List of Famous people born in Gomel Region, Belarus

Aleksandra Bortich

First Name Aleksandra
Born on September 24, 1994 (age 30)

Aleksandra Nikolaevna Bortich is a Belarusian-born Russian actress known for her roles in Dukhless 2 (2015), Viking (2016) and I Am Losing Weight (2018).

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Sergei Tikhanovsky

First Name Sergei
Last Name Tikhanovsky
Born on August 18, 1978 (age 46)

Sergei Leonidovich Tikhanovsky or Siarhiej Leanidavič Cichanoŭski is a Belarusian YouTuber, video blogger, dissident and pro-democracy activist. He is considered by Amnesty International to be a prisoner of conscience. He is known primarily for his activism against the government of Belarus's long-serving president, Alexander Lukashenko. In May 2020, he announced his intention of running for the 2020 presidential election, but he was arrested two days afterwards. His wife Sviatłana Cichanowskaja ended up as the main rival to Lukashenko in the contested elections.

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Andrey Melnichenko

First Name Andrey
Last Name Melnichenko
Born on March 8, 1972 (age 52)

Andrey Igorevich Melnichenko is a Russian billionaire industrialist and philanthropist.

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Viktor Goncharenko

Viktar Mihailavich Hancharenka, is a Belarusian football manager, currently in charge of CSKA Moscow.

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Seryoga

Born on October 8, 1976 (age 48)

Sergey Vasilyevich Parkhomenko, known professionally as Seryoga, is a Belarusian rapper and the owner of the KingRing record label.

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Yefim Kopelyan

First Name Yefim
Died on March 6, 1975 (aged 5)

Yefim Zakharovich Kopelyan was a Soviet actor of theater and cinema, one of the legendary masters of the Bolshoi Theatre of Drama (BDT) in Leningrad. He performed the bright characteristic roles in the films The Elusive Avengers, Intervention, Eternal Call, The Straw Hat, and many others. He is also known for the voice-over in the TV series hit Seventeen Moments of Spring.

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Igor Gouzenko

First Name Igor
Died on June 28, 1982 (aged 12)

Igor Sergeyevich Gouzenko was a cipher clerk for the Soviet embassy to Canada in Ottawa, Ontario. He defected on 5 September 1945, three days after the end of World War II, with 109 documents on the USSR's espionage activities in the West. This forced Canada's Prime Minister Mackenzie King to call a Royal Commission to investigate espionage in Canada.

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Vital Shyshou

Віталь Васільевіч Шышоў
First Name Vital
Last Name Shyshou
Born on November 30, 1994
Died on August 2, 2021 (aged 26)

Vitaly Vasilyevich Shishov, or Vital Vasilyevich Shyshou, was a Belarusian political activist and dissident in exile, who disappeared, and was found dead in Ukraine in August of 2021. He was the head of the Belarusian House in Ukraine, an organization that helps people to escape repressions following the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests. At the age of 26, Shishov went missing from his home in Kyiv and was found dead, hanging from a tree in a park near the place where he lived. His suspicious and unexpected death has raised public concerns about his possible assassination.

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Sergei Rumas

First Name Sergei
Last Name Rumas
Born on December 1, 1969 (age 54)

Syarhey Mikalayevich Rumas is a Belarusian politician and economist who served as the Prime Minister of Belarus from 18 August 2018 to 3 June 2020.

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Aleksandra Samusenko

First Name Aleksandra
Born on January 1, 1922
Died on March 3, 1945 (aged 23)

Aleksandra Grigoryevna Samusenko was a Soviet T-34 tank commander and a liaison officer during World War II. She was the only female tanker in the 1st Guards Tank Army.

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