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Pjetër Arbnori Pjetër Filip Arbnori (18 January 1935 – 8 July 2006) was an Albanian politician and dissident of the communist regime in Albania. He was dubbed "the Mandela of the Balkans" by Albanian statesmen because of the length of his 28-year internm ...

(1936–2006), Albanian politician *

Pjetër Bogdani Pjetër Bogdani (; 1627 – 6 December 1689) was the most original writer of Old Albanian literature. He was author of the Cuneus Prophetarum (''The Band of the Prophets''), 1685, the first prose work of substance written originally in (Gheg) A ...

(1627–1689), Albanian writer * Pjetër Budi (1566–1622), Albanian writer *

Pjetër Dungu Pjetër Dungu (1908–1989) was an Albanian piano accompanist and composer-arranger of urban folk music. He is known in the history of the music of Albania as the first compiler of Albanian folk songs. Dungu was born in Shkodër, where he took ...

(1908–1989), Albanian musician *

Pjetër Gaci Pjetër Gaci (; 27 March 193127 March 1995) was an Albanian musician, composer and music teacher. He participated numerous times in Festivali i Këngës as composer and lyricist, winning 2 first prizes in 1966 and 1972. Life and career Gaci was ...

(1931–1995), Albanian composer *

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 Albani ...

(1912–1982), Albanian actor * Pjetër Losha (died 1374), Albanian nobleman *

Pjetër Malota Peter Malota (born Pjetër Malota Lulgjuraj; 4 July 1959 in Lofka, Malësia, Montenegro ) 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 ...

(born 1959), Albanian actor *

Pjetër Mazreku Pjetër Mazreku (1584– 27 November 1634) (, ) was an Albanian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He wrote documents on the state of Christians in the Ottoman Empire, and a short 33 word Albanian etymological dictionary, preserved as a m ...

(1584–1634), Albanian bishop *

Pjetër Poga Petro Poga (1860–1944) was an Albanian politician who served as a delegate at the Albanian Declaration of Independence event in Vlorë, 1912, and an important Rilindas. Biography Early life He could've been born in Erind, Gjirokastër, Alb ...

(1860–1944), Albanian politician * Pjetër Shpani (died 1457), Albanian nobleman *

Pjetër Zaharia Pjetër Zaharia (13?? – 3 July 1422) was an Albanian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Pjetër Zaharia was born in the mid 14th century in northern Albania. He came from the noble Albanian family of Zaharia. Most historians attribute the est ...

(died 1414), Albanian bishop *

Pjetër Zarishi Pjetër Zarishi or Dom Pjeter Xarishi (1806 in Blinisht, Zadrima – 1866 in Kallmet, Lezhë) was an Albanian Mirditë Catholic priest and poet who established a tradition of the 19th century Catholic literature in northern Albania. He is al ...

(1806–1866), Albanian writer

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