List of Famous people born in Gjirokastër County, Albania

Bashkim Fino is an Albanian socialist politician who served as the 29th Prime Minister of Albania.

Ismail Kadare, also spelled Ismaïl Kadaré in French, is an Albanian novelist, poet, essayist, and playwright. He has been a leading literary figure in Albania since the 1960s. He focused on poetry until the publication of his first novel, The General of the Dead Army, which made him a leading literary figure in Albania and famous internationally. In 1996, France made him a foreign associate of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques of France.

Gramoz Ruçi is an Albanian politician, serving as the head of the parliamentarian group of the ruling Socialist Party of Albania until 2017. In September 2017, he assumed the office of the Chairman of the Parliament of Albania for the new parliamentary session.