FAMOUS NATIVES

People listed are almost always native to the country. We do (on occasion) include those that have either lived within the country for most of their adult life, or have made a significant contribution to the country in their personal endeavors.

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A - B

• Ales Adamovich author
• Svetlana Alexievich journalist
• Zhores Alferov physicist
• Uladzimir Arlou poet
• Andrei Arlovski kick boxer, martial arts artist
• Alexander Artemov gymnast
• Vladimir Artemov gymnast
• Isaac Asimov author
• Victoria Azarenka tennis player
• Naksim Bahdanovic poet
• Pauliuk Bahrym poet, lawyer
• Francishak Bahushevich poet
• Yury Bandazhevsky scientist
• Ryhor Baradulin poet
• Irving Berlin composer
• Vasil Bykau author
• Janka Byrl author
• Menachem Begin prime minister of Israel (born in Belarus)
• Benjamin Blumenfeld chess player
• Alexander Bogdanov physician, author
• Svetlana Bogvinskaya gymnast
• Catherine Breshkovsky formed socialist revolutionary party
• Faddey Bulgarin poet

C - I

• Marc Chagall artist
• Leonard Chess record company executive, co-founder Chess Records
• Philip Chess record company executive, co- founder Chess Records
• Veronika Cherkosava journalist
• Kuzma Chorny author
• Anatoly Chubais politician
• Morris Raphael Cohen philosopher, lawyer, scholar
• Cyril of Turau bishop, saint
• David Dubinsky American labor leader
• Uladzimir Dubouka poet
• Vladimir Dukelsky (Vernon Duke) composer
• Vintsent Dunin-Martsinkyevich author
• Tanya Dziahileva model
• Euphrosyne of Polatsk convent founder
• Naum Gabo sculptor
• Boris Gelfand chess player
• Nil Gilevich poet
• Mikhail Grabovski hockey player
• Andrei Gromyko Soviet statesman
• Sergei Gurenko footballer
• Isser Harel spymaster, director of Israel Mossad
• Ihar Hermianchuk journalist, political activist
• Aliaksandr Hleb soccer player
• Yauhen Hlebau composer
• Nicolai Hussoviani poet, social activist
• Alexey Ignashov kick boxer

K

• Uladzimir Karatkevich author
• Ekaterina Karsten rower, Olympic medalist
• Vyacheslav Kebich first prime minister
• Michel Kikoine artist
• Hienadz Kliauko poet
• Pyotor Klimuk cosmonaut
• Yakob Kolas author, poet

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