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List of Kosovo Albanians


List of Kosovo Albanians


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

Football

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

American Football

  • Lirim Hajrullahu - Kosovar-born Canadian placekicker in both the CFL and NFL, 2017 Grey Cup champion

Boxing, Kickboxing and Wrestling

Judo

See also

References


Text submitted to CC-BY-SA license. Source: List of Kosovo Albanians by Wikipedia (Historical)