This is a list of historical and living notable

Kosovar Albanians 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 ...

(ethnic Albanian people from Kosovo or people of full or partial Kosovar Albanian ancestry), sorted by occupation and name:

Military personnel

Idriz Seferi Idriz Seferi (14 March 1847 – 25 March 1927) was an Albanian leader and guerrilla fighter (rebel). A member of the League of Prizren and League of Peja, he was the right-hand man of Isa Boletini, with whom he organized the 1910 Uprising agai ...

- nationalist guerrilla fighter *

Azem Galica Azem Bejta (10 December 1889 – 15 July 1924), commonly known as Azem Galica, was an Albanian nationalist and rebel who fought for the unification of Kosovo with Albania. Biography Early life Azem Bejta was born in the village of Galica in ...

- nationalist resistance fighter *

Isa Boletini Isa Boletini (; 15 January 186423 or 24 January 1916) was an Albanian revolutionary commander and politician and rilindas from Kosovo. As a young man, he joined the Albanian nationalist League of Prizren and participated in a battle against Ottom ...

- nationalist guerrilla fighter *

Asim Vokshi Asim Vokshi (1909–1937) was an Albanians, Albanian Kosovo, Kosovar from Gjakova, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire, and studied at a military academy in Italy. He served as a staff officer in the Garibaldi Battalion of the XII International Bri ...

- volunteer in Spanish Civil War *

Sulejman Vokshi Sulejman Vokshi (1815 - 1890), also known as Sul Vokshi, was an Albanian military commander and a leader of the League of Prizren. As a member of the central committee of the league, particularly as the head of the finances commission, Vokshi was a ...

- military leader and commander of the

League of Prizren The League of Prizren ( sq, Besëlidhja e Prizrenit), officially the League for the Defense of the Rights of the Albanian Nation ( sq, Lidhja për mbrojtjen e të drejtave te kombit Shqiptar), was an Albanian political organization which was offi ...

Haxhi Zeka Haxhi Zekë Byberi mostly known as Haxhi Zeka ( tr, Haci Zeka; 20 December 1832 – 21 February 1902) was an Albanian nationalist leader, a member of the League of Prizren, while in 1899 he was part of the establishment and leadership of the Leag ...

- nationalist leader *

Bislim Bajgora Bislim Kadri Bajgora (c. 1900 – 1 March 1947) was an Albanians, Albanian nationalist and Axis powers, Axis Collaboration with the Axis Powers during World War II#Yugoslavia, collaborator, Adjutant for the Balli Kombetar forces of Kosovo during ...

- nationalist leader *

Shote Galica Shote Galica (10 November 1895 – 1 July 1927), born as Qerime Radisheva, was a Kachak Albanian insurgent. She has been declared a People's Heroine of Albania. Biography She was born in Radisheve village of Drenica region in Kosovo which wa ...

- nationalist guerrilla fighter who was declared as the People's Heroine of Albania *

Mic Sokoli Mic Sokoli (1839 – 20 April 1881) was an Albanian nationalist figure and guerrilla fighter from the Highlands of Gjakova. He was a noted guerrilla leader during the years of the League of Prizren and took part in the fighting in Yakova agai ...

- nationalist figure and guerrilla fighter *

Shaban Polluzha Shaban Mustafë Kastrati (1871 – 21 February 1945), known as Shaban Polluzha, was a Kosovo Albanian military leader active in Drenica during World War II. He was a collaborationist, serving in the Royal Albanian gendarmerie and as a commander of ...

- military leader * Idriz Gjilani - KLA commander *

Zahir Pajaziti Zahir Pajaziti (1 November 1962 – 31 January 1997) was an Albanian commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). He was the first Commander of the KLA, known as "First Gun of Freedom". He was killed on 31 January 1997 in a gunfight with Yug ...

- KLA commander *

Adem Jashari Adem Jashari (born Fazli Jashari; 28 November 1955 – 7 March 1998) was one of the founders of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), a Kosovo Albanian separatist militia which fought for the secession of Kosovo from the Federal Republic of Yu ...

- KLA commander *

Agim Ramadani Agim Ramadani (3 May 1963 – 11 April 1999) also known with nickname Katana, was an Albanian commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), an ethnic Albanian paramilitary organization that sought the independence of Kosovo from Serbia. He was k ...

- KLA commander *

Njazi Azemi Nijazi Azemi (16 June 1970 – 26 March 2001) was an Albanian soldier of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and later Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac (UÇPMB), best known for his support in the Kosovo war. During the war, he ...

- KLA commander

Academics

Anton Berisha Anton Nikë Berisha (born 1946) is an Albanian scholar and folklorist. He has been teaching Albanian at the University of Calabria since 1992, and is considered an expert in Albanian oral and Arbëreshë literature. Anton Berisha was born on A ...

- scholar and folklorist *

Flora Brovina Flora Brovina (born 30 September 1949) is a Kosovar Albanian poet, pediatrician and women's rights activist. She was born in the town of Srbica in the Drenica Valley of Kosovo, and was raised in Prishtina, where she went to school and began study ...

- poet, pediatrician and women's rights activist from

Drenica Drenica ( al, Drenicë, Drenica, ), also known as the Drenica Valley, is a hilly region in central Kosovo, covering roughly around of Kosovo's total area (6%). It consists of two municipalities, Drenas and Skenderaj, and several villages in Klin ...

, raised in

Prishtina Pristina, ; sr, / (, ) is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. The city's municipal boundaries in Pristina District form the largest urban center in Kosovo. After Tirana, Pristina has the second largest population of ethnic Albanians and ...

Din Mehmeti Din Mehmeti (1932 – 12 November 2010) was an Albanian poet from Kosovo. He was among the best-known classical representatives of contemporary verse in Kosovo. Career He was born in 1932 in the village of Gjocaj, Junik, near Gjakova, Kosovo. He ...

- poet, from

Gjakova Gjakova, ) and Đakovica ( sr-Cyrl, Ђаковица, ) is the seventh largest city of Kosovo and seat of Gjakova Municipality and Gjakova District. The city has 40,827 inhabitants, while the municipality has 94,556 inhabitants. Geographicall ...

Ali Podrimja Ali Podrimja (28 August 1942 – 21 July 2012) was an Albanian poet. He was born in Gjakova, at the time part of Italian-controlled Albania under Italy (present day Kosovo). After a difficult childhood due to the death of his parents, he stu ...

- poet, from Gjakova *Anton Berishaj - academic, from Malsia, Montenegro living in Kosovo

Actors and actresses

Muharrem Qena Muharrem Qena (22 June 1930 – 25 September 2006) was a Kosovo Albanian actor, director, writer and singer. He went to high school in Prishtina, and he completed film school in Belgrade. He is among the noted directors who staged their works at th ...

- actor, director, writer and singer *

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 ...

- actor *

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 ...

- American actor, who was born in

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

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 ...

- actress, notable works include ''

Lorna's Silence ''Lorna's Silence'' (french: Le Silence de Lorna) is a 2008 drama film by the Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. It was the winner of the 2008 LUX Prize, as well as the Best Screenplay Award at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Lor ...

'' and ''

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Fortesa Hoti Fortesa Hoti (born 6 December 1988 in Polac village Skenderaj, Kosovo) is an Albanian people, Albanian-Swedish people, Swedish actress. She is best known for her role as Roxana Nilsson in the Sveriges Television, Swedish Television SVT’s drama ...

- Swedish actress, best known for her role as Roxana Nilsson, in the Swedish drama series ''

Andra Avenyn ''Andra Avenyn'' (in English ''Second Avenue'') is a Swedish drama series and soap opera, produced by SVT (Swedish Television) and broadcast from 2007 to 2010. Three series were produced. The show was created by Peter Emanuel Falck and Christia ...

'', born in

Arta Muçaj Arta Muçaj (born December 24, 1974) is an Albanian actress from Kosovo. Biography Arta Muçaj studied drama at the Academy of Arts in Tirana, Albania, gaining a Bachelor of Arts in acting in 1997. She has performed at many national and inte ...

- actress born in

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Kosovo. Known for roles in

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as Hana and Njerez dhe Fate (People and Destinies) as Didi. Based in Australia. *

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 ...

- actor, writer and director File:Arta Dobroshi (Cropped).jpg, Dobroshi File:Fortesa Hoti.JPG, Hoti

Entertainment and media

Ardian Bujupi Ardian Bujupi (; born 27 April 1991) is a German-Albanian singer and songwriter. Born in Pristina, Kosovo, he moved to Germany at a young age and he has been living there ever since. He gained recognition in German-speaking Europe after finishi ...

- German-Kosovar singer-songwriter, who finished in third place of the 8th season of the German talent show ''

Deutschland Sucht den SuperStar ''Deutschland sucht den Superstar'' (''DSDS''; "Germany is looking for the Superstar") is a German reality talent show. Part of the ''Idol'' franchise, it was created by British media mogul Simon Fuller as a spin-off from the British show ''P ...

'', born in

Pristina Pristina, ; sr, / (, ) is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. The city's municipal boundaries in Pristina District form the largest urban center in Kosovo. After Tirana, Pristina has the second largest population of ethnic Albanians and ...

Rauf Dhomi Rauf Dhomi ( Albanian: ''Rauf Domi'') (born 4 December 1945) is a Kosovan classical music composer and conductor and a teacher at the University of Pristina. Dhomi is the author of many operas, requiems, masses, cantatas, symphonic music, film score ...

- classical music composer and conductor *

Rona Nishliu Rona Nishliu (born 25 August 1986) is a Kosovo-Albanian singer and songwriter. She came to international prominence after Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, representing Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan, w ...

- singer *

Tony Dovolani Driton Dovolani (born July 17, 1973), commonly known as Tony Dovolani is an Albanian-American professional ballroom dancer, instructor and judge. He is known for his involvement in the American version of ''Dancing with the Stars'' on ABC. Dovolan ...

- professional ballroom dancer, instructor and judge based in New York * Gashi - rapper *

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 ...

- singer, actress and model who was crowned

Miss Kosovo Miss Kosovo (Miss Kosova) is a national Beauty pageant in Kosovo. Since 2008, Miss Kosova is responsible for selecting the country's representative to Miss Earth, which is an annual international beauty pageant promoting environmental awareness. ...

in 1997 *

Era Istrefi Era Istrefi (; ; born 4 July 1994) is a Kosovo-Albanian singer. Born and raised in Pristina, Istrefi rose to significant international recognition with the breakthrough single "BonBon", which experienced commercial success worldwide and receive ...

- singer-songwriter *

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 ...

- composer from

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Memli Krasniqi Memli Krasniqi (born 25 January 1980) is a Kosovar Albanian politician who has been the Chairman of the Democratic Party of Kosovo The Democratic Party of Kosovo ( sq, Partia Demokratike e Kosovës; abbr. ''PDK'') is one of the largest politic ...

- rapper, singer-songwriter, politician and spokesperson; minister the Culture, Youth and Sport of the

Republic of Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a international recognition of Kosovo, partiall ...

* Albina Kelmendi - singer and runner-up of the fourth season of ''

The Voice of Albania ''The Voice of Albania'' is an Albanian television reality singing competition created by John de Mol and is part of ''The Voice'' franchise. It began airing on Top Channel on October 21, 2011 and ended after six seasons on May 19, 2017. Top C ...

'' *

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 ...

- model and

Miss Universe Kosovo Miss Universe Kosova is a national beauty pageant that sends representatives from Kosovo to the Miss Universe pageant. History In 2008, On 4 April 2008, Fadil Berisha - photographer of Miss Universe's official photos - hosted Kosova's inaugur ...

2008 *

Patrick Nuo Patrick Nuo (born 31 August 1982) is a Swiss singer. Early life Nuo was born and raised in Lucerne, Switzerland, where he lived till the age of 17. His mother is Swiss and his father is an ethnic Albanian from Kosovo. He has a younger brother, ...

- Swiss recording artist and actor, the father is an Albanian from

Rita Ora Rita Sahatçiu Ora (born Rita Sahatçiu; 26 November 1990) is a British singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence in February 2012 when she featured on DJ Fresh's single, "Hot Right Now", which reached number one in the UK. Her debut studi ...

- British singer-songwriter and actress, born in Pristina *

Dua Lipa Dua Lipa ( , ; born ) is an English and Albanian singer and songwriter. Possessing a mezzo-soprano vocal range, she is known for her signature disco- pop sound. Lipa has received numerous accolades, including six Brit Awards, three Gramm ...

- British pop singer, parents are immigrants from Kosovo, fleeing during the war * Ismet Peja - folk singer *

Nexhmije Pagarusha Nexhmije Pagarusha (; 7 May 1933 – 7 February 2020) was a Kosovo-Albanian singer and actress, often referred to as the queen of Kosovan music. Pagarusha gained acclaim as a recording artist in Kosova and neighbouring countries for her distin ...

- singer, known for song "Baresha" * Shkëlzen Doli - violinist *

Leonora Jakupi Leonora Jakupi (; born 3 March 1979) is a Kosovo-Albanian singer and songwriter. Biography Early career Leonora Jakupi is originally from Kosovo. She lost her father during the Kosovo war (1998–1999) – he was killed due to his involvement i ...

- singer *

Nita Bahtiri Nita Bahtiri (born 26 February 1993) is a Kosovar singer and pianist. She rose to fame after taking part in the first season of ''The Voice of Albania''. After the show, she took part in Top Fest twice, in 2012 and 2013. Biography Bahtiri was b ...

- Kosovar singer and pianist * Lindita - Kosovo-Albanian singer-songwriter * Regard - DJ *

Gjon's Tears Gjon Muharremaj (; born 29 June 1998), known professionally as Gjon's Tears, is a Swiss singer and songwriter. He was scheduled to Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, represent Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with th ...

- Swiss singer-songwriter *

Ledri Vula Ledri Vula (; born 10 July 1986) is a Kosovo-Albanian rapper, singer and songwriter. Life and career Ledri Vula was born on 10 July 1986 to Agron and Xheraldina Vula in the city of Pristina, then part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugo ...

- singer *

Njomza Njomza Vitia (; ; born 22 April 1994), known professionally as Njomza, is an American singer and songwriter. She is currently signed with Capitol, Motown, and SinceThe80s. Since 2013, she has released one mixtape and three EPs. Life and career ...

- Kosovo born songwriter File:Dua Lipa with Warner Music.jpg,

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Ora ORA or Ora may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Ora'' (film), a 2011 experimental dance film * Rita Ora (born 1990), British-Albanian singer-songwriter and actress * ''Ora'' (Jovanotti album), 2011 * ''Ora'' (Rita Ora album), 2012 * "Ora" ...

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Visual arts and design

* Fatmire Zeka - Artist * Rifo Dobra - photographer *

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 ...

- painter (1930-2000) * Gazmend Freitag - painter *

Lirika Matoshi Lirika Matoshi (born 1996) is a Kosovo-Albanian fashion designer based in New York City who gained prominence through the Internet. Matoshi is noted for her whimsical and feminine designs. Personal life Matoshi grew up in Pristina, the capital ...

- fashion designer *

Teuta Matoshi Teuta Matoshi (born 24 October) is a Kosovo-Albanian fashion designer. She is known for her whimsical style of high-end gowns. Early life and education Matoshi was born outside of Pristina to a Kosovo Albanian family of 9 children, their father ...

- fashion designer * Burim Myftiu - American contemporary photographer, born in

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Ramadan Ramadani Ramadan Ramadani (1944–2005) was a Kosovar painter from Ferizaj, Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Re ...

- painter and artist * Mustafa Presheva - Turkish film editor

Models

Diana Avdiu Diana Avdiu (born 11 June 1993 in Mitrovica, Kosovo) is a Kosovan model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Kosovo 2012. She began her career as a model when she was 15 years old and has been featured on the covers of le ...

- Kosovar Albanian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Kosovo 2012 *

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 ...

- model who was crowned

in 2009; second runner-up in

Miss Universe Miss Universe is an annual international beauty pageant that is run by a United States and Thailand based Miss Universe Organization.Natalie Tadena (July 2, 2015"Donald Trump's Miss USA Pageant Lands on Reelz Cable Channel". ''The Wall Stre ...

2009 *

Donika Emini Donika Emini is a Kosovan beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned as Miss Kosova Earth 2013 that gave her the right to represent Kosovo at Miss Earth 2013 pageant. She is the first Kosovan representative for Miss Earth from the said Fadil Ber ...

- Kosovar Albanian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Kosovo *

- Kosovar Albanian fashion model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe Kosovo 2008 *Camila Barraza - Argentinian-Kosovar model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe Kosovo 2016 and represented Kosovo at Miss Universe 2016. *

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, sh ...

- Kosovar Albanian model *

Zana Berisha Zana Berisha (born 1995) is a Kosovan model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Kosovo 2018 on June 29, 2018. She represented Kosovo at Miss Universe 2018 pageant. Personal life Zana lives in Ferizaj, Kosovo. She was coming from Suhareka ...

- Kosovar Albanian model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Kosovo 2018

Business and entrepreneurship

* Florin Krasniqi - American businessman and political activist *

Shkëlzen Shala Shkëlzen Shala (born 22 April 1983) is an Albanian entrepreneur, gastronome and veganism activist based in Pristina, Kosovo. Early life Shkëlzen Shala was born on 22 April 1983 in Pristina, Kosovo to Ismet and Drita. His granddad was a well- ...

- veganism activist and entrepreneur *

Ramiz Tafilaj Ramiz Tafilaj (born 6 May 1949 in Deçan, SFR Yugoslavia, now Kosovo) is an Albanian-American businessman, philanthropist, activist, and publisher known for his significant contributions to the Albanian community in the United States and beyond. T ...

- American businessman, activist, visionary and publisher

Politics

Albin Kurti Albin Kurti (; born 24 March 1975) is a Kosovar Albanian politician and activist, serving as the Prime Minister of Kosovo since 22 March 2021, having previously served in that role between February and June 2020. He came to prominence in 1997 a ...

- current Prime Minister of Kosovo *

Vjosa Osmani Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu (born 17 May 1982) is a Kosovar Albanian jurist and politician serving as the 5th and current President of Kosovo since 4 April 2021. Born in former Yugoslavia and raised in the city then known as Titova Mitrovica, today the ...

- current President of Kosovo *

Lulzim Basha Lulzim Basha (; born 12 June 1974) is an Albanian politician who served as the chairman of the Democratic Party of Albania, the main opposition party, from 2013 to March 21, 2022 when he stepped down from the leadership of the party. Basha was ...

- Albanian politician. He is the chairman of the

Democratic Party of Albania The Democratic Party of Albania ( sq, Partia Demokratike e Shqipërisë, PD or PDSH) is a conservatism in Albania, conservative list of political parties in Albania, political party in Albania. It has been the largest opposition party in the c ...

, the main opposition party, since 2013. *

Agim Çeku Agim Çeku ( sh, Agim Čeku, born 29 October 1960) is a Kosovan politician, the former minister of Security Forces in Kosovo and formerly the prime minister. Of military background, he was a commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) that f ...

- minister of security forces for the

Bajram Curri Bajram Curri (16 January 1862 – 29 March 1925) was an Albanian chieftain, politician and activist who struggled for the independence of Albania, later struggling for Kosovo's incorporation into it following the 1913 Treaty of London. He wa ...

- minister of defence of Albania, member of the

Committee for the National Defence of Kosovo The Committee for the National Defence of Kosovo ( sq, Komiteti "Mbrojtja Kombëtare e Kosovës" abbrev. KMKK) was an Albanian organization founded in Shkodër on 1 May 1918. It was mainly consisted of the political exiles from Kosovo and was led ...

, independence activist *

Nexhat Daci Nexhat Daci (pronounced ; born June 26, 1944 in Veliki Trnovac, Bujanovac, Serbia) is a Kosovan politician. He was elected as the speaker of Assembly of Kosovo in 2001 as a member of President Ibrahim Rugova's Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). ...

- member of the Assembly of Kosovo *

Nexhip Draga Mehmet Nexhip bey Draga ( tr, Mehmed Necib Draga; 1867–1920) was an important figure of the Albanian National Awakening and an Albanian politician. Biography Nexhip Draga was born in 1867 in Mitroviça (now Mitrovica), then a town of the Ott ...

- politician and deputy of the Ottoman and later of the Yugoslav parliament *

Jakup Krasniqi Jakup Krasniqi (born 1 January 1951) is a Kosovo-Albanian politician and former acting President of Kosovo. He is former Chairman of the Assembly of Kosovo. In November 2020 he was arrested for charges of crimes against humanity and war crime fil ...

-spokesman for the Kosovo Liberation Army (during the Kosovo war); Former Chairman of the Assembly of Kosovo (2007-2014); Former Acting President of Kosovo. *

Ramush Haradinaj Ramush Haradinaj (; born 3 July 1968) is a Kosovo Albanian politician, leader of the AAK party, and the third prime minister of Kosovo. He is a former officer and leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), and previously served as Prime Minister ...

- former Prime Minister of Kosovo (2004–05) * Sinan Hasani - former president of Yugoslavia (1986–1987), novelist, statesman and diplomat *

Ali Kelmendi Ali Kelmendi (3 November 1900 – 11 February 1939) was a Kosovar Albanian communist, an organizer of the communist movement in Albania and was posthumously a Hero of Albania under the communist government. Life and career Ali Kelmendi was born ...

- communist organiser *

Hasan Prishtina Hasan bey Prishtina ( tr, Priştineli Hasan Bey, Hasan Bey Priştine and ''Vulçitrnli Hasan Bey''), originally known as Hasan Berisha (27 September 1873 – 13 August 1933), was an Ottoman, later Albanian politician, who served as the 8th Prime ...

- former Prime Minister, nationalist, organizer of Albanian movements against Ottomans and other regimes installed in Kosovo, during the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century *

Ymer Prizreni Haxhi Ymer bey Effendi Prizreni or Ymer Drini (c. 1820 – 12 June 1887) was an Ottoman-Albanian 'alim, hoxha and the political leader of the League of Prizren. He was Prime Minister of its Autonomous Provisional Government, formed in the per ...

- cleric, jurist, politician, scholar and patriot, head leader of the Albanian

Bajram Rexhepi Bajram Rexhepi (3 June 1954 – 21 August 2017), was a Kosovar politician who served as the first elected post-war prime minister and later as interior minister of Kosovo and as a member of the Kosovo Assembly. He was a member of the second larges ...

- Prime Minister of Kosovo 2002-2004 *

Ibrahim Rugova Ibrahim Rugova (; 2 December 1944 – 21 January 2006) was a prominent Kosovo Albanian political leader, scholar, and writer, who served as the President of the partially recognised Republic of Kosova, serving from 1992 to 2000 and as President o ...

- first president of Kosovo (1992–2000) and (2002–2006)

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Fatmir Sejdiu Fatmir Sejdiu (; born 23 October 1951) is a Kosovar politician. He was the leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) and was the 1st President of Republic of Kosovo. Early life and education Fatmir Sejdiu was born on October 23, 1951, in t ...

- first president of the

(2006–2010) *

Hashim Thaçi Hashim Thaçi (; born 24 April 1968) is a Kosovar Albanian politician who was the president of Kosovo from April 2016 until his resignation on 5 November 2020 to face a war crimes tribunal. He was the first prime minister of Kosovo and the For ...

- former Prime Minister and President of Kosovo *

Azem Vllasi Azem Vllasi (born 23 December 1948) is a senior Kosovo Albanian politician and lawyer. Early years Vllasi was born in Robovac, Kosovska Kamenica, Yugoslavia, in today's Kosovo. In his youth and student years, Vllasi chaired a number of youth o ...

- senior politician and lawyer

Sports

Football

* Ardit Tahiri - Footballer *

Allmir Ademi Allmir Ademi ( Serbo-Croat: ''Almir Ademi''; born 13 October 1984) is an Albanian-Swiss footballer who plays as midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive ro ...

- Albanian-Swiss footballer *

Fidan Aliti Fidan Aliti (born 3 October 1993) is a professional association football, footballer who plays as a centre-back for FC Zürich, Zürich. Born in Switzerland, he originally represented Albania national football team, Albania at the international l ...

- football player *

Enis Alushi Enis Alushi (born 22 December 1985) is a Kosovan retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career 1. FC Nürnberg On 28 July 2016, Alushi joined 2. Bundesliga side 1. FC Nürnberg. His debut with 1. FC Nürnberg came on ...

- football player *

Donis Avdijaj Donis Xhemë Avdijaj (born 25 August 1996) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Swiss Super League club FC Zürich. Club career Schalke 04 After scoring 59 goals in 53 matches for U17 and 17 goals in 24 games for U19, A ...

- footballer *

Ilir Azemi Ilir Azemi (born 21 February 1992) is a Kosovar former professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career Early career Azemi began his career at local side Motor Gispersleben as a child where he remained until he was spotted by Greu ...

- footballer *

Zymer Bytyqi Zymer Bytyqi (born 11 September 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Konyaspor. He previously played for Sandnes Ulf and Red Bull Salzburg, and became the youngest player that has ever played in the Norwegian top league ...

- football player *

Adnan Januzaj Adnan Januzaj (born 5 February 1995) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Spanish club Sevilla and the Belgium national team. Born and raised in Brussels, he began his career with Anderlecht before joining Manchester ...

- Belgian football player for

Real Sociedad Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad (; ''Royal Society''), La Real in Spanish, Erreala in Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 Septem ...

, La Liga, parents are from the

, of both Kosovan and Turkish descent *

Agon Mehmeti Agon Xhevat Mehmeti (born 20 November 1989) is an Albanian former professional footballer who last played as a striker for Örebro SK. Club career Malmö FF Mehmeti began his football career at IFK Malmö before moving to join Malmö FF in 2 ...

- football player *

Albert Bunjaku Albert Bunjaku (born 29 November 1983) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for German club Bonner SC. Having previously represented Switzerland, participating at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, he switched to the newly formed Kosovo ...

- Swiss-Albanian football player for

Nürnberg Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ci ...

, German Bundesliga * Almir Murati - Swiss football player who plays for

Potenza S.C. Potenza Sport Club S.r.l. was an Italian football club, based in Potenza, Basilicata. The club was re-founded in 2004 as A.S. Calcio Potenza, (legal suffix S.r.l. was added circa 2005) after the merger of the old A.S.C. Potenza (founded in 19 ...

Arian Beqaj Arjan Beqaj (born 25 August 1975 in Prizren) is a former Albanians, Albanian professional football (soccer), footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is now the goalkeeping coach at Anorthosis Famagusta. In a career spanning 19 years he played ...

- football player for

Anorthosis Famagusta Anorthosis Famagusta ( el, Ανόρθωση Αμμοχώστου, translit=Anorthosi Ammochostou), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot football club, part of the Anorthosis Famagusta multi-sport club fou ...

, Cypriot First Division *

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- Swedish football player for

Leicester City Leicester ( ) is a city, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands. The city lies on the River Soar and close to the eastern end of the National ...

, Premier League, born in

Beg Ferati Beg Ferati (born 10 November 1986) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Club career Born in Pristina, Ferati moved with his family to Pratteln, Switzerland, while he was still a child. He started his children ...

- Swiss football player, born in Pristina * Bernard Berisha - football player *

Besart Berisha Besart Berisha (born 29 July 1985) is a Kosovan retired professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career Youth and Hamburger SV Berisha began his youth career at German side Berliner VB 49 academies at age of 9. He then moved to var ...

- football player for

Brisbane Roar Brisbane Roar Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Brisbane, Queensland and has won the domestic title on three occasions, as well as holding the longest unbeaten record of 36 league matches without defeat. Brisba ...

A-League A-League Men (known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons) is the highest-level professional men's soccer league in Australia and New Zealand. At the top of the Australian league system, it is the country's premier men's competiti ...

Valon Berisha Valon Berisha (born 7 February 1993) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for A-League club Melbourne City, on loan from Ligue 1 club Reims, and the Kosovo national team. He previously represented Norway at youth a ...

- footballer player who played for Red Bull Salzburg and

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* Mërgim Brahimi - football player * Bersant Celina - football player *

Debatik Curri Debatik Nazmi Curri (born 28 December 1983) is an Albanian professional football coach and former player who is the current assistant manager of Prishtina. From 2006 to 2015 he was also part of Albania national team, collecting 44 appearances ...

- footballer *

Ardin Dallku Ardin Dallku (born 1 November 1994) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Kosovan club Dukagjini. Club career Vorskla Poltava On 10 January 2012, Dallku signed to Ukrainian club Vorskla Poltava. On 1 July 2016, he ...

- footballer * Ibrahim Drešević - footballer *

Lorik Emini Lorik Emini (born 29 August 1999) is a professional association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swiss club FC Luzern, Luzern. Born in Switzerland, he represents the Kosovo national football team, Kosovo national team. Club care ...

- footballer * Betim Fazliji - footballer *

Ardian Gashi Ardian Gashi (born 20 June 1981) is a Kosovo, Kosovar retired association football, footballer who played as a midfielder]. Gashi played for Molde FK, Molde, Vålerenga Fotball, Vålerenga, SK Brann, Brann, Fredrikstad FK, Fredrikstad and Odds ...

- footballer, who played for Norway national football team, Norway and

Besian Idrizaj Besian Idrizaj (12 October 1987 – 15 May 2010) was an Austrian professional footballer. He also played in the Football League for Crystal Palace and Luton Town both whilst on loan from Liverpool for whom he did not make a League appearance. He ...

- Austrian football player for

Swansea City Swansea City Association Football Club (; cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Cymdeithas Dinas Abertawe) is a professional football club based in Swansea, Wales that plays in the Championship, the second tier of English football. Swansea have played their ho ...

, English League Championship, parents are from

Besar Halimi Besar Halimi (born 12 December 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for club Hallescher FC. Born in Germany, he plays for the Kosovo national team. Club career Early career Halimi first played for a local clu ...

- footballer, former player of

Mainz 05 1. Fußball- und Sportverein Mainz 05 e. V., usually shortened to 1. FSV Mainz 05, Mainz 05 () or simply Mainz (), is a German sports club, founded in 1905 and based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. 1. FSV Mainz 05 play in the Bundesliga, the top ...

Besnik Hasi Besnik Ilmi Hasi (born 29 December 1971) is an Albanian professional football coach and former player who was most recently the manager of Saudi club Al-Ahli. Club career Born in Gjakova, SFR Yugoslavia (present day Kosovo), he began playing wi ...

- former football player turned manager for

Anderlecht Anderlecht (, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the south-western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Forest, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, and Saint-Gilles, as well as the ...

Belgian First Division A The Belgian Pro League,(officially the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons with Jupiler), is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 18 clubs since the 2020–21 season and reduced to 16 team ...

Mehmet Hetemaj Mehmet Hetemaj (born 8 December 1987) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He is of Kosovar Albanian descent and has represented both Finland national team and Kosovo national football team, but now ...

- footballer, who played several seasons in the Italian

Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie Balkrishna Industries, BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 ...

* Ylldren Ibrahimaj - footballer * Blendi Idrizi - footballer, currently playing for

Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04 (), Schalke 04 (), or abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional German football and multi-sports club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine ...

Flamur Kastrati Flamur Kastrati (born 14 November 1991) is a Kosovar retired professional footballer who recently played as a forward for Eliteserien club Odd. Kastrati is of Kosovar-Albanian descent and grew up in Norway. He has represented Norway at youth ...

- footballer *

Kushtrim Lushtaku Kushtrim Lushtaku (born 8 October 1989) is a Kosovan professional footballer and manager who plays as an attacking midfielder and acts as a player-manager for Türkspor Neckarsulm. Early life Lushtaku was born in Skenderaj, SFR Yugoslavia but ...

- footballer *

Alban Meha Alban Sylë Meha (born 26 April 1986) is a Kosovar professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for German club KSV Hessen Kassel. Early life Meha was born in Mitrovica, SFR Yugoslavia, to Kosovo Albanian parents from Prekaz. He is the ...

- footballer *

Arijanet Muric Arijanet Anan Muric; cnr, Аријанет Мурић, translit=Arijanet Murić (born 7 November 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Burnley. Born in Switzerland, he represents the Kosovo nation ...

- footballer, who played for

Manchester City Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The tw ...

and

NAC Breda NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eerste Divi ...

Florent Muslija Florent Muslija (born 6 July 1998) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Paderborn and the Kosovo national team. Club career Karlsruher SC On 21 May 2017, Muslija made his debut as professional footballer in a ...

- football player, who formerly played for

Hannover 96 Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96 (), Hannover, HSV or simply 96, is a German professional football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony. They played in the Bundesliga for a total of 30 years betwe ...

Besar Musolli Besar Musolli (born 28 February 1989) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Kosovan club Llapi. Club career Youth career and Hysi In 2005, Musolli began his career in the youth teams of Prishtina, when he ...

- football player *

Atdhe Nuhiu Atdhe Nuhiu (; born 29 July 1989) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Austrian Bundesliga club SC Rheindorf Altach. Club career SV Ried On 31 August 2009, on the deadline day, Nuhiu completed a transfer to SV Ried o ...

- football player * Leart Paqarada - footballer *

Avni Pepa Avni Pepa (born 14 November 1988) is a professional association football, footballer who plays as a defender (association football), defender for Norwegian club Arendal Fotball, Arendal. Born in Norway, he represented the Kosovo national football ...

- footballer * Fanol Përdedaj - football player, who played for

Hertha BSC Hertha, Berliner Sport-Club e. V., commonly known as Hertha BSC (), and sometimes referred to as Hertha Berlin, Hertha BSC Berlin, or simply Hertha, is a German professional football club based in the locality of Westend of the borough of Charl ...

Elbasan Rashani Elbasan "Elba" Rashani (born 9 May 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club Clermont. Born in Sweden, he plays for the Kosovo national team. Club career Brøndby On 24 July 2014, Rashani signed a four-year c ...

- footballer *

Anel Rashkaj Anel Rashkaj (born 19 August 1989) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swedish club Örgryte. A full international between 2014 and 2020, he won 14 caps for the Kosovo national team. Club career Halmstads BK Rashk ...

- footballer *

Dardan Rexhepi Dardan Rexhepi (born 16 January 1992) is a professional footballer who plays for Norrby IF as a striker. He was raised in Sweden and played for their youth football teams before playing for the senior Kosovo national team. Club career Malmö ...

- footballer *

Loret Sadiku Loret Sadiku (born 28 July 1991) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Hammarby IF in Allsvenskan. Early life Born in SFR Yugoslavia, Sadiku was raised in Sweden and started to play youth football with l ...

- footballer *

Herolind Shala Herolind Shala (born 1 February 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Turkish club Erzurumspor FK. Born in Norway, he plays for the Kosovo national team. He previously represented Norway at youth and Albania at under ...

- footballer, who played for

Odd Odd means unpaired, occasional, strange or unusual, or a person who is viewed as eccentric. Odd may also refer to: Acronym * ODD (Text Encoding Initiative) ("One Document Does it all"), an abstracted literate-programming format for describing X ...

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Sparta Prague ) but refer to Spartans as "''Rudí''" ( en, The Dark Reds/The Maroons).'' Letenští'' , ground = Generali Česká pojišťovna Arena , capacity = 19,416 , clubname = Sparta Prague , image = Sparta Praha logo.png , image_size = 160px , fu ...

* Valmir Sulejmani - footballer, who formerly played for

* Gjelbrim Taipi - footballer *

Samir Ujkani Samir Ujkani (born 5 July 1988) is a Kosovar Albanian professional association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Italian club Empoli F.C., Empoli and the Kosovo national football team, Kosovo nat ...

- footballer, who played several seasons in

Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...

and

* Mërgim Vojvoda - football player currently playing for

Torino F.C. Torino Football Club (), commonly referred to as Torino or simply Toro, is an Italian professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont. They currently play in Serie A. Founded as ''Foot-Ball Club Torino'' in 1906, Torino are among the mos ...

Eroll Zejnullahu Eroll Zejnullahu (born 19 October 1994) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder for German club TSV 1860 Munich and the Kosovo national team. Club career Youth career Zejnullahu began his youth career at local ...

- footballer *

Arbër Zeneli Arbër Avni Zeneli (born 25 February 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or left winger for Allsvenskan club IF Elfsborg and the Kosovo national team. Born in Sweden, he previously represented the country at t ...

- footballer, who played for

Heerenveen Heerenveen (, fry, It Hearrenfean ) is a town and municipality in the province of Friesland (Fryslân), in the Northern Netherlands. In 2021, the town had a population of 29,790 (1 January) while the municipality had a population 50,859 (1 July). ...

and

Reims Reims ( , , ; also spelled Rheims in English) is the most populous city in the French department of Marne, and the 12th most populous city in France. The city lies northeast of Paris on the Vesle river, a tributary of the Aisne. Founded by ...

* Edon Zhegrova - footballer *

Drilon Shala Drilon Shala (born 20 March 1987) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is of Albanian origin. Club career Shala progressed through the Reipas youth academy. He made his breakthrough as a senior player for L ...

- Finnish football player for

FC Lahti FC Lahti is a Finnish football club based in the city of Lahti. It currently plays in the Finnish Premier League (''Veikkausliiga'') after placing first in the Finnish First Division (''Ykkönen'') during season 2011. The homeground of FC Lah ...

, Finnish Veikkausliiga, parents are from the

Dren Feka Dren Feka (born 9 June 1997) is a Kosovo Albanian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for KF Dukagjini. Club career Luzern On 24 June 2017, Feka signed to Swiss Super League side FC Luzern, Luzern. ...

- German football player for

Hamburger SV Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V. (), commonly known as Hamburger SV () or Hamburg (), is a German sports club based in Hamburg, with its largest branch being its football section. Though the current HSV was founded in June 1919 from a merger of three ...

and

Germany national youth football team This article includes current squads of Germany U-19, U-18, U-17, U-16 and U-15 national football teams. Main coaches Germany national under-19 squad * The following players were called up for the friendly matches. * Match dates: 23, 26 and ...

U19. Parents are from

. *

Emir Bajrami Emir Bajrami (born 7 March 1988) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a winger. Starting off his professional career with IF Elfsborg in 2006, he went on to represent FC Twente, AS Monaco, and Panathinaikos before retiring ...

- Swedish football player, born in

Erton Fejzullahu Erton Fejzullahu (born 9 April 1988) is a professional former association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker. He previously represented Sweden at Sweden national youth football team, youth and Sweden nati ...

- Swedish football player, born in Mitrovica * Fatmire Bajramaj (Alushi) - German football player, born in

Faton Toski Faton Toski (born 17 February 1987) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in SFR Yugoslavia and raised in Germany, he played for the Germany U19 national team and the Kosovo senior national team. Club career Ear ...

- German football player, born in

Gezim Ljalja Gezim Ljalja ( sr-cyr, Гезим Љаља, al, Gëzim Lala; born July 25, 1956) is a former Yugoslav footballer who spent his entire career at FK Zemun and became one of the greatest and most notable players of the club. He has also served as a ...

- Kosovar Albanian football player who played for

KF Vëllaznimi Klubi i futbollit Vëllaznimi, commonly known as KF Vëllaznimi, or simply as Vëllaznimi is a football club based in Gjakova, Kosovo. They currently play in the second division of football in Kosovo, First Football League of Kosovo. History ...

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FK Galenika Zemun Fudbalski klub Zemun (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Земун) is a Serbian professional football club based in Zemun, Belgrade, that competes in the Serbian League Belgrade. History Immediately after the end of the Second Wo ...

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Granit Xhaka Granit Xhaka (born 27 September 1992) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Arsenal and the Switzerland national team. Xhaka began his career at hometown club FC Basel, winning the Swiss Super League in each of ...

- Swiss football player, an ethnic Albanian born in

Johan Berisha Johan Berisha (born 6 September 1979 in Yugoslavia) is a retired Swiss footballer of Albanian descent. Football career Berisha stands at 6"2 and he uses this height to his advantage when challenging defenders in aerial battles and his strength ...

- retired Swiss football player *

Kosovare Asllani Kosovare Asllani (born 29 July 1989) is a Swedish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), striker or an Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, attacking midfielder for Italian first division Serie A ...

- Swedish football player, parents migrated from

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

Kristian Nushi Kristian Nushi (born 21 July 1982) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swiss club FC Uzwil. Club career Early career Nushi began his career at the Prishtina. In 1999, he moved to Switzerland and played for Spiez u ...

- football player for

FC St. Gallen Fussballclub St. Gallen 1879, commonly known as St. Gallen, is a Swiss professional football club based in the city of St. Gallen, Canton of St. Gallen. As of the 2022–23 season, the team competes in the Swiss Super League. History Founde ...

, Swiss Super League *

Labinot Haliti Labinot Haliti (born 26 October 1985) is an Australian former professional footballer who played as a second striker or winger. Early life Haliti's was born in Pristina, and fled his home country at the age of 14 with his family, arriving in Au ...

- Australian-Albanian football player for

Western Sydney Wanderers FC Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club (colloquially known as Western Sydney, or simply as Wanderers) is an Australian professional soccer club based in the Western Sydney region of Sydney, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premie ...

, born in

Labinot Harbuzi Labinot Harbuzi (4 April 1986 – 11 October 2018) was a Swedish professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Early life Harbuzi's family migrated to Sweden. His father, Ismet, was a table tennis player in Kosovo. He was the cousin (aun ...

- Swedish football player, parents migrated from

Liridon Krasniqi Liridon Krasniqi (born 1 January 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Malaysia Super League club Johor Darul Ta'zim. Born in Kosovo, he represents the Malaysia national team. Krasniqi made his senior debu ...

- football player play for

Kedah Kedah (), also known by its honorific Darul Aman (Islam), Aman and historically as Queda, is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia, located in the northwestern part of Peninsular Malaysia. The state covers a total area ...

, Malaysia Super League, born in

Vitina Viti ( sq-definite, Vitia) or Vitina ( sr-Cyrl, Витина), is a town and municipality located in the District of Gjilan in Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town of Viti has 4,924 inhabitants, while the municipality has 46,987 inhabita ...

Lorik Cana Lorik Agim Cana (; born 27 July 1983) is an Albanian former professional footballer. He is currently the Grassroots ambassador for children's football in Albania, named by the Albanian Football Association on 26 October 2017. Cana played in the ...

- football player for

, Italian Serie A *

Mehmet Dragusha Mehmet Ashim Dragusha (born 9 October 1977) is an Albanian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Born in Pristina, Dragusha began his career with local side FC Prishtina. In 1997, he moved to the Slovenian club ...

- football player for

Paderborn Paderborn (; Westphalian: ''Patterbuorn'', also ''Paterboärn'') is a city in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pader and ''Born'', an old German term for t ...

, German 2 Bundesliga * Mentor Zhubi - Swedish football player for

Örgryte IS Örgryte Idrottssällskap, commonly referred to as Örgryte IS, Örgryte () or (especially locally) ÖIS or Öis, is a Swedish sports club based in Gothenburg. It consists of four departments, namely bowling, football, athletics and wrestling. H ...

, Swedish Superettan, born in

* Milaim Rama - Swiss football player for

Augsburg Augsburg (; bar , Augschburg , links=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian_German , label=Swabian German, , ) is a city in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, around west of Bavarian capital Munich. It is a university town and regional seat of the ' ...

, German Regional Liga Nord, born in

Milot Rashica Milot Rashica (; born 28 June 1996) is an Albanian- Kosovan footballer. He is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Süper Lig club Galatasaray, on loan from club Norwich City, and the Kosovo national tea ...

- football player for

Werder Bremen Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V. (), commonly known as Werder Bremen (), Werder or simply Bremen, is a German professional sports club based in Bremen, Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. Founded on 4 February 1899, they are be ...

, Bundesliga, born in

Vushtrri Vushtrri ( sq-definite, Vushtrria) or Vučitrn ( sr-Cyrl, Вучитрн), is a city and municipality located in the Mitrovica District in northern Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town of Vushtrri has 26,964 inhabitants, while the munic ...

Njazi Kuqi Njazi Kuqi (born 25 March 1983) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a forward. Kuqi started his career with FC Lahti of the Veikkausliiga in 2002, spending three years with the club and scoring twenty goals in all competi ...

- Finnish football player for

TuS Koblenz TuS Koblenz is a German association football club, located in Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Fussball Club Deutschland Neuendorf, which was formed in 1911, is viewed as the foundation of the modern club. History Nazi era (1933–1945) The or ...

, German Zweite Bundesliga, born in

Rijat Shala Rijat Shala ( Serbo-Croat: ''Rijat Šala''; born 26 July 1983) is a Swiss footballer of Kosovar Albanian descent who most recently played for Swiss lower league club AS Breganzona. Club career He spent the 2007–08 season with Serie A side C ...

- Swiss football player for

Novara Calcio Novara Football Club, commonly referred to as Novara, is an Football in Italy, Italian football club based in Novara, Piedmont. The club was founded in 2021 by the Novara, City of Novara to replace old Novara Calcio that lost its professional s ...

, Italian Lega Pro 1.Divisione, born in

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Shefki Kuqi Shefki Kuqi (pronounced ; born 10 November 1976) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played predominantly as a striker. He spent most of his career in the English football league system, for clubs including Newcastle United, Shef ...

- Finnish football player for

, English Football League Championship, born in the

* Shpetim Hasani - football player * Sokol Maliqi - Swiss-Albanian football player *

Valdet Rama Valdet Skënder Rama (born 20 November 1987) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for German club Wuppertaler SV. He also holds German citizenship. Early life Rama is a Kosovo Albanian and fled to Germany at the age ...

- football player born in Mitrovica *

Valon Behrami Valon Behrami (born 19 April 1985) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Behrami was capped 83 times at international level by the Switzerland national team, playing at four FIFA World Cups, UEFA Euro 2008 and UE ...

- Swiss football player and former player of

West Ham United West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club that plays its home matches in Stratford, East London. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club plays at the London Stadium, hav ...

, Premier League, born in Mitrovica *

Xherdan Shaqiri Xherdan Shaqiri (; born 10 October 1991) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire and the Switzerland national team. Shaqiri began his career at FC Basel, winning honours including t ...

- Swiss football player, born in

* Xhevat Prekazi -

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

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Behrami Behrami is a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the 1991 census, the village is located in the municipality of Srebrenik Srebrenik ( sr-cyrl, Сребреник) is a city located in Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Her ...

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Cana Cana of Galilee ( grc, Κανὰ τῆς Γαλιλαίας; ar, قانا الجليل , translit= Qana al-Jalil , lit=Qana of the Galilee) is the location of the Marriage at Cana, at which the miracle of turning water into wine took place in ...

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Hasi People's Socialist Revolutionary Party ( eu, Herri Alderdi Sozialista Iraultzailea; HASI) was a non-legal Basque political party, considered commonly to be the political branch of ETA. It always ran as part of the coalition of the Basque National ...

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Basketball

Edmond Azemi Edmond "Edo" Azemi (born 19 September 1980) is a Kosovar-Albanian professional basketball player who plays for KB Prishtina in Kosovo Basketball Superleague and in Balkan International Basketball League. Edmond Azemi is one of the most successf ...

- Kosovo Albanian professional basketball player who plays for Sigal Prishtina in Kosovo Basketball Superleague

Handball

Taip Ramadani Taip Ramadani (born 1 January 1972) is an Australian handball coach, former Australian national team player and Sydney 2000 Olympian. Biography Handball Australia appointed Ramadani as the head coach of the national men's program in September 20 ...

- head coach of the Australian national handball team, parents are from

American Football

Lirim Hajrullahu Lirim Hajrullahu ( ; born April 24, 1990) is a Kosovar-born Canadian gridiron football placekicker who is a free agent. He became a Grey Cup champion with the Toronto Argonauts after kicking the game-winning field goal in the 105th Grey Cup g ...

- Kosovar-born Canadian

placekicker Placekicker, or simply kicker (PK or K), is the player in gridiron football who is responsible for the kicking duties of field goals and extra points. In many cases, the placekicker also serves as the team's kickoff specialist or punter. Spe ...

in both the

CFL The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a ci ...

and

NFL The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the major ...

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Grey Cup The Grey Cup (french: Coupe Grey) is both the championship game of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the trophy awarded to the victorious team playing in the namesake championship of professional Canadian football. The game is contested be ...

champion

Boxing, Kickboxing and Wrestling

Luan Krasniqi Luan Krasniqi (born 10 May 1971) is a German actor and former professional boxer. He held the European heavyweight title and also challenged for the WBO world heavyweight title. Background Krasniqi is the youngest of eight children to Kosovar ...

- German professional boxer, born in

Junik Junik ( sq, Junik, sq-definite, Juniku; sr, Јуник, Junik) is a town located in Junik Municipality in the Gjakova District in western Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town of Junik has 6,053 inhabitants, while the municipality has ...

Robin Krasniqi Haxhi Krasniqi (born 1 April 1987), known as Robin Krasniqi, is a German professional boxer who held the IBO light-heavyweight title from 2020 to October 2021. He previously held the WBA interim light-heavyweight title from 2020 to August 2021 ...

- German professional boxer, born in

Xhavit Bajrami Xhavit Bajrami (born October 30, 1975) is an Albanian-Swiss former Kickboxing, kickboxer who competed in the heavyweight division. A Seidokaikan, Seido karate practitioner and Andy Hug student, Bajrami built up an undefeated record domestically b ...

- Swiss former kickboxer, born in

Dumosh (Albanian; or sr, Dumoš, italic=no) is a village located in northeastern Kosovo, in the municipality of Podujevo. Demographics The settlement in Dumosh is divided into several "mahalla" (quarters), such as Podvorica, Kutleshi, Maqastena, V ...

Aziz Salihu Aziz Salihu (born 1 May 1954 in Pristina, Kosovo) is one of the best retired Super heavyweight boxer of Kosovar Albanian descent. He represented Yugoslavia at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, and won the bronze me ...

- professional boxer born in Prishtina *

Naim Terbunja Naim Terbunja (born 28 September 1984 in Pristina, Yugoslavia – in present-day Kosovo) is a Swedish professional boxer of Kosovar-Albanian descent who qualified for the 2008 Olympics at middleweight. Terbunja lost his round of 32 match agains ...

- Swedish amateur boxer, born in

Rezar } Gzim Selmani (born 16 June 1994) is a Dutch-Albanian professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. He is best known for his time in WWE, where he performed under the ring name Rezar. After signing with WWE in 2015, he has since teamed ...

- professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist * Elvis Gashi - professional Boxer in America is born in

Peja Peja ( Indefinite Albanian form: ''Pejë'' ) or Peć ( sr-Cyrl, Пећ ) is the fourth largest city of Kosovo and seat of Peja Municipality and Peja District. It is situated in the region of Rugova on the eastern section of the Accursed Mount ...

Ilir Latifi Ilir Latifi (born July 28, 1983) is a Swedish mixed martial artist who previously fought in the Heavyweight division of the UFC. A two-time national wrestling champion and a professional MMA competitor since 2008, Latifi has also competed in Sha ...

- professional UFC fighter for Sweden, his parents come from Kosovo *

Elvir Muriqi Elvir Muriqi (born May 10, 1979) is an Albanian boxer. Background Muriqi was born in Kosovo and moved to the United States in 1996 with his family to escape the growing tension in Kosovo. He boxed as an amateur in his homeland but never had a ...

- American-Albanian boxer, born in

Azem Maksutaj Azem Maksutaj (born July 8, 1975) is a former kickboxer who competed in the lightweight, welterweight, middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight, cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions. He originates from Kosovo but relocated to ...

- Swiss former kickboxer, born in

Donjeta Sadiku Donjeta Sadiku (born 8 July 1999) is a Kosovan boxer. She competed for Kosovo at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women's lightweight event and has previously competed for the country at the 2019 European Games. Her coach is Marjola Sallauka Bi ...

- Kosovar female boxer, born in

* Besar Nimani-former Professional Boxer, IBF European intercontinental champion File:Rezar Takeover NOLA.jpg,

Judo

Majlinda Kelmendi Majlinda Kelmendi (; born 9 May 1991) is a Kosovan-Albanian former judoka and judo coach. In 2014, Majlinda topped the IJF Women's Prestige World Ranking List. On 7 August 2016, she became the first Kosovan athlete to win a medal at the Olymp ...

- Judoka,

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

and 2014 World Champion (52 kg), won the

2019 European Games , translation: Time for bright victories! , nations participating = 50 , athletes participating = 4,082 , events = 200 in 15 sports , opening ceremony = 21 June , closing ceremony = 30 June , officially opened ...

, three

European Championships The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin, ...

(

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

), the

2013 Judo World Masters The 2013 Judo World Masters was held in Tyumen, Russia, from 25 to 26 May 2013. Medal summary Medal table Men's events Women's events References External links * {{IJF World Tour Russia IJF World Masters World Masters Judo Judo i ...

, seven IJF Grand Slams, 10 IJF Grand Prix, and conquered the gold at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

Distria Krasniqi Distria Krasniqi (; born 10 December 1995) is a Kosovar judoka. She received a gold medal in the women's 48-kg judo competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. In August 2021, she was awarded the Honor of the Nation Decoration of Albani ...

- Judoka, won three IJF World Masters (

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

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2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

), two IJF Grand Slams ( 2020 Paris and

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

), six IJF Grand Prix ( 2015 Samsun, 2017 Antalya and

The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of ...

, 2018 Antalya and

Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of ...

, 2019 Antalya), one European Championship and a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics * Nora Gjakova - Judoka, won two IJF Grand Slams (

), five IJF Grand Prix ( 2017 Antalya, 2018 Tunis, 2018 Antalya, 2019 Tbilisi), one European Championship, a gold medal at the

2018 Mediterranean Games The 2018 Mediterranean Games ( es, Juegos Mediterráneos de 2018), officially known as the XVIII Mediterranean Games ( es, XVIII Juegos Mediterráneos) and commonly known as Tarragona 2018, was an international multi-sport event held from 22 Jun ...

, and conquered the gold at the 2020 Summer Olympics File:Memli Krasniqi meeting Majlinda Kelmendi (cropped).JPG,

Kelmendi Kelmendi is a historical Albanian tribe (''fis'') and region in Malësia ( Kelmend municipality) and eastern Montenegro (parts of Gusinje Municipality). It is located in the upper valley of the Cem river and its tributaries in the Accursed Moun ...

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