People
- Leonid Geishtor, Belarusian Olympic champion and world champion sprint canoer
- Andrei Gromyko, a Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (1957–1985) and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1985–1988)
- Iryna Yatchanka, Belarusian Olympic medal winner
- Sergei Kurek – famous Belarussian bluesman. Shared stage with such worldknown bluesgiants Charlie Musselwhite, Kim Willson(Fabulous Thunderbirds), Sonny Landreth.
- Sergei Sidorsky, Prime Minister of Belarus from 2003 until December 2010
- Seryoga, rapper (often referred to as the Slavic Eminem)
- Igor Polotsky, famous watchmaker
- Kanstantsin Siutsou, professional road cyclist
- Mikhail Grabovski, professional ice hockey player, currently with the Toronto Maple Leafs
- Harry and Bryna Danielovich, the parents of Kirk Douglas emigrated from Gomel, although he was born in Amsterdam, New York
- Yuri Sharapov and Elena Sharapova, the parents of Maria Sharapova, left Gomel after the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986
- Mikhas Brusovanik, pioneer of Belarusian Rock Music, leader of the band Accent and member of the band Otrazhenie
- Aaron Lebedeff (1873–1960) Yiddish singer
- Yuri Foreman, the first Israeli boxing world champion
- Dimitry Fomkin, World famous stunt bike rider
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