List of famous Tbilisians
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This is a list of famous people who have lived in Tbilisi, including both natives and residents. Some of the figures in the list may be included in several of the categories simultaneously but are only included in the sections which pertain to their achievements/occupations the most.
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[edit] Politicians, Governmental Figures and Activists
- Lavrenti Beria, head of the NKVD (the predecessor to the KGB), supervisor and one of the initiators of the Soviet Union's Nuclear Project
- Giga Bokeria, Georgian political leader
- Ilia Chavchavadze, writer, politician, public benefactor
- Kakutsa Cholokashvili, national hero of Georgia
- Zviad Gamsakhurdia, former president of Georgia
- Alexander Griboedov, diplomat, playwright, composer
- Lev Kamenev, Bolshevik revolutionary
- Merab Kostava, National hero and anti-Soviet activist
- Vsevolod Nikolayevich Merkulov, former head of NKGB
- Nariman Narimanov, Azeri revolutionary, writer, politician
- Yevgeny Primakov, politician
- Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich (Romanov) of Russia.
- Grand Duke George Mikhailovich (Romanov) of Russia, first cousin of Emperor Alexander II of Russia.
- Grand Duke Michael Nicolaevich (Romanov) of Russia, son of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia and Charlotte of Prussia
- Mikheil Saakashvili, current president of Georgia
- Stepan Shahumyan, Armenian politician
- Eduard Shevardnadze, former president of Georgia and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union
- Joseph Stalin, Soviet leader
- Zurab Zhvania, former prime minister of Georgia
- Alimardan Topchubashev, Azeri politician
[edit] Writers
- Boris Akunin, writer
- Nikoloz Baratashvili, writer
- Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, one of the most influential Georgian writers of the 20th century
- Maxim Gorky, Soviet writer, founder of the socialist realism literary method
- Mirza Fatali Akhundov, Azeri writer
- Hagop Hagopian, writer
- Ryurik Ivnev, poet
- Dagny Juel, writer
- Akaki Tsereteli, writer
- Lesya Ukrainka, Ukrainian poet
- Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt, writer
[edit] Scientists, Engineers, Designers and Inventors
- Malkhaz Abdushelishvili, scientist (anthropologist)
- Andria Apakidze, scientist (archaeologist)
- Viktor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian, astronomer
- Georgy Mikhailovich Beriev, aircraft designer, founder of the Beriev Design Bureau
- Felix d'Herelle, French-Canadian microbiologist, one of the discoverers of bacteriophages
- Revaz Dogonadze, physicist
- Alexander Kartveli (Kartvelishvili), aircraft engineer
- Gustav Radde, scientist
- Alexander de Seversky, aircraft engineer
- Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich, mineralogist and geologist
[edit] Musicians, singers and composers
- Hamlet Gonashvili, tenor
- Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, composer
- Giya Kancheli, composer
- Aram Khachaturian, composer,
- Zakharia Paliashvili, composer, founder of Georgian classical music
- Alexander Toradze, pianist
- Rashid Behbudov, singer
- Niyazi, conductor, composer
- Robert Bardzimashvili, singer, founder of Rero, Via-75
[edit] Theatre, Cinema, Arts and Entertainment
- Tengiz Abuladze, film director
- Elene Akhvlediani, painter
- Nino Ananiashvili, ballerina
- Georgi Daneliya, film director
- Lado Gudiashvili, painter
- Otar Ioseliani, film director
- Vakhtang Kikabidze, actor
- Sergei Parajanov, producer
- Robert Sturua, director
- Georgy Tovstonogov, Russian theatre director
- Zurab Tsereteli, artist, architect
- Marie Vorobieff, painter
[edit] Sports Figures
- Shota Arveladze, soccer player
- Maia Chiburdanidze, former women's world chess champion
- Nona Gaprindashvili, former women's world chess champion
- Elene Gedevanishvili, figure skater
- Kakha Kaladze, soccer player
- Zaza Pachulia, NBA player
- Tigran Petrosian, former world chess champion
[edit] Military Figures
- Timur Apakidze, general
- Aleksei Brusilov, Russian cavalry general
- Anatoli Gekker, Soviet commander
- Giorgi Kvinitadze, founder of the Tbilisi Junker school
- Mikhail Tarielovich Loris-Melikov, general
- Giorgi Mazniashvili, general
[edit] Other
- Zurab Avalishvili, historian
- Arnold Chikobava, linguist
- Jeanne de Salzmann, mystic
- Roman Dzindzichashvili, chess grandmaster
- Pavel Florensky, philosopher, theologian
- Ivane Javakhishvili, historian, public benefactor
- Ekvtime Takaishvili, historian
