Discover their roots.

Masiela Lusha

Actor · Model

Albanian

Tirana, Albania

Mother Teresa

Albanian

Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Skopje, North Macedonia)

Nancy Dow

Actor

Italian-Arbëreshë/Albanian (maternal grandfather), Scottish, English, possibly Irish

West Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.

Nickola Shreli

Actor

Albanian

Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

Nora Istrefi

Musician

Albanian

Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo)

Regis Philbin

Actor · Musician · TV Personality

Father: Irish · Mother: Italian, Arbëreshë/Albanian

Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.

Rita Ora

Actor · Musician

Albanian

Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo)

Robert Belushi

Actor

Father: Albanian * maternal grandfather – German, English * maternal grandmother – Czech/Bohemian

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Tom Perrotta

Father: Italian · Mother: Arbëreshë/Albanian

Newark, New Jersey, U.S.

Tony Dovolani

Actor · TV Personality

Albanian

Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo)

Tracee Chimo Pallero

Actor

*50% Albanian *25% Irish *25% Italian

Saugus, Massachusetts, U.S.

Xherdan Shaqiri

Athlete

Kosovar Albanian

Gnjilane, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia (now Gjilan, Kosovo)