List of Famous people born in Vitebsk Region, Belarus

Alexander Lukashenko

First Name Alexander
Last Name Lukashenko
Born on August 30, 1954 (age 70)

Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko or Alyaksandr Ryhoravich Lukashenka is a Belarusian politician and army officer who has served as the first and only president of Belarus since the establishment of the office 26 years ago, on 20 July 1994. Before launching his political career, Lukashenko worked as director of a state farm (sovkhoz), and served in the Soviet Border Troops and in the Soviet Army.

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Hanna Sola

First Name Hanna
Last Name Sola
Born on February 16, 1996 (age 29)

Hanna Sola is a Belarusian biathlete. She has competed in the Biathlon World Cup, and represented Belarus at the Biathlon World Championships 2016.

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Aliaksei Protas

First Name Aliaksei
Born on January 9, 2001 (age 24)
Height 198 cm | 6'6

Aliaksei Uladzimiravich Protas is a Belarusian professional ice hockey centre playing for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). Protas previously played two seasons of major junior for the Prince Albert Raiders of the Western Hockey League, and was selected 91st overall by the Washington Capitals in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. He made his professional debut in 2020 with Dinamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League. Internationally Protas has played for the Belarusian national junior team at two World Junior Championships.

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Tatiana Moskalkova

First Name Tatiana
Born on May 30, 1955 (age 70)

Tatyana Nikolayevna Moskalkova is a Russian lawyer, teacher, and politician. She has been Russia's Commissioner for Human Rights since 22 April 2016, succeeding Ella Pamfilova, and is the Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation V and VI convocations.

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Natallya Kachanava

First Name Natallya
Born on September 25, 1960 (age 64)

Natalya Ivanovna Kochanova is a Belarusian politician who has been Speaker of the Council of the Republic of Belarus since December 2019.

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Vladimir Alekno

First Name Vladimir
Last Name Alekno
Born on December 4, 1966 (age 58)
Height 196 cm | 6'5

Vladimir Romanovich Alekno is a former Russian volleyball player and current volleyball coach. He is the current head coach of VC Zenit-Kazan and Iran national volleyball team.

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Mikhaʾel Laiṭman

First Name Mikhaʾel
Born on August 31, 1946 (age 78)

Bnei Baruch is a universalist kabbalah association founded by Michael Laitman in the early 1990s. It is estimated to have around 50,000 students in Israel, and some 150,000 around the world.

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Iryna Leshchanka

First Name Iryna
Born on July 30, 1991 (age 33)

Iryna Leshchanka is a Belarusian biathlete. She won a gold medal in the 4×6 km relay at the 2018 Olympics. She also competed in the 2014/15 world cup season, and represented Belarus at the Biathlon World Championships 2015 in Kontiolahti.

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Aleksandr Vitko

First Name Aleksandr
Born on September 13, 1961 (age 63)

Admiral Aleksandr Viktorovich Vitko is an officer of the Russian Navy, and a former commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet between April 2013 and June 2018.

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Sergei Kornilenko

First Name Sergei
Last Name Kornilenko
Born on June 14, 1983 (age 41)
Height 186 cm | 6'1

Sergei Aleksandrovich Kornilenko is a Belarusian professional football coach and a former player who played as a striker. He is an assistant coach with Krylia Sovetov Samara. In Belarus, both Belarusian and Russian languages are official. Thus his name, usually transliterated as Sergei Kornilenko, can be alternatively spelled as Syarhey Karnilenka.

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