Gomel, Gomel Oblast
1. Yuri Foreman (1980)
Boxer And Rabbinical Student
Belarusian-born World Boxing Association Super Welterweight Champion who was a 2011 Golden Gloves winner.
2. Alesia Graf (1980)
German Boxer
Multiple-time World Champion boxer in the Junior Bantamweight division.
3. Michel Kikoine (1892)
French Painter
Belarusian-born French artist who was best known for "Paysage Cezannien" and other landscape paintings.
4. Iryna Yatchenko (1965)
Belarusian Discus Thrower
Belarusian discus thrower who won two Olympic bronze medals, but was stripped of her 2nd for doping charges.
5. Dima Ermuzevich (1998)
YouTube Star
Belarusian YouTube blogger and singer whose channel has 750,000 subscribers and 53 million overall views.
6. Alyaksey Krawchanka (1985)
Footballer
Alyaksey Krawchanka is a Belarusian professional football player currently playing for Vitebsk.
7. Dzmitry Rabtsaw (1991)
Footballer
Dzmitry Rabtsaw is a Belarusian professional footballer who is currently a free agent. His latest club was Polotsk.
8. Yevgeni Solomonov (1990)
Belarusian Ice Hockey Player
Yevgeni Solomonov is a Belarusian ice hockey player who is currently playing for HK Gomel of the Belarusian Extraliga. Solomonov competed in the 2013 IIHF World Championship as a member...
9. Anton Amelchenko (1985)
Footballer
Anton Amelchenko ; Russian: Антон Амельченко; born 27 March 1985 in Gomel) is a Belarusian international footballer who currently plays for FC Rostov in the Russian Premier League. He is...
10. Ruslan Yudenkov (1985)
Footballer
Ruslan Yudenkov (Belarusian: Руслан Юдзянкоў; Russian: Руслан Юденков; born 28 April 1985 is a Belarusian footballer playing currently for Granit Mikashevichi.
11. Viachaslau Makaranka (1975)
Olympic Wrestler
Viachaslau Makaranka is a wrestler from Belarus who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.
12. Stanislau Neviarouski (1981)
Olympic Swimmer
Stanislau Anatolievich Neviarouski is a Belarusian swimmer who specialized in sprint and relay freestyle events. He is a two-time Olympian and a multiple-time Belarusian record holder for the sprint freestyle...
13. Andrey Harawtsow (1981)
Belarusian Footballer
Andrey Harawtsow is a Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2014 he plays for Gomelzheldortrans.
14. Wiska (1985)
Ukrainian Actor
Anastasiya Pavlovna Hagen née Gryshai better known under her screen name Wiska is a Ukrainian model and adult movie actress notorious for her difficult personal life. Married mother of three...
15. Vasiliy Grishchenkov (1958)
Soviet Triple Jumper
Vasiliy Grishchenkov is a retired triple jumper from the Soviet Union best known for winning the silver medal at the 1982 European Championships in Athens Greece. He set the world's...
16. Konstantin Rudenok (1990)
Footballer
Konstantin Rudenok is a Belarusian footballer playing currently for Dinamo Brest.
17. Yawhen Barsukow (1990)
Footballer
Yawhen Barsukow is a Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2013 he plays for Vedrich-97 Rechytsa.
18. Anatoly Malofeyev (1933)
unknow
Anatoly Alexandrovich Malofeyev was a first secretary of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic during the Soviet Union era and Belarusian parliament speaker. In March 1985 Malofeyev became the Minsk regional...
19. Sergey Betov (1987)
Tennis Player
Sergey Betov is a Belarusian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On 1 August 2011 he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 340 and his highest doubles...
20. Andrey Dashuk (1987)
Footballer
Andrey Dashuk is a Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2013 he plays for Khimik Svetlogorsk.
21. Aleh Kavalyow (1987)
Footballer
Aleh Kavalyow is a Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2013 he plays for Vedrich-97 Rechytsa.
22. Katsiaryna Paplauskaya (1987)
Belarusian Sprinters
Katsiaryna Paplauskaya is a Belarusian athlete who competes in the 100 metres hurdles with a personal best time of 12. 91 seconds. Paplauskaya won the bronze medal at the 2012...
23. Stanislau Zhurauliou (1988)
Belarusian Modern Pentathlete
Stanislau Zhurauliou is a modern pentathlete from Belarus. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London England where he finished sixteenth in the men's event with a score of...
24. Dzyanis Myadzvedzew (1988)
Footballer
Dzyanis Myadzvedzew is a Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2013 he plays for Vedrich-97 Rechytsa.
25. Artsyom Vaskow (1988)
Footballer
Artsyom Vaskow is a Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2012 he plays for Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino.
26. David Hacohen (1898)
Israeli Politician
David Hacohen was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1949 and 1953 and again from 1955 until 1969.
27. Katsiaryna Hanchar (1988)
Olympic Sprinter
Katsiaryna Hanchar is a Belarusian sprinter. She competed for the Belarusian team in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2012 Summer Olympics; the team placed 14th with a...
28. Kanstantsin Sivtsov (1982)
Road Bicycle Racer
Kanstantsin Siutsou is a Belarusian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam team Team Sky.
29. Kiril Serikov (1982)
Russian Luger
Kiril Nikolayevich Serikov is a Russian luger who has competed since 2001. He finished 24th in the men's singles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Serikov's best...
30. Elena Ginko (1976)
Athletics (sport) Competitor
Elena Valeryevna Ginko is a Belarusian race walker. She was born in Gomel.
31. Alexander Vladimirovich Yakovenko (1954)
Russian Politician-diplomat
Alexander Vladimirovich Yakovenko is Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia. He is in charge of multilateral diplomacy. Graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1976. Holds...
32. Irina Ushakova (1954)
Fencer
Irina Ushakova is a Soviet fencer. She won a silver medal in the women's team foil event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
33. Seryoga (1976)
Russian Musician
Sergey Vasilyevich Parkhomenko is a Russian-Belarusian rapper and the owner of the KingRing record label.
34. Aleksandr Bashmakov (1950)
Belarusian Footballer
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Bashmakov is a Belarusian professional football coach who is currently working as an assistant coach in Rubin Kazan.
35. Mikhail Vergeyenko (1950)
Belarusian Association Football
Mikhail Nikiforovich Vergeyenko is a Belarusian association football manager and former goalkeeper who managed the Belarus national football team between 1992 and 1994 and from 1998 to 1999. Vergeyenko also...
36. Yevgeniy Gavrilenko (1951)
Soviet Hurdler
Yevgeniy Gavrilenko was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles. He trained at Dynamo in Gomel. He competed for the USSR in the 1976 Summer Olympics...
37. Aleksandr Yakovenko (1954)
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38. Aleksandr Vorobyov (1962)
Russian Footballer
Aleksandr Viktorovich Vorobyov is a retired Soviet and Russian football player and current coach.
39. Andrey Sakovich (1992)
Footballer
Andrey Sakovich is a Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2012 he plays for FC Gomel.
40. Denis Yakhno (1992)
Footballer
Denis Yakhno is a Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2014 he plays for Gorodeya on loan from FC Gomel.
41. Dimitry Gerrman (1955)
Artist And Sculptor
Dimitry Gerrman is an American artist and sculptor.
42. Nataliya Stasyuk (1969)
Rower
Nataliya Viktorovna Stasyuk is a retired Belarusian rower who won a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics as well as two medals at the world championships in 1991 and...
43. Marek Edelman (Unknow)
Jewish Resistance Member
Marek Edelman was a Jewish-Polish political and social activist and cardiologist. Before his death in 2009 Edelman was the last surviving leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Before World War...
44. Yelena Leuchanka (1983)
Basketball Player
Yelena Leuchanka is a Belarusian professional women's basketball player with the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA in the United States and UMMC Ekaterinburg in the Russian Superleague. Prior to joining...
45. Aliaksandr Kikiniou (1980)
Olympic Wrestler
Aliaksandr Fiodaravich Kikiniou is an amateur Belarusian Greco-Roman wrestler who competes in the men's middleweight category. He won the bronze medal at the 2009 World Wrestling Championships in Herning Denmark...
46. Alyaksandr Danilaw (1980)
Footballer
Alyaksandr Danilaw is a professional Belarusian football defender who is currently playing for Dinamo Minsk.
47. Syarhey Amelyanchuk (1980)
Footballer
Syarhey Pyatrovich Amelyanchuk is a football player from Belarus who plays for FC Tom Tomsk in the Russian Premier League and the Belarus national football team.
48. Sergey Kalesnik (1970)
Russian Canoeist
Sergey Kalesnik is a Soviet-born Belarusian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. He won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with...
49. Anton Matsveenka (1989)
Footballer
Anton Matsveenka is a Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2013 he is playing for Lida.
50. Ivan Sulim (1989)
Footballer
Ivan Sulim is a Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2013 he plays for Vedrich-97 Rechytsa.