Famous Belarusians in History - On This DayList of Belarusian People
- 1838-02-06 Yisrael Meir Kagan [Chofetz Chayim], Belarusian rabbi, born in Dzyatlava, Belarus (d. 1933)
- 1891-12-09 Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet, born in Minsk, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1917)
- 1892-02-22 David Dubinsky, Belarusian-born American labor leader (Freedom Award, 1969 Medal of Freedom), born in Brest, Russian Empire (d. 1982)
- 1898-02-27 Bronislaw Rutkowski, Belarusian organist, pedagogue, and composer, born in Komaje, Russian Empire (now Belarus) (d. 1964)
- 1900-05-27 Uładzimir Žyłka, Belarusian poet, born in Makaszy, Nesvizh, Russian Empire (d. 1933)
- 1905-12-17 Iosif Kheifits [Joseph Heifitz], Belarusian-Soviet film director (Member of the Government), born in Minsk, (d. 1995)
- 1913-08-13 Anatoly Bogatyrev, Belarusian composer, born in Vitebsk, Belarus (d. 2003)
- 1922-07-02 Genrikh Matusovich Vagner, Belarusian composer, born in Żyrardów, Poland (d. 2000)
- 1924-06-19 Wassil Bykau, Belarusian writer, born in Bytschki, Vitebsk Region (d. 2003)
- 1935-02-18 Sergei Cortez, Chilean-Belarusian composer (Jubilee and The Bear; Giordano Bruno), born in San Antonio, Chile (d. 2016)
- 1937-07-25 Dmitry Smolsky, Belarusian orchestral, choral, theater and pop music composer, and teacher (Belarusian State Academy of Music, 1962-2014), born in Minsk, Belorussian SSR (d. 2017)
- 1938-08-06 Igor Mikhailovich Luchenok, Belarusian composer and teacher, born in Minsk, Belarus (d. 2018)
- 1941-04-05 Viktor Kurentsov, Belarusian weightlifter (Olympic gold middleweight 1968; silver 1964; 5 x World C'ship gold middleweight), born in Tukhinka, Belarus (d. 2021)
- 1941-09-10 Pyotr Klimuk, Belarusian-Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 13, 18B, 30), born in Brest region, Soviet Union
- 1955-05-16 Olga Korbut, Soviet-Belarusian gymnast (4 x Olympic gold 1972, 76), born in Grodno, Belarus, Soviet Union
- 1962-09-25 Ales Bialiatski, Belarusian human rights advocate (founded Viasna, Nobel Peace Prize 2022), born in Vyartsilya, Karelia, Russia
- 1963-07-01 Igor Zhelezovski, Belarusian speed skater (record 6 x World Sprint Champion; Olympic silver 1994; bronze 1988), born in Orša, Byelorussia (d. 2021)
- 1965-10-13 Syarhyey Hyerasimets, Belarusian soccer midfielder (25 caps; Shakhter Donetsk, Dinamo Minsk) and manager (Okzhetpes, Piter Saint Petersburg), born in Kyiv, Ukraine (d. 2021)
- 1967-03-11 Sergei Bautin, Belarusian ice hockey defenceman (Olympic gold Unified Team 1992; Winnipeg Jets, Detroit Red Wings, San Jose Sharks), born in Rahachow, Belarus (d. 2022)
- 1968-08-10 Alex Andrievsky, Belarusian hockey player (Team Belarus, Olympics 1998), born in Minsk, Soviet Union
- 1968-08-15 Vassili Pankov, Belarusian NHL forward (Team Belarus, Olympics 1998), born in Minsk, Belarus
- 1969-04-18 Vladimir Tsyplakov, Belarusian NHL left wing (LA Kings, Belarus 1998), born in Inta, Soviet Union
- 1971-01-20 Andrei Skabelka, Belarusian ice hockey player and coach (Belarus, Olympics 1998), born in Minsk, Belarus
- 1971-04-16 Natasha Zvereva, Belarusian tennis ace (18 Grand Slam double titles), born in Minsk, Belarus
- 1972-01-13 Vitaly Scherbo, Belarusian gymnast (6 x Olympic gold CIS 1992; World C'ship gold x 12), born in Minsk, Belarus
- 1973-02-09 Svetlana Boginskaya, Soviet-Belarusian gymnast (3X Olympic gold - 1988, 1992), born in Minsk, Belorussian SSR, USSR
- 1974-02-21 Alexei Lojkin, Belarusian NHL forward (Belarus, Olympics 1998), born in Minsk, Belarus
- 1974-08-08 Andrei Mezin, Belarusian NHL goaltender (Team Belarus, Olympics 1998), born in Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union
- 1974-11-02 Ruslan Salei, Belarusian ice hockey defenceman (917 NHL games; died in Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash), born in Minsk, Belarus (d. 2011)
- 1975-05-29 Alexander Zhurik, Belarusian hockey defenseman (Belarus, Olympics 1998), born in Minsk, Belarus
- 1975-09-18 Kanstantsin Lukashyk, Belarusian pistol shooter (OLympic gold 1992), born in Hrodna, Belarus
- 1977-04-24 Siarhey Balakhonau, Belarusian writer, born in Gomel Region, Belarus
- 1978-04-07 Vladimir Voltchkov, Belarusian tennis player
- 1979-06-15 Yulia Nestsiarenka, Belarusian sprinter (Olympic gold, 2004), born in Brest, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
- 1979-09-06 Dzyanis Kowba, Belarusian soccer defensive midfielder (36 caps; PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara 247 games), born in Vitebsk, Belarus (d. 2021)
- 1981-05-01 Aliaksandr Hleb, Belarusian soccer winger (80 caps; VfB Stuttgart, Arsenal), born in Minsk, Belarus
- 1981-09-29 Siarhei Rutenka, Belarusian handball player, born in Minsk, Soviet Union
- 1982-09-11 Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarusian human rights activist and politician who claimed victory in the disputed 2020 Belarusian presidential election, born in Mikashevichy, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
- 1987-03-20 Sergei Kostitsyn, Belarusian hockey player
- 1989-07-31 Victoria Azarenka, Belarusian tennis player (Australian Open 2012-13), born in Minsk, Belarus
- 1991-02-19 Dasha Nekrasova. Belarusian-American actress (Succession) and filmmaker), born in Minsk, Belarus
- 1995-05-15 Ksenia Sitnik, Belarusian pop singer, born in Mazyr, Belarus
- 1996-04-18 Alexey Zhigalkovich, Belarusian singer-songwriter ("S druz'yami"), born in Minsk, Belarus
- 1998-05-05 Aryna Sabalenka, Belarusian tennis player (Australian Open women's singles 2023, 24; Australian Open doubles 2021; US Open doubles 2019), born in Minsk, Belarus
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