User:Super Dromaeosaurus/List of biographies with unverifiable Aromanian ethnicity claims
This is a project of the user Super Dromaeosaurus aiming to enlist all Wikipedia biographies of whom claims of Aromanian origin or ethnicity exist but which are unlikely or unverifiable. This is to help avoid disputes in the future and to save time to anyone who may desire to research these claims by themselves only to find out they are not very strong or verifiable.
This subpage would ideally be part of an Aromanian-aimed WikiProject, which currently does not exist.
Note that everyone is welcome to edit this subpage. Entries here may also be removed if certain proof for the verifiability of these claims is provided. This all can be discussed on the talk page.
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- Panagiotis Demestichas (1885–1960), Greek Army officer.
- The claim comes from Arben Llalla, who describes him as a Vlach on pages 36, 57 and 58 at Llalla, 2014. No other sources confirm this claim. Demestichas was born in the Peloponnese, a region with virtually no Aromanian population.
- Yordan Hadzhikonstantinov-Dzhinot (1818–1882), Bulgarian teacher, author and activist.
- Constantin Ioan Mladin describes Hadzhikonstantinov as being "of Aromanian origin" on page 45 at Mladin, 2014, but he does not cite any source for this and the claim is not present in any other sources.
- Fatos Lubonja (born 1951), Albanian dissident and writer.
- Lubonja has been called "Vlach" by authors in a derogatory sense [1]. Ardian Muhaj even used this claim in an article for Gazeta Tema for calling him "anti-Albanian" [2]. Ismail Kadare is a notable figure among those who have claimed Aromanian origin for the Lubonja family in a pejorative manner. Furthermore, according to Liri Lubonja, the mother of Fatos, her father-in-law confirmed to her that the Lubonja were not Aromanians, and that only one member of their family married an Aromanian [3].
- Todi Lubonja (1923–2005), communist politician and political prisoner.
- Ismail Kadare has claimed Aromanian origin for the Lubonja family in a pejorative manner. However, Todi's wife, Liri, says that Todi's father confirmed to her that the Lubonja were not Aromanians, and that only one member of their family married an Aromanian [4].
- Ylli Pango, Albanian politician, psychologist and scholar.
- Exclusively claimed by Kastriot Myftaraj in a book where he uses "Vlach" as a slur to refer to him [5].
- Koča Popović (1908–1992), Serbian Yugoslav politician.
- There currently are several sources on the Internet claiming Aromanian ethnicity for Popović [6] [7] [8]. One must know however that all of these come from the same author, David Binder, who claims at page 60 of his Fare Well, Illyria that he was basically just told this fact by someone: "Later, with my home in Washington, D. C., I returned to Southeastern Europe sometimes to report specific events and sometimes just poking around. I learned along the way that Vlachs had attained high office here and there—Foreign Minister Koča Popović (1908–1992) of Yugoslavia, Prime Minister Fan Noli (1882–1965) of Albania, and Prime Minister Ioannis Kolettis (1773–1847) of Greece." No other author claims it and Binder does not provide evidence, so this claim may be deemed as unverifiable.
- Mother Teresa? (1910–1997), Ottoman Albanian Catholic nun.
- Needs further research.
- Spyridon of Athens (1873–1956), Greek archbishop.
- Llalla claims that Spyridon was a "Vlach from Pogoni" on page 35 of Llalla, 2014 without providing any evidence. He again makes this claim on page 57 citing Lascu, 2007 on page 91, but he makes no such claim there. Llalla again claims Aromanian ethnicity for Spyridon on page 127. No other author or source makes such claims, so they are not verifiable. It is possible Llalla made this claim because of the surname of his secular name, "Vlachos", which does not necessarily imply Aromanian ethnic background in Greece. Spyridon had origins from northern Greece, where the Aromanian population of the country is concentrated.
- Maks Velo (1935–2020), Albanian painter.