Malsorë

Tringë Smajl Martini Ivezaj (1880 – 2 November 1917), known simply as Tringe Smajli, and as Yanitza outside Albania, was an Albanian guerrilla fighter who fought against the Ottoman Empire in the Malësia region. She was the daughter of Smajl Martini, a Catholic clan leader of the Grudë tribe of Malësia.

Dedë Gjo Luli Dedvukaj (November 1840–24 September 1915), was an Albanian guerrilla leader most notable for commanding the 1911 revolt against Ottoman troops. He was posthumously awarded the "Hero of Albania". Luli was the clan chieftain of the Hoti tribe.

Mark Lucgjonaj (30.08.1986) is an Albanian poet and professor.

Zef Pllumi (28 August 1924 – 25 September 2007) was an Albanian Franciscan priest and memoirist. After 26 years in communist prisons he wrote the non-fiction works Live to tell, a true story of religious persecution in Albania (Albanian: Rrno vetëm për me tregue), also known as the Albanian gulag archipelago, The Great Franciscans (Albanian: Franceskanet e Medhaj), The Book of Memories (1944–1951) (Albanian: Libri i Kujtimeve (1944–1951)).

Baca Kurti Gjokaj (c. 1807–1881) was an Albanian nationalist leader who participated in the Battle of Ržanicë against the Principality of Montenegro.

Nora of Hoti or Lula Hoti (Albanian: Nora e Hotit or Nora e Ded Gjon Lulit) (b. 1880–88 – d. 1965) was an Albanian freedom fighter and local heroine who fought alongside Ded Gjon Luli against Serbian and Ottoman armies. Afterwards, during the Zog regime and Communist take over, she was treated badly and interrogated in Shkoder, and his fighters against Ottoman and Serb armies in 1910–1912. Nora Luli was married to Gjelosh Luli, the son of Ded Gjon Luli. Nora was given the "Hero of the People" award.

Çun Mula (1818-1896) was the bajraktar ("flag-bearer") of the Hoti tribe (today divided between Montenegro and Albania) and an Albanian freedom fighter. His family, the Lucgjonaj, descended from the Junçaj family of Hoti. According to the Code of Lekë Dukagjini, Çun Mula's family was put in charge of the Malësia tribes, leading them bravely and faithfully in the many wars against Serbo-Montenegrin and Ottoman forces.

Sokol Baci (1837–1920) was the chief of the Gruda, a northern Albanian tribe in the vicinity of Podgorica (now Montenegro). Originally, he had served the Ottoman sultan in his personal guard, but switched sides after he was mistreated, and fought the Ottoman forces in the Sanjak of Scutari. After his clan was defeated and subjugated, he was exiled and sought refuge in Montenegro, even though he had earlier fought against them in the 1870s, and lived in Podgorica beginning in approximately 1884. Prince Nicholas I of Montenegro recognized his status and employed him. He was one of the leaders of the Albanian Revolt of 1911, alongside chiefs such as Ded Gjo Luli, Mehmet Shpëndi, Mirash Luca and Luigj Gurakuqi. In 1912, the entire tribes of Gruda and Hoti, along with major portions of the Kastrati, Shkreli, and Klimenti tribes, backed Montenegro during the Balkan Wars. In 1913, he was recognized as commander of Scutari by King Nicholas I of Montenegro.

Cel Shaban Gjonbalaj (c. 1830-1879) was an Albanian commander of the Albanian forces of the League of Prizren in 1879. Born and raised in Rugova, Shabani fought along Jakup Ferri in the Battle of Novšiće against the Montenegrin annexation of Plav-Gusinje area in 1879. He was a Malësor. As a young boy, he lived in Niksic and fought a Montenegrin named Uros. He came out as victorious and, as were the customs of the time, Shabani cut the head of the soldier and carried it with him. At the age of 22, Shabani was given a medal for his heroic acts. Shabani fought all his life against the Montenegrin forces of Marko Miljanov and died in Novšiće in 1879.

Smajl Martini Ivezaj (born ca. 1850, Grudë, Ottoman Albania - dead 1911, Battle of Vranje) was an Albanian bajraktar from the Grude tribe who led the Albanian forces against the Ottomans in the Battle of Vranje in 1911. He led his forces against Montenegrins and Ottomans throughout his life, and his deeds were heard of in "The New York Times" in 1911. His daughter, the famous Tringe Smajli, replaced him during the Battle of Vranje in 1911 and the Albanian forces were victorious. Already as an 18 year old Martini fought the Ottoman occupiers and participated in many battles around the Malesia Highlands. He came from an patriotic family, together with Prec and Bace Vuksani, known for battles during the 1780s. In 1835, Ivezaj fought at the castle and church of Shkodra against the Ottomans. During the Battle of Vranje, Smajl Martini was kidnapped and never seen again.