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

• Kosta Abrašević, poet
• Valon Ahmedi, footballer
• Arabacı Ali Pasha, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
• Eyüp Sabri Akgöl, Ottoman revolutionary and Turkish politician
• Atina Bojadži, marathon swimmer
• Kliment Boyadzhiev, general and minister
• Vladimir Četkar, singer
• Živko Čingo, writer
• Mihail Dimonie, botanist and teacher
• Andrea Gropa, lord of Ohrid
• Dervish Hima, signatory of the Albanian Declaration of Independence
• Ohrili Hüseyin Pasha, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
• Mišo Juzmeski, writer and photographer
• Kaliopi, singer-songwriter
• Grigor Koprov, pop music composer
• Erik Lloga, community leader of Albanian-Australians
• Sehadete Mekuli, physician
• Aleksandar Mitreski, footballer
• Eva Nedinkovska, singer
• Hamdi Ohri, 19th century Albanian Rilindas
• Zyhdi Ohri, signatory of the Albanian Declaration of Independence
• Cedi Osman, basketball player
• Cyril Parlichev, revolutionary
• Grigor Parlichev, writer and translator
• Metody Patchev, teacher and revolutionary
• Anastasios Pehion, educator and revolutionary
• Cincar Janko Popović, one of the leaders of the First Serbian Uprising
• Aleksandar Protogerov, politician and revolutionary
• Redžep Selman, triple jumper
• Kuzman Shapkarev, folklorist and scientist
• Zagorka Shuke, film, stage and theatre actress
• Gjoko Taneski, singer and Eurovision entrant in 2010
• Hristo Uzunov, revolutionary