The humanist, Albanian diplomat, Gjon Gazulli passed away on February 19, 1465 in Ragusa. As ambassador of Ragusa in the Holy See of the Pope in Rome, he had the opportunity to raise the problem of Skanderbeg to be helped by the Pope.

 Luigj Gurakuqi was born in Shkodra on February 19, 1879. As Minister of Education in the Provisional Government of Vlora, he established compulsory primary education for boys and girls. He was the Minister of Finance in the government headed by Fan S. Noli. After the suppression of the June Revolution, he went to Italy, where he was treacherously killed on March 2, 1925 .

It was on February 19, 1946,when the cleric Anton Harapi passed away. He was born in Shkodra in 1868. He was educated in the colleges of his hometown and in Italy. In October 1943, he was elected a member of the High Council of the Regency. He worked as a clergyman, but writing poetry was his avocation. At the age of 78, he was shot dead by the communist regime.

On February 19, 2007, the oldest priest of the Diocese of Sapa, Monsignor Injac Dema, passed away at the age of 82. He was born in Shkodra on May 23, 1925. He was ordained a priest on December 8, 1958. After the closing of the churches, he was forced to do odd jobs. After the reopening of the churches in 1991, dom Injaci commenced the religious mission. On May 21, 2002, Pope John Paul II gave him the title “Honorary Prelate of His Holiness”.

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