List of Ukrainians
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This is a partial list of famous or notable people of who are ethnically Ukrainian, speak/write in the Ukrainian language, were important to the development of Ukraine culturally or politically, or who were born on today's Ukrainian territory. In the interest of fairness and accuracy, a minority of persons of mixed or foreign heritage have their respective ancestries credited.
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[edit] Academics
[edit] Biologists/Physicians
- Mykola Amosov
- Oleksandr Bohomolets
- Tatiana Davydova
- Theodosius Dobzhansky
- Katherine Esau
- Volodymyr Filatov
- Waldemar Haffkine
- Dimitri Ivanovski
- Trofim Lysenko
- Ilya Mechnikov, microbilogist, Nobel Prize in Medicine (1908)
- Jaroslaw Nowicky
- Svitlana P. Sydorenko
- Vladimir Vernadsky, mineralogist, biochemist
- Danylo Zabolotny
[edit] Chemists
- Anatoly Babko
- George Kistiakowsky
- Ivan Horbachevsky
- Alexander Shchukarev, chemist, computer scientist
- Sviatoslaw Trofimenko
- Boris Tyutyunnikov
- Selman Waksman, biochemist, Nobel Prize (1952)
[edit] Computer scientists
- Viktor Hlushkov
- Sergei Lebedev, first programmable computer in Continental Europe
[edit] Doctors & Surgeons
- Volodymyr Filatov, ophthalmologist
[edit] Economists
- Mikhail Tugan Baranovsky
- Simon Kuznets, Nobel Prize (1971)
- Eugen Slutsky (1880-1948), Slutsky equation (born in Russian Empire, in the territory of Ukraine)
[edit] Engineers
- Oleg Antonov, aircraft designer
- Jacques Bogopolsky, movie cameras
- Vladimir Chelomei, ballistic missile and spacecraft designer
- Valentin Glushko, rocket engineer
- Nicholas Holonyak, first visible light-emitting diode
- Mykola Kibalchich, rocket science pioneer
- Yuri Kondratyuk, spaceflight pioneer
- Sergey Korolev, first spacecraft designer
- Roman Kroitor
- Vladimir Mackiw, mining engineer
- Aleksandr A. Morozov, tank designer, patron of the Morozov Design Bureau
- Yevhen Paton, welding engineer
- Alexander Samakula, anti-reflective coating for optical lenses
- Igor Sikorsky, inventor of helicopter
- Stepan Timoshenko, father of modern engineering mechanics
[edit] Historians
- Volodymyr Antonovych, also folklorist
- Dmytro Horbachov historian of art
- Dmytro Doroshenko
- Mykhaylo Drahomanov also political emigre and folklorist
- Michael Hetman historian of mines
- Mykhailo Hrushevsky, also political leader
- Taras Hunczak
- Mykola Kostomarov, also literary historian, folklorist
- George S. N. Luckyj, literary historian
- Mykhaylo Maksymovych, also literary historian, folklorist
- Oleksander Ohloblyn
- Nataliia Polonska-Vasylenko
- Omeljan Pritsak, orientalist
- Wolodymyr Stojko
- Viktor Suvorov, WWII researcher (Ukrainian father)
- Dmytro Yavornytsky, Cossack historian, archeologist
- Peter Loboda,Researcher of Ancient Ukrainian Numismatics
[edit] Mathematicians
Main article Ukrainian mathematicians
- Nikolay Bogolyubov
- Viktor Yakovlevich Bunyakovskii
- Nikolai Chebotaryov
- André-Louis Cholesky
- Boris Hnedenko
- Mikhail Kravchuk
- Anatoly Timofeevich Fomenko
- Volodymyr Semenovych Korolyuk
- Yakov Kulik
- Vladimir Marchenko
- Yurii Mytropolsky
- Mark Naimark
- Olha Arsenievna Oleinik
- Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky
- Volodymyr Petryshyn
- Alexei Pogorelov
- Platon Poretsky
- Vladimir Potapov
- Anatoly Samoilenko
- Igor Shafarevich
- Oleksandr Sharkovsky
- Samuil Shatunovsky
- Anatoliy Skorokhod
- Josif Shtokalo
- Ivan Sleszynski
- Pavel Urysohn
- Mikhail Vashchenko-Zakharchenko
- Vladimir Veksler
- Georgy Voronoy
[edit] Philosophers
- Nikolai Berdyaev, Russian religious philosopher
- Lev Shestov, Russian existentialist philosopher
- Hryhori Skovoroda
[edit] Physicists
- Gersh Budker, nuclear physicist (Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics)
- George Gamow, liquid drop model of atom nucleus
- Edward Ginzton (Ukrainian mother)
- Abram Ioffe, prominent Soviet physicist (Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute)
- Isaak Khalatnikov, BKL conjecture in general relativity
- Leo Palatnik, thin film physics
- Nikolai Pilchikov, electronic photography
- Ivan Pulyui, discoverer of X-rays (disputed)
- George Yuri Rainich, mathematical physicist
- Cyril Sinelnikov, nuclear physicist
[edit] Other academics
- Mykola Andrusov
- Albert Bandura
- Pavel Petrovich Blonsky
- Olgerd Bochkovsky, sociologist
- Isydore Hlynka
- Nikolai Kholodny
- Vikentiy Khvoyka
- Robert Klymasz, Ukrainian Canadian folklorist
- Volodymyr Kubiyovych, geographer and encyclopedist
- Volodymyr Kunko-Bohoslavetz, linguist/etymologist/philologist [Uk-Ra-ii-Na (Gift of-Sun-and-Moon)], designer, educator
- Viktor Kyrpychov
- Volodymyr Levytsky
- Yuri Linnik
- Anton Makarenko, Ukrainian and Soviet educator
- Georgii Pfeiffer
- Pavlo Tutkovsky
- Fedir Vovk, anthropologist and ethnographer
[edit] Artists
- Mykola Glushchenko
- Roman Turovsky-Savchuk
- Mykhaylo Turovsky
- Fedir Krychevsky
- Mykhaylo Boychuk
- Akym Levych
- Abram Manevych
- Kazymyr Malevych
[edit] Actors
- Elina Bystritskaya
- Lyudmila Gurchenko
- Milla Jovovich
- Roman Kartsev
- Mila Kunis
- Vasily Lanovoy
- Ana Layevska
- Ivan Mykolaychuk
- Alla Nazimova
- Zhanna Prokhorenko
- Ada Rohovtseva
- Yakov Smirnoff
- Bohdan Stupka
- Maria Zankovetska
[edit] Choreographers
- Vasyl Avramenko
- Yaroslav Chuperchuk
- Olexandr Dmytrenko
- Leonid Kalinin
- Anatoliy Krivokhyzha
- Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky
- Anatoly Shekera, National Opera House of Ukraine
- Mykola Vantukh
- Kim Vasylenko
- Vasyl Verkhovynets
- Pavlo Virsky, Virsky Ukrainian dance company
[edit] Composers
- Virko Baley
- Vasyl Barvinsky
- Maksym Berezovsky
- Matvei Blanter, Soviet composer, author of Katyusha
- Dmytro Bortniansky
- Marusia Churai
- Konstantin Dankevich
- Stepan Degtiarev
- Mykola Diletsky
- Isaak Dunayevsky, author of numerous popular Soviet songs
- Lesia Dytchko
- Arkady Filippenko
- Reinhold Glière
- Leonid Hrabovsky
- Semen Hulak-Artemovsky
- Volodymyr Ivasyuk
- Dimitri Klebanov
- Levko Kolodub
- Oleksander Koshetz
- Evgeni Kostitsyn, composer after whom the Ukrainian Composers' Competition is named
- Mykola Leontovych
- Zara Levina
- Boris Lyatoshynsky
- Mykola Lysenko
- Igor Markevitch
- Yuli Meitus
- Yuriy Oliynyk
- Mykola Ovsianiko-Kulikovsky
- Sergei Prokofiev, one of the greatest composers of the 20th century
- Levko Revutsky
- Nikolai Andreyevich Roslavets
- Valentin Silvestrov
- Myroslav Skoryk
- Yevhen Stankovych
- Kyrylo Stetsenko
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer, author of Swan Lake and The Nutcracker ballets
- Roman Turovsky-Savchuk
- Artemy Vedel
- Yakiv Yatsynevych
- Ruslana Lyzhichko
[edit] Film and theater directors
- Sergei Bondarchuk
- Leonid Bykov
- Grigori Chukhrai
- Olexandr Dovzhenko, the most famous Ukrainian filmmaker
- Yuri Klimenko, cinematographer
- Les Kurbas
- Anatole Litvak
- Roman Viktyuk
[edit] Musicians
- Simon Barere, pianist
- Yuri Bashmet, viola soloist
- Felix Blumenfeld, pianist
- Shura Cherkassky, pianist
- George Douglas
- Mischa Elman, violinist
- Emanuel Feuermann, cellist (born in Austrian Galicia)
- Michael Frimenko, American bass player
- Emil Gilels, pianist
- Jascha Horenstein, conductor
- Vladimir Horowitz, pianist
- Pawlo Humeniuk
- Eugene Hütz (Gogol Bordello), singer, guitarist, banger of buckets
- Leonid Kogan, violinist
- Lubka Kolessa, pianist
- Theodore Kuchar, Conductor, National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
- Valentina Lisitsa, pianist
- Nathan Milstein, violinist
- Benno Moiseiwitsch, pianist
- David Oistrakh, violinist
- Igor Oistrakh, violinist
- Leo Ornstein, composer
- Pawlo Humeniuk
- Evgeni Kostitsyn, pianist and composer
- Leo Sirota, pianist
- Sviatoslav Richter, pianist
- George Shakhnevich, accordionist
- Steven Staryk, violinist
- Isaac Stern, violinist
- Paul Stetsenko, organist
- Alexander Vynograd
- Rostislaw Wygranienko
[edit] Painters
- Ivan Aivazovsky, Armenian painter, famous for his seascapes
- Marie Bashkirtseff, artist
- Alexander Bogomazov, Avant-garde artist
- Vladimir Borovikovsky, painter
- Robert Brackman
- Mykola Burachek
- David Burliuk, Avante-garde painter
- Wladimir Burliuk, Avant-garde artist
- Louis Choris
- Mychajlo Dmytrenko
- Aleksandra Ekster, Avant-garde artist
- Nina Genke-Meller, Avant-garde artist
- Dmitry Grigorovich
- Jacques Hnizdovsky
- Tatiana Holembievska
- Anatole Jakovsky
- Alexander Khvostenko-Khvostov Avant-garde stage designer
- Pyotr Konchalovsky, painter
- Vasyl Krychevsky
- Fedir Krychevsky
- Dmitry Levitzky, painter
- Anton Losenko
- Kazimir Malevich, Avant-garde artist, pioneer of geometric abstract art, author of Black Square
- Abram Manevich, painter
- Ivan Marchuk, modern painter
- Vadym Meller, avant-garde artist, stage designer
- Ludimilla Morozova
- Oleksandr Murashko
- Heorhiy Narbut
- Solomon Nikritin painter, Avant-garde artist
- Nykifor primitivist painter
- Victor Palmov, painter, Avant-garde artist
- Kliment Red'ko, painter, Avant-garde artist
- Ilya Repin, Russian painter
- Zinaida Serebriakova,painter
- Opanas Slastion, folklorist, designer of modern type of bandura
- Anton Solomoukha
- Vladimir Sosnovsky
- Vladimir Tatlin, Avant-garde artist
- Sonia Terk, Avant-garde artist
- Roman Turovsky-Savchuk
- Mikhail Turovsky
- Mykhailo Turovsky
- Andy Warhol, major figure in the pop art movement
- Tetyana Yablonska, modern painter
- Vasiliy Yermilov, Avant-garde artist
- Ivan Yizhakevych
[edit] Poets
- Anna Akhmatova, Russian poet
- Bohdan-Ihor Antonych
- Mikola Bazhan
- Hayyim Nahman Bialik, modern Hebrew poet
- Moysey Fishbeyn
- Ivan Franko, poet, writer
- Alexander Galich, dissident Soviet bard
- Taras Shevchenko, the most famous Ukrainian poet
- Vasyl Symonenko
- Olena Teliha
- Pavlo Tychyna
- Maksym Rylsky, poet, publicist
- Lesya Ukrainka
- Vasyl Stus
[edit] Sculptors
- Alexander Archipenko, U.S. sculptor and graphic artist
- Victor Konoval
- Anatoly Kushch
- Oleh Pinchuk
- Nikolai Syadristy
- Vladimir Tatlin
- Wladimir Baranoff-Rossine
- Valentyn Znoba
[edit] Singers
- Stereoliza (Katya Shalayeva), singer
- Kvitka Cisyk, singer
- Andrij Dobriansky, bass-baritone
- Anthony Fedorov, American pop singer
- Pavlo Hunka, bass-baritone
- Iosif Kobzon, iconic Soviet crooner
- Oksana Krovytska, soprano
- Solomiya Krushelnytska, opera singer
- Ani Lorak, singer
- Ivan Patorzhynsky, bass
- Ruslana, pop singer
- Maria Sokil, soprano
- Theresa Sokyrka, Canadian Idol 2 runner-up
- Anatoly Solovyanenko
- Leonid Utyosov, jazz singer
- Alexander Vertinsky, Russian singer and composer
[edit] Writers
- Shmuel Agnon, Israeli writer, Nobel Prize (1966)
- Sholom Aleichem, Jewish writer
- Yuri Andrukhovych
- Isaac Babel, Russian writer
- Eduard Bagritsky
- Levko Borovykovsky
- Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian writer, author of The Master and Margarita
- Marko Cheremshyna
- V. Domontovych
- Raya Dunayevskaya, Marxist humanist
- Ilya Ehrenburg, publicist and writer
- Jan Galka
- Nikolai Gogol, Russian writer
- Daniil Granin
- Vasily Grossman
- Yakiv Holovatskyi
- Oles Honchar, author of The Cathedral
- Yevhen Hrebinka
- Yevhen Hutsalo
- Ilya Ilf, Russian humorist, co-author of The Twelve Chairs
- Valentin Kataev, Russian novelist and dissident
- Mykola Khvylovy
- Olha Kobylyanska
- Lev Kopelev, author and dissident
- Oleksandr Korniychuk, dramatist
- Nikolay Kostomarov, writer, historian
- Ivan Kotlyarevsky, playwright
- Marko Kropyvnytsky, actor, stage director, playwright, and composer
- Mykola Kulish, dramatist
- Panteleymon Kulish
- Andrey Kurkov
- Hryhori Kvitka
- Alexandra Marinina, Russian writer of detective stories
- Les Martovych
- Ambros Metlynsky, poet, writer
- Ivan Nechuy-Levytsky
- Viktor Nekrasov, Russian writer and dissident
- Bohdan Osadchy
- Chuck Palahniuk, American satirical novelist (Ukrainian father)
- Sofia Parfanovych
- Mykhailo Pavlyk
- Yevgeny Petrov, Russian humorist, co-author of The Twelve Chairs
- Valerian Pidmohylny, novelist
- Les Podervianskiy, satirist and playwrighter
- Yuri Pokalchuk
- Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, writer, author of Venus in Furs
- Markiyan Shashkevych
- Hryhoriy Skovoroda, poet, writer, philosopher
- Mykhaylo Starytsky
- Vasyl Stefanyk
- Mykhaylo Stelmakh
- Ivan Tobilevich
- Ivan Vahylevych
- Marko Vovchok
- Volodymyr Vynnychenko
- Ostap Vyshnia
- Natan Ilyich Zabara
- Pavlo Zahrebelnyi
- Marya Zaturenska
- Mykola Zerov
- Mikhail Zhvanetskiy, Russian humorist
[edit] Other performing artists
- Juliya Chernetsky
- Stefania Dovhan
- Iryna Dvorovenko
- Maria Guleghina
- Alla Korot
- Alex Magic (Ukrainian Magician)
- Ian Pikula
- Alex Trebek (Ukrainian father)
- William Tytla
[edit] Business
- Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine's richest man
- Mikhail Fridman, Russian oligarch, billionaire
- Petro Jacyk, community benefactor
- Max Levchin, co-founder of PayPal
- Viktor Pinchuk, Ukraine's second-richest man, son-in-law of Leonid Kuchma
- Petro Poroshenko, confectionery baron, close confidant of Viktor Yushchenko
- Jay Pritzker, founder of Hyatt and philanthropist
- Viktor Vekselberg, Russian oligarch, billionaire
- John Zubal, founder of Zubal Books
[edit] Cosmonauts
Many cosmonauts of the Soviet Union and modern Russia were ethnic Ukrainians or come from Ukraine. See Category:Ukrainian cosmonauts for the full list.
Ukrainian Leonid Kadeniuk, earlier a Soviet cosmonaut, made the first manned spaceflight of the Ukrainian space program.
[edit] Cossack Hetmans
- Demian Mnohohrishny
- Kryshtof Kosynsky
- Severyn Nalyvaiko
- Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny
- Taras Fedorovych
- Bohdan Khmelnytsky
- Ivan Vyhovsky
- Yurii Khmelnytsky
- Pavlo Teteria
- Ivan Samoylovych
- Petro Doroshenko
- Ivan Mazepa
- Ivan Skoropadsky
- Pavlo Polubotok
- Danylo Apostol
- Kyrylo Rozumovsky
- Pylyp Orlyk
[edit] Politicians
[edit] Ukrainian politicians
- Stepan Bandera, leader of the Ukrainian nationalist movement
- Vyacheslav Chornovil, leader of thr Rukh Party
- Mykhaylo Hrushevsky, president of Ukrainian People's Republic
- Yevhen Konovalets, leader of the Ukrainian nationalist movement
- Leonid Kravchuk, president
- Leonid Kuchma, president
- Nestor Makhno, leader of anarchists
- Andriy Melnyk, leader of the Ukrainian nationalist movement
- Symon Petlura, president of the Ukrainian People's Republic
- Yevhen Petrushevych, president of the West Ukrainian People's Republic
- Pavlo Skoropadsky, hetman of the Hetmanate (1918)
- Borys Tarasyuk, foreign affairs minister
- Yulia Tymoshenko, prime minister
- Avhustyn Voloshyn, president of Carpatho-Ukraine (1939)
- Volodymyr Vynnychenko, prime minister of Ukrainian People's Republic, writer
- Viktor Yushchenko, president
- Viktor Yanukovych, prime minister, presidential candidate in 2004 elections
[edit] Zionists and Israeli politicians
- Chaim Arlosoroff, Zionist leader, leader of Mapai
- Levi Eshkol, prime minister of Israel
- Vladimir Jabotinsky, Zionist leader, founder of Revisionist Zionism
- Ephraim Katzir, Labor Party politician, president of Israel
- Golda Meir, prime minister of Israel
- Natan Sharansky, Soviet human rights activist and Israeli politician
- Moshe Sharett, prime minister of Israel
[edit] Bolsheviks and Soviet politicians
- Leonid Brezhnev, Soviet leader
- Konstantin Chernenko, Soviet leader
- Lazar Kaganovich
- Nikita Khruschev, Soviet leader
- Nikolai Podgorny, member of Politburo
- Georgy Pyatakov, Bolshevik revolutionary, Trotskyist
- Mykola Skrypnyk
- Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, leader of the Communist Party of Ukraine (1972-1989)
- Leon Trotsky, leading Bolshevik revolutionary, founder of the Red Army
- Moisei Uritsky, Bolshevik revolutionary
- Grigory Zinoviev, Bolshevik revolutionary
[edit] Soviet dissidents
[edit] Russian politicians
- Sergei Kiriyenko, prime minister of Russian Federation
- Yevgeny Primakov, prime minister of Russian Federation
- Yevgeniy Yasin, minister of economy of Russian Federation
- Grigory Yavlinsky, liberal economist
[edit] Polish politicians
- Jacek Kuroń, opposition leader with the Solidarity movement
- Adam Daniel Rotfeld, foreign affairs minister
[edit] Military Figures
- Roman Abraham, general of the Polish army
- Andrei Grechko, Marshal of the Soviet Union
- Ivan Kozhedub, legendary fighter pilot of WWII, top USSR ace.
- Yevhen Konovalets, OUN Military Leader
- Filip Konowal, Ukrainian Canadian war hero
- Petr Koshevoi, Marshal of the Soviet Union
- Zenon Kossak, OUN Military Leader
- Grigory Kulik, Marshal of the Soviet Union
- Rodion Malinovsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union
- Kirill Moskalenko, Marshal of the Soviet Union
- Ivan Paskevich, field marshal of the Russian imperial army
- Roman Shukhevych, the leader of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army
- Semyon Timoshenko, Marshal of the Soviet Union
- Kliment Voroshilov, Marshal of the Soviet Union
- Andrei Yeremenko, Marshal of the Soviet Union
[edit] Religious leaders and theologians
[edit] Orthodox Christian and Greek Catholic
- Lyubomyr Huzar, Cardinal, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
- John (Maximovitch) of Tobolsk
- Petro Mohyla
- Andriy Sheptytsky, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church through both world wars
- Josyf Cardinal Slipyj
- Myroslav Lyubachivsky
- St.Dmytrij (Tuptalo) of Rostov
[edit] Jewish
- Zvi Hirsch Chajes, talmudic scholar
- Israel ben Eliezer, founder of Hasidism
- Malbim, rabbi and preacher
- Nachman of Breslov, Hasidic leader
- Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev, Hasidic leader
[edit] Other
- Helena Blavatsky, founder of Theosophy
- Marian Javorsky, Cardinal, Archbishop of Lviv (latin rite)
[edit] Sport
[edit] Archery
- Tetyana Berezhna, archer
- Nataliya Burdeyna, archer
- Dmytro Hrachov, archer (Olympic bronze - team)
- Kateryna Palekha, archer
- Viktor Ruban, archer (Olympic bronze - team)
- Oleksandr Serdyuk, archer (Olympic bronze - team)
[edit] Basketball
- Viktor Khryapa, basketball player
- Slava Medvedenko, basketball player
- Vitaly Potapenko, basketball player
[edit] Boxing
- Oleksandr Dimitrenko, boxer
- Volodymyr Klychko, boxer
- Vitaliy Klychko, boxer
- Vladimir Virchis, boxer
[edit] Chess
- Ossip Bernstein
- Efim Bogoljubow, Challenger for World Championship (1929, 1934)
- Fedor Bohatirchuk, Champion of the USSR (1927)
- Isaac Boleslavsky
- David Bronstein, Challenger for World Championship (1951)
- Alexander Evensohn
- Efim Geller
- Vasyl Ivanchuk, Champion of Europe (2004)
- Ruslan Ponomariov, FIDE World Champion (2002)
- Stepan Popel
- Ignatz von Popiel
- Leonid Stein
[edit] Football (soccer)
- Oleksandr Aliev, footballer
- Igor Belanov, footballer, Ballon d'or (1986)
- Oleg Blokhin, footballer, Ballon d'or (1975)
- Walter Chyzowych, footballer, football coach
- Valeriy Lobanovs'kyi, football coach
- Serhiy Rebrov, football player
- Andriy Shevchenko, footballer, Ballon d'or (2004)
- Oleksandr Shovkovsky, footballer
- Anatoliy Tymoschuk, footballer
[edit] Gymnastics
- Iryna Deriugina, gymnast
- Maria Gorokhovskaya, gymnast (2 Olympic golds)
- Tatyana Gutsu, gymnast (Olympic gold)
- Lilia Podkopayeva, gymnast (Olympic gold)
- Larissa Latynina, gymnast (9 Olympic golds)
- Kateryna Serebrians'ka, gymnast (Olympic gold)
- Oxana Skaldina, gymnast (Olympic bronze)
- Olexandra Tymoshenko, gymnast (Olympic gold)
- Olena Vitrychenko, gymnast (Olympic bronze)
- Roman Zozulya, gymnast
[edit] Ice Hockey
- Ruslan Fedotenko, ice hockey player
- Alexei Ponikarovsky, hockey player
- Terry Sawchuk, hockey player
- Denis Shvidki, hockey player
- Vitaly Vishnevsky, ice hockey player
- Alexei Zhitnik, ice hockey player
- Nikolai Zherdev, ice hockey player
[edit] Track & Field
- Valeri Borzov, sprinter (2 Olympic golds)
- Sergey Bubka, pole vault legend (Olympic gold), numerous world records
- Inessa Kravets, jumper (world record in triple jump)
- Vladimir Kuts, long distance runner (2 Olympic golds)
- Zhanna Pintusevych-Blok, sprinter (World Championship gold)
- Tamara & Irina Press, sister athletes (5 Olympic golds in total)
[edit] Other
- Oksana Baiul, figure skater (Olympic gold)
- Yana Klochkova, swimmer (4 Olympic golds)
- Lenny Krayzelburg, swimmer (now U.S. citizen) (3 Olympic golds)
- Valentin Mankin, sailor (3 Olympic golds)
- Andriy Medvedev, tennis player
- Fania Melnik, discus thrower (Olympic gold)
- Igor Olshansky, American football player
- Viktor Petrenko, figure skater (Olympic gold)
- Timur Taimazov, wieghtlifting (world and Olympic records)
- Yaroslav Vynokur, billiards player (World Champion)
- Vassyl Virastyuk, worlds strongest man competition (1st place 2004)
[edit] Other
- Elena Filatova, Internet diarist
- Georgiy Gongadze, journalist whose murder was linked to government officials
- Joseph Oleskiw, early promoter of immigration to Canada
- Snejana Onopka, supermodel
- Anatoly Onoprienko, serial killer
- Roxelana, or Khourrem (Hürrem), Sultan wife of Suleyman the Magnificent, (Anastassia Lisowska)
- Volodymyr Shayan
- Leonid Stadnik, world's tallest man
- Sergey Vovk, book reviewer, beginning writer
- Victoria Zdrok, erotic model
