List of Famous people born in Georgia

Grigory Nikolayevich Neujmin was a Georgian–Russian astronomer, native of Tbilisi in Georgia, and a discoverer of numerous minor planets as well as 6 periodic and a hyperbolic comet at the Pulkovo and Simeiz Observatories during the first half of the 20th century.

Giorgi Nemsadze is a Georgian rugby union player who plays as a lock and flanker for the Georgia national rugby union team.

Ivane Javakhishvili was a Georgian historian and a linguist whose voluminous works heavily influenced the modern scholarship of the history and culture of Georgia. He was also one of the founding fathers of the Tbilisi State University (1918) and its rector from 1919 to 1926.

Manuchar Kvirkvelia is a Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler who competes in the 74 kg class. Kvirkvelia was born in Ozurgeti and lives in Tbilisi. After winning the world championship in 2003 (66 kg) and the European championship in 2007 (74 kg), he won the gold medal in the 74 kg competition in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Leonid Lakerbaia, was the Prime Minister of Abkhazia in the Government of President Ankvab from 27 September 2011 until his resignation on 2 June 2014 following the 2014 Abkhazian political crisis. Lakerbaia is also chairman of the socio-political movement Aitaira.

Archil Khabadze is a Georgian business executive and politician. He was the Head of the Government of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara from October 30, 2012 until his resignation in July 2016.

Anna Semenovna Schchian was a Soviet botanist, working in the Tbilisi Botanical Institute. She is known for her studies of the flora of the Caucasus. The plant Allium schchianiae is named after her.

Harry Kleiner was a Russian-born American screenwriter and producer best known for his films at 20th Century Fox.

Revaz Mindorashvili is a Georgian wrestler, who has won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.