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
• 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.