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| Charles Aznavour |
| Father was from Javakheti, Georgia - Great French chanson singer. Sold over 100 million copies. |
| Boris Bakhmeteff |
| From Tbilisi, Georgia - Engineer, One of the founders of "Mechanics of Fluids" in US, Chirman of Engineering Foundation, USA. |
| Dmitri Bashkirov |
| From Tbilisi, Georgia - Outstanding Pianist, performances at all major venues with leading orchestras. |
| Nicolas Florine |
| From Batoumi, Georgia - Constructed first twin tandem helicopter |
| George Gurdjieff |
| From Tbilisi, Georgia - Famous Philosopher/Mystic. |
| Sarit Hadad |
| Parents from Georgia - One of the most popular singers in the Middle East. Over 9 Albums, all platinum. |
| Vyacheslav Ivankov aka Yaponchik |
| Born in Georgia - Notorious Gangster of the 1990's. |
| Alexander Jeltkov |
| From Tbilisi, Georgia - Top gymnast of Canada, won Gold at the World Cup. |
| Rudolf Kehrer |
| From Tbilisi, Georgia - Celebrated German based pianist. |
| Edward Keonjian |
| From Tiflis (Tbilisi), Georgia - Later based in USA, Designed first solar-powered pocket sized radio transmitter, First to write books on transistors and microelectronic circuits. |
| Aram Khachaturian |
| From Tbilisi, Georgia - Composer, most famous for his ballet Spartacus. |
| Sergei Kirienko |
| From Sukhumi, Georgia - Former Russian Prime Minister. |
| Berthold Lubetkin |
| From Tbilisi, Georgia - One of the top architects of the 20th Century, Established Tecton Group. |
| Rouben Mamoulian |
| From Tbilisi, Georgia - Hollywood Director, First used technicolor, mobile camera and multi channel sound track, Directed Dr.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Mask of Zorro etc |
| King Menander |
| From Caucasus, Georgia - Greek King famous for being Buddhist |
| Sergei Parajanov |
| From Tbilisi, Georgia - Great Soviet surrealist and director. Films include Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, Legend of Suram Fortress, Color of Pomegranates etc |
| Tigran Petrosian |
| From Tbilisi, Georgia - Renowned Chess player |
| Evgeny Primakov |
| From Tbilisi, Georgia - Former Prime Minister of Russia |
| Vladimir Putin |
| From Kaspi-Metehi, Georgia - President of Russia |
| Rostom Raza |
| From Tbilisi, Georgia - Napoleons bodyguard |
| Victor Saneev |
| From Sukhumi, Georgia - Greatest triple-jumper, Olympic and World Champion, Record holder. |
| Alexander Seversky |
| From Tiflis (Tbilisi), Georgia - Pioneer of US Aviation, Founded Seversky Aero Corporation. |
| Ariel Sharon |
| Both Parents from Tbilisi, Georgia - Prime Minister of Israel |
| Jake Tsakalidis |
| From Sukhumi, Georgia - NBA. Played for Phoenix Suns. Currently at Memphis Grizzlies. |
| Fyodor Yurchikhin |
| From Batumi, Georgia - Cosmonaut. Over 10 days of space flight. |
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| Leonard Rosenthal |
| Alexei Brusilov |
| Diamond Trading Business |
| From Tbilisi, Georgia - Chief Russian Empire Army Commander during World War I. |
| Mostly from Tbilisi, Georgia - Two of the three Diamond Trading world centres (Amsterdam and Antwerp) are fully managed by Georgian Jews. |
| From Caucasus, Georgia - 'The Pearl King', Greatest ever pearl dealer. |
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| NOTABLE MENTION |
| Mirza Fatali Akhundov Great Azeri writer, dramatist, philosopher and Alphabet reformer Artem Alikhanyan Physicist. Discovered first artificial radioactive element which ejects electrons, first to mark the existence of new elementary particles in cosmic rays etc Viktor Ambartsumian Renowned for his work in theoretical astrophysics and stellar astronomy. Alexander Anpilogov Great Handball champion Joannis Avramidis Celebrated sculptor Vladimir Bagirov Chess Champion and GM Alexander Bakshi Outstanding Composer Joseph Bardanashvili Renowned Composer Nazk Botan Popular Kurdish singer (Naze and the Botans) Nikolai Bugaev Outstanding Scientist Marina Davar Founder of MD Cosmetics company Nina Dronova Gymnastics World Champion Oskar Fried Legendary Conductor Raya Garbousova Famed Cellist Eduard Gufeld Chess Legend Stepan Gulishambarov Great oil mediator between Russia and Italy Gershon Jacobson (Yakobashvili) Editor and publisher of the Algemeiner Journal (world's largest Yiddish/English newspaper) Bogdan Kobulov Famed KGB agent Elisabeth Leonskaja Great Pianist Igor Makarevich Distinguished Artist/Photographer Roy Medvedev Writer/Historian Zhores Medvedev Biologist/Historian Mikhail Mirilashvili One of the most notoriously famous businessman in Russia Sayat Nova Famous troubadour/Poet Samuel Samosoud Great Conductor Alex Sapir (Sepiashvili) President Trans-Oleum LLC Samson Shatashvili Great Mathematician. Yale University Professor. Stepan Shaumyan Communist activist Mirza Shafi Vaseh Famed Azeri Poet Arkady Strugatsky Writer Mikael Tariverdiev Great Soviet composer Yosef Trumpeldor One of the greatest Jewish heros of modern history Elvira Uzunian Prominent Opera singer Vladimir Viardo Celebrated Pianist Sergei Witte Russian minister of finance (1892-1903) First constitutional Prime Minister of the Empire Lila Zali Founding artistic director of Ballet Pacifica Kiril Zdanevich Distinguished Artist |
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| Elisabeth Leonskaja |
| From Tbilisi, Georgia - Outstanding Pianist |
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| Akim Tamiroff |
| From Tbilisi, Georgia - Great Hollywood actor. Two Oscar nominations. Made over 40 films including For Whom the Bell Tolls, The General Died at Dawn, Confidential Report etc |
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| Tamir (Timur) Sapir (Teimuraz Sepiashvili) |
| From Tbilisi, Georgia - Billionaire. Richest immigrant in USA. New York Skyscraper Mogul. |
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| Igor Zelensky |
| From Tbilisi, Georgia - One of worlds top ballet dancers. Mariinsky Ballet Principal. |
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| Melvin Calvin |
| Mother from Georgia - One of the greatest chemists. 1961 Nobel Prize Winner for Chemistry. |