Gjergj

Gjergj, the Albanian name for George, may refer to:

• Gjergjan, a municipality in central Albania

People with the given name

• Gjergj Arianiti (1383–1462), Albanian lord who led several campaigns against the Ottoman Empire.
• Gjergj Bojaxhi (born 1974), Albanian politician
• Gjergj Bubani (1899–1954), Albanian journalist
• Gjergj Cressiac (fl. 1580), Albanian Epirote chief and commander in service of the Duke of Parma of Spain
• Gjergj Fishta (1871–1940), Albanian Franciscan friar, writer, educator, and politician.
• Skanderbeg (Gjergj Kastrioti; 1405–1468), Albanian nobleman and military commander who led a rebellion against the Ottoman Empire.
• Gjergj Topia (died 1392), Lord of Durrës, Republic of Albania.
• Gjergj Pekmezi (1872–1938), Albanian linguist, philosopher, folklorist and diplomat
• Gjergj Pelini (died 1463), Catholic priest and diplomat for Skanderbeg and Venice
• Gjergj Schambj, a legendary hero in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Albania.
• Gjergj Suli (1893–1948), also referred to as At Gjergj Suli was an Albanian Orthodox cleric and martyr.
• Gjergj Qiriazi (1868–1912) was an Albanian patriot, author, educator, translator, Protestant Bible distributor, organizer of the First Congress of Monastir (1908), and activist of the Albanian National Awakening.
• Gjergj Xhuvani (1963–2019), Albanian film director, screenwriter and producer
• Gjergj Zheji (1926–2010), Albanian writer, translator, editor, professor, sequence and folklore researcher

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Gjergj
• Gjergji, a given name and surname