98 Notable alumni of Belarusian State University

Victor Pavlovich Sheinov is Professor of Psychology and Pedagogical Proficiency at the Institute of Higher Education under the auspices of the Belarusian State University (Minsk, Belarus). He is a member of the International Academy of Information Technologies and an author of more than 250 scientific works and over 40 books.

Tatsiana Kukhta is a Belarusian rower. She competed in the women's double sculls event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Stefan Grigorievich Samko is a mathematician active in the field of functional analysis, function spaces and operator theory. He is a retired professor of Mathematics at Algarve University and Rostov State University.

Oleg Manaev is a well-known Belarusian sociologist and public person.

Igor Serafimovich Tashlykov was a Soviet and Belarusian physicist, who was awarded the Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences degree (1989). He was a member of the Belarusian Physical Society (1995). He carried out research at the Research Institute of Applied Physical Problems (APP) of the Belarusian State University (1972-1989 - Senior Researcher), the Belarusian State Technological University (1989-2003 -...

Victor Ovcharenko was a Russian philosopher, sociologist, historian and psychologist. He also was a PhD., professor, academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (1997), academician of the Academy for Humanities Research (1998) and academician of the Academy of Pedagogical and Social Sciences (2000). He co-edited the journals The Psychoanalytical Bulletin, The Bulletin of Psychoanalysis, etc. He was a forerunner...

Dr. Prof. Zachar Vasiljevič Šybieka is a Belarusian historian and professor.

Valery Kavaleuski is a Belarusian diplomat and politician. On 9 August 2022, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya appointed Kavaleuski as Deputy Head and Representative for Foreign Affairs in the United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus that is opposed to the de facto government of Alexander Lukashenko.

Volha Samusik was a Belarusian rock singer and journalist.

Vladimir Grigoryevich Baryshevsky is a Soviet and Belarusian physicist, Honored Scientist of the Republic of Belarus, Winner of the State Prize of the Republic of Belarus. He is the founder and the leader of the scientific school "Nuclear optics of polarized media."

Viktar Sasunouski is a Greco-Roman wrestler from Belarus. He competed in the 80 kg weight category at the 2014 and 2015 World Championships and won a silver medal in 2015.

Olga Chupris is a Belarusian lawyer, deputy head of the Presidential Administration of Belarus (since 2019).

Barys Tasman, was a Belarusian journalist, sports reporter and sports analyst.

Jahor Aljaksandravič Marcinovič is a Belarusian journalist who is currently serving as chief editor of Nasha Niva since 2017. In July 2021 he was arrested for alleged debts of the newspaper to the electric company, estimated damage amounted to 10,000 Belarusian rubles ($3000). On March 15, 2022, he was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison. Human rights activists in Belarus...

Vladimir Kozlov, born 7 June 1956, is a film director and screenwriter from Belarus.

Fandas Shakirovich Safiullin was a Russian politician. A member of the Fatherland – All Russia party, he served in the Third State Duma from 1999 to 2003. As an ethnic Tatar, Safiullin fought for the rights of his people; for example, the right to use the Latin alphabet instead of the Cyrillic one.

Vitali Silitski was a Belarusian political scientist, analyst, the first director of the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies. He got his PhD in political science from the Rutgers University (New Jersey, U.S.). Silitski is the author of the concepts of preventive authoritarianism and authoritarian international. He was also a civil activist and blogger.

Aleh Mikalajewitsch Hulak (Belorussian Алег Мікалаевіч Гулак, Russian Олег Николаевич Гулак, Oleg Nikolajewitsch Gulak; was a Belarusian human rights defender. He was the chairman of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee. He was regarded as a leader of the Belarus human rights movement.

Jazep Pušča, born Iosif Paulavich Plaščinski, (Belarusian: Язэп Пушча / Язэп Паўлавіч Плашчынскі, (20 May [O.S. 7 May] 1902 — 14 September 1964) was a Belarusian poet, writer, critic and translator.

Elena Korosteleva is an academic researcher and principal investigator focusing on governance, democratisation, complexity and resilience. She is Professor of Politics and Global Sustainable Development and Director of the Institute for Global Sustainable Development at the University of Warwick and is visiting professor at the Oxford Belarus Observatory at the Oxford University.

Illia Salei is a Belarusian lawyer and pro-democracy activist, member of Viktar Babaryka's team and presidential campaign office at time of the 2020 Belarusian presidential election. Attorney of presidential candidates Viktar Babaryka and Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, as well as an opposition leader and a member of the presidium of the Coordination Council of Belarus Maria Kalesnikava. Former political prisoner and prisoner...

Aleh Lukashevich is a Belarusian journalist, television presenter, director and photographer.

Anton Adamovič was a literary critic, novelist, publicist and historian.

Evgeny Perlin is a Belarusian journalist and television presenter.

Alexander Alhertavich Dabravolski is a Belarusian politician, lawyer, and radio physicist.

Nikolai Aleksandrovich Borisevich was a Soviet and Belarusian physicist and public figure. Borisevich is best known for his 1955 discovery of the stabilization and labilization phenomenon of electronically excited polyatomic molecules, but also developed the first optical filters to demonstrate infrared radiation.

Valery Vasilyevich Loshchinin was a Soviet and Russian diplomat. He served in various diplomatic roles from 1965 onwards, and was Ambassador of Russia to Belarus between 1996 and 1999, and Permanent Representative of Russia to International Organizations in Vienna from 1999 to 2001. He was also a deputy minister of Foreign Affairs from 2001 to 2002, First Deputy Minister of...

Alena Vasileŭna Aładava was a Soviet art historian and curator, who was Director of the Belarusian National Arts Museum from 1944 to 1977. Aladava was responsible for the reconstruction of the museum's collection in the post-war period in Belarus, tracking down lost collections, acquiring new pieces and undertaking expeditions to the country's regions in search of existing works.

Todar Klaštorny was a Belarusian romantic poet, translator and a victim of Stalin’s purges.

Anatol Iustsinavich Azhgirey, better known by the literary pseudonym of Anatol Volny (Belarusian: Анатоль Вольны) was a Belarusian artist, poet, writer and journalist. During the Great Purge, he became a victim of the 1937 mass execution of Belarusians. He was posthumously rehabilitated in 1957.

Siarhiej Dubaviec is a Belarusian journalist and writer.

Anatoli Abramovich Gantvarg is an international grandmaster in international draughts from Belarus. He won the Draughts World Championships in 1978, 1980, 1984 and 1985, as well as four Soviet Union championships (1969–1981). In 1984 and 1985 he was selected as Belarus Sportsperson of the Year.

Alena Mikalajeŭna Kupchyna is a Belarusian diplomat, currently serving as Co-ordinator of Activities to Address Transnational Threats at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). Previously, she was the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Austria and the Republic of Croatia (non-resident), as well as the Permanent Representative of Belarus to...

Aleh Anatolievich Trusaŭ is a Belarusian historian, archaeologist, politician, and social activist. He is one of the founders of the BPF Party and the Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly, both of which are organizations and parties with a national and independence-oriented character. From 1990 to 1995, he was a deputy to the Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic/Supreme Council...

Adam Maldzis was a Belarusian historian, literary critic, author and journalist. He was described as "a patriarch of Belarusian humanities", "an excellent connoisseur of literature" and "a living bridge between Belarus and the scholars of Belarusian studies around the world". He was “the author of unique studies of the Old Belarusian literature ”.

Slavamir Henrykhovich Adamovich is a Belarusian poet, publicist, and translator of Norwegian literature. In the 1990s, he was known as a far-right, nationalist political activist. In 1996, he was arrested, partly due to the writing of his poem Ubiej prezidenta (Kill the President). He is noted for being the first writer in the history of independent Belarus to be sentenced...

Javid Shakirovich Hamzatau is a Russian-born Belarusian wrestler who competes in the Greco-Roman 84–85 kg division. He won bronze medals at the 2013 World Championships, 2013 Universiade, and 2016 Olympics.

Piatro Kuzmich Kravchanka is a Belarusian diplomat, political scientist, historian and politician. He was the last foreign minister of the Byelorussian SSR for ten days from 17 to 27 July 1990. He became the first Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1990 to 1994. He served as a deputy leader of Supreme Soviet of Belarus from 15 May 1990 to 27...

Siarhei Iosifavich Navumchyk is a Belarusian journalist and politician.

Petro Glebka was a Belarusian Soviet poet, playwright, translator, academic and public figure.

Alena Mikalajeŭna Anisim is a Belarusian opposition politician, linguist and former member of the House of Representatives of Belarus, the lower house of the National Assembly of Belarus. She is additionally the head of the banned Francišak Skaryna Belarusian Language Society.

Katsiaryna Anatolewna Barysevich is a Belarusian journalist. She is a staff correspondent for the independent news site Tut.By. She has worked for European Radio for Belarus and other media. She reported on the death of Raman Bandarenka in 2020. She was arrested on November 19, 2020, in Minsk.

Maksim Łužanin, was a Belarusian prose writer, poet, screenwriter, translator, essayist, and a literary critic. In 1969, he was awarded for the Honored Artist of the Byelorussian SSR and in 1975, Łužanin was awarded with the honorary badge Meritorious Activist of Culture of Polish People's Republic.

Maryna Aliaksandrauna Arzamasova is a Belarusian middle-distance runner.

Dumitru Diacov is a Moldovan politician, former President of the Moldovan Parliament, member of the Parliament of Moldova in several consecutive terms since the year 2005 and formerly between 1994 and 2001. He was the leader of the Democratic Party of Moldova from 1997 to 2009, when he was succeeded as party chairman by Marian Lupu.

Hienadz Mikalaevich Buraukin was a Belarusian poet, journalist and diplomat.

Pyotr Andreievitch Abrasimov was a Soviet politician who became a career diplomat. He served his country as ambassador successively in China, France, Poland and East Germany.

Vsevolod Yanchevsky is a Belarusian politician and statesman. In 2008-17, he was Advisor of the President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko — Head of Ideology Department of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Belarus. In 2017-22, Yanchevsky was Director of the Hi-Tech Park.

Aleś Dudar was the pen name of Aliaksandr Dajlidovič (Belarusian: Аляксандр Дайлідовіч; 24 December 1904 – 29 October 1937), a Belarusian poet, critic, translator and a victim of Stalin's purges.

Yury Melnichek is a Belarusian tech-entrepreneur, venture investor and software engineer.

Dzianis Uladzimiravich Sidarenka was a Belarusian diplomat.

Ales Anatoljevich Michalevic (Belarusian: Але́сь Мiхале́вiч, Aleś Michalevič, Ales Mikhalevich, born 15 May 1975 in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR) is a Belarusian public figure and politician, candidate in the 2010 Belarusian presidential election.

Andrei Kureichik is a Belarusian screenwriter, playwright, director, and publicist.

Valancin Ryhoravič Viačorka is a Belarusian linguist, politician and former leader (1999–2007) of the Belarusian Popular Front (BNF), a Belarusian opposition party.

Maxim Aliaksandravič Znak is a Belarusian lawyer and politician, part of Viktar Babaryka's team, lawyer of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, and a member of the presidium of the Coordination Council formed during the 2020–21 Belarusian protests in opposition to the rule of Alexander Lukashenko. Along with fellow opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova, Znak actively participated in the demonstrations and protests against the Lukashenko...

Vinsent, real name Dzmitry Uladzіmіravich Papko is a Belarusian singer, hip-hop artist, and actor.

Pinchas Polonsky is a Russian-Israeli Jewish-religious philosopher, researcher, and educator active among the Russian-speaking Jewish community. He has written original books and a number of translations of works on Judaism.

Natalya Valyatsinawna Radina, also known as Natalya Radzina, is a Belarusian journalist and the editor-in-chief of the independent news site Charter 97, which publishes many articles critical of the regime of Belarusian president Aleksandr Lukashenko.

Uładzimir Arłou, known as U. A. Arlou is a Belarusian historian, writer, politician, and poet. He is chairman of the Belarusian PEN International.

Alyaksandr Uladzimiravich Kanyuk is a Belarusian jurist and statesman, former Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus (2011–2020).

Viktor Davidovich Kupreichik was a Belarusian chess grandmaster.

Nil Symonavich Hilevich was a Belarusian poet, a professor in the Belarusian State University, the author of more than 80 books of poetry, publications, and translations, and one of the founders of the Francišak Skaryna Belarusian Language Society.

Paval Kastancinavič Sieviaryniec is a Belarusian journalist and Christian democratic politician and youth leader and one of the founders of the Young Front.

Metropolitan Benjamin (Belarusian: Мітрапаліт Веніямі́н; Russian: Митрополит Вениамин, romanized: Mitropolit Veniamin; secular name Vital Ivanavič Tupieka (Belarusian: Віта́ль Іва́навіч Тупе́ка; Russian: Виталий Иванович Тупеко, romanized: Vitaly Ivanovich Tupeko; born 16 September 1968) is a Belarusian Orthodox bishop currently serving as Metropolitan of Minsk and as Patriarchal Exarch of the Belarusian Orthodox Church since 2020. He has also been Metropolitan of...

Andrei Ivanovich Ivanets is a Belarusian politician serving as minister of education since 2022. From 2019 to 2022, he was a member of the Council of the Republic.

Anatoly Vladimirovich Lebedko is a Belarusian politician and pro-democracy activist who is currently the head of the United Civic Party, an opposition party.

Yuri Gurski is an IT entrepreneur, co-founder and president of Flo.Health and several startups subsequently acquired by Facebook, Mail.ru Group, Google and Israeli billionaire Teddy Sagi.

Viсtor Martinovich is a Belarusian writer and art historian.

Francišak Valancinavič Viačorka (Viacorka) (Belarusian: Франці́шак Валянці́навіч Вячо́рка, Russian: Франтишек Валентинович Вечёрко, Frantishek Valentinovich Vechyorko, born 26 March 1988) is a politician and journalist from Belarus, President of the Digital Communication Network and non-resident fellow at the Atlantic Council.

Sunday Adelajalisten is the founder and senior pastor of the Embassy of the Blessed Kingdom of God for All Nations, an evangelical-charismatic megachurch and a Christian denomination in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Hanna Anatolyeuna Kanapatskaya or Anna Anatolyevna Kanopatskaya (Russian: А́нна Анато́льевна Канопа́цкая) (born 29 October 1976) is a Belarusian politician, former MP, lawyer, entrepreneur and candidate in the 2020 Belarusian presidential election. She is also a former parliamentary deputy, represented the United Civic Party of Belarus from 1995 to 2019 and served as an MP from 2016 to 2019. She is...

Ryhor Janavič Baradulin was a Belarusian poet, essayist and translator.

Kandrat Krapiva was a Soviet and Belarusian writer, playwright, social activist, and literary critic. He was the winner of two Stalin Prizes in 1941 and 1951 and winner of the USSR State Prize in 1971. From 1950 he was a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Belorussian SSR. He was a writer for the magazine, "Połymia".

Mikałaj Karłavič Ramanoŭski, also known by the pseudonym Kuźma Čorny (Belarusian:Кузьма Чорны, 24 June 1900 in Borki, Slutsk County, middle Belarus – 22 November 1944 in Minsk, Belarus) was a Belarusian poet, writer, dramatist, and opinion journalist. He studied at the pedagogue school in Niaśviž from 1916 until 1919. During the 1920s, he worked as a teacher in Słuck. In...

Piotr Ustsinavich Brouka was a Soviet Belarusian poet, more commonly recognized by his literary pseudonym Piatrus Brouka (Belarusian: Пятрусь Броўка, romanized: Piatruś Broŭka).

Lev Andreyevich Artsimovich, also transliterated Arzimowitsch, was a Soviet physicist known for his contributions to the Tokamak— a device that produces controlled thermonuclear fusion power.

Ivan Pavlovich Melezh was a Soviet and Belarusian writer and playwright.

Ihar Boki is a visually impaired Belarusian Paralympic swimmer. Competing at 4 Paralympics from 2012 to 2024, Boki has won 21 Gold Medals, 1 Silver, and 1 Bronze Medal. He is the most successful Para Swimmer in history. As of February 2013, he holds the S13 long course world records in 100, 200 and 400 metre freestyle, 50 and 100...

Vadim Gigin is a Belarusian propagandist, TV host, historian and politician. He was included into a sanctions list of the European Union in 2011–2016 and since 2023.

Dmitry Aleksandrovich Lukashenko or Dzmitry Alyaksandravich Lukashenka (Belarusian: Дзмітры Аляксандравіч Лукашэнка; born 23 March 1980) is a Belarusian businessman. He is the second-oldest son of Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus.

Dmitry Aleksandrovich Koldun is a Belarusian pop singer.

Maksim Mikalaevich "Max" Mirnyi is a Belarusian former professional tennis player.

Myechyslaw Ivanavich Hryb is a Belarusian politician who was the second head of state of Belarus from January to July 1994 and the second chairman of the Supreme Council of Belarus of Belarus from 1994 to 1996.

Aleksandr Mikhailovich Adamovich was a Soviet Belarusian writer, screenwriter, literary critic and democratic activist. He wrote in both the Russian and Belarusian languages.

Svetlana Alexandrovna Alexievich is a Belarusian investigative journalist, essayist and oral historian who writes in Russian. She was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time". She is the first writer from Belarus to receive the award.

Viktor Aleksandrovich Lukashenko or Viktar Alyaksandravch Lukashenka is a Belarusian politician and the eldest son of Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko. He currently serves as the president of the Belarus Olympic Committee. Previously, he served as a national security advisor to his father.

Stanislav Stanislavovich Shushkevich was a Belarusian politician and scientist who served as the first head of state of independent Belarus after it seceded from the Soviet Union, serving as the first chairman of the Supreme Soviet (also called chairman of Parliament or president) from 1991 to 1994. He supported social democratic reforms and played a key role in the creation...

Roman Dmitriyevich Protasevich or Raman Dzmitryevich Pratasevich is a Belarusian blogger and political activist. He was the editor-in-chief of the Telegram channel Nexta and chief editor of the Telegram channel Belarus of the Brain (Russian: Беларусь головного мозга).

Siarhei Mikalayevich Skrabets is a Belarusian politician and the public figure. He was deputy of the House of Representatives of Belarus in the second election, floor leader of the opposition parliament group Republiс, leader of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Svaboda), chairman of the commission of penology of Belarusian Helsinki Committee, and a participant of the presidential election in 2001...

Sergey Ivanovich Kalyakin was a Belarusian opposition politician who was the leader of the Belarusian Left Party "A Just World", until 2009 known as the Party of Communists of Belarus. He was the nephew of Nikolai Dementey, former chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic.

Aleś Razanaŭ was a Belarusian writer, poet and translator.

Pavel Grigorievich Sheremet was a Belarusian-born Russian and Ukrainian journalist who was imprisoned by the government of Belarus in 1997, sparking an international incident between Belarus and Russia. The New York Times has described him as "known for his crusading reports about political abuses in Belarus" and "a thorn in the side of Lukashenko's autocratic government". He was awarded the...

Veronika Valeryevna Tsepkalo or Veranika Valereuna Tsapkala is a Belarusian political activist.

Igor Vladimirovich Lutsky is a Belarusian politician serving as chairman of All-National TV since 2024. From 2020 to 2021, he served as minister of information. From 2021 to 2024, he served as deputy head of the Presidential Administration.

Viktar Dzmitryevich Babaryka is a Belarusian banker, philanthropist, public and opposition political figure who intended to become a candidate in the 2020 Belarusian presidential election.

Igor Petrovich Sergeenko is a Belarusian politician serving as speaker of the House of Representatives since 2024.

Pavel Pavlovich Latushko is a Belarusian politician and diplomat. He was the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Belarus from 2009 to 2012.