The Most Famous
MILITARY PERSONNELS from North Macedonia
This page contains a list of the greatest Macedonian Military Personnels. The pantheon dataset contains 2,058 Military Personnels, 4 of which were born in North Macedonia. This makes North Macedonia the birth place of the 50th most number of Military Personnels behind Mexico, and Switzerland.
Top 4
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Macedonian Military Personnels of all time. This list of famous Macedonian Military Personnels is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Presian (997 - 1061)
With an HPI of 54.98, Presian is the most famous Macedonian Military Personnel. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages on wikipedia.
Presian, sometimes referred to as Presian II (Bulgarian: Пресиян II; Greek: Προυσιάνος, romanized: Prousianos) was probably the oldest son of the last tsar of the First Bulgarian Empire, Ivan Vladislav (r. 1015–1018), who after the Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria entered Byzantine service, until his involvement in a conspiracy to usurp the throne in c. 1029. He was blinded and tonsured, after which he disappears from the historical record. It is possible, however, that in later life he emigrated to Hungary, as a tombstone of a certain "Prince Presian" has been found, in what is now Slovakia, giving his date of death as 1060/61.
2. Dame Gruev (1871 - 1906)
With an HPI of 54.44, Dame Gruev is the 2nd most famous Macedonian Military Personnel. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
Damyan Yovanov Gruev (Bulgarian: Дамян Йованов Груев, Macedonian: Дамјан Јованов Груев January 19, 1871 – December 23, 1906) was а Bulgarian teacher, revolutionary and insurgent leader in the Ottoman regions of Macedonia and Thrace. He was one of the six founders of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization.
3. Nuri Killigil (1881 - 1949)
With an HPI of 53.94, Nuri Killigil is the 3rd most famous Macedonian Military Personnel. His biography has been translated into 19 different languages.
Nuri Killigil, also known as Nuri Pasha (1889–1949) was an Ottoman general in the Ottoman Army. He was the half-brother of Ottoman Minister of War, Enver Pasha.
4. Kliment Boyadzhiev (1861 - 1932)
With an HPI of 46.93, Kliment Boyadzhiev is the 4th most famous Macedonian Military Personnel. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
Kliment Evtimov Boyadzhiev (Bulgarian: Климент Евтимов Бояджиев; 15 April 1861 – 15 July 1933) was a Bulgarian general during the Balkan Wars and World War I.
People
Pantheon has 4 people classified as Macedonian military personnels born between 997 and 1881. Of these 4, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Macedonian military personnels include Presian, Dame Gruev, and Nuri Killigil. As of April 2024, 1 new Macedonian military personnels have been added to Pantheon including Dame Gruev.
Deceased Macedonian Military Personnels
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Presian
997 - 1061
HPI: 54.98
Dame Gruev
1871 - 1906
HPI: 54.44
Nuri Killigil
1881 - 1949
HPI: 53.94
Kliment Boyadzhiev
1861 - 1932
HPI: 46.93
