List of Georgians

Alternate meaning: List of people from the State of Georgia (United States)

The following is a list of people from Georgia (in chronological order of birth), including people who are not ethnic Georgians.

Farnavaz I of Iberia (3rd century BC), king
Peter the Iberian (411-491), philosopher
David the Builder (1073-1125), king
Tamar of Georgia (1160-1213), queen
Shota Rustaveli (12th century), poet
Antim Ivirianul (1650-1716), Metropolitan of Romania
Vakhushti Bagrationi (1696-1757), historian and geographer
Ali Bey Al-Kabir (1728-1773), Mameluk Sultan of Egypt in 1760-1772
Petr Bagration (1765-1812), general (Russia)
Teimuraz Bagrationi (1782-1846), historian and philologist
Solomon Dodashvili (1805-1836), philosopher and journalist
Peter Bagrationi (1818-1876), statesman and scientist (Russia)
Alexander Borodin (1834-1887), composer (Russia)
Saint Ilia the Righteous (Ilia Chavchavadze) (1837-1907), writer
Ekvtime Takaishvili (1863-1953), historian and archaeologist
Kalistrate (1866-1953), Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia
Noe Zhordania (1868-1953), leader of Democratic Republic of Georgia from 1918 to 1921
Grigol Tsereteli (1870-1938), philologist and papyrologist
Ivane Javakhishvili (1876-1940), historian
Zurab Avalishvili (1876-1944), historian and jurist
Joseph Stalin (aka Iosif Djugashvili) (1879-1953), leader of the Soviet Union
Irakli Tsereteli (1881-1960), politician
Grigol Robakidze (1882-1962), writer
Dimitri Uznadze (1886-1950), psychologist and philosopher
Sargis Kakabadze (1886-1967), historian and philologist
Shalva Nutsubidze (1888-1969), philosopher
Konstantine Gamsakhurdia (1893-1975), writer
Pavle Ingorokva (1893-1990), historian and philologist
Alexander Kartveli (1896-1974), aircraft engineer (USA)
Arnold Chikobava (1898-1985), linguist
Lavrenty Beria (1899-1953), leader of the Soviet NKVD
Simon Janashia (1900-1947), historian
George Balanchine (1904-1983), choreographer (USA)
Giorgi Tsereteli (1904-1973), linguist-orientalist
Valerian Gabashvili (1911-1985), historian-orientalist
Giorgi Melikishvili (1918-1999), historian
Claude de Kemoularia (1920- ), politician and diplomat (France)
Givi Khutsishvili (1921-1979), physicist
Malkhaz Abdushelishvili (1926-1998), anthropologist
Jaba Ioseliani (1926-2003), politician and paramilitary leader
Eduard Shevardnadze (1928- ), president
Tamaz Gamkrelidze (1929- ), linguist
Levan Chilashvili (1930- ), archaeologist
Merab Mamardashvili (1930-1990), philosopher
Guram Mchedlidze (1931- ), paleobiologist
Nikoloz Janashia (1931-1982), historian
Revaz Dogonadze (1931-1985), physicist and electrochemist
Ilia II (1932- ), Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia
Guranda Gvaladze (1932- ), botanist
Otar Shalikashvili (1935- ), general (USA)
John Shalikashvili (1936- ), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (USA)
Aslan Abashidze (1938- ), politician, leader of autonomous region of Ajaria
Zviad Gamsakhurdia (1939-1993), dissident and president
Merab Kostava (1939-1989), dissident
Vladislav Ardzinba (1945- ), president of breakaway republic of Abkhazia
Vakhtang Itonishvili (1958-2000), historian and ethnologist
Zurab Zhvania (1963- ), politician
Nino Burjanadze (1964- ), politician
Mikhail Saakashvili (1967- ), president