Mid'hat Bey Frashëri was an Albanian diplomat, writer and politician. The son of Abdyl Frashëri, one of the most important activists of the Albanian National Awakening in 1908 he participated in the Congress of Monastir. In 1942 he became the president of Balli Kombëtar, an Albanian fascist collaborationist and anti-communist movement during the Second World War. Frashëri is referred to as one of the fathers of modern Albanian nationalism.
Teodor Keko was an Albanian writer, journalist, and politician.
Teodor Laço was an Albanian writer and diplomat.
Ali Bey Këlcyra born Ali Klissura, was an Albanian lord and a member of the Albanian parliament in the 1920s. He was co-founder with Mid'hat Frashëri of the Balli Kombëtar organization in 1942, and the cosigner of the Dalmazzo-Këlcyra agreement with Lorenzo Dalmazzo.
Safet Butka was an Albanian professor, politician and nationalist. Son of famous patriot Sali Butka, he organized the student demonstrations in April 1939 during the Italian invasion and was interned in Ventotene. Upon his return he organized antifascist movements in his native region and was one of the founders of the nationalist organization Balli Kombëtar. Distressed by internal civil war in Albania, he killed himself in 1943.
Qemal Butka was an Albanian architect, painter, politician, and postage stamps engraver. He was mayor of Tirana from 1935-1936 but departed from Albania in 1939 to live in Turkey and later the United States. He is also known for projecting several monuments and buildings in Albania.
Dhimitër Shuteriqi was an Albanian scholar, literary historian, and writer. He participated in the anti-fascist National Liberation Movement. After the war, he was a member of the People's Assembly and one of the founders and later president of the Albanian League of Writers and Artists. In addition to a series of books and novels, he has published numerous volumes of textbooks, especially those on the History of Albanian Literature for high schools.
Robert Ndrenika is an Albanian actor and former politician. He was honored with the People's Artist of Albania award in 1988. He was active in films, but also in theater and television performing hundreds of leading and supporting roles.
Bujar Faik Nishani was an Albanian politician. He served as the president of Albania from 24 July 2012 to 24 July 2017.
Skënder Petro Luarasi was an Albanian scholar, writer and anti-fascist activist.
Fatmir Gjata was a prominent Albanian writer of Socialist Realism.
Zef Mala was an Albanian publicist and early communist. He was the leader of the Communist Group of Shkodër.
Riza Dani (1887–1949) was an Albanian politician and activist of the 20th century.
Marenglen Verli is an Albanian historian and scholar. Since 2009, he is a member of the Academy of Sciences of Albania.
Kadrush Radogoshi is an Albanian poet, novelist, play-writer, and literary critic from Kosovo. He is a dissident who opposed the revocation of the autonomy of Kosovo from the Milosevic's regime, consequently being arrested and imprisoned. Radogoshi served as President of Writers' Union of Kosovo. In 2010, he settled in Canada.
Daut Demaku born on October 13, 1944, in the Abria village, is Albanian writer and lecturer of the course "The Art of Positive Thinking".
The village of Frashër in southern Albania saw the emergence of several notable families in the history of Albania. They contributed to the independence of Albania throughout military actions but also in literature and politics. The most notable of these families are the family to which belonged Naim Frashëri, national poet of Albania.
Gilman Bakalli was an Albanian professor, politician, writer and a member of parliament from 2005 to 2009.
Athanas Shundi was an Albanian patriot and an important member of the autocephalist movement of the Albanian Orthodox Church. In his last years of life he was also involved in politics, as a member of the Tirana's city council, as well as a member of the Constituent Assembly of Albania during the legislature of 12 April 1939 - 1 April 1940.
Mark Gurakuqi was an Albanian teacher, lecturer, poet, writer, critic and scholar. He was a member of the famous Gurakuqi family from Shkodër, with a well-known patriotic, artistic, cultural, scientific and societal legacy.
