The Most Famous
HISTORIANS from Albania
This page contains a list of the greatest Albanian Historians. The pantheon dataset contains 561 Historians, 1 of which were born in Albania. This makes Albania the birth place of the 41st most number of Historians behind Kazakhstan, and Ukraine.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Albanian Historians of all time. This list of famous Albanian Historians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Marin Barleti (1450 - 1513)
With an HPI of 55.64, Marin Barleti is the most famous Albanian Historian. His biography has been translated into 25 different languages on wikipedia.
Marin Barleti (Latin: Marinus Barletius, Italian: Marino Barlezio; c. 1450–1460 – c. 1512-1513) was a historian, humanist and Catholic priest from Shkodër. He is considered the first Albanian historian because of his 1504 eyewitness account of the 1478 siege of Shkodra. Barleti is better known for his second work, a biography on Skanderbeg, translated into many languages in the 16th to the 20th centuries.
2. Aleks Buda (1910 - 1993)
With an HPI of 45.77, Aleks Buda is the 2nd most famous Albanian Historian. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Aleks Buda (7 September 1910 – 7 July 1993) was an Albanian historian. After completion of his education in Italy and Austria, he returned to Albania. Although his education was in literature, he made a career as a historian during the socialist period in Albania. He was a member and president of the Academy of Sciences of Albania.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Albanian historians born between 1450 and 1910. Of these 2, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Albanian historians include Marin Barleti, and Aleks Buda. As of April 2024, 1 new Albanian historians have been added to Pantheon including Aleks Buda.
