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
Sulejman Vokshi (1815-1890), Albanian guerilla fighter