This is a list of notable Macedonians and people of Macedonian descent sorted by occupation, regardless of any political, territorial or other divisions, historical or modern.
Academia
Scientists Blaga Aleksova (1922–2007), archaeologist Svetlana Antonovska (born 1952–2016), statistician Ana Čolović Lešoska (born 1979), biologist Georgi Efremov (1932–2011), biologist Leonid Grčev (born 1951), electrical engineer Martin Guleski (born 1945), architect Ratko Janev (1939–2019), atomic physicist Nataša Jonoska (born 1961), mathematician Saško Kedev (born 1962), physician, cardiologist Ljupčo Kocarev (born 1955), physicist and engineer Pasko Kuzman (born 1947), archaeologist Petar Popovski (born 1973), electrical engineer Zoran T. Popovski (born 1962), biologist Paskal Sotirovski (1927–2003), astrophysicist Aneta Stefanovska, biophysicist Boris P. Stoicheff (1924–2010), physicist
Social academics
Svetlana Antonovska (1952–2016), statistician Despot Badžović (1850–1932), teacher and activist Dimitrija Čupovski (1878–1940), Macedonian national activist Nace Dimov (1876–1916), Macedonian national activist Naum Evro, among the first Macedonists; a founder and member of the Sofia-based organization Secret Macedonian Committee Kosta Grupče (1849–1907), among the first Macedonists, a founder and leader of the Secret Macedonian Committee Stojan Kočov (1930–2023), historian, partisan, scientist and publisher Slavko Milosavlevski (1928–2012), sociologist Mihail Petruševski (1911–1990), founder of the College of Philosophy at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje Temko Popov (1855–1929) Gjorgji Pulevski (1817–1893), first-known author to publicly express in 1875 the idea of a separate Macedonian nation and language Andrew Rossos (born 1941), professor emeritus of History at the University of Toronto Dragan Taškovski (1917–1980), historian
Arts Music
Classical music
Composers
Dimitrije Bužarovski (born 1952) Tanja Carovska (born 1980) Petar Georgiev-Kalica (born 1951) Jonče Hristovski (1931–2000) Zoran Madzirov (1968–2017) Kiril Makedonski (1925–1984) Tale Ognenovski (1922–2012) Ilija Pejovski (born 1947) Toma Prošev (1931–1996) Todor Skalovski (1909–2004), composer of the Macedonian national anthem "Today over Macedonia" Stojan Stojkov (born 1941)
Conductors Borjan Canev (born 1973)
Instrumentalists Pianists
Duke Bojadziev (born 1972) Dimitrije Bužarovski (born 1952) Simon Kiselicki (born 1974) Simon Trpčeski (born 1979)
Opera singers Igor Durlovski (born 1977) Blagoj Nacoski (born 1979) Boris Trajanov (born 1959)
Popular and folk music
Composers Darko Dimitrov (born 1973) Slave Dimitrov (born 1946) Jovan Jovanov (born 1981) Ilija Pejovski (born 1947), composer and pianist Trajko Prokopiev (1909–1979), composer, who composed the soundtrack for the first Macedonian-language film, Frosina Tomislav Zografski (1934–2000)
Musicians Bodan Arsovski (born 1956) Kiril Džajkovski (born 1965) Chris Joannou (born 1979), bass guitarist Tale Ognenovski (1922–2012) Lars-Göran Petrov (1972–2021) Aleksandra Popovska (born 1975) Vlatko Stefanovski (born 1957) Stevo Teodosievski (1924–1997) Goran Trajkoski (born 1963) Branko Trajkov (born 1966)
Singers Lambe Alabakovski (born 1987) Bobi Andonov (born 1994) Kristina Arnaudova (born 1979) Kaliopi Bukle (born 1966) Vladimir Četkar, jazz guitarist Dani Dimitrovska (born 1979) Karolina Gočeva (born 1980) Vaska Ilieva (1923–2001) Andrijana Janevska (born 1981) Vlado Janevski (born 1960) Jovan Jovanov (born 1985) Aleksandar Makedonski Maika Makovski (born 1983) Jasmina Mukaetova (born 1981) Eva Nedinkovska (born 1983) Ljiljana Nikolovska (born 1964) Goce Nikolovski (1947–2006) Blagica Pavlovska (born 1958) Elena Petreska (born 1980) Toše Proeski (1981–2007) Elena Risteska (born 1986) Risto Samardžiev (born 1964) Aleksandar Sarievski (1922–2002) Dan Talevski (born 1992) Tamara Todevska (born 1985) Tijana Todevska-Dapčević (born 1976) Zoran Vanev (born 1973) Elena Velevska (born 1980) Rade Vrčakovski (born 1980)
Performing arts Actors Kole Angelovski (born 1943) Igor Džambazov (born 1963), actor, singer, comedian Ljupka Džundeva (1934–2018) Zafir Hadžimanov (1943–2021), actor, singer, composer Jelena Jovanova (born 1984) Aco Jovanovski (1930–2016) Meto Jovanovski (1946–2023) Vlado Jovanovski (born 1967) Gjorgji Kolozov (1948–2003) Toni Mihajlovski (born 1967) Labina Mitevska (born 1975) Natasha Negovanlis (born 1990) Chris Petrovski (born 1991) Petre Prličko (1907–1995) Nikola Ristanovski (born 1969) Robert Veljanovski (born 1968)
Filmmakers Vladimir Blaževski (born 1955) Kiril Cenevski (1943–2019) Petar Gligorovski (1938–1995), animated film director and surrealist artist Igor Ivanov (born 1973) Tamara Kotevska (born 1993) Milčo Mančevski (born 1959), Golden Lion-winning director Kole Manev (born 1941) Darko Mitrevski (born 1971), film director and screenwriter Stole Popov (born 1950) Svetozar Ristovski (born 1972) Ljubomir Stefanov (born 1975) Apostol Trpeski (born 1948) Kiro Urdin (born 1945)
Theatre production Bill Neskovski (1964–1989), playwright and actor Naum Panovski (born 1950), theatre director
Visual arts Architecture Slavko Brezoski (1922–2017) Elpida Hadži-Vasileva (born 1971) Janko Konstantinov (1926–2010) Georgi Konstantinovski (1930–2020) Mimoza Nestorova-Tomić (1929–2024) Živko Popovski (1934–2007)
Fashion design Risto Bimbiloski (born 1975) Nikola Eftimov (born 1968) Mila Hermanovski (born 1969), costume and fashion designer Toni Matičevski (born 1976) Marjan Pejoski (born 1968)
Graphic design Vlado Goreski (born 1958) Miroslav Grčev (born 1955), designer of the Macedonian flag
Models Katarina Ivanovska (born 1988)
Multimedia Iskra Dimitrova (born 1965)
Painting Dimitar Avramovski-Pandilov (1898–1963) Rahim Blak (born 1983) Angel Gavrovski (born 1942) Vladimir Georgievski (1942–2017) Maja Hill (born 1976) Mice Jankulovski (born 1954), painter and cartoonist Vangel Kodžoman (1904–1994) Dimitar Kondovski (1927–1993) Rubens Korubin (born 1949) Lazar Ličenoski (1901–1964) Petar Mazev (1927–1993) Isaija Mažovski (1852–1926), painter and activist Ordan Petlevski (1930–1997) Bobby Stojanov Varga (born 1972) Dimo Todorovski (1910–1983) Borislav Traikovski (1917–1996) Keraca Visulčeva (1911–2004) Tomo Vladimirski (1904–1971)
Product design Stefan Janoski (born 1979), skateboarder and artist Apostol Tnokovski (born 1982)
Sculpting Žarko Bašeski (born 1957) Petar Hadži Boškov (1928–2015) Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva (born 1971) Tome Serafimovski (1935–2016) Gligor Stefanov (born 1956)
Business Kocho Angjushev (born 1969), businessman George Atanasoski (born 1952), founder of Microflex Inc. and MAK AM International Corporation John Bitove (born 1960), founder of the Toronto Raptors John Bitove, Sr. (1928–2015), restaurateur and philanthropist Marjan Bojadžiev (born 1967), CEO of the National Bank of North Macedonia, board member of Skopje Chamber of Commerce Valentin Ilievski (born 1968), senior vice president of southeast Europe for Messer Group, president of assembly of FK Sarajevo Christopher Ilitch (born 1965), president and CEO of Ilitch Holdings, Inc. Marian Ilitch (born 1933), owner of Detroit's MotorCity Casino Mike Ilitch (1929–2017), founder of Little Caesars and owner of Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Tigers Minčo Jordanov (born 1944), owner of multiple companies Petar Kajevski (born 1974), founder of Najdi! Jordan Kamčev (born 1970), owner of multiple companies, richest man in Macedonia as of 2015 Katrina Markoff (born 1973), owner of multiple chocolatier companies Lou Naumovski (born 1957), vice president and commercial/general director of Russia for Kinross Gold Susan Niczowski (born 1966), CEO and founder of Summer Fresh Salads Inc. Chris Pavlovski, CEO and founder of Rumble Andy Peykoff (born 1976), owner of Niagara Bottling Steve Stavro (1926–2006), founder of Knob Hill Farms, owner of Toronto Maple Leafs, director of Liquor Control Board of Ontario Mike Zafirovski (born 1953), president and CEO of Nortel Networks and board of directors at Boeing
Journalism Stefan Dedov (1869–1914) Vasko Eftov (born 1967) Branko Geroski Tomislav Kezarovski (born 1965) Dijamandija Mišajkov (1872–1953) Nikola Mladenov (1964–2013) Mihail Solunov (1877–1956) Vlado Taneski (1952–2008) Mirka Velinovska (born 1952)
Literature Gjorgji Abadžiev (1910–1963) Petre M. Andreevski (1934–2006) Živko Čingo (1935–1987) Dimitar Dimitrov (born 1937), philosopher and diplomat Lidija Dimkovska (born 1971), poet Elena Filipovska, philologist Stojan Hristov (1898–1995) Vasil Iljoski (1902–1995) Slavko Janevski (1920–2000), poet, writer, and author of the first Macedonian-language novel The village behind the seven ash trees Mišo Juzmeski (1966–2021) Blaže Koneski (1921–1993) Risto Krle (1900–1975) Katica Kulavkova (born 1951) Vlado Maleski (1919–1984), author of the Macedonian national anthem "Today over Macedonia" Stefan Markovski (born 1990), screenwriter, poet, philosopher Mateja Matevski (1929–2018) Krste Misirkov (1874–1926) Kole Nedelkovski (1912–1941) Olivera Nikolova (1936–2024) Risto Ognjanovikj-Lonoski (1870–1941) Anton Panov (1906–1967) Sibila Petlevski (born 1964) Vidoe Podgorec (1934–1997) Aleksandar Prokopiev (born 1953) Kočo Racin (1908–1943), poet, communist, and author of the poetry collection White Dawns Atanas Razdolov (1872–1931), writer and revolutionary Blaže Ristovski (1931–2018), linguist, folklorist and cultural historian Goce Smilevski (born 1975) Aco Šopov (1923–1982), poet Sterjo Spasse (1914–1989), writer and novelist Milan Stoilov (1881–1903), writer and revolutionary Zvonko Taneski (born 1980), poet Jovica Tasevski-Eternijan (born 1976) Gane Todorovski (1929–2010) Nikola Vaptsarov (1909–1942), poet
Religion Gabriel Athonite (1926–1990), Macedonian Orthodox bishop, monk, and ascetic, later canonized as a saint Slavko Dimevski (1920–1994), priest Mihail Gogov (1912–1999), fourth archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia Joseph of Kumanovo and Osogovo, first and current Metropolitan bishop of the Diocese of Kumanovo and Osogovo David Ninov (born 1972), bishop of Dremvit and auxiliary bishop of the Ardi of Skopje of the Macedonian Orthodox Church Ivica Serafimovski (born 1973) Stefan, Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia (born 1955) Kiro Stojanov (born 1959), Roman Catholic bishop of Skopje Theodosius of Skopje (1846–1926), attempted to restore the Archbishopric of Ohrid as a separate Macedonian church Nikodim Tsarknias (born 1942), Macedonian Orthodox Christian monk
Revolutionaries Alekso Martulkov (1878–1962) Rizo Rizov (1872–1950) Boris Sarafov (1872–1907), revolutionary Pavel Shatev (1882–1951), socialist revolutionary Smile Vojdanov (1872–1958), revolutionary and founder of the Macedonian People's League
Sport Athletics Kristijan Efremov (born 1990), sprinter Dario Ivanovski (born 1997), long distance runner Daniela Kuleska (born 1981), middle distance runner Ismail Mačev (1960–2019), sprinter Chris Mitrevski (born 1996), long jumper and sprinter Riste Pandev (born 1994), sprinter Elizabeta Pavlovska (born 1972), hurdler Hristina Risteska (born 1991), sprinter Ivana Rožman (born 1989), track and field Vančo Stojanov (born 1977), middle distance runner Mile Stojkoski (born 1965), long distance marathon paralympian Jovan Stojoski (born 1997), sprinter Aleksandra Vojnevska (born 1981), sprinter
American football Vlade Janakievski (born 1957), college football placekicker Paul Naumoff (1945–2018), NFL linebacker Pete Stoyanovich (born 1967), NFL placekicker
Association football
Vlatko Andonovski (born 1976), US women's national team manager Zoran Baldovaliev (born 1983) Milko Djurovski (born 1963), Olympic bronze medalist Boško Gjurovski (born 1961) Mario Gjurovski (born 1985) Gjorgji Hristov (born 1976) Čedomir Janevski (born 1961) Marek Jankulovski (born 1977), Champions League winner Jovan Kirovski (born 1976), first American to win Champions League Dejan Kulusevski (born 2000)