List of Famous people born in Belarus
Marina Naprushkina
Marina Naprushkina is a Berlin based political artist and campaigner. She is a leading advocate of democratisation in Belarus.
Ilya Shkurin
Ilya Shkurin is a Belarusian professional footballer. He plays as centre-forward in Russia for PFC CSKA Moscow.
Pola Raksa
Apolonia "Pola" Raksa is a Polish movie star, singer, and model who was especially popular in Poland and abroad in the 1960s and 1970s.
Sergei Gurenko
Sergei Gurenko is a Belarusian football coach and a former player.
Ekaterina Ivanchikova
Ekaterina Leonidovna Ivanchikova is a Belarusian singer and vocalist at Belarusian-Russian band IOWA. She was born in Chavusy and is now living in Saint Petersburg.
Viktor Khrenin
Viktor Gennadievich Khrenin is a senior leader in the Belarusian Armed Forces and the current Minister of Defense.
Igor Zhelezovski
Igor Nikolayevich Zhelezovski or Ihar Mikalayevich Zhaliazoŭski is a former speed skater, considered to be one of the best sprinters ever. His imposing physical appearance resulted in the nicknames "Igor the Terrible" and "The bear from Minsk". Originally competing for the Soviet Union, then for the Commonwealth of Independent States, and finally for Belarus, he became World Sprint Champion a record number of six times, a record still unequalled as of 2015. In Soviet times, he trained at Armed Forces sports society in Minsk.
Vadim Skripchenko
Vadim Viktorovich Skripchenko is a Belarusian professional football coach and a former player.
Hanna Huskova
Hanna Andreyeuna Huskova is a Belarusian freestyle skier. She competed at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2015, where she qualified for the aerials final, and placed sixth in the final. She won a gold medal in the aerials at the 2018 Olympics, and placed 21st in 2014.
Paval Sieviaryniec
Paval Sieviaryniec is a Belarusian Journalist and Christian democratic politician and youth leader and one of the founders of the Young Front.