Below is a list of notable people from Skopje, North Macedonia or its surroundings.
Artists
Bojana Barltrop, artist and photographer
Fashion designers
Nikola Eftimov
Painters
Sabri Berkel
Abdurrahim Buza
Maja Dzartovska
Petar Gligorovski
Mice Jankulovski
Petar Mazev
Business, industry, academics
Dragoslav Avramović, economist, governor of the National Bank of Yugoslavia
Dimitrije Bužarovski, scientist
Marko Čalasan, youngest information technology engineer in the world, has worked for Microsoft since age 9 Ljubomir Maksimović, historian Veni Markovski, Internet pioneer Zoran T. Popovski, scientist and professor Şarık Tara, founder of ENKA Mike S. Zafirovski, businessman involved in the success of several American companies
Musicians, bands, composers
Lorenc Antoni, composer
Arhangel, band
Darko Dimitrov, songwriter, composer, and music producer
Adrian Gaxha, singer
Vaska Ilieva, folk singer
Andrijana Janevska, singer
Vlado Janevski, singer
Jovan Jovanov, singer and composer
Andrea Koevska, singer who will represent North Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 Aleksandar Makedonski Lindon Berisha, singer and songwriter Mizar, band Blagoj Nacoski, tenor opera singer Goce Nikolovski, singer Barbara Popović, singer Kanita , singer Esma Redžepova, vocalist Elena Risteska, singer and songwriter Altuna Sejdiu, singer Muharem Serbezovski, singer Branimir Štulić, singer and composer Tamara Todevska, singer who represented North Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 Tijana Todevska-Dapčević, singer Simon Trpceski, classical pianist Martin Vučić, singer Toni Zen, rapper
Movie, television figures, models and journalists
Filiz Ahmet, actress
Milka Babović, figure skating TV presenter
Petar Gligorovski, animated movie director
Katarina Ivanovska, model
Ivo Jankoski, producer, fine arts manager, publisher and promoter
Milčo Mančevski, film director
Labina Mitevska, actress
Naum Panovski, theatre director and writer
Dragan Pavloviḱ Latas, journalist
Stole Popov, film director
Ljubiša Samardžić, actor
Alaettin Tahir, journalist
Avni Qahili, journalist
Politicians and historical figures
Strašo Angelovski
Vlado Bučkovski, former Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia
Constantine Tikh of Bulgaria, Tsar of Bulgaria
Stevo Crvenkovski, former foreign minister of Macedonia
Boris Drangov, Bulgarian colonel
Lazar Elenovski, Macedonian Minister of Defence
Ljubomir Frčkoski, former presidential candidate
Atanasije II Gavrilović, Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church
Nevena Georgieva, youngest fighter and first woman among the Macedonian Yugoslav partisan units Nikola Gruevski, former Prime Minister of Macedonia Ratko Janev, atomic physicist Zoran Jolevski, Macedonian ambassador to the United States Justin I, Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I, Eastern Roman Emperor Kalinik I, Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church Srgjan Kerim, former president of the United Nations General Assembly Emil Kirjas, politician Blerim Reka, politician Zana Ramadani, German politician Trifun Kostovski, former mayor of Skopje Maksim I, Serbian Patriarch Venko Markovski, writer, poet and political figure Ljubomir Mihajlovski, former Minister of Internal Affairs Ilinka Mitreva, former foreign minister Jordan Nikolov Orce, communist and partisan Bujar Osmani, current Minister of Foreign Affairs Radmila Šekerinska, current Minister of Defense Ali Shefqet Shkupi, Lieutenant Colonel Theodahad, King of the Ostrogoths Vasil Tupurkovski