This is a list of historical and living notable Kosovar Albanians (ethnic Albanian people from Kosovo or people of full or partial Kosovar Albanian ancestry), sorted by occupation and name:
Military personnel
- Idriz Seferi - nationalist guerrilla fighter
- Azem Galica - nationalist resistance fighter
- Isa Boletini - nationalist guerrilla fighter
- Asim Vokshi - volunteer in Spanish Civil War
- Sulejman Vokshi - military leader and commander of the League of Prizren
- Haxhi Zeka - nationalist leader
- Bislim Bajgora - nationalist leader
- Shote Galica - nationalist guerrilla fighter who was declared as the People's Heroine of Albania
- Mic Sokoli - nationalist figure and guerrilla fighter
- Shaban Polluzha - military leader
- Idriz Gjilani - KLA commander
- Zahir Pajaziti - KLA commander
- Adem Jashari - KLA commander
- Agim Ramadani - KLA commander
- Njazi Azemi - KLA commander
Academics
- Anton Berisha - scholar and folklorist
- Flora Brovina - poet, pediatrician and women's rights activist from Drenica, raised in Prishtina
- Din Mehmeti - poet, from Gjakova
- Ali Podrimja - poet, from Gjakova
- Anton Berishaj - academic, from Malsia, Montenegro living in Kosovo
- Musa Haxhiu - academic, from Peja
Actors and actresses
Entertainment and media
Visual arts and design
- Fatmire Zeka - artist
- Rifo Dobra - photographer
- Adem Kastrati - painter (1930-2000)
- Gazmend Freitag - painter
- Lirika Matoshi - fashion designer
- Teuta Matoshi - fashion designer
- Burim Myftiu - American contemporary photographer, born in Prizren
- Ramadan Ramadani - painter and artist
- Mustafa Presheva - Turkish film editor
Models
- Diana Avdiu - Kosovar Albanian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Kosovo 2012
- Marigona Dragusha - model who was crowned Miss Universe Kosovo in 2009; second runner-up in Miss Universe 2009
- Donika Emini - Kosovar Albanian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Kosovo
- Zana Krasniqi - 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 - Kosovar Albanian model
- Zana Berisha - Kosovar Albanian model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Kosovo 2018
Business and entrepreneurship
- Florin Krasniqi - American businessman and political activist
- Shkëlzen Shala - veganism activist and entrepreneur
- Ramiz Tafilaj - American businessman, activist, visionary and publisher
Politics
- Albin Kurti - current Prime Minister of Kosovo
- Vjosa Osmani - current President of Kosovo
- Lulzim Basha - Albanian politician. He is the chairman of the Democratic Party of Albania, the main opposition party, since 2013.
- Agim Çeku - minister of security forces for the Republic of Kosovo
- Bajram Curri - minister of defence of Albania, member of the Committee for the National Defence of Kosovo, independence activist
- Nexhat Daci - member of the Assembly of Kosovo
- Nexhip Draga - politician and deputy of the Ottoman and later of the Yugoslav parliament
- Jakup Krasniqi - 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 - former Prime Minister of Kosovo (2004–05)
- Sinan Hasani - former president of Yugoslavia (1986–1987), novelist, statesman and diplomat
- Ali Kelmendi - communist organiser
- Hasan Prishtina - 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 - cleric, jurist, politician, scholar and patriot, head leader of the Albanian League of Prizren
- Bajram Rexhepi - Prime Minister of Kosovo 2002-2004
- Ibrahim Rugova - first president of Kosovo (1992–2000) and (2002–2006)
- Fatmir Sejdiu - first president of the Republic of Kosovo (2006–2010)
- Hashim Thaçi - former Prime Minister and President of Kosovo
- Azem Vllasi - senior politician and lawyer
Sports
Basketball
- Edmond Azemi - Kosovo Albanian professional basketball player who plays for Sigal Prishtina in Kosovo Basketball Superleague
Handball
- Taip Ramadani - head coach of the Australian national handball team, parents are from Kosovo
- Lirim Hajrullahu - Kosovar-born Canadian placekicker in both the CFL and NFL, 2017 Grey Cup champion
Boxing, Kickboxing and Wrestling
Judo
See also
References
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