UFC Featherweight champion, reached #1 in pound-for-pound rankings Mountain climbing Dimitar Ilievski-Murato (1953–1989), first Macedonian to climb Everest Saško Kedev (born 1962), politician and third Macedonian to climb Everest Racing Igor Stefanovski (born 1982), two-time European Hill Climb champion Rugby league Paul Momirovski (born 1996), centre and winger Shooting Borjan Brankovski (born 1996) Nina Balaban (born 1995) Olivera Nakovska-Bikova (born 1974) Darko Naseski (born 1979) Sašo Nestorov (born 1987) Skiing Darko Damjanovski (born 1981), biathlete and cross-country skier Gjoko Dineski (born 1972), cross-country skier Ivana Ivchevska (born 1988), alpine skier Stavre Jada (born 1998), cross-country skier Rosana Kiroska (born 1991), cross-country skier Marija Kolaroska (born 1997). cross-country skier Gjorgi Markovski (born 1986), alpine skier Jana Nikolovska (born 1979), alpine skier Dejan Panovski (born 1980), alpine skier Antonio Ristevski (born 1989), alpine skier Aleksandar Stojanovski (born 1979), alpine skier Viktorija Todorovska (born 2000), cross-country skier Swimming Marko Blaževski (born 1992) Anastasia Bogdanovski (born 1993) Atina Bojadži (1944–2010) Mirjana Boševska (born 1981) Biljana Coković (1982–2007) Filip Derkoski (born 2000) Mia Blazhevska Eminova (born 2005) Kire Filipovski (born 1973) Zoran Lazarovski (born 1980) Simona Marinova (born 1994) Aleksandar Malenko (born 1979) Nataša Meškovska (born 1972) Aleksandar Miladinovski (born 1979) Eva Petrovska (born 2004) Elena Popovska (born 1990) Mihajlo Ristovski (born 1983) Tomi Stefanovski Vesna Stojanovska (born 1985) Tennis Lina Gjorcheska (born 1994), highest ranked Macedonian player to date Kalin Ivanovski (born 2004) Tomislav Jotovski (born 1990) Aleksandar Kitinov (born 1971) Marina Lazarovska (born 1978) Lazar Magdinčev (born 1980) Katarina Marinkovikj (born 1999) Ellen Perez (born 1995) Predrag Rusevski (born 1983) Magdalena Stoilkovska (born 1996) Volleyball Vladimir Bogoevski (born 1953) Gjorgi Gjorgiev (born 1992) Nikola Gjorgiev (born 1988) State Politicians Metodija Andonov - Čento (Методија Андонов - Ченто) Stojan Andov (Стојан Андов) Strašo Angelovski (Страшо Ангеловски) Ljupco Arsov (Љупчо Арсов) Ljube Boškoski (Љубе Бошкоски) Vlado Bučkovski (Владо Бучковски) Paul Christie (born 1952), Toronto politician Branko Crvenkovski (Бранко Црвенковски) Jimmy Dimos (born 1938), politician, former Speaker of the Louisiana House Ljubčo Georgievski (Љубчо Георгиевски) Kiro Gligorov (Киро Глигоров) Vladimir Gligorov (1945–2022) Tim Goeglein (born 1964), Deputy Director of Public Liaison, Office of Public Liaison, Executive Office of the President under George W. Bush Nikola Gruevski (Никола Груевски) Denise Ilitch (born 1955), businesswoman, lawyer, and member of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan Gjorge Ivanov (Ѓорге Иванов) Gordana Jankuloska (Гордана Јанкулоска) Zoran Jolevski (born 1959), Macedonian Minister of Defense, Ambassador to the United