Below is a list of notable people from Bitola, a city in the Pelagonia Statistical Region of the European country of North Macedonia. The list includes those who were born in Bitola as well as those who (have) spent a significant period of time living in the city.
Arts Slobodan Aligrudić, actor Jasmina Atanasova, writer Nikola Berovski, translator Floria Capsali, ballerina Ajri Demirovski, folk music composer Slave Dimitrov, composer Igor Durlovski, opera singer Petar Džadžić, literary critic Petar Georgiev-Kalica, composer and songwriter Karolina Gočeva, pop singer Vlado Goreski, graphic artist and designer Jonce Hristovski, folk singer Olga Jančić, sculptor Kiril Makedonski, musician Gonxhe Manakovska, folk singer Dijamandija Mišajkov, journalist Tale Ognenovski, multi-instrumentalist Chris Petrovski, actor Gjergj Qiriazi, writer Ljubica Sokić, painter Goran Stefanovski, dramatist and scriptwriter Borislav Traikovski, painter Pece Trajkovski – Brada, musician
Military Hüseyin Avni Bey, lieutenant colonel Kâzım Dirik, Ottoman Army officer and governor of Izmir Naci Eldeniz, military officer in the Ottoman and Turkish armies Rafael Moshe Kamhi, member of the IMRO Mehmet Suphi Kula, Ottoman general Anastas Lozanchev, revolutionary Georgios Modis, Greek jurist, politician, writer and participant in the Macedonian Struggle Stefan Naumov, partisan Süleyman Sabri Pasha, Ottoman general Dimitar Rizov, revolutionary and publicist Georgi Sugarev, revolutionary Tahsin Yazıcı, military officer and politician Hüseyin Avni Zaimler, Ottoman general Antonios Zois, Greek chieftain and Macedonian fighter
Politics Julia Batino, antifascist and women's rights activist Toma Fila, lawyer and politician Nexhmije Hoxha, wife of Enver Hoxha Theofylaktos Papakonstantinou, Greek politician, journalist, minister of education and religious affairs Pande Petrovski, chief of staff of the Army of the Republic of North Macedonia
Religion Gjerasim Qiriazi, founder of the Protestant Church of Albania Stephen Veljanovski, archbishop, head of the Macedonian Orthodox Church Jovan Vraniškovski, archbishop of the Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric
Sciences Florica Bagdasar, neuropsychiatrist Nikola Berovski, educator James Franklin Clarke Jr., historian Ljubomir Cuculovski, philosopher and professor Janko Konstantinov, architect Aleksandar Mladenović, linguist Mihail Petruševski, philologist and founder of the Faculty of Philosophy at Skopje University Parashqevi Qiriazi, teacher of the first girls' Albanian school; participant of the Congress of Monastir Sevasti Qiriazi, pioneer of Albanian female education Gheorghe Constantin Roja, doctor, philologist and historian Tajar Zavalani, journalist
Sport Mirjeta Bajramoska, handball player Gjoko Hadžievski, football coach Gjorgji Hristov, footballer Dimitar Ilievski-Murato, alpinist, first Macedonian to climb Mount Everest Mirko Ivanovski, footballer Filip Kuzmanovski, handball player Miljan Miljanić, football coach Nikolče Noveski, footballer Kristijan Trapanovski, footballer Dragan Veselinovski, footballer Sašo Zdravevski, footballer
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