Most Famous People from Belarus

100 Belarusians in view out of 286

All 152,953
Belarus 289
Svetlana Alexievich
Svetlana Alexievich Belarusian Writer Born 1948
#1,876
Alexander Lukashenko
Alexander Lukashenko Belarusian Politician Born 1954
#3,941
Yanka Kupala
Yanka Kupala Belarusian Poet 1882 – 1942
#11,019
Yakub Kolas
Yakub Kolas Belarusian Drama 1882 – 1956
#27,697
Mendele Mocher Sforim
Mendele Mocher Sforim Belarusian Writer 1835 – 1917
#30,436
Evgeny Morozov
Evgeny Morozov Belarusian Research Born 1984
#33,767
Ales Adamovich
Ales Adamovich Belarusian Writer 1927 – 1994
#43,329
Syarhey Kislyak
Syarhey Kislyak Belarusian Football Born 1987
#53,311
Nadzeya Ostapchuk
Nadzeya Ostapchuk Belarusian Athletic Born 1980
#62,574
Vasil Kiryienka
Vasil Kiryienka Belarusian Sport Born 1981
#63,111
Yuri Zhevnov
Yuri Zhevnov Belarusian Football Born 1981
#65,329
Maksim Romaschenko
Maksim Romaschenko Belarusian Football Born 1976
#73,144
Ryhor Baradulin
Ryhor Baradulin Belarusian Essayist 1935 – 2014
#74,249
MG
Mikhail Gordeichuk Belarusian Football Born 1989
#75,110
Ivan Tsikhan
Ivan Tsikhan Belarusian Hammer Thrower Born 1976
#85,029
Zianon Pazniak
Zianon Pazniak Belarusian Nationalist Born 1944
#104,639
Vyacheslav Kebich
Vyacheslav Kebich Belarusian Political Born 1936
#104,943
Maksim Bardachow
Maksim Bardachow Belarusian Football Born 1986
#105,384
Andrei Kostitsyn
Andrei Kostitsyn Belarusian Hockey Born 1985
#105,961
Aksana Miankova
Aksana Miankova Belarusian Hammer Thrower Born 1982
#107,582
AV
Andrey Varankow Belarusian Football Born 1989
#116,343
Ales Bialiatski
Ales Bialiatski Belarusian Activist Born 1962
#118,053
Iryna Kryuko
Iryna Kryuko Belarusian Athlete Born 1991
#122,327
Mikhail Myasnikovich
Mikhail Myasnikovich Belarusian Politician Born 1950
#124,788
Andrei Krauchanka
Andrei Krauchanka Belarusian Athletic Born 1986
#131,801
Viktor Goncharenko
Viktor Goncharenko Belarusian Football Born 1977
#132,068
AK
Alyaksandr Karnitsky Belarusian Football Born 1989
#134,696
IA
Illya Aleksiyevich Belarusian Football Born 1991
#137,008
Teo (singer)
Teo (singer) Belarusian Singer Born 1983
#137,153
Maksim Haretski
Maksim Haretski Belarusian Literary 1893 – 1938
#140,860
Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz (bishop)
Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz (bishop) Belarusian Priest Born 1946
#148,409
DA
Dzinara Alimbekava Belarusian Sport Born 1996
#152,353
MS
Mikhail Savitsky Belarusian Painter 1921 – 2010
#154,089
GK
Georgi Kondratiev Belarusian Football Born 1960
#165,113
Ekaterina Karsten
Ekaterina Karsten Belarusian Rower Born 1972
#167,184
JK
Janina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya Belarusian Athletic Born 1976
#167,667
Zair Azgur
Zair Azgur Belarusian Sculptor 1908 – 1995
#172,078
GB
Gennadi Bliznyuk Belarusian Football Born 1980
#176,592
Petrus Brovka
Petrus Brovka Belarusian Poet 1905 – 1980
#180,500
VT
Vladimir Tsyplakov Belarusian Hockey 1969 – 2019
#186,733
Siarhei Rutenka
Siarhei Rutenka Belarusian Handball Born 1981
#193,457
Aleh Veratsila
Aleh Veratsila Belarusian Football Born 1988
#193,741
Pavel Lyzhyn
Pavel Lyzhyn Belarusian Athletic Born 1981
#195,576
ZS
Zinaida Stahurskaya Belarusian Sport 1971 – 2009
#199,880
Dmitry Molosh
Dmitry Molosh Belarusian Football Born 1981
#201,015
Yury Bandazhevsky
Yury Bandazhevsky Belarusian Physician Born 1957
#201,490
AP
Alyaksandr Pawlaw Belarusian Football Born 1984
#201,673
Yuliya Balykina
Yuliya Balykina Belarusian Sprint 1984 – 2015
#204,084
MY
Mikalay Yanush Belarusian Football Born 1984
#204,929
Ceslaus Sipovich
Ceslaus Sipovich Belarusian Bishop 1914 – 1981
#209,803
Uladzimir Karytska
Uladzimir Karytska Belarusian Football Born 1979
#211,200
Anatoly Lebedko
Anatoly Lebedko Belarusian Politician Born 1961
#213,311
Maryna Litvinchuk
Maryna Litvinchuk Belarusian Kayak Born 1988
#218,298
Nil Hilevich
Nil Hilevich Belarusian Poet 1931 – 2016
#219,836
Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky
Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky Belarusian Rabbi 1899 – 1985
#224,718
Ihar Kuzmyanok
Ihar Kuzmyanok Belarusian Football Born 1990
#225,219
Artsyom Salavey
Artsyom Salavey Belarusian Football Born 1990
#229,558
AY
Alyaksandr Yermakovich Belarusian Football Born 1975
#234,417
OR
Oleg Ryzhenkov Belarusian Athlete Born 1967
#235,715
Ivan Shamiakin
Ivan Shamiakin Belarusian Writer 1921 – 2004
#236,426
AR
Avrom Reyzen Belarusian Author 1876 – 1953
#240,376
AD
Aliona Dubitskaya Belarusian Athletic Born 1990
#242,354
Natassia Kinnunen
Natassia Kinnunen Belarusian Athlete Born 1985
#242,751
Dzmitry Kamarowski
Dzmitry Kamarowski Belarusian Football Born 1986
#242,871
Mikola Statkevich
Mikola Statkevich Belarusian Politician Born 1956
#255,731
Sergei Martynov (sport shooter)
Sergei Martynov (sport shooter) Belarusian Sport Born 1968
#260,720
Euphrosyne of Polotsk
Euphrosyne of Polotsk Belarusian Monk 1110 – 1173
#261,281
Eduard Zankovets
Eduard Zankovets Belarusian Hockey Born 1969
#263,309
Pavel Prudnikau
Pavel Prudnikau Belarusian Writer 1911 – 2000
#265,231
Vladimir Chepelin
Vladimir Chepelin Belarusian Athlete Born 1988
#266,224
Raman Piatrushenka
Raman Piatrushenka Belarusian Kayak Born 1980
#271,453
AA
Alena Abramchuk Belarusian Athletic Born 1988
#280,674
Radasłaŭ Astroŭski
Radasłaŭ Astroŭski Belarusian Politician 1887 – 1976
#281,467
Alaiza Pashkevich
Alaiza Pashkevich Belarusian Poet 1876 – 1916
#284,576
NS
Nikolay Slyunkov Belarusian Politician Born 1929
#286,527
VV
Vasil Vitka Belarusian Playwright 1911 – 1996
#300,813
Maryia Mamashuk
Maryia Mamashuk Belarusian Wrestler Born 1992
#306,804
FM
Faina Mihajlovna Kirillova Belarusian Mathematician Born 1931
#307,655
Nadzeya Liapeshka
Nadzeya Liapeshka Belarusian Kayak Born 1989
#313,353
AD
Aleksandr Dzhigero Belarusian Football Born 1996
#324,882
Alexander Nadson
Alexander Nadson Belarusian Religious 1926 – 2015
#329,936
Aliaksandr Bahdanovich
Aliaksandr Bahdanovich Belarusian Kayak Born 1982
#335,697
VK
Vladimir Kaminsky Belarusian Sport Born 1950
#339,583
PP
Pyotr Pochynchuk Belarusian Athletic 1954 – 1991
#341,162
Sylvester Kosiv
Sylvester Kosiv Belarusian Priest Died 1657
#341,998
VS
Vladimir Sasimovich Belarusian Javelin Thrower Born 1968
#342,588
Barys Rahula
Barys Rahula Belarusian Militar 1920 – 2005
#347,667
Alena Newmyarzhytskaya
Alena Newmyarzhytskaya Belarusian Sprint Born 1980
#347,681
Vasily Sharangovich
Vasily Sharangovich Belarusian Politician 1897 – 1938
#348,709
AS
Anthony Sawoniuk Belarusian Nazi 1921 – 2005
#349,004
Alyaksandr Lebedzew
Alyaksandr Lebedzew Belarusian Football Born 1985
#350,426
Vladimir Makei
Vladimir Makei Belarusian Politician Born 1958
#350,866
MY
Mikola Yermalovich Belarusian Literary 1921 – 2000
#355,743
Jaroslav Romanchuk
Jaroslav Romanchuk Belarusian Economist Born 1966
#376,324
Sviatlana Usovich
Sviatlana Usovich Belarusian Runner Born 1980
#377,401
AK
Anna Kozak Belarusian Sprint Born 1974
#380,064
Hienadz Buraukin
Hienadz Buraukin Belarusian Poet 1936 – 2014
#382,502
VA
Vyacheslav Adamczyk Belarusian Playwright 1933 – 2001
#388,842
Darya Naumava
Darya Naumava Belarusian Weightlifter Born 1995
#396,267
ND
Natalya Dukhnova Belarusian Runner Born 1966
#403,848

By the numbers

Inside Belarus

289 notable people in this slice of the dataset.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Belarus during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Notable births in Belarus peaked in the 1980s with 63 people.

What Belarus Is Known For

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Sports is Belarus's biggest group — 50% of all notables (144).

Belarus over-indexes on sports — 2.3× the global rate.

Belarus under-produces other — only 0.6× the global rate.

  1. Sports144
  2. Politics & Law44
  3. Writing41
  4. Science14
  5. Other12
  6. Religion12
  7. Military8
  8. Music5
  1. Sports1442.3×
  1. Other120.6×
  2. Science140.6×
  3. Military80.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Belarus's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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  • Sports
  • Politics & Law
  • Writing
  • Science
  • Religion
  • Military
  • Other

Top Cities

Biggest birthplaces in this slice — click any to explore.