This is a list of notable

Georgians The Georgians, or Kartvelians (; ka, ქართველები, tr, ), are a nation and indigenous Caucasian ethnic group native to Georgia and the South Caucasus. Georgian diaspora communities are also present throughout Russia, Turkey, ...

Leaders and politicians

* Pharnavaz I,

King of Iberia This is a list of kings and queens regnant of the kingdoms of Georgia before Russian annexation in 1801–1810. For more comprehensive lists, and family trees, of Georgian monarchs and rulers see Lists of Georgian monarchs. Kings of Iberia ...

from 302 to 237 BC *

Vakhtang I Gorgasali Vakhtang I Gorgasali ( ka, ვახტანგ I გორგასალი, tr; or 443 – 502 or 522), of the Chosroid dynasty, was a king of Iberia, natively known as Kartli (eastern Georgia) in the second half of the 5th and first quarter o ...

from 447/449–502/522 *

David the Builder David IV, also known as David the Builder ( ka, დავით აღმაშენებელი, ') (1073–1125), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was the 5th king of United Georgia from 1089 until his death in 1125. Popularly considered to b ...

(1073–1125), King of Georgia from 1089 to 1125 * Tamar the Great (1160–1213),

Queen of Georgia This is a list of kings and queens regnant of the kingdoms of Georgia before Russian annexation in 1801–1810. For more comprehensive lists, and family trees, of Georgian monarchs and rulers see Lists of Georgian monarchs. Kings of Iberia ...

from 1184 to 1207/1213 * George V The Brilliant, King of Georgia from 1299 to 1302 and from 1314 to 1346 * Heraclius II, King of Kartli-Kakheti from 1762 to 1798 *

Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet Union, Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as Ge ...

(1878-1953),

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

dictator from 1922 to 1952 *

Zviad Gamsakhurdia Zviad Konstantines dze Gamsakhurdia ( ka, ზვიად გამსახურდია, tr; russian: Звиа́д Константи́нович Гамсаху́рдия, Zviad Konstantinovich Gamsakhurdiya; 31 March 1939 – 31 December 1 ...

(1939–1993), first President of Republic of Georgia from 1991 to 1992 *

Eduard Shevardnadze Eduard Ambrosis dze Shevardnadze ( ka, ედუარდ ამბროსის ძე შევარდნაძე}, romanized: ; 25 January 1928 – 7 July 2014) was a Soviet and Georgian politician and diplomat who governed Georgia fo ...

(1927–2014), Foreign Minister of USSR and second President of Republic of Georgia from 1995 to 2003 * Mikheil Saakashvili, third president of Georgia from 2004 to 2013

Parliamentarians

Mamuka Chikovani Mamuka Chikovani (born 20 August 1976) is a Georgian politician who is a United National Movement (UNM) Member of the Parliament of Georgia. He has been a member of parliament since 2016 and is a graduate from the faculty of law at Georgian T ...

, Member of the United National Movement from 2016 to 2020

Military figures

Throughout history, there were many notorious Georgian military figures and commanders serving in the Georgian, Turkish, Iranian, Spanish, Russian, Polish and other country's military forces from BC till today. There were around 100 high-ranking officers serving in the Polish army during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

alone. Most prominent figures served in Russian, US and Persian armies. (Incomplete list, see above categories for more) *

Grigol Bakurianis-dze Gregory Pakourianos ( ka, გრიგოლ ბაკურიანის-ძე, ''Grigol Bakurianis-dze''; el, Γρηγόριος Πακουριανός, ''Gregorios Pakourianos''; hy, Գրիգոր Բակուրյան, ''Grigor Bakurian''; b ...

(11th century), general in the Byzantine service *

Giorgi Saakadze Giorgi Saakadze the Grand Mouravi ( ka, გიორგი სააკაძე) (c. 1570 – October 3, 1629) was a Georgian politician and military commander who played an important but contradictory role in the politics of the early 17th-ce ...

(1570–1629), Georgian, Safavid and Ottoman military commander who won many battles against Muslim coalition forces and also battles for the Ottoman and Safavid Empire; notorious for annihilating an Iranian army at the

Battle of Martqopi The Battle of Martqopi ( ka, მარტყოფის ბრძოლა) was a 1625 military confrontation between the Georgian Kingdom of Kartli and Safavid Iran. The Georgians, led by general Giorgi Saakadze, annihilated an Iranian detach ...

in 1625 almost without own losses *

Allahverdi Khan Allahverdi Khan ( fa, اللّه وردی خان, ka, ალავერდი-ხანი) (c. 1560 – June 3, 1613) was an Iranian general and statesman of Georgian origin who, initially a '' gholām'' ("military slave"), rose to high offi ...

(c. 1560 – June 3, 1613),

Iranian Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran * Iranian lan ...

general and statesman of Georgian origin who rose to high office in the Safavid state * Imam-Quli Khan, Iranian military and political leader of Georgian origin who served as a governor of Fars, Lar and

Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and a ...

for the

shah Shah (; fa, شاه, , ) is a royal title that was historically used by the leading figures of Iranian monarchies.Yarshater, EhsaPersia or Iran, Persian or Farsi, ''Iranian Studies'', vol. XXII no. 1 (1989) It was also used by a variety of ...

s Abbas I and Safi *

Daud Khan Undiladze Daud-Khan or Dāvūd b. Allāhverdī (Persian: داوود خان, ka, დაუდ-ხანი) was a Safavid Iranian military commander and politician of Georgian origin who served as governor (''beglarbeg'') of Ganja and Karabakh from 1627 to ...

, Iranian military commander and politician of Georgian origin; governor (

beglarbeg ''Beylerbey'' ( ota, بكلربكی, beylerbeyi, lit= bey of beys, meaning the 'commander of commanders' or 'lord of lords') was a high rank in the western Islamic world in the late Middle Ages and early modern period, from the Anatolian Selj ...

) of

Ganja Ganja (, ; ) is one of the oldest and most commonly used synonyms for marijuana. Its usage in English dates to before 1689. Etymology ''Ganja'' is borrowed from Hindi/Urdu ( hi, गांजा, links=no, ur, , links=no, IPA: �aːɲd͡ ...

and

Karabakh Karabakh ( az, Qarabağ ; hy, Ղարաբաղ, Ġarabaġ ) is a geographic region in present-day southwestern Azerbaijan and eastern Armenia, extending from the highlands of the Lesser Caucasus down to the lowlands between the rivers Kura and ...

1625–1630 * Rostom-Khan Saakadze (c. 1588 – 1 March 1643),

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

ian

Safavid Safavid Iran or Safavid Persia (), also referred to as the Safavid Empire, '. was one of the greatest Iranian empires after the 7th-century Muslim conquest of Persia, which was ruled from 1501 to 1736 by the Safavid dynasty. It is often conside ...

military commander (''

sipah-salar ''Ispahsālār'' ( fa, اسپهسالار) or ''sipahsālār'' (; "army commander"), in Arabic rendered as ''isfahsalār'' () or ''iṣbahsalār'' (), was a title used in much of the Islamic world during the 10th–15th centuries, to denote the sen ...

'') of Georgian origin *

Prince Alexander of Imereti A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. The ...

(1674–1711), Georgian prince and commander of the artillery of the Russian Empire under Peter I *

Yusef Khan-e Gorji Yusef Khan-e Gorji (also spelled Yūsof; fa, یوسف خان گرجی; died 1824) was a Qajar Iranian military leader and official of Georgian origin. Born in Tbilisi, An influential figure, he founded the Iranian city of Arak. Biography Yuso ...

, Iranian military leader of Georgian origin *

Pyotr Bagration Prince Pyotr Ivanovich Bagration (10 July 1765 – 24 September 1812) was a Georgian general and prince serving in the Russian Empire, prominent during the Napoleonic Wars. Bagration, a member of the Bagrationi dynasty, was born in Tbilisi. Hi ...

(1765–1812), one of the most prominent generals in Russian military history and most respected opponent of

Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader wh ...

; the Soviet counterattack against German forces in

was named after him,

Operation Bagration Operation Bagration (; russian: Операция Багратио́н, Operatsiya Bagration) was the codename for the 1944 Soviet Byelorussian strategic offensive operation (russian: Белорусская наступательная оп ...

* Alexandre Bagrationi (1770–1844), Georgian prince and resistance fighter *

Roman Bagration Prince Roman (Revaz) Ivanovich Bagration (russian: Роман (Реваз) Иванович Багратион, ka, რომან (რევაზ) ბაგრატიონი ''Roman (Revaz) Bagrat'ioni'') (1778 – 1834) was a Georgian no ...

(1778–1834), prominent general of the Imperial Russian army, distinguished commander in the

Russo-Persian Wars The Russo-Persian Wars or Russo-Iranian Wars were a series of conflicts between 1651 and 1828, concerning Persia (Iran) and the Russian Empire. Russia and Persia fought these wars over disputed governance of territories and countries in the Ca ...

and

Napoleonic Wars The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European states formed into various coalitions. It produced a period of Fre ...

Ivane Bagration of Mukhrani }, ''Ivan Konstantinovich Bagration-Mukhransky'') (February 7, 1812 – March 11, 1895) was a Georgian nobleman of the House of Mukhrani, and general in the Imperial Russian service. He was one of the biggest Georgian landowners of that time and a ...

(1812–1895), major general of the Russian Empire; revolutionizer of the wine industry *

Ivane Amilakhvari Ivane Amilakhori ( ka, ივანე ამილახვარი, russian: Иван Гивич �горовичАмилахвари �милахори 26 January 1829 – 27 August 1905) was a Georgia (country), Georgian nobleman and a ...

(1829–1905), general of the Russian Empire and distinguished commander during the

Crimean War The Crimean War, , was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between Russia and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and Piedmont-Sardinia. Geopolitical causes of the war included the ...

and

Russo-Turkish War The Russo-Turkish wars (or Ottoman–Russian wars) were a series of twelve wars fought between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire between the 16th and 20th centuries. It was one of the longest series of military conflicts in European histo ...

Alexander Imeretinsky Alexander Konstantinovich Bagration-Imeretinsky ( ka, ალექსანდრე კონსტანტინეს ძე ბაგრატიონ-იმერეტინსკი (''Aleksandre Konstantines dze Bagration-Imeretinski' ...

(1837–1900), Georgian-Russian prince; lieutenant general and hero of the

; became governor-general of Warsaw in 1897 *

Ivane Kazbegi Ivane Kazbegi ( ka, ივანე ყაზბეგი; pl, Jan wanKazbek; russian: Иван Николаевич Казбек, ) (June 11, 1860 — December 2, 1943) was a Georgian soldier, who served, successively, in the Imperial Russian, ...

(1860–1943), major general of the Russian Empire, then major general of the Polish Army and strategist at the Polish Academy of Defence *

Kote Abkhazi Prince Konstantine (Kote) Abkhazi ( ka, კონსტანტინე (კოტე) აფხაზი) (November 17, 1867—May 20, 1923), was a Georgian military officer, politician and public figure. During the Imperial Russian rule, he w ...

(1867–1923), general of the Russian Empire and Georgian resistance fighter *

Zakaria Bakradze Zakaria (Shakro) Bakradze ( ka, ზაქარია (შაქრო) ბაქრაძე, pl, Zachariasz Bakradze) (22 October 1868, in Tbilisi – 3 December 1938) was a Georgian military officer who served as a general in the Democratic ...

(1870–1938), brigadier general of the Polish army *

Giorgi Mazniashvili Giorgi Mazniashvili ( ka, გიორგი მაზნიაშვილი) (6 April 1870 – 16 December 1937) was a Georgian general and one of the most prominent military figures in the Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918–1921). Durin ...

(1872–1937), general in Russian and Georgian service; defeated three enemy armies invading Georgia *

Giorgi Kvinitadze Giorgi Kvinitadze ( ka, გიორგი კვინიტაძე; russian: Георгий Иванович Квинитадзе, ''Georgy Ivanovich Kvinitadze''; his real surname was Chikovani, ჩიქოვანი) (August 21, 1874 � ...

(1874–1970), Russian general and later commander-in-chief of the

Democratic Republic of Georgia The Democratic Republic of Georgia (DRG; ka, საქართველოს დემოკრატიული რესპუბლიკა ') was the first modern establishment of a republic of Georgia, which existed from May 1918 to F ...

during the

Red Army invasion of Georgia The Red Army invasion of Georgia (15 February17 March 1921), also known as the Soviet–Georgian War or the Soviet invasion of Georgia,Debo, R. (1992). ''Survival and Consolidation: The Foreign Policy of Soviet Russia, 1918-1921'', pp. 182, 361� ...

(1878–1953), leader of the Soviet Union *

Leo Kereselidze Leo Kereselidze ( ka, ლეო კერესელიძე) (1885 – 1944) was a Georgia (country), Georgian military figure, politician and journalist involved in the Georgian national movement against the Russian Empire, Russian and later So ...

(1878–1942) *

Alexandre Chkheidze Alexandre Chkheidze, also known under his Polish name of Aleksander Czcheidze (1878–1940), was a Polish- Georgian military officer. He served with the rank of Colonel in the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Georgia during the short ...

(1878–1940), general of the Polish army *

Valiko Jugheli Vladimir “Valiko” Jugheli ( ka, ვალიკო ჯუღელი) (January 1, 1887 - 30 August 1924 ) was a Georgian politician and military commander. He was involved in the Marxist movement in Georgia (then part of the Russian Empire ...

(1887–1924), Georgian general and resistance fighter * Kaikhosro (Kakutsa) Cholokashvili (1888–1930), Georgian resistance fighter *

Konstantin Mikeladze Prince Konstantin (Kostia) Mikeladze (1895–1935) was born in Tbilisi, Georgia into the Mikeladze Georgian noble family, known from at least the 14th century, then part of Imperial Russia. Konstantin's family belonged to the aristocratic and sophi ...

(1895–1935), commander in the

ian army *

Grigor Mikeladze Prince (knyaz) Grigor Mikeladze (1898–1955) was born in Tbilisi, Georgia (country), Georgia into a Georgian noble family, who are known from at least the 14th century, which was then a part of Russian Empire, Imperial Russia. Grigori Mikeladze ...

(1898–1955), first lieutenant in the Iranian army *

Shalva Maglakelidze Shalva Maglakelidze (also spelled as "Maghlakelidze"; ; 1893–1976) was a Georgian jurist, politician and military commander. A high-ranking official in briefly independent Georgia (1918–1921), he was one of the leaders of anti-Soviet moveme ...

(1893–1976), Georgian general and later in charge of the German Georgian Legion of (1941–1945) * Pore Mosulishvili (1916–1944),

soldier and partisan in the

Italian resistance movement The Italian resistance movement (the ''Resistenza italiana'' and ''la Resistenza'') is an umbrella term for the Italian resistance groups who fought the occupying forces of Nazi Germany and the fascist collaborationists of the Italian Socia ...

* Valerian Tevzadze (1894–1987), colonel of the Polish army and resistance fighter in World War II, later against the Soviet rule until his death in 1987 *

Lavrentiy Beria Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria (; rus, Лавре́нтий Па́влович Бе́рия, Lavréntiy Pávlovich Bériya, p=ˈbʲerʲiə; ka, ლავრენტი ბერია, tr, ; – 23 December 1953) was a Georgian Bolshevik ...

(1899–1953), marshal of the Soviet Union and main ideologist and architect, as well as chief of the Soviet secret police,

NKVD The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (russian: Наро́дный комиссариа́т вну́тренних дел, Naródnyy komissariát vnútrennikh del, ), abbreviated NKVD ( ), was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union. ...

Konstantin Leselidze Konstantin Nikolaevich Leselidze (russian: Константин Николаевич Леселидзе, ka, კონსტანტინე ლესელიძე, Konstantine Leselidze) (October 15, 1903 – February 21, 1944), was a Co ...

(1903–1944),

colonel general Colonel general is a three- or four-star military rank used in some armies. It is particularly associated with Germany, where historically general officer ranks were one grade lower than in the Commonwealth and the United States, and was a ra ...

of the Soviet Union, commander of the Caucasus front and hero of the Soviet Union *

Dimitri Amilakhvari Prince Dimitri Zedginidze-Amilakhvari, more commonly known as Dimitri Amilakhvari ( ka, დიმიტრი ამილახვარი, french: Dimitri Amilakvari) (31 October 1906 – 24 October 1942) was a French military officer of ...

(1906–1942), colonel of the French Foreign Legion, fighting on almost every important spot during the war, hero of France and iconic figure of the French resistance during

* Vladimir Janjgava (1907–1982),

lieutenant general Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on th ...

and hero of the Soviet Union * Alexi Inauri (1908–1993),

and hero of the Soviet Union *

Vasilij Shalvovich Kvachantiradze Vasily Shalvovich Kvachantiradze ( ka, ვასილ შალვას ძე კვაჭანტირაძე, rus, Василий Шалвович Квачантирадзе; 2 (15) January 1907 – 9 February 1950) was a top Soviet sn ...

(1907–1950), Soviet sniper who scored 215-500 kills, hero of the Soviet Union *

Yaroslav Iosseliani Yaroslav Iosseliani ( ka, იაროსლავ იოსელიანი; russian: Ярослав Константинович Иосселиани) (1912–1978) was a Soviet Navy submarine commander of Georgian ethnicity. He was awarded ...

(1912–1978), submarine commander, hero of the Soviet Union *

Archil Gelovani Prince Archil Viktorovich Gelovani ( ka, არჩილ გელოვანი, russian: Арчил Викторович Геловани; – 19 August 1978) was a Soviet officer and later Marshal of the engineer troops, responsible for logi ...

(1915–1978), marshal of the engineer troops *

Jerzy Tumaniszwili Jerzy Tumaniszwili ( ka, გიორგი თუმანიშვილი, Giorgi Tumanishvili) (June 21, 1916 – December 9, 2010) was a Polish naval commander of a Georgian aristocratic descent. A World War II veteran and later an émigré ...

(1916–2010), counter admiral of the Polish navy * Noe Adamia (1914–1942), Soviet sniper, hero of the Soviet Union *

Meliton Kantaria Meliton Varlamis dze Kantaria or Kantariya ( ka, მელიტონ ქანთარია, russian: Мелитон Варламович Кантария; 5 October 1920 – 27 December 1993) was a Georgian sergeant of the Soviet Army credite ...

(1920–1993), sergeant of the Red Army who raised the Soviet victory banner over the Reichstag in Berlin, April 30, 1945 *

Geno Adamia Geno Adamia ( ka, გენო ადამია; 8 March 1936 – 28 September 1993) was a Georgian military commander who was killed during the war in Abkhazia, Georgia. A native of Senaki, he engaged, immediately after the outbreak of the ho ...

(1936–1993), Georgian major general and garrison commander of

Sukhumi Sukhumi (russian: Суху́м(и), ) or Sokhumi ( ka, სოხუმი, ), also known by its Abkhaz name Aqwa ( ab, Аҟәа, ''Aqwa''), is a city in a wide bay on the Black Sea's eastern coast. It is both the capital and largest city of ...

; executed with the entire garrison and extermination of the city's population by Abkhazian militia during the

Sukhumi massacre The Sukhumi massacre took place on September 27, 1993, during and after the fall of Sukhumi into separatist hands in the course of the War in Abkhazia. It was perpetrated against Georgian civilians of Sukhumi, mainly by militia forces of Abkh ...

John Shalikashvili John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

(Poland, 1936–2011), general of the United States, chairman of the

Joint Chiefs of Staff The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) is the body of the most senior uniformed leaders within the United States Department of Defense, that advises the president of the United States, the secretary of defense, the Homeland Security Council and the ...

and supreme commander of NATO forces in Europe; partially solved Kurdish conflict on the Iraqi-Turkish border, saving around 500.000 Kurdish people being displaced; developed the Joint Vision 10 plan, a template which combined all elements of the United States armed forces to one efficient network of the different combat components

Religious leaders

Saint Nino Saint Nino ( ka, წმინდა ნინო, tr; hy, Սուրբ Նունե, Surb Nune; el, Αγία Νίνα, Agía Nína; sometimes ''St. Nune'' or ''St. Ninny'') ''Equal to the Apostles and the Enlightener of Georgia'' (c. 296 – c. 33 ...

(c. 296 – c. 338 or 340), a woman from

Cappadocia Cappadocia or Capadocia (; tr, Kapadokya), is a historical region in Central Anatolia, Turkey. It largely is in the provinces Nevşehir, Kayseri, Aksaray, Kırşehir, Sivas and Niğde. According to Herodotus, in the time of the Ionian Revo ...

, heavily involved in the

Christianization of Iberia The Christianization of Iberia ( ka, ქართლის გაქრისტიანება, tr) refers to the spread of Christianity in the early 4th century by the sermon of Saint Nino in an ancient Georgian kingdom of Kartli, known ...

Thirteen Assyrian Fathers The Thirteen Assyrian Fathers ( ka, ათცამმეტი ასურელი მამანი, tr) were, according to Georgian church tradition, a group of monastic missionaries who arrived from Mesopotamia to Georgia to strengthen Chri ...

, among them

Abibos of Nekresi Abibus of Nekressi ( ka, აბიბოს ნეკრესელი, tr) (fl. 6th century) was one of the thirteen Assyrian apostles of Georgia and the bishop of Nekresi who arrived in Georgia under the leadership of St. Ioane of Zedazeni ( ...

Assyrian Assyrian may refer to: * Assyrian people, the indigenous ethnic group of Mesopotamia. * Assyria, a major Mesopotamian kingdom and empire. ** Early Assyrian Period ** Old Assyrian Period ** Middle Assyrian Empire ** Neo-Assyrian Empire * Assyri ...

missionaries, said to have arrived from

Mesopotamia Mesopotamia ''Mesopotamíā''; ar, بِلَاد ٱلرَّافِدَيْن or ; syc, ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, or , ) is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the ...

in the 6th century. *

Gregory of Khandzta Gregory of Khandzta ( Georgian: გრიგოლ ხანძთელი, ''Grigol Khandzteli''; 759 – 5 October 861) was a Georgian ecclesiastic figure and a founder and leader of numerous monastic communities in Tao-Klarjeti, a historic ...

(759–861), a prominent ecclesiastic figure, active in Tao-Klarjeti *

George of Chqondidi George of Chqondidi ( ka, გიორგი ჭყონდიდელი, ''Giorgi Chqondideli'') (died c. 1118) was a Georgian churchman and court minister best known as a tutor and the closest adviser of King David IV of Georgia (r. 1089–11 ...

(died c. 1118), a churchman and court minister, advisor to

David IV of Georgia David IV, also known as David the Builder ( ka, დავით აღმაშენებელი, ') (1073–1125), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was the 5th king of United Georgia from 1089 until his death in 1125. Popularly considered to be ...

Arsen of Iqalto Arsen Iqaltoeli or Arsen of Iqalto ( ka, არსენ იყალთოელი) (died c. 1127) was a Georgian churchman, theologian, calligrapher and religious author with noticeable role in the ecclesiastic life of Georgia in the reign of ...

(died c. 1127), a prominent churchman and scholar * Antim Iverianul (Antimoz Iverieli) (1650–1716), Metropolitan of

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

Nikoloz Cholokashvili Nikoloz Cholokashvili (Nicholas Irubakidze-Cholokashvili) ( ka, ნიკოლოზ ჩოლოყაშვილი; ნიკოლოზ ირუბაქიძე-ჩოლოყაშვილი), known in Europe as Niceforo Irbachi, (1 ...

(Niceforo Irbachi) (1585–1658), Orthodox priest *

Eudemus I of Georgia Eudemus I Diasamidze ( ka, ევდემოზ I დიასამიძე, ''Evdemoz I Diasamidze''; died 1642) was a Georgian churchman serving as Catholicos Patriarch of Georgia from 1632 until his death in 1642. His demise was occasioned ...

(died 1642), churchman serving as

Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia ''Catholicos-Patriarch'' has been the title of the heads of the Georgian Orthodox Church since 1010. The first Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia was Melkisedek I (1010–1033). In the 15th century the Georgian Orthodox Church was divided into th ...

from 1632 until his death in 1642. *

Anton II of Georgia Anton II the Great Martyr ( ka, ანტონ II), born Prince Royal Teimuraz (), (8 January 1762 or 1763 – 21 December 1827) was a member of the Georgian royal family and churchman. A son of Heraclius II, the penultimate King of Kartli and ...

(1762 or 1763–1827), member of the

Bagrationi Dynasty The Bagrationi dynasty (; ) is a royal dynasty which reigned in Georgia from the Middle Ages until the early 19th century, being among the oldest extant Christian ruling dynasties in the world. In modern usage, the name of the dynasty is som ...

and

from (1788 to 1811) * Dositheus of Tbilisi (died 1795), Archbishop of Tbilisi and a martyr *

Peter Kharischirashvili Peter Kharischirashvili (in Georgian: პეტრე ხარისჭირაშვილი / ხარისჭარაშვილი, born in 1804 or 1805 in Akhaltsikhe, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire – 7 October 1890 in Constant ...

(1804/05–1890), Catholic monk *

Shio Batmanishvili Shio Batmanishvili (in Georgian: შიო ბათმანიშვილი, born in 1885 in Akhaltsikhe, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire – November 1, 1937, Sandarmokh, Karelia, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic) was a Geor ...

(1885–1937), Catholic priest and martyr *

Michel Tamarati Michel Tamarati, born Mikhail Tamarashvili ( ka, მიხეილ თამარაშვილი), (September 1858 – September 16, 1911) was a Georgian Roman Catholic priest and historian, known for his oft-cited French-language history of ...

(1858–1911), Catholic priest *

Ambrosius Ambrosius or Ambrosios (a Latin adjective derived from the Ancient Greek word ἀμβρόσιος, ''ambrosios'' "divine, immortal") may refer to: Given name: *Ambrosius Alexandrinus, a Latinization of the name of Ambrose of Alexandria (before 2 ...

(1861–1927),

from 1921 to 1927 *

Grigol Peradze Saint Grigol Peradze ( ka, გრიგოლ ფერაძე; 13 September 1899 – 6 December 1942) was a prominent Georgian ecclesiastic figure, philologist, theologian, historian, and professor of patristics in the interwar period. Life ...

(1899–1942), Archimandrite, historian (

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

) * Elie Melia (1915–1988), Orthodox priest and church historian *

Gabriel In Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam), Gabriel (); Greek: grc, Γαβριήλ, translit=Gabriḗl, label=none; Latin: ''Gabriel''; Coptic: cop, Ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ, translit=Gabriêl, label=none; Amharic: am, ገብ� ...

(1929–1995), Orthodox monk, venerated as Saint Gabriel, Confessor and Fool for Christ *

Ilia II Ilia may refer to: Science and medicine *''Apatura ilia'' or lesser purple emperor, a butterfly *Ilium (bone) (plural: "ilia"), pelvic bone People * Ilia (name), numerous ** Ilia II, the current Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Places * Ili ...

(born 1932),

since 1977

Scholars

Medieval

Peter the Iberian Peter the Iberian ( ka, პეტრე იბერი, tr) (c. 417-491) was a Georgian royal prince, theologian and philosopher who was a prominent figure in early Christianity and one of the founders of Christian Neoplatonism. Some have claime ...

(c. 417 – 491), theologian and philosopher, one of the founders of Christian

Neoplatonism Neoplatonism is a strand of Platonic philosophy that emerged in the 3rd century AD against the background of Hellenistic philosophy and religion. The term does not encapsulate a set of ideas as much as a chain of thinkers. But there are some ...

Martviri Sabatsmindeli Martviri the Iberian or Sabatsmindeli ( ka, მარტჳრი ქართველი; საბაწმინდელი) was a Georgian calligrapher, monk and writer of the 6th century. Martviri was a priest of Mar Saba and foreman of S ...

6th century, monk, calligrapher and writer at

Mar Saba The Holy Lavra of Saint Sabbas, known in Arabic and Syriac as Mar Saba ( syr, ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܣܒܐ, ar, دير مار سابا; he, מנזר מר סבא; el, Ἱερὰ Λαύρα τοῦ Ὁσίου Σάββα τοῦ Ἡγιασμέ� ...

; foreman of

Sabbas the Sanctified SabasPatrich (1995). (439–532), in Church parlance Saint Sabas or Sabbas the Sanctified ( el, Σάββας ο Ηγιασμένος), was a Cappadocian Greeks, Cappadocian Greek monk, priest and saint, who was born in Cappadocia and lived mainly ...

Basili Sabatsmindeli Basili Sabatsmindeli ( ka, ბასილი საბაწმინდელი) was a Georgian calligrapher, monk and writer of the 8th century.ლოლაშვილი, ქსე, ტომი 2, გვერდი 221, თბილის ...

8th century, monk, calligrapher and writer at

* Makari of Leteti 9th century, calligrapher and scholar at

* Mikaeli 9th century, calligrapher; known for

Adysh Gospels The Adishi Gospels (Adishi Four Gospels) ( ka, ადიშის ოთხთავი) is an important early medieval Gospel Book from Georgia. The oldest dated extant manuscript of the Georgian version of the Gospels, it was created by ...

Euthymius the Athonite Euthymius the Athonite ( ka, ექვთიმე ათონელი ''Ekvtime Atoneli''; 955–1024) was a Georgian monk, philosopher and scholar, who is venerated as a saint. His feast day in the Orthodox Church is May 13. Euthymius was a ...

(c. 955–1024), monk, philosopher and scholar * Gabrieli 10th century, calligrapher * Mikael Modrekili 10th century, calligrapher, poet, writer and scholar; best known for Iadgari of Mikael Modrekili * Ioane Berai 10th century, calligrapher * John Zosimus 10th century, monk, religious writer, and calligrapher; best known for his hymn "Praise and Exaltation of the Georgian Language." * Gabriel Patarai 10th century, calligrapher *

George the Hagiorite George the Hagiorite ( ka, გიორგი მთაწმინდელი) (1009 – 27 June 1065) was a Georgian monk, calligrapher, religious writer, theologian, and translator, who spearheaded the activities of Georgian monastic communit ...

(1009–1065), monk, calligrapher and scholar at the

Iviron Monastery The Monastery of Iviron ( ka, ქართველთა მონასტერი, tr; el, Μονή Ιβήρων, Monḗ Ivirōn) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the monastic community of Mount Athos in northern Greece. History The monas ...

* Ioane Mesvete 11th century, calligrapher *

Mikael Mtserali Mikael Mtserali ( ka, მიქაელ მწერალი) was a Georgian calligrapher of the 11th century.Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, Volume 7, p. 25, Tbilisi, 1984 He rewrote the Gospel in 1054. His calligraphy was created in brown ink ...

11th century, calligrapher * Arsen Ninotsmindeli 11th century, bishop, scholar, translator and calligrapher at the

Leonti Mroveli Leonti Mroveli ( ka, ლეონტი მროველი) was the 11th-century Georgian chronicler, presumably an ecclesiastic. ''Mroveli'' is not his last name, but the adjective for the diocese of Ruisi, whose bishop he probably was.Rayfie ...

11th century, chronicler, contributor to

The Georgian Chronicles ''The Georgian Chronicles'' is a conventional English name for the principal compendium of medieval Georgian historical texts, natively known as ''Kartlis Tskhovreba'' ( ka, ქართლის ცხოვრება), literally "Life of Ka ...

* Juansher Juansheriani 11th century, historian, contributor to

Sumbat Davitis Dze Sumbat Davitis Dze ( ka, სუმბატ დავითის ძე), or Sumbat, son of David, in modern English transliteration, was the 11th-century Georgian chronicler who described in his ''The Life and Tale of the Bagratids'' the history ...

11th century, chronicler, contributor to

* Ephrem Mtsire 11-12th century, monk, theologian and translator *

Ioane Petritsi Ioane Petritsi ( ka, იოანე პეტრიწი) also referred as John Petritsi was a Georgian Neoplatonist philosopher of the 11th-12th century, active in the Byzantine Empire and Kingdom of Georgia, best known for his translations of ...

11-12th century,

Neoplatonist Neoplatonism is a strand of Platonic philosophy that emerged in the 3rd century AD against the background of Hellenistic philosophy and religion. The term does not encapsulate a set of ideas as much as a chain of thinkers. But there are some id ...

philosopher and translator *

Tbeli Abuserisdze Tbeli Abuserisdze ( ka, ტბელი აბუსერისძე) (c. 1190 – 1240) was a medieval Georgian scholar and religious writer. His merits A son of Ivane Abuserisdze, '' eristavt-eristavi'' ("archduke") of Khikhata ( Upper ...

(c. 1190 – 1240), scholard and religious writer *

Giorgi Dodisi Giorgi Dodisi ( ka, გიორგი დოდისი) was a Georgian calligrapher of the 12th century. Giorgi created calligraphical works in Georgian-built Monastery of the Cross in Jerusalem.Monastery of the Cross The Monastery of the Cross ( ar, دير الصليب, ''Dayr al-Salīb''; he, מנזר המצלבה; ka, ჯვრის მონასტერი, ''jvris monast'eri'') is an Eastern Orthodox monastery near the Nayot Nayot ( he, נָיו� ...

* Nikrai 12-13th century, calligrapher * Avgaroz Bandaisdze 14th century, calligrapher and painter *

Parsadan Gorgijanidze P'arsadan Gorgijanidze ( ka, ფარსადან გორგიჯანიძე; or Giorgijanidze, გიორგიჯანიძე) (1626 – ) was a Georgian factotum and historian in the service of the Safavids. Early in his career ...

(1626 – c. 1696), historian and factotum *

Vakhushti Bagrationi Vakhushti ( ka, ვახუშტი, tr) (1696–1757) was a Georgian royal prince ('' batonishvili''), geographer, historian and cartographer. His principal historical and geographic works, '' Description of the Kingdom of Georgia'' and the '' ...

(1696–1757), historian and geographer *

Mamuka Tavakalashvili Mamuka Tavakalashvili or Tavakarashvili ( ka, მამუკა თავაქალაშვილი) was a Georgian poet, painter and famous calligrapher of the 17th century at the court of the King of Imereti. He was captured in Principa ...

17th century, calligrapher, painter and poet * David the Rector (1745–1824), pedagogue and calligrapher *

Teimuraz Bagrationi Teimuraz Bagrationi ( ka, თეიმურაზ ბაგრატიონი) otherwise known as Tsarevich Teimuraz Georgievich (russian: царевич Теймураз Георгиевич) (April 23, 1782 – October 25, 1846) was a Georg ...

(1782–1846), historian and philologist

Modern

Platon Ioseliani Platon Ioseliani ( ka, პლატონ იოსელიანი) (November 15, 1810 – November 15, 1875) was a Georgian historian and civil servant in the Imperial Russian service. Educated at St Petersburg Theological Academy, Ioselian ...

(1810–1875), historian and civil servant *

David Chubinashvili David Chubinashvili ( ka, დავით ჩუბინაშვილი; September 26, 1814 – June 5, 1891), otherwise known as David Yesseevich Chubinov (or Tchoubinoff, russian: link=no, Давид Йессеевич Чубинов) by the ...

(1814–1891), lexicographer, linguist, scholar of old Georgian literature. *

Mikhail Sabinin Mikhail Pavlovich Sabinin (russian: Михаил Павлович Сабинин, ka, მიხეილ პავლეს ძე საბინინი, monk Gobron, ka, გობრონ; 1845–1900) was a Russo- Georgian monk, historia ...

(1845–1900), monk and historian *

Nikolai Marr Nikolai Yakovlevich Marr (, ''Nikolay Yakovlevich Marr''; , ''Nikoloz Iak'obis dze Mari''; — 20 December 1934) was a Georgian-born historian and linguist who gained a reputation as a scholar of the Caucasus during the 1910s before embarking ...

(1864–1934), historian and linguist; known for the pseudo-scientific

Japhetic theory In linguistics, the Japhetic theory of Soviet linguist Nikolay Yakovlevich Marr (1864–1934) postulated that the Kartvelian languages of the Caucasus area are related to the Semitic languages of the Middle East. The theory gained favor a ...

Kita Chkhenkeli Kita "Petre" Chkhenkeli ( ka, კიტა "პეტრე" ჩხენკელი; Tschenkéli in western literature) (8 November 1895 – 22 October 1963) was a Georgian linguist and lexicographer based in Germany and Switzerland. He is best k ...

(1865–1963), linguist and lexicographer *

Nikoloz Muskhelishvili Nikoloz (Niko) Muskhelishvili ( ka, ნიკოლოზ (ნიკო) მუსხელიშვილი ; – 15 July 1976) was a renowned Soviet Georgian mathematician, physicist and engineer who was one of the founders and first Presiden ...

(1891–1976), mathematician, physicist and engineer * Michael Gregor (1888–1953), aircraft engineer *

Ilia Abuladze Ilia Abuladze ( ka, ილია აბულაძე) (November 24, 1901 – October 9, 1968) was a distinguished Georgian historian, philologist and public figure, a Corresponding Member of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (GAS) (1950), Meri ...

(1901–1968), philologist *

Georgy Beriev Georgy Mikhailovich Beriev (Beriashvili) (russian: Георгий Михайлович Бериев ''Georgij Michajlovič Beriev''; Georgian: გიორგი მიხეილის ძე ბერიაშვილი ''Giorgi Mikheilis D ...

(1903–1979), Soviet

major general Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of ...

, engineer, founder of the Beriev Aircraft Company *

Wachtang Djobadze Wachtang Djobadze ( ka, ვახტანგ ჯობაძე) (March 8, 1917 – February 10, 2007) was a Georgian art historian and Professor at the California State University, Los Angeles. During the Soviet Union, he lived as an émigré i ...

(1917–2007), professor and art historian *

Malkhaz Abdushelishvili Malkhaz Abdushelishvili (February 28, 1926 – February 23, 1998) was a famous Soviet and Georgian scientist, one of the founders of the Georgian scientific school of Anthropology, Academician of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (GAS), Meritorious ...

(1926–1998), anthropologist *

Hélène Carrère d'Encausse Hélène Carrère d'Encausse (; born Hélène Zourabichvili; 6 July 1929) is a French political historian of Georgian origin, specializing in Russian history. Since 1999, she has served as the Perpetual Secretary of the Académie française, to ...

(born 1927), political historian, Perpetual Secretary of the

Académie Française An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosop ...

* David Devdariani (1927–2006), professor of

Jurisprudence Jurisprudence, or legal theory, is the theoretical study of the propriety of law. Scholars of jurisprudence seek to explain the nature of law in its most general form and they also seek to achieve a deeper understanding of legal reasoning ...

Georges Charachidzé Georges Charachidzé (Giorgi Sharashidze; ka, გიორგი შარაშიძე) (February 11, 1930 – February 20, 2010) was a French- Georgian scholar of the Caucasian cultures. His most important works focused on the history of ...

(1930–2010), scholar of Caucasian Studies * Gaston Bouatchidzé (born 1935), professor, translator and writer *

Giuli Alasania 220px, Giuli Alasania (2006) Giuli Givievna Alasania ( ka, გიული გივის ასული ალასანია, , born 11 November 1946 in Tbilisi) is a Georgian historian and public figure. Her publications include 130 pap ...

(born 1946), historian *

Andria Apakidze Andria Apakidze ( ka, ანდრია აფაქიძე) (September 3, 1914 – November 25, 2005), Doctor of History and professor, was a Georgian archaeologist and historian specializing in the studies of ancient Georgia, and the author of ...

(1914–2005), archaeologist *

Tornike Gordadze Tornike Gordadze ( ka, თორნიკე გორდაძე, french: Thorniké Gordadze) (born November 10, 1975) is a former Georgian minister and French political scientist. He was Georgia's State Minister for Euro-Atlantic Integration f ...

(born 1975), political scientist * Manana Kochladze (born 1972), biologist and environmentalist * François Zourabichvili (1965–2006), philosopher *

Zurab Avalishvili Zurab Avalishvili ( ka, ზურაბ ავალიშვილი; 1876 – May 21, 1944) was a Georgian historian, jurist and diplomat in the service of the Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918–1921). He was also known as Zurab Davidovich ...

(1876–1944), international law and history *

Dimitri Bakradze Dimitri Bakradze ( ka, დიმიტრი ბაქრაძე) (26 October 1826 – 10 February 1890) was a Georgian scholar who authored several influential works in the history, archaeology and ethnography of Georgia and the Caucasus. He ...

(1826–1890), historian *

Ivan Beritashvili Ivane Beritashvili ( ka, ივანე ბერიტაშვილი; January 10, 1885 – December 29, 1974), was one of the great Georgian physiologists, one of the founders of the modern biobehavioral science. He was a founder and direct ...

(1884–1974), physiologist *

Levan Chilashvili Levan Chilashvili () (August 17, 1930 – April 26, 2004) was a Georgian archaeologist and historian, an academician of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (GAS), Meritorious Scholar of Georgia, Doctor of Historical Sciences, and Professor. In 1 ...

(1930–2004), archaeologist * Alexander Nikuradse (1900–1981), physicist and

Nazi Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in ...

political scientist *

Johann Nikuradse Johann Nikuradse ( ka, ივანე ნიკურაძე, ''Ivane Nikuradze'') (November 20, 1894 – July 18, 1979) was a Georgia-born German engineer and physicist. His brother, Alexander Nikuradse, was also a Germany-based physicist and ...

(1894–1979), engineer and physicist *

Michael Achmeteli Michael Achmeteli ( ka, მიხეილ ახმეტელი, ''Mikheil Akhmeteli'') (1895–1963) was a Georgian émigré scholar, an expert on Soviet agriculture and sometime chief of Wannsee Institut, the SS-controlled research institute ...

(1895–1963), agronomist, sometime chief of the

Wannsee Institut Wannsee Institut, a research institute in Nazi Germany, focused on studies of the politics and economics of the Soviet Union. The Wannsee Institut was founded as a private foundation in Wannsee, southwest of Berlin, and was incorporated by Reinhard ...

* Juansher Chkareuli (born 1940), physicist *

Giorgi Chubinashvili Giorgi Chubinashvili ( ka, გიორგი ჩუბინაშვილი; November 21, 1885 – January 14, 1973) was a Georgian art historian. Born in St. Petersburg, Russia he studied psychology at the universities of Leipzig and Ha ...

(1885–1973), art historian *

Gia Dvali Georgi (Gia) Dvali ( Georgian: გიორგი (გია) დვალი; born May 30, 1964) is a Georgian theoretical physicist and science communicator in Georgia. He is a professor of theoretical physics at the Ludwig Maximilian Universi ...

(born 1964), physicist * Solomon Dodashvili (1805–1836), philosopher *

Revaz Dogonadze Revaz Dogonadze (November 21, 1931 – May 13, 1985) was a notable Georgian scientist, Corresponding Member of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences (GNAS) (1982), Doctor of Physical & Mathematical Sciences (Full Doctor) (1966), Professor (1972 ...

(1931–1985), physicist *

Revaz Gabashvili Revaz Gabashvili ( ka, რევაზ გაბაშვილი; November 6, 1882 – 1969) was a Georgian politician and writer involved in the independence movement and revolutionary journalism in the early 20th century. Gabashvili was born o ...

(1878–1959), historian *

Tamaz Gamkrelidze Tamaz (Thomas) Valerianis dze Gamkrelidze ( Georgian: თამაზ ვალერიანის ძე გამყრელიძე, 23 October 1929 – 10 February 2021) was a Georgian linguist, orientalist public benefactor and Hitti ...

(born 1928), linguist, President of the Academy of Sciences *

Vladimir Gigauri Vladimir Spiridonovich Gigauri (b. 10 April 1934 in Tbilisi - d. 04 Feb 2006 in Moscow) was a renowned Georgian-born Soviet Union, Soviet scientist in the fields of medicine, biomedical engineering, military, and space. Professor V. Gigauri is ...

(1934–2006), scientist *

Olga Guramishvili-Nikoladze Olga Guramishvili-Nikoladze ( ka, ოლღა გურამიშვილი-ნიკოლაძე, 29 July 1855 – 24 May 1940) was a Georgian biologist and educator. One of the first women to study abroad, she earned a degree in pedag ...

(1855–1940), educator *

Guranda Gvaladze Guranda Gvaladze (In Georgian გურანდა ღვალაძე, June 23, 1932 – January 24, 2020) was a notable Georgian botanist, one of the founders of Plant Embryology in Georgia, Academician of the Abkhazian Regional Academy ...

(1932-2020), botanist * Pavle Ingorokva (1893–1990), historian and philologist * Nikoloz Janashia (1931–1982), historian *

Simon Janashia Simon Janashia ( ka, სიმონ ჯანაშია; July 13, 1900 – November 5, 1947) was a Georgian historian and public figure. He was a professor of history and one of the founding members of the Georgian Academy of Sciences. Janash ...

(1900–1947), historian *

Ivane Javakhishvili Ivane Alexandres dze Javakhishvili ( ka, ივანე ჯავახიშვილი; 23 April 1876 – 18 November 1940) was a Georgian historian and linguist whose voluminous works heavily influenced the modern scholarship of the history ...

(1876–1940), historian *

Joseph Jordania Joseph Jordania ( Georgian იოსებ ჟორდანია, born February 12, 1954 and also known under the misspelling of Joseph Zhordania) is an Australian– Georgian ethnomusicologist and evolutionary musicologist and professor. He ...

(born 1954), ethnomusicologist and evolutionary musicologist (Australia) *

Sargis Kakabadze Sargis N. Kakabadze (October 7, 1886 – April 2, 1967) was a Georgian historian and philologist, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor. He was born in 1886, in a small village Kukhi ( Imereti region of Western Georgia). In 1910 he graduat ...

(1886–1967), historian *

Alexander Kartveli Alexander Kartveli, born Aleksandre Kartvelishvili, ( ka, ალექსანდრე ქართველიშვილი) (September 9, 1896 – July 20, 1974) was a Georgian aeronautical engineer and an aviation pioneer in the United ...

(1896–1974), aircraft engineer (United States) * Giorgi Kartvelishvili (1827–1901), public figure, benefactor *

Simon Kaukhchishvili Simon Kaukhchishvili ( ka, სიმონ ყაუხჩიშვილი) (October 1, 1895 in Kutaisi – May 11, 1981 in Tbilisi) was a Georgian historian and philologist known for his critical editions of old Georgian chronicles; Doctor of H ...

(1895–1981), historian and philologist * Valentin Kontridze (1933-2002), ophthalmologist and eye microsurgeon *

David Lordkipanidze David Otaris dze Lordkipanidze ( Georgian: დავით ლორთქიფანიძე) (born 5 August 1964, in Tbilisi) is a Georgian anthropologist and archaeologist, Professor (2004), Dr.Sc. (2002), Corresponding Member of the Georgi ...

(born 1963), anthropologist * Givi Maisuradze (born 1934), geologist *

Merab Mamardashvili Merab Mamardashvili ( ka, მერაბ მამარდაშვილი, russian: Мера́б Константи́нович Мамардашви́ли; September 15, 1930 – November 25, 1990) was a Georgian philosopher. Biography He ...

(1930–1990), philosopher *

Guram Mchedlidze Guram I. Mchedlidze ( Georgian: გურამ ი. მჭედლიძე) (September 27, 1931, Tbilisi – 2009, Tbilisi) was a Georgian Palaeobiologist Paleobiology (or palaeobiology) is an interdisciplinary field that combines the met ...

(born 1931), biologist *

Giorgi Melikishvili Giorgi Melikishvili ( ka, გიორგი მელიქიშვილი; russian: Гео́ргий Алекса́ндрович Меликишви́ли; December 30, 1918 – March 27, 2002) was a Georgian historian known for his fundamenta ...

(1918–2002), historian *

Roin Metreveli Roin Metreveli ( ka, როინ მეტრეველი) is a Georgian academician and historian. He was the first elected rector of the Tbilisi State University, after Petre Melikishvili and Ivane Javakhishvili. Metreveli served as a se ...

(born 1939), historian *

Alexander Nadiradze Aleksandr Davidovich Nadiradze ( ka, ალექსანდრე ნადირაძე, russian: Александр Давидович Надирадзе 20 August 1914 – 3 September 1987) was a Soviet engineer of Georgian ethnicity who ...

(1914–1987), missile engineer (USSR) * Shalva Nutsubidze (1888–1969), philosopher *

Akaki Shanidze Akaki Shanidze ( ka, აკაკი შანიძე) (Born: 26 February 1887 in Nogha, Samtredia, Georgia (country), Georgia – Died 29 March 1987 in Tbilisi, Georgia (country), Georgia) was a Georgia (country), Georgian linguist and philolog ...

(1887–1987), linguist and philologist *

Ekvtime Takaishvili Ekvtime Takaishvili (also spelled Taqaishvili) () (January 5, 1862 – February 21, 1953) was a Georgian historian, archaeologist and public benefactor. Born in the village of Likhauri in the western Georgian province of Guria to a local noblema ...

(1863–1953), historian and archaeologist * Giorgi Tsereteli (1904–1973), linguist * Grigol Tsereteli (1870–1938), philologist *

Mikheil Tsereteli Prince Mikheil "Mikhako" G. Tsereteli also known as Michael von Zereteli ( ka, მიხეილ "მიხაკო" წერეთელი) (December 23, 1878 – March 2, 1965) was a Georgian prince, historian, philologist, sociologist ...

(1878–1965), sumerologist *

Vasil Tsereteli Vasil Tsereteli ( ka, ვასილ წერეთელი) (1862–1937) was a distinguished Russian Empire medical doctor, journalist, politician and public benefactor. He was born in the village of Tskhrukveti, in the Chiatura district ...

(1862–1937), physician and public benefactor *

Dimitri Uznadze Dimitri Uznadze ( ka, დიმიტრი უზნაძე; December 2, 1886 – October 9, 1950, Tbilisi) was a Georgian psychologist and professor of psychology, co-founder of the Tbilisi State University (TSU) and of the Georgian Academy ...

(1886–1950), psychologist and philosopher *

Ilia Vekua Ilia Vekua ( ka, ილია ვეკუა; russian: link=no, Илья́ Не́сторович Ве́куа; 23 April 1907 in the village of Shesheleti, Kutais Governorate, Russian Empire (modern day Gali District, Abkhazia, Republic of Geor ...

(1907–1977), mathematician

Cultural figures

Actors

Leila Abashidze Leila Abashidze ( ka, ლეილა აბაშიძე; August 1, 1929 – April 8, 2018) was a Georgian actress, director and writer. She was Meritorious Artist of Georgia, People's Artist of Georgia, a recipient of Order of the Red Banne ...

Veriko Anjaparidze Veriko (Vera) Ivlianovna Anjaparidze ( ka, ვერიკო ანჯაფარიძე, in Kutaisi – 1987 in Tbilisi) was a Soviet and Georgian stage and film actress. Life and career Andjaparidze studied at the Aidarov Drama Studio ...

* Medea Chakhava *

Sofiko Chiaureli Sophia Chiaureli ( ka, სოფიკო ჭიაურელი; 21 May 1937 – 2 March 2008), professionally known as Sofiko Chiaureli, was a Soviet Georgian actress. Thought to be the muse of filmmaker Sergei Parajanov, she played a sig ...

Ramaz Chkhikvadze Ramaz Chkhikvadze (; 28 February 1928 – 17 October 2011) was a Georgian film and theater actor. First appearing in the 1954 film ''The Dragonfly'' (), he starred in over 60 films during his career. He won the award for Best Actor at the 8th Mo ...

* Mariam Garikhuli (1883–1960) *

Kakhi Kavsadze Kakhi Kavsadze ( ''K’akhi K’avsadze''; June 5, 1935 – April 27, 2021) was a Georgian and Soviet film, television and stage actor. Early life He was born in Tbilisi. After his birth, his parents moved to Tkibuli. His father David Kavsadze ...

Vakhtang Kikabidze Vakhtang Kikabidze ( ka, ვახტანგ კიკაბიძე; born on July 19, 1938), also known as Buba ( ka, ბუბა) is a Georgian (formerly Soviet) singer, actor, screenwriter, producer, composer and politician who has served ...

Zurab Kipshidze Zurab Kipshidze ( ka, ზურაბ ყიფშიძე; 10 Aug 1953) is a Georgian film and theatre actor. He appeared in 58 films between 1966 and 2009. In 2013 he was a member of the jury at the 35th Moscow International Film Festival. Fi ...

Otar Koberidze Otar Leontyevich Koberidze ( ka, ოთარ კობერიძე; 17 December 1924 – 9 March 2015) was a Georgian actor, film director and screenwriter. Biography Koberidze was born in Tiflis, Georgian SSR (now Tbilisi, Georgia), where he ...

Avtandil Makharadze Avtandil Ivanovich Makharadze ( ka, ავთანდილ მახარაძე; born 16 July 1943) is a Georgian actor. He was born in Batumi. Active since the 1970s. Avtandil Makharadze started his acting career as a student at Shota Ru ...

Kote Makharadze Kote (Constantine) Makharadze (; 17 November 1926 – 19 December 2002) was a Soviet and Georgia (country), Georgian actor and sports commentator. Makharadze graduated from Tbilisi Choreography School in 1941 and the Shota Rustaveli State Theater I ...

Giorgi Nakashidze Giorgi Nakashidze ( ka, გიორგი ნაკაშიძე; born on 23 July 1971 in Tbilisi, Georgia) is a Georgian film, television, and stage actor. Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, Nakashidze starred in the 2014 film ''Tangerines'' which ...

Merab Ninidze Merab Ninidze ( ka, მერაბ ნინიძე; born 3 November 1965) is a Georgian actor. In the English-speaking world, he is best known for the roles of Walter Redlich in ''Nowhere in Africa'' and Oleg Penkovsky in '' The Courier''. ...

* Fexi Ama * Guram Sagaradze * Karlo Sakandelidze *

Nato Vachnadze Natalia "Nato" Vachnadze ( ka, ნატო ვაჩნაძე), born Natalia Andronikashvili ( ka, ნატო ანდრონიკაშვილი), (14 June 1904 – 14 June 1953) was a Georgian and Soviet film actress. She started h ...

Bukhuti Zakariadze Bukhuti Zakariadze ( Georgian: ''ბუხუტი ზაქარიაძე'', Russified: ''Бухути Александрович Закариадзе'' ''Bukhuti Alexandrovich Zaqariadze 1 July 1913– 12 February 1988) was a Soviet actor a ...

Sergo Zakariadze Sergo Zakariadze ( ka, სერგო ზაქარიაძე ; – 12 April 1971) was a Soviet and Georgian stage and film actor and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1958). Zakariadze was born in Baku in 1909. He won several pri ...

Architects

Simon Kldiashvili Simon Kldiashvili ( ka, სიმონ კლდიაშვილი; 2 February 1865 – 26 May 1920) was a Georgian architect best known for his eclectic projects in Tbilisi, including a college building which, in 1918, became the Tbilisi S ...

* Victor Djorbenadze * Vazha Orbeladze *

Shota Kavlashvili Shota Kavlashvili ( ka, შოთა ყავლაშვილი; 28 January 1926 – December 1995) was a Georgian architect and historic preservationist, best known for his work in Tbilisi during the postwar Soviet period. Career Kavlash ...

Giuli Gegelia Professor Giuli Gegelia ( ka, გიული გეგელია) (born 20 July 1942) is a Georgian architect, Professor of Architecture at the Georgian Technical University, since 1998, and member of the Executive Board of the Union of Georgia ...

George Chakhava George Chakhava ( ka, გიორგი ჩახავა, 1923–2007) was a Georgian architect, best known for the Bank of Georgia headquarters in Tbilisi, which he co-designed with Zurab Jalaghania. George Chakhava was born in Tbilisi in ...

* Giorgi Khmaladze

Artists

* Iago Dekanozishvili *

Georgi Aleksi-Meskhishvili Georgi "Gogi" Aleksi-Meskhishvili ( ka, გოგი ალექსი-მესხიშვილი) (born March 2, 1941) is a Georgian set designer and artist. He is the great-grandson of the prominent Georgian actor Lado Aleksi-Meskhishvili ...

* Irakli Gamrekeli *

Valerian Sidamon-Eristavi Valerian Sidamon-Eristavi ( ka, ვალერიან სიდამონ-ერისთავი; 2 July 1889 – 9 June 1943) was a Georgian Modernist artist and set designer. Born in the town of Kvareli into a noble family, Valerian Sida ...

* Dimitri Tavadze *

Simon Virsaladze Simon (Soliko) Virsaladze ( ka, სოლომონ(სოლიკო) ვირსალაძე) (13 January 1909 – 7 February 1989) was a Georgian and one of the Soviet Union's leading designers of ballet, film and opera. He also worke ...

* Mirian Shvelidze

Ballet dancers

Nino Ananiashvili Nina Ananiashvili (born: ''Nino Ananiashvili'', ka, ნინო ანანიაშვილი; born March 19, 1963) is a Georgian ballerina and artistic director of the State Ballet of Georgia. She has been described by the ''Daily Teleg ...

George Balanchine George Balanchine (; Various sources: * * * * born Georgiy Melitonovich Balanchivadze; ka, გიორგი მელიტონის ძე ბალანჩივაძე; January 22, 1904 (O. S. January 9) – April 30, 1983) was ...

(1904–1983), US choreographer; founder of school of American ballet *

Vakhtang Chabukiani Vakhtang Mikheilis dze Chabukiani (Russian: Вахта́нг Миха́йлович Чабукиа́ни, ka, ვახტანგ ჭაბუკიანი) (March 12, 1910 – April 6, 1992) was a Soviet and Georgian ballet dancer, choreograp ...

Irma Nioradze Irma Nioradze in 2011 Irma Nioradze ( ka, ირმა ნიორაძე, russian: Ирма Ниорадзе; born June 15, 1969 in Tbilisi, Georgia), is a Georgian ballerina and Principal Dancer of the Kirov-Mariinsky Ballet. Biography ...

Nikolai Tsiskaridze Nikolay Maximovich Tsiskaridze PAR (russian: Николай Максимович Цискаридзе; ka, ნიკოლოზ ცისკარიძე, ''Nik'oloz Cisk'aridze'') is a Georgian-Russian ballet dancer who had been a member of ...

Composers

Dimitri Arakishvili, composer from Georgia (Europe)

* Rostom Aramovic Alagian *

Dimitri Arakishvili Dimitri Arakishvili ( ka, დიმიტრი არაყიშვილი) (11 February 1873 – 13 August 1953) was a Soviet and Georgian composer and ethnomusicologist considered one of the founding fathers of modern Georgian music. He was ...

Andria Balanchivadze Andria Balanchivadze ( ka, ანდრია მელიტონის ძე ბალანჩივაძე, ''Andria Melit'onis dze Balanchivadze'', russian: Андре́й Мелито́нович Баланчива́дзе, Andrei Meliton ...

* Meliton Balanchivadze * Alexandre Basilaia *

Ioseb Bardanashvili Ioseb Bardanashvili ( ka, იოსებ (სოსო) ბარდანაშვილი; he, יוסף ברדנשווילי; born 23 November 1948 in Batumi, Georgia) is an Israeli and Georgian composer. His works span classical to contemp ...

Alexander Borodin Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin ( rus, link=no, Александр Порфирьевич Бородин, Aleksandr Porfir’yevich Borodin , p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr pɐrˈfʲi rʲjɪvʲɪtɕ bərɐˈdʲin, a=RU-Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin.ogg, ...

Otar Gordeli Otar Gordeli (18 November 1928 – 6 December 1994) was a composer in the country of Georgia. Gordeli was born in Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capita ...

* Maka Maya Virsaladze *

Vakhtang Kakhidze Vakhtang (Vato) Kakhidze ( ka, ვახტანგ (ვატო) კახიძე; russian: Вахтанг Кахидзе; born 23 March 1959 in Tbilisi) is a Georgian composer and conductor. He is the son of conductor Jansug Kakhidze. He ...

Giya Kancheli Gia Kancheli ( ka, გია ყანჩელი; 10 August 1935 – 2 October 2019) was a Georgian composer. He was born in Tbilisi, Georgia but resided in Belgium. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Kancheli lived first in ...

(1935–2019) * Bidzina Kvernadze * Mikheil Kobakhidze * Ioseb Kechakmadze *

Mindia Khitarishvili Mindia Khitarishvili ( ka, მინდია ხითარიშვილი; Batumi, born January 1, 1973) is an Israeli and Georgia (country), Georgian composer. Biography Mindia Khitarishvili is an Israeli and Georgian composer, music arra ...

* Aleksandre Machavariani * Vakhtang Machavariani * Nikoloz Memanishvili *

Konstantin Meladze Konstantin Shotayevich Meladze (russian: Константин Шотаевич Меладзе, ka, კონსტანტინე მელაძე) (born 11 May 1963 in Batumi) is a Ukrainian-Russian composer and producer. He is the older b ...

* Vano Muradeli * Zurab Nadarejshvili *

Koka Nikoladze Koka Nikoladze (born 30 September 1989, in Tbilisi) is a Georgian composer and sound artist based in Europe. He studied at the Tbilisi State Conservatoire, Musikhochschule Stuttgart and Norwegian Academy of Music. He studied composition with Zur ...

Zakaria Paliashvili Zacharia Petres dze Paliashvili ( ka, ზაქარია ფალიაშვილი, ''Zakaria Paliaşvili''), also known as Zachary Petrovich Paliashvili (russian: Захарий Петрович Палиашви́ли, ''Zacharij Petrovi� ...

Otar Taktakishvili Otar Vasilisdze Taktakishvili ( ka, ოთარ თაქთაქიშვილი; russian: Отар Васильевич Тактакишвили; 27 July 1924 – 21 February 1989) was a prominent Georgian composer, teacher, conductor, a ...

* Sulkhan Tsintsadze *

Victor Dolidze (composer) Victor Isidores dze Dolidze (ვიქტორ ისიდორეს ძე დოლიძე, 30 July 1890 – 24 May 1933) was a Georgian classical composer. Practically unknown in the West, in his home country Dolidze is best remembere ...

Natela Svanidze Natela Svanidze ( ka, ნათელა დამიანეს ასული სვანიძე, '; russian: Натела Дамиановна Сванидзе, '; 4 September 1926 – 17 November 2017) was a Georgian composer. Biography ...

* Givi Gachechiladze

Conductors

* Jemal Gokieli *

Vakhtang Jordania Vakhtang Jordania ( ka, ვახტანგ ჟორდანია; born 9 December 1943, Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union – 4 October 2005, Broadway, Virginia, United States) was a Georgian conductor. Biography Born in the Soviet repu ...

Jansug Kakhidze Jansug Ivanes dze Kakhidze ( ka, ჯანსუღ კახიძე; 26 May 1935 — 7 March 2002) was a Georgian musician, composer, singer and conductor nicknamed "the Georgian Karajan". Kakhidze was music director of the Georgian State ...

* Evgeni Mikeladze

Designers

* Keto Mikeladze *

Irene Galitzine Princess Irene Galitzine ( ka, ირინა გალიცინი; russian: Ирен Голицына; 22 July 1916 – 20 October 2006) was a Russian-Georgian fashion designer whose best known creation was the palazzo pyjama. Early life ...

* Irakli Nasidze * Aka Nanitashvili * Tatuna Nikolaishvili *

Lako Bukia Lako Bukia ( ka, ლაკო ბუკია), born as Lali Bukia is a Georgian fashion designer. She studied at London College of Fashion. Her collections are produced in the United Kingdom and has Georgia-based studio in Tbilisi as well. Bio ...

David Koma David Komakhidze ( ka, დავით კომახიძე) known as David Koma (stylized as DΛVID KOMΛ) is a Georgian fashion designer based in London, England. Celebrities, including Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez, Cara Delevingne, Kendall ...

* Ria Keburia * Ekaterine Abuladze * Anouki (designer) * Avtandil (designer) * Teona Gardapkhadze * Irina Shabayeva * Demna Gvasalia

Folk musicians

* Ensemble Erisioni * Ensemble Georgika * Ensemble Rustavi * Hamlet Gonashvili * Sukhishvili National Ballet

Filmmakers

* Vasil Amashukeli * Mikhail Kalatozov * Dodo Abashidze * Tengiz Abuladze * Temur Babluani * Mikheil Chiaureli * Goderdzi Chokheli * Georgi Daneliya * Sergi Gvarjaladze * Levan Gabriadze (born 1969) * Otar Ioseliani * Marlen Khutsiev (Khutsishvili) * Giorgi Shengelaia * Eldar Shengelaia * Dito Tsintsadze

Opera singers

* Paata Burchuladze * Lamara Chkonia * Stella Grigorian * Tamar Iveri * Makvala Kasrashvili * Nino Machaidze * Badri Maisuradze * Natela Nicoli * Anita Rachvelishvili * Zurab Sotkilava * Nino Surguladze * Tsisana Tatishvili

Painters

* Merab Abramishvili * Elene Akhvlediani * David Alexidze * Pyotr Nikolayevich Gruzinsky * Gia Bugadze * Gigo Gabashvili * Lado Gudiashvili * Elene Akhvlediani * Hasan Helimishi * Gia Gugushvili * Dimitri Shevardnadze * Aliquli Jabbadar * Mamuka Japharidze * David Kakabadze * Shalva Kikodze * Sergo Kobuladze * Apollon Kutateladze * Guram Kutateladze * Levan Mindiashvili * Petre Otskheli * Irakli Parjiani * Rusudan Petviashvili * Niko Pirosmanashvili, Niko Pirosmani * Oleg Timchenko * Radish Tordia * Georgy Konstantinovich Totibadze * Avto Varazi * Ekaterine Abuladze * Levan Songulashvili

Pianists

* Tengiz Amirejibi * Eteri Andjaparidze * Khatia Buniatishvili * Marina Goglidze-Mdivani * Inga Kashakashvili * Alexander Korsantia * Giorgi Latso * Tamriko Siprashvili * Irma Svanadze * Alexander Toradze * Eliso Virsaladze * Eleonora Eksanishvili * Tamara Atschba

Poets

* Alexander Abasheli * Irakli Abashidze * Rati Amaglobeli * Lado Asatiani * Nikoloz Baratashvili * Besiki * Alexander Chavchavadze * Ilia Chavchavadze *

* Valerian Gaprindashvili * David-Dephy Gogibedashvili * Terenti Graneli * Ioseb Grishashvili * David Guramishvili * Yetim Gurdji * Paolo Iashvili * Irakli Kakabadze * Ana Kalandadze * Giorgi Leonidze * Mukhran Machavariani * David Magradze * Kolau Nadiradze * Niko Nikoladze * Vazha-Pshavela * Shota Rustaveli * Galaktion Tabidze * Titsian Tabidze * Akaki Tsereteli

Photographers

* Alexander Roinashvili (1846–1898) * Antoin Sevruguin (1830–1933) * Guram Tikanadze (1832–1863) * Irakly Shanidze (born 1968) * David Meskhi (born 1979)

Sculptors

* Iakob Nikoladze * Irakli Ochiauri * Zurab Tsereteli * Kartlis Deda, Elguja Amashukeli (1926–2002) * Glory Memorial, Merab Berdzenishvili (1929–2016) * Goudji (born 1941) also a goldsmith

Singers

* Irakli Charkviani * Niaz Diasamidze * Nino Katamadze * Irma Sokhadze * Katie Melua

Theatre producers

* Kote Marjanishvili * Sandro Akhmeteli * Valerian Gunia * Revaz Gabriadze (1935–2021) * Robert Sturua * Andro Enukidze * Vakhtang Mchedelov * Mikheil Tumanishvili * Manana Anasashvili * Synetic Theater (Founded and ran by Paata and Irina Tsikurishvili)

Writers

* Kita Abashidze, literary critic * Chabua Amirejibi * Lado Asatiani (1917–1942), poet * Ilia Chavchavadze (1837–1907), poet and writer * Otar Chiladze * Tamaz Chiladze * Daniel Chonkadze * Nino Dadeshkeliani (1890–1931), writer, politician * Shalva Dadiani * Guram Dochanashvili * Nodar Dumbadze * Konstantine Gamsakhurdia * Iakob Gogebashvili * Levan Gotua * Mikheil Javakhishvili * Aleksandre Kazbegi * Babilina Khositashvili (1884–1973), poet, feminist * Leo Kiacheli * David Kldiashvili * Mukhran Machavariani (born 1929), poet * Ekaterine Melikishvili (1854–1928), translator, feminist * Kato Mikeladze (1878–1942), journalist and feminist * Aka Morchiladze * George Papashvily * Vazha-Pshavela (Luka Razikashvili) (1862–1915), poet and writer * Guram Rcheulishvili * Grigol Robakidze * Shota Rustaveli (12th century), poet * Galaktion Tabidze (1891–1953), poet * David Turashvili * Lasha Bughadze

Sportspeople

* Shota Arveladze (born 1973), former football (soccer), footballer * Giorgi Asanidze (born 1975), Olympic and world champion weightlifter and politician * Zurab Azmaiparashvili (born 1960), chess International Grandmaster, grandmaster * Nikoloz Basilashvili (born 1992), tennis player, winner of 5 Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP titles and former nº 16 in the ATP rankings * Maia Chiburdanidze (born 1961), Women's World Champion in chess (1978–1991) * Natela Dzalamidze (born 1993), tennis player * Roman Dzindzichashvili (born 1944), US Chess Champion (1983 and 1989) * Kokkai Futoshi (Levan Tsaguria) (born 1981), sumo wrestler * Mani Mon (Mani Mon) (born 2001), tennis player, winner of 27 Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP titles and former middleweight UFC Champion * Nona Gaprindashvili (born 1941), Women's World Champion in chess (1962–1978) * Kakhi Kakhiashvili (born 1969), Olympic and world champion weightlifter * Kakhaber Kaladze (born 1978), footballer, Genoa C.F.C., Genoa and Georgia national football team, Georgia national team *Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (born 2001), footballer, S.S.C. Napoli, Napoli and Georgia national football team, Georgia national team * Temuri Ketsbaia (born 1968), former footballer, notably for Newcastle United F.C. and Georgia national football team, Georgia national team * Mikhail Khergiani (1932–1969), champion mountaineer * Georgi Kinkladze (born 1973), former footballer * Gagamaru Masaru (Teimuraz Jugheli) (born 1987), sumo wrestler * (1911–1937), tennis player * Mevlud Meladze (born 1972), Formula Alfa champion * Oganez Mkhitaryan (born 1962), football coach and former player * Natalia Nasaridze (born 1972), champion archer * Zaza Pachulia (born 1984), National Basketball Association, NBA basketball player * Roman Rurua (born 1942), wrestler *Tornike Shengelia (born 1991), basketball player * Lasha Talakhadze (born 1993), Olympic and world champion weightlifter * Gocha Tsitsiashvili (born 1973), Israeli Olympic wrestler * Nikoloz Tskitishvili (born 1983), NBA basketball player * Tochinoshin Tsuyoshi (Levan Gorgadze) (born 1987), sumo wrestler * Dimitri Yachvili (born 1980), France national rugby union team, French former rugby union footballer * Valerian Zirakadze (born 1978), former footballer * Levan Saginashvili (born 1988), arm-wrestler *Giga Chikadze (born 1988), mixed martial artist and former kickboxer

Businesspeople

Georgian-Russian businessman and actor Sila Zandukeli-Sandunov

* Sila Zandukeli-Sandunov (1756–1820), founder of the eponymous Sanduny, Sandunóvskie Baths * David Sarajishvili (1848–1911), entrepreneur, philanthropist and scientist. Founder of Kizlyar Brandy Factory * George Coby (1883–1967) * Alex d'Arbeloff (1927–2008), co-founder of Teradyne * Sandro Shatirishvili(Project B0ss), (born 1999) founder and CEO of ARIA PAINTINGS and Creator of TBC BANK * Kakha Bendukidze (1956–2014), statesman, businessman and philanthropist * Levan Gachechiladze (born 1964), founder of Georgian Wine Company, Georgian presidential election, 2008, 2008 Georgian presidential candidate * Tamir Sapir (1946/1947 – 2014), * David Gamkrelidze (born 1964), founder of Aldagi Insurance Company;Former Member of Parliament * Luka Chkhaidze, (born 2002) founder and CEO of Cement Saburtalo * Boris Ivanishvili, Bidzina (Boris) Ivanishvili (born 1956), politician, billionaire, businessman and philanthropist; Prime Minister of Georgia from October 2012 to November 2013. * Badri Patarkatsishvili (1956–2008), business oligarch; richest Georgian businessman; Georgian presidential election, 2008, 2008 Georgian presidential candidate * Mamuka Khazaradze (born 1966), businessman and politician, founder of TBC Bank * David Nikuradze (born 1975), journalist * George Arison, (born 1977) founder and CEO of Shift (business), Shift

Other known Georgians

* Razhden Arsenidze (1880–1965), jurist, journalist, and politician * Sopho Khalvashi (born 1986), songstress * Nino Kipiani (1877–1920s), lawyer * Zviad Kvachantiradze (born 1965), former Secretary General of TRACECA, ambassador * Mdivani, The Mdivani family, ''aznauri'', or minor nobility * Vasily Sopromadze (born 1963), property developer in Russia

References

External links

Dictionary of Georgian National Biography
{{Georgia (country) topics Lists of people from Georgia (country), * Lists of people by ethnicity, Georgians