List of Famous people born in Belarus
Aleksandr Yatsko
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Yatsko is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, director, Honored Artist of Russia (2005).
Timofei Kalachev
Timofey Sergeyevich Kalachyov is a Belarusian professional football coach and a former player. He is an assistant coach with Russian club Chayka Peschanokopskoye. He played right winger or right midfielder.
Dmitry Shakuta
Dmitry "Shok" Shakuta is a Belarusian Muay Thai super middleweight kickboxer fighting out of Minsk, Belarus for the SK-55 gym. He is an eight-time amateur and professional world champion who is most well known for being the It's Showtime 77MAX world champion between 2008 and 2009.
Mikhaʾel Laiṭman
Bnei Baruch is a universalist kabbalah association founded by Michael Laitman in the early 1990s. It is estimated to have around 50,000 students in Israel, and some 150,000 around the world.
Maxim Znak
Maxim Znak is a Belarusian lawyer and politician, part of Viktar Babaryka's team, lawyer of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, and a member of the presidium of the Coordination Council formed during the 2020–21 Belarusian protests in opposition to the rule of Alexander Lukashenko. Along with fellow opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova, Znak actively participated in the demonstrations and protests against the Lukashenko government after Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya had left the country. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Belarusian authorities.
Egor Kliuka
Egor Vasilyevich Kliuka is a Russian volleyball player of Belarusian descent. He is part of the Russia men's national volleyball team. He competed at the 2015 European Championship. On club level, he plays for Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg.
Genrikh Borovik
Genrikh Averyanovich Borovik is a Soviet and Russian publicist, writer, playwright and filmmaker, the father of journalist Artyom Borovik.
Vyacheslav Hleb
Vyacheslav Paulavich Hleb is a Belarusian footballer, who played as a midfielder or forward.
Aleksander Lesun
Aleksander Leonidovich Lesun is a Russian modern pentathlete. He is a multiple-time medalist at the World and European Championships, and was a top-ranked male modern pentathlete in the world by the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM).
Alyaksandr Khatskevich
Alyaksandr Khatskevich is a Belarusian football manager and a former player. He is the manager of Russian club FC Rotor Volgograd.