MILITARY PERSONNELS from North Macedonia

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 54.90, 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. Manuel Erotikos Komnenos (901 - 1020)

With an HPI of 53.36, Manuel Erotikos Komnenos is the 2nd most famous Macedonian Military Personnel.  His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Manuel Erotikos Komnenos (Greek: Μανουήλ Ἐρωτικός Κομνηνός, romanized: Manouēl Erōtikos Komnēnos; 955/960 – c. 1020) was a Byzantine military leader under Basil II, and the first fully documented ancestor of the Komnenos dynasty. His origin and parentage is obscure. He is only mentioned in the sources as leading the defence of Nicaea in 978 against the rebel Bardas Skleros, and as an imperial envoy to him 11 years later. He had three children, late in life. The eldest, Isaac, became emperor in 1057–1059, and the youngest, John, was the progenitor of the Komnenian dynasty as the father of Alexios I Komnenos.

3. Nuri Killigil (1881 - 1949)

With an HPI of 51.86, Nuri Killigil is the 3rd most famous Macedonian Military Personnel.  His biography has been translated into 16 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 46.63, Kliment Boyadzhiev is the 4th most famous Macedonian Military Personnel.  His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Kliment Boyadzhiev (Bulgarian: Климент Бояджиев; 15 April 1861 – 15 July 1933) was a Bulgarian general during the Balkan Wars and World War I.