Editing Lists of Albanians (section)

== Academic sciences ==
{{See also|List of Albanian academics}}

=== Scientists ===
[[File:11-H-Tahsini.jpg|thumb|150px|Scholar and philosopher [[Hasan Tahsini]] first rector of [[Istanbul University]].]]
[[File:Ferid Murad.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Ferid Murad]] physician and pharmacologist, and co-winner of the 1998 [[Nobel Prize]] in Physiology or Medicine.]]
[[File:WilliamGGregory.jpg|thumb|150px|Albanian-American astronaut [[William G. Gregory]].]]
* [[Teki Biçoku]] (1926–2009) {{spaced ndash}} geologist; former member and president of the [[Academy of Sciences of Albania]]
* [[Gjon Gazulli]] (1400–1465){{spaced ndash}} astronomer
* [[Pandi Geço]]{{spaced ndash}} geographer
* [[Shtjefën Gjeçovi]] (1874–1929) {{spaced ndash}} ethnographer
* [[Sotir Kuneshka]]{{spaced ndash}} physicist
* [[Rexhep Meidani]] {{spaced ndash}} physicist
* [[Laura Mersini-Houghton]] {{spaced ndash}} Albanian-American [[cosmologist]] and [[theoretical physicist]]; associate professor at the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]]; proponent of the [[multiverse]] hypothesis which holds that our universe is one of many<ref name="twsCosmos">{{cite web|url=http://cosmosmagazine.com/news/something-big-found-beyond-edge-universe/ |title=Weird data suggests something big beyond the edge of the universe |work=[[Cosmos (magazine)|Cosmos]] |date=24 November 2009 |access-date=27 July 2014 |author=Catchpole, Heather |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714220221/http://cosmosmagazine.com/news/something-big-found-beyond-edge-universe/ |archive-date=14 July 2014 }}</ref>
* [[Betim Muço]]{{spaced ndash}} seismologist
* [[Ferid Murad]] (1936–2023) {{spaced ndash}} physician and [[pharmacologist]]; co-winner of the 1998 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
* [[Shefqet Pllana]] (1918–1994){{spaced ndash}} ethnographer
* [[Niko Qafzezi]] (1914–1998) {{spaced ndash}} [[agronomist]] and [[pedagogue]]
* [[Nijazi Ramadani]] (born 1964) {{spaced ndash}} ethnographer
* [[Andrea Shundi]] (born 1934) – [[agronomist]] of the 20th and 21st century
* [[Xhezair Teliti]] {{spaced ndash}} mathematician

=== Philosophers ===
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* [[Marin Beçikemi]] (1468–1526) {{spaced ndash}} 15th- and 16th-century humanist, orator, and chronist
* [[Sami Frashëri]] (1850–1904)
* [[Gani Bobi]] (1943–1995) {{spaced ndash}} philosopher and sociologist from [[Kosovo]]
* [[Ibrahim Gashi]] (born 1963) {{spaced ndash}} [[Kosovar Albanian]] academic and philosopher
* [[Ukshin Hoti]] (1943–1999) {{spaced ndash}} Kosovo Albanian philosopher and activist
* [[Zef Jubani]] (1818–1880)
* [[Muhamedin Kullashi]]
* [[Shkëlzen Maliqi]] (born 1947) {{spaced ndash}} Kosovo Albanian philosopher, [[art critic]], [[political analyst]] and intellectual; was involved in politics in the 1990s
* [[Arshi Pipa]] (1920–1997) {{spaced ndash}} Albanian-American philosopher, writer, poet and [[literary critic]]
* [[Petro Zheji]] (1929–2015) {{spaced ndash}} [[linguist]], translator, philosopher, and author from [[Gjirokastër]]; lived and worked in [[Tirana]], Albania<ref>[[Robert Elsie|Elsie R.]], "Histori e letërsisë shqiptare" (1995), translated by Abdurrahim Myftiu. Tirana; sh.b. Pejë: Dukagjini, 1997.</ref><ref name="Zogaj1998">{{cite book|author=Preç Zogaj|title=Luftë jocivile|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JgO5AAAAIAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Dita|page=22}}</ref><ref name="Pllumi2008">{{cite book |author= Zef Pllumi|title=Live to Tell: A True Story of Religious Persecution in Communist Albania|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0WP5UXsrAP4C&pg=PR7 |year=2008 |publisher =iUniverse |isbn= 978-0-595-45298-9|pages=7}}</ref>
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=== Social scientists ===
* [[Gëzim Alpion]] {{spaced ndash}} academic, political analyst, writer, playwright, and civil society activist
* [[Albert Doja]] (born 1957) {{spaced ndash}} social anthropologist, member of the National [[Albanian Academy of Sciences]] and University Professor of Anthropology at the [[University of Lille]], France.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pro.univ-lille.fr/en/albert-doja/|title = Albert Doja - Université de Lille}}</ref>

=== Historians ===
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* [[Frang Bardhi]], Frang Bardhi ([[Latin]]: ''Franciscus Blancus'', Italian: ''Francesco Bianchi'', 1606–1643) {{spaced ndash}} bishop and author of the early eras of [[Albanian literature]]
* [[Marin Barleti]] (1450–1512/13) {{spaced ndash}} historian and [[Catholic]] priest from [[Shkodra]];<ref>{{cite book|last=Setton|first=Kenneth M.|title=The papacy and the Levant (1204–1571).|year=1978|publisher=Amer.philos.soc.|location=Philadelphia|isbn=978-0-87169-127-9|page=73|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0Sz2VYI0l1IC&pg=PA73|edition=null|quote= ...perhaps of Italian origin.}}</ref> considered the first Albanian historian because of his 1504 [[The Siege of Shkodra (book)|eyewitness account]] of the 1478 [[siege of Shkodra]]; better known for his second work, a biography on [[Skanderbeg]], translated into many languages in the 16th to the 20th centuries
* [[Aleks Buda]] (1910–1993) {{spaced ndash}} Albanian historian
* [[Jorgo Bulo]] (1939–2015) {{spaced ndash}} [[philologist]], historian, and [[literary critic]]; member of the [[Albanian Academy of Arts and Sciences]]
* [[Eqrem Çabej]] (1908–1980) {{spaced ndash}} historical linguist and scholar who, through the publication of numerous studies gained a reputation as a key expert in research on [[Albanian language]], literature, [[ethnology]], and [[linguistics]]
* [[Kostandin Çekrezi]] (1892–1959)
* [[Midhat Frashëri]] (1880–1949)
* [[Naim Frashëri]] (1846–1900)
* [[Demetrio Franco]] (1443–1525) {{spaced ndash}} scholar, soldier and [[Roman Catholicism|Catholic]] priest; known for ''Comentario de le cose de' Turchi, et del S. Georgio Scanderbeg, principe d' Epyro'', a biography of the national hero of Albania [[Skanderbeg]]
* [[Ibrahim Gashi]]
* [[Marka Gjoni]]
* [[Qemal Haxhihasani]] (1916–1991)
* [[Muzafer Korkuti]] (born 1936)
* [[Rexhep Krasniqi]] (1906–1999)
* [[Gjon Markagjoni]] (1888–1966)
* [[Ylber Marku]] (1984–)
* [[Beqir Meta]]
* [[Ndoc Nikaj]] (1864–1951) {{spaced ndash}} priest, writer, and historian
* [[Fan Noli]] (1882–1965) {{spaced ndash}} writer, scholar, diplomat, politician, historian, orator, and founder of the [[Albanian Orthodox Church]]; as prime minister and regent of Albania in 1924 during the [[June Revolution]]
* [[Aurel Plasari]] (born 1956)
* [[Ilo Mitkë Qafëzezi]] (1889–1964)
* [[Skënder Rizaj]] (1930–2021)
* [[Dhimitër Shuteriqi]] (1915–2003)
* [[Stavro Skëndi]] (1905–1989)
* [[Mehmet Tahsini]] (1864–?)
* [[Pashko Vasa]] (born 1825–1892), also known as Vaso Pasha, Wasa Pasha or Vaso Pashë Shkodrani {{spaced ndash}} writer, poet and publicist of the Albanian National Awakening, and [[History of Lebanon under Ottoman rule|Governor of Lebanon]] from 1882 until his death
* [[Marenglen Verli]] (born 1951)
* [[Eqrem Vlora]] (1885–1964)
* [[Mihal Zallari]] (1896–1976)
* [[Tajar Zavalani]] (1903–1966)
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=== Economists ===
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* [[Kostandin Boshnjaku]] (1888–1953) {{spaced ndash}} banker, politician, one of the earliest Albanian communists
* [[Shkëlqim Cani]] (born 1956) {{spaced ndash}} Governor of the [[Bank of Albania]], 1997–2004
* [[Sokrat Dodbiba]] (1899–1956) {{spaced ndash}} economist and politician who served as Minister of Finance of Albania, 1943–44
* [[Ardian Fullani]] (born 1955)
* [[Ilir Hoti]] (1957–2016) {{spaced ndash}} economist and banker
* [[Arben Malaj]] (born 1961)
* [[Qirjako Mihali]] (1929–2009)
* [[Filip Noga]] (1867/1868–1917) {{spaced ndash}} politician; Minister of Finance of the country for four months in 1914; also known as Philippe Nogga
* [[Gramoz Pashko]] (1955–2006) {{spaced ndash}} economist and politician
* [[Ferit Vokopola]] (1887–1969)
* [[Vrioni family]] {{spaced ndash}} one of the great [[aristocratic]] and biggest landowner families of Albania
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=== Publishers ===
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* [[Dionis Bubani]]
* [[Gjergj Bubani]]
* [[Anastas Byku]]
* [[Kostandin Çekrezi]]
* [[Xhovalin Delia]]
* [[Vehbi Dibra]]
* [[Milo Duçi]]
* [[Arlinda Dudaj (Hovi)]]
* [[Midhat Frashëri]]
* [[Milto Sotir Gurra]]
* [[Baton Haxhiu]]
* [[Ibrahim Dalliu]]
* [[Irhan Jubica]]
* [[Ataol Kaso]]
* [[Ernest Koliqi]]
* [[Shahin Kolonja]]
* [[Rexhep Krasniqi]]
* [[Kyrias family]]
* [[Anselmo Lorecchio]]
* [[Kristo Luarasi]]
* [[Fatos Lubonja]]
* [[Halil Mëniku]]
* [[Thimi Mitko]]
* [[Ndoc Nikaj]]
* [[Sotir Peçi]]
* [[Marigo Posio]]
* [[Leon Qafzezi]]
* [[Gjergj Qiriazi]]
* [[Girolamo de Rada]]
* [[Drago Siliqi]]
* [[Risto Siliqi]]
* [[Flaka Surroi]]
* [[Veton Surroi]]
* [[Gëzim Tafa]]
* [[Fatmir Toçi]]
* [[Jani Vruho]]
* [[Bilal Xhaferri]]
* [[Fehim Zavalani]]
* [[Tajar Zavalani]]
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=== Scholars and linguists ===
[[File:NaumVeqilharxhi.jpg|thumb|150px|scholar of the early Albanian National Awakening period, [[Naum Veqilharxhi]], wrote the [[Abetare|first textbook]] in the [[Albanian language]],  created a unique alphabet known as the [[Vithkuqi script]].]]
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* [[Androkli Kostallari]]
* [[Androkli Kostallari]]
* [[Eqrem Çabej]]
* [[Fatmir Agalliu]]
* [[Gjergj Pekmezi]]
* [[Henrik Lacaj]]
* [[Jan Evstrat Vithkuqari]]
* [[Karl Gurakuqi]]
* [[Mahir Domi]]
* [[Martin Camaj]]
* [[Mirela Kumbaro]]
* [[Namik Resuli]]
* [[Namik Resuli]]
* [[Naum Veqilharxhi]]
* [[Ndoc Nikaj]]
* [[Parashqevi Qiriazi]]
* [[Petro Zheji]]
* [[Sami Frashëri]]
* [[Selman Riza]]
* [[Sevasti Qiriazi]]
* [[Shaban Demiraj]]
* [[Tahir Dizdari]]
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