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Bitola Bitola (; mk, Битола ) is a city in the southwestern part of North Macedonia. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba, Nidže, and Kajmakčalan mountain ranges, north of the Medžitlija-Níki ...

, North Macedonia or its surroundings:

Arts

Slobodan Aligrudić Slobodan Aligrudić ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан Алигрудић; 15 October 1934 – 13 August 1985) was a Serbian actor known for some of the most memorable roles in the history of former Yugoslav cinema. Biography Aligrudić was born in ...

, actor * Dimitar Andonovski, singer *

Floria Capsali Floria Capsali (28 February 1900 – 29 June 1982) was an Ottoman-born Romanian ballerina, choreographer and dance teacher. Life Provenance, disrupted childhood and early career Floria Capsali was born at Bitola, a midsized town and commerci ...

, ballerina *

Konstantin Čomu Konstantin Čomu (1865–1952), often credited as Kosta Chomu (Macedonian Cyrillic: Константин Чому) or Konstantin Comu, was an Aromanian cinema operator, the first one in Bitola (present North Macedonia). Work The appearance of th ...

, started first cinema center together with the Manaki brothers *

Ajri Demirovski Ajri Demirovski (Macedonian: Ајри Демировски, tr, Hayri Önder) (born 1 January 1927 in Bitola, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, died 22 October 2009 in Karşıyaka, Turkey), was an ethnic Turkish singer from Yugoslavia. E ...

, folk music composer *

Slave Dimitrov Slave Dimitrov ( mk , Славе Димитров, born June 1, 1946) is a Macedonian composer, singer and record producer. He composed and sang "Chija si" (Чија си), labeled as the "song of the millennium" in the Republic of Macedonia ...

, composer *

Igor Durlovski Igor Durlovski ( mk, Игор Дурловски, born 26 March 1977 in Bitola), is a Macedonian bass opera singer and politician. Life and career Durlovski was born in Bitola, SR Macedonia, part of SFR Yugoslavia, now North Macedonia, in 197 ...

, opera singer *

Petar Džadžić Petar Džadžić (Bitola, 18 September 1929 – Belgrade, 31 July 1996) was a Serbian literary critic and corresponding member of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Born in Bitola, Džadžić graduated and got his PhD in Philological Faculty o ...

, literary critic *

Petar Georgiev-Kalica Petar Georgiev-Kalica ( mk, Петар Георгиев-Калица, born November 19, 1951, in Bitola) is a Macedonian composer and songwriter. Many of his compositions are traditional folk songs inspired by his home town of Bitola. His fi ...

, composer and songwriter *

Karolina Gočeva Karolina Gočeva ( mk, Каролина Гочева, ; born 28 April 1980), sometimes credited as Karolina Gocheva or known only as Karolina, is a Macedonian pop singer. Gočeva launched her music career in 1991 with a performance at a local ch ...

, pop singer *

Vlado Goreski Vlado Goreski – Rafik (Macedonian: Владо Ѓорески – Рафик) (born 21 April 1958, in Bitola) is a Macedonian and Slovenian graphic artist, artist, scenographer. He finished secondary school in Bitola, and he graduated at the ...

, graphic artist and designer * Jonce Hristovski, folk singer * Kiril Makedonski, musician *

Olga Jančić Olga Jančić (Олга Јанчић; 1 February 1929, in Bitola – 25 October 2012, in Belgrade) was a Serbian sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art ...

, sculptor *

Tale Ognenovski Tale Ognenovski ( mk, Тале Огненовски; April 27, 1922 – June 19, 2012) was a North Macedonia, Macedonian multi-instrumentalist who played clarinet, Recorder (musical instrument), recorder, tin whistle, bagpipe, zurna, and drums. ...

, multi-instrumentalist *

Chris Petrovski Chris Petrovski is an American actor born in Bitola, Macedonia, known for his role as Dmitri Petrov on the television series '' Madam Secretary''. Life and career Petrovski's parents brought him to New Zealand while he was still a baby. While sti ...

, actor *

Gjergj Qiriazi Gjergj Qiriazi, known as George Kyrias in English (27 May 1868 — 30 December 1912), was an Albanian publisher and writer. He was born in Monastir (modern Bitola), Ottoman Empire (now North Macedonia), where he attended the local school. Like his ...

, writer *

Ljubica Sokić Ljubica "Cuca" Sokić (9 December 1914 – 8 January 2009) was a prominent Serbian and Yugoslav painter of the twentieth century. Biography She was born in Bitola, North Macedonia, where her mother Ruža was refugee during the World War I. Her ...

, painter *

Goran Stefanovski Goran Stefanovski ( mk, Горан Стефановски; 27 April 1952 – 27 November 2018) was a leading Macedonian dramatist, screenwriter, essayist, lecturer and public intellectual. He wrote for the theatre, television and film, as well as ...

, dramatist and scriptwriter

Military

Theodoros Adam Theodoros Adam (Greek: Θεόδωρος Αδάμ) was a Greek chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle. Biography Adam was born in the late 19th century in Nižepole, then part of the Ottoman Empire (now in North Macedonia). He organized the Natio ...

, chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle *

Hüseyin Avni Bey Hüseyin Avni Bey (1875 - 13 August 1915) was the commander of the 57th Infantry Regiment of the Ottoman Army at the Battle of Gallipoli during which he led a counterattack that successfully stabilized the right flank of the Turkish defences o ...

, lieutenant colonel *

Petros Christou Petros Christou ( el, Πέτρος Χρήστου, 1887 - 21 June 1908) was a Greeks, Greek chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle. Biography Christou was born in 1887 in Velušina, then Ottoman Empire (now North Macedonia, Republic of North Mace ...

, teacher and chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle *

Naci Eldeniz Abdüllâtif Naci Eldeniz (1875 – March 20, 1948) was an officer of the Ottoman Army The military of the Ottoman Empire ( tr, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu'nun silahlı kuvvetleri) was the armed forces of the Ottoman Empire. Army The milita ...

, military officer in the Ottoman and Turkish armies * Kâzım Dirik, Ottoman Army officer and Governor of Izmir * Hafiz Hakki Pasha, Ottoman general * Rafael Moshe Kamhi, member of the IMRO *

Mehmet Suphi Kula Mehmet Suphi Kula (1881; Monastir (Bitola) – October 19, 1948; Ankara) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and the general of the Turkish Army. See also *List of high-ranking commanders of the Turkish War of Independence This list includes hi ...

, Ottoman general *

Georgios Modis Georgios Modis ( el, Γεώργιος Μόδης; 14 May 1887 – 18 June 1975) was a Greek jurist, politician, writer and participant in the Macedonian Struggle. Biography Georgios Modis was born in 1887 in Monastir (modern Bitola). He graduat ...

, Greek jurist, politician, writer and participant in the Macedonian Struggle * Ahmed Izzet Pasha, Ottoman general * Dimitar Rizov, revolutionary and publicist *

Süleyman Sabri Pasha Süleyman Sabri Pasha (1873 in Monastir (Bitola) – November 3, 1941 in Istanbul) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and the general of the Turkish Army. Works *''Van Tarihi ve Kürt Türkleri Hakkında İnceleme'' Medals and decorations * ...

, Ottoman general *

Georgi Sugarev Georgi Kostov Sugarev ( bg, Георги Костов Сугарев) was a Bulgarian revolutionary, vojvoda of the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization. Despite the Bulgarian national identification of the late Ottoman Mace ...

, revolutionary *

Tahsin Yazıcı Tahsin Yazıcı () (1892 in Bitola, Monastir – February 11, 1971 in Ankara) was an Ottoman Army (1861–1922), Ottoman Army officer and later a Turkish Army general and politician. Biography He was born to his father Ali Bey and his mother ...

, military officer and politician *

Hüseyin Avni Zaimler ), Ottoman Empire , death_place= Adana, Turkey , image=Avni Pasha Zaimler.jpg , caption= , nickname= , party = Republican People's Party , office1 = Member of the Parliament for Saruhanlı , term1 = 23 April 1 ...

, Ottoman general *

Antonios Zois Antonios Zois ( el, Αντώνιος Ζώης; c. 1869–1941) was a Greeks, Greek chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle from Bitola, Monastir. Biography Antonios Zois was born in about 1869Εκλογικός κατάλογος του δήμο ...

, 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 Enver Halil Hoxha ( , ; 16 October 190811 April 1985) was an Albanian communist politician who was the authoritarian ruler of Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985. He was First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania from 1941 unt ...

Theofylaktos Papakonstantinou Theofylaktos F. Papakonstantinou (1905–1991) was a Greek columnist, political and social analyst and historian. He used the pen name Petros Monastiriotis. Biography He was born in 1905 in Monastir, then part of the Ottoman Empire, whence his l ...

, Greek politician, journalist, minister of education and religious affairs * Pande Petrovski, Chief of Staff of the Army of the Republic of North Macedonia

Religion

Jean-Claude Faveyrial Jean-Claude Faveyrial (1817–1893) was a French Congregation of the Mission, Lazarite Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic priest and author of the first written History of Albania. The book is published in Albania and stands as a serious endeav ...

, Lazarite Roman Catholic priest *

Gjerasim Qiriazi Gjerasim Qiriazi (18 October 1858 – 2 January 1894) was an Albanian Protestant preacher and educator. He is the founder of thEvangelical Church of Albania, (VUSH) Vëllazëria Ungjillore e Shqipërisëand the Kosovo Protestant Evangelical Chur ...

, founder of the Protestant Church of Albania *

Archbishop Stephen Stephen ( mk, Архиепископ Охридски и Македонски г.г. Стефан/''Arhiepiskop Ohirdski i Makedonski g.g. Stefan''; born 1 May 1955) is the fifth Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia, metropolitan of Skopje, pri ...

, Head of the Macedonian Orthodox Church *

Jovan Vraniškovski Jovan Vraniškovski (Serbian and mk, Јован Вранишковски; born 28 February 1966), known as Jovan VI, is the Archbishop of Ohrid, Metropolitan of Skopje and the head of the Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric. Biography Christened Zoran ...

, Archbishop of the Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric

Sciences

Florica Bagdasar Florica Bagdasar (née Ciumetti) (January 24, 1901 in Monastir/Bitola, Ottoman Empire – December 19, 1978 in Bucharest) was a Romanian neuropsychiatrist, who was the first woman minister in Romania at the Ministry of Health between 1946 and 19 ...

, neuropsychiatrist * Nikola Berovski, educator * Ljubomir Cuculovski, philosopher and professor *

James Franklin Clarke Jr. James Franklin Clarke, Jr. was an American historian who dedicated his life to the study of the history of the activities of American Protestants and their missionaries on the Balkans, and especially contributed to the spreading of Protestantism ...

, historian *

Janko Konstantinov Janko Konstantinov ( mk, Јанко Константинов; 18 January 1926 in Bitola, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes – 2010) is a Macedonian architect and artist. Education and career Janko Konstantinov studied at Faculty of Archit ...

, 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 The Congress of Manastir ( sq, Kongresi i Manastirit) was an academic conference held in the city of Manastir (now Bitola) from November 14 to 22, 1908, with the goal of standardizing the Albanian alphabet. November 22 is now a commemorative da ...

Sevasti Qiriazi Sevasti Qiriazi-Dako (Sevasti D. Kyrias) (ca. 1871–1949) was an Albanian patriot, educator, Protestant missionary, author, pioneer of Albanian female education, and activist of the Albanian National Awakening. Early Life Sevasti was born ca. 18 ...

, pioneer of Albanian female education *

Tajar Zavalani Tajar Zavalani known later in his life as Thomas-Henry Zavalani (1903–1966) was an Albanian historian, publicist, and writer. Life Zavalani was born on 15 August 1903 in Monastir, Ottoman Empire, today's Bitola in North Macedonia, or Kor� ...

, journalist

Sport

Mirjeta Bajramoska Mirjeta Bajramoska ( mk, Мирјета Бајрамоска; born 22 November 1984 in Bitola, Socialist Republic of Macedonia) is a retired Macedonians (ethnic group), Macedonian Team handball, handball player that played for ŽRK Vardar and fo ...

, handball player *

Gjoko Hadžievski Gjoko Hadžievski or Ǵoko Hadžievski ( mk, Ѓоко Хаџиевски; born 31 March 1955) is a football coach from North Macedonia who was most recently the manager of Hatta Club, Hatta. He coached teams from Bulgaria (PFC CSKA Sofia, CSKA ...

, football coach * Georgi Hristov, footballer *

Miljan Miljanić Miljan Miljanić ( sr-Cyrl, Миљан Миљанић; 4 May 1930 – 13 January 2012) was a Yugoslav and Serbian football player, coach and administrator, who played as a defender. Born in Bitola, Vardar Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, to a ...

, football coach * Dimitar Ilievski-Murato, alpinist, first Macedonian to climb Mount Everest *

Mirko Ivanovski Mirko Ivanovski ( mk, Мирко Ивановски; born 31 October 1989) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga I club Petrolul Ploiești. Club career Ivanovski began his career with the youth side of Peliste ...

, footballer *

Nikolče Noveski Nikolče Noveski ( mk, Николче Новески; born 28 April 1979) is a Macedonian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He spent most of his career in Germany amassing over 300 league appearances with 1. FSV Mainz 05 ...

, footballer * Kristijan Trapanovski, footballer * Dragan Veselinovski, footballer * Sašo Zdravevski, footballer {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of People From Bitola *List