Niaz Diasamidze, Georgian composer and folk rock singer, founder of the band 33a Givi Gachechiladze, composer, conductor, Tbilisi State Orchestra "Rero", The Mardzhanishvili Theater Orchestra, Tbilisi Municipal Concert Orchestra Hamlet Gonashvili, tenor Stella Grigorian, opera singer Alexander Melik-Pashayev, Soviet conductor Niyazi Hajibeyov, conductor, composer Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, composer Giya Kancheli, composer Rudolf Kehrer, pianist Aram Khachaturian, composer Srbui Lisitsian, Armenian-Soviet folk dance ethnographer Zakharia Paliashvili, composer, founder of Georgian classical music Anita Rachvelishvili, Georgian mezzo-soprano Sayat-Nova, ashugh Irma Sokhadze, singer, pianist, composer and TV presenter Tsisana Tatishvili, opera singer Anoushavan Ter-Ghevondyan, Armenian composer, pedagogue, and sociocultural activist Alexander Toradze, pianist Lev Vlassenko, pianist Elena Dzamashvili, pianist Theatre, cinema, arts and entertainment Tengiz Abuladze, film director Elene Akhvlediani, painter Nino Ananiashvili, ballerina Gela Babluani, film director; directed the acclaimed film 13 Tzameti Temur Babluani, film director Ramaz Chkhikvadze, theatre, cinema artist Georgi Daneliya, film director Haykanoush Danielyan, opera singer Lado Gudiashvili, painter Otar Ioseliani, film director Gayane Khachaturian, Georgian-Armenian painter Vakhtang Kikabidze, actor Yervand Kochar, Armenian painter Arpenik Nalbandyan, Armenian painter Dmitry Nalbandyan, Armenian painter Sergei Parajanov, producer Elena Satine, actor, singer Robert Sturua, director Natela Tchkonia, opera singer Georgy Tovstonogov, Russian theatre director Avksenty Tsagareli, playwright Zurab Tsereteli, artist, architect Marie Vorobieff, painter Ruben Zakharian, Armenian painter Sports figures Shota Arveladze, soccer player Maia Chiburdanidze, former women's world chess champion Vitali Daraselia, former football (soccer) player for Dinamo Tbilisi and the Soviet Union National Team Roman Dzindzichashvili, chess grandmaster Teymuraz Gabashvili, tennis player Nona Gaprindashvili, former women's world chess champion Elene Gedevanishvili, figure skater Kakha Kaladze, football (soccer) player for the Georgia national football team and AC Milan David Kipiani, former football (soccer) player for Dinamo Tbilisi and the Soviet Union National Team Zaza Pachulia, NBA player Tigran Petrosian, former world chess champion Murtaz Shelia, former football player for Dinamo Tbilisi and Manchester City Zurab Zviadauri, judoka Ilias Iliadis, judoka Tornike Shengelia (born 1991), basketball player Military figures Konstantine "Kote" Abkhazi, general Timur Apakidze, general Hovhannes Bagramyan, military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union Aleksei Brusilov, Russian cavalry general Anatoli Gekker, Soviet commander Giorgi Kvinitadze, founder of the Tbilisi Junker school Mikhail Tarielovich Loris-Melikov, general Giorgi Mazniashvili, general Other Mikael Aramyants, businessman and philanthropist Zurab Avalishvili, historian Arnold Chikobava, linguist Jeanne de Salzmann, mystic Pavel Florensky, philosopher, theologian Irene Galitzine, fashion designer Ivane Javakhishvili, historian, public benefactor Alexander Mantashev, prominent Armenian oil magnate, industrialist, financier, and philanthropist Tako Natsvlishvili, fashion