List of people from Tirana

The following are notable people who were either born, raised, or have lived for a significant period of time in Tirana, Albania.

List

• Beqir Balluku (1917–1975) – former member of the Politburo; accused as organizer of a coup d'etat in 1974, and sentenced to death
• Erjon Bogdani (born 1977) – football player
• Albert Brojka (born 1958) – former Tirana mayor
• Pirro Çako (born 1965) – singer and composer
• Fabiola Laco Egro (born 1963) – social activist
• Elona Gjebrea (born 1968) – Socialist Party of Albania politician
• Shpresa Gjongecaj (born 1952) – archaeologist and numismatist
• Besiana Kadare (born 1972) – Albanian Ambassador to the United Nations
• Ismail Kadare (1936–2024) – novelist and poet, winner of the 2005 Man Booker International Prize, the 2009 Prince of Asturias Award, and the 2015 Jerusalem Prize.
• Kledi Kadiu (born 1974) – dancer and actor; lives and works in Italy
• (born 1973) – ballet dancer and choreographer, lives and works in Italy
• Sali Kelmendi (1947–2015) – former Tirana mayor
• Vedat Kokona (1913–1998) – translator of the Albanian language
• Maksim Konomi (born 1946) – politician
• Saimir Kumbaro (born 1945) – film director
• Elsa Lila (born 1981) – singer
• Leka, Crown Prince of Albania (1939–2011) – heir of King Zog I
• Masiela Lusha (born 1985) – actress, poet, and writer
• Pandeli Majko (born 1967) – twice Prime Minister of Albania
• Rexhep Meidani (born 1944) – former President of Albania
• Aleksandër Meksi (born 1939) – former Prime Minister
• Inva Mula (born 1963) – opera singer
• Elvis Naçi (born 1977) – Imam
• Blendi Nallbani (born 1971) – football player
• Fatos Nano (born 1952) – former Prime Minister of Albania
• Agim Nesho (born 1956) – former Ambassador
• Daniel Nikolla (born 1993) - a British-Albanian marketing professional, entrepreneur, and community leader
• Essad Pasha (1863/4 or 1875–1920) – politician
• Aleksandër Peçi (born 1951) – composer
• Edi Rama (born 1964) – Prime Minister of Albania
• Jusuf Reçi – Murderer of Avni Rustemi
• Skënder Sallaku (1935–2014) – comic actor
• Klodiana Shala (born 1979) – athlete
• Bamir Topi (born 1957) – former President of Albania
• Abdi bej Toptani (1864–1942) – signatory of the Albanian Declaration of Independence
• Murat bej Toptani (1867–1918) – signatory of the Albanian Declaration of Independence
• Ndriçim Xhepa (born 1957) – actor
• Gjergj Xhuvani (1963–2019) – film director
• Zenel Bastari (c. 1767–c. 1837) – Albanian Poet of the Ottoman era.
• Haxhi Ymer Kashari – Albanian Poet of the 18th century.
• Erion Veliaj (born 1979) – Current Mayor of Tirana.
• Ornela Vorpsi (born 3 August 1968), is an Albanian writer and photographer from Tirana.
• Ronela Hajati (born 1989) – singer-songwriter and dancer, Albanian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022

See also

• List of Albanians