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
- Semih Ali, Turkish Economist and Businessman
- Fadil Hoca, Turkish Literature Professor
Artist
- Burhan Ahmeti, Artist
- Mladen Srbinović, Serbian painter
- Elyesa Kaso, Turkish Macedonian actor.
- Atilla Klinçe, Turkish Macedonian actor, director of Turkish Theatre in Skopje.
- İkay Yusuf, Turkish Macedonian Rock musician and Radio DJ.
- Yusuf Sabit, Turkish Macedonian writer and poet.
- Nuri Karaca, Turkish Macedonian musician and vocalist.
- Xhezair Rexhepi, Albanian Artist Sculptor
Politicians
- Hadi Nezir, Turkish Macedonian ex-state minister.
- Furkan Çako, Turkish Macedonian state minister.
- Arben Taravari, Albanian Macedonian doctor and mayor of Gostivar.