Esad Mekuli
 Esad Mekuli (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Есад Мекули) (17 December 1916 Plav Kingdom of Montenegro – 6 August 1993 Pristina FR Yugoslavia) was an Albanian poet and scholar. He was the first president of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo. Robert Elsie considered him the father of modern Albanian poetry in Yugoslavia and his influence in Kosovo remains immense.