List of Famous people born in Georgia
Irakli Gharibashvili
Irakli Garibashvili is a Georgian politician and the current Minister of Defense of Georgia. He served as the Prime Minister of Georgia from November 20, 2013 until his resignation on December 29, 2015, and is a former business executive. Garibashvili entered politics with his long-time associate, the businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili, in October 2012. He served as Minister of Internal Affairs in the cabinet of Bidzina Ivanishvili from 2012 to 2013. Ivanishvili named Garibashvili as his successor as Prime Minister when he voluntarily stepped down in November 2013. Aged 31 at his ascension, he was the youngest person to assume the PM office. During his term, he was the second youngest state leader in the world, after Kim Jong-un.
Levan Gabriadze
Levan "Leo" Gabriadze is a Georgian-Russian actor and film director. He is best known for directing the 2014 horror film Unfriended.
Lika Kavzharadze
Lika Kavzharadze was a Georgian film actress best known for her role in Tengiz Abuladze's 1976 drama film The Wishing Tree.
David IV of Georgia
David IV, also known as David the Builder, of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a king of Georgia from 1089 until his death in 1125.
Aram Khachaturian
Aram Il'yich Khachaturian was a Soviet Armenian composer and conductor. He is considered one of the leading Soviet composers.
Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan
Arkady Ivani Ter-Tadevosyan, also known by his nom-de-guerre Komandos, was a Soviet and Armenian Major General, a military leader of the Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War and Armenia's former Deputy Minister of Defense. Ter-Tadevosyan is best known as the commander of the operation to capture the town of Shushi on 8-9 May 1992.
Khatia Dekanoidze
Khatia Dekanoidze is a Georgian government official who served as Georgia's Minister of Education and Science from 4 July 2012 to 25 October 2012. From 4 November 2015 until 16 November 2016 Dekanoidze served as Chief of Ukrainian National Police.
Euclid Kyurdzidis
Euclid Kiriakovich Kyurdzidis, Euclid Gurdjiev is a Russian actor, best known for his role as Ruslan Shamayev in Voyna. He was born to ethnic Greek parents in Yessentuki, Stavropol Krai. He has two brothers and an older sister.
Zhores Medvedev
Zhores Aleksandrovich Medvedev was a Russian agronomist, biologist, historian and dissident. His twin brother is the historian Roy Medvedev.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Russian Premier League side Rubin Kazan and the Georgia national team.