List of Georgians

Leaders and politicians

• Pharnavaz I of Iberia, Pharnavaz I, King of Iberia from 302–237
• Vakhtang I of Iberia, Vakhtang Gorgasali, King of Iberia from 447/449–502/522
• David the Builder (1073–1125), King of Georgia from 1089–1125
• Tamar The Great (1160–1213), Queen of Georgia from 1184–1207/1213
• George V The Brilliant, King of Georgia from 1299–1302 and 1314–1346
• Zviad Gamsakhurdia (1939–1993), first President of Republic of Georgia from 1991–1992* Noe Zhordania (1868–1953), 1st President of Democratic Republic of Georgia from 1918–1921
• Eduard Shevardnadze (1927–2014), Foreign Minister of USSR and second President of Republic of Georgia
• Joseph Stalin (1878–1953), Bolshevik revolutionary and second leader of the Soviet Union

Military figures

Throughout history, there were many notorious Georgian military figures and commanders serving in the Georgian, Turkish, Iranian, Spanish, Russian, Polish and other country's military forces from BC till today. There were around 100 high-ranking officers serving in the Polish army during World War II alone. Most prominent figures served in Russian, US and Persian armies.

(Incomplete list, see above categories for more)

• Grigol Bakurianis-dze (11th century), general in the Byzantine service
• Giorgi Saakadze (1570–1629), Georgian, Safavid and Ottoman military commander who won many battles against Muslim coalition forces and also battles for the Ottoman and Safavid Empire; notorious for annihilating an Iranian army at the Battle of Martqopi in 1625 almost without own losses
• Allahverdi Khan (ca. 1560–June 3, 1613), Iranian general and statesman of Georgian origin who rose to high office in the Safavid state
• Imam-Quli Khan, Iranian military and political leader of Georgian origin who served as a governor of Fars, Lar and Bahrain for the shahs Abbas I and Safi
• Daud Khan Undiladze, Iranian military commander and politician of Georgian origin; governor (beglarbeg) of Ganja and Karabakh 1625–1630
• Rostom-Khan Saakadze (c. 1588–1 March 1643), Iranian Safavid military commander (sipah-salar) of Georgian origin
• Prince Alexander of Imereti (1674–1711), Georgian prince and commander of the artillery of the Russian Empire under Peter I
• Yusef Khan-e Gorji, Iranian military leader of Georgian origin
• Pyotr Bagration (1765–1812), one of the most prominent generals in Russian military history and most respected opponent of Napoleon; the Soviet counterattack against German forces in World War II was named after him, Operation Bagration
• Alexandre Bagrationi (1770–1844), Georgian prince and resistance fighter
• Roman Bagration (1778–1834), prominent general of the Imperial Russian army, distinguished commander in the Russo-Persian Wars and Napoleonic Wars
• Ivane Bagration of Mukhrani (1812–1895), major general of the Russian Empire; revolutionizer of the wine industry
• Ivane Amilakhvari (1829–1905), general of the Russian Empire and distinguished commander during the Crimean War and Russo-Turkish War
• Alexander Imeretinsky (1837–1900), Georgian-Russian prince; lieutenant general and hero of the Russo-Turkish War; became governor-general of Warsaw in 1897
• Ivane Kazbegi (1860–1943), major general of the Russian Empire, then major general of the Polish Army and strategist at the Polish Academy of Defence
• Kote Abkhazi (1867–1923), general of the Russian Empire and Georgian resistance fighter
• Zakaria Bakradze (1870–1938), brigadier general of the Polish army
• Giorgi Mazniashvili (1872–1937), general in Russian and Georgian service; defeated three enemy armies invading Georgia
• Giorgi Kvinitadze (1874–1970), Russian general and later commander-in-chief of the Democratic Republic of Georgia during the Red Army invasion of Georgia
• Joseph Stalin (1878–1953), leader of the Soviet Union
• Leo Kereselidze (1878–1942)
• Alexandre Chkheidze (1878–1940), general of the Polish army
• Valiko Jugheli (1887–1924), Georgian general and resistance fighter
• Kaikhosro (Kakutsa) Cholokashvili (1888–1930), Georgian resistance fighter
• Konstantin Mikeladze (1895–1935), commander in the Iranian army
• Grigor Mikeladze (1898–1955), first lieutenant in the Iranian army
• Shalva Maglakelidze (1893–1976), Georgian general and later in charge of the German Georgian Legion of (1941–1945)
• Valerian Tevzadze (1894–1987), colonel of the Polish army and resistance fighter in World War II, later against the Soviet rule until his death in 1987
• Lavrentiy Beria (1899–1953), marshal of the Soviet Union and main ideologist and architect, as well as chief of the Soviet secret police, NKVD
• Konstantin Leselidze (1903–1944), colonel general of the Soviet Union, commander of the Caucasus front and hero of the Soviet Union
• Dimitri Amilakhvari (1906–1942), colonel of the French Foreign Legion, fighting on almost every important spot during the war, hero of France and iconic figure of the French resistance during World War II
• Vladimir Janjgava (1907–1982), lieutenant general and hero of the Soviet Union
• Alexi Inauri (1908–1993), colonel general and hero of the Soviet Union
• Vasilij Shalvovich Kvachantiradze (1907–1950), Soviet sniper who scored 215-500 kills, hero of the Soviet Union
• Yaroslav Iosseliani (1912–1978), submarine commander, hero of the Soviet Union
• Archil Gelovani (1915–1978), marshal of the Soviet Union
• Jerzy Tumaniszwili (1916–2010), counter admiral of the Polish navy
• Noe Adamia (1914–1942), Soviet sniper, hero of the Soviet Union
• Meliton Kantaria (1920–1993), sergeant of the Red Army who raised the Soviet victory banner over the Reichstag in Berlin, April 30, 1945
• Geno Adamia (1936–1993), Georgian major general and garrison commander of Sukhumi; executed with the entire garrison and extermination of the city's population by Abkhazian militia during the Sukhumi massacre
• John Shalikashvili (Poland, 1936–2011), general of the United States, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and supreme commander of NATO forces in Europe; partially solved Kurdish conflict on the Iraqi-Turkish border, saving around 500.000 Kurdish people being displaced; developed the Joint Vision 10 plan, a template which combined all elements of the United States armed forces to one efficient network of the different combat components

Religious figures

• Peter the Iberian (411–491), bishop and philosopher
• Antim Iverianul (Antimoz Iverieli) (1650–1716), Metropolitan of Romania
• Ambrosi (1866–1927), Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia from 1921–1927
• Grigol Peradze (1899–1942), Archimandrite, historian (Poland)
• Elie Melia (1915–1988), Orthodox priest and church historian
• Ilia II (1932– ), Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia since 1977

Actors

• Leila Abashidze
• Veriko Anjaparidze
• Medea Chakhava
• Sofiko Chiaureli
• Ramaz Chkhikvadze
• Kakhi Kavsadze
• Vakhtang Kikabidze
• Zurab Kipshidze
• Otar Koberidze
• Avtandil Makharadze
• Kote Makharadze
• Merab Ninidze
• Guram Sagaradze
• Karlo Sakandelidze
• Nato Vachnadze
• Bukhuti Zakariadze
• Sergo Zakariadze

Artists

• Iago Dekanozishvili

Ballet dancers

• Nino Ananiashvili
• George Balanchine (1904–1983), US choreographer; founder of school of American ballet
• Vakhtang Chabukiani
• Irma Nioradze
• Nikolai Tsiskaridze

Composers

• Dimitri Arakishvili
• Andria Balanchivadze
• Meliton Balanchivadze
• Alexandre Basilaia
• Alexander Borodin (1834–1887) (ethnic Georgian) (Russia)
• Otar Gordeli
• Vakhtang Kakhidze
• Giya Kancheli (1935– )
• Bidzina Kvernadze
• Zurab Nadarejshvili
• Zakaria Paliashvili
• Otar Taktakishvili
• Sulkhan Tsintsadze

Conductors

• Jemal Gokieli
• Vakhtang Jordania
• Jansug Kakhidze
• Vakhtang Kakhidze
• Evgeni Mikeladze

Folk musicians

• Ensemble Erisioni
• Ensemble Georgika
• Ensemble Rustavi
• Hamlet Gonashvili
• Sukhishvili National Ballet

Filmmakers

• Dodo Abashidze
• Tengiz Abuladze
• Temur Babluani
• Mikheil Chiaureli
• Goderdzi Chokheli
• Georgi Daneliya
• Sergi Gvarjaladze
• Otar Ioseliani
• Mikhail Kalatozov (Mikheil Kalatozishvili)
• Marlen Khutsiev (Khutsishvili)
• Eldar Shengelaia
• Dito Tsintsadze
• Beso Turazashvili

Opera singers

• Paata Burchuladze
• Lamara Chkonia
• Giorgi Danelia
• Tamar Iveri
• Makvala Kasrashvili
• Nino Machaidze
• Badri Maisuradze
• Natela Nicoli
• Anita Rachvelishvili
• Zurab Sotkilava
• Nino Surguladze

Painters

• Merab Abramishvili
• George Abuashvili
• Elene Akhvlediani
• David Alexidze
• Gia Bugadze
• Gigo Gabashvili
• Lado Gudiashvili
• Gia Gugushvili
• Aliquli Jabbadar
• Mamuka Japharidze
• David Kakabadze
• Shalva Kikodze
• Sergo Kobuladze
• Levan Mindiashvili
• Petre Otskheli
• Irakli Parjiani
• Rusudan Petviashvili
• Niko Pirosmani
• Oleg Timchenko
• Radish Tordia
• Avto Varazi

Pianists

• Tengiz Amirejibi
• Eteri Andjaparidze
• Khatia Buniatishvili
• Marina Goglidze-Mdivani
• Inga Kashakashvili
• Alexander Korsantia
• Giorgi Latso
• Tamriko Siprashvili
• Irma Svanadze
• Eliso Virsaladze

Poets

• Alexander Abasheli
• Irakli Abashidze
• Rati Amaglobeli
• Lado Asatiani
• Nikoloz Baratashvili
• Besiki
• Alexander Chavchavadze
• Ilia Chavchavadze
• Zviad Gamsakhurdia
• Valerian Gaprindashvili
• David-Dephy Gogibedashvili
• Terenti Graneli
• Ioseb Grishashvili
• David Guramishvili
• Yetim Gurdji
• Paolo Iashvili
• Irakli Kakabadze
• Ana Kalandadze
• Giorgi Leonidze
• Mukhran Machavariani
• David Magradze
• Kolau Nadiradze
• Niko Nikoladze
• Vazha-Pshavela
• Shota Rustaveli
• Galaktion Tabidze
• Titsian Tabidze
• Akaki Tsereteli

Sculptors

• Iakob Nikoladze
• Irakli Ochiauri
• George Papashvily
• Zurab Tsereteli

Singers

• Nino Katamadze

Theatre producers

• Kote Marjanishvili
• Robert Sturua
• Paata Tsikurishvili

Writers

• Kita Abashidze, literary critic
• Boris Akunin (Grigory Chkhartishvili), writer
• Chabua Amirejibi
• Lado Asatiani (1917–1942), poet
• Vasil Barnovi
• Mirza Kalich Beg
• Saint Ilia the Righteous (Ilia Chavchavadze) (1837–1907), poet and writer
• Otar Chiladze
• Tamaz Chiladze
• Daniel Chonkadze
• Nino Dadeshkeliani
• Shalva Dadiani
• Guram Dochanashvili
• Konstantine Gamsakhurdia
• Iakob Gogebashvili
• Levan Gotua
• Mikheil Javakhishvili
• Aleksandre Kazbegi
• Leo Kiacheli
• David Kldiashvili
• Mukhran Machavariani (1929– ), poet
• Aka Morchiladze
• George Papashvily
• Vazha-Pshavela (Luka Razikashvili) (1862–1915), poet and writer
• Guram Rcheulishvili
• Grigol Robakidze
• Shota Rustaveli (12th century), poet
• Galaktion Tabidze (1891–1953), poet
• David Turashvili