Below is a list of notable people born in Bitola, North Macedonia or its surroundings:
Arts
edit- Slobodan Aligrudić, actor
- Dimitar Andonovski, singer
- Floria Capsali, ballerina
- Konstantin Čomu, started first cinema center together with the Manaki brothers
- 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
- Olga Jančić, sculptor
- Tale Ognenovski, multi-instrumentalist
- Chris Petrovski, actor
- Gjergj Qiriazi, writer
- Ljubica Sokić, painter
- Goran Stefanovski, dramatist and scriptwriter
Military
edit- Theodoros Adam, chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle
- Hüseyin Avni Bey, lieutenant colonel
- Petros Christou, teacher and chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle
- Naci Eldeniz, 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, Ottoman general
- Georgios Modis, Greek jurist, politician, writer and participant in the Macedonian Struggle
- Ahmed Izzet Pasha, Ottoman general
- 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
edit- 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
edit- Jean-Claude Faveyrial, Lazarite Roman Catholic priest
- 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
edit- 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
- Tajar Zavalani, journalist
Sport
edit- 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
- Nikolče Noveski, footballer
- Kristijan Trapanovski, footballer
- Dragan Veselinovski, footballer
- Sašo Zdravevski, footballer