List of Famous people born in Georgia
Vakhtang Kikabidze
Vakhtang "Buba" Kikabidze is a Georgian singer, actor, screenwriter, producer, composer and politician. He became famous as a lead singer of Orera, a Georgian estrada group that was registered as the first Vocal-Instrumental Ensemble in the Soviet Union in 1958. He performed in a number of films, among them the main role of a helicopter pilot in the iconic Soviet film Mimino.
Yakov Dzhugashvili
Yakov Iosifovich Dzhugashvili was the eldest of Joseph Stalin's three children, the son of Stalin's first wife, Kato Svanidze, who died 9 months after his birth. His father, then a young revolutionary in his mid-20s, left the child to be raised by his late wife's family. In 1921, when Dzhugashvili had reached the age of fourteen, he was brought to Moscow, where his father had become a leading figure in the Bolshevik government who eventually became head of the Soviet Union. Disregarded by Stalin, Dzhugashvili was a shy, quiet child who appeared quite unhappy and tried to commit suicide several times as a youth. Married twice, Dzhugashvili had three children, two of whom reached adulthood.
Katy Topuria
Ketevan "Keti" Topuria, also sometimes known as Keta Topuria, is a Georgian singer and the current lead vocalist for the Kazakh group A-Studio. She currently lives in Russia.
Nikolay Tsiskaridze
Nikolay Maximovich Tsiskaridze PAR is a Georgian-Russian ballet dancer who had been a member of the Bolshoi Ballet for 21 years (1992–2013).
Georgiy Daneliya
Georgiy Nikolayevich Daneliya Georgian: გიორგი ნიკოლოზის ძე დანელია, also known as Giya Daneliya, was a Soviet and Georgian film director and screenwriter. He was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1989.
Tina Kandelaki
Tina Kandelaki is a Georgian-born Russian journalist, public figure, TV presenter and producer and a co-owner of the Apostol company.
Otar Kushanashvili
Otar Shalvovich Kushanashvili is a Georgian and Russian music journalist and broadcaster who describes himself as "anti-publicist". He is known for his provocative and outrageous antics.
Soso Pavliashvilli
Ioseb Raminovich "Soso" Pavliashvili is a Russian singer of ethnic Georgian descent.
Tamara Gverdtsiteli
Tamara Mikhailovna Gverdtsiteli is a Georgian singer, actress and composer, People's Artist of Ingushetia, Georgia and Russia.
Kakha Kaladze
Kakhaber "Kakha" Kaladze is a Georgian politician and retired footballer. He has served as a Mayor of Tbilisi since November 2017. A versatile player, he was capable of playing both as a centre-back and as a left-back, or even as a wide midfielder. He played for the Georgia national team from 1996 to 2011. He was voted Georgian Footballer of the Year in 2001–2003, 2006 and 2011 and was considered as one of Georgia's most important players.