List of Famous people born in Imereti, Georgia

Vladimir Mayakovsky

Влади́мир Влади́мирович Маяко́вский
First Name Vladimir
Last Name Mayakovsky
Died on April 14, 1930
Born in Georgia, Imereti

Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky was a Russian and Soviet poet, playwright, artist, and actor.

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Katie Melua

First Name Katie
Last Name Melua
Born on September 16, 1984 (age 39)
Born in Georgia, Imereti
Height 155 cm | 5'1

Ketevan "Katie" Melua is a Georgian-British singer and songwriter. She moved to the United Kingdom at the age of eight – first to Belfast, and then to London in 1999. Melua is signed to the small Dramatico record label, under the management of composer Mike Batt, and made her musical debut in 2003. In 2006, she became the United Kingdom's best-selling female artist and Europe's highest selling European female artist.

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Otar Kushanashvili

First Name Otar
Born on June 22, 1970 (age 53)
Born in Georgia, Imereti

Otar Shalvovich Kushanashvili is a Georgian and Russian music journalist and broadcaster who describes himself as "anti-publicist". He is known for his provocative and outrageous antics.

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Kakha Kaladze

კახა კალაძე
First Name Kakha
Born on February 27, 1978 (age 46)
Born in Georgia, Imereti
Height 186 cm | 6'1

Kakhaber "Kakha" Kaladze is a Georgian politician and retired footballer. He has served as a Mayor of Tbilisi since November 2017. A versatile player, he was capable of playing both as a centre-back and as a left-back, or even as a wide midfielder. He played for the Georgia national team from 1996 to 2011. He was voted Georgian Footballer of the Year in 2001–2003, 2006 and 2011 and was considered as one of Georgia's most important players.

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Lasha Talakhadze

First Name Lasha
Born on October 2, 1993 (age 30)
Born in Georgia, Imereti

Lasha Talakhadze is a Georgian weightlifter, Olympic Champion, four time World Champion, and four time European Champion competing in the super-heavyweight category. He is a three time winner of the IWF Male Lifter of the Year and the current world record holder in the snatch, the clean and jerk and the total, where his 220 kg snatch and 484 kg total are both all time world records respectively. Because of his consistent tournament success and breaking of numerous world records, he is considered by many to be the greatest super-heavyweight weightlifter of all time.

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Boris Akunin

Григорий Шалвович Чхартишвили
First Name Boris
Last Name Akunin
Born on May 20, 1956 (age 67)
Born in Georgia, Imereti

Boris Akunin is the pen name of Grigori Chkhartishvili, a Russian writer. He is best known as writer of detective and historical fiction. He is also an essayist and literary translator. Grigory Chkhartishvili has also written under pen names Anatoly Brusnikin, Anna Borisova, and Akunin-Chkhartishvili.

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Zurab Sakandelidze

First Name Zurab
Born on August 9, 1945
Died on January 25, 2004 (aged 58)
Born in Georgia, Imereti
Height 186 cm | 6'1

Zurab Aleksandrovich Sakandelidze was a Georgian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He played for Dinamo Tbilisi.

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Sergo Ordzhonikidze

First Name Sergo
Born on October 12, 1886
Died on February 18, 1937 (aged 50)
Born in Georgia, Imereti

Sergo Konstantinovich Ordzhonikidze, born Grigol Konstantines dze Orjonikidze, was a Georgian Bolshevik and Soviet politician.

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Mikhail Korkia

First Name Mikhail
Last Name Korkia
Born on September 10, 1948
Died on February 7, 2004 (aged 55)
Born in Georgia, Imereti
Height 198 cm | 6'6

Mikheil Korkia was a Soviet basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He played for Dynamo Tbilisi.

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Irakli Tsereteli

First Name Irakli
Born on November 20, 1881
Died on May 21, 1959 (aged 77)
Born in Georgia, Imereti

Irakli Tsereteli was a Georgian politician and a leading spokesman of the Social Democratic Party of Georgia and later Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) during the era of the Russian Revolutions.

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