Famous Georgians by Levan Urushadze
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The following is a list of people from the Republic of Georgia (in chronological order of birth).
- Farnavaz I of Iberia (3rd century BC), king
- Peter the Iberian (411-491), philosopher
- David IV the Builder (1073-1125), king
- Tamar of Georgia (1160-1213), queen
- Shota Rustaveli (12th century), poet
- Antim Iverianul (1650-1716), Metropolitan of Romania
- Vakhushti Bagrationi (1696-1757), historian and geographer
- Ali Bey Al-Kabir (1728-1773), Mamluk 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 R. Bagration (1818-1876), statesman and scientist (Russia)
- Alexander Borodin (1834-1887), composer (Russia)
- Ilia Chavchavadze (1837-1907), writer, poet and public benefactor
- Ambrosi (1861-1927), Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia in 1921-1927
- Ekvtime Takaishvili (1863-1953), historian and archaeologist
- Kalistrate (1866-1953), Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia in 1932-1953
- Noe Zhordania (1868-1953), Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918-1921)
- Grigol Tsereteli (1870-1938), philologist and papyrologist
- Ivane Javakhishvili (1876-1940), historian
- Zurab Avalishvili (1876-1944), historian and jurist
- Mikheil Tsereteli (1878-1965), historian and philologist
- Irakli Tsereteli (1881-1960), politician
- Grigol Robakidze (1882-1962), writer
- Dimitri Uznadze (1886-1950), psychologist and philosopher
- Sargis Kakabadze (1886-1967), historian and philologist
- Shalva Nutsubidze (1888-1969), philosopher
- Konstantine Gamsakhurdia (1893-1975), writer
- Pavle Ingorokva (1893-1990), historian and philologist
- Alexander Kartveli (1896-1974), aircraft engineer (USA)
- Arnold Chikobava (1898-1985), linguist
- Simon Janashia (1900-1947), historian
- George Balanchine (1904-1983), choreographer (USA)
- Giorgi Tsereteli (1904-1973), linguist-orientalist
- Giorgi Melikishvili (1918-1999), historian
- Givi Khutsishvili (1921-1979), physicist
- Malkhaz Abdushelishvili (1926-1998), anthropologist
- Levan Chilashvili (1930- ), archaeologist
- Guram Mchedlidze (1931- ), paleobiologist
- Nikoloz Janashia (1931-1982), historian
- Revaz Dogonadze (1931-1985), physicist and electrochemist
- Ilia II (1932- ), Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia since 1977
- Guranda Gvaladze (1932- ), botanist
- John-Malkhaz Shalikashvili (1936- ), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (USA)
- Zviad Gamsakhurdia (1939-1993), dissident and president
- Merab Kostava (1939-1989), dissident
- Boris Akunin (Grigol Chkhartishvili) (1956- ), writer (Russia)
- Vakhtang Itonishvili (1958-2000), historian and ethnologist
- Zurab Zhvania (1963- ), politician
- Nino Burjanadze (1964- ), politician
- Mikheil Saakashvili (1967- ), president
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "List_of_Georgians" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Georgians, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
