List of Macedonians (ethnic group)

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This is a list of notable Macedonians or people of Macedonian descent sorted by occupation and year of birth, regardless of any political, territorial or other divisions, historical or modern.

Academia

=Scientists=

=Social academics=

Arts

= Music =

==Classical music==

===Composers===

===Conductors===

===Instrumentalists===

Pianists

===Opera singers===

==Popular and folk music==

===Composers===

===Musicians===

===Singers===

= Performing arts =

== Actors ==

==Filmmakers==

==Theatre production==

=Visual arts=

== Architecture ==

==Fashion design==

==Graphic design==

== Models ==

= Multimedia =

= Painting =

=== Product design ===

= Sculpting =

Business

Journalism

Literature

Religion

Revolutionaries

Sport

=Athletics=

=American football=

=Association football=

{{Main|Category:Macedonian footballers}}

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=Australian rules football=

  • Josh Daicos (born 1998), forward
  • Peter Daicos (born 1961), Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee
  • Nick Daicos (born 2003), midfieldername="MatMak">{{cite magazine|author=Matica na iselenicite od Makedonija|year=1991|title=Питер Даикос – Идол на Младите|trans-title=Peter Daikos – Idol of the Youth|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9BZXAAAAYAAJ&q=%D0%9F%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80+%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%81|magazine=Makedonija|language=mk|location=|publisher=Maticata}} "Питер Даикос, играч кој со задоволство во секоја прилика го истакнува своето македонско потекло."
  • Alex Marcou (born 1955)
  • Nick Malceski (born 1984), 2014 All-Australian team member
  • Mark Nicoski (born 1983), utility
  • Paul Peos (born 1968)https://thewest.com.au/news/regional/bush-legends-how-family-patriarch-john-peos-became-a-manjimup-icon-ng-b881903451z
  • Sam Petrevski-Seton (born 1998)https://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/242393/cowboy-samo-enjoying-the-ride

=Baseball=

=Basketball=

{{Main|Category:Macedonian men's basketball players}}

=Canoeing=

=Chess=

=Cricket=

  • Len Pascoe (born 1950), Test and One Day International cricketer

=Cycling=

=Handball=

{{Main|Category:Macedonian handball players}}

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=Ice hockey=

=Martial arts=

=Mountain climbing=

=Racing=

=Rugby league=

=Shooting=

=Skiing=

=Swimming=

=Tennis=

=Volleyball=

Politicians

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  • Gjorge Ivanov (born 1960)
  • Gordana Jankuloska (born 1975)
  • Zoran Jolevski (born 1959), Macedonian Minister of Defense, Ambassador to the United States
  • Nikola Kljusev (1927–2008), first Prime Minister of Macedonia
  • Lazar Koliševski (1914–2000)
  • Dimitar Kovačevski (born 1974), former Prime Minister of North Macedonia
  • Trifun Kostovski (born 1946)
  • Hristijan Mickoski (born 1977), VMRO-DPMNE leader and Prime Minister of North Macedonia
  • Ilinka Mitreva (1950–2022)
  • Lazar Mojsov (1920–2011), 34th President of the United Nations General Assembly
  • Stevo Pendarovski (born 1963), former President of North Macedonia
  • Tito Petkovski (born 1945)
  • Nikola Poposki (born 1977), Macedonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Metodi Shatorov (1897–1944), one of the founders of IMRO United and temporary leader of the Regional Committee of Communists in Macedonia{{cite book |title=Entangled Histories of the Balkans - Volume Two |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l0RWAgAAQBAJ&dq=metodi+sharlo&pg=PA589 |author1=Diana Mishkova |author2=Roumen Daskalov |date=2013 |pages=502–534 |isbn=978-9004261914 }}
  • Zoran Stavreski (born 1964), Deputy Prime Minister of Macedonia
  • Radmila Šekerinska (born 1972), the current Deputy Secretary General of NATO since December 2024
  • Liliane Tanguy (born 1967), member of the French National Assemblyhttps://www.vecer.press/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA-%D0%B2%D0%BE-%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%83%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE-%D1%81%D0%BE/
  • Borko Temelkovski (1919–2001)
  • Lui Temelkovski (born 1954), Member of Canadian Parliament
  • Boris Trajkovski (1956–2004)
  • Vasil Tupurkovski (born 1951)
  • Pavlos Voskopoulos (born 1964), politician and member of the Rainbow party{{cite book |title=Denying Ethnic Identity |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JxCnAHCCuxYC&dq=pavlos+voskopoulos&pg=PA14 |author1=Lois Whitman |author2=Jeri Laber | year=1994 |publisher=Human Rights Watch/Helsinki |page=14 | isbn=9781564321329 }}
  • Zoran Zaev (born 1974), Prime Minister of (North) Macedonia

Partisans

  • Mirče Acev (1915–1943), organiser of the Yugoslav communist resistance in vardar Macedonia {{Cite book |last=Partington G. |first=Paul |title=Who's who on the Postage Stamps of Eastern Europe |publisher=Scarecrow Press |year=1979 |isbn=0810812665 |pages=2 |language=en}}
  • Vera Aceva (1919–2006), partisan and national hero of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia{{cn|date=April 2025}}
  • Vangel Ajanovski-Oče (1909-1996){{cite web| url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/egejski-buri-revolucionernoto-dvizenje-vo-vodensko-i-nof-vo-evejska-makedonja/oclc/11331685 | title=Egejski buri : revolucionernoto dviženje vo Vodensko i NOF vo Evejska Makedonja (Aegean Storms: the revolutionary movement in Vodensko and NOF in Evian Macedonia) | language=bs | access-date=2024-01-13}}
  • Mihajlo Apostolski, commander of the General Staff of the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Macedonia (1906–1987)
  • Jordan Cekov (1921–2019), partisan and commander of the Third Macedonian Assault Brigade
  • Emanuel Čučkov (1901–1967), partisan
  • Čede Filipovski Dame (1923–1945), partisan and a People's Hero of Yugoslavia
  • Nevena Georgieva (1925-1942), partisan{{cite book |language=mk |year=1999 |location=Skopje |title=Велешки партизански одред 1942}}
  • Mirka Ginova (1916–1946), partisan and teacher{{Cite book |author=Mark Mazower |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YAszKv6JfQUC&pg=PA115 |title=After the War Was Over: Reconstructing the Family, Nation, and State in Greece, 1943-1960 |date=2000 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-0-6910-5842-9 |page=115}}{{Cite book |author=Dimitar Bechev |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5OSdDwAAQBAJ&dq=Mirka+Ginova&pg=PA126 |title=Historical Dictionary of North Macedonia |date=2019-09-03 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-5381-1962-4 |language=en |page=126}}
  • Vlado Makelarski (1919-1993), partisan{{cite web |url=https://bigorski.org.mk/stavovi/za-volja-na-vistinata/ |title=За волја на вистината |publisher=Saint Jovan Bigorski Monastery |date=25 July 2016 }}
  • Dimče Mirčev (1913–1944), partisan and awarded the Order of the people’s hero of Yugoslavia
  • Paskal Mitrevski (1912–1978), partisan, leader of National Liberation Front and minister in the Provisional Democratic Government{{Cite book |author1=Loring M. Danforth |author2=Riki Van Boeschoten |title=Children of the Greek Civil War: Refugees and the Politics of Memory |date=2012 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-2261-3598-4 |page=299}}
  • Blagoj Jankov Mučeto (1911–1944), partisan and declared a People's Hero of Yugoslavia
  • Orce Nikolov (1916–1942), partisan
  • Strašo Pindžur (1915–1943), partisan and a national hero of SFR Yugoslavia
  • Hristijan Todorovski Karpoš (1921–1944), partisan and commander of the "Jordan Nikolov" battalion
  • Gjorgi Dimitrovski Vikentiev (1920–1944), partisan and commander of the 4th Macedonian brigade
  • Petar Zdravkovski (1912–1967), macedonian partisan and awarded the Legion of Honour
  • Kuzman Josifovski - Pitu (1915–1944), partisan and one of the organizers of the Peoples's Liberation Struggle in Macedonia who was declared a People's Hero of Yugoslavia
  • Risto Kirjazovski (1927–2002), partisan in the NOF {{Cite book |author=Dimitar Bechev |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5OSdDwAAQBAJ&dq=Mirka+Ginova&pg=PA126 |title=Historical Dictionary of North Macedonia |date=2019-09-03 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-5381-1962-4 |language=en |page=31}}
  • Fana Kočovska (1927–2004), partisan and was the youngest named National Hero of Yugoslavia
  • Veselinka Malinska (1917–1987), partisan and prominent member of the Women's Antifascist Front of Macedonia
  • Vlado Makelarski (1919-1993), partisan{{cite web |url=https://bigorski.org.mk/stavovi/za-volja-na-vistinata/ |title=За волја на вистината |publisher=Saint Jovan Bigorski Monastery |date=25 July 2016 }}
  • Mara Naceva (1920-2013), partisan and president of the board of the Women's Antifascist Front of Macedoniahttps://books.google.com.tr/books?id=5OSdDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ViewAPI&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false page 215
  • Stefan Naumov (1920–1942), partisan and People's Hero of Yugoslaviahttps://books.google.com.tr/books?id=5OSdDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ViewAPI&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Stefan%20naumov&f=false
  • Јordan Nikolov (1916–1942), partisan
  • Katerina Nurdzhieva (1922–2018), macedonian partisan and national activist
  • Blagoj Stračkovski (1920–1943), partisan and a Macedonian national hero

Television

  • Ziya Tong (born 1980), television producer, TV host

References

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