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:''Alternate meaning: List of people from the State of Georgia (United States)'' The following is a partial list of prominent people from the country Georgia, arranged chronologically within categories. ==Historical Figures== ===Leaders & Politicians === * Parnavaz I of Iberia (3rd century BC), king * David the Builder (1073-1125), king * Tamar of Georgia (1160-1213), queen * Ali Bey Al-Kabir (1728-1773), Mameluk Sultan of Egypt in 1760-1772 * Noe Zhordania (1868-1953), leader of Democratic Republic of Georgia from 1918 to 1921 * Pilipe Makharadze (1868-1941), Communist-era leader * Joseph Stalin ( Ioseb Jughashvili ) (1879-1953), dictator of the Soviet Union * Lavrenty Beria (1899-1953), head of the Soviet NKVD * Irakli Tsereteli (1881-1960), politician * Vasily Mzhavanadze (1902-1988), politician * Eduard Shevardnadze (1928- ), former president * Tengiz Sigua (1934-), politician * Aslan Abashidze (1938- ), politician, former leader of autonomous region of Ajaria * Zviad Gamsakhurdia (1939-1993), dissident and former president * Jumber Patiashvili (1940- ), politician * Vladislav Ardzinba (1945- ), leader of breakaway region of Abkhazia * Igor Viktorovich Sanakoyev (1947- ), prime minister of breakaway region of South Ossetia * Gennady Gagulia (1948- ), prime minister of breakaway region of Abkhazia * Giorgi Chanturia (1959-1994), politician * Zurab Zhvania (1963- ), politician * Nino Burjanadze (1964- ), politician * Eduard Kokoity (1964- ), president of breakaway region of South Ossetia * David Gamkrelidze (1965- ), opposition leader * Mikhail Saakashvili (1967- ), president * Levan Varshalomidze (1972- ), prime minister of Ajaria * Giorgi Gabashvili (1973- ), politician ===Military Figures=== * Petr Bagration (1765-1812), general (Russia) * Kakutsa Cholokashvili (1888-1930) * Jaba Ioseliani (1926-2003), warlord (Mkhedrioni) and bank robber * Tengiz Kitovani (1938- ), militia leader * John Shalikashvili (1936- ), general, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (USA) ===Religious Figures=== * Peter the Iberian (411-491), bishop & philosopher * Antim Iverianul (1650-1716), Metropolitan of Romania * Ambrosi (1866-1927), Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia in 1921-1927 * Grigol Peradze (1899-1942), Archimandrite, historian (Poland) * Ilia II (1932- ), Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia since 1977 ==Academic Figures== ===Scholars=== * Malkhaz Abdushelishvili (1926-1998), anthropologist * Zurab Avalishvili (1876-1944), jurist and historian * Arnold Chikobava (1898-1985), linguist * Levan Chilashvili (1930-2004), archaeologist * Revaz Dogonadze (1931-1985), physicist and electrochemist * Gia Dvali (1963- ), physicist (USA) * Gregory Gabadadze (1969- ), physicist (USA) * Tamaz Gamkrelidze (1929- ), linguist * Guranda Gvaladze (1932- ), botanist * Pavle Ingorokva (1893-1990), historian and philologist * Nikoloz Janashia (1931-1982), historian * Simon Janashia (1900-1947), historian * Ivane Javakhishvili (1876-1940), historian * Sargis Kakabadze (1886-1967), historian * Alexander Kartveli (1896-1974), aircraft engineer (USA) * Merab Mamardashvili (1930-1990), philosopher * Guram Mchedlidze (1931- ), paleobiologist * Giorgi Melikishvili (1918-2000), historian * Niko Muskhelishvili (1891-1976), mathematician * Shalva Nutsubidze (1888-1969), philosopher * Ekvtime Takaishvili (1862-1952), historian and archaeologist * Giorgi Tsereteli (1904-1973), orientalist * Grigol Tsereteli (1870-1938), philologist * Mikheil Tsereteli (1878-1965) * Zurab Urushadze (1930- ), biophysicist * Dimitri Uznadze (1886-1950), psychologist and philosopher ==Cultural Figures== ===Film & Stage=== * George Balanchine (Giorgi Balanchivadze) (1904-1983), choreographer (USA) * Otar Ioseliani (1934- ), film director * Nino Ananiashvili (1964- ), ballerina * Nutsa Kukhianidze (1983- ), actress (USA) ===Musicians=== * Alexander Borodin (1834-1887), composer (ethnic Georgian) (Russia) * Vernon Duke (1903-1969), composer/songwriter (ethnic Georgian) * Giya Kancheli (1935- ), composer * Alexander Toradze (1951- ), pianist (USA) * Zurab Sotkilava (1940- ), opera singer (Russia) * Makvala Kasrashvili (1945- ), opera singer (Russia) * Paata Burchuladze (1955- ), opera singer * Katie Melua (1984- ), singer (United Kingdom) ===Writers=== * Iakob Tsurtaveli (5th century), writer * Shota Rustaveli (12th century), poet * Saint Ilia the Righteous (Ilia Chavchavadze) (1837-1907), poet and writer * Akaki Tsereteli (1840-1915), poet * Vazha Pshavela(Luka Razikashvili) (1862-1915), poet and writer * Grigol Robakidze (1882-1962), writer * Galaktion Tabidze (1891-1953), poet * Konstantine Gamsakhurdia (1893-1975), writer * Lado Asatiani (1917-1942), poet * Otar Chiladze (1931- ), writer * Tamaz Chiladze (1933- ), writer * Guram Rcheulishvili (1934-1960), writer * Vakhushti Kotetishvili (1935- ), writer, translator * Boris Akunin (Grigory Chkhartishvili) (1956- ), writer, translator (Russia) * David Magradze (1961- ), poet * Aka Morchiladze (Giorgi Akhvlediani) (1966- ), writer ==Other== * Nona Gaprindashvili (1941- ), Women's World Champion in chess (1962-1978) * Maia Chiburdanidze (1961- ), Women's World Champion in chess (1978-1991) * Georgy Gongadze (1969-2000), Ukrainian journalist of Georgian descent, murdered (became a symbol of a tremendous international scandal in Ukraine) ''See also:'' List of people by nationality
