List of people from Peja

The following are notable people who were either born, raised or have lived for a significant period of time in Peja.

List

• Agim Çavdarbasha, Albanians former sculptor
• Agim Çeku, Albanian military commander of the KLA during the Kosovo War, minister of Kosovo Security Force
• Akil Gjakova, Albanian judoka
• Albina Kelmendi, Albanian singer and songwriter
• Antoneta Kastrati, Albanian film director and screenwriter
• Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta, Serbian Patriarch
• Arsenije Sremac, second Archbishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church and first who resided in the Monastery of Peć
• Azem Shkreli, Albanian writer, poet, director and producer
• Bajram Kelmendi, Albanian lawyer and human rights activist
• Bedri Pejani, Albanian politician
• Bekim Berisha, Albanian soldier who fought in the Croatian, Bosnian, and Kosovo wars
• Besim Sahatçiu, Albanian director of theatre and film
• Besnik Lajçi, Kosovo Liberation Army general
• Bogoljub Karić, Serbian politician and businessman
• Çelë Shabani, commander of the Albanian forces of the League of Prizren in 1879
• David Albahari, Serbian author
• Dejan Stojanović, Serbian poet, writer, essayist, philosopher, businessman, and former journalist
• Distria Krasniqi, Albanian judoka Olympic champion
• Distria Krasniqi, Olympic and European judo champion
• Đorđe Božović, Serb paramilitary leader
• Đorđe Ristić Skopljanče, Serbian chetnik
• Enver Hadri, Albanian human rights activist
• Ethem Çeku, officer of Kosovo Liberation Army, historian and politician
• Fadil Muriqi, Albanian former football player, part of the "Golden Generation" of FC Prishtina
• Faruk Begolli, Albanian actor
• Fatos Bećiraj, Albanian football player, who plays for the Montenegro national team
• Gazmend Muhaxheri, Albanian politician and mayor of Peja
• Gezim Kasapolli, Albanian politician
• Haxhi Zeka, Albanian national leader
• Joanikije II, Serbian Patriarch
• Kamer Qaka, Albanian footballer
• Majlinda Kelmendi, Albanian Olympic, World and European judo champion
• Mark Krasniqi, Albanian ethnographist, publicist, writer and translator
• Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Turkish poet, who wrote the Turkish National Anthem
• Milutin Šoškić, Serbian former football player, Olympic champion
• Miodrag Krivokapić, Serbian actor
• Mrika Nikçi, Albanian mountaineer
• Nuredin Loxha, Albanian librettist, set designer, production designer and costume designer
• Pavle Strugar, retired Montenegrin general in the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA)
• Qerim Begolli, signatory of the Albanian Declaration of Independence
• Ramiz Sadiku, Albanian organizer of the anti-fascist uprising in Kosovo
• Ranko Popović, Serbian former football player and a current coach
• Rina Balaj, Albanian rapper and singer
• Riza Sapunxhiu, Albanian politician
• Rustemi Kreshnik, Albanian kickboxer
• Saint Sava, first Archbishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church and founder of the Monastery of Peć
• Sali Jaha, Albanian soldier and resistance fighter within the League of Prizren in Kosovo during the 19th century.
• Salih Gjuka, Albanian Albanian Albanian participant in the signatory of the Albanian Declaration of Independence
• Shemsi Pasha, Albanian-Ottoman general
• Shkodran Metaj, Albanian footballer
• Sislej Xhafa, Albanian artist
• Skënder Rizaj, Albanian scholar and historian
• Veljko Radenović, Serbian police lieutenant colonel
• Vladimir Božović, Montenegrin football player
• Xhavit Haliti, Albanian politician, philosopher, linguist and one of the founders of the Kosovo Liberation Army
• Xhevat Kelmendi, Albanian Albanian participant in the singer
• Xhevdet Muriqi, Albanian former football player, part of the "Golden Generation" of FC Prishtina
• Zhuj Selmani, Albanian participant in the League of Prizren