List of people from Shkodër

Below are some of the most notable personalities born or longtime residents in Shkodër:

• Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani, Islamic scholar
• George Berovich (1845–1897), Ottoman Christian statesman
• Masar Bushati, teacher who has opened 13 schools in the area
• Gjergj Fishta, Albanian Catholic poet
• Simon Gjoni, composer
• Luigj Gurakuqi, one of the leaders of the Albanian national movement
• Kolë Idromeno, Albanian painter and photographer
• Preng Jakova, author of the first Albanian opera
• Zef Jubani, folklorist and activist of the Albanian National Awakening
• Tinka Kurti, Albanian actress
• Vojo Kushi, Albanian WWII hero and People's Hero of Albania
• Stefan Marinović (fl. 1561–63), Serb printer
• Ndre Mjeda, Albanian Catholic romantistic poet
• Hilë Mosi, Albanian politician and poet
• Millosh Gjergj Nikolla, Albanian poet (pen name Migjeni)
• Erkand Qerimaj, world champion of weightlifting
• Filip Shiroka, Albanian renaissance poet
• Hodo Sokoli, leader of the League of Prizren
• Ramadan Sokoli, ethnomusicologist
• Ibrahim Tukiqi, Albanian singer
• Gjergj Vladanji, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sapë in the 18th century
• Nikola Vulić, Serbian historian, classical philologist, archaeologist, professor
• Lazër Vladanji, Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bar in the 18th century
• Çesk Zadeja, composer
• Medin Zhega, footballer player, manager