# 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

* Anton Quni,Kosovar Politician and military commander
* 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 chieftain and politician, 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 footballer 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, first Prime Minister of AP Kosovo
* Atifete Jahjaga, former President of Kosovo
* Benet Kaci, Albanian media personality
* Valonis Kadrijaj, Albanian-German footballer
* Gjon Nikolle Kazazi, 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 and NLA commander
* 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 Sylejmani, KLA commander, academic, and politician
* Elton Zherka [sq], KLA fighter
* Sulejman Vokshi (1815-1890), Albanian guerilla fighter
* Jashar Salihu Political Activist and KLA General.