LIST OF PEOPLE FROM TETOVO

Below is a list of notable people born in Tetovo, North Macedonia or its surroundings:

Historical figures

Mehmet Akif Pasha, statesman and governor of the Ottoman Empire
Mujdin Aliu, combatant of the Kosovo Liberation Army, fought in the Kosovo War
Hafëz Jusuf Azemi, Balli Kombetar and Albanian rights activist in exile
Mara Buneva, revolutionary, member of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
Dervish Cara, revolutionary leader known for his role in the Uprising of Dervish Cara
Gajur Deralla, military captain of Balli Kombetar
Mehmet Pashë Deralla, signatory of the Albanian Declaration of Independence; Minister of War in the Provisional Government of Albania
Hayrullah Fişek, General in the Ottoman army, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of National Defence
Mehmet Gega, teacher and Albanian rights activist
Nevzat Halili, teacher and Albanian rights activist
Rexhep Jusufi, military captain of Balli Kombetar
Sabri Kalkandelen, poet, chief of the Istanbul Imperial Library
Koca Recep Pasha, pasha of Kalkandelen
Todor Skalovski, composer of the Macedonian national anthem
Xhafer Sylejmani, doctor and mayor of Tetovo
Tajar Tetova, military commander and activist of the Albanian national awakening
Jefrem Janković Tetovac, Orthodox bishop
Rexhep Voka, scholar and activist of the Albanian national awakening

Note: Only players that have been capped at international level

Xhelil Abdulla, Footballer
Nedim Bajrami, Footballer
Buran Beadini, footballer
Naser Beadini, footballer
Egzon Bejtullai, footballer
Argjend Beqiri, former football player; assistant coach of the Macedonia national football team
Boško Đurovski, former football player
Milko Đurovski, former football player
Blerim Džemaili, Swiss football player
Vulnet Emini, footballer
Bajram Fetai, footballer
Ferhan Hasani, Macedonian football player; best player in the Prva Liga in 2011
Agim Ibraimi, football player; Macedonian Footballer of the Year in 2012
Harun Isa, footballer
Ismail Ismaili, footballer
Mevlan Murati, footballer
Nebi Mustafi, footballer
Valmir Nafiu, football player
Emran Ramadani, footballer
Shaqir Rexhepi, footballer

Abdylaqim Ademi, Minister of Environment and Physical Planning of North Macedonia
Teuta Arifi, mayor of Tetovo
Fatmir Besimi, Deputy Prime Minister in charge of European Integration of North Macedonia
Ljube Boškoski, former Interior Minister of Macedonia
Alajdin Demiri, former mayor; Albanian rights activist
Antonio Milošoski, foreign minister of North Macedonia
Agim Nuhiu, interior Minister of North Macedonia
Menduh Thaçi, former leader of Democratic Party of Albanians
Arben Xhaferi, politician, advocated for the rights of ethnic Albanians in North Macedonia