• Source: List of Croat Albanians

This is a list of Croat Albanians that includes both Croat people of Albanian descent and Albanian immigrants that have resided in Croatia. The list is sorted by the fields or occupations in which the notable individual has maintained the most influence.
For inclusion in this list, each individual must have a Wikipedia article indicating notability and show that they are Albanian and have lived in Croatia.




History and politics


Giovanni Renesi – Albanian military captain and mercenary
Giacomo Vuxani – Albanian-Italian politician
Božidar Kalmeta – Croatian politician and member of the centre-right Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) party
Nikola Spanić - Roman Catholic prelate of and nobleman of Korčula
Valter Flego – Croatian politician, mayor of Buzet and prefect (Župan) of Istria County
Aleksandar Stipčević - archeologist and historian
Šime (Simeone) Duka – secretary of Vatican archives
Ratimir Kalmeta – geographer and linguist
Đani Maršan (b. 1944) – singer, musician, diplomat and Croatian Consul
Gjon Gazulli - Albanian Dominican friar, humanist scholar, and diplomat
Ivo Perović - Regent of Yugoslavia for the underage Peter II from 1934 to 194
Valter Dešpalj – cellist and professor on Academy of Music in Zagreb
Ermina Lekaj Prljaskaj – Croatian politician and lawyer serving as a member of the Sabor since 2011

















Military


Agim Çeku - Commander in the Croatian War of Independence in Croatian Army
Rahim Ademi - Croatian Army general of Kosovo-Albanian origin
Ivica Matešić Jeremija – writer, military diplomat and holder of the Order of Danica Hrvatska for culture













Musicians


Šime Dešpalj – composer, music teacher, writer
Pavle Dešpalj – music conductor and composer, member of HAZU
Marie Kraja – Albanian opera singer
Vlado Kalember – Croatian singer
Bepo Matešić – tenor singer
Valter Dešpalj – cellist and a professor at the Zagreb Academy of Music
Mladen Grdović – Croatian pop singer
Ennio Stipčević (b. 1959) - musicologist, member of HAZU

















Cinema


Anita Berisha – Croatian actress
Helena Bulaja – Croatian multimedia artist, director and producer
Nera Stipičević – Croatian actress




Religious


Ivan Prenđa - Roman Catholic archbishop of the Archdiocese of Zadar
Janko Šimrak – bishop of the Greek-Catholic Eparchy of Križevci
Nikola Kekić – bishop of the Greek-Catholic Eparchy of Križevci




Sport


Josip Gjergja - Former Croatian basketball player
Vilson Džoni - Former Croatian footballer
Ardian Kozniku - Former Croatian footballer
Kujtim Shala - Former Croatian footballer
Besart Abdurahimi - Croatian-Albanian footballer
Arijan Ademi – Macedonian professional footballer who plays for GNK Dinamo Zagreb and Macedonian national team
Toni Domgjoni – Swiss-Croatian footballer who plays for FC Zürich as a midfielder
Neven Spahija - Croatian professional basketball coach
Pëllumb Jusufi - Croatian-Macedonian football player
Edo Flego – Croatian footballer and football manager
Ivan Bulaja – Croatian sailor and sailing trainer
Zedi Ramadani - Croatian footballer
Anas Sharbini - Croatian footballer
Ahmad Sharbini - Croatian footballer
Hrvoje Macanović – sport journalist
Agron Preteni - Croatian kick boxer
Herdi Prenga - Albanian footballer
Elvir Maloku - Albanian footballer
Bogdan Cuvaj - Croatian football manager
Mario Musa - Croatian professional footballer playing for Dinamo Zagreb
Tomislav Duka - Croatian footballer
Enver Idrizi - Karateka and former World Champion
Rok Stipčević - Croatian professional basketball player
Agron Rufati - Croatia-born professional footballer
Elvir Gigolaj - footballer
Leonard Bisaku - footballer
Ivan Jakov Džoni - footballer
Fatjesa Gegollaj - footballer
Miranda Tatari - Croatian handball player
Adrijana Lekaj - Kosovan–Croatian professional tennis player
Jan Palokaj - professional basketball player
Art Smakaj - footballer

























Media


Kruno Krstić – lexicographer
Josip Vladović Relja – writer




See also


Albanians of Croatia




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• List of Croat Albanians
• Albania–Croatia relations
• Lists of Albanians
• Sicanje
• Croat Muslims
• Albanians
• List of wars involving Albania
• Languages of Albania
• List of people indicted in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
• Albanian language