Below is a list of notable people born in Strumica, North Macedonia, or its surroundings.

• Džordže Arsov, mayor of Kisela Voda municipality
• Zoran Baldovaliev, football striker
• Charalambos Boufidis, revolutionary
• Vasil Garvanliev, singer
• Martin Guleski, architect and former university professor
• Vlado Ilievski, basketball player
• Evangelos Koukoudeas, revolutionary and army officer
• Zoran Madžirov, musician
• Goran Maznov, football striker
• Blagoj Mučeto, Macedonian and Yugoslav partisan
• Goran Pandev, football striker
• Saško Pandev, football striker
• Anton Panov, writer
• Vidoe Podgorec, writer and poet
• Goran Popov, football defender, Sc Heerenveen
• Robert Popov, football defender
• Dimitrios Semsis, virtuoso violinist
• Kiro Stojanov, Roman Catholic Bishop of the Skopje Diocese
• Boris Trajkovski, former Macedonian president
• Goran Trenchovski, film and theatre director; founder and CEO of AsterFest
• Dimitrios Tsitsimis, revolutionary, soldier, and mayor of Kilkis
• Baba Vanga, clairvoyant
• Zoran Zaev, politician