Below is a list of notable people born in Bitola, North Macedonia, or its surroundings:

Contents

• Arts
• Military
• Politics
• Religion
• Sciences
• Sport

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
• Kiril Makedonski, musician
• Gonxhe Manakovska, folk singer
• Dijamandija Mišajkov, journalist
• Olga Jančić, sculptor
• Tale Ognenovski, multi-instrumentalist
• Chris Petrovski, actor
• Gjergj Qiriazi, writer
• Ljubica Sokić, painter
• Goran Stefanovski, dramatist and scriptwriter
• Pece Trajkovski – Brada, musician
• Borislav Traikovski, painter

Military

• Hüseyin Avni Bey, lieutenant colonel
• Naci Eldeniz, military officer in the Ottoman and Turkish armies
• Kâzım Dirik, Ottoman Army officer and Governor of Izmir
• Anastas Lozanchev, revolutionary
• Rafael Moshe Kamhi, member of the IMRO
• Stefan Naumov, partisan
• Georgi Sugarev, revolutionary
• Mehmet Suphi Kula, Ottoman general
• Georgios Modis, Greek jurist, politician, writer and participant in the Macedonian Struggle
• Dimitar Rizov, revolutionary and publicist
• Süleyman Sabri Pasha, Ottoman general
• 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
• Archbishop Stephen, Head of the Macedonian Orthodox Church
• Jovan Vraniškovski, Archbishop of the Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric

Sciences

• Florica Bagdasar, neuropsychiatrist
• Nikola Berovski, educator
• Ljubomir Cuculovski, philosopher and professor
• James Franklin Clarke Jr., historian
• 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
• Georgi Hristov, footballer
• Miljan Miljanić, football coach
• Dimitar Ilievski-Murato, alpinist, first Macedonian to climb Mount Everest
• Mirko Ivanovski, footballer
• Filip Kuzmanovski, handball player
• Nikolče Noveski, footballer
• Kristijan Trapanovski, footballer
• Dragan Veselinovski, footballer
• Sašo Zdravevski, footballer