List of Tbilisians

""'This is a list of famous people who have lived in Tbilisi, including both natives and residents. Some of the figures in the list may be included in several of the categories simultaneously but are only included in the sections which pertain to their achievements/occupations the most.

Politicians, Governmental Figures and Activists

* Irakli Bagration-Mukhraneli flagicon|Georgia, Georgian prince, exhiled to Spain.
* Kakha Bendukidze flagicon|Georgia, former Russian businessman, currently working in the administration of President Mikheil Saakashvili.
* Lavrenti Beria flagicon|Georgia, head of the NKVD (the predecessor to the KGB), supervisor and one of the initiators of the Soviet Union's Nuclear Project
* Giga Bokeria flagicon|Georgia, Georgian political leader
* Ilia Chavchavadze flagicon|Georgia, writer, politician, public benefactor
* Kakutsa Cholokashvili flagicon|Georgia, national hero of Georgia
* Zviad Gamsakhurdia flagicon|Georgia, former president of Georgia
* Alexander Griboedov flagicon|Russia, diplomat, playwright, composer
* Lev Kamenev flagicon|Russia, Bolshevik revolutionary
* Merab Kostava flagicon|Georgia, National hero and anti-Soviet activist
* Aram Manougian flagicon|Armenia, Armenian revolutionary, politician and general.
*Vsevolod Nikolayevich Merkulov, former head of NKGB
* Nariman Narimanov flagicon|Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani revolutionary, writer, politician
* Yevgeny Primakov flagicon|Russia, politician
* Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich (Romanov) of Russia.
* Grand Duke George Mikhailovich (Romanov) of Russia, first cousin of Emperor Alexander II of Russia.
* Grand Duke Michael Nicolaevich (Romanov) of Russia, son of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia and Charlotte of Prussia
* Mikheil Saakashvili flagicon|Georgia, current president of Georgia
* Stepan Shahumyan flagicon|Armenia, politician
* Eduard Shevardnadze flagicon|Georgia, former president of Georgia and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union
* Joseph Stalin flagicon|Georgia, leader of Soviet Union
* Alimardan Topchubashev flagicon|Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani politician
* Sergei Witte, important politician and policy-maker within the Russian Empire
* Zurab Zhvania flagicon|Georgia, former prime minister of Georgia

Writers

* Boris Akunin flagicon|Georgia, writer
* Hovaness Toumanian flagicon|Armenia, poet and writer
* Nikoloz Baratashvili flagicon|Georgia, writer
* Konstantine Gamsakhurdia flagicon|Georgia, one of the most influential Georgian writers of the 20th century
* Maxim Gorky flagicon|Russia, Soviet writer, founder of the socialist realism literary method
* Mirza Fatali Akhundov flagicon|Azerbaijan, writer
* Hakob Melik-Hakobyan (Raffi) flagicon|Armenia, writer
* Ryurik Ivnev flagicon|Russia, poet
* Dagny Juel flagicon|Norway, writer
* Akaki Tsereteli flagicon|Georgia, writer
* Lesya Ukrainka flagicon|Ukraine, Ukrainian poet
* Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt flagicon|Germany, writer

cientists, Engineers, Designers and Inventors

* Malkhaz Abdushelishvili, scientist (anthropologist)
* Andria Apakidze, scientist (archaeologist)
* Viktor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian flagicon|Armenia, astronomer
* Georgy Mikhailovich Beriev, aircraft designer, founder of the Beriev Design Bureau
* Felix d'Herelle, French-Canadian microbiologist, one of the discoverers of bacteriophages
* Revaz Dogonadze, physicist
* Alexander Kartveli (Kartvelishvili), aircraft engineer
* Gustav Radde, scientist
* Alexander de Seversky, aircraft engineer
* Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich, mineralogist and geologist

Musicians, singers and composers

* Hamlet Gonashvili, tenor
* Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov flagicon|Russia, composer
* Giya Kancheli, composer
* Aram Khachaturian flagicon|Armenia, composer,
* Zakharia Paliashvili, composer, founder of Georgian classical music
* Alexander Toradze, pianist
* Rashid Behbudov, singer
* Niyazi, conductor, composer
* Robert Bardzimashvili, singer, founder of Orera, Via-75
* Givi Gachechiladze, composer, conductor: Tbilisi State Orchestra "Rero", The Mardzhanishvili Theater Orchestra, Tbilisi Municipal Concert Orchestra
* Alexander Melik-Pashayev flagicon|Armenia, Soviet conductor
*Irakli Charkviani flagicon|Georgia, Georgian poet and rock/pop singer

Theatre, Cinema, Arts and Entertainment

* Tengiz Abuladze flagicon|Georgia, film director
* Elene Akhvlediani flagicon|Georgia, painter
* Nino Ananiashvili flagicon|Georgia, ballerina
* Gela Babluani flagicon|Georgia, film director who directed the acclaimed film 13 Tzameti.
* Temur Babluani flagicon|Georgia, film director
* Georgi Daneliya flagicon|Georgia, film director
* Lado Gudiashvili flagicon|Georgia, painter
* Otar Ioseliani flagicon|Georgia, film director
* Vakhtang Kikabidze flagicon|Georgia, actor
* Sergei Parajanov flagicon|Armenia, producer
* Robert Sturua flagicon|Georgia, director
* Eteri Tchkonia flagicon|Georgia, opera singer
* Lamara Tchkonia flagicon|Georgia, opera singer
* Natela Tchkonia flagicon|Georgia, opera singer
* Georgy Tovstonogov flagicon|Russia, Russian theatre director
* Zurab Tsereteli flagicon|Georgia, artist, architect
* Marie Vorobieff, painter
* Ia Parulava

ports Figures

* Shota Arveladze flagicon|Georgia, soccer player
* Maia Chiburdanidze flagicon|Georgia, former women's world chess champion
* Vitali Daraselia flagicon|Georgia, former football (soccer) player for Dinamo Tbilisi and the Soviet Union National Team
* Roman Dzindzichashvili flagicon|Georgia, chess grandmaster
* Nona Gaprindashvili flagicon|Georgia, former women's world chess champion
* Elene Gedevanishvili flagicon|Georgia, figure skater
* Kakha Kaladze flagicon|Georgia, football (soccer) player for the Georgia national football team and AC Milan.
* David Kipiani flagicon|Georgia, former football (soccer) player for Dinamo Tbilisi and the Soviet Union National Team
* Zaza Pachulia flagicon|Georgia, NBA player
* Tigran Petrosian flagicon|Armenia, former world chess champion
* Murtaz Shelia flagicon|Georgia, former football player for [Dinamo tbilisi and Manchester city

Military Figures

* Timur Apakidze flagicon|Georgia, general
* Hovhannes Bagramyan flagicon|Armenia, military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union
* Aleksei Brusilov flagicon|Russia, Russian cavalry general
* Anatoli Gekker, Soviet commander
* Giorgi Kvinitadze flagicon|Georgia, founder of the Tbilisi Junker school
* Mikhail Tarielovich Loris-Melikov flagicon|Armenia, general
* Giorgi Mazniashvili flagicon|Georgia, general

Other

* Mikael Aramiants flagicon|Armenia, benefactor, one of the hospitals in Tbilisi was built and named after him – Aramiants’ Hospital.
* Zurab Avalishvili flagicon|Georgia, historian
* Arnold Chikobava flagicon|Georgia, linguist
* Jeanne de Salzmann, mystic
* Pavel Florensky flagicon|Russia, philosopher, theologian
* Irene Galitzine, fashion designer
* Ivane Javakhishvili flagicon|Georgia, historian, public benefactor
* Alexander Mantashev flagicon|Armenia, prominent Armenian oil magnate, industrialist, financier, and a philanthropist.
* Ekvtime Takaishvili flagicon|Georgia, historian