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
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