Albanians - Notable Albanians

Notable Albanians

  • Gjon Buzuku – a northern Albanian Catholic cleric born in the 16th century; the author of the first book written and published in Albanian.
  • Mit’hat Frashëri- Albanian diplomat, writer and politician. The son of Abdyl Frashëri, one of the most important activists of the Albanian National Awakening in 1908 he participated in the Congress of Manastir
  • Lorik Cana- football player
  • Rita Ora - singer.
  • Ismail Kadare- writer
  • Dritëro Agolli Poet, Writer
  • Gjekë Marinaj Writer and Literary Critic
  • Agim Kaba- Emmy nominated actor and artist.
  • Rexhep Qosja- prominent Albanian politician and literary critic.
  • Naim Krieziu- football player famous in Italy in 1940s and 1950s.
  • Sedefkar Mehmed Agha - architect of the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (the "Blue Mosque") in Istanbul.
  • Mother Teresa- was a Catholic nun of Albanian ethnicity and Indian citizenship, who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta,
  • Skanderbeg- as a 15th-century Albanian lord, who as leader of the federation of the League of Lezhë defended the region of Albania against the Ottoman Empire for more than two decades.
  • Mohammed Ali Pasha – Viceroy of Egypt and Sudan
  • Mirela Manjani- is a retired javelin thrower who represented Greece.
  • James Biberi- actor
  • Gjon Mili- Albanian-American photographer
  • Inva Mula- opera soprano
  • Aleksander Moisiu- stage actor.
  • Ernesto Sabato (1911–2011) Argentinian writer, painter and physicist of Arbëreshë-Albanian descent. His writings led him to receive many international prizes, including the Legion of Honour (France), the Prix Médicis (Italy) and the Miguel de Cervantes Prize (Spain).
  • Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani (1914 – October 2, 1999) was an influential Sunni Islamic scholar of the 20th Century; he specialised in the fields of hadith and fiqh. He was also a prolific writer and speaker.
  • Ali Sami Yen 20 May 1886 – 29 July 1951- founder of the Galatasaray Sports Club.

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