Below is a list of notable people born in Bitola, North Macedonia or its surroundings: * Theodoros Adam, chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle * Slobodan Aligrudić, actor * Mirjeta Bajramoska, handball player * Julia Batino, antifascist and women's rights activist * Hüseyin Avni Bey, lieutenant colonel * Petros Christou, teacher and chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle * Konstantin Čomu, started first cinema center together with the Manaki brothers * Ajri Demirovski, folk music composer * Slave Dimitrov, composer * Igor Durlovski, opera singer * Petar Džadžić, literary critic * Naci Eldeniz, military officer in the Ottoman and Turkish armies * Petar Georgiev-Kalica, composer and songwriter * Karolina Gočeva, pop singer * Gjoko Hadžievski, football coach * Hafiz Hakki Pasha,