Marti Ahtisari (Ahtisaari), Finnish politician, mediator in solving international disputes, laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize, was born in Vipuri (then part of Finland).
In Shkodër, Jordan Misja, anti-fascist activist, participant in the National Liberation Anti-Fascist War, was surrounded in his house by numerous police and fascist militia forces.
Ramiz Aranitasi, participant in the Anti-Fascist National Liberation War, Hero of the People, was killed by the collaborators of the Italian invaders, on the mountain of Leshnja (Skrapar).
