List of personalities of the city of Gomel
The following list contains people who were born in Gomel in chronological order according to the year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.
To 1900
- Pyotr Karpovich (1874–1917), Russian social revolutionary
- Aaron Lebedeff (1875–1960), Jewish theater actor
- Alexander Zalmanov (1875–1964), Russian and French doctor, gerontologist
- Paluta Badunowa (1885–1938), Russian-Belarusian teacher and politician
- Eliyahu Dessler (1891–1953), rabbi, Talmud scholar and Jewish philosopher
- Michail Schambadal (1891–1964), Soviet translator
- Lev Wygotski (1896–1934), psychologist, founder of the cultural-historical school and theory of activity
- Alexander Lisjukow (1900–1942), Soviet major general
1901 to 1950
- Fredric Rand Mann (1903–1987), American entrepreneur and ambassador
- Lew Schnirelman (1905–1938), Russian mathematician
- Anna Riwkin-Brick (1908–1970), Swedish photographer
- Yevgeny Afanassenko (1914–1993), Soviet diplomat and politician
- Marek Edelman (1919–2009), Polish cardiologist, politician and a commander of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising (1943)
- Jelena Rschewskaja (1919–2017), Soviet-Russian writer
- Michail Budyko (1920–2001), Russian climatologist, geophysicist and geographer
- Ilja Kremer (1922–2020), Russian or Soviet historian, Germanist and political scientist
- Ilja Bela Schulmann (1922–2014), Soviet interpreter
- Georgi Lopato (1924-2003), computer pioneer
- Anatoly Malofejew (* 1933), Soviet-Belarusian politician
1951 to 1970
- Yevgeny Gavrilenko (* 1951), Soviet hurdler
- Jauhen Haurylenka (* 1951), Soviet-Belarusian hurdler
- Alexander Jakowenko (* 1954), Russian diplomat
- Sjarhej Sidorski (* 1954), head of government in Belarus from 2003 to 2010
- Irina Uschakowa (* 1954), fencer
- Nikolai Kirov (* 1957), 800 m runner and 1980 Olympic medalist
- Iryna Jatchanka (* 1965), discus thrower and Olympic medalist
- Uladsimir Kapytau (* 1965), Belarusian wrestler
- Eduard Burza (* 1967), German actor, voice actor and fight choreographer of Belarusian origin
- Sjarhej Rumas (* 1969), politician and economist
- Gennadij Chalepo (* 1969), German handball trainer and former Belarusian handball player
1971 to 1980
- Andrei Melnichenko (* 1972), Russian billionaire and entrepreneur
- Wiktor Michalewski (* 1972), Israeli chess player
- Tatsiana Kostromina (* 1973), table tennis player
- Jelena Rudkowskaja (* 1973), swimmer
- Vitali Feshchanka (* 1974), handball player
- Andrej Klimovets (* 1974), German handball player of Belarusian origin
- Seryoga (born 1976), rapper
- Veronika Groiss (* 1977), opera and concert singer
- Ihar Makarau (* 1979), judo fighter and Olympic medalist in 2004
- Alena Popchanka (* 1979), Belarusian and French swimmer
- Yuri Foreman (* 1980), Israeli professional boxer of Belarusian origin and former world champion of the WBA in the light middleweight division
- Alesia Graf (* 1980), German boxer of Belarusian origin in the super bantamweight division
From 1981
- Wassil Kiryenka (* 1981), track and road cyclist, winner of the 2015 European Games
- Kanstanzin Siuzou (* 1982), racing cyclist
- Maxim Niederhauser (* 1984), Austrian construction technician, non-fiction and novelist
- Wolha Sudarawa (* 1984), long jumper
- Uladsimir Weramejenka (* 1984), basketball player
- Anton Ameltschanka (* 1985), soccer goalkeeper
- Anastasia Hagen (* 1985), Ukrainian model and porn actress
- Zimafej Dsejnitschenka (* 1986), wrestler
- Sjarhej Betau (* 1987), tennis player
- Anton Prakapenja (* 1988), handball player
- Michail Schysneuski (1988–2014), journalist and political activist, one of the first victims of the Euromaidan and hero of Ukraine
- Barbara Prakopenka (* 1992), German actress of Belarusian descent
- Alexander Ivanov (* 1994), singer
- Aljaksandra Hisels (* 1995), billiard player