Famous Albanians in History - On This Day

List of Albanian People

• 1769-03-04 Muhammad ʿAlī of Egypt, Albanian-born Pasha and viceroy of Egypt (founder of modern Egypt), born in Kaval, Macedonia, Ottoman Empire (d. 1849)
• 1814-11-08 Girolamo de Rada, Albanian poet (Skanderbeku), born in Macchia Albanese, Kingdom of Sicily (d. 1903)
• 1844-01-16 Ismail Qemali, Albanian nationalist (d. 1919)
• 1846-05-25 Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and writer, born in Frashër, Janina Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (d. 1900)
• 1869-11-11 Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy (1900-46), Emperor of Ethiopia and King of the Albanians, born in Naples, Kingdom of (d. 1947)
• 1882-01-06 Fan S. Noli, Albanian bishop, born in İbriktepe, Turkey (d. 1965)
• 1908-10-16 Enver Hoxha, Albanian post-war communist leader and dictator of Albania (1944-85), born in Gjirokastër, Albania (d. 1985)
• 1910-08-26 Mother Teresa [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu], Albanian-born Indian nun and founder of Missionaries of Charity (Nobel Peace Prize, 1979), born in Skopje, Ottoman Empire (d. 1997)
• 1913-01-10 Mehmet Shehu, Albanian politician, born in Çorrush, Albania (d. 1981)
• 1916-08-15 Aleks Çaçi, Albanian writer (That way Myzeqe), born in Palasë, Himara, Albania (d. 1989)
• 1921-02-08 Nexhmije Hoxha, Albanian wife of dictator Enver Hoxha 'Lady Macbeth of Albania', born in Manastir, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (d. 2020)
• 1933-05-07 Nexhmije Pagarusha, Albanian singer ‘the Nightingale of Kosovo’ and actress, born near Malishevë, Kosovo (d. 2020)
• 1936-01-27 Ismail Kadare, Albanian author/poet (Dimri i Madh)
• 1939-03-07 Panajot Pano, Albanian soccer forward (28 caps; Partizani Tirana 210 games; "The little Puskás"), born in Durrës, Albania (d. 2010)
• 1943-05-20 Al Bano [Albano Carrisi], Italian-Albanian pop singer, actor, and winemaker, born in Cellino San Marco, Italy
• 1944-04-03 Ramazan Rragami, Albanian soccer midfielder (20 caps; KF Vllaznia) and manager (KF Vllaznia), born in Shkodër, Albania (d. 2022)
• 1949-11-02 Simon Augustini, Albanian politician (Vice Chairman of the Albanian Christian Democratic Party of Kosovo (PSHDK)), born in Sojeva, Uroševac, Yugoslavia
• 1955-11-28 Adem Jashari, Albanian freedom fighter
• 1973-07-17 Tony Dovolani, Albanian ballroom dancer, born in Prishtina, Kosovo
• 1983-06-16 Armend Dallku, Albanian soccer defender (64 caps; FC Prishtina, KF Elbasani, FC Vorskla Poltava 292 games, FC Prishtina), born in Vučitrn, Kosovo
• 1985-07-12 Luiz Ejlli, Albanian pop singer (Eurovison, 2006), born in Shkodra, Albania
• 1987-05-04 Anjeza Shahini, Albanian singer ("The Image of You"), born in Tirana, Albania
• 1991-05-09 Majlinda Kelmendi, Kosovar-Albanian judoka (Olympic gold 2016), born in Peć, SFR Yugoslavia
• 1995-08-22 Dua Lipa, British-Kosovo Albanian pop singer-songwriter ("New Rules", "One Kiss"), born in London, England

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