List of Albanians in Serbia

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 – Albanian religious leader[1]
• Kenan Evren – Turkish politician and military officer, who served as the 7th President of Turkey from 1980 to 1989[2][3]
• Branko Merxhani – Albanian intellectual, sociologist, writer, journalist and literary critic[4]
• Sinan Hasani – Yugoslav novelist, statesman, diplomat and a former President of Presidency Yugoslavia
• Ivaz Mehmed Pasha – Ottoman-Albanian grand vizier and provincial governor[5]
• Aćif Hadžiahmetović – Albanian politician in the Sandžak region of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in the interwar period and during World War II [6]
• Ahmet Daca – Politician
• Ali Shukriu – Politician
• Ali Aliu – Albanian writer, economist, teacher, politician and political prisoner[7]
• Nexhat Daci – Kosovo-Albanian politician
• Fatmir Hasani – Politician in Serbia

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  Aćif Hadžiahmetović

Military

• Idriz Seferi – Albanian nationalist figure and guerrilla fighter
• Mazarek – Serbian nobleman and general in the service of the Serbian Despotate
• Džemail Koničanin – Military commander of the detachment of Sandžak Muslim militia

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  Idriz Seferi

Cinema

• Bekim Fehmiu – Yugoslavian theater and film actor. He was the first Eastern European actor to star in Hollywood during the Cold War.
• Faruk Begoli - Yugoslav actor of Albanian descent

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  Bekim Fehmiu

Arts and entertainment

• Fahri Beqiri – Albanian composer and former professor at the University of Prishtina Department of Music
• Edita Aradinović – Serbian recording artist [8]
• Zana Nimani – pop singer
• Donika Nuhiu – pop singer[9][10][11]
• Đogani - music group

Media

• Mirko Gashi - poet[12]

Sports

• Atdhe Nuhiu - footballer[13]
• Berat Djimsiti - footballer[14]
• Granit Xhaka - footballer[15]
• Taulant Xhaka - footballer[16]
• Fidan Aliti - footballer
• Astrit Ajdarević - footballer[17]
• Alfred Ajdarević - footballer[17]
• Gjelbrim Taipi - footballer[17]
• Betim Fazliji - footballer[18][19]
• Arton Zekaj - footballer[20][21]
• Faton Xhemaili - footballer[22][23]
• Leutrim Pajaziti - footballer[24]
• Arbnor Fejzullahu - footballer[25]
• Ilaz Zylfiu - footballer[26]
• Suad Sahiti - footballer
• Emir Sahiti - footballer[27]

References

1. H.T.Norris (1993), Islam in the Balkans: Religion and Society Between Europe and the Arab World, University of South Carolina Press, pp. 76–77, ISBN 9780872499775, OCLC 28067651
2. Balkan Türkleri Sempozyumu, 7 Haziran 1992: tebliğler. Erciyes Üniversitesi. 1992. p. 21.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) "Başta Atatürk olmak üzere, Kenan Evren'e kadar, Türkiye'yi yöneten devlet adamlarının çoğu, pek çok ünlü devlet ve fikir adamları Arnavut asıllıdırlar!"
3. Behmoaras, Lizi (1993). Türkiye'de aydınların gözüyle Yahudiler. Gözlem Gazetecilik Basın ve Yayın. p. 37. ISBN 9789757304005.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) "Cumhurbaşkanı Kenan Evren Arnavut kökenli."
4. Sulstarova, Enis (2016-06-11). "Neoshqiptarizma, një model i huazuar". Telegrafi. Retrieved 2019-02-09.
5. Mehmed Süreyya (haz. Nuri Akbayar) (1996), Sicill-i Osmani, İstanbul:Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları ISBN 975-333-0383 C.III s.607-608
6. Živković 2012, p. 75. sfn error: no target: CITEREFŽivković2012 (help)
7. Kurti, Albin (12 September 2009). "On the side of resistance". Vetëvendosje!.
8. http://story.rs/story-news/edita-aradinovic-pevacica-prezivela-porodicnu-tragediju-koja-ju-je-zauvek-izmenila/
9. "Hevzi Nuhiu biography". arbitalia.it.
10. "Shpërblehet skulptori Hevzi Nuhiu (Albanian)". zemrashqiptare.net.
11. "Shpërblehet në Romë skulptori Hevzi Nuhiu". Kosova Sot. Archived from the original on 2018-01-09. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
12. "Mirko GASHI". Albanian Literature.net. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
13. "Preshevari Atdhe Nuhiu" (in Albanian). Titulli. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
14. Portrait at FC Zürich website
15. "Debimi nga Sanxhaku i Nishit" (PDF). asha-ks (in Albanian). Retrieved 2020-02-09.
16. "Debimi nga Sanxhaku i Nishit" (PDF). asha-ks (in Albanian). Retrieved 2020-02-09.
17. „Offside“ – Article from the sverige football magazine Offside over Ajdarevic by footballinfinland.wordpress.com (retrieved on 14 April 2009).
18. https://www.fm1today.ch/sport/fcsg/fcsg-verpflichtet-struebi-und-fazliji-135495820
19. "Basel vs. St. Gallen - 27 July 2019 - Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com.
20. "Reprezentuesi i Serbisë shpreh dëshirën të luajë për Kosovën" [Representative of Serbia expresses the desire to play for Kosovo] (in Albanian). Koha Ditore. 13 April 2017.
21. @kosovanfooty (14 April 2017). "Arton Zekaj (16) part of..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
22. FUDBALSKI TRANSFERI Faton DžEMAILjI prešao iz Velikog Trnovca u nemački MAJNC at infovranjske.rs, 19-9-2016, retrieved 21-7-2019 (in Serbian)
23. Faton Xhemaili at srbijafudbal.com, retrieved 19-7-2019 (in Serbian)
24. Goditja e dyte eshte Pajaziti Archived 2013-02-22 at Archive.today
25. Arbnor Fejzullahu nga Tërnoci me Kombëtaren , kundër Francës PRESHEVA.AL
26. Islami, Agon (16 December 2017). "Albanac u elitnom fudbalu Srbije nakon tri decenije" [Albanian in the elite football of Serbia after three decades] (in Serbian). Al Jazeera Balkans. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
27. "Emir Sahiti joins Hajduk II on loan". Hajduk.hr. 3 February 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2019.