List of personalities of the city of Shkodra
The following lists contain people who were born in Shkodra and who temporarily lived and worked there, listed chronologically by year of birth. The archbishops of Shkodra-Pult are not included . These are summarized in a separate list .
The list does not claim to be complete.
Personalities born in Shkodra
Until the 18th century
- Teodor Shkodrani (12th and 13th centuries), author, wrote the first Albanian sentence in 1210
- Marin Barleti (1450–1512 / 13), cleric, humanist and historian
- Marin Beçikemi (1468–1526), humanist, rhetorician and historian
- Gjergj Radovani (1734–1790), Roman Catholic prelate
19th century
- Zef Jubani (1818–1880), folklorist and author
- Pashko Vasa (1825-1892), writer and politician
- Georg Berowitsch (1845–1925), Ottoman civil servant
- Filip Shiroka (1859-1935), poet
- Kolë Idromeno (1860–1939), artist
- Mati Kodheli (1862–1881), photographer
- Ndoc Nikaj (1864–1951), clergyman, writer and historian
- Ndre Mjeda (1866–1937), cleric and poet
- Luigj Gurakuqi (1879–1925), writer and politician
- Maliq Bushati (1880–1946), civil servant, politician and Prime Minister of Albania
- Fahrettin Altay (1880–1974), Ottoman and Turkish general
- Andrea Kushi (1884–1959), painter
- Vinçenc Kolë Prennushi (1885–1949), Archbishop of Durrës, Blessed
- Karl Gurakuqi (1895–1971), linguist and folklorist
- Gjovalin Gjadri (1899–1974), engineer
20th century
- Mikel Koliqi (1902–1997), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Ernest Koliqi (1903–1975), poet, prose writer, literary scholar and translator
- Gegë Marubi (1907–1984), photographer
- Migjeni (1911-1938), poet
- Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani (1914–1999), Islamic scholar
- Tuk Jakova (1914–1959), politician
- Prenkë Jakova (1917–1969), composer
- Arshi Pipa (1920-1997), writer
- Bardhok Biba (1920–1949), communist activist in the Mirdita
- Ramadan Sokoli (1920–2008), ethnomusicologist, musician and writer
- Fadil Paçrami (1922–2008), writer and politician
- Loro Boriçi (1922–1984), football player
- Bik Ndoja (1925-2015), singer
- Ramiz Alia (1925–2011), politician and last communist head of state in Albania
- Simon Jubani (1927–2011), priest
- Zef Simoni (1928–2009), clergyman
- Alfred Moisiu (* 1929), politician and former President of Albania
- Luçie Miloti (1930-2006), folk singer
- Tinka Kurti (* 1932), actress
- Bep Shiroka (1933-2010), actor
- Pjetër Arbnori (1935–2006), writer and politician
- Besnik Bekteshi (* 1941), politician
- Shyqri Nimani (* 1941), graphic designer and editor
- Roza Anagnosti (born 1943), actress
- Xhezair Zaganjori (* 1957), politician
- Ridvan Dibra (* 1959), poet, literary scholar and journalist
- Frederik Ndoci (* 1960), singer
- Hysen Zmijani (born 1963), football player
- Lucjan Avgustini (1963–2016), prelate and bishop of Sapa
- Bujar Qamili (* 1963), folk singer
- Jozefina Topalli (* 1963), politician
- Ema Ndoja (* 1968), actress
- Adrian Paci (* 1969), artist
- Rudi Vata (* 1970), soccer player
- Ledi Bianku (* 1971), legal scholar
- Uliks Kotrri (* 1975), football player
- Ditmir Bushati (* 1977), politician
- Senida Mesi (* 1977), politician and economist
- Ledia Dushi (* 1978), writer and journalist
- Elvin Beqiri (* 1980), football player
- Elis Guri (* 1983), wrestler
- Hamdi Salihi (* 1984), soccer player
- Eva Pepaj (* 1985), model
- Luiz Ejlli (* 1985), singer
- Angela Martini (* 1986), model
- Rosela Gjylbegu (* 1987), singer
- Xhevahir Sukaj (* 1987), football player
- Elhaida Dani (* 1993), singer
- Izmir Smajlaj (* 1993), European champion long jump 2017
- Anton Qafarena (* 1997), volleyball player
Famous residents of Shkodra
- Gjon Buzuku (16th century), priest and author, wrote the first Albanian-language book, Meshari , in 1555
- Pjetër Bogdani (1630–1689), author and bishop of Shkodra
- Pjetër Marubi (1834–1905), artist and first photographer in Albania
- Kel Marubi (1870–1940), photographer
- Gjergj Fishta (1871–1940), Franciscan, poet and translator