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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- Filtered to 1950s Clear ×
Branimir Štulić
Born 1953
Maja Odžaklievska
Born 1954
Stole Popov
Born 1950
Ilinka Mitreva
Born 1950
Ljubomir Frčkoski
Born 1957
Dosta Dimovska
1954 - 2011
Vasil Tupurkovski
Born 1951
Nikola Ilievski
Born 1954
Gjore Jovanovski
Born 1956
Dimitrije Bužarovski
Born 1952
Aleksandar Prokopiev
Born 1953
Nano Ružin
Born 1952
Zoran Jolevski
Born 1959
Ivan Djeparoski
Born 1958
Biljana Vankovska
Born 1959
Mike S. Zafirovski
Born 1954
Vesna Acevska
Born 1952
Žarko Odžakov
Born 1955
Ljubomir Mihajlovski
Born 1954
Miroslav Grčev
Born 1955
Dragan Vučić
1955 - 2020
Nedjo Osman
Born 1958
Leonid Grcev
Born 1951
Ivo Jankoski
Born 1955
Zlatko Nastevski
Born 1957
Koce Trajanovski
Born 1956
Miroslav Stojanovski
Born 1959
Milan Damnjanović (physicist)
Born 1953
Mirka Velinovska
Born 1952
Slobodan Bogoevski
Born 1953
Wladimir Bogojewski
Born 1953
Strašo Angelovski
Born 1959
Kočo Dimitrovski
Born 1950
Mirko Petrov
Born 1956
Stefan Hadzi-Nikolov
Born 1955
Ljubomir Savevski
Born 1957