List of Serbs of the Republic of Macedonia

Medieval nobility

• Vuk Branković, medieval Serbian nobleman
• Dejan, medieval Serbian nobleman
• Constantine Dragaš, medieval Serbian nobleman
• Grgur Golubić, medieval Serbian nobleman
• Kraljević Marko, medieval Serbian king
• Vukašin Mrnjavčević, medieval Serbian nobleman and king
• Jovan Oliver, medieval Serbian nobleman
• Paskač, medieval Serbian nobleman

Churchmen

• Mihailo Bojčić, metropolitan of Kratovo
• Maksim I, Serb patriarch
• Jefrem Janković Tetovac, Orthodox bishop
• Atanasije II Gavrilović, Serb patriarch
• Zaharija, metropolitan of Ras-Prizren
• Dositej Novaković, Orthodox bishop of Timok

Statesmen and politicians

• Petar Novaković Čardaklija, diplomat in the First Serbian Uprising
• Vasilije Jovanović, founder of the Chetnik movement, interwar minister
• Josif Mihajlović Jurukovski, mayor of Skopje ^[1]
• Ilija Šumenković, interwar minister and ambassador

Scientists

• Petar Popović, architect
• Stevan Simić, geographer
• Tomo Smiljanić Bradina, etnographer and writer
• Jovan Trifunovski, geographer and anthropologist
• Traian Stoianovich, historian
• Dragoslav Avramović, economist
• Aleksandar Mladenović, linguist
• Ljubomir Maksimović, historian

Writers

• Stanislav of Lesnovo, 14th century writer
• Dimitar of Kratovo, 15th century writer and lexicographer
• Kosta Abrašević, Serbian poet ^[2]
• Andjelko Krstić, writer
• Haralampije Polenaković, literary historian
• Petar Džadžić, literary critic

Painters and sculptors

• Jovan of Kratovo, 16th century illuminator
• Mladen Srbinović, painter
• Ljubica Sokić, painter

Military

Serbian Revolution

• Cincar Janko Popović, duke in the First Serbian Uprising
• Cincar Marko Kostić, duke in the First Serbian Uprising
• Vučo Žikić, a notable figure in the First Serbian Uprising

Rebels

• Zdravko Trajković-Dimitrijević (born ca. 1850, fl. 1876–80), known as Davče, was a Serbian soldier and rebel leader in Old Serbia and northern Macedonia. He hailed from Kumanovo. He participated in the Serbian–Ottoman War (1876–78), and after the war fought in various rebel bands throughout Old Serbia and Macedonia against the Ottomans. He was among the 65 signatories of the 1880 appeal to Serbia to aid in a rebellion in Macedonia. He was part of Spiro Crne's band during the Brsjak Revolt.^[3]

Kingdom of Serbia

• Lazar Petrović, Serbian general and adjutant of King Aleksandar Obrenović

World War II

• Jovan Babunski, Chetnik guerrilla
• Gligor Sokolović, Chetnik guerrilla
• Micko Krstić, Chetnik guerrilla
• Vera Jocić, communist resistance fighter

Sportsmen

• Kuzman Sotirović, the first footballer from Macedonia to play in Yugoslav national team
• Blagoje Vidinić, football player
• Dragoslav Šekularac, football legend of Red Star Belgrade, born in Štip
• Miljan Miljanić, football manager
• Vujadin Stanojković, football player
• Veljko Paunović, retired football player and football manager
• Ostoja Stjepanović, football player
• Dušan Savić, football player
• Dragan Lukovski, basketball player
• Pero Antić, basketball player ^[4]
• Veselin Vuković, handball player and coach
• Vesna Milošević, handball player
• Dejan Stojanović, Austrian born Macedonian Serb footballer
• Goran Kasum, sports wrestler

Other

• Isaiah the Serb, 15th century composer
• Denko Krstić, merchant and activist
• Golub Janić, national worker and benefactor
• Despot Badžović, teacher and national worker
• Slobodan Aligrudić, actor
• Ljubiša Samardžić, actor
• Ljubomir Ćipranić, actor
• Nataša Petrović, actress
• Maja Odžaklievska, Serbian singer
• Tijana Dapčević, Serbian singer
• Tamara Todevska, singer (Serbian mother)
• Martin Vučić, singer
• Barbara Popović, singer
• Vanja Bulić, Serbian journalist and author
• Dragan Pavlović - Latas, journalist

References

1. Mladen Stančić, Zaboravili na tvorca modernog Skoplja, Večernje novosti 9. 11. 2013 http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/planeta.300.html:462960-Zaboravili-na-tvorca-modernog-Skoplja
2. Бранко Шашић, Знаменити Шапчани и Подринци, Шабац 1998. available via Riznica srpska http://riznicasrpska.net/knjizevnost/index.php?topic=367.0
3. Hadži-Vasiljević 1928, p. 9.
4. http://www.akademik.mk/nba-pero-zvezdin-delija-momce-makedonce

Sources

• Hadži-Vasiljević, Jovan (1928). Četnička akcija u Staroj Srbiji i Maćedoniji (in Serbian). Belgrade: Sv. Sava.