List of people from Gjakova

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

List

 * Amir Abrashi, Albanian footballer
 * Abdullah (Dah) Polloshka, Fighter against the Ottoman occupiers, National hero
 * Fehmi Agani, Albanian sociologist, academic and politician
 * Mahmut Bakalli, Albanian politician, 5th President of the League of Communists of Kosovo
 * Lorik Cana, Albanian footballer and captain on National football team of Albania
 * Besim Dina, Albanian television host
 * Masar Caka, Albanian painter
 * Gent Cakaj, Albanian minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs
 * Bardhyl Çaushi, Kosovo Albanian dean of law of the University of Pristina
 * Bajram Curri, Albanian, founding member of the Committee for the National Defence of Kosovo
 * Božidar Delić (born 1956), retired Yugoslav general and Serbian politician
 * Dimitar Nikolić Obshti, Bulgarian national revolutionary
 * Teki Dervishi, Albanian playwright
 * Rauf Dhomi, Albanian composer
 * Mladen Dodić, Serbian football coach
 * Abdullah Pashë Dreni, Albanian pasha
 * Emin Duraku, Albanian, partisan
 * Bekim Fehmiu, Yugoslav-Albanian actor, the first Eastern European to star in Hollywood during the Cold War
 * Gëzim Lala, Kosovar Albanian football player who played for FK Galenika Zemun.
 * 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, Albanian, first Prime Minister of AP Kosovo
 * Atifete Jahjaga, Albanian, former President of Kosovo
 * Benet Kaci, Albanian media personality
 * Valonis Kadrijaj, Albanian-German footballer
 * Gjon Nikolle Kazazi was an Albanian Catholic bishop of Skopje, known for discovering Meshari of Gjon Buzuku.
 * Ardian Kozniku, former Albanian-Croatian footballer
 * Ahmet Koronica, Albanian nationalist
 * Flaka Krelani, Albanian singer
 * Naim Kryeziu, Albanian footballer, part of AS Roma's first Serie A win
 * Burim Kukeli, Albanian footballer
 * Mimoza Kusari Lila, Kosovo Albanian politician
 * Din Mehmeti, Albanian poet
 * Albesian Mataj, one the youngest soldiers of the Kosovo Liberation Army who died on active duty
 * Avni Mula, Albanian musician
 * Blerim Mula, Albanian footballer and manager
 * Muslim Mulliqi, Albanian impressionist and expressionist painter
 * Fadil Nimani, KLA fighter
 * Dimitar Obshti, Bulgarian revolutionary
 * Fanol Perdedaj, Albanian-German footballer
 * Ali Podrimja, Albanian poet
 * Mirlinda Kusari Purrini, Kosovo Albanian economist
 * Aleksandar Tijanić, Serbian journalist and former RTS director
 * Esat Valla, Albanian painter
 * Miodrag Vlahović, Montenegrin former foreign minister
 * Liza Vorfi, Albanian actress
 * Vladimir Durković, Serbian football player and Olympic champion
 * Momir Vojvodić, Montenegrin Serb poet and politician
 * Bekim Fehmiu, Famous Albanian actor, born in Sarajevo, family origin from Gjakova (son of Hoxha Ibrahim Fehmi)
 * Ismet Peja, Albanian folk singer
 * Shkelzen Doli, Albanian violinist in Vienna Philharmonic
 * Sylejman ( Idriz ) Sylejmani UÇK veteran and Veteran of Education in Gjakova,Kosova
 * Elton Zherka, KLA fighter