20 Famous People from Albania

American actress of Albanian heritage who played in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel

Actor and comedian best known for the main role on the sitcom According to Jim

Albania's most capped footballer who played for PSG, Marseille, Sunderland and Lazio

Singer known for her single BonBon

Communist revolutionary who served as the First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania, from 1941 to 1985

President of Albania from 1992 to 1997 and Prime Minister from 2005 to 2013

Italian singer born to Albanian who performed the song "Donna con te" at the Sanremo Music Festival in 1990

Roman Catholic nun and missionary who founded the Missionaries of Charity in 1950

Stage name of Amanda Ava Koci, whose parents are from Albania and whose famous song is Sweet but Psycho

Swiss footballer born to Kosovar Albanian parents who played for Liverpool from 2018 to 2021

American singer born to ethnic Albanian parents who received songwriting credits on Eminem's single The Monster

Albanian-American professional ballroom dancer known for his involvement in the Dancing with the Stars

Prime Minister of Albania since 2013

Singer born to Albanian parents known for her songs Hot Right Now, Anywhere and Let You Love Me

British singer born to Albanian parents whose popular songs are Be the One, IDGAF and New Rules

Opera lyric soprano known for providing the voice of the diva Plavalaguna in the film The Fifth Element

Albanian-American physician and a co-winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Nobleman and military commander who led a rebellion against the Ottoman Empire

Kosovar politician who was the President of Kosovo from 2016 until his resignation in 2020

Writer best known for his novel The General of the Dead Army