Editing Gomel (section)

==Notable residents==
[[File:Geishtor Leonid Grigorievich.JPG|thumb|130px|[[Leonid Geishtor]]]]
* [[Igor Avrunin]] (1957–2020), athlete
* [[Paluta Badunova]] (1885–1938), a prominent member of the Belarusian independence movement of the early 20th century, the only woman at [[Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic|the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic]] and a victim of Stalin's purges of 1937-38<ref>{{cite book | last=Rudling | first=Per A. | title=The rise and fall of Belarusian nationalism, 1906-1931 | publisher=University of Pittsburgh Press | publication-place=Pittsburgh, Pa. | date=2015 | isbn=978-0-8229-7958-6 | oclc=900622615}}</ref>
*[[Yitzchak Eizik Epstein]] (1770–1857), [[Hasidic Judaism|Hasidic]] rabbi, author of several works of [[Chabad philosophy]]<ref>[http://www.chabad.org/calendar/view/day_cdo/aid/281360/jewish/R-Eizik-of-Homel.htm R' Eizik of Homel]. ''Chabad.org''. Accessed 20 April 2014.</ref>
*[[Yuri Foreman]] (born 1980), the first Israeli boxing world champion
*[[Leonid Geishtor]] (born 1936), Belarusian Olympic champion and world champion sprint canoer
*[[Elena Ginko]] (born 1976), athlete
*[[Maria Kalesnikava]] (born 1982), professional flutist, political prisoner in [[Penal colony|Penal Colony no 4]]
*[[Boris Nayfeld]] (born 1947), former Belarusian/Russian mob boss
*[[Andrei Gromyko]] (1909–1989), a Soviet [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Soviet Union)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (1957–1985) and [[List of heads of state of the Soviet Union|Chairman]] of the [[Presidium of the Supreme Soviet]] (1985–1988)
*[[Gennady Korotkevich]] (born 1994), competitive programming champion
*[[Mikhail Grabovski]] (born 1984), retired professional ice hockey player, 10 seasons in the [[NHL]]
*[[Robert Landarsky]] (born 1936), artist
*[[Aaron Lebedeff]], (1873–1960) Yiddish singer
*[[Dick Manning]] (1912–1991), American songwriter<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110810105331732|title=Dick Manning}}</ref>
*[[Andrey Melnichenko (industrialist)|Andrey Melnichenko]] (born 1972), Russian businessman and billionaire
*[[Mark Petrokovets]] (1937–2006), scientist
* [[Yuri Rydkin]] (born 1979), poet
*[[Stanislaŭ Šabunieŭski]] (1868–1937), architect
*[[Seryoga]] (born 1976), rapper
*[[Larisa Shchiryakova]], journalist
*[[Bella Shumiatcher]] (1911–1990), pianist and music educator
*[[Sergei Sidorsky]] (born 1954), [[Prime Minister of Belarus]] from 2003 until December 2010
*[[Kanstantsin Sivtsov]] (born 1982), professional road cyclist
* [[Sergei Tikhanovsky]] (born 1978), political activist
*[[Lev Vygotsky]] (1896–1934), psychologist<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41211493|jstor = 41211493|title = PSYCHOLOGY: L. S. Vygotsky's "New" Theory of Mind|last1 = Wertsch|first1 = James V.|journal = The American Scholar|year = 1988|volume = 57|issue = 1|pages = 81–89}}</ref>
*[[Iryna Yatchanka]] (born 1965), Belarusian Olympic medal winner
*[[Greg Yezersky]] (born 1959), American engineer, consultant and university lecturer