Arts and of MANU Rade Kratovče, revolutionary Pavle Krošarev, pilot, (the first Macedonian civil-aviation pilot to achieve the rank of an airline captain) Branko Pendovski, writer, president of the Writers' Association of Macedonia Malina Popivanova, revolutionary Blagoja Popov, politician, Chairman of the Executive Council (Prime Minister) of Macedonia 1974-1982 Blagoj S. Popov, mathematician and first Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics of the University of Skopje, member of MANU Ljupčo Santov, revolutionary Stevo Teodosievski, musician Boyka Vaptsarova bg, public figure, wife of Bulgarian poet Nikola Vaptsarov Jordan Pop-Jordanov, engineer and physicist, member of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts Dr. Blagica Jovanova, engineer and Ph.D in computer science, scientist, visiting Professor in Universities in Paris and Macedonia, member and contributor of MPEG standards Simeon Kango Ivanov, musician Gošo Vikentiev, commander in the XIV Macedonian Youth National Liberation Brigade in the attack to liberate Kočani from the Axis powers during World War II See also Coat of arms of Kočani Municipality References External links Local Government Of The City Of Kočani, North Macedonia Old photographs of Kočani Blog about Kocani, Rural tourism Towns in North Macedonia