List of Famous people born in Belarus
Borys Lewin
Igor Kriushenko
Igor Nikolayevich Kriushenko is a Belarusian professional football manager and former player. In December 2019, he was appointed as a head coach of TIRA-Persikabo.
Natallia Tsylinskaya
Natallia Tsylinskaya is an international cyclist, specialising in track sprinting. A dominant force in particular in the 500m time trial between 2000 and 2006, Tsylinskaya is an eight time World Champion, and an Olympic bronze medalist.
Branislau Samoilau
Branislau Samoilau is a Belarusian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Minsk Cycling Club.
Janina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya
Yanina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya is a Belarusian shot putter who won an Olympic gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, and a gold medal at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta.
Vladzislav Kushnir
Valeriy Didyula
Valery Mikhailovich Didula - Soviet and Belarusian guitar virtuoso, composer, arranger, music producer, leader of the DiDuLa band. Performs folk and fusion music with a new age influence.
Yury Vaskrasenski
Yury Voskresensky is a Belarusian politician from pro-Lukashenko Communist Party of Belarus and businessman closely collaborating with the regime of Lukashenko. In 2020, he organized a "Round table of democratic forces" intended to become a dialogue platform, but all major opposition figures refused to collaborate with him. Voskresensky is sometimes accused of working for the Belarusian KGB.
Alena Amialiusik
Alena Vasileŭna Amialiusik is a Belarusian road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Canyon–SRAM.
Polina Smolova
Polina Smolova is a pop singer and the country's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song Mum, with which she took part in the Eurovision semi-final.