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
Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 140 notable births.
What Skopje Is Known For
Click any row to filter the list of people below.
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.
- Sports
- Music
- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Film & TV
- Science
- Other
Toni Grnčarov
Born 1980
Maksim I
Died 1680
Emil Kirjas
Born 1975
Zoran T. Popovski
Born 1962
Lazar Vidic
Born 1989
Leonid Grcev
Born 1951
Panta Džambazoski
Born 1960
Adem Mekić
Born 1995
Aleksandar Miladinovski
Born 1979
Johan Tarčulovski
Born 1974
Andrej Maslinko
Born 1997
Ivana Sazdovski
Born 1990
Agim Sopi
Born 1969
Ljupčo Kmetovski
Born 1972
Siljan Avramovski
Born 1960
Valon Saracini
Born 1981
Andrijana Janevska
Born 1981
Atanasije II Gavrilović
Died 1752
Ivo Jankoski
Born 1955
Zlatko Nastevski
Born 1957
Koce Trajanovski
Born 1956
Filip Gligorov
Born 1993
Boban Stajić
Born 1993
Marko Čalasan
Born 2000
Miroslav Stojanovski
Born 1959
Katerina Kolozova
Born 1969
Aleksandar Jončevski
Born 1981
Milan Damnjanović (physicist)
Born 1953
Ziya Taner
1924 - 2001
Aleksandar Todorov
Born 1973
Predrag Pajić
Born 1993
Cenap Samet
Born 1980
Fahrudin Đurđević
Born 1992
Dragan Pavlović Latas
Born 1960
Skumbim Sulejmani
Born 1986
Aleksandra Vojnevska
Born 1981
Marija Petrovikj
Born 1987
Mirjana Boševska
Born 1981
Kiril Pavlovski
Born 1983
Mirka Velinovska
Born 1952
Atanas Nikolovski
Born 1980
Nikola Stojanović (footballer, born 1983)
Born 1983
Metodija Velichkovski
Born 1966
Mevlan Adili
Born 1994
Toni Simić
Born 1976
Andrej Žernovski
Born 1968
Radomir Reljić
1938 - 2006
Boki 13
Born 1986
Ali Shefqet Shkupi
1883 - 1953
Marco Alexander
Born 1991
Dime Spasov
Born 1985
Sara Ristovska
Born 1996
Gorazd Mihajlov
Born 1974
Tomislav Jotovski
Born 1990
Elena Popovska
Born 1990
Darko Radulović
Born 1980
Aleksandar Šterjov
Born 1986
Dragi Setinov
Born 1961
Tanja Andrejeva
Born 1978
Dario Ivanovski
Born 1997
Odej Kao
Born 1971
Laura Pavlović
-
Slobodan Goračinov
Born 1963
Jordan Georgievski
Born 1981
Dragana Pecevska
Born 1983
Marija Shteriova
Born 1991
Marjan Belčev
Born 1982
Bob Kap
1923 - 2010
Jordan Kamchev
Born 1970
Martija Stanojković
Born 2004
Imer Selmani
Born 1968
Fikret Alomerović
Born 1970
Martin Velkovski
Born 1997
Davor Zdravkovski
Born 1998
Slobodan Bogoevski
Born 1953
Filip Bakoč
Born 1996
Ognen Stojanovski
Born 1984
Nenad Zivčević
Born 1986
Ismail Mačev
1960 - 2019
Biljana Grafwallner-Brezovska
Born 1971
Siniša Avramovski
Born 1983
Dani Dimitrovska
Born 1979
Darko Angelov
-
Dejan Panovski
Born 1980
Wladimir Bogojewski
Born 1953
Muarem Zekir
Born 1973
Vatroslav Piacun
1931 - 1999
Gorjan Markovski
Born 1992
Milovan Radovanović
1931 - 2009
Goran Nikolovski
Born 1967
Vladimir Georgievski
Born 1982
Nuredin Bakiu
Born 1982
Uroš Vasiljević
Born 1988
Besmir Bojku
Born 1995
Boban Mitev
Born 1972
Spiro Ristovski
Born 1981
Ivo Trajkov
Born 1965
Zoran Miserdovski
Born 1975
Davor Palevski
Born 1997
Simona Marinova
Born 1994
Aleksandar Stojanovski
Born 1983
Haris Fakić
Born 1982
Ardian Nuhiu
Born 1978
Neždet Mustafa
Born 1962
Andon Boshkovski
Born 1974
Vojislav Nanović
1922 - 1983
Filip Stojanovski
Born 1996
Nermina Kukic
Born 1971
Lazo Majnov
Born 1980
Dejan Ristovski
Born 1973
Martin Tomovski
Born 1997
Igor Trajkovski
Born 1980
Jane Petrovski
Born 1987
Toma Karayovov
1868 - 1950
Jovan Markovski
Born 1988
Jovan Jovanov
Born 1981
Vančo Balevski
Born 1947
Strašo Angelovski
Born 1959
Borjan Madzovski
Born 1994
Petar Petkovski
Born 1997
Igor Aleksovski
Born 1995
Gogo Jovčev
Born 1974
Nenad Stankov
Born 1992
Slobo Ilijevski
1949 - 2008
Angelko Panov
Born 1979
Enes Ibrahim
Born 1984
Jovan Popzlatanov
Born 1996
Janko Lukovski
Born 1946
Dragana Petkovska
Born 1996
Armando Alemdar
Born 1972
Luka Nakov
Born 2000
Ilčo Gjorgioski
Born 1971
Marjan Ilievski
Born 1975
Damjan Jakimovski
Born 1995
Omar Imeri
Born 1999
Petar Misovski
Born 1976
Ljatif Mefaileskoro Demir
Born 1961
Zorica Despodovska
Born 1991
Suzana Al-Salkini
Born 1984
Vasko Božinovski
Born 1975
Goran Hristovski
Born 1976
Minas Osmani
Born 1985
Slavko Dacevski
Born 1930
Goran Mitevski
Born 1966
Filip Kralevski
Born 1982
Petar Stojkoviḱ
Born 1985
Dragi Kocev
Born 1987
Aleksandar Pandovski
1991 - 2015
Destan Haciya
Born 1993
Dino Delevski
Born 1976
Andrej Nastovski
Born 2000
Igor Džundev
Born 1963
Sara Markoska
Born 1995
Zoran Stratev
Born 1960
Bojana Atanasovska
Born 1984
Besar Iseni
Born 1997
Burhan Mustafov
Born 1994
Nikola Eftimov
Born 1968
Slobodan Petrovski
Born 1970
Kočo Dimitrovski
Born 1950
Ivan Sapundjiev
Born 1995
Stefan Popovski-Turanjanin
Born 1993
Mirko Petrov
Born 1956
Alaettin Tahir
1949 - 2004
Mihajlo Arsoski
Born 1995
Boris Nešović
Born 1971
Ljupčo Markovski
Born 1968
Dejan Dimov
Born 1974
Dragan Milenković
Born 1984
Maurice Sion
1927 - 2018
Goran Veselinovski
Born 1975
Miroslav Despotović
Born 1983
Metodija Bešliovski
Born 1996
Tomislav Jagurinovski
Born 1998
Aleksandar Sovkovski
Born 1981
Jovan Talevski
Born 1994
Stojan Petruševski
Born 1964
Elena Livrinikj
Born 1994
Maja Hill
Born 1976
Stefan Hadzi-Nikolov
Born 1955
Darko Zdravkovski
Born 1970
Sterjo Nakov
Born 1948
Ömer Tokat
1917 - 1942
Jane Gavalovski
Born 1980
Nikola Danilovski
Born 1997
Apostol Tnokovski
Born 1982
Đorđe Vojnović (basketball)
Born 1971
Edis Nuri
Born 1982
Filip Arsenovski
Born 1998
Risto Apostolov
-
Jane Cvetkovski
Born 1987
Elizabeta Pavlovska
Born 1972
Panče Georgievski
Born 1973
Gradimir Čanevski
Born 1988
Marjan Lazovski
Born 1962
Luka Petrovski
Born 1996
Antonio Minevski
Born 1972
Andrej Markudov
Born 1996
Antonio Peševski
Born 1990
Milan Lazarevski
Born 1997
Blerim Bexheti
Born 1976
Novogradska
Born 1978
Mice Shilegov
Born 1998
Stojanče Zlatanovski
Born 1960
Bojana Barltrop
Born 1949
Ljubomir Savevski
Born 1957
Damjan Robev
Born 1997
Borče Daskalovski
Born 1983
Martin Serafimov
Born 2000
Blagojče Božinovski
Born 1985
Damjan Krstevski
Born 1999
Kiril Bozinovski
Born 1980
Ivan Djonov
Born 1997
Ilija Krstevski
Born 1993
Bojan Ljubevski
Born 1996
Viktor Damceski
Born 1996
Luka Stojanovski
Born 2000
Usamedin Mehmed
Born 1960
Robert Vukelic
-
Zoran "Zoki" Vujović
1988 - 2008
Mihail Alarov
Born 1997
Dejan Srbinovski
Born 1997
Marko Ognjanovski
Born 1997
Fisnik Zuka
Born 1995
Georgi Knjazev
Born 1971
Rahim Burham
Born 1949
Mojca Sedeu
Born 1970
Jana Nikolovska
Born 1979
Ivana Ivchevska
Born 1988
Aleksandar Stojanovski (alpine skier)
Born 1979