The following are notable people who were either born, raised or have lived for a significant period of time in

Shkodër Shkodër ( , ; sq-definite, Shkodra; historically known as Scodra or Scutari) is the List of cities and towns in Albania, fifth-most-populous city of Albania and the seat of Shkodër County and Shkodër Municipality. Shkodër has been List of o ...

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Queen Teuta Teuta ( Illyrian: ''*Teutana'', 'mistress of the people, queen'; ; ) was the queen regent of the Ardiaei tribe in Illyria, who reigned approximately from 231 BC to 228/227 BC. Following the death of her spouse Agron in 231 BC, she assumed ...

, reign 231-227 BC * King Gentius, reign 181-168 BC *

Fahrettin Altay Fahrettin Altay (12 January 1880 – 25 October 1974) was a Turkish military officer. His surname "Altay" (''Red horse/colt'') was given to him by Atatürk. The Turkish tank Altay is named in honor of him. Biography Fahrettin Altay was born ...

, hero of

Turkish War of Independence , strength1 = May 1919: 35,000November 1920: 86,000Turkish General Staff, ''Türk İstiklal Harbinde Batı Cephesi'', Edition II, Part 2, Ankara 1999, p. 225August 1922: 271,000Celâl Erikan, Rıdvan Akın: ''Kurtuluş Savaşı tarih ...

, comrade of

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ( 1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish field marshal and revolutionary statesman who was the founding father of the Republic of Turkey, serving as its first President of Turkey, president from 1923 until Death an ...

Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani Muhammad Nasir al-Din (19142 October 1999), commonly known as al-Albani, was an Albanian Islamic scholar. A leading figure of Salafism, he is commemorated for his works on revaluation of hadith studies. Born in Shkodër, Albania, to a family ad ...

, was an Albanian Islamic scholar who specialised in the fields of hadith and fiqh *

Hasan Rıza Pasha Hasan Rıza Pasha (1871 – 30 January 1913) was a Turkish general in the Ottoman Army. Life The son of the distinguished Ottoman statesman Mehmed Namık Pasha, who was the Governor of Baghdad where Hasan Riza was born. He was of Turkish ori ...

, He was the main commander during the Siege of Shkodër and became the symbol of resistance against the Serbians *

Ramiz Alia Ramiz Alia (; 18 October 1925 – 7 October 2011) was an Albanian politician serving as the second and last leader of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania from 1985 to 1991, serving as First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania. He ...

, last Communist leader of Albania *

Arilena Ara Arilena Ara (; born 17 July 1998) is an Albanian singer. Ara rose to national recognition in Albania, upon her victory at X Factor Albania in 2013. After her participation in the 18th edition of the music contest , her song "" found significant ...

, Singer. *

Marin Barleti Marin Barleti (, ; – ) was a historian, humanist and Catholic priest from Shkodër. He is considered the first Albanian historian because of his 1504 eyewitness account of the 1478 siege of Shkodra. Barleti is better known for his second work ...

, 15th century Albanian historian and priest * Cevdet Belbez, Ottoman governor of Van *

Marin Beçikemi Marino Becichemo or Marin Beçikemi (c. 1468 – 1526) was an Albanians, Albanian scholar and orator who was a prominent Renaissance humanism, humanist in the cities of Brescia and later Padua in the Republic of Venice in the early 16th century. H ...

, 15th century Albanian philosopher, orator, and professor *

Bushati family The Bushati family () is an Albanian Muslim family that ruled the Pashalik of Scutari from 1757 to 1831. Origins They are descendants of the medieval Bushati tribe, a pastoralist tribe () in northern Albania and Montenegro. The name Bushat is c ...

, prominent Ottoman Albanian family * Cafo Beg Ulqini, Albanian Nationalist *

Elhaida Dani Elhaida Dani (; born 17 February 1993) is an Albanian singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Shkodër, Dani performed in diverse singing competitions and started to play piano as a child. She rose to national recognition in the Albanian-speaking ...

, ''

The Voice of Italy ''The Voice of Italy'' is a reality singing competition and Italian version of the international syndication '' The Voice'' based on the reality singing competition launched in the Netherlands, created by Dutch television producer John de Mol Jr ...

'' winner and Albanian Eurovision representative *

Simon Gjoni Simon Gjoni (Shkodër, 1925–1991) was an Albanian conductor, and composer of many popular pieces for piano and orchestra.Jim Samson Music in the Balkans 2013 p458 "Finally, Simon Gjoni (1928-91), another Shkodér—born composer, studied conduc ...

, composer * David Tukiçi, singer and composer, winner of the 1969 and 1986 edition of ''

Festivali i Këngës (; ), commonly known as and also referred to as simply FiK or Fest, is an annual music competition in Albania organised by the national broadcaster (RTSH). Broadcast every year since its inauguration in 1962, the festival has determined th ...

'' *

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 ...

, Linguist and folklorist. *

Luigj Gurakuqi Luigj Gurakuqi (19 February 1879 – 2 March 1925), also called Louis Gurakuchi, was an Albanians, Albanian writer and politician. He was an important figure of the Albanian National Awakening and was honored with the People's Hero of Albania ...

, One of the leaders of the Albanian national movement. *

Elis Guri Elis Guri (born 6 July 1983) is a Bulgarian Greco-Roman style wrestler of Albanian descent. He was the 2011 World Champion, a two-time bronze medalist of European championships, and a participant in three summer Olympic Games. Professional ca ...

, former world champion

Greco-Roman wrestler Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), or classic wrestling (Euro-English) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 and has been i ...

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 ...

, franciscan friar *

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 ...

, painter and photographer *

Prenkë Jakova Prenk Jakova (; 27 June 191719 September 1969) was an Albanian composer, musician, and author of ''Mrika'' (1958), which is considered the first Albanian opera. A native of Shkodër, he studied under Martin Gjoka and Zef Kurti, and he was also ...

, author of the first Albanian opera. *

Zef Jubani Zef Jubani or Giuseppe Jubany in Italian (born ''Zef Ndokillia''; 1818 – February 1, 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 ...

, folklorist and activist of the

Albanian National Awakening The Albanian National Awakening ( or ), commonly known as the Albanian Renaissance or Albanian Revival, is a period throughout the 19th and 20th century of a cultural, political, and social movement in the Albanian history where the Albanian ...

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 young ...

, writer and publisher *

Branko Kadija On 22 June 1942, the Albanian student trio of Branko Kadija, Jordan Misja, and Perlat Rexhepi, who stayed in Misja's house at Firaj Street in Shkodër (at the time part of the Military history of Italy during World War II, fascist Italian pr ...

, communist, People's Hero of Albania *

Hamza bey Kazazi Hamza agë Kazazi also known as Hamz Kazazi (1779–1859) was an Albanian fighter and leader, known for his role in Albanian Uprising of 1835 in Shkodër, back then the center of Pashalik of Scutari of the Ottoman Empire. He had an only son call ...

, fighter *

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 ...

, footballer, athlete, sports organizer, and sports journalist *

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 T ...

, actress *

Vojo Kushi Vojo Kushi (; , August 3, 1918 – October 10, 1942) was an Albanian and Yugoslav communist guerrilla fighter (partisan) and one of the founders of the Communist group based in Shkodër, following the Italian occupation of Albania in April 1939. H ...

, Albanian

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

hero and People's Hero of Albania *

Jordan Misja On 22 June 1942, the Albanian student trio of Branko Kadija, Jordan Misja, and Perlat Rexhepi, who stayed in Misja's house at Firaj Street in Shkodër (at the time part of the fascist Italian protectorate of the Albanian Kingdom), were for ...

, communist, People's Hero of Albania * Henrik Lacaj, translator and scholar *

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

, model and former

Miss Universe Albania Miss Universe Albania (''also known'' Miss Albania Organization) is a national Beauty pageant in Albania. The pageant was founded as Miss Albania in 2002, until rebranding as Miss Universe Albania in 2006. History The beauty pageants in Albani ...

Ndre Mjeda Ndre Mjeda (20 November 18661 August 1937) was an Albanian philologist, poet, priest, rilindas, translator and writer of the Albanian Renaissance. He was a member of the Mjeda family. He was influenced by the Jesuit writer Anton Xanoni and ...

, Catholic romantic poet * Mjeda family, Noble Albanian family *

Hilë Mosi Hil Mosi (1885 - 1933) was an Albanian politician and poet. Biography Hil Mosi, son of Mark Mosi, was born in Shkodër, then part of the Ottoman Empire, in 1885. He attended an Italian elementary school and later the Xavierian Shkodër Jesu ...

, Politician and poet *

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, () of 1905. Biography Born in Shkodër on 15 June 1864, N ...

, priest, historian and writer * Prend Doçi, priest, historian and writer *

Millosh Gjergj Nikolla Millosh Gjergj Nikolla (; 13 October 191126 August 1938), commonly known by the acronym pen name Migjeni, was an Albanian poet and writer, considered one of the most important of the 20th century. After his death, he was recognized as one of the ...

, poet (pen name ''Migjeni'') *

Bernardin Palaj Bernardin Palaj (20 October 1894 — 8 December 1947) was an Albanian 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 Francisca ...

Franciscan The Franciscans are a group of related organizations in the Catholic Church, founded or inspired by the Italian saint Francis of Assisi. They include three independent Religious institute, religious orders for men (the Order of Friars Minor bei ...

cleric, folklorist and poet *

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 (), also known ...

, writer, historian, priest *

Erkand Qerimaj Erkand Mehdi Qerimaj (born 10 August 1988) is an Albanian weightlifter. Competition results At the 2008 European Championships he ranked 4th in the 77 kg category, with a total of 345 kg. Qerimaj competed in Weightlifting at the 200 ...

, world champion of weightlifting * Gjergj Radovani, Bishop of Shkodër and later Archbishop of Bar * Perlat Rexhepi, communist, People's Hero of Albania *

Filip Shiroka Filip Shiroka (13 August 1859 – 14 November 1935) was a classical Rilindja () poet. Life He was born and raised in Shkodër and educated there by the Franciscans. Among his teachers was poet Leonardo De Martino (1830–1923), whose influen ...

, renaissance poet * Mehmet Shpendi, guerrilla fighter *

Hodo Sokoli Hodo Pashë Sokoli or Hodo Dervishi (1836–1883) was an Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Albanians, Albanian miralay and later one of the leaders of the League of Prizren. He defected from the Ottoman army, when the Ottoman Empire decided to cede the part ...

, leader of the

League of Prizren The League of Prizren (), officially the League for the Defense of the Rights of the Albanian Nation (), was an Albanian political organization that was officially founded on June 10, 1878 in the old town of Prizren in the Kosovo Vilayet of th ...

* Ramadan Sokoli,

ethnomusicologist Ethnomusicology is the multidisciplinary study of music in its cultural context. The discipline investigates social, cognitive, biological, comparative, and other dimensions. Ethnomusicologists study music as a reflection of culture and investiga ...

Albert Stanaj Daniel Albert Stanaj (; born 12 February 1994), known professionally as Stanaj, is an Albanian-American singer and songwriter. Life and career 1994–present: Early life and continued success Stanaj was born to an Albanian family on 12 Feb ...

, singer and songwriter * Ibrahim Tukiqi, singer * Irine Banushi, priest * Bik Ndoja, singer *

Shyqyri Alushi Shyqyri Alushi (; 10 May 193418 March 2019) was an Albanian singer of folk and the traditional urban music of Shkodër, also known as aheng. Life and career He was born on 10 May 1934 in Bahçallëk, a neighbourhood of Shkodër. Singing from ...

, singer *

Tonin Tërshana Tonin Tërshana (; 1 June 194922 September 2015) was an Albanian singer from Shkodër. He was a frequent participant of Festivali i Këngës, having won 4 times, the second most in the competition after Vaçe Zela. Life and career Tërshana w ...

, singer and four-time winner of ''Festivali i Këngës'' * Luçie Miloti, singer *

Vaso Pasha Pashko Vasa (17 September 1825 – 29 June 1892), known as Vaso Pasha or Wassa Pasha (, ), was an Albanian writer, poet and publicist of the Albanian National Awakening, and Ottoman mutasarrif of Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate from 1882 until h ...

, writer, poet and publicist of the

Rudi Vata Rudi Vata (born 13 February 1969) is an Albanian former professional footballer who played as a defender, and had also a short stint as a manager of Albanian team KF Vllaznia Shkodër. Club career Early life Vata was born in the northern city ...

, footballer * Lazër Vladanji, Archbishop of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bar The Archdiocese of Bar (; ; ) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Montenegro.

in the 18th century * Gjergj Vladanji, Bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Sapë The Diocese of Sapë (, ) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholicism in Albania, Catholic Church in Northern Albania. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolis (religious juri ...

in the 18th century * Tonin Harapi, composer *

Çesk Zadeja Çesk Zadeja (8 June 1927, Shkodër – 15 August 1997, Rome) was an Albanian composer. A native of Shkodër, he studied in Moscow and did much to promote the arts in Tirana. He is known as "The Father of Albanian Music".Skënder Temali Skënder Temali (30 July 1946 – April 17, 2021) was an Albanian writer, poet and journalist. Life After earning a degree from the Luigj Gurakuqi University of Shkodër, Albanian literature and Albanian language, language, Temali worked for many ...

, writer * Xhezair Zaganjori, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Albania *

Medin Zhega Medin Zhega (31 January 1946 – 12 June 2012) was an Albanian professional football manager and player, who played as a forward. Playing career Club Firstly he played for Vllaznia the football team of Shkodra, then he went to Dinamo Tirana a ...

(31 January 1946 – 12 June 2012) was an Albanian professional football manager and player, who played as a forward *

Bardhok Biba Bardhok Biba (January 28, 1920 – August 7, 1949) was an Albanian politician who was a key political figure of the Mirditë region serving as political secretary of the party committee in the district. Biba was also a member of the People's Asse ...

(January 28, 1920 – August 7, 1949) was an Albanian politician who was a key political figure of the Mirditë region serving as political secretary of the party committee in the district. Biba was also a member of the People's Assembly. He was awarded the title of Hero of the People *

Shuaib Al Arna'ut The Late Al Arnaout. Shuaib ibn Muharram al-Albani al-Arnauti (in ) (1928-2016) was a well known Syrian scholar of Hadith in the Islamic World. He was famous for his works on Hadith Methodology, Manuscript Investigation and Research and Hadith Cri ...

(1928-2016) He was a well-known Albanian scholar of Hadith in the Islamic World. He was famous for his works on Hadith Methodology, Manuscript Investigation and Research and Hadith Criticism. His family were from Shkodër

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