Below is a list of notable people born in Resen Municipality in North Macedonia:

• Lambe Alabakoski, singer
• Meto Jovanovski, writer
• Trayko Kitanchev, revolutionary
• Andrey Lyapchev, former Bulgarian Prime Minister
• George Nanchoff, football striker
• Louis Nanchoff, football striker
• Ahmed Niyazi Bey, member of the Young Turks
• Simeon Radev, diplomat and writer, author of Builders of Modern Bulgaria
• Hristo Tatarchev, leader of the revolutionary movement in Macedonia and Eastern Thrace
• Lui Temelkovski, former Liberal Party of Canada Member of Parliament for the Ontario riding of Oak Ridges—Markham