List of people from Gjakova

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

List

  • Amir Abrashi, Albanian footballer
  • Abdullah (Dah) Polloshka, Fighter against the Ottoman occupiers, National hero
  • Fehmi Agani, Albanian sociologist, academic and politician
  • Mahmut Bakalli, Albanian politician, 5th President of the League of Communists of Kosovo
  • Lorik Cana, Albanian footballer and captain on National football team of Albania
  • Besim Dina, Albanian television host
  • Masar Caka, Albanian painter
  • Gent Cakaj, Albanian minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs
  • Bardhyl Çaushi, Kosovo Albanian dean of law of the University of Pristina
  • Bajram Curri, Albanian, founding member of the Committee for the National Defence of Kosovo
  • Božidar Delić (born 1956), retired Yugoslav general and Serbian politician
  • Dimitar Nikolić Obshti, Bulgarian national revolutionary
  • Teki Dervishi, Albanian playwright
  • Rauf Dhomi, Albanian composer
  • Mladen Dodić, Serbian football coach
  • Abdullah Pashë Dreni, Albanian pasha
  • Emin Duraku, Albanian, partisan
  • Bekim Fehmiu, Yugoslav-Albanian actor, the first Eastern European to star in Hollywood during the Cold War
  • Gëzim Lala, Kosovar Albanian football player who played for FK Galenika Zemun.
  • Ardian Gashi, Albanian-Norwegian footballer
  • Nora Gjakova, Olympic judo champion
  • Riza bej Gjakova, Albanian nationalist and guerrilla fighter
  • Eros Grezda, Albanian footballer
  • Besnik Hasi, Albanian footballer and coach
  • Fadil Hoxha, Albanian, first Prime Minister of AP Kosovo
  • Atifete Jahjaga, Albanian, former President of Kosovo
  • Benet Kaci, Albanian media personality
  • Valonis Kadrijaj, Albanian-German footballer
  • Gjon Nikolle Kazazi was an Albanian Catholic bishop of Skopje, known for discovering Meshari of Gjon Buzuku.
  • Ardian Kozniku, former Albanian-Croatian footballer
  • Ahmet Koronica, Albanian nationalist
  • Flaka Krelani, Albanian singer
  • Naim Kryeziu, Albanian footballer, part of AS Roma's first Serie A win
  • Burim Kukeli, Albanian footballer
  • Mimoza Kusari Lila, Kosovo Albanian politician
  • Din Mehmeti, Albanian poet
  • Albesian Mataj, one the youngest soldiers of the Kosovo Liberation Army who died on active duty
  • Avni Mula, Albanian musician
  • Blerim Mula, Albanian footballer and manager
  • Muslim Mulliqi, Albanian impressionist and expressionist painter
  • Fadil Nimani, KLA fighter
  • Dimitar Obshti, Bulgarian revolutionary
  • Fanol Perdedaj, Albanian-German footballer
  • Ali Podrimja, Albanian poet
  • Mirlinda Kusari Purrini, Kosovo Albanian economist
  • Aleksandar Tijanić, Serbian journalist and former RTS director
  • Esat Valla, Albanian painter
  • Miodrag Vlahović, Montenegrin former foreign minister
  • Liza Vorfi, Albanian actress
  • Vladimir Durković, Serbian football player and Olympic champion
  • Momir Vojvodić, Montenegrin Serb poet and politician
  • Bekim Fehmiu, Famous Albanian actor, born in Sarajevo, family origin from Gjakova (son of Hoxha Ibrahim Fehmi)
  • Ismet Peja, Albanian folk singer
  • Shkelzen Doli, Albanian violinist in Vienna Philharmonic
  • Sylejman ( Idriz ) Sylejmani UÇK veteran and Veteran of Education in Gjakova,Kosova
  • Elton Zherka [sq], KLA fighter