List of Famous people born in Brest Region, Belarus
Polly Adler
Pearl "Polly" Adler was an American madam and author, best known for her work A House Is Not a Home, which was posthumously adapted into a film of the same name.
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
Sviatlana Heorhiyeuna Tsikhanouskaya or Svetlana Georgiyevna Tikhanovskaya is a Belarusian human rights activist and politician who ran for the 2020 Belarusian presidential election as the main opposition candidate. She is married to activist Sergei Tikhanovsky, who was a candidate for the same election until his arrest on 29 May 2020; she subsequently announced her intention to run in his place.
Max Korzh
Maksim Anatolievich Korzh, professionally known as Max Korzh is a Belarusian singer and songwriter.
Igor Kornelyuk
Igor Yevgenyevich Kornelyuk, born on November 16, 1962 in Brest (Belarus), is a Soviet and Russian musician, singer and composer.
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.
Vadim Skripchenko
Vadim Viktorovich Skripchenko is a Belarusian professional football coach and a former player.
Sergei Loznitsa
Sergei Loznitsa is a Ukrainian director known for his documentary as well as dramatic films.
Abraham Stavsky
Abraham Stavsky was an activist member of Betar, the youth movement of a Revisionist Zionist group founded by Vladimir Jabotinsky.
Leonard Chess
Lejzor Szmuel Czyż, best known as Leonard Chess, was a Polish-born American record company executive and the co-founder of Chess Records. He was influential in the development of electric blues, Chicago blues, and rock and roll.
Ihar Losik
Ihar Alyaksandravich Losik is a Belarusian blogger and consultant of the Belarusian section of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Since June 25, 2020 he is held in prison by Belarusian authorities. Viasna Human Rights Centre and Amnesty International recognize him as a political prisoner.