This is a list of notable Albanians in Serbia, ethnic Albanians who were born in, lived, or trace their origins to the territory that is present-day Serbia.
History and politics
Tahir Efendi Jakova – religious leader Kenan Evren – politician and military officer, the 7th president of Turkey "Başta Atatürk olmak üzere, Kenan Evren'e kadar, Türkiye'yi yöneten devlet adamlarının çoğu, pek çok ünlü devlet ve fikir adamları Arnavut asıllıdırlar!" "Cumhurbaşkanı Kenan Evren Arnavut kökenli." Branko Merxhani – sociologist, writer, journalist, and literary critic Aćif Hadžiahmetović – politician Ahmet Daca – politician Ali Šukrija – politician Ali Aliu – writer, economist, teacher, politician Nexhat Daci – politician Fatmir Hasani – politician Shaip Kamberi – politician Riza Halimi – politician Shqiprim Arifi – politician Ardita Sinani – politician Ahmedin Škrijelj – politician Amina Nuraj, (sq), activist from Novi Pazar
Military Idriz Seferi – guerrilla fighter Mazarek – nobleman Džemail Koničanin – military commander Hatidža Beriša – professor
Cinema Bekim Fehmiu – actor Faruk Begoli – actor
Arts and entertainment Fahri Beqiri – composer Edita Aradinović – pop singer Zana Nimani – pop singer Đorđe Đogani – singer Merima Njegomir – folk singer
Media Mirko Gashi – poet
Sports Atdhe Nuhiu – football player Berat Djimsiti – footballerPortrait at FC Zürich website Fidan Aliti – football player Astrit Ajdarević – football player„Offside“ – Article from the sverige football magazine Offside over Ajdarevic by footballinfinland.wordpress.com (retrieved on 14 April 2009). Alfred Ajdarević – football player Gjelbrim Taipi – football player Betim Fazliji – football player Arton Zekaj – football player Faton Xhemaili – football playerFUDBALSKI TRANSFERI Faton DžEMAILjI prešao iz Velikog Trnovca u nemački MAJNC at infovranjske.rs, 19-9-2016, retrieved 21-7-2019 Faton Xhemaili at srbijafudbal.com, retrieved 19-7-2019 Leutrim Pajaziti – football playerGoditja e dyte eshte Pajaziti Arbnor Fejzullahu – football playerArbnor Fejzullahu nga Tërnoci me Kombëtaren, kundër Francës presheva.al Iljasa Zulfiu – football player Suad Sahiti – football player Emir Sahiti – football player Ervin Kurti – football player Mimoza Hamidi – football player Muamer Hukaj - boxerAndrea Pieroni, Maria Elena Giusti, & Cassandra L. Quave (2011). "Cross-cultural ethnobiology in the Western Balkans: medical ethnobotany and ethnozoology among Albanians and Serbs in the Pešter Plateau, Sandžak, South-Western Serbia." Human Ecology. 39.(3): 335. "The current population of the Albanian villages is partly “bosniakicised”, since in the last two generations a number of Albanian males began to intermarry with (Muslim) Bosniak women of Pešter. This is one of the reasons why locals in Ugao were declared to be “Bosniaks” in the last census of 2002, or, in Boroštica, to be simply “Muslims”, and in both cases abandoning the previous ethnic label of “Albanians”, which these villages used in the census conducted during “Yugoslavian” times. A number of our informants confirmed that the self-attribution “Albanian” was purposely abandoned in order to avoid problems following the Yugoslav Wars and associated violent incursions of Serbian para-military forces in the area. The oldest generation of the villagers however are still fluent in a dialect of Ghegh Albanian, which appears to have been neglected by European linguists thus far. Additionally, the presence of an Albanian minority in this area has never been brought to the attention of international stakeholders by either the former Yugoslav or the current Serbian authorities."
See also Albanians in Serbia
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