List of Georgians

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This is a list of notable Georgians.

Leaders and politicians

Mikheil Saakashvili
  • King of Iberia
    from 302 to 237 BC
  • King of Iberia
    from 447/449–502/522
  • King of Georgia
    from 1089 to 1125
  • Queen of Georgia
    from 1184 to 1207/1213
  • King of Georgia
    from 1299 to 1302 and from 1314 to 1346
  • King of Kartli-Kakheti
    from 1762 to 1798
  • Joseph Stalin (1878–1953), Soviet dictator from 1924 to 1953
  • Zviad Gamsakhurdia (1939–1993), first President of the Republic of Georgia from 1991 to 1992
  • Eduard Shevardnadze (1927–2014), Foreign Minister of the USSR and second President of the Republic of Georgia from 1995 to 2003
  • Mikheil Saakashvili, third president of Georgia from 2004 to 2013
  • Qasim Barid I, a founder of the Bidar Sultanate, one of the five Deccan sultanates in early modern India.
  • Yusuf Adil Shah, a founder of the
    Bijapur Sultanate, one of the five Deccan sultanates
    in early modern India.

Parliamentarians

Military figures

Throughout history, there were many notorious Georgian military figures and commanders serving in the Georgian, Turkish, Iranian, Spanish, 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.

(Incomplete list, see above categories for more)

Religious leaders

Patriarch Antonius II of Georgia
Ilia II

Scholars

Medieval

Fragment from Vani Gospels by certain John the Unworthy, 12-13th century.
Teimuraz son of George XII, he tutored Georgian scholars such as Platon Ioseliani and David Chubinashvili

Modern

Ivane Javakishvili, a Georgian historian and a linguist whose voluminous works heavily influenced the modern scholarship of the history and culture of Georgia and Caucasus. He was also one of the founding fathers of the Tbilisi State University

Cultural figures

Actors

Architects

Artists

Ballet dancers

Composers

Conductors

Designers

Folk musicians

Filmmakers

Opera singers

Painters

Avant-Garde
painter. 'Self-portrait in the mirror.' 1913

Pianists

Poets

Photographers

Sculptors

Singers

Theatre producers

Writers

Sportspeople

Businesspeople

Sila Zandukeli-Sandunov

Other known Georgians

See also

References

  1. ^ "Nikoloz Basilashvili". ATP. Retrieved 7 March 2021.

External links