Jeronim de Rada, a poet, journalist, folklorist, philologist, founder of Arbëreshë literature and culture, activist of the National Renaissance, and People's Teacher, was born in the village of Macchia Albanese in Calabria.
Jani Minga was an activist of the Albanian school, of the National Renaissance, the "Democratic Movement" (1920-1924), and a Teacher of the People, was born in Shënpjetër in Fier.
