List of Famous people born in Belarus
Michał Vituška
General Michał Vituška was a Belarusian leader of the Black Cats, a unit of the SS-Jagdverbände, during World War II.
Vsevolod Yanchevski
Vsevolod Yanchevsky is a Belarusian political and public person. Director of Hi-Tech Park . Advisor of the President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko - Head of Ideology Department of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Belarus.
Ilya Ivashka
Ilya Uladzimiravich Ivashka is a Belarusian tennis player. Ivashka has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 79 achieved on 28 June 2021. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 340 achieved on 15 August 2016. Additionally, Ivashka has won 5 ITF singles titles and 3 ITF doubles titles. In Davis Cup, Ivashka has represented the Belarusian Davis Cup team and has a W/L record of 9–8.
Sergei Aleinikov
Sergei Yevgenyevich Aleinikov is a Belarusian and Soviet former professional footballer, and currently a coach. He primarily played as a defensive midfielder and was known for his stamina, intelligence, solid technique, tactical sense, and passing ability. He also played in defence as a sweeper or centre-back.
Petr Elfimov
Petr Petrovich Elfimov is a singer from Belarus who represented his nation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia. He won the national selection of Belarus with 11,475 votes on 19 January 2009 with the rock/pop song Eyes That Never Lie. The song competed in the first semi-final as the fourth act. Despite being heavily backed to win a place in the final on 16 May it failed to do so, finishing 13th of 18 acts with 25 points.
Ivan Litvinovich
Ivan Uladzimiravich Litvinovich is a Belarusian trampoline gymnast. In 2021, he won the gold medal in the men's trampoline event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. This was also the first medal for Belarus at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Darya Yurkevich
Darya Yurkevich is a Belarusian biathlete. She was born in Minsk. She has competed in the Biathlon World Cup, and represented Belarus at the Biathlon World Championships 2016.
Viktor Prokopenya
Viktor Prokopenya is a technology entrepreneur and venture investor born in Belarus, now living in London, UK. In 2001, he created Viaden Media, a software development company. After its sale in 2011, he founded the investment company VP Capital in 2012. Prokopenya is the architect of the Belarusian Decree on Development of Digital Economy. For this work, Viktor Prokopenya has been awarded in the Parliament of Great Britain. He was Belarus's top taxpayer in 2016 and 2017, and over the past 10 years has been the country's highest taxpayer at least five times.
Maria Vasilevich
Maria Viktorovna Vasilevich is a Belarusian model and politician. Vasilevich studied at the Belarus State Economic University. She won the Miss Belarus 2018 pageant and finished in the top five at the Miss World beauty pageant in December. She became a member of the House of Representatives in 2019. Vasilevich was elected at the age of 22 and is the youngest member of the parliament.
Yury Konoplev
Yury Konoplev is a Belarusian professional football coach and former player. He spent the majority of his playing and coaching career in Vitebsk.