Below is a list of notable people born in Gostivar, North Macedonia, or its surroundings:
Historical figures Petar Novaković Čardaklija, diplomat in the First Serbian Uprising Bajazid Doda, Albanian ethnographic writer Xhem Hasa, nationalist and member of the Balli Kombëtar Voisava Tripalda, mother of Skanderbeg Atanas Albanski/Thanas Shqiptari, Bulgarian-Albanian revolutionary Ismail Strazimiri, Albanian revolutionary
Sports figures Amir Bilali, football player Lutfi Bilali, football player Argjend Beqiri, football player Imran Fetai, football player Rudi Gusnić, football manager and former player Shaban Ismaili, footballer Shkodran Mustafi, footballer Admir Mehmedi, football player Nazmi Mehmeti, wrestler Gentjana Rochi, football player Nuri Seferi, boxer, reigning WBO European Cruiserweight Champion Nezbedin Selimi, footballer Marjan Janeski, basketball player Viktor Efremovski, basketball player Stojan Gjuroski, basketball player
Academics Haralampije Polenaković, literary historian Jovan Trifunoski, Serbian geographer
Artist Mladen Srbinović, Serbian painter
Politicians Azir Aliu, Albanian Macedonian politician and Health Minister Adnan Jashari, Albanian politician Arben Taravari, Albanian Macedonian doctor and mayor of Gostivar.
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