This is a list of notable Macedonians or people of Macedonian descent sorted by occupation and year of birth, regardless of any political, territorial or other divisions, historical or modern. Academia Scientists Blaga Aleksova (1922–2007), archaeologist Ana Čolović Lešoska (born 1979), biologist Georgi Efremov (1932–2011) Leonid Grčev (born 1951) Ratko Janev (1939–2019), atomic physicist Nataša Jonoska (born 1961) Ljupčo Kocarev (born 1955) Pasko Kuzman (born 1947), archaeologist Ninoslav Marina (born 1974) Petar Popovski (born 1973) Zoran T. Popovski (born 1962) Paskal Sotirovski (1927–2003), astrophysicist Boris P. Stoicheff (1924–2010), physicist Social academics Svetlana Antonovska (1952–2016), statistician Dimitrija Čupovski (1878–1940), Macedonian national activist Nace Dimov (1876–1916), Macedonian national activist Slavko Milosavlevski (1928–2012), sociologist Mihail Petruševski (1911–1990), found of College of Philosophy at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje Temko Popov (1855–1929) Gjorgji Pulevski (1817–1893), first known author to publicly express in 1875 the idea of a separate Macedonian nation and language Andrew Rossos (born 1941), Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Toronto Traian Stoianovich (1921–2005), professor of history at Rutgers University Arts Music Classical music Composers Atanas Badev (1860–1908) Dimitrije Bužarovski (born 1952) Kiril Makedonski (1925–1984) Toma Prošev (1931–1996) Todor Skalovski (1909–2004) Stojan Stojkov (born 1941) Aleksandar Džambazov (1936–2022) Conductors Borjan Canev (born 1973) Instrumentalists Pianists Simon Trpčeski (born 1979) Opera singers Blagoj Nacoski (born 1979) Boris Trajanov (born 1959) Popular and folk music Composers Darko Dimitrov (born 1973) Slave Dimitrov (born 1946) Jovan Jovanov (born 1981) Ilija Pejovski (born 1947), composer and pianist Musicians Bodan Arsovski (born 1956) Goran Trajkoski (born 1963) Kiril Džajkovski (born 1965) Chris Joannou (born 1979), bass guitarist Tale Ognenovski (1922–2012) Vlatko Stefanovski (born 1957) Stevo Teodosievski (1924–1997) Aleksandra Popovska (born 1975) Singers and Bands Lambe Alabakovski (born 1987) Anastasia Arhangel Kristina Arnaudova (born 1979) Kaliopi Bukle (born 1966) Vladimir Četkar, jazz guitarist Curse ov Dialect, alternative hip-hop group Dani Dimitrovska (born 1979 ) Karolina Gočeva (born 1980) Vaska Ilieva (1923–2001) Andrijana Janevska (born 1981) Vlado Janevski (born 1960) Jovan Jovanov (born 1985) Leb i sol Aleksandar Makedonski Elvir Mekikj (born 1981) Mizar Jasmina Mukaetova (born 1981) Eva Nedinkovska (born 1983) Goce Nikolovski (1947–2006) Blagica Pavlovska (born 1958) Elena Petreska (born 1980) Toše Proeski (1981–2007) Elena Risteska (born 1986) Aleksandar Sarievski (1922–2002) Superhiks Dan Talevski (born 1992) Tamara Todevska (born 1985) Tijana Todevska-Dapčević (born 1976) Zoran Vanev (born 1973) Elena Velevska (born 1980) Rade Vrčakovski (born 1980) Martin Vučić (born 1982) Dragan Dautovski Quartet