Famous Georgians

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See also Famous Georgians by Levan Urushadze

Alternate meaning: List of people from the State of Georgia (United States)

The following is a list of people from Georgia (in chronological order of birth), including people who are not ethnic Georgians.

• Farnavaz I of Iberia (3rd century BC), king
• Peter the Iberian (411-491), philosopher
• David the Builder (1073-1125), king
• Tamar of Georgia (1160-1213), queen
• Shota Rustaveli (12th century), poet
• Antim Ivirianul (1650-1716), Metropolitan of Romania
• Vakhushti Bagrationi (1696-1757), historian and geographer
• Ali Bey Al-Kabir (1728-1773), Mameluk Sultan of Egypt in 1760-1772
• Petr Bagration (1765-1812), general (Russia)
• Teimuraz Bagrationi (1782-1846), historian and philologist
• Solomon Dodashvili (1805-1836), philosopher and journalist
• Peter Bagrationi (1818-1876), statesman and scientist (Russia)
• Alexander Borodin (1834-1887), composer (Russia)
• Saint Ilia the Righteous (Ilia Chavchavadze) (1837-1907), writer
• Ekvtime Takaishvili (1863-1953), historian and archaeologist
• Kalistrate (1866-1953), Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia
• Noe Zhordania (1868-1953), leader of Democratic Republic of Georgia from 1918 to 1921
• Grigol Tsereteli (1870-1938), philologist and papyrologist
• Ivane Javakhishvili (1876-1940), historian
• Zurab Avalishvili (1876-1944), historian and jurist
• Joseph Stalin (aka Iosif Djugashvili) (1879-1953), leader of the Soviet Union
• Irakli Tsereteli (1881-1960), politician
• Grigol Robakidze (1882-1962), writer
• Dimitri Uznadze (1886-1950), psychologist and philosopher
• Sargis Kakabadze (1886-1967), historian and philologist
• Grigory Ordzhonikidze (1886-1937), Soviet official
• Shalva Nutsubidze (1888-1969), philosopher
• Konstantine Gamsakhurdia (1893-1975), writer
• Pavle Ingorokva (1893-1990), historian and philologist
• Alexander Kartveli (1896-1974), aircraft engineer (USA)
• Rouben Mamoulian (1897-1987), film and theater director (USA)
• Arnold Chikobava (1898-1985), linguist
• Lavrenty Beria (1899-1953), leader of the Soviet NKVD
• Simon Janashia (1900-1947), historian
• George Balanchine (1904-1983), choreographer (USA)
• Giorgi Tsereteli (1904-1973), linguist-orientalist
• Valerian Gabashvili (1911-1985), historian-orientalist
• Giorgi Melikishvili (1918-1999), historian
• Claude de Kemoularia (1920- ), politician and diplomat (France)
• Givi Khutsishvili (1921-1979), physicist
• Malkhaz Abdushelishvili (1926-1998), anthropologist
• Jaba Ioseliani (1926-2003), politician and paramilitary leader
• Eduard Shevardnadze (1928- ), president
• Tamaz Gamkrelidze (1929- ), linguist
• Levan Chilashvili (1930- ), archaeologist
• Merab Mamardashvili (1930-1990), philosopher
• Guram Mchedlidze (1931- ), paleobiologist
• Nikoloz Janashia (1931-1982), historian
• Revaz Dogonadze (1931-1985), physicist and electrochemist
• Ilia II (1932- ), Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia
• Guranda Gvaladze (1932- ), botanist
• Otar Shalikashvili (1935- ), general (USA)
• John Shalikashvili (1936- ), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (USA)
• Aslan Abashidze (1938- ), politician, leader of autonomous region of Ajaria
• Zviad Gamsakhurdia (1939-1993), dissident and president
• Merab Kostava (1939-1989), dissident
• Vladislav Ardzinba (1945- ), president of breakaway republic of Abkhazia
• Grigory Chkhartishvili (1956- ), author, essayist, translator
• Vakhtang Itonishvili (1958-2000), historian and ethnologist
• Zurab Zhvania (1963- ), politician
• Nino Burjanadze (1964- ), politician
• Mikhail Saakashvili (1967- ), president
• David Gamkrelidze (1965-), opposition leader

See also: List of people by nationality

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "List_of_Georgians" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Georgians, used under the GNU Free Documentation License