List of people from Gostivar

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
• Xhem Hasa, nationalist and member of the Balli Kombëtar
• Voisava Tripalda, mother of Skanderbeg

Sports figures[]

• Amir Bilali, football player
• Argjend Beqiri, 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

Academics[]

• Ferid Murad, is a physician and pharmacologist, and a co-winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
• Haralampije Polenaković, literary historian
• Jovan Trifunovski, Serbian geographer
• , Turkish Economist and Businessman
• , Turkish Literature Professor

Artist[]

• , Artist
• Mladen Srbinović, Serbian painter
• , Turkish Macedonian actor.
• , Turkish Macedonian actor, director of Turkish Theatre in Skopje.
• , Turkish Macedonian Rock musician and Radio DJ.
• , Turkish Macedonian writer and poet.
• , Turkish Macedonian musician and vocalist.
• , Albanian Artist Sculptor

Politicians[]

• , Turkish Macedonian ex-state minister.
• , Turkish Macedonian state minister.
• , Albanian Macedonian doctor and mayor of Gostivar.