List of personalities of the city of Skopje

The following lists contain persons born in Skopje ( Albanian Shkup ) and persons who temporarily live and work there, listed chronologically by year of birth. Also listed are all persons who have received honorary citizenship of the city of Skopje. The bishops of Skopje are not included . These are summarized in a separate list .

The list does not claim to be complete.

Personalities born in Skopje

Until 1950

Mother Teresa (1986)

Naciye Suman (1881–1973), photographer
Yahya Kemal Beyatlı (1884–1958), author and member of the Republican People's Party
Abdurrahim Buza (1905–1986), painter
Lorenc Antoni (1909–1991), composer, choir director, music ethnologist and music educator
Mother Teresa (1910–1997), nun and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
Kâni Vrana (1913–1984), lawyer
Mischa Damjan (1914–1998), Swiss publisher and writer
Dragoslav Avramović (1919–2001), politician
Slavko Janevski (1920-2000), writer
Dragomir Felba (1921-2006), actor
Bob Kap (1923-2010), soccer and American football coach
Gane Todorovski (1929–2010), poet, translator, literary scholar and diplomat
Şarık Tara (1930–2018), Turkish entrepreneur
Dragan Gjakonovski-Špato (1931–1987), director of the Radio Skopje Radio Dance Orchestra
Toma Prošev (1931–1996), composer, musicologist and conductor
Milovan Radovanović (1931–2009), scholar
Ljubiša Samardžić (1936–2017), actor and director
Draško Antov (* 1938), German-Macedonian author, journalist, publicist and moderator
Umberto Vattani (* 1938), Italian Ambassador and member of the General Assembly of the United Nations
Esma Redžepova (1943-2016), singer
Ljupka Dimitrovska (1946–2016), pop singer
Savo Klimovski (* 1947), lawyer and professor
Srgjan Kerim (* 1948), politician and diplomat
Rahim Burhan (* 1949), theater director
Ilinka Mitreva (* 1950), politician

1951-1980

Vesna Acevska (* 1952), poet, author and translator
Nano Ruzhin (* 1952), sociologist, politician, ambassador, university professor
Vladimir Bogojewski (* 1953), volleyball player
Branimir Štulić (* 1953), musician
Dosta Dimovska (1954–2011), poet and politician
Gjore Jovanovski (* 1956), football player
Ljubomir Frčkoski (* 1957), legal scholar and politician
Milčo Mančevski (* 1959), film director and screenwriter
Biljana Vankovska (* 1959), political scientist
Vlado Janevski (* 1960), singer
Blerim Reka (* 1960), lawyer, academic and politician
Ibo (1961-2000), singer
Biljana Grafwallner-Brezovska (* 1971), German-Macedonian film editor
Vlado Bučkovski (* 1962), politician
Neždet Mustafa (* 1962), politician
Darko Pančev (* 1965), football player
Šaban Trstena (* 1965), wrestler
Weni Markowski (* 1968), writer and publicist
Martin Gjakonovski (* 1970), jazz bassist
Nikola Gruevski (* 1970), Prime Minister of Macedonia
Saša Ilić (* 1970), soccer goalkeeper
Goran Markov (born 1970), football player
Gabriela Konevska-Trajkovska (1971–2010), politician
Nermina Kukic (* 1971), actress
Nikola Dimitrov (* 1972), diplomat and politician
Radmila Šekerinska (* 1972), politician
Tijana Dapčević (* 1976), pop singer
Goce Toleski (* 1977), football player
Simon Trpčeski (* 1979), pianist
Aleksandar Vasoski (* 1979), football player
Vasko Naumovski (* 1980), politician
Jehona Sopi (* 1980), singer

From 1981

Milan Mijalkovic (* 1982), Austrian-Macedonian architect, artist and author
Martin Vučić (* 1982), pop singer
Bojan Markoski (born 1983), football player
Zlatko Tanevski (born 1983), football player
Asmir Kolašinac (* 1984), track and field athlete
Nderim Nedžipi (* 1984), football player
Darko Tasevski (* 1984), soccer player
Vlatko Ilievski (1985-2018), singer and television presenter
Filip Ivanovski (* 1985), football player
Tamara Todevska (* 1985), pop singer
Altuna Sejdiu (* 1985), pop singer
Elena Risteska (* 1986), singer
Berat Sadik (* 1986), football player
Predrag Samardžiski (* 1986), basketball player
Ivan Tričkovski (* 1987), football player
Kristijan Naumovski (* 1988), football player
Ivana Rožman (* 1989), short distance runner
Samir Fazli (* 1991), football player
Jana Burčeska (* 1993), singer

Famous residents of Skopje

Peer Hultberg (1935–2007), Danish writer, Slavist and psychoanalyst
Matthias Bronisch (* 1937), German poet
Mile Markowski (1939–1975), Bulgarian writer
Kim Mehmeti (* 1955), Macedonian writer

Honorary citizen of Skopje

Below is a list of all persons with the date of obtaining honorary citizenship.

Ivan Ribar (1881–1968), Yugoslav politician, May 7, 1921
Josip Broz Tito (1892–1980), Yugoslav politician and long-time president of the confederation of states, November 13, 1946
Władysław Gomułka (1905–1982), Polish politician, November 16, 1965
Józef Cyrankiewicz (1911–1989), Polish politician, November 16, 1965
Olav V (1903–1991), King of Norway, September 7, 1966
U Thant (1909–1974), Burmese politician and third Secretary-General of the United Nations, August 30, 1970
Frank Kinard (1914–1985) American football player, July 26, 1983
Umberto Vattani (* 1938), Italian Ambassador and member of the General Assembly of the United Nations, October 17, 2005
Şarık Tara (* 1930), Turkish entrepreneur, November 30, 2005
Christopher R. Hill (* 1952), American diplomat, July 26, 2008
Lawrence Eagleburger (1930-2011), American politician and diplomat, July 26, 2008
Thorvald Stoltenberg (1931–2018), Norwegian politician and diplomat, July 26, 2008
Werner Trini (* 1957), German administrator, July 26, 2008