List of Georgians
Encyclopedia
The following is a partial list of outstanding people from Georgia
, arranged chronologically within categories.
Throughout history, there were plenty of important Georgian military figures and commanders serving in the Georgian, Turkish, Iranian, 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
alone. Most prominent figures served in Russian, US and Persian armies.
See also: List of people by nationality
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
, arranged chronologically within categories.
Leaders & politicians
- Lavrentiy BeriaLavrentiy BeriaLavrentiy Pavlovich Beria was a Georgian Soviet politician and state security administrator, chief of the Soviet security and secret police apparatus under Joseph Stalin during World War II, and Deputy Premier in the postwar years ....
(1899–1953), First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union in 1953 - David the Builder (1073–1125), King of Georgia in 1089-1125
- Tamar The GreatTamar of GeorgiaTamar , of the Bagrationi dynasty, was Queen Regnant of Georgia from 1184 to 1213. Tamar presided over the "Golden age" of the medieval Georgian monarchy...
, (1160–1213), Queen of Georgia in 1184-1207/1213 - George V The BrilliantGeorge V of GeorgiaGeorge V, the "Brilliant" was King of Georgia from 1299 to 1302 and again from 1314 until his death. A flexible and far-sighted politician, he recovered Georgia from a century-long Mongol domination, restoring the country’s previous strength and Christian culture.-Reign:George was born to King...
, King of Georgia(1299–1302)and (1314–1346) - Zviad GamsakhurdiaZviad GamsakhurdiaZviad Gamsakhurdia was a dissident, scientist and writer, who became the first democratically elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era...
(1939–1993), the president of Georgia (1991–1992) - Noe ZhordaniaNoe ZhordaniaNoe Zhordania was a Georgian journalist and Menshevik politician. He played an eminent role in the Social Democratic revolutionary movement in Imperial Russia, and later chaired the government of the Democratic Republic of Georgia from July 24, 1918 until March 18, 1921, when the Bolshevik Soviet...
(1868–1953), President of Georgia in 1918-1921 - Eduard ShevardnadzeEduard ShevardnadzeEduard Shevardnadze is a former Soviet, and later, Georgian statesman from the height to the end of the Cold War. He served as President of Georgia from 1995 to 2003, and as First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party , from 1972 to 1985. Shevardnadze was responsible for many top decisions on...
(1927-), Foreign Minister of USSR and President of Georgia - Joseph StalinJoseph StalinJoseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...
(1878–1953) leader of the Soviet Union
Military figures
( list incomplete )Throughout history, there were plenty of important Georgian military figures and commanders serving in the Georgian, Turkish, Iranian, 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
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
alone. Most prominent figures served in Russian, US and Persian armies.
- Grigol Bakurianis-dze (11th century), general in the Byzantine service
- Giorgi SaakadzeGiorgi SaakadzeGiorgi Saakadze was a Georgian politician and military commander who played an important but contradictory role in the politics of the early 17th-century Georgia...
(1570–1629) Georgian and Ottoman military commander who won many battles against Muslim coalition forces and also battles for the Ottoman Empire. Famous for anihilating an Iranian army at the Battle of MartqopiBattle of MartqopiThe Battle of Martqopi was a 1625 military confrontation between Georgia and Iran. The Georgians 15 000 men strong force, led by general Giorgi Saakadze, anhilated a 30 000 men strong Iranian detachment of Shah-Abbas I....
in 1625 almost without own losses. - Prince Alexander of ImeretiPrince Alexander of ImeretiPrince Alexander of Imereti , also known as Tsarevich Aleksandr Archilovich Imeretinsky was a Georgian prince of the Kingdom of Imereti who lived as an émigré in the Tsardom of Russia and subsequently served as an artillery commander under Tsar Peter I of Russia...
(1674–1711) Georgian prince and commander of the artillery of the Russian Empire under Peter I. - Pyotr BagrationPyotr BagrationPrince Pyotr Ivanovich Bagration was a general of the Russian army. He was a descendant of the Georgian royal family of the Bagrations.- Life :...
(1765–1812), one of the most prominent generals in Russian military history and most respected opponent of Napoleon. The soviet counterattack against German forces in World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
was named after him, Operation Bagration. - Alexandre Bagrationi (1770–1844) Gergian prince and resistance fighter
- Ivane Bagration of MukhraniIvane Bagration of MukhraniIvane Bagration of Mukhrani was a Georgian nobleman of the House of Mukhrani, and general in the Imperial Russian service...
(1812–1895) major general of the Russian Empire and revolutioner of wine industry. - Ivane AmilakhvariIvane AmilakhvariIvane Amilakhvari was a Georgian nobleman and a military commander in the Imperial Russian service.He was born in the village Chala in what is now Shida Kartli region to a prominent Georgian aristocratic family. Educated at the Tiflis nobility gymnasium, he enrolled in the Nizhny Novgorod Dragoon...
(1829–1905) general of the Russian Empire and distinguished commander during the Crimean WarCrimean WarThe Crimean War was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The war was part of a long-running contest between the major European powers for influence over territories of the declining...
and Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) - Alexander ImeretinskyAlexander ImeretinskyAlexander Konstantinovich Bagration-Imeretinsky was a Georgian-Russian prince, hero of Russo-Turkish War and governor-general of Warsaw....
(1837–1900) Georgian-Russian prince, lieutenant general and hero of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878). In 1897 he became governor-general of Warsaw. - Ivane KazbegiIvane KazbegiIvane Kazbegi was a Georgian soldier, who served, successively, in the Imperial Russian, Georgian and Polish armies....
(1860–1943) major-general of the Russian Empire, then major general of the Polish Army and strategist at the Polish Academy of Defence. - Konstantin Davidovich Cheidze major general of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan
- Vasili Dmitrievich Kargaleteli major general of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan
- knyaz Abel Gavrilovich Makayev Georgian prince and major general of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan
- Aleksandr Mihaylovich Pursalidze major general of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan
- Zahar Vasilyevich Amashukeli major general of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan, commander of the Azeri First Army Division
- Kote AbkhaziKote AbkhaziPrince Konstantine "Kote" Abkhazi , was a Georgian military officer and politician. During the Imperial Russian rule, he was a general in the tsar's army, and a recognized leader of the liberal nobility of Georgia. After the Sovietization of Georgia, he emerged as one of the leaders of an...
(1867–1923) general of the Russian Empire and Georgian resistance fighter - Zakaria Bakradze (1870–1938) brigadier general of the Polish army.
- Giorgi MazniashviliGiorgi MazniashviliGiorgi Mazniashvili was a Georgian general and one of the most prominent military figures in the Democratic Republic of Georgia...
(1872–1937) general in Russian and Georgian service. One of the most famous Georgian generals, who was able to once defeat 3 enemy armies invading Georgia, though not able to win the war. - Giorgi KvinitadzeGiorgi KvinitadzeGiorgi Kvinitadze was a Georgian military commander who rose from an officer in the Imperial Russian army to commander-in-chief of the Democratic Republic of Georgia...
(1874–1970) Russian general and later commander-in-chief of the Democratic Republic of GeorgiaDemocratic Republic of GeorgiaThe Democratic Republic of Georgia , 1918–1921, was the first modern establishment of a Republic of Georgia.The DRG was created after the collapse of the Russian Empire that began with the Russian Revolution of 1917...
during the Red Army invasion of GeorgiaRed Army invasion of GeorgiaThe Red Army invasion of Georgia also known as the Soviet–Georgian War or the Soviet invasion of Georgia was a military campaign by the Soviet Russian Red Army against the Democratic Republic of Georgia aimed at overthrowing the Social-Democratic government and installing the Bolshevik regime...
. - Valiko JugheliValiko JugheliVladimir “Valiko” Jugheli was a Georgian politician and military commander.He was involved in the Marxist movement in Georgia at the beginning of the 20th century...
(1887–1924) Georgian general and resistance fighter - Joseph StalinJoseph StalinJoseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...
(1878–1953) generallisimus and leader of the soviet union, hero of the soviet union. - Leo KereselidzeLeo KereselidzeLeo Keresselidze or Kereselidze was a Georgian military figure, politician and journalist involved in the Georgian national movement against the Russian and later Soviet domination....
(1878–1942) - Alexandre ChkheidzeAlexandre ChkheidzeAlexandre Chkheidze, also known under his Polish name of Aleksander Czcheidze , 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 period of its independence following World War I...
(1878–1940) general of the Polish army. - Kaikhosro (Kakutsa) CholokashviliKakutsa CholokashviliKaikhosro Cholokashvili commonly known as Kakutsa was a Georgian nobleman and military commander, regarded as a National Hero of Georgia...
(1888–1930), famous Georgian resistance fighter - Shalva Maglakelidze (1893–1976) Georgian general and later in charge of the German Georgian Legion of (1941–1945)
- Valerian TevzadzeValerian TevzadzeValerian Tevzadze was a Georgian military officer in the service of the Democratic Republic of Georgia . After the Soviet forces occupied the country, he left for Poland and joined the Polish army as a colonel. During the Nazi invasion of 1939, he took part in the northern defense of Warsaw...
(1894–1987) colonel of the Polish army and famous resistance fighter in World War II, later against the soviet rule until his death in 1987 - Lavrentiy BeriaLavrentiy BeriaLavrentiy Pavlovich Beria was a Georgian Soviet politician and state security administrator, chief of the Soviet security and secret police apparatus under Joseph Stalin during World War II, and Deputy Premier in the postwar years ....
(1899–1953) Marshal of the Soviet Union and main ideologist and architect, as well as chief of the soviet secret police, NKVDNKVDThe People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs was the public and secret police organization of the Soviet Union that directly executed the rule of power of the Soviets, including political repression, during the era of Joseph Stalin.... - Konstantin LeselidzeKonstantin LeselidzeKonstantin Nikolaevich Leselidze , was a Soviet Colonel-General of Georgian origin and a Hero of the Soviet Union.-Military career:...
(1903–1944) colonel generalColonel GeneralColonel General is a senior rank of General. North Korea and Russia are two countries which have used the rank extensively throughout their histories...
of the soviet union, commander of the Caucasus front and hero of the soviet union - Dimitri AmilakhvariDimitri AmilakhvariPrince Dimitri Zedguinidze-Amilakhvari, more commonly known as Dimitri Amilakhvari was a French military officer and Lieutenant Colonel of the French Foreign Legion, of Georgian origin who played an influential role in the French Resistance against Nazi occupation in World War II, and became an...
(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 World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. - Alexi InauriAlexi InauriAlexi Inauri was a Soviet Georgian commander who headed the Georgian KGB for over 30 years and made it one of the most effective of the KGB's regional Soviet branches...
(1908–1993) colonel generalColonel GeneralColonel General is a senior rank of General. North Korea and Russia are two countries which have used the rank extensively throughout their histories...
and hero of the soviet union - Vasilij Shalvovich KvachantiradzeVasilij Shalvovich KvachantiradzeVasilij Shalvovich Kvachantiradze was a Soviet sniper during World War II. He entered Red Army service in 1941 and is credited with confirmed kills numbering at least 215 officers and soldiers of the German Wehrmacht during the Vitebsk-Orsha Offensive....
(1907–1950) soviet sniper who scored 215-500 kills, hero of the Soviet Union - Yaroslav IosselianiYaroslav IosselianiYaroslav Iosseliani was a Soviet Navy submarine commander of Georgian ethnicity. He was awarded the honorary title Hero of the Soviet Union.Iosseliani was born in the village of Lakhiri in the Svaneti region of Georgia and was educated in Gagra...
(1912–1978) submarine commander, hero of the Soviet Union - Jerzy Tumaniszwili (1916–2010) counter admiralCounter AdmiralCounter admiral is a rank found in many navies of the world, but no longer used in English-speaking countries, where the equivalent rank is rear admiral...
of the polish navy - Meliton KantariaMeliton KantariaMeliton Varlamovich Kantaria or Kantariya , Hero of the Soviet Union , was a Georgian sergeant of the Soviet Army credited to have together with M. A...
(1920–1993) sergeant of the Red Army who raised the Soviet victory banner over the Reichstag in Berlin, April 30, 1945 - Geno AdamiaGeno AdamiaGeno Adamia was a Georgian military commander who fell during the war in Abkhazia, Georgia.A native of Sukhumi, he engaged, immediately after the outbreak of the hostilities in 1992, in the struggle with the Abkhaz separatists who fought for the secession of Georgia’s autonomous republic of...
(1936–1993) Georgian major general and garrison commander of SukhumiSukhumiSukhumi is the capital of Abkhazia, a disputed region on the Black Sea coast. The city suffered heavily during the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict in the early 1990s.-Naming:...
. Executed with the entire garrison and extermination of the city's population by Abkhazian militia during the Sukhumi massacreSukhumi MassacreThe 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 Abkhaz separatists, their North Caucasian and Russian allies...
. - John Shalikashvili (Poland, 1936–2011) general of the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of StaffJoint Chiefs of StaffThe Joint Chiefs of Staff is a body of senior uniformed leaders in the United States Department of Defense who advise the Secretary of Defense, the Homeland Security Council, the National Security Council and the President on military matters...
and supreme commander of NATO forces in Europe. Partially solved Kurdish conflict on the Iraqi-Turkish border and 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 figures
- Peter the IberianPeter the IberianPeter the Iberian, or Peter of Iberia, is a Georgian Orthodox saint, who was a prominent figure in early Christianity. Some have claimed that he is the author of the works written under the pen name Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite....
(411-491), bishop & philosopher - Antim Iverianul (Antimoz Iverieli) (1650–1716), Metropolitan of RomaniaRomaniaRomania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
- AmbrosiAmbrosiAmbrosius was a Georgian religious figure and scholar who served as the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia from 1921 to 1927...
(1866–1927), Catholicos-Patriarch of All GeorgiaCatholicos-Patriarch of All GeorgiaCatholicos–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...
in 1921-1927 - Grigol PeradzeGrigol PeradzeSaint Grigol Peradze , was a famous Georgian ecclesiastic figure, theologian, historian, Archimandrite, PhD of History, Professor.- Life and works :...
(1899–1942), Archimandrite, historian (PolandPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
) - Elie MeliaElie MeliaFr. Elie Melia was a Georgian Orthodox priest and church historian.Born in Kutaisi, he fled the Soviet regime to Paris where he was closely associated with local Georgian émigré community and later became a priest. He supervised the Georgian parish of St...
(1915–1988), Orthodox priest and church historian - Ilia IIIlia IIIlia II is the current Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia and the spiritual leader of the Georgian Orthodox Church...
(1932- ), Catholicos-Patriarch of All GeorgiaCatholicos-Patriarch of All GeorgiaCatholicos–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...
since 1977
Academic figures
- Malkhaz AbdushelishviliMalkhaz AbdushelishviliMalkhaz Abdushelishvili was a famous Georgian scientist, one of the founders of the Georgian scientific school of Anthropology, Academician of the Georgian Academy of Sciences , Meritorious Scholar of Georgia, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor.He was born in 1926, in Tbilisi...
(1926–1998), anthropologist - Ilia AbuladzeIlia AbuladzeIlia Abuladze was a distinguished Georgian historian, philologist and public figure, a Corresponding Member of the Georgian Academy of Sciences , Meritorious Science Worker of Georgia , Doctor of Philological Sciences , Professor .Abuladze was born in a small village in Imereti...
(1901–1968), philologist - Giuli AlasaniaGiuli AlasaniaGiuli G. Alasania , a Georgian historian and public figure, Doctor of Sciences , Professor , Vice-Rector of the International Black Sea University in Tbilisi, Head of the Stewardship Council and Professor of the , former Georgian University of Social Sciences , Fellow of the World Academy...
(1946-), historian - Andria ApakidzeAndria ApakidzeAndria Apakidze , Doctor of History and professor, was a Georgian archaeologist and historian specializing in the studies of ancient Georgia, and the author of widely known works on archaeology....
(1914–2005), archaeologist - Zurab AvalishviliZurab AvalishviliZurab Avalishvili was a Georgian historian, jurist and diplomat in the service of the Democratic Republic of Georgia . He was also known as Zurab Davidovich Avalov in a Russian manner....
(1876–1944), International Law and history - Teimuraz BagrationiTeimuraz BagrationiTeimuraz Bagrationi otherwise known as tsarevich Teimuraz Georgievich was a Georgian prince and scholar primarily known as an author of the first critical history in Georgian as well as for his work to popularize interest in the history and culture of Georgia and preserve its treasures.Prince...
(1782–1846), historian and philologist - Vakhushti Bagrationi (1696–1757), historian and geographer
- Dimitri BakradzeDimitri BakradzeDimitri Bakradze was a Georgian scholar who authored several influential works in the history, archaeology and ethnography of Georgia and the Caucasus....
(1826–1890), historian - Ivan Beritashvili (1884–1974), physiologists
- Arnold ChikobavaArnold ChikobavaArnold Stepanovich Chikobava was a Georgian linguist and philologist best known as for his contributions to the Caucasian studies as well as one of the most active critics of Nicholas Marr's controversial monogenetic "Japhetic" theory of language.Chikobava was born in the small village...
(1898–1985), linguist - Levan ChilashviliLevan ChilashviliLevan Chilashvili was a famous Georgian archaeologist and historian, an academician of the Georgian Academy of Sciences , Meritorious Scholar of Georgia, Doctor of Historical Sciences, and Professor....
(1930–2004), archaeologist - Giorgi ChubinashviliGiorgi ChubinashviliGiorgi Chubinashvili was a Georgian art historian.Born in St. Petersburg, he studied psychology at the universities of Leipzig and Halle , and Georgian-Armenian-Persian philology at the Petrograd University . Returning to Georgia, he served as a professor at the Tbilisi State University...
(1885–1973), art historian - Gia DvaliGia DvaliGeorgi Dvali is a professor of physics at LMU Munich and a director at the Max Planck Institute for Physics. He received his Ph.D. in high energy physics and cosmology from Tbilisi State University, Georgia in 1992...
(1964-), physicist - Solomon DodashviliSolomon DodashviliSolomon Dodashvili also known as Solomon Ivanovich Dodaev-Mogarsky was a Georgian philosopher, journalist, historian, grammarian, belletrist and enlightener....
(1805–1836), philosopher - Revaz GabashviliRevaz GabashviliRevaz Gabashvili was a Georgian politician and writer involved in the independence movement and revolutionary journalism in the early 20th century....
(1878–1959), historian - Tamaz Gamkrelidze (1928-), linguist, President of the Academy of Sciences
- Revaz DogonadzeRevaz DogonadzeRevaz Dogonadze was a notable Georgian scientist, Corresponding Member of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences , Dr.Sc. , Professor, one of the founders of quantum electrochemistry,-Life and works:...
(1931–1985), physicist - Pavle IngorokvaPavle IngorokvaPavle Ingorokva was a Georgian historian, philologist, and public benefactor.He graduated from the University of St. Petersburg . In 1917 he was one of the founders of the Union of Georgian Writers...
(1893–1990), historian and philologist - Simon JanashiaSimon JanashiaSimon Janashia was an outstanding Georgian historian and public benefactor, one of the founders and Academician of the Georgian Academy of Sciences , Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor....
(1900–1947), historian - Nikoloz JanashiaNikoloz JanashiaNikoloz Janashia was a famous Georgian historian and public benefactor.He born in Tbilisi...
(1931–1982), historian - Ivane JavakhishviliIvane JavakhishviliIvane Javakhishvili was a Georgian historian whose voluminous works heavily influenced the modern scholarship of the history and culture of Georgia...
(1876–1940), historian - Joseph JordaniaJoseph JordaniaJoseph Jordania is an Australian-Georgian ethnomusicologist and evolutionary musicologist. In some early publications his name was spelled as Zhordania...
(1954-), Ethnomusicologist and evolutionary musicologist (AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
) - Alexander KartveliAlexander KartveliAlexander Kartveli 1896–1974, born Kartvelishvili) was a famous and influential aircraft engineer and a pioneer of American aviation history. Kartveli achieved important breakthroughs in military aviation in the time of turbojet fighters...
(1896–1974), aircraft engineer (USA) - Giorgi KartvelishviliGiorgi KartvelishviliGiorgi Kartvelishvili was a Georgian public figure, philanthropist, publisher and businessman.Kartvelishvili owned a fishing and timber manufacturing enterprises in Georgia's Shida Kartli province and ran a sizable trading business...
(1827–1901), Public figure, benefactor - Sargis KakabadzeSargis KakabadzeSargis N. Kakabadze was a Georgian historian and philologist, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor.He was born in 1886, in a small village Kukhi . In 1910 he graduated from the Faculty of Oriental Languages of the St.Petersburg University...
(1886–1967), historian - Simon KaukhchishviliSimon KaukhchishviliSimon Kaukhchishvili was a Georgian historian and philologist known for his critical editions of old Georgian chronicles; Doctor of Sciences , Professor , Academician of the Georgian Academy of Sciences ....
(1895–1981), historian and philologist - David LordkipanidzeDavid LordkipanidzeDavid O. Lordkipanidze is a Georgian anthropologist and archaeologist, Professor, Dr.Sc., Corresponding Member of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences . He is famous for having discovered the hominin species, Homo georgicus...
(1963-), anthropologist - Merab MamardashviliMerab MamardashviliMerab Mamardashvili was a Georgian philosopher, Doctor of Sciences , Professor . He was born in Gori . In 1955 he graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy of the Moscow State University...
(1930–1990), philosopher - Guram MchedlidzeGuram MchedlidzeGuram I. Mchedlidze was a Georgian Palaeobiologist, Corresponding Member of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences , Doctor of Biological Sciences , Professor....
(1931-), biologist - Roin MetreveliRoin MetreveliRoin Metreveli is a Georgian Academician and historian.He was the first elected rector of the Tbilisi State University, after Petre Melikishvili and Ivane Javakhishvili. He was a major editor of the Georgian Encyclopedia. He is the author of more than 300 scientific publications and books about...
(1939 -), Historian - Nikoloz Muskhelishvili (1890–1978), mathematician
- Shalva NutsubidzeShalva NutsubidzeShalva Nutsubidze was a Georgian philosopher, translator and public benefactor, one of founders of the Tbilisi State University , founder of Alethology, one of founders of the scientific school in the field of history of Georgian philosophy, Academician of the Georgian Academy of Sciences ,...
(1888–1969), philosopher - Vladimer PapavaVladimer Papavathumb|Vladimer PapavaVladimer Papava is a Professor of Economics, a Senior Fellow of the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies , a Principal Research Fellow at the Paata Gugushvili Institute of Economics, and a Senior Associate Fellow of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute...
(1955-), economist - Mikhail SabininMikhail SabininMikhail Sabinin was a Russo-Georgian monk, historian of the Georgian Orthodox Church and iconographer.He was born to the Russian priest from Tver, Pavel Sabinin, and a Georgian woman. Educated at the Tiflis gymnasium in the 1860s, he then attended St...
(1845–1900), historian - Akaki ShanidzeAkaki ShanidzeAkaki Shanidze was a Georgian linguist and philologist. He was one of the founders of the Tbilisi State University and Academician of the Georgian Academy of Sciences ; Doctor of Philological Sciences , Professor .Shanidze graduated from the St. Petersburg University in 1909...
(1887–1987), linguist and philologist - Ekvtime TakaishviliEkvtime TakaishviliEkvtime Takaishvili was a Georgian historian, archaeologist and public benefactor....
(1863–1953), historian and archaeologist - Giorgi TsereteliGiorgi TsereteliGiorgi V. Tsereteli was a distinguished Georgian scientist and public benefactor, founder of the well-known Georgian scientific school of Oriental Studies and Arabist of world renown, founder of the Faculty of Oriental Studies of the Tbilisi State University , founder and first Director of the...
(1904–1973), linguist - Grigol TsereteliGrigol TsereteliGrigol Tsereteli was a distinguished Georgian scientist, one of the founders of Papyrology, founder of the Georgian scientific school of Classical Philology, Doctor of Philological Sciences, Meritorious Scientific Worker of Georgia, Honourable Professor.- Life and works :Grigol Tsereteli was born...
(1870–1938), philologist - Mikheil TsereteliMikheil TsereteliPrince Mikheil G. Tsereteli was a Georgian historian, philologist, sociologist and public benefactor, Dr.Sci., Professor....
(1878–1965), sumerologist - Vasil TsereteliVasil TsereteliVasil Tsereteli was a distinguished Georgian physician, journalist and public benefactor. He was born in a village Tskhrukveti , in the family of Prince Giorgi Tsereteli. His brother was Professor Mikheil Tsereteli, a famous Georgian historian and public benefactor...
(1862–1937), physician and public benefactor - Dimitri UznadzeDimitri UznadzeDmitry Nikolaevich Uznadze was a famous Georgian psychologist, philosopher and public benefactor, founder of the Georgian scientific school of Psychology, co-founder of the Tbilisi State University , Academician and co-founder of the Georgian Academy of Sciences , Meritorious Science Worker of...
(1886–1950), psychologist and philosopher - Ilia VekuaIlia VekuaIlia Vekua Ilia Vekua Ilia Vekua (Georgian: ილია ვეკუა, ; 23 April 1907 in the village of Sheshelety, Kutais Guberniya, Russian Empire (modern day Ochamchira District, Abkhazia, Republic of Georgia – 2 December 1977 in Tbilisi, USSR) was a distinguished Georgian mathematician, specializing in...
(1907–1977), mathematician
Actors
- Vakhtang KikabidzeVakhtang KikabidzeVakhtang "Buba" Kikabidze is a Georgian and Soviet singer, actor, screenwriter, producer, and composer. He performed in a number of films, among them the main role of a helicopter pilot in the iconic Soviet film Mimino....
- Otar KoberidzeOtar KoberidzeOtar Koberidze is a Georgian actor, film director and writer.Koberidze was born in Tiflis, USSR and is a People's Artist of Georgia.-External links:*...
- Avtandil MakharadzeAvtandil MakharadzeAvtandil Makharadze is a Georgian actor.He was born in Batumi. Active since the 1970s, Makharadze played Joseph Stalin in the 2005 BBC TV series Archangel in which he starred opposite Daniel Craig.-Selected filmography:...
- Karlo SakandelidzeKarlo SakandelidzeKarlo Sakandelidze was a Georgian film and theatre actor.Sakandelidze was born in Bzvani, Georgia. He was an actor with the Rustaveli Theatre...
- Nato VachnadzeNato VachnadzeNato Vachnadze , born Nato Andronikashvili , was a GeorgianUSSR/Soviet film actress. She started her career in the silent film era, usually playing the screen character of an Ingénue, an innocent and passionate young woman. She continued to work as an actress during the sound era until her death...
- Sergo ZakariadzeSergo ZakariadzeSergo Zakariadze was a Georgian actor.Zakariadze was born in Baku, now in Azerbaijan. He won several prizes among them Best Actor honors at the Moscow International Film Festival for his portrayal of an aging peasant in Father of a Soldier...
- Sofiko ChiaureliSofiko ChiaureliSofiko Chiaureli was a Georgian actress, thought to be the muse of filmmaker Sergei Parajanov. She played a wide variety of roles on stage of the Kote Marjanishvili Theatre and the Rustavelli Theatre ....
- Kote MakharadzeKote MakharadzeKote Makharadze was a Georgian actor and sports commentator.Makharadze graduated from Tbilisi Choreography School in 1941 and the Shota Rustaveli State Theater Institute in 1948 and began working at the Rustaveli Theatre. He performed roles in various plays, including Hamlet, Bakhtrioni, Simghera...
- Medea ChakhavaMedea ChakhavaMedea Chakhava was a Georgian theater and film actress.-Career:Chakhava was born on May 15, 1921, in Martvili, Georgia. Her father was the well known Georgian doctor, Vasil Chakhava. Chakhava first appeared at the Rustaveli Theatre in 1941 and made her film debut in 1942. Chakhava later graduated...
Ballet dancers
- Nino Ananiashvili
- George BalanchineGeorge BalanchineGeorge Balanchine , born Giorgi Balanchivadze in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to a Georgian father and a Russian mother, was one of the 20th century's most famous choreographers, a developer of ballet in the United States, co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet...
- Vakhtang ChabukianiVakhtang ChabukianiVakhtang Chabukiani was a Georgian ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher highly regarded in his native country as well as abroad. He is considered to be one of the most influential male ballet dancers in history, and is noted for creating the majority of the choreography of the male variations...
- Irma NioradzeIrma Nioradzethumb|Irma Nioradze in 2011Irma Nioradze |Georgia]]), is a Georgian ballerina.- Biography :Irma Nioradze was born in Tbilisi .1987 - the graduation of Tbilisi Choreographic School. Her teachers were Serafima Vekua and Vakhtang Chabukiani....
- Nikolai Tsiskaridze
Composers
- Bidzina KvernadzeBidzina KvernadzeBidzina Kvernadze , , was a famous Georgian composer.Bidzina was born in Sighnaghi, the Kakheti region of former Soviet Georgia to Alexander Kvernadze, a pharmacist, and Nino Nadirashvili, a music teacher....
- Dimitri ArakishviliDimitri ArakishviliDimitri Arakishvili was a Georgian composer and ethnomusicologist considered as one of the founding fathers of modern Georgian music...
- Andria BalanchivadzeAndria BalanchivadzeAndria Balanachivadze was a Georgian composer. He was the son of Meliton Balanchivadze, the composer, and brother of George Balanchine, the famous Georgian-American choreographer....
- Meliton BalanchivadzeMeliton BalanchivadzeMeliton Balanchivadze was a Georgian composer and one of the founders of Georgian classical music. His two sons, George Balanchine and Andria Balanchivadze, had illustrious careers, the former as a leading choreographer in the United States, and the latter as Soviet Georgia’s foremost classical...
- Alexandre Basilaia*
- Alexander BorodinAlexander BorodinAlexander Porfiryevich Borodin was a Russian Romantic composer and chemist of Georgian–Russian parentage. He was a member of the group of composers called The Five , who were dedicated to producing a specifically Russian kind of art music...
- Otar GordeliOtar GordeliOtar Gordeli was a composer in the country of Georgia.Gordeli was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. He was educated at the Tbilisi State Conservatory.- Works :* Piano Quintet...
- Gia Kancheli
- Zurab NadarejshviliZurab NadarejshviliZurab Nadarejshvili is a Georgian composer. He graduated from the Tbilisi State Conservatory in 1987. The same year, his First String Quartet was awarded first prize at the Moscow All-Soviet Union Competition. Zurab Nadarejshvili (born 4 January 1957, Poti) is a Georgian composer. He graduated...
- Zakharia Paliashvili
- Otar TaktakishviliOtar TaktakishviliOtar Taktakishvili was a Georgian composer, teacher, conductor, and writer of music.Otar Taktakishvili graduated from the Tbilisi State Conservatory, while still been a student he composed the official anthem of the Georgian SSR. By 1949 he became a Professor of the Tbilisi Conservatory and the ...
- Sulkhan TsintsadzeSulkhan TsintsadzeSulkhan Tsintsadze , was one of Georgia's foremost composers.-Education:Tsintsadze studied the cello until 1942 with E.N. Kapelniski in Tbilisi at the Gymnasium of Music. He furthered his studies of the cello at the Conservatory of Tblisi with K. Minjar...
Conductors
- Vakhtang JordaniaVakhtang JordaniaVakhtang Jordania was a Georgian conductor.-Biography:Born in the Republic of Georgia on Dec. 9, 1943, Maestro Jordania studied piano from the age of five. After graduating from the Tbilisi Conservatory, he studied symphonic and operatic conducting at the Leningrad Conservatory, graduating with...
- Jansug KakhidzeJansug KakhidzeJansug Kakhidze was a Georgian conductor, nicknamed "the Georgian Karajan". Kakhidze was music director of the Georgian State Symphony Orchestra for two decades beginning in 1973.-Musical career:...
- Evgeni MikeladzeEvgeni MikeladzeEvgeni Mikeladze was a leading Georgian orchestra conductor of the 1930s, executed during the Stalinist Great Purges.Born in Baku, Azerbaijan, then part of Imperial Russia, he moved, with his family, to Tbilisi, Georgia in a few years....
- Jemal GokieliJemal Gokieli- Biography:Jemal Gokieli was born on 4 July 1920 in Kutaisi, Western Georgia into the family of prominent Georgian composer Ivane Gokieli. In his childhood he used to play on organ in the Catholic Church of Kutaisi....
Folk musicians
- Hamlet GonashviliHamlet GonashviliHamlet Gonashvili was a Georgian singer , influential teacher and performer of traditional Georgian music. He is sometimes referred to as "the voice of Georgia"....
- Ensemble GeorgikaEnsemble Georgikathe Ensemble Georgika was formed in Tbilisi in 1989, the thirteen members of Ensemble Georgika, likely the first group of their kind to exist without government funding or support, grew up among a variety of Georgian folk music and ritual dances....
- Ensemble Rustavi
- Ensemble Erisioni
- Sukhishvili National Ballet
Filmmakers
- Tengiz AbuladzeTengiz AbuladzeTengiz Abuladze was a Georgian film director.Abuladze studied theatre direction at the Shota Rustaveli Theatre Institute, Tbilisi, Georgia, and filmmaking at the VGIK in Moscow. He graduated VGIK in 1952 and in 1953 he joined Gruziya-film as a director...
- Mikheil ChiaureliMikheil ChiaureliMikheil Chiaureli was a Soviet Georgian film director and screenwriter. He directed 25 films between 1928 and 1974. Mikheil Chiaureli was awarded the Stalin Prize six times, twice in 1941, 1943, 1946, 1947, and 1950.-Selected filmography:as actor...
- Goderdzi ChokheliGoderdzi ChokheliGoderdzi Chokheli was a Georgian novelist, scriptwriter, and film director.Born in the village Chokhi in then-Soviet Georgia, he graduated from Tbilisi State Theatre Institute in 1979, and debuted in cinema in 1978...
- Georgi DaneliyaGeorgi DaneliyaGeorgi Daneliya is a Soviet/Georgian/Russian film director, who became known throughout the Soviet Union for his "sad comedies" .Daneliya graduated from the Moscow Architecture Institute and worked as an architect...
- Mikhail KalatozovMikhail KalatozovMikhail Kalatozov born Mikheil Kalatozishvili was a Georgian/Russian film director. Born in Tiflis , he studied economics before starting his film career as an actor and later cinematographer....
(Mikheil Kalatozishvili) - Otar Ioseliani
- Eldar Shengelaia
- Marlen KhutsievMarlen KhutsievMarlen Martynovich Khutsiev is a Georgian-born Soviet and Russian filmmaker best known for his cult films from the 1960s, which include I Am Twenty and July Rain. He was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1986.-Biography:...
(Khutsishvili) - Giorgi TsintsadzeGiorgi TsintsadzeGiorgi Tsintsadze is a Georgian basketball player currently playing for Tartu Ülikool/Rock in KML.- Biography :Giorgi is native of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. He is a member of Georgian national basketball team since 2004 and has played for CSKA Moscow and Dynamo Moscow prior to transferring...
Opera singers
- Natela NicoliNatela NicoliNatela Nicoli-Metzger is a Georgian opera singer. She sings in Georgian, Russian, German, Italian, French, English and Spanish among other languages.-External links:*******...
- Paata BurchuladzePaata BurchuladzePaata Burchuladze is a Georgian bass opera singer.Born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, he graduated from the Tbilisi State Conservatory and began his operatic career at Tbilisi and Moscow, with subsequent appearances at Covent Garden , Salzburg Festival under Herbert von Karajan , Metropolitan Opera in...
- Giorgi Danelia
- Makvala KasrashviliMakvala KasrashviliMakvala Kasrashvili is a Georgian-Russian opera singer .Born March 13, 1942 in Kutaisi, Georgian SSR, she graduated from Tbilisi State Conservatory in 1966. Since 1968, she has been a soloist with Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow...
- Badri MaisuradzeBadri MaisuradzeBadri Maisuradze is a Georgian tenor opera singer, a leading dramatic tenor of the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia....
Painters
- Elene AkhvledianiElene AkhvledianiElene Akhvlediani was a 20th century Georgian female painter, graphic artist, and theater decorator. Akhvlediani is famous for her depictions of Georgian towns, for her illustrations for the works of Ilia Chavchavadze and Vazha-Pshavela, and for designing plays in the Marjanishvili Theater in...
- Gia BugadzeGia BugadzeGia Bugadze is a prolific contemporary Georgian artist who works in both fine arts media, such as painting, as well as digital media.Since, 2003, Gia Bugadze is the Rector of the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts.- Biography :...
- Gigo GabashviliGigo GabashviliGiorgi "Gigo" Gabashvili was a Georgian painter and educator. His work was particularly influential since he was the first Georgian realistic artist to cover a wide range of subjects, both in oils and watercolor, including portraits, landscapes and scenes of everyday life.-Life and work:Born in...
- Lado GudiashviliLado GudiashviliLado Gudiashvili was a 20th century Georgian painter. Gudiashvili was born in Tiflis on March 18 , 1896 into a family of a railroad employee. He studied in the Tiflis school of sculpture and fine art , and later in Ronson's private academy in Paris...
- Gia GugushviliGia GugushviliGia Gugushvili is a prominent Georgian painter.He was born in Tbilisi. Graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts and Applied Arts after studying from 1971 to 1977...
- David KakabadzeDavid KakabadzeDavit' Kakabadze was a Georgian avant-garde painter, graphic artist and scenic designer. A multi-talent, he was also an art scholar and innovator in the field of cinematography as well as an amateur photographer...
- Shalva KikodzeShalva KikodzeShalva Kikodze was a Georgian expressionist painter, graphic artist and theatre decorator. Together with Lado Gudiashvili and David Kakabadze, he is considered a key figure in Georgian art of the early 20th century....
- Sergo KobuladzeSergo KobuladzeSergo Kobuladze was a Georgian painter and illustrator. His style of illustrations was unique and influenced many artists afterwards.He was a rector of the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts -External links:**...
- Petre OtskheliPetre OtskheliPetre Otskheli was a Georgian modernist set and costume designer who designed in theatre in Georgia and briefly in Moscow...
- Niko PirosmaniNiko PirosmanashviliNiko Pirosmani was a Georgian primitivist painter.-Biography:Pirosmani was born in the Georgian village of Mirzaani to a peasant family in the Kakheti province. His parents, Aslan Pirosmanashvili and Tekle Toklikishvili were farmers. They owned a small vineyard, couple of cows and oxes...
- Radish TordiaRadish TordiaRadish Tordia is a painter of figurative art from Georgia. He works in oil painting, with particular emphasis on colouristic features. His preferred subject is women, who he regards as "the most beautiful creation in the world."...
Pianists
- Eteri AndjaparidzeEteri AndjaparidzeEteri Andjaparidze is a Georgian/American pianist and pedagogue. Born on September 15, 1956, to the family of musicians in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, Andjaparidze received her first piano lessons from her pianist mother Yvette Bachtadze. Her father Zurab Andjaparidze was the leading tenor with...
- Khatia BuniatishviliKhatia BuniatishviliKhatia Buniatishvili is a Georgian concert pianist.-Biography:Khatia Buniatishvili began studying piano under her mother at age 3. She gave her first concert with the Chamber Orchestra in Tbilissi at the age of 6 and started performing abroad at the age of 10...
- Marina Goglidze-MdivaniMarina Goglidze-MdivaniGeorgian virtuoso pianist Marina Goglidze-Mdivani was born on October 6, 1936 in Tbilisi, Georgia.-Biography:...
- Inga KashakashviliInga KashakashviliInga Kashakashvili is a Georgian classical pianist.-Biography:Inga Kashakashvili was born in Kutaisi, Georgia into a family of musicians and began to study piano at the age of three. She studied at Tbilisi V. Sarajishvili State Conservatoire and DePaul University...
- Alexander KorsantiaAlexander KorsantiaAlexander Korsantia is a Georgian International award winning pianist. Alexander immigrated to Canada in 1992, settling in Vancouver, British Columbia. After living in Vancouver for a number of years, he currently resides in Boston, Massachusetts...
- Giorgi LatsabidzeGiorgi LatsabidzeGiorgi Latsabidze , ; is an international prize-winning Georgian concert pianist and composer. Latsabidze is one of the youngest pianists who has performed and recorded live 24 of the Chopin Etudes and the 24 Preludes as well as all 12 of the Transcendental Etudes of Franz Liszt and 12 Préludes ...
- Irma SvanadzeIrma SvanadzeIrma Svanazde is a classical pianist originally from the Republic of Georgia. She studied piano performance and teaching in Eastern Europe, France, Belgium and the United States. Irma maintains an active performance schedule in both the US and Europe....
- Alexander ToradzeAlexander ToradzeAlexander Toradze is a classical concert pianist, best known for his classical Russian repertoire, with career spanning over three decades...
- Eliso VirsaladzeEliso VirsaladzeEliso Virsaladze is a Georgian pianist.She was born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR. Her father Constantine Virsaladze was a prominent physician, so was her grandfather Spiridon Virsaladze. She received her first piano lessons at the age of 8 from her grandmother, Anastasia Virsaladze, a well-known music...
Poets
- Shota RustaveliShota RustaveliShota Rustaveli was a Georgian poet of the 12th century, and one of the greatest contributors to Georgian literature. He is author of "The Knight in the Panther's Skin" , the Georgian national epic poem....
- Alexander AbasheliAlexander AbasheliAlexander Abasheli was a penname of Isaac Chochia , a Georgian poet and prose writer....
- Irakli AbashidzeIrakli AbashidzeIrakli Abashidze was a Georgian poet, literary scholar and politician.Born in Khoni, Georgia , he graduated from Tbilisi State University in 1931 and attended the 1st Congress of the USSR Union of Writers, 1934, when socialist realism was laid down as the cultural orthodoxy...
- Rati AmaglobeliRati AmaglobeliRati Amaglobeli is a Georgian poet and translator.He studied Philology at the Tbilisi State University, until 2000, published his poems in anthologies and magazines since 1994. His debut The Verb was released in 2000....
- Lado AsatianiLado AsatianiVladimir Asatiani was a Georgian poet. His poetic career, lasting only for seven years, made him one of the best-loved Georgian poets of the 20th century....
- BesikiBesikiBesarion Gabashvili , commonly known by his penname Besiki was a Georgian poet, politician and diplomat, known as an author of exquisite love songs and heroic odes as well as for his political and amorous adventures....
- Alexander ChavchavadzeAlexander ChavchavadzePrince Alexander Chavchavadze was a notable Georgian poet, public benefactor and military figure. Regarded as the "father of Georgian romanticism," he was also known as a preeminent aristocrat of Georgia and a talented general in the Imperial Russian service.-Early life:Alexander Chavchavadze was...
- Ilia Chavchavadze
- Zviad GamsakhurdiaZviad GamsakhurdiaZviad Gamsakhurdia was a dissident, scientist and writer, who became the first democratically elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era...
- Valerian GaprindashviliValerian GaprindashviliValerian Gaprindashvili was a Georgian poet and translator whose early, Symbolist, poetry was of much influence on development of Georgian metaphor and verse....
- Terenti GraneliTerenti GraneliTerenti Kvirkvelia Terenti Kvirkvelia Terenti Kvirkvelia ((Georgian:ტერენტი კვირკველია), well known with his pen-name Terenti Graneli (Georgian:ტერენტი გრანელი)(1897-1934) was a noted Georgian poet. Born in Tsalenjikha, he was raised in the family of poor peasant. After graduating primary school in...
- Ioseb GrishashviliIoseb GrishashviliIoseb Grishashvili was a penname of Ioseb Mamulishvili was a noted poet and historian from Georgia. A history museum in Tbilisi is named for him.-References:...
- David Guramishvili
- Paolo IashviliPaolo IashviliPaolo Iashvili was a Georgian poet and one of the leaders of Georgian symbolist movement. Under the Soviet Union, his obligatory conformism and the loss of his friends at the height of Stalin’s Great Purge heavily affected Iashvili who committed suicide at the Writers’ Union of Georgia.Born near...
- Ana KalandadzeAna KalandadzeAna Kalandadze was a Georgian poetess and one of the most influential female figures in modern Georgian literature....
- Giorgi LeonidzeGiorgi LeonidzeGiorgi Leonidze was a Georgian poet, prose writer, and literary scholar.Leonidze was born in the village of Patardzeuli in the eastern Georgian province of Kakheti. He graduated from the Tbilisi Theological Seminary in 1918 and continued his studies at the Tbilisi State University...
- Mukhran MachavarianiMukhran MachavarianiMukhran Machavariani was a Georgian poet, a member of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia from 1990 until 1992, and a recipient of the Shota Rustaveli State Prize of Georgia. From 1988 until 1990 he was the Chairman of the Union of Georgian Writers....
- David MagradzeDavid MagradzeDavid Magradze is a Georgian poet and politician. He is the author of lyrics of the current National Anthem of Georgia ....
- Kolau NadiradzeKolau NadiradzeKolau Nadiradze was a Georgian poet and the last representative of Georgian Symbolist school.Born and initially educated at Kutaisi, Georgia , he studied law at the University of Moscow from 1912 to 1916. Returning to Georgia, his first verses appeared in 1916 in Georgian symbolist journal...
- Irakli KakabadzeIrakli KakabadzeIrakli Kakabadze is a Georgian writer, performance artist, peace and human rights activist. He was recently awarded the Oxfam/Novib Pen Freedom of Expression Prize. Kakabadze's articles and stories have been published in Georgian, Russian, and English newspapers and magazines. In 2007 Kakabadze...
- Niko NikoladzeNiko NikoladzeNiko Nikoladze was a notable Georgian publicist, pro-Western enlightener, and public figure primarily known for his contributions to the development of Georgian liberal journalism and his involvement in various economic and social projects of that time.He was born in the village of Didi...
- Vazha-PshavelaVazha-PshavelaVazha-Pshavela is the pen-name of the Georgian poet and writer Luka P. Razikashvili , a classic of the new Georgian literature.- The biography :...
- Galaktion TabidzeGalaktion TabidzeGalaktion Tabidze was a leading Georgian poet of the twentieth century whose writings profoundly influenced all subsequent generations of Georgian poets. He survived Stalin's Great Purge of the 1930s, which claimed lives of many of his fellow writers, friends and relatives, but came under heavy...
- Titsian TabidzeTitsian TabidzeTitsian Tabidze was a Georgian poet and one of the leaders of Georgian symbolist movement. He fell victim to Stalin’s Great Purge, being arrested and executed on trumped-up charges of treason. Tabidze was a close friend of the well-known Russian writer Boris Pasternak who translated his poetry...
- Akaki TsereteliAkaki TsereteliPrince Ak'ak'i Tsereteli was a prominent Georgian poet and national liberation movement figure.He was born in the village of Skhvitori on June 9, 1840 to the prominent Georgian aristocratic family. His father was Prince Rostom Tsereteli...
- Yetim GurdjiYetim Gurdjithumb|350px|Statue of Yetim Gurdji in [[Old Tbilisi]].Yetim Gurdji was a Georgian poet. He wrote in Georgian, Armenian and Azeri languages. His poetry mainly was distributed orally, by songs, which he created and performed himself...
Sculptors
- Iakob NikoladzeIakob NikoladzeIakob Nikoladze was a Georgian sculptor and artist. He is perhaps best known as the designer of the previous state flag of Georgia....
- Irakli OchiauriIrakli OchiauriIrakli Ochiauri is a prominent Georgian painter and sculptor that holds the Shota Rustaveli State Prize, the highest prize awarded by Georgia in the fields of art and literature....
- George PapashvilyGeorge PapashvilyGeorge Papashvily was a famous Georgian-American writer and sculptor.-Life:He was born in the village of Kobiantkari in the Kartli region of eastern Georgia. According to his autobiography, he apprenticed as a swordmaker and ornamental leatherworker...
- Zurab TsereteliZurab TsereteliZurab Konstantines dze Tsereteli is a Georgian-Russian painter, sculptor and architect who holds the office of President of the Russian Academy of Arts.- Life :...
Singers
- Katie MeluaKatie MeluaKetevan "Katie" Melua is a British-Georgian singer, songwriter and musician. She moved to Northern Ireland at the age of eight and then to England at fourteen. Melua is signed to the small Dramatico record label, under the management of composer Mike Batt, and made her musical debut in 2003...
- Nino KatamadzeNino KatamadzeNino Katamadze |Georgia]]) — Georgian jazz singer and artist.-Biography:Nino Katamadze was born in Adjara, southern Georgia. In 1990she entered the vocal department of the Batumi Music Institute ZP Paliashvili....
- David "Dato" KhujadzeDato KhujadzeDavid "Dato" Khujadze born on 1975, Tbilisi) is a Georgian popular pop-singer in Russia and Israel and a former politician.In early 1990s he participated in Flash and Sahe Georgian pop bands. He started his solo career in 2000. Using national melodies and soul, dancing rythmes of reggae and Latina...
- Valery MeladzeValery MeladzeValeriy Shotayevich Meladze is a Russian singer of Georgian descent. He is the brother of composer and producer Konstantin Meladze, who writes songs for him.-Early life:...
Writers
- Boris AkuninBoris AkuninBoris Akunin is the pen name of Grigory Shalvovich Chkhartishvili , a Russian writer. He is an essayist, literary translator and writer of detective fiction.-Life and career:...
, (Grigory Chkhartishvili) writer - Kita AbashidzeKita AbashidzePrince Kita Abashidze was a Georgian literary critic, journalist, and politician.Abashidze was born into a noble family in the province of Guria. Having graduated from Kutaisi Classic Gymnasium , he attended the lectures in philosophy and art theory in Paris and studied law at the Odessa...
, literary critic - Mirza Kalich BegMirza Kalich BegShams-ul-Ulema Mirza Kalich Beg is a renowned scholar hailed for his contributions to the Sindhi literature. He was born on October 7, 1853 in a small village named Tando Thoro that is at the banks of the Phuleli Canal in Hyderabad, Pakistan...
- Lado AsatianiLado AsatianiVladimir Asatiani was a Georgian poet. His poetic career, lasting only for seven years, made him one of the best-loved Georgian poets of the 20th century....
(1917–1942), poet - Vasil Barnovi (Barnaveli)
- Saint Ilia the Righteous (Ilia Chavchavadze) (1837–1907), poet and writer
- Otar ChiladzeOtar ChiladzeOtar Chiladze was a Georgian writer who played a prominent role in the resurrection of the Georgian prose in the post-Stalin era. His novels characteristically fuse Sumerian and Hellenic mythology with the predicaments of a modern Georgian intellectual...
- Tamaz ChiladzeTamaz ChiladzeTamaz Chiladze , is a Georgian writer, dramatist and poet. He is the elder brother of a Georgian writer Otar Chiladze.-Biography:...
- Daniel ChonkadzeDaniel ChonkadzeDaniel Chonkadze was a Georgian novelist primarily known for his resonant novella Suramis tsikhe ....
- Iakob GogebashviliIakob GogebashviliIakob Gogebashvili was a Georgian educator, children’s writer and journalist, considered to be the founder of the scientific pedagogy in Georgia...
- Konstantine GamsakhurdiaKonstantine GamsakhurdiaKonstantine Gamsakhurdia was a Georgian writer and public figure, who, along with Mikheil Javakhishvili, is considered to be one of the most influential Georgian novelists of the 20th century...
- Levan GotuaLevan GotuaLevan Gotua was a Georgian writer.Gotua was born and died in Tbilisi and was best known for his historical novels. One of his most famous works was "Gmirta Varami", which is fueled by the writer's great love of his country and the rich history of Georgia....
- Shalva DadianiShalva DadianiShalva Dadiani was a Georgian novelist, playwright, and a theatre actor.Born in Zestaponi, western Georgia , into the family of a writer and translator Prince Nikoloz Dadiani , a member of the Dadiani noble family...
- Guram DochanashviliGuram DochanashviliGuram Dochanashvili is a Georgian prose writer, a historian by profession, who has been popular for his short stories since the 1970s.-Biography:Dochanashvili was born in Tbilisi, the capital of then-Soviet Georgia...
- Levan GotuaLevan GotuaLevan Gotua was a Georgian writer.Gotua was born and died in Tbilisi and was best known for his historical novels. One of his most famous works was "Gmirta Varami", which is fueled by the writer's great love of his country and the rich history of Georgia....
- Mikheil JavakhishviliMikheil JavakhishviliMikheil Javakhishvili was a Georgian novelist who is regarded as one of the top twentieth-century Georgian writers. His first story appeared in 1903, but then the writer lapsed into a long pause before returning to writing in the early 1920s...
- Leo KiacheliLeo KiacheliLeo Kiacheli was a Georgian writer noted for the books Gvadi Bigva, Tavadis Kali Maya , Almasgir Kibulan, and Haki Adzba....
- David KldiashviliDavid KldiashviliDavid Kldiashvili was a Georgian prose-writer whose novels and plays are concentrated on the degeneration of the country’s gentry and the miseries of the peasantry, boldly exposing the antagonisms of Georgian society....
- Richard Kriheli
- Mukhran MachavarianiMukhran MachavarianiMukhran Machavariani was a Georgian poet, a member of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia from 1990 until 1992, and a recipient of the Shota Rustaveli State Prize of Georgia. From 1988 until 1990 he was the Chairman of the Union of Georgian Writers....
(1929- ), poet - Aka MorchiladzeAka MorchiladzeAka Morchiladze is the pen name of George Akhvlediani , a Georgian writer and literary historian who authored some of the best-selling prose of post-Soviet Georgian literature...
- George PapashvilyGeorge PapashvilyGeorge Papashvily was a famous Georgian-American writer and sculptor.-Life:He was born in the village of Kobiantkari in the Kartli region of eastern Georgia. According to his autobiography, he apprenticed as a swordmaker and ornamental leatherworker...
- Vazha-PshavelaVazha-PshavelaVazha-Pshavela is the pen-name of the Georgian poet and writer Luka P. Razikashvili , a classic of the new Georgian literature.- The biography :...
(Luka Razikashvili) (1862–1915), poet and writer - Guram RcheulishviliGuram RcheulishviliGuram Rcheulishvili - Georgian writer.-Biography:...
- Grigol RobakidzeGrigol RobakidzeGrigol Robakidze was a Georgian writer, publicist, and public figure primarily known for his exotic prose and anti-Soviet émigré activities....
- Shota RustaveliShota RustaveliShota Rustaveli was a Georgian poet of the 12th century, and one of the greatest contributors to Georgian literature. He is author of "The Knight in the Panther's Skin" , the Georgian national epic poem....
(12th century), poet - Galaktion TabidzeGalaktion TabidzeGalaktion Tabidze was a leading Georgian poet of the twentieth century whose writings profoundly influenced all subsequent generations of Georgian poets. He survived Stalin's Great Purge of the 1930s, which claimed lives of many of his fellow writers, friends and relatives, but came under heavy...
(1891–1953), poet - David TurashviliDavid TurashviliDavid Turashvili is a Georgian fiction writer. In 1989, he was one of the leaders of the student protest action taking place at the Davidgareja monasteries in eastern Georgia, whose territory was exploited by the Soviet Union military as a training ground. His first novels, published in 1988,...
Businesspeople
- Badri PatarkatsishviliBadri PatarkatsishviliArkady "Badri" Patarkatsishvili was a wealthy Georgian businessman, who was also extensively involved in politics. He contested the 2008 Georgian presidential election and came third with 7.1% of the votes...
(1956–2008), Georgian business oligarchBusiness oligarchBusiness oligarch is a near-synonym of the term "business magnate", borrowed by the English speaking and western media from post-Soviet parlance to describe the huge, fast-acquired wealth of some businessmen of the former Soviet republics during the privatization in Russia and other post-Soviet...
, the richest Georgian businessman, 2008 Georgian presidential candidateGeorgian presidential election, 2008A presidential election was held in Georgia on January 5, 2008, having been brought forward by President Mikheil Saakashvili after the 2007 Georgian demonstrations from the original date in autumn 2008.... - Levan GachechiladzeLevan GachechiladzeLevan Gachechiladze is a Georgian politician and businessman who ran as the main oppositional candidate in the 5 January Georgian presidential election, 2008.-Life and family:...
(1964-), founder of Georgian Wine Company (GWC), 2008 Georgian presidential candidateGeorgian presidential election, 2008A presidential election was held in Georgia on January 5, 2008, having been brought forward by President Mikheil Saakashvili after the 2007 Georgian demonstrations from the original date in autumn 2008.... - David GamkrelidzeDavid GamkrelidzeDavid Gamkrelidze or Davit Gamqrelidze , is a Georgian politician, Leader of the New Rights Party of Georgia, Member of Parliament since 1999, Member of Committee for Defense and Security, Chairman of the Centre-Right Opposition Group in the Parliament of Georgia...
(1964-), founder of Aldagi Insurance Company, Member of Parliament - Bidzina (Boris) IvanishviliBoris IvanishviliBoris Ivanishvili is a Georgian oligarch with a net worth reported to be 5.5 billion dollars.- Biographical details :...
Other known Georgians
- Lela TsurtsumiaLela TsurtsumiaLela Tsurtsumia is a Georgian Pop folk singer. She's popular since 1999 and nowadays is the most popular Georgian singer.- Music style :...
(1968- ), famous Georgian singer - Shota ArveladzeShota ArveladzeShota Arveladze is a former Georgian professional football player and currently the manager of Kayserispor. He is Georgia’s all-time top scorer with 291 goals in his 410 league games for his clubs and 26 goals during his 61 games on the national team...
(1973- ), former footballFootball (soccer)Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
er - Zurab AzmaiparashviliZurab AzmaiparashviliZurab Azmaiparashvili is a chess Grandmaster from Georgia. In the September 2010 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2637, making him 114th in the world and Georgia's number two.-Career:He became a Grandmaster in 1988...
(1960- ), ChessChessChess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
GrandmasterInternational GrandmasterThe title Grandmaster is awarded to strong chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain.... - Maia ChiburdanidzeMaia ChiburdanidzeMaia Chiburdanidze is a Georgian chess grandmaster, and the seventh Women's World Chess Champion. She is the only chess player in history who has won nine Chess Olympiads....
(1961- ), Women's World Champion in chessChessChess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
(1978–1991) - Nona GaprindashviliNona GaprindashviliNona Gaprindashvili is a Georgian chess player, the sixth women's world chess champion , and first female Grandmaster. Born in Zugdidi, Georgia , she was the strongest female player of her generation....
(1941- ), Women's World Champion in chess (1962–1978) - Roman DzindzichashviliRoman DzindzichashviliRoman Yakovlevich Dzindzichashvili is a chess Grandmaster .-Life and career:Born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR into a family of Georgian Jews, he won the Junior Championship of the Soviet Union in 1962 and the University Championships in 1966 and 1968. In 1970, he earned the title of International...
(1944- ), US Chess Champion (1983 and 1989) - Kakhaber Kaladze (1978- ), footballFootball (soccer)Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
er, GenoaGenoa C.F.C.Genoa Cricket and Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Genoa , is a professional Italian football club based in the city of Genoa, Liguria...
and Georgia national teamGeorgia national football teamThe Georgia national football team is the national association football team of Georgia and is controlled by the Georgian Football Federation. The Georgian team's first match took place in 1990, while Georgia was still part of the Soviet Union. The team have attempted to qualify for each major... - Temuri KetsbaiaTemuri KetsbaiaTemuri "Temur" Ketsbaia is a Georgian football manager and former player. As a player he represented the Georgian national team and played for Dinamo Tbilisi, Anorthosis Famagusta, AEK, Newcastle United, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Dundee.Ketsbaia is often regarded as having played a major role...
(1968- ), former footballFootball (soccer)Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
er, notably for Newcastle United F.C.Newcastle United F.C.Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...
and Georgia national teamGeorgia national football teamThe Georgia national football team is the national association football team of Georgia and is controlled by the Georgian Football Federation. The Georgian team's first match took place in 1990, while Georgia was still part of the Soviet Union. The team have attempted to qualify for each major... - Georgi Kinkladze (1973-), former footballFootball (soccer)Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
er - Zviad KvachantiradzeZviad KvachantiradzeZviad Kvachantiradze is a Georgian diplomat. He was formerly Consul General of Georgia in Istanbul, Turkey, from 2005-2009 and Secretary-General of the TRACECA Intergovernmental Commission from 2000 to 2004...
(1965-), former Secretary General of TRACECATRACECATRACECA is an international transport programme involving the European Union and 14 member States of the Eastern European, Caucasian and Central Asian region. It has a permanent Secretariat, originally financed by the European Commission, in Baku, Azerbaijan, and a regional office in Odessa,...
, Ambassador, - Kokkai (Levan Tsaguria) (1981- ), SumoSumois a competitive full-contact sport where a wrestler attempts to force another wrestler out of a circular ring or to touch the ground with anything other than the soles of the feet. The sport originated in Japan, the only country where it is practiced professionally...
wrestler - The Mdivani familyMdivaniMdivani is the name of a family of nobility, originating from the nation of Georgia. The best known bearers of this name were the children of Zakhari and Elizabeth Mdivani. The five siblings fled to Paris after the Russian Revolution of 1917, and became known as the "Marrying Mdivanis", as they...
, aznauriAznauriAznauri was a class of Georgian nobility; the term that was first applied to all nobles, but in the later Middle Ages narrowed to designate the petty nobles....
, or minor nobility - Nikoloz TskitishviliNikoloz TskitishviliNikoloz Tskitishvili is a Georgian professional basketball player. He is a 7'0", 245 lb. forward-center, who was selected 5th overall by the Denver Nuggets in the 2002 NBA Draft.-Pro career:...
(1983- ), NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
basketball player - Zaza PachuliaZaza PachuliaZaza Pachulia , is a Georgian professional basketball player for Galatasaray of the Turkish Basketball League. He is also under contract with the Atlanta Hawks of the NBA, but is playing overseas because of the 2011 NBA lockout.-Early athletic career:...
(1984- ), NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
basketball player - Sopho KhalvashiSopho KhalvashiSopho Khalvashi is a Georgian musician. She comes from a family of Adjarian origin. It was announced on December 12, 2006 that she would represent her home nation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. The song "Visionary Dream" was Georgia's first entry into the contest...
, (1986-), songstress - Vasily SopromadzeVasily SopromadzeVasily Sopromadze Platonovich is a property developer in Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation and the president of property development company Corporation S LLC.-Education:...
(1963- ), notable property developer in Russia - Natalia NasaridzeNatalia NasaridzeNatalia Nasaridze is a three-time European champion archer, currently competing internationally for Turkey....
(1972-), champion archer
See also: List of people by nationality