List of Famous people born in Minsk Region, Belarus
Oksana Kovalevskaya
Oksana Kovalevskaya is the lead singer of the Russian band Kraski ("Paints"), where she released five albums, each with a different color theme. Her 2001 single, "Today I Went Home to Mother", became a top charting song in Belarus and Russia. Her album Big Brother topped charts not only in Belarus, but also throughout the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Ivonka Survilla
Ivonka Survilla or Surviłła is the President of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic, a Belarusian government in exile.
Hieronim Wincenty Radziwiłł
Prince Hieronim Wincenty Radziwiłł was a Polish nobleman, prince, diplomat, politician and Knight of the Order of the White Eagle, awarded in 1780.
Karol Stanisław "Panie Kochanku" Radziwiłł
Prince Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł was a Polish nobleman, politician, diplomat, prince of the Crown Kingdom of Poland and the Commonwealth, statesman of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Voivode of Vilnius, governor of Lwów and Sejm Marshal between 1767 and 1768. He is frequently referred to by his well-known sobriquet "Panie Kochanku" to distinguish him from his earlier namesake.
Simeon Olelkovich
Simeon (Simon) Olelkovich was the last Prince of Kyiv from 1454 to 1470 and the Prince of Slutsk from 1443 to 1455.
Jan Mikołaj Radziwiłł
Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł
Mikołaj Radziwiłł, nicknamed The Red, also known as Mikołaj Radziwiłł the Sixth, was a Polish–Lithuanian nobleman, Count Palatine of Vilnius, Grand Chancellor of Lithuania, and Grand Lithuanian Hetman in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and later in Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Together with his cousin Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł and the Radziwiłł family were granted title and position as Reichsfürst Prince of the Holy Roman Empire.
Anatoly Gromyko
Anatoly Andreyevich Gromyko was a Soviet and Russian scientist and diplomat. He specialized in American and African studies as well as international relations, and was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Union of Russian Artists.
Jan Stanisław Sapieha
Jan Stanisław Sapieha was a Polish-Lithuanian noble, starost of Słonim, Court Marshal of Lithuania from 1617, Great Lithuanian Marshal from 1621.