List of Famous people born in Albania
Gentian Selmani
Gentian Selmani is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Turkish club Menemenspor and the Albania national under-21 football team.
Kejsi Tola
Kejsi Tola is an Albanian singer and songwriter. She is best known for representing Albania at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow, after winning the 47th edition of Festivali i Këngës.
Tedi Papavrami
Tedi Papavrami, is an Albanian professional violinist.
Juliana Pasha
Juliana Pasha is an Albanian singer. In 2010, she won Honorary Citizen Award of Burrel from the mayor of the city. After she went into Eurovision in 2010 she won the first prize in the festival "Kenga Magjike" with the song called "Sa e shite zemren". She was a mentor and judge on the first series of Albania and Kosovo's version of The X Factor.
Kasem Hoxha
Ansi Agolli
Ansi Agolli is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a left back for the New York Cosmos in the National Independent Soccer Association and captains the Albanian national team. He plays primarily as a left back or left midfielder, but he can also operate as a right-back. Prior to March 2019, he was attached to Qarabağ in the Azerbaijan Premier League.
Olta Boka
Olta Boka is an Albanian singer, known for representing Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "Zemrën e lamë peng", after winning Festivali i Këngës 46.
Migen Memelli
Migen Memelli is an Albanian professional football and retired player who was shortly manager of Laçi.
Romela Begaj
Romela Aleksandër Begaj is an Albanian female weightlifter. On 11 November 2014 in Almaty she became world champion in the Snatch style for the category up to 63 kg. Previously Begaj represented Albania at the 2008 European Weightlifting Championships where she took home the silver medal. She also represented Albania at 2008 Olympic Games in China where she finished 6th in the under 58 kg category.