Gjergj Kastrioti “Skenderbeg” – An Albanian warrior prince that saved Europe from the scourge of the marauding Ottoman’s.

Mother Teresa – a noble peace prize winner known for her charity work.

Alexander the Great – Here is one you did not know but he is known among the Albanians as Lek I Madh. I read Rose Lane Wilder’s “Peaks of Shala” and in it she quotes of a oral history told by a highlander of Northern Albanian passed down from generation to generation stating the entire story of Alexander the Great and what he speaks of will blow your mind.

Phyrrus of Epirus – A genral whom gave a lot of trouble to the Romans.

Muhamed Ali Dynasty – Rulers of Egypt from 1805 to 1953.

Ali Pasha Tebeleni – A renegade Pasha whom rebelled againts the sublime porte and probably the wealthiest man in the entire world of his time.

There so many more here is a link

http://www.geocities.com/albaweb4/personalities.htm

Aleksander Moisiu

Ali Pasha

Enver Hoxha

Fan Noli

Gjergj Kastrioti/Skenderbeg

Ibrahim Rugova

Ismail Kadare

John Belushi

Leke Dukagjini

Mehmet Ali

Mother Teresa

Naim Frasheri

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Albanians