Çerçiz Topulli, a patriot and activist of the National Renaissance, leader of the armed struggle of the bands for the national liberation of the country, was born in Gjirokastër. He is honored as a People's Hero.
In the battle at Buzëmadh in Lumë, Hysen Çino, an activist of the labor movement and the National Anti-Fascist Liberation War, heroically fell. He is honored as a People's Hero.
Sotir Papahristo, a classical philologist, education activist, author of pedagogical works, leader of educational institutions, translator, candidate of philological sciences, and Merited Teacher, passed away.
