List of Famous people born in Georgia

Maia Chiburdanidze is a Georgian chess player. She is the sixth Women's World Chess Champion, a title she held from 1978 to 1991, and was the youngest one until 2010, when this record was broken by Hou Yifan. Chiburdanidze has won nine Women's Chess Olympiads.

Tariel Oniani is a Georgian mafia boss and 'Thief in law'. He is reportedly a member of the "Kutaisi" criminal gang.

Georgy Aleksandrovich Tovstonogov was a Russian theatre director.

Georgiy Ruslanovich Gongadze was a Ukrainian journalist and film director who was kidnapped and murdered in 2000 near Kyiv. He founded the internet newspaper Ukrayinska Pravda along with Olena Prytula in 2000.

Giya Kancheli was a Georgian composer. He was born in Tbilisi, Georgia but resided in Belgium.

Nino Katamadze is a Georgian jazz singer and artist.

Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia was the fifth son and sixth child of Grand Duke Michael Nikolaievich of Russia and a first cousin of Alexander III of Russia.

Gela Bezhuashvili is a Georgian politician and served as the head of the Georgian Intelligence Service from February 1, 2008 to December 27, 2013. He formerly served as Minister of Defense from February 2004 to June 2004, Secretary of the National Security Council of Georgia from June 2004 to October 2005, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia from October 19, 2005 to January 31, 2008.

Timur Avtandilovich Apakidze was a Russian major general of Georgian ethnicity, fighter pilot, flight specialist and founder of the modern Russian Naval Aviation and Hero of the Russian Federation.

Natia Todua is a Georgian-German singer. She came to prominence in Germany after winning the seventh season of The Voice of Germany. In 2018, Todua became a judge on the Georgian version of Idol.