The following are notable people who were either born, raised or have lived for a significant period of time in Gjakova.
Abdullah (Dah) Polloshka, fighter against the Ottoman occupiers, National hero Amir Abrashi, Albanian footballer Fehmi Agani, Albanian sociologist, academic and politician Mahmut Bakalli, Kosovo Albanian politician, 5th president of the League of Communists of Kosovo Masar Caka, Albanian painter Gent Cakaj, Albanian minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Lorik Cana, Albanian footballer and captain on National football team of Albania Bardhyl Çaushi, Kosovo Albanian dean of law of the University of Pristina Anton Çuni, Kosovar politician and military commander Bajram Curri, Albanian chieftain and politician, founding member of the Committee for the National Defence of Kosovo Mladen Dodić, Serbian football coach Božidar Delić (born 1956), retired Yugoslav general and Serbian politician Teki Dervishi, Albanian playwright Rauf Dhomi, Albanian composer Besim Dina, Albanian television host Shkelzen Doli, Albanian violinist in Vienna Philharmonic Abdullah Pashë Dreni, Albanian pasha Emin Duraku, Albanian partisan Vladimir Durković, Serbian football player and Olympic champion Bekim Fehmiu, Yugoslav-Albanian actor, the first Eastern European to star in Hollywood during the Cold War 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, first prime minister of AP Kosovo Atifete Jahjaga, former president of Kosovo Benet Kaci, Albanian media personality Valonis Kadrijaj, Albanian-German footballer Gjon Nikolle Kazazi, Albanian Catholic bishop of Skopje, known for discovering Meshari of Gjon Buzuku Ahmet Koronica, Albanian nationalist Ardian Kozniku, former Albanian-Croatian footballer Flaka Krelani, Albanian singer Naim Kryeziu, Albanian footballer, part of AS Roma's first Serie A win Burim Kukeli, Albanian footballer Gëzim Lala,Албанац У Београду: Од Чкаље сам учио српски, а Грејс Кели ме оборила с ногу at srbin.info, 5-2-2015, retrieved 24-1-2017 Kosovar Albanian footballer who played for FK Galenika Zemun Mimoza Kusari Lila, Kosovo Albanian politician Albesian Mataj, one the youngest soldiers of the Kosovo Liberation Army who died on active duty Din Mehmeti, Albanian poet Avni Mula, Albanian musician Blerim Mula, Albanian footballer and manager Muslim Mulliqi, Albanian impressionist and expressionist painter Fadil Nimani, KLA fighter and NLA commander Dimitar Nikolić Obshti, Bulgarian national revolutionary Ismet Peja, Albanian folk singer Fanol Përdedaj, Albanian-German footballer Ali Podrimja, Albanian poet Mirlinda Kusari Purrini, Kosovo Albanian economist Jashar Salihu, political activist and KLA general Đokica Stanojević, Kosovo Serb politician Momir Stojanović, Serbian politician Sylejman Sylejmani, KLA commander, academic, and politician Aleksandar Tijanić, Serbian journalist and former RTS director Esat Valla, Albanian painter Miodrag Vlahović, Montenegrin former foreign minister Momir Vojvodić, Montenegrin Serb poet and politician Sulejman Vokshi (1815-1890), Albanian guerilla fighter Liza Vorfi, Albanian actress
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