This is a list of historical and living

Albanians The Albanians (; sq, Shqiptarët ) are an ethnic group and nation native to the Balkan Peninsula who share a common Albanian ancestry, culture, history and language. They primarily live in Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Se ...

(ethnic Albanians or people of full and partial Albanian ancestry) who are famous or ''notable'', sorted by occupation and alphabetically.

Religious

Priests

* Dhimitër Frangu (1443 – 1525), friar and scholar of a noble family, treasurer and councilor of Giorgio Castriota, in 1480 wrote the first biography, in Latin, on the life of Skanderbeg, from which all later writers drew. * Father Marin Barleti (1450 – 1513), Catholic ecclesiastic and writer, author of the life of Scanderbeg. *

Gjon Buzuku Gjon Buzuku (15 March 1499 – 9 October 1577) was an Albanian Catholic priest who wrote the first known printed book in Albanian. Gjon Buzuku according to the elders wrote the Missal in the village of Brisk Posht in the Shestan - Krajë region, c ...

(1499 – 1577), bishop Catholic, author of the oldest known document in Albanian: a translation of the Roman Missal, "

Meshari ''Meshari'' (Albanian for "Missal") is the oldest published book in Albanian. The book was written by Gjon Buzuku, a Catholic cleric in 1555. The book contains 188 pages and is written in two columns. ''Meshari'' is the translation of the main pa ...

" (

1555 Year 1555 ( MDLV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 22 – The Kingdom of Ava in Upper Burma falls. * February 2 – The Diet o ...

). *

Pjetër Budi Pjetër Budi (1566 – December 1622), was a prominent Albanian writer and a Catholic bishop. He is known for his first work ''"Doktrina e Kërshtenë"'' (The Christian Doctrine), an Albanian translation of the catechism of Robert Bellarmine, w ...

(1565 – 1622), Catholic priest and writer, published three books in Albanian and I leave several poems in his native language. * Papa

Luca Matranga Luca Matranga (Albanian: Lekë Matrënga; 18 May 1569 – 6 May 1619) was an Arbëresh writer and Catholic priest of Byzantine rite in the Albanian community of Sicily. He is regarded as one of the most important authors of Albanian literature ...

(1567 – 1619), priest and scholar, author of the first literary expression ''arbëresh'' of the Albanians in diaspora. * Frang Bardhi (1606 – 1644), Catholic bishop, lexicographer, folklorist and ethnographer, author of the first dictionary of the Albanian language known so far. * Pjetër Bogdani (1630 – 1689), Catholic bishop and writer, author of the first Albanian work in prose. * Papa Nikollë Filja (1691 – 1769), priest and writer. * Mons.

Giuseppe Crispi Giuseppe Crispi ( Arbërisht: Zef Krispi; 1781–1859) was an Italian philologist and priest of Arbëresh descent. One of the major figures of the Arbëresh community of Sicily of that era, he wrote a number of works on the Albanian language. ...

(1781 – 1859), one of the major figures of the Arbëresh community of Sicily of that era, wrote a number of works on the Albanian language. * Papa

Francesco Antonio Santori Francesco Antonio Santori ( Arbërisht: Françesk Anton Santori or Ndon Santori; September 16, 1819 – September 7, 1894) was an Italian writer, poet and playwright of Arbëreshë descent. His play ''Emira'' is considered to be the first or ...

(1819 – 1894), writer, poet and playwright. *

Nikoll Kaçorri Dom Nikoll Kaçorri (21 February 1862 – 29 May 1917), was a prominent figure of the National Renaissance of Albania. A signatory of the Albanian Declaration of Independence, Dom Kaçorri served as Deputy Prime Minister of the Provisional Go ...

(1862 – 1917), Catholic religious, politician and patriot, deputy prime minister with Ismail Qemali, in the first Albanian government (1912–1913). *

Gjergj Fishta Gjergj Fishta (; 23 October 187130 December 1940) was an Albanian Franciscan friar, poet, educator, politician, rilindas, translator and writer. He is regarded as one of the most influential Albanian writers of the 20th century due to his epic ...

(1871 – 1940), Franciscan friar, poet, politician and translator. * Mons.

Theofan Stilian Noli Theofan Stilian Noli, known as Fan Noli (6 January 1882 – 13 March 1965), was an Albanian writer, scholar, diplomat, politician, historian, orator, Archbishop, Metropolitan and founder of the Albanian Orthodox Church and the Albanian Orthodox ...

(1882 – 1965), bishop and intellectual, writer, scholar, diplomat, politician, historian, orator, founder of the Orthodox Church of Albania. * Papa

Marco La Piana Marco La Piana (1883–1958) was an Italian scholar of Arbëresh origin. La Piana gave his contribute through his studies on Albanian language and Arbëresh dialects. Biography La Piana was born in Piana degli Albanesi ( sq, Hora e Arbëresh ...

(1883 – 1958), priest and scholar, gave his contribute through his studies on Albanian language. *

Anton Harapi Anton Harapi (5 January 1888 – 20 February 1946) was an Albanian Franciscan friar, educator, lecturer, publicist, and political figure during World War II. In the first years of the communist regime in Albania, he was executed due to collaborat ...

(1888 – 1946), Franciscan friar, teacher, writer and politician. * Zef Valentini (1900 – 1979), Italian Jesuit, albanologist, byzantinist and historian, naturalized Albanian. *

Cyril of Bulgaria BASA-1318K-1-5972-12-Cyril of Bulgaria

Patriarch ...

(1901 – 1971), the first Patriarch of the Bulgarian Patriarchate, born of an Albanian family. * Father

Zef Pllumi Zef Pllumi (28 August 1924 – 25 September 2007) was an Albanian Franciscan priest and memoirist. After 26 years in communist prisons he wrote the non-fiction works Live to tell, a true story of religious persecution in Albania ( sq, Rrno vetë ...

(1924 – 2007), Franciscan priest and writer, author of the memoirs of Christian religious persecution in Albania. * Mons.

Ercole Lupinacci Ercole Lupinacci (23 November 1933 – 6 August 2016) was an Italian of Arbëreshë ethnicity and Bishop Emeritus of Italo-Albanian Catholic Eparchies of Piana degli Albanesi and Lungro. Biography Ercole Lupinacci was born in San Giorgio Al ...

(1933 – 2016), Bishop of Italo-Albanian Catholic Eparchies of Piana degli Albanesi and Lungro. * Mons.

Sotir Ferrara Sotir Ferrara (5 December 1937 – 25 November 2017) was the Bishop of the Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi, a diocese of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church in Sicily, Italy. Biography Born in Piana degli Albanesi on 5 December 1937, after studyi ...

(1937 – 2017), the Bishop of the

Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi The Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi ( it, Eparchia di Piana degli Albanesi; aae, Eparhia e Horës së Arbëreshëvet) is a eparchy (diocese) of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church, Eastern Catholic ''sui iuris'' of Byzantine Rite, covering the ...

, a diocese of the

Italo-Albanian Catholic Church The Italo-Albanian Catholic Church ( la, Ecclesia Catholica Italo-Albanica; it, Chiesa Cattolica Italo-Albanese; sq, Kisha Katolike-Bizantine Arbëreshë), Italo-Albanian Byzantine-Catholic Church or Italo-Albanian Church, is one of the 23 E ...

in Sicily, Italy. * Papa

Eleuterio Francesco Fortino Eleuterio Francesco Fortino (April 21, 1938 – September 22, 2010) was an Italian priest of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church. Fortino, who was ordained a Catholic priest on 1962, served as Archimandrite in the Eparchy of Lungro in Calabria ...

(1938 – 2010), priest of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church, Archimandrite in the Eparchy of Lungro in Calabria, served as the Under Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and albanolog. * Arch.

Rrok Kola Mirdita Rrok Kolë Mirdita (28 September 1939 – 7 December 2015) was an Albanian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the archbishop of Tiranë-Durrës from 1993 to his death in 2015. Biography Mirdita was ordained a priest on 2 July 1965 ...

(1939 – 2015), Catholic archbishop. * Mons.

Angelo Massafra Angelo Massafra (23 March 1949) is an Italians, Italian Catholic Church, Catholic archbishop of Arbëreshe, Arbëreshë ancestry, metropolitan archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shkodër–Pult since 25 January 2005. Life He was b ...

(born 1949), metropolitan archbishop of Scutari-Pult and president of the Albanian Episcopal Conference. * Mons. Donato Oliverio (born 1956), Bishop of the Eparchy of Lungro. * Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani, Islamic scholar (specialising in the field of Hadith sciences) and Muslim revivalist in the 20th century. He is well known for his anti-extremist leanings all over the Muslim world.

Seminarians

* Viktor Gjergji

Martyrs

* Papa

Kristo Negovani Papa Kristo Negovani, born Kristo Harallambi and also known as Kristo Negovani (1875 – 12 February 1905), was an Albanian national figure, priest, poet, teacher, writer and publisher. "The nationalist cause was given impetus in 1905 when the Alba ...

(1875 – 1905), religious leader and writer for the Albanian cause. * Father Daniel Dajani (1906 – 1946), Jesuit religious and martyr, of the Catholic Church, killed by the regime during the communist dictatorship in Albania.

Pope

Pope Clement XI Pope Clement XI ( la, Clemens XI; it, Clemente XI; 23 July 1649 – 19 March 1721), born Giovanni Francesco Albani, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 23 November 1700 to his death in March 1721. Clement XI w ...

(1649 – 1721), Pope of the Catholic Church.

Saints and blessed

* Saint Papa Josif Papamihali (1912 – 1948), priest of

Byzantine rite The Byzantine Rite, also known as the Greek Rite or the Rite of Constantinople, identifies the wide range of cultural, liturgical, and canonical practices that developed in the Eastern Christianity, Eastern Christian Church of Constantinople. Th ...

, formed in the Albanian communities of Italy, martyr of the

Albanian Greek-Catholic Church The Albanian Greek Catholic Church ( la, Ecclesiae Graecae Catholico Albanica; sq, Kisha Katolike Bizantine Shqiptare), also known as the Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church, is an autonomous ('' sui iuris'' in Latin) Byzantine Rite particular ...

, arrested, sentenced to forced labor, and killed during the communist dictatorship in Albania. * Saint Mother Teresa (1910 – 1997), Roman Catholic religious and missionary. * Saint

Astius Astius (died AD 98AD; ) is a 2nd-century Christian martyr venerated by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. He was the bishop of Dyrrhachium (now Durrës in Albania). According to legend, he was arrested by Agricola, the Roman go ...

(2nd c. AD), bishop of Dyrrhachium, martyr and saint venerated by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. * Saint

Pelinus Saint Pelinus or Pelinus of Brindisi ( it, San Pelino) (c. 620 – 5 December 662) was a Basilian monk, later bishop of Brindisi in Italy, martyred at Corfinio and made a saint in 668. His feast day is Dec. 5. Life Pelinus was a native of Dyrr ...

(c. 620 – 5 December 662), native of Dyrrhachium and later Bishop of Brindisi in Italy. * Saint

Angelina of Serbia Angelina Branković ( sr-Cyrl, Ангелина Бранковић, sq, Angjelina Arianiti,; ca. 1440–1520), née Arianiti, was the Albanian Despotess consort of Serbian Despot Stefan Branković (r. 1458–1459), and a daughter of Prince Gjergj ...

(1440–1520), the Albanian Despotess consort of Serbian Despot Stefan Branković (r. 1458–1459), and a daughter of Albanian nobleman

Gjergj Arianiti Gjergj Arianiti (1383–1462) was an Albanian feudal lord who led several successful campaigns against the Ottoman Empire. He was the father of Donika, Skanderbeg's wife, as well as the grand-uncle of Moisi Arianit Golemi. Gjergj Arianiti was ...

. She was proclaimed a saint and venerated as such by the

Serbian Orthodox Church The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, Christian churches. The majori ...

. * Saint

John Koukouzelis John Koukouzelis ( gr, Ιωάννης Κουκουζέλης, ''Ioannis Koukouzelis''; ) was a Byzantine composer, singer and reformer of Byzantine chant. He was recognized as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church after his death. Among the mo ...

(1300–c.1350) recognized as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church. * Saints

Eleutherius and Antia Eleutherius (or Eleut(h)erus or Eleftherios; sometimes called Liberalis or Liberator, the former transliterations and the latter translations of his (Albanian: ''Shën Lefter,'' grc-gre, Ἐλευθέριος) and his mother Antia (or Anthia) (Al ...

venerated as Christian saints and martyrs in Greece and Albania by both the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Literature

Writers

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H–L

M–S

T–Z

Poets

Screenwriters

Journalists

Folklorists

Arbëreshë Arbën/Arbër, from which derived Arbënesh/Arbëresh originally meant all Albanians, until the 18th century. Today it is used for different groups of Albanian origin, including: * Arbër (given name), an Albanian masculine given name * Arbëresh ...

priest, and writer of the 18th century; known for his translations of biblical fragments into

for children; Arbëreshë folklorist *

Shtjefën Gjeçovi Shtjefën Konstantin Gjeçov-Kryeziu (12 July 1874 – 14 October 1929) was an Albanian Roman Catholicism, Catholic priest, ethnologist, and folklorist. He is regarded as the father of Albanian folklore studies. Life Gjeçovi was born on 12 Jul ...

(1874–1929) Catholic priest, ethnologist and folklorist; known for being the father of Albanian folklore studies *

Karl Gurakuqi Karl Gurakuqi (24 March 1895 – 6 December 1971) was an Albanians, Albanian linguist and folklorist. Life Born in Shkodër in 1895 he first studied in the Shkodër Jesuit College, Jesuit Saverian College of Shkodër and later Salzburg. In the m ...

(1895–1971) Albanian linguist and folklorist *

Qemal Haxhihasani Qemal Haxhihasani (1916–1991) was an Albanian historian and folklorist. He is regarded as a leading expert on epic and heroic verse. Sources {{DEFAULTSORT:Haxhihasani, Qemal 1916 births Albanian folklorists 1991 deaths 20th-century ...

(1916–1991) *

Petro Janura Petro Janura (1911–1983) was a main personality of the Albanian language, literature, and folklore in Yugoslavia during 1950s-mid 1980s. A writer, journalist, folklorist, pedagogue, literary critic, and researcher, he is remembered as the fou ...

(1911–1983) a main personality of the Albanian language, literature, and folklore in Yugoslavia in the 50s through mid-80s *

Zef Jubani Zef Jubani or Giuseppe Jubany in Italian (born ''Zef Ndokillia''; 1818–1880) was an Albanian folklorist and activist of the Albanian National Awakening. He is known for the publication of a ''Collection of Albanian Folk Songs and Rhapsodies'' ...

Sotir Kolea Sotir Kolea (1872-1945) was an Albanian folklorist, diplomat and activist of the Albanian National Awakening. Along with Thoma Kacori he has been labeled as the ''Last of the Rilindas''. Life Sotir Kolea was born in the Goricë district of Ber ...

(1872–1945) Albanian folklorist, diplomat and activist of the Albanian National Awakening *

Donat Kurti Donat Kurti (1903–1983) was an Albanian Albanian franciscan friar, educator, scholar and folklorist. Donat Kurti was born in Shkodër, back then Ottoman Empire). He studied theology and philosophy at the Collegium Antonianum in Rome and was orda ...

(1903–1983) *

Thimi Mitko Thimi (Euthimio) Mitko (1820 – March 22, 1890) was an activist of the Albanian National Awakening and folklorist. Mitko was born in Korçë, Albania (then Ottoman Empire), where he attended the local Greek school. His uncle, Peti Mitko, ...

(1820–1890) activist of the Albanian National Awakening and folklorist *

Bernardin Palaj Bernardin Palaj (20 October 1894 — 8 December 1947) was a Franciscan friar, folklorist and poet. Life Born as Zef Palaj in Shkodër, to Gjon and Marta Dedaj, originally from the mountains of Shllak. Bernardin Palaj went to Franciscan schools in ...

(1894–1947) *

Gjergj Pekmezi Gjergj Pekmezi (23 April 1872 – 24 February 1938) was an Albanian linguist, philosopher, folklorist and diplomat. In 1916, he became a member of the Literary Commission of Shkodër, which established the first standard form of the Albanian ...

(1872–1938) also known as Georg Pekmezi; Albanian linguist and folklorist; in 1916 became a member of the Literary Commission of

Shkodër Shkodër ( , ; sq-definite, Shkodra) is the fifth-most-populous city of the Republic of Albania and the seat of Shkodër County and Shkodër Municipality. The city sprawls across the Plain of Mbishkodra between the southern part of Lake Shkod ...

, which established the first standard form of the Albanian language * Girolamo de Rada (1814–1903) Albanian writer of Italo-

Albanian literature Albanian literature stretches back to the Middle Ages and comprises those literary texts and works written in Albanian. It may also refer to literature written by Albanians in Albania, Kosovo and the Albanian diaspora particularly in Italy. Alba ...

; of

descent; foremost figure of the Albanian National Awakening in 19th-century Italy *

Giuseppe Schirò Giuseppe Schirò ( Arbërisht: Zef Skiroi; 10 August 1865 – 17 February 1927)Elsie, ''Albanian literature'',pp. 60–64/ref> was an Arbëresh neo-classical poet, linguist, publicist and folklorist from Sicily. His literary work marked the tran ...

(1865–1927)

neo-classical poet, linguist, publicist and folklorist * Shefqet Pllana (1918–1994) *

Dhimitër Shuteriqi Dhimitër Shuteriqi (26 July 1915 ‒ 22 July 2003) was an Albanian scholar, literary historian, and writer. He participated in the anti-fascist National Liberation Movement. After the war he was a member of the People's Assembly and one of th ...

(1915–2003) * Ramadan Sokoli (1920–2008)

Translators

Kostandin Kristoforidhi (foto origjinale)

Academic sciences

Scientists

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Teki Biçoku Teki Isak Biçoku (6 June 1926 – 21 November 2009) was an Albanian geologist and former member and president of the Academy of Sciences of Albania. Biography Biçoku completed his elementary education in Elbasan(1932–1937), after which ...

(1926–2009) {{spaced ndash geologist; former member and president of the Academy of Sciences of Albania *

Gjon Gazulli Gjon Gazulli ( la, Johannes Gasulus) Gjadër, Republic of Venice, 1400 – Dubrovnik, 19 February 1465) was an Albanian Dominican friar, humanist scholar, and diplomat.

(1400–1465){{spaced ndash astronomer *

Pandi Geço Pandi Geço (1913–1994) was an Albanian geographer. He was best known for his unique regionalization of Albania into four physical-geographic regions, a regionalization proposed for the first time by him and still used today. He was also th ...

{{spaced ndash geographer *

(1874–1929) {{spaced ndash ethnographer *

Sotir Kuneshka Sotir Kuneshka (15 July 1912 – 1991) was an Albanian physicist and academic. He is remembered as the first to perform physics studies in Albania, the founder of the Natural Sciences Faculty of the University of Tirana (UT), the first physicist ...

{{spaced ndash physicist *

Rexhep Meidani Rexhep Qemal Meidani (; born on 17 August 1944) is an Albanian physics professor, diplomat and politician. Meidani was the 4th President of Albania from 1997 to 2002, and the second to be elected after the first multi-party elections in 1991. ...

{{spaced ndash physicist * Laura Mersini-Houghton {{spaced ndash Albanian-American cosmologist and theoretical physicist; associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; proponent of the

multiverse The multiverse is a hypothetical group of multiple universes. Together, these universes comprise everything that exists: the entirety of space, time, matter, energy, information, and the physical laws and constants that describe them. The di ...

hypothesis which holds that our universe is one of many{{cite web, url=http://cosmosmagazine.com/news/something-big-found-beyond-edge-universe/ , title=Weird data suggests something big beyond the edge of the universe , work= Cosmos , date=24 November 2009 , access-date=27 July 2014 , author=Catchpole, Heather , url-status=dead , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714220221/http://cosmosmagazine.com/news/something-big-found-beyond-edge-universe/ , archive-date=14 July 2014 *

Betim Muço Betim Muço (21 January 1947 – 15 January 2015) was an Albanian writer, poet, translator, and seismologist. Biography Betim Muço was born in Tirana, the capital of Albania, on January 21, 1947. He graduated in nuclear physics from the Unive ...

{{spaced ndash seismologist * Ferid Murad (born 1936) {{spaced ndash physician and pharmacologist; co-winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine * Shefqet Pllana (1918–1994){{spaced ndash ethnographer *

Niko Qafzezi Niko Qafzezi (1914–1998) was an agronomist and pedagogue from Albania. Early life Dr. Niko Qafzezi was born in Korca on 26 October 1914 and died on 30 November 1998 in Tirane. He was the father of Leon Qafzezi and Robert Qafzezi with Amalia ...

(1914–1998) {{spaced ndash agronomist and pedagogue *

Nijazi Ramadani Nijazi Ramadani (born February 14, 1964 in Kokaj, Kosovo, Yugoslavia) is a Kosovar Albanian poet, novelist and literary critic. Education He completed high school in Gjilan. He then graduated from the University of Prishtina's Faculty of Educa ...

(born 1964) {{spaced ndash ethnographer *

Andrea Shundi Andrea Shundi (born 15 November 1934) is an Albanian-American agronomist of the 20th and 21st century. His academic research and publications focus mainly on the forage systems as a source feeding of the livestock, on viticulture and viniculture, ...

(born 1934) – agronomist of the 20th and 21st century * Xhezair Teliti {{spaced ndash mathematician *

Visar Belegu Veysar or Visar ( fa, ويسر) may refer to: * Visar, Kurdistan Visar ( fa, ويسر, also Romanized as Vīsar and Veysar; also known as Vesar) is a village in Zhavarud-e Gharbi Rural District, Kalatrazan District, Sanandaj County, Kurdistan P ...

-molecular biologist and associate professor at John's Hopkins University

Philosophers

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Marin Beçikemi Marin Beçikemi (c. 1468 – 1526) was an Albanian scholar and orator who was a prominent humanist in the cities of Brescia and later Padua in the Republic of Venice in the early 16th century. He maintained a humanist school and was a professor in ...

(1468–1526) {{spaced ndash 15th- and 16th-century humanist, orator, and chronist * Sami Frashëri (1850–1904) * Gani Bobi (1943–1995) {{spaced ndash philosopher and sociologist from Kosovo *

Ibrahim Gashi Ibrahim Gashi (born 6 April 1963, in Lapushnik village of Drenas Kosovo) is a Kosovar Albanian academic. He is a professor at the University of Pristina, and was a rector there between 2012 and 2014. Early life Ibrahim Gashi studied at the Unive ...

(born 1963) {{spaced ndash

Kosovar Albanian The Albanians of Kosovo ( sq, Shqiptarët e Kosovës, ), also commonly called Kosovo Albanians, Kosovar/Kosovan Albanians or Kosovars/Kosovans, constitute the largest ethnic group in Kosovo. Kosovo Albanians belong to the ethnic Albanian sub-gr ...

academic and philosopher *

Ukshin Hoti Ukshin Hoti was a Kosovo Albanian philosopher and activist. Hoti was a professor of international law and later philosophy at the University of Pristina and founder of UNIKOMB, a political party of Kosovo. Since 1982 he had been arrested several ...

(1943–1999) {{spaced ndash Kosovo Albanian philosopher and activist *

(1818–1880) *

Muhamedin Kullashi Muhamedin Kullashi ''Muhamedin Kulaši'', born November 29, 1949) is an Albanian philosopher and Professor in a University of Paris-VIII (Université de Paris-VIII) and politician. From to he was the Republic of Kosovo's first ambassador to Fra ...

Shkëlzen Maliqi Shkëlzen Maliqi (born 26 October 1947) is a Kosovar philosopher, art critic, political analyst and intellectual. During the early 1990s, Shkelzen was also directly involved in politics. He was one of the founders of the Social Democratic Party of ...

(born 1947) {{spaced ndash Kosovo Albanian philosopher,

art critic An art critic is a person who is specialized in analyzing, interpreting, and evaluating art. Their written critiques or reviews contribute to art criticism and they are published in newspapers, magazines, books, exhibition brochures, and catalogue ...

political analyst Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

and intellectual; was involved in politics in the 1990s * Arshi Pipa (1920–1997) {{spaced ndash Albanian-American philosopher, writer, poet and

literary critic Literary criticism (or literary studies) is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often influenced by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of literature's goals and methods. Th ...

Petro Zheji Petro Zheji (18 October 1929 - 14 March 2015) was an Albanian linguist, translator, philosopher, and author from Gjirokastër who lived and worked intellectually in Tiranë, Albania. As a polyglot, he was deeply knowledgeable in the Italian, French ...

(1929–2015) {{spaced ndash linguist, translator, philosopher, and author from Gjirokastër; lived and worked in Tiranë, Albania{{cite book, author=Preç Zogaj, title=Luftë jocivile, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JgO5AAAAIAAJ, year=1998, publisher=Dita, page=22{{cite book , author= Zef Pllumi, title=Live to Tell: A True Story of Religious Persecution in Communist Albania, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0WP5UXsrAP4C&pg=PR7 , year=2008 , publisher =iUniverse , isbn= 978-0-595-45298-9, pages=7 {{div col end

Social scientists

* Gëzim Alpion {{spaced ndash academic, political analyst, writer, playwright, and civil society activist *

Albert Doja Albert Doja is an Albanian-born French University Professor (:fr:Professeur des universités, Professeur des Universités) in Anthropology. He obtained his PhD in Social Anthropology in 1993 from the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Scienc ...

(born 1957) {{spaced ndash social anthropologist, member of the National

Albanian Academy of Sciences The Academy of Sciences of Albania ( sq, Akademia e Shkencave e Shqipërisë), founded in 1972, is the most important scientific institution in Albania. In the 1980s, several research institutes began at the University of Tirana were transferred ...

and University Professor of Anthropology at the

University of Lille The University of Lille (french: Université de Lille, abbreviated as ULille, UDL or univ-lille) is a French public research university based in Lille, Hauts-de-France. It has its origins in the University of Douai (1559), and resulted from the m ...

, France.

Historians

{{columns-list, colwidth=15em, * Frang Bardhi, Frang Bardhi ( Latin: ''Franciscus Blancus'', Italian: ''Francesco Bianchi'', 1606–1643) {{spaced ndash bishop and author of the early eras of

* Marin Barleti (1450–1512/13) {{spaced ndash historian and Catholic priest from Shkodra; considered the first Albanian historian because of his 1504 eyewitness account of the 1478 siege of Shkodra; better known for his second work, a biography on Skanderbeg, translated into many languages in the 16th to the 20th centuries *

Aleks Buda Aleks Buda (7 September 1910 – 7 July 1993) was an Albanian historian. After completion of his education in Italy and Austria, he returned to Albania. Although his education was in literature, he made a career as a historian during the socialist ...

(1910–1993) {{spaced ndash Albanian historian * Jorgo Bulo (1939–2015) {{spaced ndash philologist, historian, and

; member of the

Albanian Academy of Arts and Sciences The Academy of Sciences of Albania ( sq, Akademia e Shkencave e Shqipërisë), founded in 1972, is the most important scientific institution in Albania. In the 1980s, several research institutes began at the University of Tirana were transferred ...

Eqrem Çabej Eqrem Çabej () (6 August 1908 – 13 August 1980) was an Albanian historical linguist and scholar who, through the publication of numerous studies gained a reputation as a key expert in research on Albanian language, literature, ethnology and l ...

(1908–1980) {{spaced ndash historical linguist and scholar who, through the publication of numerous studies gained a reputation as a key expert in research on Albanian language, literature, ethnology, and linguistics * Kostandin Çekrezi (1892–1959) * Midhat Frashëri (1880–1949) *

Naim Frashëri Naim bey Frashëri, more commonly Naim Frashëri (; ; 25 May 184620 October 1900), was an Albanian historian, journalist, poet, rilindas and translator who was proclaimed as the national poet of Albania. He is regarded as the pioneer of modern ...

(1846–1900) *

Demetrio Franco Demetrio Franco ( sq, Dhimitër Frëngu; 1443–1525) was an Albanian historian. He was a close accomplice of Skanderbeg, later publishing works on his life. Life Franco was born in Drivasto in 1443 to a Catholic family. Through his mother he ...

(1443–1525) {{spaced ndash scholar, soldier and Catholic priest; known for ''Comentario de le cose de' Turchi, et del S. Georgio Scanderbeg, principe d' Epyro'', a biography of the national hero of Albania Skanderbeg *

* Marka Gjoni *

(1916–1991) *

Muzafer Korkuti Muzafer Korkuti (born 1936) is an Albanian archaeologist and prehistorian. He is considered an expert on the prehistoric period of Albania. Korkuti was the director of the Institute of Archeology at the Centre for Albanological Studies in Tirana fr ...

(born 1936) *

Rexhep Krasniqi Rexhep Krasniqi (24 April 1906 – 12 February 1999) was an Albanian-American historian, teacher, nationalist, and anti-communist politician and activist. A Kosovar Albanian, he is remembered for his role in the Second League of Prizren, and ...

(1906–1999) * Gjon Markagjoni (1888–1966) *

Beqir Meta Beqir Meta is Albanian historian and member of the Academy of Sciences of Albania and director of the Institute of History. He published many works on Greek-Albanian relations. Meta is director of National Historical Museum and president of the Sc ...

Ndoc Nikaj Ndoc Nikaj (15 June 186416 January 1951) was an Albanian priest, writer, and historian. He was the first Albanian novelist to write and publish an original novel in the Albanian language, ( en, Shkodra under siege) of 1905. Biography Born in S ...

(1864–1951) {{spaced ndash priest, writer, and historian *

Fan Noli Theofan Stilian Noli, known as Fan Noli (6 January 1882 – 13 March 1965), was an Albanian writer, scholar, diplomat, politician, historian, orator, Archbishop, Metropolitan and founder of the Albanian Orthodox Church and the Albanian Orthodox ...

(1882–1965) {{spaced ndash writer, scholar, diplomat, politician, historian, orator, and founder of the

Albanian Orthodox Church The Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania ( sq, Kisha Ortodokse Autoqefale e Shqipërisë), commonly known as the Albanian Orthodox Church or the Orthodox Church of Albania, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church. It declared its autoce ...

; as prime minister and regent of Albania in 1924 during the

June Revolution The history of Albania forms a part of the history of Europe. During classical antiquity, Albania was home to several Illyrian tribes such as the Ardiaei, Albanoi, Amantini, Enchele, Taulantii and many others, but also Thracian and Greek tribes ...

Aurel Plasari Aurel Plasari (born 16 September 1955) is an Albanian, lecturer, scholar, writer, translator and professor. Early life and education Plasari was born in Tirana, where he completed all levels of his education. At the age of seventeen, while still ...

(born 1956) *

Ilo Mitkë Qafëzezi The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice by setting international labour standards. Founded in October 1919 under the League of Nations, it is the first and ol ...

(1889–1964) *

Skënder Rizaj Skënder Rizaj (Serbian: Скендер Ризај, ''Skender Rizaj'') (14 March 1930 – 28 November 2021) was a Kosovar Albanian scholar and historian born in Peja, Kingdom of Yugoslavia). He specialised in the Ottoman period of Balkan's histor ...

(born 1930) *

(1915–2003) *

Stavro Skëndi Stavro Skëndi (born 1905 in Korçë; d. August 17, 1989 in Long Island) was an Albanian American linguist and historian. Career Skendi studied at Robert College in Istanbul, graduating in 1928. He continued his studies at the University of Ge ...

(1905–1989) *

Mehmet Tahsini Mehmet Tahsini (1864–?) was an Albanians, Albanian politician, active in the Ottoman Empire and Albania. He was born in Gjirokastër and started his career as a professor of History in Edirne. After 1895 he served as kaymakam in Eastern Anatolia ...

(1864–?) *

Pashko Vasa Pashko is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Gramoz Pashko (1955–2006), Albanian economist and politician * Josif Pashko (1918–1963), Albanian politician * Walter Pashko (1930–2006), American painter See also * Pasco (di ...

(born 1825–1892), also known as Vaso Pasha, Wasa Pasha or Vaso Pashë Shkodrani {{spaced ndash writer, poet and publicist of the Albanian National Awakening, and Governor of Lebanon from 1882 until his death *

Marenglen Verli Marenglen Verli (1951–) is an Albanian historian and scholar. Since 2009, he is a member of the Academy of Sciences of Albania. Life Verli was born in Tirana on 19 December 1951. After finishing the high school "Petro Nini Luarasi", he entered t ...

(born 1951) * Eqrem Vlora (1885–1964) * Mihal Zallari (1896–1976) *

Tajar Zavalani Tajar Zavalani known later in his life as Thomas-Henry Zavalani (1903–1966) was an Albanian historian, publicist, and writer. Life Zavalani was born on 15 August 1903 in Monastir, Ottoman Empire, today's Bitola in North Macedonia, or Kor� ...

(1903–1966)

Economists

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Kostandin Boshnjaku Kostandin Boshnjaku (20 October 1888 – 22 December 1953) was an Albanian banker, politician, diplomat and in the last years of his life as a translator of books. Even though he was one of the earliest Albanian communists, he was arrested and ...

(1888–1953) {{spaced ndash banker, politician, one of the earliest Albanian communists *

Shkëlqim Cani Shkëlqim Cani (born 6 May 1956) was Governor of the Bank of Albania, which is the Central Bank of Albania, from August 1997 to October 2004, when Ardian Fullani took over the position. He is also the Minister of Finance-designate in the Rama G ...

(born 1956) {{spaced ndash Governor of the

Bank of Albania The Bank of Albania ( sq, Banka e Shqipërisë) is the central bank of Albania. Its main headquarters are in Tirana, and the bank also has five other branches located in Shkodër, Elbasan, Gjirokastër, Korçë, and Lushnjë, while its Research and ...

, 1997–2004 *

Sokrat Dodbiba Sokrat Dodbiba (17 March 1898 – 20 October 1956) was an Albanian economist and politician who served as Minister of Finance of Albania during 1943–44. Life Dodbiba was born in Elbasan, back then Ottoman Empire, in the Orthodox comm ...

(1899–1956) {{spaced ndash economist and politician who served as Minister of Finance of Albania, 1943–44 *

Ardian Fullani Adrian Fullani also known as Ardian Fullani (born 1955) was the governor of the Bank of Albania from October 2004 until 6 September 2014. He instantiated the Governor's Award, an annual award given to the best diploma dissertations prepared by ...

(born 1955) *

Ilir Hoti Ilir Hoti (10 May 1957 – 1 March 2016) was an Albanian economist and banker. Hoti was governor of the Bank of Albania from May 1992 until September 1993. From 2012 to January 2015 he was Dean of Faculty of Business at Aleksandër Moisiu Unive ...

(1957–2016) {{spaced ndash economist and banker *

Arben Malaj Arben Malaj (born 19 September 1961 in the city of Vlora, Albania) has been Minister of Finance and Economy in the Republic of Albania different times from 1997 until 2005. He is known for transforming the Albanian economy into a European profil ...

(born 1961) *

Qirjako Mihali Qirjako Mihali (13 May 1929 - 7 April 2009) was an Albanian politician of the Albanian Party of Labour. He was a candidate-member of the Politburo of the Party of Labour of Albania, Minister of Finance, and member of the Albanian Parliament. Bi ...

(1929–2009) *

Filip Noga Filip Noga ( Shiroka, 1867 or 1868 – Raguza, April 1917) was an Albanian politician, and Minister of Finance of the country for four months in 1914. He is also known as Philippe Nogga. Biography He was born to a North Albanian Catholic fa ...

(1867/1868–1917) {{spaced ndash politician; Minister of Finance of the country for four months in 1914; also known as Philippe Nogga *

Gramoz Pashko Gramoz Pashko (11 February 1955 – 16 July 2006) was an Albanian economist and politician. He co-founded the Democratic Party of Albania in 1990 and later served as rector of the University of New York, Tirana. Pashko was married to Mimoza ...

(1955–2006) {{spaced ndash economist and politician *

Ferit Vokopola Ferid Vokopola (18 August 1887 – 28 June 1969) was an Albanian politician, theologist, translator and a delegate of Lushnjë in the Assembly of Vlora held on 28 November 1912, and one of the 40 signatories of the Albanian Declaration of In ...

(born 1887) *

Vrioni family The Vrioni family ( Ottoman Turkish: ''Viryon Zâdeler'') is one of the great Albanian aristocratic families and one of the biggest landowners of Albania, otherwise known as "Konaqe" or "Oxhaqe", among which the most important are: Vrioni of Berat ...

{{spaced ndash one of the great aristocratic and biggest landowner families of Albania {{div col end

Publishers

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Dionis Bubani Dionis Bubani (September 18, 1926 – February 10, 2006) was an Albanian writer, playwright, humorist, and translator. He is one of the first professional playwrights which emerged after World War II in Albania. Life Dionis Bubani was born in ...

Gjergj Bubani Gjergj Bubani (1899-1954) was an Albanian publicist, writer, and translator. He is also known as Jorgji Bubani, or Brumbulli (the beetle) which was his pen-name for his satiric articles. Bubani was born in Boboshticë, a village near Korçë, to ...

Anastas Byku Anastas Byku was a 19th-century Albanian publisher and journalist. His publication of the ''Pelasgos'' newspaper in 1861 in both Albanian and Greek languages is considered to be one of the first publications of a periodical in Albanian. His endea ...

* Kostandin Çekrezi *

Xhovalin Delia Xhovalin Delia is an Albanian painter, publicist and film director from Pukë, Albania who was born on 29 April 1959 and lives in Florence Italy. Career Xhovalin Delia was formed as an artist and received a degree in Painting at the Fine Arts ...

Vehbi Dibra Abdyl Aziz Vehbi Agolli mostly known as Haxhi Vehbi Dibra (12 March 1867 – 24 March 1937) was an Albanian mufti, theologian, politician and a delegate of Dibër at the Albanian Declaration of Independence. He was elected as chairman of the ...

* Milo Duçi * Arlinda Dudaj (Hovi) * Midhat Frashëri *

Milto Sotir Gurra Milto Sotir Gurra (1884–1972) was an Albanian journalist and short story writer of the 20th century. His first works came out during the last period of the Albanian National Awakening and continued for a 50-year period. Although simple in chara ...

Baton Haxhiu Baton Haxhiu (born August 4 1968) Skënderaj Kosovo is a Kosovo Albanian columnist and journalist who has worked for media such as Koha Ditore, Gazeta Express, Klan Kosova and ABC News Albania. He now works for Euronews Albania. Background He ...

* Ibrahim Dalliu *

Irhan Jubica Irhan Jubica (born 1973 in Shkodra) is an Albanian writer and poet. Jubica was editor-in-chief of ''Thyerje'' newspaper in 1994–95. He was also editor-in-chief of ''Orana Review'', and co-ordinator of Pen-Club ORANA, an association of youn ...

* Ernest Koliqi *

Shahin Kolonja Shahin bey Kolonja ( tr, Şahin Teki Kolonya; 1865–1919) was an Albanians, Albanian journalist, politician, and member of the Ottoman Parliament during its Second Constitutional Era. Life Shahin Kolonja was born in Starje, Ottoman Empire, today ...

* Kyrias family *

Anselmo Lorecchio Anselmo Lorecchio ( Arbërisht: Anselmo Lorekio; November 3, 1843 - March 22, 1924) was an Italian lawyer, journalist, politician, poet and writer of Albanian descent, founder of the '' La Nazione Albanese'' newspaper, and author of several liter ...

Kristo Luarasi Kristo Luarasi (1876–1934) was an Albanian nationalist figure, printer and publisher. He was one of the activists of the Albanian National Awakening. He was one of the first Albanian printers. Early life Kristo Luarasi was born on 15 December ...

Fatos Lubonja Fatos Lubonja (born 1951) is an Albanian writer and dissident. Life Fatos is the son of Todi Lubonja, who was a close associate of Communist leader of Albania Enver Hoxha and head of Albanian national television until the early 1970s. In the ...

Halil Mëniku Halil Bej Mëniku (died June 4, 1967) was an Albanians, Albanian politician and publisher. He served as mayor of Tirana, mayor of Tiranë from 1943 to 1944. Life In 1935 he published the journal ''Jeta dhe Kultura'' ( en, Life and Culture). A me ...

Sotir Peçi Sotir Peci (1873–1932) was an Albanian politician, educator and mathematician. In 1906 he published the first Albanian-language newspaper in the United States of America in Boston. In 1908 he participated as a delegate in the Congress of Mona ...

* Marigo Posio *

Leon Qafzezi Leon Qafzezi (born 23 February 1953 in Tirana, Albania) is an Albanian writer and cineaste. Life Leon Qafzezi was born 23 February 1953 in Albania, the son of Niko Qafzezi and Amalia Qafzezi (Zheji). He studied at the Academy of Arts of Al ...

Gjergj Qiriazi Gjergj Qiriazi, known as George Kyrias in English (27 May 1868 — 30 December 1912), was an Albanian publisher and writer. He was born in Monastir (modern Bitola), Ottoman Empire (now North Macedonia), where he attended the local school. Like his ...

* Girolamo de Rada *

Drago Siliqi Drago Siliqi (9 June 1930–13 July 1963) was an Albanian poet, literary critic, and publisher. At the age of 14 he became a scout and then a partisan of the National Liberation Movement. He published his first collection of poetry, and then pu ...

Risto Siliqi Risto Siliqi (16 August 1882 – 1 May 1936) was an Albanian poet, publicist, lawyer, and militant of the Albanian national cause. His work was influenced by ideas and sentiments of the Romantic-Nationalism like other poets of the national Awake ...

Flaka Surroi Flaka Surroi (born 1964) is a notable Kosovo-Albanian publisher. She comes from the family of Kosovo politician and diplomat Rexhai Surroi, and is a sibling of Veton Surroi, a Kosovan politician. She finished her high school in Mexico, where he ...

* Veton Surroi *

Gëzim Tafa Gëzim Tafa (born in Kavajë) is an Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, ...

Fatmir Toçi Fatmir Toçi (born 24 April 1958, in Tirana) is an Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographic ...

Jani Vruho Jani Vruho (August 5, 1863 – September 15, 1931) was an Albanian publisher and nationalist figure. Life Vruho was born in the Vërtop village Poliçan, Albania, then in the Ottoman Empire. When he was young he emigrated to Egypt like many othe ...

* Bilal Xhaferri * Fehim Zavalani *

Scholars and linguists

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Naum Veqilharxhi Naum Veqilharxhi (born Naum Panajot Bredhi; 1797–1846) was an Albanian lawyer and scholar. In 1844, he created a unique alphabet for the Albanian language using characters he had created himself, the Vithkuqi script. Veqilharxhi is one of the ...

Fatmir Agalliu Fatmir Agalliu was a writer from Albania. Life and career Fatmir Agalliu was born in the village of Fier, on June 19, 1933, and died in Tirana on June 5, 1998. His grandfather took an active part as a leader in the fight of Vlora in 1920. His m ...

Androkli Kostallari Androkli Kostallari (1922–1992) was an Albanian linguist and scholar. He was one of the central figures of the Albanian language studies and founding member and director of the Albanian Institute of History and Linguistics, and later Institute o ...

* Martin Camaj *

Shaban Demiraj Shaban Demiraj (1920–2014) was an Albanian albanologist, linguist, professor at the University of Tirana from 1972–1990, and chairman of the Academy of Sciences of Albania during the period of 1993-1997. Life Demiraj was born on 1 January ...

Mahir Domi Mahir Domi (1915–2000) was an Albanian linguist, professor, and academic. He was one of the organizers and main participants of the Albanian Orthography Congress, and member of the follow up commission responsible for deploying the orthographic ...

Tahir Dizdari Tahir Nasuf Dizdari (15 November 1900 – 9 May 1972) was an Albanian orientalist, folklorist, and scholar. He was the main orientalist in Albania, and contributed in identifying and studying oriental words borrowed from Albanian. Life Dizdar ...

* Sami Frashëri *

Mirela Kumbaro Mirela Kumbaro Furxhi (born 4 March 1966 in Tirana, Albania), is an Albanian politician who is serving as the Minister of Tourism and Environment since 18 September 2021. Previously she has served as the Minister of Culture of Albania. She has ...

* Henrik Lacaj *

Namik Resuli Namik Resuli (10 September 1908 - 12 September 1985) was an Albanian linguist and academic. Biography Born in Berat in 1908, after having accomplished elementary studies in Albania he went to Italy, where he finished his secondary studies and ...

* Parashqevi Qiriazi *

Sevasti Qiriazi Sevasti Qiriazi-Dako (Sevasti D. Kyrias) (ca. 1871–1949) was an Albanian patriot, educator, Protestant missionary, author, pioneer of Albanian female education, and activist of the Albanian National Awakening. Early Life Sevasti was born ca. 18 ...

Selman Riza Selman Riza (1909–1988) was an Albanian linguist and Albanologist. Riza was one of the founding members of the Albanological Institute of Pristina in 1953. Early life Selman Riza was born in Yakova (now Gjakova), Ottoman Empire on 21 Decemb ...

Jan Evstrat Vithkuqari Jan Evstrat Vithkuqari (ca. 1755-1822) was an Albanian scholar, educator, and translator. Life He was born in Vithkuq, Ottoman Empire (modern Albania) possibly in 1755. He studied in the New Academy of Moscopole, where he worked as a teache ...

Rulers

{{main, List of Albanian monarchs {{see also, List of heads of state of Albania Ismail Qemali (portrait)

* Skanderbeg (1405–1468){{spaced ndash 15th-century Albanian lord; "Hero of Christianism"; initiated and organized the League of Lezhë, which proclaimed him Chief of the League of the Albanian people

Politicians and diplomats

{{see also, List of Albanian politicians Besiana Kadare at UN

* Ramiz Alia (1925-2011) *

Taulant Balla Taulant Balla (born 12 August 1977) is an Albanians, Albanian Socialist Party of Albania, Socialist Party politician and Parliament of Albania, Member of Parliament (MP) for Elbasan County, Librazhd. He was first elected MP in the 2005 Albanian p ...

(born 1977) * Sali Berisha (born 1944) *

Enver Hoxha Enver Halil Hoxha ( , ; 16 October 190811 April 1985) was an Albanian communist politician who was the authoritarian ruler of Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985. He was First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania from 1941 unt ...

(1908-1985) *

Besiana Kadare Besiana Kadare is an Albanian diplomat. She served as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations, a Vice President of the United Nations General Assembly for its 75th session, and A ...

(born 1973) *

Ravesa Lleshi Ravesa Lleshi (born 1 June 1976) became the Albanian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva in 2018. Life Lleshi was born in 1976 and she graduated in the Netherlands from Tilburg University with a master's degree in inte ...

(born 1976) *

Ilir Meta Ilir Rexhep Meta (; born 24 March 1969) is an Albanian politician. He served as President of Albania from 24 July 2017 to 24 July 2022. Previously Meta served as Prime Minister from 1999 to 2002 and he was Speaker of the Parliament of Albania f ...

(born 1969) * Fatos Nano (born 1952) *

Agim Nesho Agim Nesho (born in 1956) is an Albanian American diplomat, author, and political analyst. He served as Permanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations between 1996 and 2005, and Ambassador to the United States from 2005 to 2006. Biogr ...

(born 1956) * Ismail Qemali (1844-1919) * Edi Rama (born 1964) * Ibrahim Rugova (1944-2006) * Mehmet Shehu (1913-1981) * Hashim Thaçi (born 1968) *

Esad Toptani Essad Pasha Toptani or Esad Pasha Toptani ( sq, Esad Pashë Toptani; 1863/4 or 1875 – 13 June 1920), mainly known as Essad Pasha, was an Ottoman Empire, Ottoman army officer who served as the Albanian deputy in the General Assembly of the Ot ...

(died 1920) *

Ahmet Zogu Zog I ( sq, Naltmadhnija e tij Zogu I, Mbreti i Shqiptarëve, ; 8 October 18959 April 1961), born Ahmed Muhtar bey Zogolli, taking the name Ahmet Zogu in 1922, was the leader of Albania from 1922 to 1939. At age 27, he first served as Albania's y ...

(1895-1961)

Visual arts

Multimedia artists

* Ilia Xhokaxhi (1948–2007) {{spaced ndash scenographer * Saimir Strati (born 1966) {{spaced ndash multi-media artist, achieved six Guinness World Records * Anri Sala (born 1974) – contemporary artist *

Burim Myftiu Burim Myftiu (born 1961) is an Albanian American contemporary photographer. Early life Myftiu was born in Prizren, Yugoslavia (in today's Kosovo). Career Burim Myftiu holds a Master's Degree in Visual Arts. He teaches photography at AAB Univer ...

(born 1961) – contemporary photographer

Architects

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Andrea Alessi Andrea Alessi ( sq, Andrea Nikollë Aleksi, hr, Andrija Aleši, 1425–1505) was an Albanian architect and sculptor born in Durazzo (Albania Veneta), considered one of the most distinguished artists of Dalmatia. Alessi was born in Durazzo (mod ...

(1425–1505) – architect, painter and sculptor * Sedefkar Mehmed Agha (1540–1617) – chief architect of the Sultan Ahmed Mosque. *

Architect Kasemi Architect Kasëmi () (1570–1659), born in Gremsh (Tomorricë), formerly Skrapar district, Albania, was an Albanian master of Ottoman classical architecture. He graduated in architecture in Istanbul and was ranked among the closest assistants of a ...

(1570–1659) {{spaced ndash master of Ottoman classical architecture * Carl Ritter von Ghega (1802–1860) – engineer and designer of railways *

Qemal Butka Qemal is a masculine given name. It may refer to: * Qemal Butka (1907–1997), Albanian architect, painter, politician, and postage stamp engraver * Qemal Haxhihasani (1916–1991), Albanian historian and folklorist *Qemal Karaosmani (1875–1948) ...

(1907–1997) {{spaced ndash architect, painter, politician and postage stamps engraver *

Enver Faja Enver Faja (April 6, 1934 – October 5, 2011) was an Albanian architect and diplomat. Faja served as the Ambassador of Albania to Poland from 1992 to 1996. Artan Shkrell, the head of Albania's Architects Association, called Faja, whose career ...

(1992–1996) {{spaced ndash architect and diplomat * Valentina Pistoli (1928–1993) {{spaced ndash architect {{div col end

Painters

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Marco Basaiti Marco Basaiti (c. 1470–1530) was a Renaissance painter who worked mainly in Venice and was a contemporary of Giovanni Bellini and Cima da Conegliano.

(c. 1470–1530) – Renaissance painter * Onufri (16th century) {{spaced ndash Orthodox icon painter and Archpriest of Elbasan * David Selenica (17th century) {{spaced ndash painter of the late 17th and the early 18th century * Kostandin Shpataraku (1736–1767) – Orthodox icon and

fresco Fresco (plural ''frescos'' or ''frescoes'') is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaste ...

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

of the

Post-Byzantine Cretan School describes an important school of icon painting, under the umbrella of post-Byzantine art, which flourished while Crete was under Venetian rule during the late Middle Ages, reaching its climax after the Fall of Constantinople, becomi ...

period in the eighteenth century. *

Zografi Brothers The brothers Kostandin Zografi and Athanas Zografi (or as they were known locally, Kostë and Thanas Korçari) were Albanian painters of the 18th century from Dardhë, in modern Korçë municipality, southern Albania (then Ottoman Empire). They ...

(18th century) – painters of post-Byzantine icon art *

Kolë Idromeno Nikoll Idromeno (; 15 August 186012 December 1939), better known as Kolë Idromeno, was an Albanian painter, sculptor, architect, photographer, cinematographer, composer and engineer during the Albanian Renaissance in the nineteenth century. He ...

(1860–1939) {{spaced ndash painter, sculptor, photographer, architect and engineer *

Sadri Ahmeti Sadri Ahmeti (3 March 1939 24 June 2010) was an Albanian painter and poet from Vusanje, Plavë, Gusinje of Montenegro. Career He was born in the village of Vusanje. In 1957 he emigrated to Albania. He worked as an agronomist in Berat and Kruj ...

(1939–2010) {{spaced ndash painter and poet *

Sabri Berkel Sabri Fetah Berkel (1907–1993) was a Turkish-Albanian modernist painter; he was one of the most important painters and academic personalities of the last century in Turkey. Berkel was born in Skopje, where, in 1927, he completed high school at a ...

(1907–1993) {{spaced ndash modernist painter * Abdurrahim Buza (1905–1986) {{spaced ndash painter *

(born 1959) {{spaced ndash painter, publicist and film director *

Abdullah Gërguri Abdullah Gërguri (1931–1994) was a Kosovo Albanian artist in restoration and conservation of the icons and frescoes. Early Work & Training Gërguri was born in the village Sibofc near Podujevo, in southern Kingdom of Yugoslavia, present-day ...

(1931–1994) {{spaced ndash artist in restoration and conservation of icons and frescoes * Helidon Gjergji{{spaced ndash contemporary artist *

Fatmir Haxhiu Fatmir Haxhiu (1927, in Gjirokastër – 2001) was an Albanian painter of the 20th century. Recipient of the People's Painter of Albania award, he belonged to the realist art stream. Haxhiu studied at the Qemal Stafa High School The Qemal Sta ...

(1927–2001) {{spaced ndash painter *

Omer Kaleshi Omer Kaleshi (1932 – 17 April 2022)E trishtë ...

(born 1932) {{spaced ndash painter *

Adem Kastrati Adem ( ota, آدم, ) corresponding to Adam (see also Adam in Islam), is a masculine given name common in Turkey and Bosnia. Given name *Adem Alkaşi (born 1984), Turkish footballer *Adem Asil (born 1999), Turkish gymnast *Adem Bereket (born ...

(1933-2000) {{spaced ndash painter * Ibrahim Kodra (1918–2006) {{spaced ndash painter and writer *

Zef Kolombi Zef Kolombi (March 3, 1907 – January 23, 1949) was an Albanian painter. Early life Zef Kolombi was born in Sarajevo to John Kolombi and Francisca Hajdovnik-Kolombi. His father was Albanian and his mother was of Slovene descent. His father, Jo ...

(1907–1949) {{spaced ndash painter *

Nexhmedin Zajmi Nexhmedin Zajmi (4 March 1916 19 May 1991) was an Albanian painter and sculptor. Early life and education He was born in a village close to Trebisht, Peshkopi. Zajmi studied at the Qemal Stafa High School in Tirana and in 1931 he graduated i ...

(1916–1991) *

Andrea Kushi Andrea Kushi (1884–1959) was an Albanian painter. He was one of the most important representatives of the elder generation of Albanian painters. Life and work Kushi was born 1885 in Shkodër, where he spent his childhood and received first ...

(1884–1959) {{spaced ndash painter *

Gazmend Leka Gazmend Leka is an Albanian painter and artistic director and scholar. Biography He finished his high school studies at the artistic "Jordan Misja" school in Tirana. He finished studies for painting and graphics at the ILA (today's Academy of A ...

(born 1953) {{spaced ndash painter, artistic director and scholar *

Ndoc Martini Ndoc Martini (17 January 1880 – 6 December 1916) was an Albanian painter. Life Martini was born in Shkodër, north Albania, then in the Ottoman Empire. He was a Roman Catholic. He took his first lessons from Kolë Idromeno in his home town ...

(1880–1916) {{spaced ndash painter * Vangjush Mio (1891–1957) {{spaced ndash painter *

George Pali George Pali is an American Albanian contemporary visual artist. George Pali is a painter born in Shkodra Albania. From 1976 - 1980 attended the ILA Instituti i Larte i Arteve Academy of Arts in Tirana, 1991 he graduated from Michigan State Univ ...

(born 1957) {{spaced ndash painter, contemporary visual artist * Chatin Sarachi (1899–1974) {{spaced ndash painter and politician *

Zef Shoshi Zef Pashko Shoshi (born 1939 in Tirana) is one of the most renowned Albanian painters. He studied at the Art Academy in Moscow, Russia which influenced to a certain degree the style of his paintings. His talent and great technique was quickly re ...

(born 1939) {{spaced ndash painter * Arthur Tashko (1901–1994) {{spaced ndash modern painter, lawyer and musician *

Esat Valla Esat Valla (born 22 April 1944) is a Kosovar Albanian painter noted for his figurative paintings of small animals or insects such as butterflies and birds. Life Esat Valla was born on 22 April 1944 in Gjakova, where he attended primary school. ...

(born 1944) {{spaced ndash painter *

Eltjon Valle Eltjon Valle (born 1984 in Qyteti Stalin, Albania), is an artist. He lives and works in Milan. Life and career Since the early 2000s when he moved to study art, at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera. He finished his bachelor's degree in 2007, ...

(born 1984) {{spaced ndash painter *

Agim Zajmi Agim Zajmi (28 November 1936 – 3 November 2013) was an Albanian painter. For his contribution to painting, he received the People's Artist of Albania medal. * The most valued scenographer of the Albanian Theater (with over 300 scenographies) ...

(1936–2013) {{spaced ndash painter

Cartoonists and illustrators

* Ali Dino (1889–1938) {{spaced ndash cartoonist * Shyqri Nimani (born 1941) {{spaced ndash graphic designer *

Agim Sulaj Agim Sulaj (born 6 September 1960, in Vlora, Albania) is an Albanian painter, living in Rimini, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the ...

(born 1960) {{spaced ndash illustrator and cartoonist

Sculptors

{{see also, Albanian sculptors {{div col * Dhimitër Çani (1904–1990) * Agim Çavdarbasha (1944–1999) *

Sadik Kaceli Sadik Kaceli (14 March 1914 – 24 December 2000) was an Albanian artist. He studied in Paris at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts (1936–1941). Kaceli is one of Albania's best known painters, receiving many decorations as People's ...

(1914–2000) * Kristina Koljaka (1916–2005) *

Genc Mulliqi Genc Mulliqi (born 21 January 1966 in Fier, Albania) is an Albanian artist, specialising in sculptures and abstract paintings. He has studied in England and Tirana. Mulliqi lives in Tirana and works as a director at the National Art Gallery of A ...

(born 1966) *

Vasiliev Nini Vasiliev Nini (born 1954 in Gjirokastra, Albania) is an Albanian-born American sculptor who lives in Columbus, Ohio. In 1979, he graduated with distinction from the Academy of Arts, Branch of Monumental Sculpture, in Tirana, Albania. Since 2 J ...

(born 1954) * Janaq Paço (1914–1991) * Odhise Paskali (1903–1985) *

Ardian Pepa Ardian Pepa (born 2 March 1977, in Fushë-Arrëz) is an Albanian sculptor and painter. He graduated with a degree in sculpture from Tirana's Academy of Arts in 2001. Work Experience and Exhibitions * Participant in the Contemporary Art Fair at t ...

(born 1977) *

Agim Rada Agim Rada (born 24 May 1953, in Tirana) is an Albanian sculptor. His portfolio includes statues sculpted in bronze for such figures as Marin Barleti, Gjergj Elez Alia, Onufri, and Petro Marko. His latest work, the ''"Chained Cleric"'', was unveiled ...

(born 1953) *

Kristaq Rama Kristaq Rama (193230 July 1998) was an Albanian sculptor, art educator and a member of the Communist Party in Albania under Enver Hoxha's rule. He was the father of current Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama. Early life and education He was bor ...

(1932–1998) *

Murad Toptani Murad bej Toptani (13 July 1867 – 11 February 1918) was an Albanian poet, artist and activist of the Albanian National Awakening. Along with his relative Abdi Toptani he became one of the signatories of the Albanian Declaration of Independ ...

(1867–1918) *

Sislej Xhafa Sislej Xhafa (born 1970 in Peja, Kosovo) is an Kosovar contemporary artist, based in New York. In a Hatje Cantz Verlag monograph about the artist, art critic Guido Molinari writes "The condition of relentless traveler, throughout the West ...

(born 1970) * Helidon Xhixha (born 1970) {{div col end

Photographers

{{see also, List of Albanian photographers Kel Marubi (self portrait)

{{div col, colwidth=2 *

Fadil Berisha Fadil Berisha is an Albanian-American fashion photographer living in New York City. He was once the official photographer for Miss Universe, Miss USA, and Rolex Rolex SA () is a British-founded Swiss watch designer and manufacturer based in ...

(born 1973) {{spaced ndash official photographer for Miss Universe, Miss USA and Rolex *

Emin Kadi Emin Kadi is an American-Albanian fashion photographer, journalist, art director and magazine publisher. Born in Detroit (first-generation American of Albanian descent), he studied architecture and later became a fashion model. Kadi later became a ...

{{spaced ndash fashion photographer, journalist, art director and magazine publisher *

Gegë Marubi Geg Marubi (9 May 1907 – 28 May 1984) was an Albanian photographer and son of Kel Marubi. He was the last photographer of his family and is regarded as one of the most prominent Balkan photographers of his generation. Life Born in 1907 ...

(1907–1984) {{spaced ndash photographer * Kel Marubi (1870–1940) {{spaced ndash photographer * Gjon Mili (1904–1984) {{spaced ndash photographer known for his work published in ''Life Magazine'' *

(born 1961) {{spaced ndash photographer * Kristo Sulidhi (1858–1938) {{spaced ndash photographer and writer *

George Tames George Tames (January 21, 1919 – February 23, 1994) was an American -Greek and Albanian ( Himara Region) photographer for ''The New York Times'' from 1945-1985. As a newspaper photographer, Tames was a regular on Capitol Hill over a span of for ...

(1919–1994){{spaced ndash photographer for '' The New York Times'' *

Mimoza Veliu Mimoza Veliu (born 28 March 1979) is an Albanian photographer, based in Berlin. At the center of her art photography is the human being who opposes apparent boundaries. In 2008 she was awarded the first prize for art photography from Kosova Nat ...

(born 1979) {{spaced ndash photographer {{div col end

Performing arts

Actors and actresses

{{main, List of Albanian actors Alexander Moissi by Nicola Perscheid

{{columns-list, colwidth=15em, *

Melihate Ajeti Melihate Ajeti (Serbian Cyrillic: Мелихате Ајети) (October 9, 1935 in Pristina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia March 26, 2005 in Pristina, Kosovo, Serbia and Montenegro) was a Kosovo-Albanian actress. She was born and raised in Pristina and ...

(1935–2005) *

Arben Bajraktaraj Arben Bajraktaraj (born 29 January 1973) is a Kosovan-born French actor. Bajraktaraj has starred in numerous French films but also in roles in international movies, such as ''Eden Log'' and ''Sex Traffic''. He has frequently portrayed crime syndica ...

(born 1973){{spaced ndash actor, best known for his role as the Death Eater

Antonin Dolohov The Death Eaters are characters featured in the ''Harry Potter'' series of novels and films. They are a radical group of wizards and witches, led by the dark wizard Lord Voldemort, who seek to purify the wizarding community by eliminating wiza ...

in the ''

Harry Potter ''Harry Potter'' is a series of seven fantasy literature, fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young Magician (fantasy), wizard, Harry Potter (character), Harry Potter, and his friends ...

'' films *

Faruk Begolli Faruk Begolli (14 February 1944 – 23 August 2007), was a prominent Kosovo Albanian actor.Historical Dictionary of Kosovo, Robert Elsie, Second Edition, Scarecrow Press Inc. 2011, He attended high school in Pristina and graduated from the Acade ...

(1944–2007) * James Belushi (born 1954) {{spaced ndash American actor; of Albanian descent; brother of John Belushi * John Belushi (1949–1982) {{spaced ndash American comedian, actor, and musician; one of the original

cast members In the performing arts industry such as theatre, film, or television, casting, or a casting call, is a pre-production process for selecting a certain type of actor, dancer, singer, or extra (acting), extra for a particular role or part in a scr ...

of '' Saturday Night Live''; also known for 1978 film '' Animal House'' and as one of The Blues Brothers;{{cite book, last1=Browne, first1=Ray Broadus, last2=Browne, first2=Pat, title=The Guide to United States Popular Culture, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U3rJxPYT32MC&pg=PA78, access-date=10 September 2014, year=2001, publisher=Popular Press, isbn=9780879728212, pages=78– of Albanian descent *

James Biberi James Biberi (born July 28, 1965 in Gjakova) is an Albanian-American actor. In 2013, he starred as Ilir in the neo-noir crime thriller ''Dead Man Down ''Dead Man Down'' is a 2013 American neo-noir crime thriller film written by J.H. Wyman and ...

(born 1965) * Luli Bitri (born 1976) * Cecilia Bolocco (born 1965) {{spaced ndash Chilean actress, TV host and beauty queen; Miss Universo Chile 1987 and

Miss Universe 1987 Miss Universe 1987, the 36th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 27 May 1987 at the World Trade Centre in Singapore. Bárbara Palacios of Venezuela crowned her successor Cecilia Bolocco of Chile. 68 contestants competed in the pageant. Results ...

; of Albanian descent *

Rajmonda Bulku Rajmonda Bulku (born 16 August 1958, in Cërrik) is an Albanian actress and former politician of Democratic Party of Albania. She appeared in numerous films and theatres as well as Zonja nga Qyteti, Duaje emrin tënd, Të Paftuarit, Vitet e pritj ...

(born 1965) *

Gedeon Burkhard Gedeon Burkhard (born 3 July 1969) is a German film and television actor. Although he has appeared in numerous films and TV series in both Europe and the US, he is probably best recognised for his role as Alexander Brandtner in the Austrian/German ...

(born 1958) *

Tracee Chimo Tracee Chimo Pallero is an American stage, television and film actress who became an arts critic favorite after her 2012 breakout role as Daphna Feygenbaum, the antagonist in Joshua Harmon’s hit dark comedy ''Bad Jews''. In 2018 she married C ...

{{spaced ndash has Albanian ancestry *

Melpomeni Çobani Melpomeni Mihal Çubonja (6 June 1928 – 26 October 2016)http://www.gazeta-shqip.com/lajme/2016/10/26/shuhet-aktorja-e-njohur-e-estrades-melpomeni-cobani/ was an Albanian actress and an honored People's Artist of Albania. She has starred in ...

(born 1928) *

Pjetër Gjoka Pjetër Gjoka (3 August 1912 – 12 May 1982) was an Albanian film and theatre actor. He started his theatre activity with the amateur groups in Shkodër in 1929. In 1947 he started to work as a full-time actor in the National Theatre of Alban ...

(1912–1982) * Blerim Destani {{spaced ndash actor and producer; best known for his roles in '' Time of the Comet'' and ''

Dossier K. ''Dossier K.'' is a Flanders, Flemish Thriller (genre), thriller film directed by Jan Verheyen, based on a novel by Jef Geeraerts. ''Dossier K.'' is the second book by Jef Geeraerts for the series about detectives Vincke and Verstuyft that has bee ...

'' *

Besim Dina Besim Dina (born 6 July 1971) is a Kosovo Albanian The Albanians of Kosovo ( sq, Shqiptarët e Kosovës, ), also commonly called Kosovo Albanians, Kosovar/Kosovan Albanians or Kosovars/Kosovans, constitute the largest ethnic group in Kosovo. ...

(born 1971) *

Arta Dobroshi Arta Dobroshi (born 2 October 1980) is a Kosovo-Albanian actress and producer. Dobroshi is the first Kosovan actress to walk the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival, the Berlin International Film Festival and the Sundance Film Festival and b ...

(born 1980) {{spaced ndash first Kosovar actress to walk the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival,{{Cite news, url=http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1881652,00.html, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090321082926/http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1881652,00.html, url-status=dead, archive-date=21 March 2009, title=Kosovo to Cannes: Arta Dobroshi's Journey to The Silence of Lorna, last=Kirchner, first=Stephanie, date=2 March 2009, publisher=Time Magazine, access-date=2012-04-20 the Berlin International Film Festival and the

Sundance Film Festival The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,66 ...

,{{Cite news, url=http://www.newkosovareport.com/201101192253/Culture-and-Sports/arta-dobroshi-competes-at-sundance-film-festival.html, title=Arta Dobroshi Competes at Sundance Film Festival, author=Koha, date=19 January 2011, publisher=New Kosova Report, access-date=2012-04-20, archive-date=1 April 2012, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401151554/http://www.newkosovareport.com/201101192253/Culture-and-Sports/arta-dobroshi-competes-at-sundance-film-festival.html, url-status=dead and to be nominated for the European Film Award * Eliza Dushku (born 1980) {{spaced ndash of Albanian descent *

Halit Ergenç Halit Ergenç (; born 30 April 1970) is a Turkish actor known for his role as Sultan Suleiman I in ''Muhteşem Yüzyıl,'' Onur Aksal in ''Binbir Gece'' and Cevdet in ''Vatanim Sensin''. Biography Halit Ergenç was born as the son of Yeşil ...

(born 1970) {{spaced ndash Turkish actor; mother of

Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...

descent * Bekim Fehmiu (1936–2010) {{spaced ndash Yugoslavian theater and film actor of Albanian ethnicity;{{cite web, url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/society-article.php?yyyy=2010&mm=06&dd=16&nav_id=67839, title=Veteran actor dies, date=16 June 2010, access-date=28 June 2010, url-status=dead, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607011258/http://www.b92.net/eng/news/society-article.php?yyyy=2010&mm=06&dd=16&nav_id=67839, archive-date=7 June 2011, df=dmy-all first Eastern European actor to star in Hollywood during the

Cold War The Cold War is a term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The term '' cold war'' is used because the ...

{{cite news, url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/film-obituaries/7877965/Bekim-Fehmiu.html, title=Film Obituaries: Bekim Fehmiu, date=16 June 2010, access-date=4 February 2011, location=London, work=The Daily Telegraph, archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110124001540/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/film-obituaries/7877965/Bekim-Fehmiu.html, archive-date= 24 January 2011 , url-status= live * Victor Gojcaj (born 1983) * Ana Golja (born 1996) {{spaced ndash Canadian actress and singer of Albanian descent, best known for playing

Zoë Rivas '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'' is a Canadian teen drama television series created by Linda Schuyler and Yan Moore. The series is now considered the first incarnation and premiered on CTV on October 14, 2001, and then ended on MTV Canada and ...

in the teen drama '' Degrassi: Next Class'' and

Ariana Berlin Ariana Alyse Berlin Rotstein (born October 29, 1987) is an American artistic gymnast, dancer, film actress and senior producer at Fox Sports who competed for the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Bruins gymnastics team from 2006 to 2009 ...

in the TV movie '' Full Out'' *

Katarina Josipi Katë Dulaj ( sr, Ката Дулај, ) (9 November 1923 – 29 April 1969), known by her artistic name Katarina Josipi-Kati, was a Yugoslav actress of Albanian ethnicity. She performed on stage, and in radio plays, film, and television. Early ...

(1923–1969) *

Agim Kaba Agim Kaba (born February 16, 1980) is an Albanian-American actor, artist and filmmaker. He is known for his role of Aaron Snyder on ''As the World Turns''. Early life Kaba is an actor, realtor, artist and former footballer, currently living i ...

(born 1980) {{spaced ndash American actor, artist and filmmaker of Albanian descent; best known for his role of

Aaron Snyder This is a list of some of the major or minor characters that appear (or have appeared) on the soap opera ''As the World Turns''. A ; Karen Adams : Doe Lang (1968–70) :: Registered nurse. ; Reg Addington : Mark Sullivan(2008–09) ; Bart Al ...

on '' As the World Turns'' *

Mirush Kabashi Mirush Kabashi (born 17 April 1948) is an Albanian actor. He is a recipient of the Merited Artist of Albania award. He has interpreted over 100 characters in theatre and 20 in moving pictures. See also * List of Albanian actors * List of peop ...

(born 1948) *

Florina Kaja Florina "Flo" Kaja (born September 1, 1982)''U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 2 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010. is an American reality television personality, singer and actress native to Staten Island, New York. She is mostl ...

(born 1982) *

Flonja Kodheli Flonja Kodheli is an Albanian-born Belgian actress, musician, pianist and composer. Early life Kodheli was born in Tirana, Albania to parents who were both artists, as her mother Justina Aliaj was a well-known singer and actress and her father P ...

Tinka Kurti Tinka Kurti ( Thani; born 17 December 1932) is an Albanian actress. Her body of work, spanning 60 years, includes more than 50 feature movies and 150 theatre plays has been awarded her with the People's Artist of Albania medal. Biography Ti ...

(born 1932) *

Marie Logoreci Marie Logoreci (born Çurçija; 23 September 1920 – 19 June 1988) was an Albanian film and stage actress. She started her career as a singer in Radio Tirana (1945), before making her breakthrough appearance as an actress in the film The Great ...

(1920–1988) * Jon Lolis *

Ndrek Luca Ndrek Luca (3 September 1927 – 13 January 1993) was an Albanian stage, film and theater actor. He appeared in many films between 1963 and 1991. He was married to actress and ballerina Mimika Luca. Filmography *''Viktimat e Tivarit'' (19 ...

(1927–1995) *

Masiela Lusha Masiela Lusha (; born October 23, 1985) is an Albanian-born American actress and author. She gained recognition for playing Carmen Lopez on the globally syndicated ABC sitcom ''George Lopez'', a role that earned her two consecutive Young Artist ...

(born 1985) {{spaced ndash Albanian-American actress, author, producer and humanitarian; played Carmen Consuela Lopez on the globally syndicated

ABC ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet. ABC or abc may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting * American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster ** Disney–ABC Television ...

sitcom '' George Lopez'' *

Pjetër Malota Peter Malota (born Pjetër Malota Lulgjuraj; 4 July 1959 in Lofka, Malësia, Albania) is an Albanian film actor, he is best known for his appearances in films starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. He has over 40 years Tae Kwon Do/Hapkido experience. ...

(born 1959) {{spaced ndash best known for his appearances in films starring Jean-Claude Van Damme; has over 40 years Tae Lwon Do/Hapkido experience *

Violeta Manushi Violeta Manushi (6 March 1926 – 26 July 2007) was an Albanian actress. She was honored with the People's Artist of Albania. She is best known in Albania for her portrayal of Teto Ollga (Auntie Ollga), a symbolic character which followed her ...

(1926–2007) *

Alexander Moissi Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

(1879–1935){{cite book, last=Elsie, first=Robert, date=19 March 2010, title=Historical Dictionary of Albania, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=haFlGXIg8uoC&q=%22MOISSI,+ALEXANDER+(2+April+1879–22+March+1935).+Actor.+Alexander+Moissi,+known+in+Albanian+as+Aleksander+Moisiu,+was+born+in+Trieste,+then+part+of+Austria–Hungary,+of+an+Albanian+father+from+Kavaja+and+an+Arberesh+mother.%22&pg=PA309, publisher=Scarecrow Press, page=309, isbn=978-0-8108-6188-6, access-date=1 November 2013 {{spaced ndash stage actor *

Yllka Mujo Yllka Mujo (born 15 October 1953) is an Albanian actress, especially known for her roles in Albanian movies during the communist regime. For her acting merits she was given the title Merited Artist of Albania. Life Yllka Muji (or Mujo) comes ...

(born 1953) *

Robert Ndrenika Robert Ndrenika (born 10 January 1942) is an Albanian actor and former politician. He was honored with the People's Artist of Albania award in 1988. He was active in films, but also in theater and television performing hundreds of leading and Su ...

(born 1942) *

Antoneta Papapavli Antoneta Papapavli (17 February 1938 – 13 September 2013) was an Albanian actress. She has usually played the roles of ladies, rich women, mountaineers, directors and mothers throughout her work as both a film and theater actress. Personal li ...

(1938–2013) *

Drita Pelingu Drita Pelingu (3 December 1926 – 3 October 2013) was an Albanian actress, academic and director. She was awarded the title of Merited Artist of Albania. Pelingu died following a long illness on 2 October 2013, aged 86, in Tirana Tira ...

(1926–2013) *

Enver Petrovci Enver Petrovci (born 28 February 1954 in Pristina) is a Kosovo-Albanian actor, writer and director. He went to high school in Prishtina and completed acting school in Belgrade. He played as Hamlet, Macbeth, Julius Cesar and other famous Shake ...

(born 1954) *

Sulejman Pitarka Sulejman Pitarka (1924–2007) was an Albanian actor, writer, and playwright originally from Debar. His family moved to Durrës, Albania, when he was five. His brother was Bashkim Pitarka, who became an Albanian diplomat. He was active in film ...

(1924–2007) * Sandër Prosi (1920–1985) *

Kadri Roshi Kadri Roshi (4 January 1924 – 6 February 2007) was an Albanian actor. He was named a People's Artist of Albania The People's Artist () was an honorary title for outstanding art performers of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania, whose ...

(1924–2007) *

Skënder Sallaku Skënder Sallaku (25 January 1935 – 11 February 2014) was an Albanian comedian and actor, recipient of the People's Artist of Albania award. He was also a notable national champion of Albania in Greco-Roman wrestling. His filmography inclu ...

(1935–2014) *

Laert Vasili Laertis Vasiliou ( ell, Λαέρτης Βασιλείου, ''Laertis Vasiliou''; born 7 March 1974) is a Greek-Albanian actor and director of film and stage. Background From his father's side, Vasiliou is of Albanian descent while his mother i ...

(born 1974) *

Liza Vorfi Liza Vorfi (29 November 1924 – 29 January 2011) was an Albanian actress. She played in movies and theaters in supporting role as well as Countess Dizeta in ''The Return of the Dead Army.'' Biography In 1932, Vorfi's family moved to Tirana, A ...

(1924–2011) *

Albert Vërria Albert Vërria (Fier, 3 September 1936 – Vlorë, 17 August 2015) was an Albanian actor. He was a Merited Artist of Albania. He completed his primary and secondary school in his hometown. In 1963 he completed the high school for actor "Alexande ...

(1936–2015) * Nik Xhelilaj (born 1983){{cite web, url=http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nik-Xhelilaj-Fan-Page/165747556778328?v=info, title=Nik Xhelilaj Fan Page, website=Facebook.com, access-date=2017-07-12 {{spaced ndash film and stage actor; has won several "Best Actor" Awards in various international film festivalsGazeta Albania – Filmi "Shqiptari" pushton Festivalin e Gjenevës (in Albanian) , 9 November 2010 *

Margarita Xhepa Margarita Xhepa (born 2 April 1932; rup, Margarita Gepa) is an Albanian actress, best known as one of the great ladies of Albanian cinema and theater. She continues to play in recent films such as Firdus in Bolero ne vilen e pleqve, based on ...

(born 1932)

Comedians and satirists

Spiro Çomora Spiro Çomora (January 31, 1918 – April 16, 1973) was an Albanian playwright, famous mostly as a comedist (one who writes comedies). He is most known for the comedy '' Karnavalet e Korçës'' ('' en, Korçë's Carnevals''), which premiered in 1 ...

(1918–1973) *

(born 1971) *

Zyrafete Gashi Zyrafete Gashi (5 October 1955 - 30 July 2013) simply known as Zyra was an Albanian Kosovar comedian. For over three decades active in the comedy stage, Zyra was known for many of roles. The role she got her pseudonym from was Zyra, an Albanian ...

(1955–2013)

Film and television directors

{{see also, Albanian film directors, Albanian television directors, Albanian theatre directors {{columns-list, colwidth=15em, *

Dhimitër Anagnosti Dhimitër Anagnosti (born 23 January 1936) is an Albanian film director of the 20th century. He was a member of the Parliament of Albania in the 1990s and a Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports. For his contribution in film, he received the Peo ...

(born 1936) *

Besnik Bisha Besnik Bisha (born 1958) is an Albanian film director and actor. He has directed five films since 1988. His 2007 film '' Mao Tse Tung'' was entered into the 30th Moscow International Film Festival The 30th Moscow International Film Festival ...

(born 1958) *

Kujtim Çashku Kujtim Çashku (born 5 August 1950) is an Albanian film director and screenwriter who has won numerous awards at international film festivals, including the Critics Prize at the 1996 Bastia Mediterranean Film Festival and the UNESCO Award at the 1 ...

(born 1950) *

Arian Çuliqi Arian Çuliqi is an Albanian television director and TV script writer who has produced films based for Albanian television since 1993. Çuliqi directed and wrote the script for his first film in 1993 Dashi pa brirë. This followed by Pak freskë ...

(born 1960) *

Kristaq Dhamo Kristaq Dhamo (20 April 1933 – 14 August 2022) was an Albanian actor and film director. He was awarded the People's Artist of Albania medal. His 1958 film ''Tana'' was entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival. Dhamo died on 14 ...

(born 1933) * Stan Dragoti (1932–2018) * Shqipe N. Duka (born 1980) *

Gëzim Erebara Gëzim Erebara (19 May 1929 – 12 February 2007) was an Albanian film director, screen player, translator and cinematography historian of the second half of the 20th century. He studied at the Prague Academy of Fine Arts in 1947–51 but was repa ...

(1929–2007) *

Kujtim Gjonaj Kujtim Gjonaj (3 November 1946 – 1 March 2021) was an Albanian screenwriter, director of documentary films and cartoons, producer and publisher. Gjonaj began his career as an editor of documentaries scenarios in the film studio "New Albania". ...

(born 1946) * Hysen Hakani (1932–2011) *

Xhanfise Keko Xhanfise Keko (27 January 1928 – 22 December 2007), born in Gjirokastër, Albania, was an Albanian film director. Keko was one of the seven founders of "New Albania" Film Studio ( sq, Kinostudio "Shqiperia e Re"), present day "Albafilm-Tiran ...

(1928–2007) *

Saim Kokona Saim Kokona (26 February 1934 – 30 March 2012) was an Albanian cinematographer who was regarded as one of the most prolific in the cinema of Albania. Life and career Saim Kokona was born on in Gjirokastër, Albania on 26 February 1934. He began ...

(born 1934) * Saimir Kumbaro (born 1945) * Gjergj Xhuvani (born 1963) *

Ibrahim Muçaj Ibrahim Muçaj ( December 8th 1944 – January 5th 2010)
was an

Kristaq Mitro Kristaq Mitro (1 December 1945 – 3 April 2023) was an Albanian film director. He was professor at University of Arts, Tirana. He directed '' Apasionata'' in 1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first m ...

(born 1948) * Andamion Murataj (born 1970) *

(born 1953) *

Isa Qosja Isa Qosja (born in Vuthaj, Montenegro in 1949) is an Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Ad ...

(born 1949) * Shaqir Veseli (born 1957)

Dancers and choreographers

{{div col * Esdalin Gorani {{spaced ndash ballet dancer * Tringa Hysa {{spaced ndash ballet dancer *

Ilir Kerni Ilir Kerni (born 18 May 1959) is an Albanian male dancer. He gained acclaim in a ballet troupe in the 1980s. Kerni is one of the most renowned Albanian ballet dancers worldwide. He became the director of the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet o ...

{{spaced ndash ballet dancer * Spartak Hoxha {{spaced ndash ballet dancer *

Kledi Kadiu Kledi Kadiu (born 7 April 1974) is an Albanians, Albanian-born, naturalized Italian dancer, coreographer, dance teacher, and television personality. He is a regular dancer on the popular talent show ''Amici di Maria De Filippi'' (Friends of Mari ...

{{spaced ndash dancer on the popular talent show ''Amici di Maria De Filippi''; starred in ''Passa a Due'' in 2005 * Altin Kaftira {{spaced ndash ballet dancer *

Eno Peçi Eno Peçi is an Albanian male ballet dancer, living in Austria. Born in Tirana, Albania, he was educated at the Tirana Academy of Ballet and the Ballet School of the Vienna State Opera. He joined the Vienna State Opera in 2000, becoming a Demi- ...

{{spaced ndash ballet dancer *

Enkel Zhuti Enkel Zhuti is an Albanian male ballet dancer. He has a career in ballet in Italy where he has been part of a ballet troupe in Milan. References

Albanian male ballet dancers Albanian expatriates in Italy Living people Year of birth missing ...

{{spaced ndash ballet dancer * Tony Dovolani (born 1973){{cite web, url = http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/tony-dovolani/bio/216588/ , title= Tony Dovolani , publisher=

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, access-date= 29 September 2015, archive-date=7 September 2015, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907181746/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/tony-dovolani/bio/216588/ , url-status=live {{spaced ndash Albanian-American professional

ballroom dancer Ballroom dance is a set of partner dances, which are enjoyed both socially and competitively around the world, mostly because of its performance and entertainment aspects. Ballroom dancing is also widely enjoyed on stage, film, and television. ...

, instructor and judge; known for his involvement in the American version of ''

Dancing with the Stars ''Dancing with the Stars'' is the name of various international television series based on the format of the British TV series '' Strictly Come Dancing'', which is distributed by BBC Studios, the commercial arm of the BBC. Currently the forma ...

''; appeared in '' Shall We Dance?''; spent time coaching actress

Jennifer Lopez Jennifer Lynn Affleck (' Lopez; born July 24, 1969), also known as J.Lo, is an American singer, actress and dancer. In 1991, she began appearing as a Fly Girl dancer on the sketch comedy television series ''In Living Color'', where she rema ...

Angelin Preljocaj Angelin Preljocaj (; born 19 January 1957) is a French dancer and choreographer of contemporary dance. Early life Angelin Preljocaj was born in 1957 in Sucy-en-Brie, France. He is of Albanian descent. Career His choreographic work is steeped ...

(born 1957) {{spaced ndash choreographer of

contemporary dance Contemporary dance is a genre of dance performance that developed during the mid-twentieth century and has since grown to become one of the dominant genres for formally trained dancers throughout the world, with particularly strong popularity in ...

Ferbent Shehu Ferbent Shehu (January 10, 1933 – February 8, 2011), February 26, 2011 (Albanian). was an Albanian dancer and choreographer. He was born in the small southern Albanian town of Berat to a wealthy family. When the Communist regime came to power, ...

{{spaced ndash dancer and choreographer {{div col end

Models and beauty pageant participants

{{columns-list, colwidth=15em, * Erbi Ago (born 1990){{spaced ndash model and actor * Diana Avdiu{{spaced ndash model; Miss Universe 2012 Photogenic and top 16 finalist *

Yllka Berisha Yllka Berisha (born January 18, 1988) is a Kosovar–Swedish model and singer. Biography Berisha was born January 18, 1988 in Pristina, at the time SAP Kosovo, SFR Yugoslavia. She moved permanently to Laholm in Sweden with her parents in 199 ...

{{spaced ndash beauty queen *

Ledina Çelo Ledina Çelo (born 9 February 1977) is an Albanian singer and model. She is best known for representing Albania at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv, after winning the 43rd edition of Festivali i Këngës. Life 2003–present In D ...

{{spaced ndash model and singer *

Claudia Conserva Claudia Marcela Conserva Pérez (born 12 January 1974, Santiago) is a Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antar ...

{{spaced ndash Chilean actress, model and television presenter; of Italian-Albanian (

) descent *

Emina Cunmulaj Emina Cunmulaj (; born September 12, 1984) is an American model of Albanian ancestry. Biography Cunmulaj was born in Michigan, United States to Albanian parents from Podgorica, Montenegro. She moved to Montenegro (then a republic of Yugoslavi ...

{{spaced ndash Albanian-American high-fashion model in the United States *

Marigona Dragusha Marigona Dragusha (born 23 September 1990), also known as Gona Dragusha, is a Kosovar model and beauty queen who placed as the 2nd runner-up at the Miss Universe 2009 pageant. Dragusha won her national title, Miss Universe Kosovo, on 4 April 2009 ...

, also known as Gona Dragusha (born 1990){{spaced ndash model; pageant titleholder from Kosovo; placed as second runner-up at the Miss Universe 2009 pageant *

Afërdita Dreshaj Afërdita Dreshaj (; born 19 July 1986) is an Albanian-American singer and model. Crowned as Miss Universe Kosovo 2011, Dreshaj represented the nation at the Miss Universe 2011 pageant and finished among the top 16. Life and career 1986� ...

{{spaced ndash singer and model; crowned Miss Universe Kosovo 2011; represented the Republic of Kosovo in

Miss Universe 2011 Miss Universe 2011 was the 60th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Credicard Hall in São Paulo, Brazil on September 12, 2011. At the end of the event, Ximena Navarrete of Mexico crowned Leila Lopes of Angola as Miss Universe 2011. It is the ...

(top 16) * Almeda Abazi – actress, model, beauty queen who was crowned Miss Tirana 2007, Miss Albania 2008,

Miss Globe Miss Globe is a global beauty pageant group that holds annual events. Currently, Miss Globe is produced simultaneously by three various organizations claiming to be the ''official'' organizers. The Miss Globe was first known to public in 1925. In ...

2008 * Adrola Dushi{{spaced ndash

Miss Universe Albania Miss Universe Albania is a national beauty pageant in Albania. The pageant was founded as Miss Albania in 2002, until rebranding as Miss Universe Albania in 2006. Since 2021, winners of the competition have competed internationally in Miss Uni ...

2012 * Sara Gjoni{{spaced ndash model and beauty pageant contestant * Egla Harxhi{{spaced ndash beauty queen *

Adelina Ismajli Adelina Ismaili (; born 14 December 1979) is a Kosovo-Albanian singer, actress, and former beauty pageant winner. Career Ismaili started singing at a very young age, becoming one of Kosovo's most influential singers during the 90s. She started ...

{{spaced ndash model and singer *

Anisa Kospiri Anisa Kospiri (born 1980) is an Albanian model who won the title of Miss Universe Albania 2001. She represented Albania at Miss Universe 2002 and made it to the top ten and she is the first Albanian contestant to compete in Miss Universe ...

{{spaced ndash model; represented Albania at Miss Universe 2002 and made it to the top ten *

Zana Krasniqi Zana Krasniqi (born September 17, 1988 in Pristina) is a Kosovar fashion model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe Kosovo 2008. She represented Kosovo for the first time in Miss Universe and placed in the Top 10 of the Miss Unive ...

(born 1988){{spaced ndash model and beauty queen; Miss Universe and placed in the top 10 (6th place) of the Miss Universe 2008 *

Angela Martini Angela Martini (born ''Angjela Martini''; 23 May 1986) is an Albanian-Swiss model, beauty pageant winner, life coach, movie producer, and author. She won Miss Universe Albania in 2010. Early life Angela Martini was born iShkodër, Albaniain 1 ...

{{spaced ndash Albanian model in the United States; top six at Miss Universe 2010 *

Hygerta Sako Hygerta Sako is an Albanian sports journalist at RTSH and former model who won Miss Albania in 1995 and represented Albania at Miss Europe 1996 Miss Europe 1996 was the 51st edition of the Miss Europe pageant and the 40th edition under the Mond ...

{{spaced ndash model; semi-finalist at Miss Europe 1996 *

Mirjeta Shala Mirjeta Shala (born 12 February 1994) is a Kosovan television presenter, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Kosovo 2013 and was to compete in Miss Universe 2013 before Kosovo withdrew from the pageant. In November 2013, she ...

{{spaced ndash beauty queen *

Hasna Xhukiçi Hasna Xhukiçi (born April 13, 1988, Fier) is an Albanian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Albania 2009 and represented Albania at Miss Universe 2009 in the Bahamas. Miss Universe 2009 Hasna placed as one of ...

(born 1988){{spaced ndash fashion model and beauty queen; placed as one of the top-15 semi-finalists (11th place) Miss Universe 2009 * Monika Zguro{{spaced ndash beauty queen

Television personalities

{{div col, colwidth=30em *

Blendi Fevziu Blendi Fevziu (born May 18, 1969, Tirana, Albania) is an Albanian journalist, writer and host of the TV talk show ''Opinion'', which first went on air on August 31, 1997. Fevziu graduated in literature and Albanian language at the University of ...

(born 1969) – television host * Ardit Gjebrea (born 1963) – producer, television host, singer-songwriter *

(born 1967) – journalist, television host *

(born 1974){{spaced ndash Chilean actress, model and television presenter; of Italian-Albanian (Arbëreshë) descent *

Benet Kaci Benet Kaci ( ; born 4 August 1978) is a Kosovan media personality, journalist, and occasional singer known for hosting talk shows since 2000. His career in show business began when he started working in RTK. His first television hosting job was ...

(born 1978){{spaced ndash Kosovan television personality; from Kosovo *

(born 1982){{spaced ndash American reality-television participant, singer and actress *

Drita D'Avanzo Drita D'Avanzo (née Selmani; born February 6, 1976) is an American reality star who appeared on the VH1 series ''Mob Wives'' from 2011 to 2016. She also appeared on ''Mob Wives'' spinoff '' Big Ang''. D'Avanzo grew up in Staten Island after h ...

– reality TV star on the

VH1 VH1 (originally an initialism of Video Hits One) is an American basic cable television network based in New York City and owned by Paramount Global. It was created by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Commun ...

series '' Mob Wives'' {{div col end

Music

Composers

{{see also, List of Albanian composers {{columns-list, colwidth=15em, * R. B. Castrioti (born 1994) *

Lejla Agolli Lejla Agolli (born 4 October 1950) is an Albanian composer. Early life Agolli was born in Korçë, Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a countr ...

(born 1950) * Lorenc Antoni (1909–1991) *

Tish Daija Tish Daija (Shkodër, 30 January 1926 – 3 October 2003) was an Albanian composer. He composed the first Albanian ballet ''Halili dhe Hajria'' (Halili and Hajria) that premiered on 13 January 1963 and has since been shown more than 250 times at ...

(1926–2004) *

Limoz Dizdari Limoz Dizdari, Merited Artist of Albania, (born in 1942 in Delvinë) is an Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Alban ...

(born 1942) * Simon Gjoni (1925–1991) *

Tonin Harapi Tonin Harapi (June 9, 1926 – July 30, 1992) was an Albanian composer and teacher. He was born in Shkodër, Albania. He studied composition in Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Мос ...

(1925–1991) * Feim Ibrahimi (1935–1997) * Prenkë Jakova (1917–1969) *

Akil Mark Koci Akil Mark Koci is a Kosovar Albanian composer and music writer. Education Koci was born in 1936 in Prizren, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (in today's Kosovo). There he graduated from the Josip Slavenski music school. He went on to study at the Saraj ...

(born 1936) * Kristo Kono (1907–1991) *

Mustafa Krantja Mustafa Krantja (10 April 1921 – 4 January 2002) was an Albanian classical music conductor and composer. He has written about 20 major works. Krantja was awarded the People's Artist People's Artist is an honorary title in the Soviet Union, Unio ...

(1921–2002) *

Agim Krajka Agim Krajka (1 May 1937 – 1 March 2021) was an Albanian composer. He was known as one of the greatest masters of music at that time. Biography He was born on 1 May 1937, in the small city of Kavajë, Albania to a family from Dibër, prese ...

(1937–2021) *

(1921–2002) *

Palokë Kurti Palokë Kurti (1858–1920) was an Albanian composer, performer, and singer. A native of Shkodër, he was a musical amateur who composed the ''Unity of Albania March'' (''Bashkimi Shqipnis'') in 1881. Kurti took his first piano lessons from the I ...

(1858–1920) *

Neço Muko Neço Muko (October 21, 1899 – 1934), also known as Neço Muko Himarjoti, was an Albanian singer and composer. His musical style created a new genre of Albanian iso-polyphony music called ''avaz himariot'', or ''avaz himariotçe'', that beca ...

(1899–1934) *

Avni Mula Avni Mula (Gjakova, 4 January 1928 – Tirana, 29 October 2020) was an Albanian singer, composer, and musician. For his contribution to the arts, he received two of the highest awards from the Albanian government: the People's Artist of Albani ...

(1928–2020) *

Rexho Mulliqi Rexho Mulliqi ( sq, Rexho Mulliqi, sh, Redžo Mulić/Реџо Мулић; 18 March 1923 – 25 February 1982) was a Yugoslavian composer from Montenegro and husband of singer Nexhmije Pagarusha. He was born in Gusinje, Kingdom of Serbs, Cro ...

(1923–1982) *

Aleksandër Peçi Aleksandër Peçi (born Tirana, 11 July 1951) is an Albanian composer; who has received high acclaim on national and international level He has received his education from institutions and cities such as Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musi ...

(born 1951) *

Thomas Simaku Thomas Simaku (born 18 April 1958, in Kavajë) is an Albanian composer. Education Simaku studied composition between the years 1978–1982 at the Academy of Music and Arts of Albania under Tonin Harapi. After graduation he was nominated as Direc ...

(born 1958) * Gjon Simoni (1936–1999) *

Vasil Tole Vasil S. Tole (born 22 November 1963) is an Albanian composer, ethnomusicologist and administrator. A proponent of European classical music, his compositions include opera, chamber music, orchestral works and various pieces for small ensembles a ...

(born 1963) *

Ibrahim Tukiqi Ibrahim Tukiçi (1926–2004), was an Albanian singer.He was born in Shkodër, Albania. He studied for canto in the Tchaikovsky Conservatory and graduated in 1957. After finishing the studies in 1957 he got a job at the National Theatre of Opera ...

(1926–2004) *Çesk Zadeja (1927–1997) *Nikolla Zoraqi (1921–1991)

Pianists

*Ilir Bajri (born 1969) *Mariela Cingo (born 1978) *Lola Gjoka(1910–1985) *Paul Leka (1943–2011)

Violinists

*Shkëlzen Doli (born 1971)

Guitarists

*Dren Abazi (born 1985) *Petrit Çeku (born 1985) *Faton Macula *Bledar Sejko (born 1972)

Singers

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{{columns-list, colwidth=15em, *Vedat Ademi *Arilena Ara *Ava Max *Laver Bariu *Action Bronson *Ardian Bujupi *Eugent Bushpepa *Miriam Cani *Capital T *Çiljeta *Pirro Çako *

*Elhaida Dani *Elina Duni *Eli Fara *Ermal Fejzullahu *Aurela Gaçe *Ilira Gashi *Adrian Gaxha *Elvana Gjata *Ingrid Gjoni *Rosela Gjylbegu *Alida Hisku *

*Genta Ismajli *Era Istrefi *Nora Istrefi *Leonora Jakupi *Shpat Kasapi *Besa (singer), Besa Kokëdhima *MC Kresha *Irma Libohova *Elsa Lila *Dua Lipa *Vesa Luma *Majk (rapper), Majk *Soni Malaj *Jonida Maliqi *JMSN *Ermal Meta *Flori Mumajesi *Frederik Ndoci *Rona Nishliu *Noizy *Rita Ora *Nexhmije Pagarusha *Bebe Rexha *Fitnete Rexha *Anjeza Shahini *Parashqevi Simaku *Albert Stanaj *Rovena Stefa *Tuna (singer), Tuna *Alban Skënderaj *Lyrical Son *Unikkatil *Vaçe Zela *Dafina Zeqiri *Kastro Zizo *Antonia Iacobescu *Edita Aradinović *Eleni Foureira

Tenors and sopranos

{{columns-list, colwidth=30em, *Kristaq Antoniu (1907–1979) *Jorgjia Filçe-Truja (1907–1994) *Agim Hushi (born 1964) *Ermonela Jaho (born 1974) – described by ''The Economist'' as "the world's most acclaimed soprano".{{cite news, url=https://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21699431-how-ermonela-jaho-became-worlds-most-acclaimed-soprano-fiery-angel, title=Fiery angel, newspaper=The Economist, date=26 May 2016, access-date=2017-07-12 *Tefta Tashko-Koço, Tefta Tashko (1910–1947) – singer of the 1930s, was posthumously awarded the title People's Artist of Albania. *Marie Kraja (1911–1999) *

(1858–1920) *Inva Mula (born 1963) – known for portraying the voice of the Diva Plavalaguna in the film ''The Fifth Element'' *Kristaq Paspali (1928–2001) *Saimir Pirgu (born 1981) – Pirgu was recognized with the Franco Corelli award in 2009 in Ancona and with the "Pavarotti d'Oro Award" in 2013.

Sports

Football players

* Ansi Agolli (born 1982) * Kosovare Asllani (born 1989) * Fatmire Alushi, Fatmire Bajramaj (born 1988) * Valon Behrami (born 1985) * Besart Berisha (born 1985) * Erjon Bogdani (born 1977) * Loro Boriçi (1922–1984) * Lorik Cana (born 1983) * Sulejman Demollari (born 1964) * Blerim Džemaili (born 1986) * Elseid Hysaj (born 1994) * Andi Lila (born 1986) * Admir Mehmedi (born 1991) * Perlat Musta (born 1958) * Shkodran Mustafi (born 1992) * Panajot Pano (1939–2010) * Altin Rraklli (born 1970) * Armando Sadiku (born 1991) * Hamdi Salihi (born 1984) * Artim Šakiri, Artim Shaqiri (born 1973) * Xherdan Shaqiri (born 1991) * Ervin Skela (born 1976) * Thomas Strakosha (born 1995) * Igli Tare (born 1973) * Rudi Vata (born 1969) * Qemal Vogli (1929–2004) * Granit Xhaka (born 1992) * Taulant Xhaka

Martial artists

* Enver Idrizi{{spaced ndash Karate World Champion * Majlinda Kelmendi{{spaced ndash Judo World and Olympic Champion (2017) * Xhavit Bajrami{{spaced ndash boxer and kickboxer * Elis Guri{{spaced ndash wrestler * Besim Kabashi{{spaced ndash kickboxer * Majlinda Kelmendi{{spaced ndash judoka * Luan Krasniqi{{spaced ndash boxer * Ilir Latifi{{spaced ndash MMA fighter * Azem Maksutaj{{spaced ndash kickboxer * Sahit Prizreni{{spaced ndash wrestler * Kreshnik Qato{{spaced ndash boxer * Shaban Sejdiu{{spaced ndash wrestler * Nuri Seferi{{spaced ndash boxer * Naim Terbunja{{spaced ndash boxer * Shaban Tërstena{{spaced ndash wrestler * Valdrin Vatnikaj{{spaced ndash kickboxer * Rezar (wrestler), Gzim Selmani {{spaced ndash MMA fighter and pro wrestler

Other sports

* Ermal Kuqo (born 1980){{spaced ndash basketball player for the Turkish team Anadolu Efes * Aldo Zadrima (born 1948){{spaced ndash former national chess champion * Erjon Tola (born 1986){{spaced ndash Olympic skier * Frank Leskaj (born 1971) – Olympic swimmer * Donald Suxho (born 1976) – US Olympic team volleyball player * Adem Yze (born 1977) – Australian rules footballer * Tie Domi (born 1969) – ice hockey player * Molly Qerim (born 1984){{spaced ndash sports anchor and moderator for ESPN's ''First Take (TV series), First Take''.

Ottoman era Albanians

{{see also, List of Albanian consorts Dupré - Ali Pasha

{{columns-list, colwidth=20em, * Marinus Becichemus Scodrensis – Venetian-Albanian chronicler * Hayreddin Barbarossa (c. 1478–1546), Ottoman-Albanian Admiral(Possible) * Sedefkar Mehmed Agha (1540–1617) * Ballaban Badera{{spaced ndash commander of Ottoman Empire * Marin Barleti{{spaced ndash historian and Catholic priest; considered the first Albanian historian, especially because of his biography on Skanderbeg, translated in many languages in the 16th to the 18th centuries * Bekim Berisha * Bardhok Biba * Isa Boletini * Ibrahim Bushati * Kara Mahmud Bushati (1740–1796) * Mehmed Bushati * Mustafa Bushati * Prek Cali * Dervish Cara{{spaced ndash leader of the Albanian Revolt of 1843–1844 *

(Giovanni Francesco Albani) (1649–1721) * Bajram Curri * Ahmet Delia (1850–1913) {{spaced ndash freedom fighter * Ali Demi (1918–1943) * Lekë Dukagjini{{spaced ndash prince and member of Dukagjini family; contemporary of Skanderbeg; known for the Kanuni i Lekë Dukagjinit, a code of law instituted in northern Albania * Pal Engjëlli{{spaced ndash Catholic clergyman; Archbishop of Durrës and Cardinal of Albania; in 1462, wrote the first known sentence retrieved so far in the Albanian language * Mehmet Âkif Ersoy (1873–1936){{spaced ndash of Albanian descent * Nezim Frakulla (1680–1760) * Shote Galica * Carl Ritter von Ghega (1802–1860){{spaced ndash designer of the Semmering Railway * George Ghica{{spaced ndash founder of the Ghica family *

(1873–1929){{spaced ndash Catholic priest, ethnologist and folklorist; known for being the father of Albanians' folklore studies * Luigj Gurakuqi * Hamëz Jashari * Branko Kadija * Hamza Kastrioti * Ali Kelmendi * Ded Gjo Luli * Iljas Mirahori (1408–1512) * Hasan Moglica (1854–1915) {{spaced ndash also known as Hoxhë Moglica scholar, educator, leader, engineer, philosopher, patriot, nationalist figure proclaimed "martyr of Albanian language and nation" by the Albanian government * Selam Musai * Bule Naipi * Zahir Pajaziti * Ahmet Kurt Pasha * Ali Pasha of Tepelena (1740–1822) * Ali Pasha of Gucia (1828–1885) * Edhem Pasha (1851–1909) * Ibrahim Pasha of Berat * Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt (1789–1848) * Kara Murat Pasha * Koca Davud Pasha (14??–1498) * Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha (1635–1676) * Köprülü Mehmed Pasha (1575–1661) * Lütfi Pasha (1488–1564){{spaced ndash grand vizier of Ottoman Empire * Mahmud Dramali Pasha (1780–1822) * Muhammad Ali of Egypt (1769–1849) * Ismail Qemali (1844–1919){{spaced ndash leader of the Albanian national movement; founder of the modern Albanian state and its first head of state and government * Mustafa Reshiti * Perlat Rexhepi * Haxhi Shehreti * Hodo Sokoli (1836–1883) * Karl Topia (1331–1388){{spaced ndash prince of Albania * Pretash Zekaj Ulaj (known as Pretash Zekaj) * Mujo Ulqinaku * Cafo Beg Ulqini * Vrana Konti (Count Vrana) (1442–1458){{spaced ndash Skanderbeg's general * Omer Vrioni * Muhamet Xhemajli * Tahir Zemaj

Others

René Redzepi en la cena de las 14 estrellas Michelín del restaurante Zaldiarán

{{div col, colwidth=30em * Joseph Ardizzone (born 1884, vanished 1931) {{spaced ndash organized crime boss * Joseph J. DioGuardi (born 1940){{spaced ndash American certified public accountant and a Republican politician; his family traces its roots to the Arbëreshë people * Kara DioGuardi (born 1970){{spaced ndash American contemporanean composer of Albanian descent * Donald Lambro (born 1940){{spaced ndash American journalist; chief political correspondent of ''The Washington Times''; columnist nationally syndicated by United Feature Syndicate * Laura Mersini-Houghton{{spaced ndash theoretical physicist-cosmologist; professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill * Martin Shkreli (born 1983) {{spaced ndash pharma executive and convicted felon {{div col end

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