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.

David the Builder (1073-1125), king
Shota Rustaveli (12th century), poet
Saint Ilia the Righteous (Ilia Chavchavadze) (1837-1907), writer
Noe Zhordania (1868-1953), leader of Georgian Democratic Republic from 1918 to 1921
Ivane Javakhishvili (1876-1940), historian
Joseph Stalin (aka Iosif Djugashvili) (1879-1953), leader of the Soviet Union
Dimitri Uznadze (1886-1950), psychologist and philosopher
Konstantine Gamsakhurdia (1893-1975), writer
Lavrenty Beria (1899-1953), leader of the Soviet NKVD
Jaba Ioseliani (1926-2003), politician and paramilitary leader
Eduard Shevardnadze (1928- ), president
Merab Mamardashvili (1930-1990), philosopher
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
Zurab Zhvania (1963- ), politician
Nino Burjanadze (1964- ), politician
Mikhail Saakashvili (1967- ), president-elect