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
  • 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
  • Festina Mejzini, Albanian singer
  • 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
  • Sylejman Vokshi, Albanian military commander and leader of the League of Prizren
  • Tahir Zajmi, Albanian leader of the Second League of Prizren, author of the work "The Second Connection of Prizren and the Heroic Struggle of the People for the Defense of Kosovo", Brussels, 1964
  • Hajdar Dushi, Albanian member of the Communist Group of Shkodra , among the first anti-fascist resistance activists in Albania
  • Bekim Fehmiu, Famous Albanian actor, born in Sarajevo, family origin from Gjakova (son of Hoxha Ibrahim Fehmi)
  • Ismet Peja, Albanian folk singer
  • Shkelzen (Xeni) Jetishi, Albanian folk singer
  • Shkelzen Doli, Albanian violinist in Vienna Philharmonic
  • Elton Zherka, KLA fighter, National Hero
  • Ilir Soba, KLA fighter, National Hero
  • Yll Morina, KLA fighter, National Hero
  • Permet Vula, KLA fighter, National Hero
  • Vjosa Dobruna, Albanian human rights activist, a founder of the Center for the Protection of Women and Children, the Safe House for Women in Gjakova, and the Women’s Center in Tetovo, award winner of the Edward Barsky Award for Courageous Physician in Chicago, ILL, USA, and many other awards
  • Ganimete Vula-Nura, first Albanian women parachutist in Kosova
  • Behije Dashi, first Albanian women architect in Kosova
  • Qamile Jaka, first Albanian women dentist in Kosova
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