Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index 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 See also: List of people by nationality This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.