Belarus
Historical figures born in Belarus
2,972 notable historical figures were born in Belarus. These are the most notable:
Belarus ranks #42 of 197 countries by number of historical figures on Histiphy, just behind New Zealand, Israel and Croatia.
By era
- Medieval: 2
- Early Modern: 6
- Modern: 32
By occupation
- Politician: 19
- Writer/Author: 7
- Head of State/President: 5
- Minister/Cabinet Official: 5
- Poet: 5
- Inventor/Engineer: 5
- Prime Minister: 4
- Composer: 4
- Alexander Lukashenko (born 1954, Politics)
- Shimon Peres (1923 to 2016, Politics)
- Menachem Begin (1913 to 1992, Politics)
- Marc Chagall (1887 to 1985, Arts & Music)
- Irving Berlin (1888 to 1989, Arts & Music)
- Tadeusz Kościuszko (1746 to 1817, Military)
- Chaim Weizmann (1874 to 1952, Politics)
- Yitzhak Shamir (1915 to 2012, Politics)
- Lev Vygotsky (1896 to 1934, Science)
- Stanisław II August (1732 to 1798, Politics)
- Adam Mickiewicz (1798 to 1855, Literature)
- Nikolai Lukashenko (born 2004, Other)
- Chaïm Soutine (1893 to 1943, Arts & Music)
- Zalman Shazar (1889 to 1974, Politics)
- Viktor Lukashenko (born 1975, Politics)
- Shneur Zalman of Liadi (1745 to 1812, Religion)
- Abba Kovner (1918 to 1987, Literature)
- Stanislav Shushkevich (1934 to 2022, Politics)
- David Lewis (Canadian politician) (1909 to 1981, Politics)
- Mstislav I (1076 to 1132, Politics)
- Yakov Zeldovich (1914 to 1987, Science)
- Dmitry Lukashenko (born 1980, Business)
- Léon Bakst (1866 to 1924, Arts & Music)
- Joseph B. Soloveitchik (1903 to 1993, Religion)
- Zhores Alferov (1930 to 2019, Science)
- Elena Glinskaya (1510 to 1538, Politics)
- Alexander Turchin (born 1975, Politics)
- Myechyslaw Hryb (born 1938, Politics)
- Aleksei Antonov (1896 to 1962, Military)
- Vyacheslav Kebich (1936 to 2020, Politics)
- Otto Schmidt (1891 to 1956, Politics)
- Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (1789 to 1866, Arts & Music)
- Roman Golovchenko (born 1973, Politics)
- Vseslav (1029 to 1101, Politics)
- Zivia Lubetkin (1914 to 1978, Literature)
- Lera Boroditsky (born 1976, Science)
- Stanisław Moniuszko (1819 to 1872, Arts & Music)
- Oscar Zariski (1899 to 1986, Science)
- Lev Dovator (1903 to 1941, Military)
- Bella Rosenfeld (1889 to 1944, Literature)
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