlı
1884 - 1958
Milcho Manchevski
Born 1969
Boban Babunski
Born 1968
Stefan Ristovski (footballer, born February 1992)
Born 1992
Adis Jahović
Born 1987
Darko Pančev
Born 1965
Berat Sadik
Born 1986
Labina Mitevska
Born 1975
Aleksandar Trajkovski
Born 1992
Ivan Trichkovski
Born 1987
Enis Bardhi
Born 1995
Asmir Kolašinac
Born 1984
Muarem Muarem
Born 1988
Slavko Janevski
1920 - 2000
Branimir Štulić
Born 1953
Elif Elmas
Born 1999
Vlatko Ilievski
1985 - 2018
Nikola Gruevski
Born 1970
Simon Trpčeski
Born 1979
Srgjan Kerim
Born 1948
Blagoje Vidinić
1934 - 2006
Nikola Jakimovski
Born 1990
Elena Risteska
Born 1986
Blazhe Ilijoski
Born 1984
Jovan Kostovski
Born 1987
Ostoja Stjepanović
Born 1985
Ljupka Dimitrovska
1946 - 2016
Darko Tasevski
Born 1984
Karpo Godina
Born 1943
Lidija Dimkovska
Born 1971
Katarina Ivanovska
Born 1988
Filip Ivanovski
Born 1985
Kristijan Naumovski
Born 1988
Boban Grncharov
Born 1982
Venko Markovski
1915 - 1988
Samir Fazli
Born 1991
Čedomir Janevski
Born 1961
Vojdan Stojanovski
Born 1987
Muzafer Ejupi
Born 1988
Nikola Gligorov
Born 1983
Goce Smilevski
Born 1975
Tamara Todevska
Born 1985
Darko Velkovski
Born 1995
Kiril Dojčinovski
Born 1943
Stefan Aškovski
Born 1991
Vlado Bučkovski
Born 1962
Dragan Lukovski
Born 1975
Gjoko Zajkov
Born 1995
Aleksandar Vasoski
Born 1979
Vladimir Dimitrovski
Born 1988
Daniel Avramovski
Born 1995
Hristijan Kirovski
Born 1985
Gane Todorovski
1929 - 2010
Dragomir Felba
1921 - 2006
Dorian Babunski
Born 1996
Muhamed Demiri
Born 1985
Konstantin Tih
Died 1277
Blagoj Nacoski
Born 1979
Nderim Nexhipi
Born 1984
Stefan Kozlov
Born 1998
Besir Demiri
Born 1994
Maja Odžaklievska
Born 1954
Vladimir Dimitrijević
1934 - 2011
Stole Popov
Born 1950
Predrag Samardžiski
Born 1986
Sedat Berisha
Born 1989
Zlatko Tanevski
Born 1983
Aleksandar Kitinov
Born 1971
Usnija Redžepova
1946 - 2015
Dejan Dukovski
Born 1969
Ilinka Mitreva
Born 1950
Tijana Dapčević
Born 1976
Aleksandar Bajevski
Born 1979
Slavčo Georgievski
Born 1980
Ljubomir Frčkoski
Born 1957
Filip Despotovski
Born 1982
Abdurrahim Buza
1905 - 1986
Dragoslav Avramović
1919 - 2001
Marko Simonovski
Born 1992
Vlatko Grozdanoski
Born 1983
Darko Mitrevski
Born 1971
Vaska Ilieva
1923 - 2001
Goce Toleski
Born 1977
Darko Churlinov
Born 2000
Dosta Dimovska
1954 - 2011
Radmila Šekerinska
Born 1972
Dejan Blazhevski
Born 1985
Muharem Bajrami
Born 1985
Boris Drangov
1872 - 1917
Vlada Urošević
Born 1934
Vlado Janevski
Born 1960
Borko Ristovski
Born 1982
Saša Ilić (footballer, born 1970)
Born 1970
Dušanka Sifnios
1933 - 2016
Zana Ramadani
Born 1984
Gjorgji Čekovski
Born 1979
Oktay Mahmuti
Born 1968
Kiril Simonovski
1915 - 1984
Vasil Tupurkovski
Born 1951
Zekirija Ramadani
Born 1978
Savo Klimovski
Born 1947
Igor Kralevski
Born 1978
Martin Vučić
Born 1982
Nikola Dimitrov
Born 1972
Filiz Ahmet
Born 1981
Vrčak
Born 1980
Nikola Poposki
Born 1977
Mesut Kurtis
Born 1981
Tuna (singer)
Born 1985
Petar Gligorovski
1938 - 1995
Shaban Tërstena
Born 1965
Remziye Hisar
1902 - 1992
Jovica Tasevski-Eternijan
Born 1976
Boris Kristančič
1932 - 2015
Edin Nuredinoski
Born 1982
Kemal Alomerović
Born 1980
Ertan Saban
Born 1977
Nikola Ilievski
Born 1954
Gjore Jovanovski
Born 1956
Predrag Laković
1929 - 1997
Milka Babović
Born 1928
Kole Angelovski
Born 1943
Jasir Asani
Born 1995
Darko Dimitrov
Born 1973
Ljubica Adžović
1924 - 2006
Igor Džambazov
Born 1963
Zoran Boškovski
Born 1967
Miroljub Todorović
Born 1940
Toma Prošev
1931 - 1996
Tihomir Kostadinov
Born 1996
Kristijan Nikolov
Born 1996
Adrian Gaxha
Born 1984
Dimitrije Bužarovski
Born 1952
Bojan Gjorgievski
Born 1992
Emil Abaz
Born 1998
Viktor Trenevski
Born 1972
Vlatko Drobarov
Born 1992
Aleksandar Prokopiev
Born 1953
Stojna Vangelovska
Born 1965
Nano Ružin
Born 1952
Adelina Tahiri
Born 1991
Darko Glišić
Born 1991
Zoran Jovanovski
Born 1972
Blagoja Todorovski
Born 1985
Nenad Dimitrijević
Born 1998
Ibo (Schlagersänger)
1961 - 2000
Damjan Stojanovski
Born 1987
Vlatko Andonovski
Born 1976
Dejan Milošeski
Born 1982
Darko Micevski
Born 1992
Filip Mirkulovski
Born 1983
Bojan Markovski
Born 1983
Ertan Demiri
Born 1979
Marjan Pejoski
Born 1968
David Ninov
Born 1972
Trajko Veljanovski
Born 1962
Slobodan Marković (poète)
1928 - 1990
Filip Duranski
Born 1991
Goce Georgievski
Born 1987
Sabri Berkel
1907 - 1993
Srgjan Zaharievski
Born 1973
Elvira Rahić
Born 1975
Goran Stankovski
Born 1976
Zoran Jolevski
Born 1959
Teona Strugar Mitevska
Born 1974
Stanoje Jocić
Born 1932
Stevo Crvenkovski
1947 - 2004
Stefan Jevtoski
Born 1997
Gorgi Popstefanov
Born 1987
Marko Simonovski (basketball)
Born 1989
Bobi Bozhinovski
Born 1981
Borce Gjurev
Born 1969
Risto Mitrevski
Born 1991
Aleksandar Kostoski
Born 1988
Goran Markov
Born 1970
Bekim Dema
Born 1993
Şarık Tara
1930 - 2018
Vasko Naumovski
Born 1980
Dimitrija Lazarevski
Born 1982
Metodije Spasovski
Born 1946
Zare Markovski
Born 1960
Aleksandar Stavrev
Born 1977
Lorenc Antoni
1909 - 1991
Betim Aliju
Born 1989
Borislav Tomovski
Born 1972
Trifun Kostovski
Born 1946
Ivan Djeparoski
Born 1958
Jana Burčeska
Born 1993
Slavka Maneva
1934 - 2010
Gabriela Konevska-Trajkovska
1971 - 2010
Aleksandar Ugrinoski
Born 1988
Marin Dokuzovski
Born 1960
Martin Hristov (footballer, born 1997)
Born 1997
Milan Ristovski
Born 1989
Borka Jerman Blažič
Born 1947
Damjan Shishkovski
Born 1995
Slobodan Čašule
1945 - 2015
Veni Markovski
Born 1968
Benjamin Idriz
Born 1972
Aleksa Striković
Born 1961
Biljana Vankovska
Born 1959
Ivana Rožman
Born 1989
Joseph Escapa
1572 - 1662
Darko Stojanov
Born 1990
Pero Blazevski
Born 1972
Nikola Karčev
Born 1981
Marko Jovanovski
Born 1988
Goce Nikolovski
1947 - 2006
Igor Angelovski
Born 1976
Antonio Ristevski
Born 1989
Suat Zendeli
Born 1981
Aline Apostolska
Born 1961
Goran Stanić
Born 1972
Lazar Elenovski
Born 1971
Marko Blaževski
Born 1992
Ivica Dimčevski
Born 1989
Petar Hadži Boškov
1928 - 2015
Mike S. Zafirovski
Born 1954
Kani Vrana
1913 - 1984
Miroslav Vajs
Born 1979
Vančo Micevski
Born 1971
Dejan Jovanovski
Born 1973
Stojanče Stoilov
Born 1987
Dragan Načevski
Born 1980
Duke Bojadziev
Born 1972
Umberto Vattani
Born 1938
Vesna Acevska
Born 1952
Filip Petrov
Born 1989
Robert Veljanovski
Born 1968
Naciye Suman
1881 - 1973
Andrej Magdevski
Born 1994
Ivan Mišković
Born 1984
Žarko Serafimovski
Born 1971
Ivan Nastevski
Born 1991
Žarko Odžakov
Born 1955
Ljupka Džundeva
1934 - 2018
Igor Ivanov Izi
Born 1973
Vladan Slijepčević
1930 - 1989
Hristijan Denkovski
Born 1994
Irena Jordanova
Born 1980
Zarko Kujundziski
Born 1980
Miroslav Bojceski
Born 1968
Dušan Bocevski
Born 1973
Rahim Burhan
Born 1949
Bojan Krstevski
Born 1989
Aleksandar Popovski
Born 1981
Tihomir Pop Asanović
Born 1948
Barbara Popović
Born 2000
Stevo Pendarovski
Born 1963
Ninoslav Marina
Born 1974
Ljubomir Mladenovski
Born 1995
Bujar Osmani
Born 1979
Kiril Nikolovski
Born 1988
Martin Gjakonovski
Born 1970
Filip Madžovski
Born 1984
Oliver Peev
Born 1987
Mirza Kurtović
Born 1977
Vancho Dimovski
Born 1979
Jordan Nikolov Orce
1916 - 1942
Anja Veterova
Born 1999
Ljubomir Mihajlovski
Born 1954
Jelena Antić
Born 1991
Afrodita Salihi
Born 1989
Dushko Trajchevski
Born 1990
Andrej Cvetkovski
Born 1996
Zoran Lazarovski
Born 1980
Miroslav Grčev
Born 1955
Elizabeta Jonuz
Born 1964
Vesna Stojanovska
Born 1985
Gjorgji Kočov
Born 1985
Nikola Mladenov
1964 - 2013
Antonio Filevski
Born 1966
Maty Grunberg
Born 1943
Zvonko Taneski
Born 1980
Igor Penov
Born 1984
Mischa Damjan
1914 - 1998
Igor Stefanovski
Born 1982
Žarko Peševski
Born 1991
Srdjan Stanković
Born 1975
Naum (metropolitan)
Born 1961
Sašo Mijalkov
Born 1965
Vasa Jovanović
1874 - 1970
Dragan Vučić
1955 - 2020
Edmir Asani
Born 1985
Nedjo Osman
Born 1958
Draško Antov
Born 1938
Ljubomir Maksimović
Born 1938
Dimitar Karadžovski
Born 1984
Emil Rajković
Born 1978
Hristijan Mickoski
Born 1977
Biljana Crvenkoska
Born 1983
Toni Zen
Born 1983
Kalinik I
Died 1710
Filip Ilikj
Born 1997
Lazar Popovski
Born 1975