List of people from Tbilisi

• Irakli Bagration-Mukhraneli, Georgian prince, exiled to Spain
• Tsotne Bakuria, legislature member of Autonomous Republic of Adjara, Georgia
• Kakha Bendukidze, Georgian businessman
• Lavrenti Beria, head of the NKVD, supervisor and one of the initiators of the Soviet Union's Nuclear Project
• Giga Bokeria, Georgian political leader
• Ilia Chavchavadze, writer, politician, public benefactor
• Gela Charkviani, politician, current Ambassador of Georgia in the UK
• Kakutsa Cholokashvili, national hero of Georgia
• Zviad Gamsakhurdia, former president of Georgia
• Alexander Griboedov, diplomat, playwright, composer
• Tedo Isakadze, politician and business founder
• Vyacheslav Ivankov, Russian mafia boss and thief in law
• Merab Kostava, national hero and anti-Soviet activist
• Zurab Pololikashvili, 6th Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization
• Mikheil Saakashvili, former president of Georgia
• Eduard Shevardnadze, former president of Georgia and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union
• Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union
• Ekvtime Takaishvili, politician and public benefactor
• Giorgi Targamadze, Georgia politician
• Aslan Usoyan, Georgian mobster, Russian mafia boss and thief in law
• Noe Zhordania, Prime Minister of independent Georgia in 1918-1921
• Irakli Zhorzholiani, politician and scientist
• Zurab Zhvania, former prime minister of Georgia

Writers

• Boris Akunin, writer
• Hovaness Toumanian, poet and writer
• Nikoloz Baratashvili, poet and writer
• Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, one of the most influential Georgian writers of the 20th century
• Mirza Fatali Akhundov, writer
• Hakob Melik-Hakobyan (Raffi), writer
• Ryurik Ivnev, poet
• Dagny Juel, writer
• Nar-Dos, Armenian writer
• Zurab Samadashvili, writer and playwright
• Akaki Tsereteli, writer
• Lesya Ukrainka, Ukrainian poet
• Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt, writer
• Chabua Amirejibi, writer

Scientists, engineers, designers and inventors

• Malkhaz Abdushelishvili, scientist
• Andria Apakidze, scientist
• Viktor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian, astronomer
• Georgy Mikhailovich Beriev, aircraft designer, founder of the Beriev Design Bureau
• Felix d'Herelle, French-Canadian microbiologist, one of the discoverers of bacteriophages
• Revaz Dogonadze, physicist
• Tamaz Gamkrelidze, linguist
• Joseph Jordania, ethnomusicologist, evolutionary musicologist
• Alexander Kartveli, aircraft engineer
• Gustav Radde, scientist
• Alexander de Seversky, aircraft engineer
• Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich, mineralogist and geologist

Musicians, singers and composers

• Robert Bardzimashvili, singer, founder of Orera, Via-75
• Lisa Batiashvili, violinist
• Rashid Behbudov, singer
• Paata Burchuladze, operatic bass, civil activist and politician
• Feodor Chaliapin, opera singer
• Irakli Charkviani, Georgian poet and rock/pop singer
• 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
• İdris Ağalarov, opera singer
• 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, pianist
• Lev Vlassenko, pianist
• Elena Dzamashvili, pianist
• Nicolas Namoradze, pianist and composer

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
• Robert Kondakhsazov, Georgian-born artist, writer and philosopher
• 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 player for Dinamo Tbilisi and the Soviet Union National Team
• Merab Dvalishvili, mixed martial-artist in the UFC and current holder of the UFC Bantamweight Championship
• Roman Dzindzichashvili, chess grandmaster
• Teymuraz Gabashvili, tennis player
• Nona Gaprindashvili, former women's world chess champion
• Elene Gedevanishvili, figure skater
• Kakha Kaladze, football player for the Georgia national football team and AC Milan
• David Kipiani, former football player for Dinamo Tbilisi and the Soviet Union National Team
• Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, football player for Napoli and the Georgia national football 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, basketball player

Military figures

• Konstantine "Kote" Abkhazi, general
• Timur Apakidze, general
• Pavel Bermondt–Avalov, major general and warlord
• 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
• Ivan Abamelik -, 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
• George Maisuradze, professor
• Alexander Mantashev, prominent Armenian oil magnate, industrialist, financier, and philanthropist
• Tako Natsvlishvili, fashion model
• Tamar Tumanyan, Soviet Armenian architect

Honorary citizens