Category

Mingrelians

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Lavrentiy Beria

Soviet politician and NKVD police chief

Zviad Gamsakhurdia

1st President of Georgia (1991–92)

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia

Georgian footballer (born 2001)

Georgiy Daneliya

Soviet film director and screenwriter (1930–2019)

Prime Minister of Georgia (1963-2005)

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Georgian basketball player

Georgian footballer and manager

Ramaz Shengelia

Georgian footballer (1957-2012)

Meliton Kantaria

Hero of the Soviet Union (1920-1993)

Ilia Topuria is a Georgian and Spanish professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the current UFC Lightweight Champion. A professional since 2015, Topuria is the former UFC Featherweight Champion, becoming the first Georgian and Spanish fighter to win a UFC championship. As of November 18, 2025, he is #2 in the UFC men's pound-for-pound rankings.

Russian mathematician (1907-1977)

Murtaz Khurtsilava

Georgian footballer (born 1943)

Konstantine Gamsakhurdia

(1893-1975) Georgian writer

Eldar Shengelaya

Soviet and Georgian film director, screenwriter (1933–2025)

Georigan musician and poet

Manuchar Kvirkvelia

Georgian Olympic wrestler

Georgian politician

Soviet basketball player and coach (1923–2005)

Georgian historian (1900–1947)

Irakli Alasania

Georgian politician and diplomat

Mikhail Tskhakaya

Soviet politician (1865-1950)

Giorgi Shengelaia

Georgian film director (1937–2020)

Arnold Chikobava

Georgian linguist (1898-1985)

Georgian politician

Georgian singer

Niko I Dadiani, Prince of Megrelia

Georgian prince and Russian Army general (1847–1903)

Badri Kvaratskhelia

Azerbaijani footballer

Soviet sniper (1917-1942)

lawyer, media entrepreneur, public figure

Bachana Akhalaia

Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia

Georgian sumo wrestler

Nikoloz Shengelaya

Soviet film director, screenwriter (1903–1943)

Giorgi Chanturia

Georgian politician (1959–1994)

Samurzakano () is a historical region in southeastern Abkhazia, in western Georgia. It is populated by Mingrelians.

Georgian Soviet diplomat (1883–1937)

Evgeni Gegechkori

Georgian politician (1882–1954)

Georgian microbiologist (1892–1937)

Sasha Gegechkori

Soviet politician (1887-1928)

Vladimir Janjgava

Soviet general (1907–1982)

Soviet linguist, actor and librettist (1862-1938)

Georgian soldier (1943–1993)

Lavrentiy Tsanava

Head of the Belarusian SSR KGB (1900–1955)

Georgian footballer (born 1965)

General from Georgia

physician (1882–1938)

Georgian footballer (born 1980)

Aleksandre Topuria

Spanish–Georgian mixed martial arts fighter

Aleksandre Mirtskhulava

Georgian politician (1911–2009)

Georgian writer and politician (1869–1941)

Akaki Khoshtaria

Georgian businessman (1873–1932)

Georgian historian (1915–1988)