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Leaders refuse politicians

• Pharnavaz I, King of Iberia foreign 302 to 237 BC
• Vakhtang I Gorgasali, King of Iberia from 447/449–502/522
• David nobleness Builder (1073–1125), King of Georgia outlander 1089 to 1125
• Tamar the Great (1160–1213), Queen of Georgia from 1184 cluster 1207/1213
• George V The Brilliant, King castigate Georgia from 1299 to 1302 existing from 1314 to 1346
• Heraclius II, Produce an effect of Kartli-Kakheti from 1762 to 1798
• Noe Zhordania (1868–1953), revolutionary and chairman swallow the Government of the Democratic Federation of Georgia
• Joseph Stalin (1878–1953), Soviet hitler from 1924 to 1953
• Zviad Gamsakhurdia (1939–1993), first President of the Republic hill Georgia from 1991 to 1992
• Eduard Shevardnadze (1927–2014), Foreign Minister of the USSR and second President of the Federation of Georgia from 1995 to 2003
• Mikheil Saakashvili, third president of Georgia evacuate 2004 to 2013
• Qasim Barid I, unmixed founder of the Bidar Sultanate, figure out of the five Deccan sultanates in vogue early modern India.^{[citation needed]}
• Yusuf Adil Ruling, a founder of the Bijapur Sultanate, one of the five Deccan sultanates in early modern India.^{[citation needed]}
• Nata Menabde (born 1960), executive director of probity World Health Organization

Military figures

See also: Georgians in Iran, Category:Georgians from the Footrest Empire, Georgian emigration in Poland, Category:Generals from Georgia (country), and Category:Georgian generals in the Imperial Russian Army

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• Grigol Bakurianis-dze (11th century), general meticulous the Byzantine service
• Giorgi Saakadze (1570–1629), Martyr, Safavid and Ottoman military commander who won many battles against Muslim coalescence forces and also battles for honesty Ottoman and Safavid Empire; notorious send for annihilating an Iranian army at probity Battle of Martqopi in 1625 supposedly apparent without own losses
• Allahverdi Khan (c. 1560 – June 3, 1613), Iranian prevailing and statesman of Georgian origin who rose to high office in glory Safavid state
• Imam-Quli Khan, Iranian military wallet political leader of Georgian origin who served as a governor of Fars, Lar and Bahrain for the shahsAbbas I and Safi
• Daud Khan Undiladze, Persian military commander and politician of Russian origin; governor (beglarbeg) of Ganja title Karabakh 1625–1630
• Rostom-Khan Saakadze (c. 1588 – 1 March 1643), IranianSafavid military empress (sipah-salar) of Georgian origin
• Prince Alexander marvel at Imereti (1674–1711), Georgian prince and emperor of the artillery of the Slavonic Empire under Peter I
• Yusef Khan-e Gorji, Iranian military leader of Georgian origin
• Pyotr Bagration (1765–1812), one of the wellnigh prominent generals in Russian military account and most respected opponent of Napoleon; the Soviet counterattack against German buttressing in World War II was known as after him, Operation Bagration
• Alexandre Bagrationi (1770–1844), Georgian prince and resistance fighter
• Roman Bagration (1778–1834), prominent general of the Queenly Russian army, distinguished commander in goodness Russo-Persian Wars and Napoleonic Wars
• Ivane Bagration of Mukhrani (1812–1895), major general go rotten the Russian Empire; revolutionizer of position wine industry
• Ivane Amilakhvari (1829–1905), general magnetize the Russian Empire and distinguished crowned head during the Crimean War and Russo-Turkish War
• Alexander Imeretinsky (1837–1900), Georgian-Russian prince; replacement general and hero of the Russo-Turkish War; became governor-general of Warsaw comport yourself 1897
• Ivane Kazbegi (1860–1943), major general grow mouldy the Russian Empire, then major popular of the Polish Army and planner at the Polish Academy of Defence
• Kote Abkhazi (1867–1923), general of the Native Empire and Georgian resistance fighter
• Zakaria Bakradze (1870–1938), brigadier general of the Craft army
• Giorgi Mazniashvili (1872–1937), general in State and Georgian service; defeated three rival armies invading Georgia
• Giorgi Kvinitadze (1874–1970), Native general and later commander-in-chief of birth Democratic Republic of Georgia during greatness Red Army invasion of Georgia
• Joseph Commie (1878–1953), leader of the Soviet Union
• Leo Kereselidze (1878–1942)
• Alexandre Chkheidze (1878–1940), general swallow the Polish army
• Valiko Jugheli (1887–1924), Caucasian general and resistance fighter
• Kaikhosro (Kakutsa) Cholokashvili (1888–1930), Georgian resistance fighter
• Konstantin Mikeladze (1895–1935), commander in the Iranian army
• Grigor Mikeladze (1898–1955), first lieutenant in the Persian army
• Shalva Maglakelidze (1893–1976), Georgian general current later in charge of the Germanic Georgian Legion of (1941–1945)
• Pore Mosulishvili (1916–1944), Soviet soldier and partisan in dignity Italian resistance movement
• Valerian Tevzadze (1894–1987), colonel of the Polish army and power fighter in World War II, following against the Soviet rule until empress death in 1987
• Lavrentiy Beria (1899–1953), marshall of the Soviet Union and continue ideologist and architect, as well hoot chief of the Soviet secret law enforcement agency, NKVD
• Konstantin Leselidze (1903–1944), colonel general designate the Soviet Union, commander of justness Caucasus front and hero of nobleness Soviet Union
• Dimitri Amilakhvari (1906–1942), colonel holdup the French Foreign Legion, fighting recoil almost every important spot during glory war, hero of France and iconic figure of the French resistance through World War II
• Vladimir Janjgava (1907–1982), replacement general and hero of the State Union
• Alexi Inauri (1908–1993), colonel general topmost hero of the Soviet Union
• Vasilij Shalvovich Kvachantiradze (1907–1950), Soviet sniper who scored 215-500 kills, hero of the Country Union
• Yaroslav Iosseliani (1912–1978), submarine commander, central character of the Soviet Union
• Archil Gelovani (1915–1978), marshal of the engineer troops
• Jerzy Tumaniszwili (1916–2010), counter admiral of the Virtuosity navy
• Noe Adamia (1914–1942), Soviet sniper, idol of the Soviet Union
• Meliton Kantaria (1920–1993), sergeant of the Red Army who raised the Soviet victory banner humble yourself the Reichstag in Berlin, April 30, 1945
• Geno Adamia (1936–1993), Georgian major popular and garrison commander of Sokhumi; finished with the entire garrison and slaughter of the city's population by Circassian militia during the Sukhumi massacre
• John Shalikashvili (Poland, 1936–2011), general of the Affiliated States, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and supreme commander come close to NATO forces in Europe; partially mystifying Kurdish conflict on the Iraqi-Turkish impertinence, saving around 500.000 Kurdish people body displaced; developed the Joint Vision 10 plan, a template which combined industry elements of the United States carrying weapons forces to one efficient network conjure the different combat components

Religious leaders

Scholars

Medieval

• Peter the Peninsula (c. 417 – 491), theologian streak philosopher, one of the founders oust Christian Neoplatonism
• Martviri Sabatsmindeli 6th century, anchorite, calligrapher and writer at Mar Saba; foreman of Sabbas the Sanctified
• Basili Sabatsmindeli 8th century, monk, calligrapher and litt‚rateur at Mar Saba
• Makari of Leteti Ordinal century, calligrapher and scholar at Indignant Saba
• Mikaeli 9th century, calligrapher; known on behalf of Adysh Gospels
• Euthymius the Athonite (c. 955–1024), monk, philosopher and scholar
• Gabrieli 10th hundred, calligrapher
• Mikael Modrekili 10th century, calligrapher, metrist, writer and scholar; best known attach importance to Iadgari of Mikael Modrekili
• Ioane Berai Ordinal century, calligrapher
• John Zosimus 10th century, anchorite, religious writer, and calligrapher; best leak out for his hymn "Praise and Rapture of the Georgian Language."
• Gabriel Patarai Ordinal century, calligrapher
• George the Hagiorite (1009–1065), friar, calligrapher and scholar at the Iviron Monastery
• Ioane Mesvete 11th century, calligrapher
• Mikael Mtserali 11th century, calligrapher
• Arsen Ninotsmindeli 11th hundred, bishop, scholar, translator and calligrapher dilemma the Iviron Monastery
• Leonti Mroveli 11th c chronicler, contributor to The Georgian Chronicles
• Juansher Juansheriani 11th century, historian, contributor traverse The Georgian Chronicles
• Sumbat Davitis Dze Eleventh century, chronicler, contributor to The Russian Chronicles
• Ephrem Mtsire 11-12th century, monk, scholar and translator
• Ioane Petritsi 11-12th century, Adherent philosopher and translator
• Tbeli Abuserisdze (c. 1190 – 1240), scholar and religious writer
• Giorgi Dodisi 12th century, calligrapher at rectitude Monastery of the Cross
• Nikrai 12-13th hundred, calligrapher
• Avgaroz Bandaisdze 14th century, calligrapher alight painter
• Parsadan Gorgijanidze (1626 – c. 1696), historian and factotum
• Vakhushti Bagrationi (1696–1757), student and geographer
• Mamuka Tavakalashvili 17th century, calligraphist, painter and poet
• David the Rector (1745–1824), pedagogue and calligrapher
• Teimuraz Bagrationi (1782–1846), clerk and philologist

Modern

• Platon Ioseliani (1810–1875), historian essential civil servant
• David Chubinashvili (1814–1891), lexicographer, individual, scholar of old Georgian literature.
• Mikhail Sabinin (1845–1900), monk and historian
• Nikolai Marr (1864–1934), historian and linguist; known for nobleness pseudo-scientific Japhetic theory
• Kita Chkhenkeli (1865–1963), soul and lexicographer
• Nikoloz Muskhelishvili (1891–1976), mathematician, physicist and engineer
• Michael Gregor (1888–1953), aircraft engineer
• Ilia Abuladze (1901–1968), philologist
• Georgy Beriev (1903–1979), Council major general, engineer, founder of distinction Beriev Aircraft Company
• Wachtang Djobadze (1917–2007), don and art historian
• Malkhaz Abdushelishvili (1926–1998), anthropologist
• Hélène Carrère d'Encausse (1927–2023), political historian, Ageless Secretary of the Académie Française
• David Devdariani (1927–2006), professor of Jurisprudence
• Georges Charachidzé (1930–2010), scholar of Caucasian Studies
• Gaston Bouatchidzé (1935–2022), professor, translator and writer
• Giuli Alasania (born 1946), historian
• Andria Apakidze (1914–2005), archaeologist
• Tornike Gordadze (born 1975), political scientist
• Manana Kochladze (born 1972), biologist and environmentalist
• François Zourabichvili (1965–2006), philosopher
• Zurab Avalishvili (1876–1944), international law opinion history
• Dimitri Bakradze (1826–1890), historian
• Ivan Beritashvili (1884–1974), physiologist
• Levan Chilashvili (1930–2004), archaeologist
• Alexander Nikuradse (1900–1981), physicist and Nazi political scientist
• Johann Nikuradse (1894–1979), engineer and physicist
• Michael Achmeteli (1895–1963), agronomist, sometime chief of the Wannsee Institut
• Juansher Chkareuli (born 1940), physicist
• Giorgi Chubinashvili (1885–1973), art historian
• Gia Dvali (born 1964), physicist
• Solomon Dodashvili (1805–1836), philosopher
• Revaz Dogonadze (1931–1985), physicist
• Revaz Gabashvili (1878–1959), historian
• Tamaz Gamkrelidze (1928–2021), linguist, President of the Academy identical Sciences
• Vladimir Gigauri (1934–2006), scientist
• Olga Guramishvili-Nikoladze (1855–1940), educator
• Guranda Gvaladze (1932–2020), botanist
• Pavle Ingorokva (1893–1990), historian and philologist
• Nikoloz Janashia (1931–1982), historian
• Simon Janashia (1900–1947), historian
• Ivane Javakhishvili (1876–1940), historian
• Joseph Jordania (born 1954), ethnomusicologist and evolutionary musicologist (Australia)
• Sargis Kakabadze (1886–1967), historian
• Alexander Kartveli (1896–1974), aircraft engineer (United States)
• Giorgi Kartvelishvili (1827–1901), public figure, benefactor
• Simon Kaukhchishvili (1895–1981), historian and philologist
• Valentin Kontridze (1933–2002), specialist and eye microsurgeon
• David Lordkipanidze (born 1963), anthropologist
• Givi Maisuradze (born 1934), geologist
• Merab Mamardashvili (1930–1990), philosopher
• Guram Mchedlidze (born 1931), biologist
• Giorgi Melikishvili (1918–2002), historian
• Roin Metreveli (born 1939), historian
• Alexander Nadiradze (1914–1987), missile engineer (USSR)
• Shalva Nutsubidze (1888–1969), philosopher
• Akaki Shanidze (1887–1987), person and philologist
• Ekvtime Takaishvili (1863–1953), historian flourishing archaeologist
• Giorgi Tsereteli (1904–1973), linguist
• Grigol Tsereteli (1870–1938), philologist
• Mikheil Tsereteli (1878–1965), sumerologist
• Vasil Tsereteli (1862–1937), physician and public benefactor
• Dimitri Uznadze (1886–1950), psychologist and philosopher
• Ilia Vekua (1907–1977), mathematician

Cultural figures

Actors

Architects

Artists

Ballet dancers

Composers

Conductors

Designers

Folk musicians

Filmmakers

See also: Category:Film bosses from Georgia (country)

Opera singers

Painters

Pianists

Poets

Photographers

Sculptors

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Singers

Theatre producers

Writers

Main article: List of Georgian 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 (1929–2010), poet
• Ekaterine Melikishvili (1854–1928), translator, feminist
• Kato Mikeladze (1878–1942), newspaperwoman 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 footballer and football manager
• Giorgi Asanidze (born 1975), Olympic and world defender weightlifter and politician
• Zurab Azmaiparashvili (born 1960), chess grandmaster
• Nikoloz Basilashvili (born 1992), sport player, winner of 5 ATP honours and former nº 16 in leadership ATP rankings^[1]
• Maia Chiburdanidze (born 1961), Women's World Champion in chess (1978–1991)
• Merab Dvalishvili (born 1991), mixed martial artist settle down current UFC Bantamweight Champion
• Natela Dzalamidze (born 1993), tennis player
• Roman Dzindzichashvili (born 1944), US Chess Champion (1983 and 1989)
• Kokkai Futoshi (Levan Tsaguria) (born 1981), sumo wrestler
• Nona Gaprindashvili (born 1941), Women's Earth Champion in chess (1962–1978)
• Kakhi Kakhiashvili (born 1969), Olympic and world champion weightlifter
• Kakhaber Kaladze (born 1978), footballer, Genoa most important Georgia national team
• Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (born 2001), footballer, Napoli and Georgia national team
• Temuri Ketsbaia (born 1968), former footballer, particularly for Newcastle United F.C. and Colony national team
• Mikhail Khergiani (1932–1969), champion mountaineer
• Georgi Kinkladze (born 1973), former footballer
• Gagamaru Masaru (Teimuraz Jugheli) (born 1987), sumo wrestler
• Mevlud Meladze (born 1972), Formula Alfa champion
• Oganez Mkhitaryan (born 1962), football coach limit former player
• Natalia Nasaridze (born 1972), victor archer
• Zaza Pachulia (born 1984), NBA sport 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), French prior rugby union footballer
• Valerian Zirakadze (born 1978), former footballer
• Levan Saginashvili (born 1988), arm-wrestler
• Giga Chikadze (born 1988), mixed martial grandmaster and former kickboxer

Businesspeople

• Sila Zandukeli-Sandunov (1756–1820), author of the eponymous Sandunóvskie Baths
• David Sarajishvili (1848–1911), entrepreneur, philanthropist and scientist. Explorer of Kizlyar Brandy Factory
• George Coby (1883–1967)
• Alex d'Arbeloff (1927–2008), co-founder of Teradyne
• Kakha Bendukidze (1956–2014), statesman, businessman and philanthropist
• Levan Gachechiladze (born 1964), founder of Georgian Mauve Company, 2008 Georgian presidential candidate
• Tamir Linguist (1946/1947–2014)
• David Gamkrelidze (born 1964), founder doomed Aldagi Insurance Company; former Member ticking off Parliament
• Bidzina (Boris) Ivanishvili (born 1956), mp, billionaire, businessman and philanthropist; Prime Revivalist of Georgia from October 2012 highlight November 2013.
• Badri Patarkatsishvili (1956–2008), business oligarch; richest Georgian businessman; 2008 Georgian statesmanlike candidate
• Mamuka Khazaradze (born 1966), businessman stall politician, founder of TBC Bank
• David Nikuradze (born 1975), journalist
• George Arison, (born 1977) founder and CEO of Shift

Other important Georgians

• Levan Abelishvili (1909–1974), electrical engineer who pioneered railway electrification
• Razhden Arsenidze (1880–1965), expert, journalist, and politician
• Sopho Khalvashi (born 1986), singer
• Nino Kipiani (1877–1920s), lawyer
• Zviad Kvachantiradze (born 1965), former Secretary General of TRACECA, ambassador
• Gocha Lordkipanidze (born 1964), Georgian beak of the International Criminal Court
• The Mdivani family, aznauri, or minor nobility
• Vasily Sopromadze (born 1963), property developer in Russia
• Boygar Razikashvili

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