Editing Minsk (section)

== Notable people ==
{{main category|People from Minsk}}
*[[Andrei Pavlovich Ablameyko]] (born 1970), [[Belarusian Greek Catholic Church|Belarusian Greek Catholic]] priest
*[[Anton Adamovič]] (1909–1998), literary critic, novelist, publicist and historian
* [[Viktar Babaryka]] (born 1963), Belarusian public and opposition political figure, political prisoner<ref>{{cite web |title=VIKTAR BABARYKA Belarusian banker and public figure, presidential candidate, sentenced to 14 years in prison |url=https://prisoners.spring96.org/en/person/victar-babaryka |access-date=20 May 2022 |archive-date=16 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816004720/https://prisoners.spring96.org/en/person/victar-babaryka |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Maksim Bahdanovič]] (1891–1917), poet, considered one of the founders of modern Belarusian literature<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://belarusjournal.skaryna.org.uk/sites/default/files/JBS_1965_6_Maksim%20Bahdanovic%20in%20Byelorussian%20Literature.pdf |title=Maksim Bahdanovic in Byelorussian Literature BY VERA RICH |access-date=27 December 2021 |archive-date=27 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227233010/http://belarusjournal.skaryna.org.uk/sites/default/files/JBS_1965_6_Maksim%20Bahdanovic%20in%20Byelorussian%20Literature.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Masha Bruskina]] (1924–1941), World War II partisan
*[[Siarhei Bulba]] (born 1967), Belarusian politician, army officer and former leader of the paramilitary organisation White Legion
* [[Veronika Cherkasova]] (1959–2004), journalist<ref>{{cite web |title=Veronika Cherkasova Solidarnost {{!}} Killed in Minsk, Belarus {{!}} October 20, 2004 |url=https://cpj.org/data/people/veronika-cherkasova/ |access-date=20 April 2022 |archive-date=20 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220420223141/https://cpj.org/data/people/veronika-cherkasova/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 
*[[Olga Chupris]] (born 1969), first female Vice Rector of the Belarusian State University
*[[Avraham Even-Shoshan]] (1906–1984), Israeli linguist and lexicographer
*[[Olga Fadeeva]] (born 1978), actress
*[[Sophie Fedorovitch]] (1893–1953), ballet, opera and theatre designer, birthplace
*[[Ella German]] (born 1937), girlfriend of [[Lee Harvey Oswald]]
*[[Moisei Ginzburg]] (1892–1946), constructivist architect
*[[Gennady Grushevoy]] (1950–2014), academic, politician, human rights and environmental activist, winner of the 1999 Rafto Prize<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rafto.no/the-rafto-prize/gennady-grushevoy |title=Laureate 1999 Gennady Grushevoy |access-date=11 July 2021 |archive-date=2 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802193605/https://www.rafto.no/the-rafto-prize/gennady-grushevoy |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Alés Harun]] (1887–1920), poet, writer and journalist<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001523/http://www.belarus-misc.org/writer/a-harun.htm Poet Alies' Harun]</ref>
* [[Anatol Hrytskievich]] (1929–2015), Belarusian historian<ref>{{cite web |title=Well-known Belarusian historian Anatol Hrytskevich dies |date=21 January 2015 |url=https://euroradio.fm/en/well-known-belarusian-historian-anatol-hrytskevich-dies |access-date=15 February 2022 |archive-date=15 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215221359/https://euroradio.fm/en/well-known-belarusian-historian-anatol-hrytskevich-dies |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Hienadź Karpienka]] (1949–1999), scientist and politician<ref>{{cite web |title=How Lukashenka dealt with competitors for the presidential seat |date=12 July 2021 |url=https://news.house/42243 |access-date=1 May 2022}}</ref>
* [[Uładzimir Katkoŭski]] (1976–2007), one of the founders of the Belarusian Wikipedia<ref>{{cite web |title=У "Беларускай Вікіпедыі" 200 тысяч артыкулаў (There are [now] 200,000 articles in the Belarusian Wikipedia)(in Belarusian) |url=https://www.polskieradio.pl/396/7816/Artykul/2650592,%D0%A3-%C2%AB%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B9-%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%96%C2%BB-200-%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%8F%D1%87-%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%9E |access-date=20 February 2022}}</ref>
* [[Jauhien Kulik]] (1937–2002), artist and graphic designer who designed the 1991–95 coat of arms of Belarus, which was a version of the medieval symbol [[Pahonia]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Jauhien Kulik's first exhibition at the National Art Museum. 7 episodes about the artist from "Attic" (Першая выстава Яўгена Куліка ў Нацыянальным мастацкім музэі. 7 эпізодаў пра мастака з "Паддашку" )(in Belarusian) |newspaper=Радыё Свабода |date=30 October 2018 |url=https://www.svaboda.org/a/29573514.html |access-date=23 April 2022 |last1=Карней |first1=Ігар }}</ref>
* [[Pavel Latushka]] (born 1973), Belarusian politician and opposition leader<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://belsat.eu/en/news/05-05-2021-pavel-latushka-announces-new-protest-action-in-may|title=Pavel Latushka announces new protest in May|website=belsat.eu|access-date=1 August 2021|archive-date=1 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801133622/https://belsat.eu/en/news/05-05-2021-pavel-latushka-announces-new-protest-action-in-may/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://kupalauski.by/en/teatr/news/pavel-latushka-has-been-appointed-as-general-director-of-janka-kupa-a-theatre/ |title=Pavel Latushka Has Been Appointed as General Director of Janka Kupała Theatre |access-date=1 August 2021 |archive-date=1 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801133624/https://kupalauski.by/en/teatr/news/pavel-latushka-has-been-appointed-as-general-director-of-janka-kupa-a-theatre/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Maryna Linchuk]] (born 1987), fashion model
*[[Ivan Lubennikov]] (1951–2021), Russian painter, birthplace
* [[Janka Lučyna]] (Jan Niesłuchowski) (1851–1897), poet<ref>[https://budzma.org/news/janka-luchyna-170-gadou.html Янка Лучына: 170 гадоў з дня нараджэння (Janka Lučyna: 170 years from birth)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228210052/https://budzma.org/news/janka-luchyna-170-gadou.html |date=28 December 2021 }} (in Belarusian)</ref>
* [[Leanid Marakou]] (1958–2016), journalist, writer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://charter97.org/en/news/2016/12/19/234921/|title=Writer And Historian Leanid Marakou Died|website=charter97.org|access-date=24 January 2022|archive-date=24 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124204556/https://charter97.org/en/news/2016/12/19/234921/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Valery Marakou|Valery Marakoǔ]] (1909–1937), Belarusian poet and translator, victim of [[Great Purge|Stalin's purges]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.marakou.org/en/v-marakou.html|title=Valery Marakou • Leanid Marakou|date=30 July 2012|website=Leanid Marakou}}{{Dead link|date=March 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 
* [[Yan Matusevich]] (1946–1998) Catholic priest, and dean of the [[Belarusian Greek Catholic Church]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Айцец Ян Матусевіч, першы пробашч парафіі Сьв.Язэпа (1948-1998) (Father Yan Matusievich, first pastor of St. Joseph Parish (1948-1998) (in Belarusian) |url=http://svjazep.org/index.php?newsid=23 |access-date=24 January 2022 |archive-date=24 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124231024/http://svjazep.org/index.php?newsid=23 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Louis B. Mayer]] (1884–1957), American film producer, one of the founders of [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]
*[[Bronislava Nijinska]] (1890–1972), ballerina and choreographer of the Ballets Russes, birthplace
*[[Lee Harvey Oswald]] (1939–1963), assassin of US President [[John F Kennedy]], resided in Minsk from January 1960 to June 1962
*[[Hillel Pewsner]] (1922–2008), Chabad posek (legal scholar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gur |first=Nachman |date=2008-10-03 |title=הגאון רבי הלל פבזנר זצ"ל - בחדרי חרדים |url=https://www.bhol.co.il/news/69465 |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=www.bhol.co.il |language=he |archive-date=1 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240901183613/https://www.bhol.co.il/news/69465 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Grigoriy Plaskov]] (1898–1972), Soviet artillery lieutenant, birthplace
*[[Alexander Rybak]] (born 1986), winner of the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2009]] for Norway, birthplace
* [[Uładzimier Samojła]] (1878–1941), Belarusian critic, philosopher, journalist and a victim of Stalin's purges
* [[Vitali Silitski]] (1972–2011), political scientist, analyst, the first director of the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies<ref>{{cite web |title=10 years ago Vitali Silitski passed away. His ideas live |url=https://belinstitute.com/en/article/10-years-ago-vitali-silitski-passed-away-his-ideas-live |access-date=19 February 2022 |archive-date=19 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219224004/https://belinstitute.com/en/article/10-years-ago-vitali-silitski-passed-away-his-ideas-live |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Aliaksiej Skoblia]] (nom de guerre Aliaksiej "Tur") (1990–2022), Belarusian fighter-volunteer of the [[Kastuś Kalinoŭski Battalion]] posthumously awarded the title “Hero of Ukraine”<ref>{{cite news |title="Беларускага байца Аляксея Скоблю пасьмяротна ўганаравалі званьнем Героя Ўкраіны" [Belarusian fighter Aliaksiej Skoblia posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine]. Радыё Свабода / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (in Belarusian). |newspaper=Радыё Свабода |date=13 April 2022 |url=https://www.svaboda.org/a/31800987.html |access-date=15 April 2022 |last1=Свабода |first1=Радыё |archive-date=13 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413114621/http://www.svaboda.org/a/31800987.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Vanda Skuratovich]] (1925–2010), Roman Catholic activist
*[[Stanislav Shushkevich]] (1934–2022), Belarusian politician and scientist, the first head of state of independent Belarus<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://arbeitaneuropa.com/interviews/stanislav-shushkevich/|title=Arbeit an Europa|access-date=13 July 2021|archive-date=13 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713104751/https://arbeitaneuropa.com/interviews/stanislav-shushkevich/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=First leader of independent Belarus Stanislau Shushkevich has died. The life story of personality and politician (Памёр першы кіраўнік незалежнай Беларусі Станіслаў Шушкевіч. Шлях асобы і палітыка)(in Belarusian) |url=https://www.svaboda.org/a/31822342.html |access-date=4 May 2022 |archive-date=4 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504062706/https://www.svaboda.org/a/31822342.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Stefaniya Stanyuta]] (1905–2000), theater and movie actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Stefaniya Stanyuta |url=https://moviefit.me/persons/115030-stefaniya-stanyuta |access-date=29 April 2022 |archive-date=29 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220429225641/https://moviefit.me/persons/115030-stefaniya-stanyuta |url-status=live }}</ref> 
*[[Death of Alexander Taraikovsky|Alexander Taraikovsky]] (1986–2020), entrepreneur killed during the protests against the [[2020 Belarusian presidential election]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/16/shot-right-in-the-chest-partner-denies-belarus-protester-was-killed-by-own-bomb|title='Shot right in the chest': partner denies Belarus protester died from own bomb|agency=Associated Press|date=16 August 2020|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref>
*[[Barys Tasman]] (1954–2022), journalist, sports writer
*[[George Tsisetski]] (born 1985), film director, screenwriter, dramatist and visual artist
*[[Rachel Wischnitzer]] (1885–1989), architect and art historian
*[[Jazep Jucho]] (1921–2004), lawyer, historian and writer and a leading Belarusian authority on the [[Statutes of Lithuania|laws of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania]]<ref>[https://law.bsu.by/pub/31/Uho_2.pdf Памяць і слава: Іосіф Аляксандравіч Юхо. Да 90-годдзя з дня нараджэння [Memory and Glory: Josif Aliaksandravič Jucho<nowiki>]</nowiki> / Рэдкал.: С.А. Балашэнка і інш. Мінск: БДУ, 2011]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805071617/https://law.bsu.by/pub/31/Uho_2.pdf |date=5 August 2021 }}</ref>
*[[Simcha Zorin]] (1902–1974) World War II partisan
*[[Asher ben Löb Günzburg]] (1754–1823), rabbi

===Musicians===

* [[Angelica Agurbash]] (born 1970), Belarusian singer, Eurovision participant<ref>{{cite web |title=Belarus places extradition request for Eurovision 2005 star Angelica Agurbash, who faces a potential prison sentence for supporting the pro-democracy protests |date=7 July 2021 |url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2021/07/07/belarus-places-extradition-request-for-angelica-agurbash/265968/ |access-date=16 May 2022}}</ref>
*[[Marina Gordon]] (1917–2013) soprano, birthplace<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yiddishcenter.org/post/marina-masha-gordon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422211937/https://www.yiddishcenter.org/post/marina-masha-gordon|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 April 2021|title=Marina (Masha) Gordon|date=24 March 2021}}</ref>
*[[Irma Jaunzem]] (1897–1975), mezzo-soprano singer and folk song specialist
*[[Boris Khaykin]] (1904–1978), conductor
*[[Yung Lean]] (born 1996), Swedish rapper & musician, birthplace
* [[Źmicier Sidarovič]] (1965–2014), musician<ref>{{cite news |title=Зьміцер Сідаровіч, музыка з Краіны талераў (Źmicier Sidarovič, a musician from the Taler Country)(in Belarusian) |newspaper=Радыё Свабода |date=26 January 2015 |url=https://www.svaboda.org/a/26803399.html |access-date=15 February 2022 |last1=Арлоў |first1=Уладзімер }}</ref>
*[[Lavon Volski]] (born 1965), musician<ref>{{cite web |title=Banned In Belarus |date=13 September 2016 |url=https://pressroom.rferl.org/a/lavon-volski/27983759.html |access-date=6 May 2022 |archive-date=17 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517043151/https://pressroom.rferl.org/a/lavon-volski/27983759.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Sport ===
[[File:Raskina10-syd20000929blr-450ver2.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Yulia Raskina]]]]
[[File:2022-12-22 ALBA Berlin gegen Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. (EuroLeague 2022-23) by Sandro Halank–066.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Roman Sorkin]]]]
*[[Andrei Arlovski]] (born 1979), grew up and lived in Minsk before moving to the US to fight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship
*[[Victoria Azarenka]] (born 1989), former World No. 1 tennis player and 2012 and 2013 Australian Open winner, born in Minsk moving to [[Arizona]] at 16
*[[Yuri Bessmertny]] (born 1987), kickboxer
*[[Svetlana Boginskaya]] (born 1973), gold medal-winning gymnast at the 1988 and [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Olympics]], birthplace
*[[Isaac Boleslavsky]] (1919–1977), chess grandmaster
*[[Darya Domracheva]] (born 1986), gold (4 times) and bronze medal-winning biathlete at the 2010 and [[2014 Winter Olympics]]
*[[Boris Gelfand]] (born 1968), Israeli chess Grandmaster
*[[Max Geller (Wrestler)|Max Geller]] (born 1971), Israeli Olympic wrestler
*[[Alexei Ignashov]] (born 1978), kickboxer, multiple Muay Thai and K-1 world champion
*[[Oleg Karavayev]] (1936–1978), wrestler and Olympic champion
* [[Viktor Kupreichik|Viktar Kuprejčyk]] (1949–2017), chess grandmaster<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chess.co.uk/products/victor-kupreichik-the-maestro-from-minsk|title=Victor Kupreichik: The Maestro from Minsk|website=Chess and Bridge|access-date=23 January 2022|archive-date=23 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123220511/https://chess.co.uk/products/victor-kupreichik-the-maestro-from-minsk|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Isaak Mazel]] (1911–1945), chess master
*[[Max Mirnyi]] (born 1977), tennis player
*[[Aleksey Orlovich]] (born 2002), Belarusian professional footballer
*[[Artsiom Parakhouski]] (born 1987), basketball player
*[[Yulia Raskina]] (born 1982), individual rhythmic gymnast, won the All-Around Silver at the 2000 Sydney Olympics
* [[Roman Rubinshteyn]] (born 1996), Belarusian-Israeli basketball player in the [[Israeli Basketball Premier League]]
*[[Aryna Sabalenka]] (born 1998), [[2023 Australian Open – Women's singles|2023 Australian Open]] winner and former [[List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players|world No. 1 tennis player]], born in Minsk moving to [[Miami]] at 23
* [[Yegor Sharangovich]] (born 1998), ice hockey player
*[[Yuri Shulman]] (born 1975), Belarusian-American chess grandmaster
*[[Mark Slavin]] (1954–1972), Israeli Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler and victim of the [[Munich massacre]] at the 1972 Summer Olympics
*[[Anna Smashnova]] (born 1976), Belarusian-born Israeli tennis player
*[[Roman Sorkin]] (born 1996), Belarusian-born Israeli basketball player in the [[Israeli Basketball Premier League]]
*[[Diana Vaisman]] (born 1998), Belarusian-born Israeli sprinter