List of Albanians - People Hero of Albania/Kosovo

People Hero of Albania/Kosovo

• Abdyl Frashëri was an Albanian diplomat, politician, writer, and a first political ideologue of the Albanian National Awakening.
• Ali Demi (1918 - 1943) was an Albanian hero of World War II.
• Ali Kelmendi Hero of Albania under the communist government, was a Kosovar Albanian communist, an organizer of the communist movement in Albania.
• Bule Naipi is an Albanian World War II heroine.
• Çerçiz Topulli (1880 - 15 July 1915) was a patriotic nationalist figure and guerrilla fighter. He was the younger brother of Bajo Topulli. He was known for fighting the Turks in 1907 and 1908 and then, after the Turks left, the Greeks, who invaded in 1913 and 1914.
• Ded Gjo Luli known as Ded Gjo Luli (1840–1915), was one of the leading commanders of the Albanian Revolt of 1911, and is regarded a local hero.
• Isa Boletini (January 15, 1864 – January 23, 1916) was an Albanian nationalist figure and guerilla fighter, born in the village of Boletin near Mitroviça (now Kosovska Mitrovica), Ottoman Empire. He was a freedom fighter in Kosovo and became a major figure of Albanian resistance against the Ottomans, Serbia and Montenegro.
• Ismail Qemali (16 January 1844 – 24 January 1919), was a distinguished leader of the Albanian national movement, and founder of the modern Albanian state as its first head of state and government.
• Luigj Gurakuqi (February 19, 1879 – March 2, 1925) was an Albanian writer and politician. He was an important figure of the Albanian National Awakening and was honoured with the People's Hero of Albania medal.
• Qemal Stafa born 20 March 1920 in Elbasan - 5 May 1942 in Tirana) was a founding member of the Albanian Communist Party, and the leader of its youth section.
• Adem Jashari is considered to be one of the chief architects of the Kosovo Liberation Army, along with Zahir Pajaziti. Jashari was a chief commander in the Drenica operation zone of the KLA.
• Hamëz Jashari (1950-1998) was a Kosovo Albanian combatant and brother of Adem Jashari.
• Ramush Haradinaj (born 3 July 1968) is a former leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and former prime minister of Kosovo.
• Hashim Thaçi born 24 April 1968) is the Prime Minister of Republic of Kosovo, the leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (DPK), and former political leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA).
• Fatmir Limaj is a politician from Kosovo, During the 1999 Kosovo War, Limaj was a commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), in the Lapušnik area.
• Bajram Curri (1862 – March 29, 1925) was an ethnic Albanian politician and activist within the Vilayet of Kosovo, Ottoman Empire. He is awarded the title Hero of Albania.
• Pretash Zeka Ulaj (882 - 1962) is one of the most prominent Albanian heroes of the 1911 Battle of Deçiq (Battle of Dečić), near Tuzi, in which Albanians defeated the Turks.
• Ibrahim Rugova (2 December 1944 – 21 January 2006) was the first President of Kosovo, serving from 1992 to 2000 and again from 2002 to 2006, and a prominent Kosovo Albanian political leader, scholar, and writer. He oversaw a popular struggle for independence, advocating a peaceful resistance to Yugoslav rule and lobbying for U.S. and European support, especially during the Kosovo War.