Kutaisi, Georgia

1. Katie Melua (1984)

British Singer-songwriter

Singer and guitarist who became a hit in England with her album Call off the Search in 2003.

2. Maia Chiburdanidze (1961)

Chess Player

One of the top female chess players of all time who is best known for her record of nine Chess Olympiad wins.

3. Shalva Khujadze (1975)

Footballer

Shalva Khujadze is a retired Georgian professional football player. His younger brother Irakli Khujadze also played football professionally.

4. Gogi Koguashvili (1974)

Olympic Wrestler

Gogi Koguashvili is a Georgian-Russian former wrestler who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics in the 1996 Summer Olympics in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

5. Tornike Gordadze (1975)

Georgian And French Political Sc

Tornike Gordadze is a Georgian and French politician and political scientist. He was Georgia's State Minister for Euro-Atlantic Integration from August 24 2012 to October 25 2012.

6. Roland Shalamberidze (Unknow)

Russian Painter

Roland Shalamberidze is a contemporary Russian painter.

7. Irakli Khutsidze (1990)

Footballer

Irakli Khutsidze is a Georgian footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Dayton Dutch Lions of the USL Pro.

8. Kola Kwariani (1903)

American Professional Wrestler

Kola Kwariani ქვარიანი) known as Nicholas Kwariani or Nick the Wrestler was a Georgian by origin professional wrestler and chess player.

9. Vladimir Gogberashvili (1987)

Russian Footballer

Vladimir Olegovich Gogberashvili is a Russian professional football player. Currently he plays for FC Tyumen. His twin brother Otar Gogberashvili is also a professional footballer.

10. Irakli Chkhikvadze (1987)

Georgian Rugby Union Player

Irakli Chkhikvadze is a Georgian rugby union and former rugby league player currently playing for RC AIA Kutaisi in the Georgia Championship competition. Chkhikvadze is also an international player for...

11. Lasha Gogitadze (1987)

Olympic Wrestler

Lasha Gogitadze is an amateur Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler who played for the men's featherweight category. Gogitadze represented Georgia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing where he competed for the...

12. Rauli Tsirekidze (1987)

Georgian Weightlifter

Rauli Tsirekidze or Raul Tsirek'idze is a Georgian weightlifter competing in the 85 kg category. He participated in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.

13. Nukri Revishvili (1987)

Footballer

Nukri Revishvili is a Georgian footballer. He plays for Maltese Premier League side Valletta FC. Revishvili made his international debut on 2 successive games in 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification....

14. Vissarion Lominadze (1897)

Bolshevik And Soviet Politician

Vissarion Vissarionovich Lominadze known as Beso was a Georgian Bolshevik and Soviet politician.

15. Giorgi Dzotsenidze (1910)

Chairman Of The Presidium Of The

Giorgi Samsonovich Dzotsenidze – 5 May 1976) was a Georgian politician and geologist. As a politician he held the posts of Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of...

16. Avtandil Kopaliani (1982)

Georgian Rugby Union Player

Avtandil Avto Kopaliani is a Georgian rugby union footballer currently playing in the top French professional rugby league the Top 14 for the Aviron Bayonnais club. He previously played for...

17. Nikolay Chkheidze (1864)

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Nikoloz Chkheidze Семёнович Чхеи́дзе; transliterated Russian: Nikolay Semyonovich Chkheidze; commonly known as Karlo Chkheidze or Nicolas Cheidze was a Georgian Social Democrat politician who helped to introduce Marxism to Georgia...

18. Vasil Mzhavanadze (1902)

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Vasil Pavlovich Mzhavanadze was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Georgian SSR from September 1953 to September 28 1972 and a member of the CPSU's Politburo from...

19. Guram Dolenjashvili (1943)

Georgian Artist

Guram Dolenjashvili is a Georgian painter often working in a monochrome technique. He is a Meritorious Artist of Georgia and an honorary member of Russian Academy of Arts. Dolenjashvili was...

20. Leonid Lakerbaia (Unknow)

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Leonid Lakerbaia is the Prime Minister of Abkhazia and chairman of the socio-political movement Aitaira. Before becoming Prime Minister Lakerbaia was Vice-Premier and First Vice-Premier in the government of President...

21. Revaz Dzodzuashvili (1945)

Footballer

Revaz Mikhaylovich Dzodzuashvili is a Soviet football manager and a former player. He earned 49 caps for the USSR national football team and participated in the 1970 FIFA World Cup...

22. Davit Aslanadze (1976)

Footballer

Davit Aslanadze is a retired Georgian professional football player.

23. Akvsenti Giorgadze (1976)

Georgian Rugby Union Player

Akvsent Guiorgadze is a Georgian rugby union player. He plays as a hooker. He played for Toulouse in 2011/12 and now plays for Tournefeuille in France. He is an international...

24. Shalva Chigirinsky (1949)

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Shalva Chigirinsky is a Russian businessman operating in real estate and oil sectors. He is now divorced and has six children. Shalva Chigirinsky was born in 1950 in Kutaisi. He...

25. Givi Didava (1976)

Footballer

Givi Didava is a Georgian footballer who currently plays as a defender for Spartaki-Tskhinvali Tbilisi. He was capped 21 times for the national team between 1998 and 2003. Didava was...

26. Tamaz Gamkrelidze (1929)

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27. Nino Burjanadze (1964)

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Nino Burjanadze is a Georgian politician and lawyer who served as Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia from November 2001 to June 2008.

28. Władysław Raczkiewicz (1885)

President Of Poland

ładysław Raczkiewicz was a Polish political figure and the first president of the Polish government in exile from 1939 until his death in 1947. Until 1945 he was the internationally...

29. Q4333285 (1901)

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30. Gubaz Sanikidze (1967)

Politician

Gubaz Sanikidze is a Georgian politician who is one of the leaders of National Forum party. He was born in Kutaisi on 2 February 1967. He graduated from Tbilisi State...

31. Irina Gerasimova (1964)

Swimmer

Irina Gerasimova is a retired Russian swimmer who won two bronze medals in medley events at the 1982 World Aquatics Championships and 1983 European Aquatics Championships. She also competed at...

32. Meir Pichhadze (1955)

Painter

Meir Pichhadze was an Israeli artist and painter. Pichhadze began studying art as a child with the sculptor Razu Ramishvili. He moved with his family to Israel in 1973. There...

33. Tengiz Sulakvelidze (1956)

Footballer

Tengiz Grigorevich Sulakvelidze is a former Georgian footballer.

34. Tamaz Kostava (1956)

Footballer

Tamaz Giviyevich Kostava is a retired Soviet football player.

35. Sergei Shvetsov (1960)

Russian Footballer

Sergei Aleksandrovich Shvetsov is a retired Soviet football player. He is probably most known for the goal he scored in the UEFA Cup game between FC Spartak Moscow and...

36. Grigol Giorgadze (1879)

Georgian Politician And Historia

Grigol Giorgadze was a Georgian historian jurist and politician. Born in Kutaisi into the family of a priest Giorgadze graduated from a local theological seminary in 1902 and from...

37. Batu Siharulidze (1960)

Georgian Sculptor

Batu Siharulidze is an American artist most widely known for his abstract figurative sculptures. He now lives in Boston Massachusetts where he is an Associate Professor of Art at Boston...

38. Ramaz Shengelia (Unknow)

Footballer

Ramaz Shengelia was a Soviet footballer player of Georgian origin.

39. Irakli Tsereteli (1881)

Georgian Journalist

Irakli Tsereteli was a Georgian politician one of the leaders of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party and later the Georgian Mensheviks. Irakli Tsereteli was born in Kutaisi in the family...

40. Mamia Orakhelashvili (1881)

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Mamia Orakhelashvili Дмитриевич Орахелашвили Ivan Dmitrievich Orakhelashvili) was a Georgian Bolshevik and Soviet politician energetically involved in the revolutionary movement in Russia and Georgia.

41. Georgi Mikadze (1983)

Russian Footballer

Georgi Gennadyevich Mikadze is a Russian professional footballer. He also holds Georgian citizenship. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2002 for FC Saturn-RenTV Ramenskoye.

42. Grigol Imedadze (1980)

Footballer

Grigol Imedadze is a Georgian professional football player. Currently he plays for FC Torpedo-2008 Kutaisi.

43. Mikheil Ashvetia (1977)

Georgian Footballer

Mikheil Ashvetia is a Georgian former footballer. He has played mostly in Georgia and Russia except for a short spell at FC København in 2001–2002 and a recent spell in...

44. Vasil Gigiadze (1977)

Footballer

Vasil Gigiadze is a retired Georgian footballer who played for Tavriya Simferopol in Ukraine.

45. Kakhaber Chkhetiani (1978)

Footballer

Kakhaber Chkhetiani is a Georgian professional football player. His last known club was Baia Zugdidi. His brother Zviad Chkhetiani is also a professional footballer.

46. David Khakhaleishvili (1971)

Judoka

David Khakhaleishvili is a retired heavyweight Georgian judoka mixed martial artist and Olympic gold medalist. He was expected to defend his heavyweight Olympic title at the 1996 Summer Olympics in...

47. Davyd Saldadze (1978)

Olympic Wrestler

Davyd Tengizovich Saldadze is an Uzbekistani wrestler of Georgian origin he also wrestled for Ukraine and won the Silver medal in the Men's Greco-Roman 97kg in the 2000 Summer Olympics...

48. Zurab Ionanidze (1971)

Footballer

Zurab Ionanidze is a retired footballer of ethnic Assyrian extraction. Ionanidze previously played for FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi and FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod in the Russian Premier League.

49. Gia Grigalava (1989)

Footballer

Gia Aleksandrovich Grigalava is a professional Russian footballer of Georgian ethnic origin he plays for FC Anzhi Makhachkala in the Russian Premier League.

50. Sandro Tsirekidze (1894)

Georgian Poet

Sandro Tsirekidze was a Georgian poet Symbolist. Born in Kutaisi he graduated from the school course in 1912 and then continued his studies at St. Petersburg University. Because of...

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