List of Famous people born in Belarus
Vladimir Resin
Vladimir Iosifovich Resin is a Russian politician who was the acting mayor of Moscow, appointed by Russian president Dmitry Medvedev to succeed Yury Luzhkov on 28 September 2010. Resin previously served as the first deputy mayor under Luzhkov.
Vladimir Samsonov
Vladimir Samsonov or Uładzimir Samsonaŭ is a Belarusian professional table tennis player, ranked 18th as of December 2017. He is known in China as the "Tai Chi Master" because of his superb all-around style, both offensive and defensive. Samsonov competed at six consecutive Olympics between 1996 and 2016, placing fourth individually in 2000 and 2016.
Natallia Eismant
Natallia Mikalayeŭna Eismant is a press secretary of Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko.
Hanna Kanapatskaya
Hanna Anatolyeuna Kanapatskaya or Anna Anatolyevna Kanopatskaya is a Belarusian politician, former MP, lawyer, entrepreneur and candidate in the 2020 Belarusian presidential election. She is also a former parliamentary deputy, represented the United Civic Party of Belarus from 1995 to 2019 and served as an MP from 2016 to 2019. She is known for her political campaign on calling Belarus to be freed from Russian interference.
Lidia Yermoshina
Lidia Mikhailovna Yermoshina is a Belarusian politician. She has been a member of the Central Election Commission of Belarus since 1992, and Chairwoman since 1996.
Vanesa Kaladzinskaya
Vanesa Kaladzinskaya is a Belarusian freestyle wrestler. She competed in the freestyle 48 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics; after defeating Zhuldyz Eshimova in the 1/8 finals, she was eliminated by Carol Huynh in the quarterfinals.
Sergei Rumas
Syarhey Mikalayevich Rumas is a Belarusian politician and economist who served as the Prime Minister of Belarus from 18 August 2018 to 3 June 2020.
Aleksey Shpilevsky
Aleksey Shpilevsky is a Belarusian football coach, who last managed Erzgebirge Aue.
Leonid Shvartsman
Leonid Aronovich Shvartsman is a Soviet and Russian animator and artist. He spent most of his creative career at the Soyuzmultfilm Studio, in Moscow, where he served as art director on Cheburashka, 38 Parrots, The Golden Antelope, The Scarlet Flower, The Snow Queen and many other cartoons.
Ruslan Alekhno
Ruslan Alekhno is a Russian and Belarusian singer who rose to popularity after winning Narodniy Artist – 2 translated as People's Artist-2, the Russian version of Pop Idol.