Editing Batumi (section)

== Notable people ==
Notable people who are from or have resided in Batumi:
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* [[Irakli Alasania]] (*1973), Georgian politician, [[Ministry of Defense of Georgia|Minister of Defense]]
* [[Herbert Backe]] (1896–1947), [[Nazi Germany|Reich]] [[Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (Germany)|Minister of Food]] in [[Nazi Germany]]
* [[Ioseb Bardanashvili]] (*1948), composer
* [[Khatia Buniatishvili]] (*1987), concert pianist
* [[Odysseas Dimitriadis]] (1908–2005), Greek-Soviet music conductor
* [[Roman Dolidze]] (*1988), mixed martial artist
* [[Mary, Princess Eristavi]] (1888–1986), Georgian princess and model
* [[Fadiko Gogitidze]] (1916-1940), Adjara's first woman pilot
* {{Interlanguage link|Victor Asrielevich Grossman|ru|3=Гроссман, Виктор Азриэлевич|WD=}}, (1887–1978), writer
* [[Devi Khajishvili]] (*1991), actor
* [[Sopho Khalvashi]] (*1986), first Georgian entrant to the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2007]]
* [[Mindia Khitarishvili]] (*1973), composer
* [[Konstantin Meladze]] (*1963), composer and producer
* [[Valery Meladze]] (*1965), singer
* [[Katie Melua]], singer
* [[Aramashot Papayan]], Armenian playwright, screenwriter, actor and director
* [[Lado Seidishvili]] (1931–2010), Georgian painter and poet
* [[Arkady and Boris Strugatsky]] (1925–1991 ; 1933–2012), science fiction authors
* [[William Horwood Stuart]] (1857–1906), British diplomat who was murdered there in 1906
* [[Sergei Yesenin]] (1895–1925), Russian lyrical poet
* [[Fyodor Yurchikhin]] (*1959), astronaut
* [[Lamara Chkonia]] (1930–2024), Georgian soprano
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