Ismail Qemali, Albanian civil servant and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Albania (d. 1919) was born on January 16, 1844.

Ismail Qemali was an Albanian diplomat, politician, rilindas, statesman and the Founding Father of modern Albania. The principal author of the Declaration of Independence, he subsequently served as the first Prime and Foreign Minister of Albania during the period from 1912 to 1914.