List of people from Kumanovo

Below is a list of notable people born in Kumanovo, Republic of Macedonia or its surroundings:

Sports

• Igor Mihajlovski (1973-), Former basketball player
• Kristijan Manević (1987-), basketball player
• Stefan Kimevski (1990-), handball player
• Nikola Karakolev (1987-), basketball player
• Marko Dujković (1990-), basketball player
• Naser Aliji (1993), football player
• Saša Ćirić (1968-), former football striker
• Stole Dimitrievski (1993-), football goalkeeper
• Vlade Lazarevski (1983-), football player
• Nataša Mladenovska (1986-), handball player
• Orhan Mustafi (1990-), football striker
• Boban Nikolovski (1977-), football player
• Redžep Redžepovski (1962-), former boxer
• Ace Rusevski (1956-), former boxer
• Vujadin Stanojković (1962-), football coach

Politics

Filip Petrovski

• Oliver Spasovski (2015 - 2016), Minister of Interior of Macedonia
• Dragan Bogdanovski (1929-1998), political emigrant, civil rights and anti-communist activist, one of the founders of IMRO-DPMNU
• Jezdimir Bogdanski (1930-2007), President of SR Macedonia (1988-1990)
• Boris Chushkarov (1916-1982), first Director of OZNA for SR Macedonia
• Zoran Damjanovski, mayor
• Blage Kiprijanovski, mayor
• Slobodan Kovachevski, mayor
• Filip Petrovski (1972-), politician, IMRO-DPMNU
• Boris Protikj, mayor
• Saltir Putinski, mayor 1951-1961
• Teodosiy Dzhartov, mayor
• Mara Naceva, (1920 - 2013), Macedonian communist, participant in the World War II in Yugoslavia and a national hero

Arts

Trajko Prokopiev

• Vladimir Antonov
• Bodan Arsovski (1956-), rock band member
• Ivan Babanovski (1941-), intelligence officer and writer
• Toni Mihajlovski (1967-), actor
• Trajko Prokopiev
• Arif Şentürk (1941-), folk singer and compiler
• Vanja Bulić (1947-), journalist and TV presenter

Military

• Velika Begovica (fl. 1876–78), rebel leader
• Hristijan Todorovski Karpoš, communist partisan during the Second World War
• Toni Mihajlovski
• Dejan Denkovski
• Oliver Petrushevski
• Boban Trajkovski (1973–2001), killed during the 2001 insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia
• Jovan Dovezenski (8 April 1873 – 2 May 1935), commander (vojvoda)
• Pavle Mladenović - Čiča Pavle (-1905), commander (vojvoda)

Religion

Timotej of Debar and Kichevo

• Timotej of Debar and Kichevo current Mitropolitian of Diciose of Debar and Kuchevo
• Hadži-Zaharija (1760 – 1830) Metropolitan of Raška and Prizren from 1819 to 1830
• Denko Krstić (1824–1882), influential merchant, born in Mlado Nagoričane
• Dimitrije Mladenović (1794–1880), Orthodox archpriest, born in Proevce

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