List of Albanian Americans
This is a list of notable Albanian Americans.
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- Avni Abazi - actor/film producer[1]
- James Belushi - actor[2]
- John Belushi - actor[3]
- Elona Bojaxhi - actress[4]
- Joseph J. DioGuardi - congressman[5]
- Tony Dovolani - professional dancer[6]
- Eliza Dushku (1980 - ) actress, has appeared in several Hollywood films (i.e. Bring It On and Wrong Turn)[7]
- Gjevalin Gegaj - businessman/activist[8]
- Bill Kovach - journalist/editor[9]
- Donald Lambro - journalist[10]
- Masiela Lusha - actress[11]
- Gjon Mili - photographer[12]
- Inva Mula-Tchako - soprano[13]
- Ferid Murad - Nobel Prize winner[14]
- Regis Philbin 1/2 Irish & 1/2 Albanian [ Arbëreshë ][17]
References
Footnotes
- ^ [1] "Kosovo filmmaker Avni Abazi speaks in Meacham Auditorium before presenting his films"
- ^ [2] "John and James Belushi are Albanian as well."
- ^ [3] "John Belushi, the Albanian-American actor..."
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- ^ [7] "...she was recently invited to visit Albania, where she has become something of a national symbol, being the most famous American Albanian -- or at least half-Albanian since her mother's heritage is Danish -- actor since John Belushi." [8] "There is a joke in our family that the Dushku's and the Belushi's are the only Albanians in show business. Who knows? That might be true." [9] "One issue which hits close to home for her is the plight of the Albanian refugees, being of Albanian and Danish descent herself. "It's hard with all this war stuff. They're helping the Albanians, but you can never say you're happy about bombing. I don't know how I feel on the issue. I watch the news, I'm watching Albanian refugees piling onto trains, and they look like me and my brothers. I feel like I'm watching my family, and it's so disturbing."
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- ^ [11] "Kovach, who was Washington bureau chief for the New York Times and for two years edited the Atlanta Journal and Constitution, uses himself as an example. "I'm Albanian-American," he says, "and things that happen in the Balkins are inherently important to me. No matter how good an editor I am, I'm not going to follow African news in the same way.""
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- ^ [13] "Albanian - born beauty Masiela Lusha of ABC ’ s George Lopez show is concerned about ending child hunger in America."
- ^ [14] "The Institute bears the name of the Albanian-American photographer Gjon Mili, who lived and worked in the US and is considered by some to be a significant..."
- ^ [15] "Recital With World Renowned Albanian Soprano Inva Mula To Benefit..."
- ^ [16] "Ferid Murad: Albanian-American Nobel Prize Winner"