List of people from Durrës

Below are some of the most notable personalities born in Durrës or that spent most of their lives in Durrës:

• Grida Duma, Albanian female politician
• Andrea Aleksi, Albanian architect
• Anastasius I, Emperor of the Byzantine Empire
• Moikom Zeqo, writer, archaeologist. Former Minister of Culture (1992)
• Pjetër Arbnori, "the Mandela of the Balkans"
• Saint Astius of Durrës, martyr and Bishop of Dyrrhachium
• Jahja Ballhysa, signatory of the Albanian Declaration of Independence
• Abaz Efendi Çelkupa, signatory of the Albanian Declaration of Independence
• Vangjush Dako, current Mayor of Durrës
• Namik Dokle, politician and former Chairman of the Parliament of Albania from September 2001 to April 2002
• Mustafa Agë Hanxhiu, signatory of the Albanian Declaration of Independence
• Dom Nikollë Kaçorri, signatory of the Albanian Declaration of Independence
• Edmond Kapllani, soccer player
• Lefter Koka, former Mayor of Durrës
• Jera Kruja, Professor of Neurology, Rector of the University of Medicine, Tirana
• John Kukuzelis, Albanian Byzantine music composer
• Mirela Manjani, athlete
• Fatmir Mediu, leader of Republican Party of Albania
• Bujar Nishani, Albanian politician and current President of Albania
• Gazmend Oketa, former Albanian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense
• Sokol Olldashi, Albanian politician
• Panajot Pano, soccer player
• Kreshnik Qato, boxer
• Leonik Tomeu, professor of Nicholas Copernicus at the University of Padova
• Karl Topia, Prince of Albania
• Emiljano Vila, soccer player
• Ferdinand Xhaferraj, former Minister of Tourism, Cultural Affairs, Youth and Sports
• Pëllumb Xhufi, historian