This is a list of individuals who were born and lived in territories located in present-dayUkraine , including ethnicUkrainians and those of other ethnicities.
Selig Brodetsky (1888–1954), British mathematician, President of theHebrew University of Jerusalem Vladimir Drinfeld (1954 (age 70–71)), Fields medal laureateAnatoly Fomenko (1945 (age 79–80))Mark Kac (1914–1984), Jewish, Polish-American mathematicianVolodymyr Semenovych Korolyuk (1925–2020)Mykhailo Krawtchouk Yakiv Kulik Volodymyr Marchenko Mikhail Ostrogradsky Volodymyr Petryshyn Platon Poretsky Vladimir Potapov Anatoly Samoilenko Oleksandr Mikolaiovich Sharkovsky (1936–2022), known for developingSharkovsky's theorem on the periods ofdiscrete dynamical systems Samuil Shatunovsky (1859–1929), Jewish mathematicianAnatoliy Skorokhod Mykhailo Vashchenko-Zakharchenko (1825–1912), major areas of research included thehistory of geometry in antiquity andLobachevskian geometry .Ivan Śleszyński (1854–9 March 1931), ethnic Polish Ukrainian mathematicianPavel Urysohn (1898–1924), Jewish mathematicianJosif Shtokalo (1897–1987)Naum Z. Shor (1937–2006), Jewish Ukrainian mathematicianMaryna Viazovska (born 1984), Fields medal laureate, known for her work insphere packing Vadim G. Vizing Georgy Voronoy Physicists/Astronomers[ edit ] Geographers/Geologists[ edit ] Doctors and surgeons [ edit ] Sergei Korolev Volodymyr Chelomey , ballistic missile and Ukrainian spacecraft designerValentin Glushko , engineer, designer of Soviet rocket enginesMykola Holonyak , first visible diodeVolodymyr Horbulin , developer of strategic rocket systems and space vehicles of "Kosmos" seriesSergei Korolev ,the father of theSoviet space program , inventor of the firstintercontinental ballistic missile and the firstspace rocket (R-7 Semyorka ), creator of the firstsatellite (Sputnik ), supervisor of thefirst human spaceflight Mykola Kybalchich , rocket science pioneerYuri Kondratyuk , spaceflight pioneerRoman Kroitor Volodymyr Mackiw , mining engineerBorys Paton Yevhen Paton , welding engineerIgor Sikorsky , aviation pioneer, creator of the first helicopterStepan Tymoshenko , father of modern Ukrainian engineering mechanicsVolodymyr Antonovych , historian and folklorist[ 1] Kateryna Antonovych-Melnyk (1859–1942), Ukrainian historian[ 1] Olena Apanovich Volodymyr Barvinok Dmytro Doroshenko Mykhailo Drahomanov , historian, political emigre and folkloristMykhailo Hrushevsky , historianTaras Hunczak Myron Korduba [ 2] [ 3] Mykola Kostomarov , literary historian, folkloristOleh Kozerod , political scientistPeter Loboda , researcher of ancient Ukrainiannumismatics [ 4] George S. N. Luckyj , literary historianMykhailo Maksymovych , literary historian, folkloristPaul Robert Magocsi , chairman of Ukrainian Studies at the University of TorontoOleksander Ohloblyn Bohdan Osadchuk , journalistNataliia Polonska-Vasylenko Omeljan Pritsak , orientalistMikołaj Siwicki , historianViktor Suvorov , spy and WWII researcherDmytro Yavornytsky , Cossack historian, archaeologistMykola Andrusiv Albert Bandura Pavel Petrovich Blonsky Olgerd Bochkovsky , sociologistIsydore Hlynka Robert Klymasz , Ukrainian Canadian folkloristYuriy Kovbasenko , Ukrainian philologist and educatorVolodymyr Kubiyovych , geographer and encyclopedistViktor Kyrpychov Yuri Linnik Lubomyr Luciuk , political geographer and community activistAnton Makarenko , Ukrainian and Soviet educatorJoseph Oleskiw Wilhelm Reich , psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, pro-Ukrainian freedom dissidentOtto Struve , Ukrainian-Russian-American astronomerEvhen Tsybulenko , professor of international lawSergiy Vilkomir , computer scientistFedir Vovk , anthropologist and ethnographerKazimir Malevich Ivan Aivazovsky , painter, known for his seascapesNathan Altman (1889–1970), Ukrainian-Jewish painter and stage designer from VinnytsiaMarie Bashkirtseff , artistSvitlana Biedarieva , artist, art historian, curatorMykhailo Boychuk Robert Brackman Mykola Burachek David Burliuk , avant-garde painter, Ukrainian freedom thinkerVolodymyr Burliuk Petro Choldny (1904–1990), Neo-Byzantine IconographerLouis Choris Sonia Delaunay , avant-garde artistMychajlo Dmytrenko Aleksandra Ekster , avant-garde artistNina Genke-Meller , avant-garde artistMaurice Gottlieb (1856–1979), Polish-Jewish painterLeopold Gottlieb (1883–1934), Polish-Jewish painterMykola Hlushchenko Jacques Hnizdovsky Alla Horska Alexander Khvostenko-Khvostov , avant-garde stage designerPyotr Konchalovsky , painterFedir Krychevsky Vasyl Krychevsky Hanna Kryvolap Arkhip Kuindzhi Boris Lekar , Israeli painterEphraim Moses Lilien , German-Jewish painterAnton Losenko Kazimir Malevich , avant-garde artistIvan Marchuk , modern painterVadym Meller , avant-garde artist, stage designerMykola Murashko Oleksandr Murashko Heorhiy Narbut Solomon Nikritin , painter, avant-garde artistNykifor , primitivist painterMaria Prymachenko Mykola Pymonenko Vlada Ralko , collage artistKliment Red'ko , painter, avant-garde artistIlya Repin , painterBruno Schulz (1892–1942), Polish-Jewish painter and writerZinaida Serebriakova , painterDavid Shterenberg , painter fromZhytomyr Volodymyr Sichynskyi , architect, graphic artistOpanas Slastion , folklorist, designer of modern type ofbandura Anton Solomoukha Ivan Soshenko , painterAvigdor Stematsky , Israeli painter fromOdesa Serhiy Svetoslavsky Sergei Sviatchenko (born 1952)Vladimir Tatlin , avant-garde artistSonia Terk , avant-garde artistMykhailo Turovsky Roman Turovsky-Savchuk Max Vityk Mickola Vorokhta , painterTetyana Yablonska , modern painterYevhen Yehorov , 20th century artistVasiliy Yermilov , avant-garde artistIvan Yizhakevych Mila Jovovich Nick Adams Elisabeth Bergner , Austrian-English Jewish actressElina Bystritskaya Olena Chekan Taissa Farmiga Vera Farmiga Luba Goy John Hodiak Milla Jovovich Vera Kholodnaya Mariya Khomutova Olga Krasko Mila Kunis , Ukrainian/American-Jewish actressOlga Kurylenko Vasily Lanovoy Ana Layevska Mike Mazurki Yaroslava Mosiychuk , actress[ 5] Ivan Mykolaichuk Alla Nazimova , (born Adelaida Leventon, inYalta ), silent film starJack Palance (Volodymyr Palahnyuk)Zhanna Prokhorenko Ivanna Sakhno Yakov Smirnoff Anna Sten (Anel Sudakevich)Lee Strasberg (1901–1982), Polish/American-Jewish actorStav Strashko , actress and model born inDnipropetrovsk , UkraineBohdan Stupka Yuriy Tkach Katheryn Winnick Natasha Yarovenko Volodymyr Zelenskyy , actor, comedian andPresident of Ukraine since 2019Choreographers and dancers [ edit ] Film and theatre directors [ edit ] Kira Muratova Mykola Leontovych Simon Barere , pianistYevheniya Barvinska , pianistFelix Blumenfeld , pianistShura Cherkassky , pianistEmil Gilels , pianistVladimir Horowitz , pianistLubka Kolessa , pianistHalyna Levytska Valentina Lisitsa , pianistBenno Moiseiwitsch , pianistHeinrich Neuhaus , pianistSviatoslav Richter , pianistLeo Sirota , pianistYuri Bashmet , viola soloistMischa Elman , violinistEmanuel Feuermann (1902–1942), Ukrainian-Jewish cellist (born in Austrian Galicia)Vadim Gluzman , violinistPawlo Humeniuk , violinist / fiddlerLeonid Kogan , violinistNathan Milstein , violinistDavid Oistrakh , violinistIgor Oistrakh , violinistSteven Staryk , violinistIsaac Stern (1920–2001), American-Jewish, born in Kremenets Poland (now Ukraine), violinist.Solomiya Krushelnytska Andrij Dobriansky , bass-baritoneBorys Hmyria , bassVasyl Slipak , baritoneAlexander Kipnis , bassIvan Kozlovsky , tenorSolomiya Krushelnytska , sopranoEvgeniya Miroshnichenko , sopranoVyacheslav Polozov , tenorMaria Sokil , sopranoAnatoly Solovyanenko , tenorLeonid Skirko , bass, baritoneSingers and artists of other genres [ edit ] Iryna Bilyk , singerVera Brezhneva , singer and television presenterDenis Stoff , singerDimal , award-winning artist, rapper, entertainerKvitka Cisyk , singerKatya Chilly , singerTaras Chubay , bardGaitana Ganna Gryniva , jazz singer[ 7] Eugene Hutz , lead singer of theGypsy Punk bandGogol Bordello Jamala , singer, composer, winner of theEurovision Song Contest 2016 Tina Karol , singerIosif Kobzon , iconic Soviet croonerAni Lorak , singer, runner-up of the 2008 Eurovision contestMélovin (Kostyantyn Mykolayovych Bocharov), Ukrainian singer, LGBT activistArsen Mirzoyan (born 1978), Ukrainian singer-songwriterAlina Pash , singer and rapper, LGBT activist[ 8] [ 9] [ 10] Oleksandr Ponomaryov , singerAnastasia Prikhodko , winner of Star Factory 2007, represented Russia in the 2009 Eurovision song contestArtem Pyvovarov , new wave singer and composerSofia Rotaru , singerRuslana , pop singer-songwriter, composer, conductor, dancer, record producer, pro-Western, singer and winner of the 2004 Eurovision contestAnna Sedokova , singer, actress and television presenter, LGBT activistVerka Serduchka (Adriy Danylko), singer and runner-up of the 2007 Eurovision Song ContestYuri Shevchuk , bard, born of Ukrainian fatherKlavdiya Shulzhenko , singer ofthe most inspiring WWII song that didn't mention StalinTheresa Sokyrka , Canadian Idol 2 runner-upSuper DJ Dmitri (Dmitry Brill), member of American club/dance groupDeee-Lite Nissan Spivak , Ukrainian cantorLeonyd Utyosiv , jazz singerSvyatoslav Vakarchuk , singerAlexander Vertinsky , singerVelvel Zbarjer , singerVitas , singer and actorZlata Ognevich , singer, represented Ukraine in the 2013 Eurovision song contestZi Faámelu , transgender Ukrainian singer-songwriterVolodymyr (Vlad) DeBriansky , guitarist, producer, composer, songwriterEugene Hütz (Gogol Bordello), singer, guitarist, composer, songwriter, actorOlga Korolova (born 1988), music producer, DJEfim Jourist , composer, accordionist and bajan playerRuslana Lyzhichko , pianist, singer, dancer, composer, producer, songwriterLeo Ornstein (1895–2002), Ukrainian/American-Jewish composer and pianist.Isabelle Rezazadeh , DJGeorge Shakhnevich , accordionistEstas Tonne , guitaristOther performing artists [ edit ] Joseph Conrad Oksana Zabuzhko Adrian Kashchenko Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn , Russian writer, had Ukrainian motherAleksei Bibik (1878–1976), working-class writerOleksandra Marynyna Amvrosii Metlynsky , poet, writerAndrey Kurkov , Ukrainian novelistBohdan Kutiepov , journalist and freelance musicianBohdan Osadchuk Chuck Palahniuk , American satirical novelist (Ukrainian father)Clarice Lispector Daniil Granin , authorDavid Bergelson , Ukrainian-Jewish writer in Yiddish languageHryhorii Epik , writer, journalistHryhorii Kosynka Hryhoriy Skovoroda , poet, writer, philosopherIlya Ehrenburg , Ukrainian-Jewish publicist and writer in Russian language, born in KyivIlya Ilf , Ukrainian humorist in Russian language, co-author ofThe Twelve Chairs Irena Karpa , modern Ukrainian writerIsaac Babel , Ukrainian-Jewish writer in Russian language, born in OdesaIvan Kotlyarevsky , playwrightIvan Nechuy-Levytsky Ivan Vahylevych Jan Potocki , count, Polish writer in French language, born and died in UkraineJoseph Conrad , Polish writer in the English language, born in BerdychivLeopold von Sacher-Masoch , Austrian writer, author ofVenus in Furs Les Podervianskiy , satirist and playwright, pro-Western and pro-Ukrainian dissidentLevko Kopeliv , author and dissidentMarkiyan Shashkevych , poet, writer, and interpreterMarko Cheremshyna , writerMarko Vovchok Marya Zaturenska Mikhail Bulgakov , novelist in Russian languageMikhail Zhvanetsky , Russian humoristMiriam Yalan-Shteklis , Israeli writer and poetMykhailo Kotsiubynsky Mykhailo Stelmakh Mykola Khvylovy Mykola Kulish , dramatistMykola Voronyi Mykola Zerov Natalia Vlaschenko , Ukrainian journalist, theatrologist, screenwriter, television presenter, playwright, producer, columnist,[ 11] publisher and contributing editorNatan Ilyich Zabara (1908–1975), Ukrainian-Jewish writer in YiddishNikolai Gogol , Ukrainian writer in Russian language, born in Velyki SorochyntsiOksana Zabuzhko , modern Ukrainian novelist, poet, essayistOles Honchar , author ofThe Cathedral Olha Kobylianska ,modernist writer andfeminist Olha Kobylyanska Ostap Ortwin (1876–1942), Polish-Jewish journalist and literary criticOstap Vyshnia Panteleymon Kulish Perepadia Anatol , literary translatorPavlo Zahrebelnyi Raya Dunayevskaya , Marxist philosopherSam Honigberg , correspondent forThe Billboard and publicistSerhiy Zhadan , poet, essayist and musicianShmuel Agnon , Israeli Hebrew writer, winner of the Nobel Prize (1966), born in BuchachSholom Aleichem , Ukrainian writer in Yiddish language, born in PereyaslavSofia Yablonska , travel writer, photographer, architectStanisław Lem , Polish science-fiction writer born in the present-day territory of UkraineSvitlana Yeremenko , journalistValentyn Kornienko , writer and journal publisherValentyn Rechmedin , writer, journalistValerian Pidmohylny , novelistValerian Polishchuk , poetVasily Grossman , Ukrainian-Jewish, born in Berdichev in 1905. Dedicated his lives' writing to the three most terrible pages of 20th-century history: the siege of Stalingrad, the Shoah, and the Terror Famine which today is referred to as the Holodomor. Best known forEverything Flows ,Life and Fate .Vasyl Stefanyk Viktor Nekrasov , writerViktor Petrov Volodymyr Vynnychenko Yakiv Holovatsky Yaroslav Halan , anti-fascist playwright and publicist, assassinated by nationalist insurgentsYevgeny Grebyonka Yevgeny Petrov , Ukrainian humorist in Russian language, co-author ofThe Twelve Chairs Yevhen Hrebinka Yevhen Hutsalo Yuri Andrukhovych , born in Ivano-FrankivskYuri Nikitin , Russian science fiction and fantasy writerYuri Nikitin , trampolinistYuri Pokalchuk Maryna and Serhiy Dyachenko , fantasy fiction writers andShevchenko National Prize laureateHayyim Nahman Bialik Ivan Franko Taras Shevchenko Anna Akhmatova , Russian poetBohdan-Ihor Antonych Eduard Bagritsky Mikola Bazhan Hayyim Nahman Bialik , modern Hebrew Ukrainian poet, national poet of the State of IsraelIvan Drach Itzik Feffer , Soviet poet in Yiddish languageMoysey Fishbeyn , Ukrainian poet in Yiddish languageIvan Franko Alexander Galich , Soviet bard in Russian language, pro-Western dissidentIhor Kalynets Mykola Khvylovy Lina Kostenko Andriy Malyshko Oleksandr Oles Oleh Olzhych Dmytro Pavlychko Markiyan Shashkevych Vasyl Stus Vasyl Symonenko Olena Teliha Pavlo Tychyna Maksym Rylsky Taras Shevchenko , founder of modern Ukrainian LiteratureVolodymyr Sosiura Vasyl Stus Vasyl Symonenko Hryhoriy Tiutiunnyk Lesya Ukrainka Volodymyr Yaniv Volodymyr Yavorivsky Maik Yohansen Natan Yonatan , Kyiv-born Israeli poetSerhiy Zhadan , modern Ukrainian poet and novelistMykhailo Zharzhailo , Ukrainian poet, performer, and art event organizer[ 12] Georgy Beregovoy , Soviet cosmonaut No.12,Soviet MP in 1974–89 representing Donetsk regionLeonid Kizim , Soviet cosmonautAnatoly Levchenko , Soviet cosmonautAnatoly Filipchenko , Soviet cosmonautAnatoly Artsebarsky , Soviet cosmonautIgor Volk , Soviet cosmonautPavel Popovich , Soviet cosmonaut No.4,Verkhovna Rada MP in 1964–88, head of Ukrainian diaspora in MoscowGeorgy Dobrovolsky , Soviet cosmonautLeonid Kadeniuk , earlier a Soviet cosmonaut, made the first crewed spaceflight of theNational Space Agency of Ukraine Yury Onufriyenko , Russian cosmonautYuri Malenchenko , Russian cosmonautYuri Gidzenko , Russian cosmonautHeidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper ,NASA Bruce E. Melnick , NASARoberta Bondar , Canada's first female astronaut and the first neurologist in spaceJoshua Kutryk , Canadian astronautPrzecław Lanckoroński (1506–1512), one of the firstHetmans of Ukrainian Cossacks Ostap Dashkevych (1514–1535)Dmytro Vyshnevetsky (1550–1563)Ivan Pidkova (1577–1578), Cossack Hetman andHospodar ofMoldavia Kryshtof Kosynsky (1591–1593)Hryhory Loboda (1593–1596)Severyn Nalyvaiko (1596)Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny (1614–1622), Hetman ofZaporozhian Cossacks Mykhailo Doroshenko (1623–1628)Hryhoriy Chorny (1628–1630), elected byRegistered Cossacks Taras Fedorovych (1629–1630), elected by unregistered CossacksIvan Sulyma (1630–1635)Dmytro Hunia (1638)Bohdan Khmelnytsky (1648–1657), first Hetman of theCossack Hetmanate Ivan Vyhovsky (1657–1659), second Hetman of the Cossack HetmanateYurii Khmelnytsky (1659–1663), third Hetman of the Cossack Hetmanate, and (1677–1681 and 1685) in the Right-bank UkrainePavlo Teteria (1663–1665) in theRight-bank Ukraine Ivan Briukhovetsky (1663–1668) in theLeft-bank Ukraine Petro Doroshenko (1665–1676) in the Right-bank Ukraine and (1668–1669) in the Left-bank UkraineDemian Mnohohrishny (1669–1672) in the Left-bank UkraineMykhailo Khanenko (1669–1674) in the Right-bank UkraineIvan Samoylovych (1672–1687) in the Left-bank UkraineIvan Mazepa (1687–1708) in the Left-bank Ukraine, and (1708–1709) in the Right-bank UkrainePylyp Orlyk (1710–1742) in exileIvan Skoropadsky (1708–1722) in the Left-bank UkrainePavlo Polubotok (1722–1724), served asActing Hetman of the Left-bank UkraineDanylo Apostol (1727–1734) in the Left-bank UkraineKirill Razumovski (1750–1764) in the Left-bank UkrainePetro Kalnyshevsky (1765–1775), lastKoshovyi Otaman of theZaporozhian Cossacks Luka Basanets , general of theRed Army Marko Bezruchko , general of theUkrainian People's Army Taras Bulba-Borovets , otaman of theUkrainian People's Revolutionary Army aka Polissian SichIvan Chernyakhovsky , general of the Red ArmyYakov Dashevsky , general of the Red ArmyKuzma Derevyanko , general of the Red ArmyYaakov Dori (1899–1973), Israeli first Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, President of theTechnion – Israel Institute of Technology Petro Dyachenko , staff captain of the Russian Army (World War I ), colonel of the Ukrainian People's Army (1918–1920), major of the Polish Army (1938–1939), colonel of theUkrainian Liberation Army (1943–1945), and general of theUkrainian National Army (1945)Nikolay Dyatlenko , interrogator and translator at theBattle of Stalingrad Oleksiy Fedorov , major general, partisan leader, subsequently minister of Welfare of UkraineIsrael Fisanovich (1914–1944), Ukrainian-Jewish Navy submarine commanderSoviet Navy Petro Franko , captain of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Galician Army (UHA)Andrei Grechko , marshal of the Soviet UnionNykyfor Hryhoriv , otaman and leader of a Ukrainian insurgent "Green Army "Vylhelm Habsburh (Vasyl Vyshyvanyi), Austrian archduke, colonel of theUkrainian Sich Riflemen Yaroslav Hunka , a World War II veteran of the14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician) , a military formation ofNazi Germany .Oleksander Hrekov , commander-in-chief of the army of theWest Ukrainian National Republic Dmytro Hrytsai , general of theUkrainian Insurgent Army Karl Georg Graf Huyn , Austrian colonel general, last governor-general of Galicia (1917–18)Alfred Jansa , Austrian major generalMykola Kapustiansky , general of theUkrainian People's Army Dmytro Klyachkivsky , colonel and the commander of the Ukrainian Insurgent ArmyIvan Kozhedub , legendary fighter pilot of WWII, top USSR aceRoman Kondratenko , lieutenant general of Russian Imperial Army, defender ofPort Arthur duringRusso-Japanese war Yevhen Konovalets , leader of theUkrainian Military Organization (UVO) (1920–29) and theOrganization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) (1929–38), pro-Western, killed many Jews and RussiansFilip Konowal , Ukrainian Canadian war hero (Victoria Cross, 1917)Petr Koshevoi , marshal of the Soviet UnionZenon Kossak , deputy commander of the Carpathian SichMykhailo Krat , general of the Ukrainian National ArmySydir Kovpak , major general, partisan leader, subsequently deputy chairperson of Verkhovna RadaVasyl Kuk , commander of the Ukrainian Insurgent ArmyGrigory Kulik , marshal of the Soviet UnionYuriy Lopatynsky , colonel of the Ukrainian Insurgent ArmyNestor Makhno , commander of "Black Army "Alexander Marinesko , legendary Sub Commander in WWIIRodion Malinovsky , marshal of the Soviet UnionKirill Moskalenko , marshal of the Soviet UnionMaria Nikiforova , only female commander of an anarchist cavalry detachment, the "Free Combat Druzhina".Mykhailo Omelianovych-Pavlenko , general of the Ukrainian Liberation Army, commander of theUkrainian Galician Army and Ukrainian People's ArmyIvan Paskevich , field marshal of the Russian imperial armyLyudmila Pavlichenko , Lieutenant of Red Army female sniperAlexander Pechersky , Soviet officer, leader of the Uprising inSobibor extermination camp (1943)Alfred Redl , Austrian counter-intelligence officerJakob Rosenfeld , general of theChinese People's Liberation Army Semyon Rudniev , major general, partisan leader, committed suicide to avoid capture by the NaziPavel Rybalko , Marshal of Armored ForcesPavlo Shandruk , general of the Ukrainian National ArmyMykola Shchors , colonel, theShchors City named after himStanislav Sheptytsky , general of the Polish ArmyGrigori Shtern , general of theRed Army Roman Shukhevych , general and the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Insurgent ArmyStepan Shukhevych , otaman of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen and the Ukrainian Galician ArmyVolodymyr Sinclair , general of the Ukrainian People's ArmyMaksym Skorupsky , commander of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, pro-Western, killed many Jews and RussiansHnat Stefaniv , colonel of the Ukrainian Galician ArmyRoman Sushko , colonel of the Ukrainian LegionSemyon Timoshenko , marshal of the Soviet Union, added his native village Furmanivka and other western territories in 1939Yurii Tiutiunnyk , general of the Ukrainian People's ArmyYulia Tolopa - Russian-born volunteer who fought for Ukraine in theRusso-Ukrainian War Mykola Tsybulenko , major generalPyotr Vershigora , major general, partisan leader, WWII photographerDmytro Vitovsky , colonel of the Ukrainian Galician ArmyKliment Voroshilov , marshal of the Soviet UnionAndrei Yeremenko , marshal of the Soviet UnionUkrainian non-Soviet politicians [ edit ] Nestor Makhno Dmytro Antonovych , minister of naval affairs, and of arts of theUkrainian People's Republic (1917–1918 and 1918–1919)Volodymyr Bahaziy , head of Kyiv City Administration under German occupation (October 1941–January 1942)Ivan Bahrianyi , president (acting) of the UNR in exile (1965–1967)Stepan Bandera , leader of theOrganization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN-B)Oleksander Barvinsky , leader of theChristian Social Movement in Ukraine Vyacheslav Chornovil , leader of thePeople's Movement of Ukraine Dmytro Dontsov , Ukrainian nationalist writer, publisher, journalist and political thinkerDmytro Doroshenko , Minister for Foreign Affairs of theHetmanate (1918)Sydir Holubovych , Prime Minister of theWest Ukrainian National Republic (1919)Vsevolod Holubovych , Prime Minister of the Ukrainian People's Republic (1918)Volodymyr Horbulin , Secretary of National Security and Defense Council (1994–1999, 2006)Oleksandr Horin , Ambassador to the Netherlands 2011-17Mykhaylo Hrushevsky , President of the Ukrainian People's RepublicIvan Hrynokh , Vice President of theUkrainian Supreme Liberation Council Stepan Klochurak , Prime Minister of theHutsul Republic (1919)Yevhen Konovalets , leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (1929–1938)Leonid Kravchuk ,President of Ukraine (1991–1994)Volodymyr Kubiyovych , geographer and politician (Ukrainian Central Committee)Leonid Kuchma , President of Ukraine (1994–2005)Mykola Lebed , head of the Security Service for the UPASerhiy Leshchenko - Ukrainian journalist, politician and public figure[ 14] Dmytro Levytsky , head of theUkrainian National Democratic Alliance (UNDO) (1925–1935)Kost Levytsky , Prime Minister of the West Ukrainian National Republic (1918–1919)Andriy Livytskyi , President of the Ukrainian People's Republic in exile (1926–1954).Mykola Livytskyi , President of the Ukrainian People's Republic in exile (1967–1989).Vyacheslav Lypynsky , leader of the Ukrainian Democratic-Agrarian PartyNestor Makhno , leader of anarchistsIsaak Mazepa , Prime Minister of the Ukrainian People's Republic (1919–1920 and 1948–1952)Andriy Melnyk , leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN-M )Volodymyr Ohryzko , Minister for Foreign Affairs (2007–2009)Symon Petlura , President of theUkrainian People's Republic Yevhen Petrushevych , President of the West Ukrainian National RepublicMykola Plaviuk , President of the Ukrainian People's Republic in exile (1989–1992)Petro Poroshenko , President of Ukraine (2014–2019)Vyacheslav Prokopovych , Prime Minister of the Ukrainian People's Republic (1920, 1921, 1926–1939)Lev Rebet , Acting Prime Minister of the Independent Ukrainian Republic (1941)Pavlo Shandruk , head of theUkrainian National Committee in Weimar (1945)Pavlo Skoropadsky , Hetman of Ukraine or head of theHetmanate (1918)Yaroslav Stetsko , Prime Minister of theIndependent Ukrainian Republic (1941)Slava Stetsko , leader of the Ukrainian nationalist movementKyryl Studynsky , head of the People's Assembly of Western Ukraine (1939)Borys Tarasyuk , Minister for Foreign Affairs (1998–2000 and 2005–2007)Serhiy Tihipko , Minister of Economics (2000)Yulia Tymoshenko ,Prime Minister of Ukraine (2007–2010)Anatole Vakhnianyn , leader of the Christian Social Movement in UkraineAvhustyn Voloshyn , President ofCarpatho-Ukraine (1939)Volodymyr Vynnychenko , Prime Minister of the Ukrainian People's Republic, writerStepan Vytvytskyi , President of the Ukrainian People's Republic in exile (1954–1965)Nikolaus (Mykola) Wassilko, Ritter von , member of the delegation in Brest-Litowsk, deputy with the rank of a minister at the ZUNR in Vienna (1918–1919), ambassador of Germany and Switzerland (1919–1924)Volodymyr Yaniv , member of the Ukrainian National Committee in Kraków (1941)Arseniy Yatsenyuk , Minister for Foreign Affairs (2007), Prime Minister of Ukraine (2014)Serhiy Yefremov , deputy head of theCentral Rada (1917)Viktor Yushchenko , President of Ukraine (2005–2010)Viktor Yanukovych , Prime Minister of Ukraine (2002–2004, 2006–2007) and President of Ukraine (2010–2015)Volodymyr Zelenskyy ,President of Ukraine (2019–present)Zionists and Israeli politicians [ edit ] Golda Meir Simon Wiesenthal Chaim Arlosoroff , Zionist activist, leader ofMapai Daniel Auster , first Hebrew mayor of JerusalemYitzhak Ben-Zvi , historian, Labor Zionist leader, and President of IsraelBer Borochov , Zionist activistLevi Eshkol , Prime Minister of IsraelAhad Ha'am , Zionist activistAbba Hushi , mayor of HaifaZe'ev Jabotinsky , Zionist leader, founder ofRevisionist Zionism , writer and journalist in Hebrew and Russian languageEphraim Katzir , Israeli biophysicist, President of IsraelAbraham Kaufman , leader of Jewish community in ChinaGolda Meir , Prime Minister of IsraelLeo Motzkin , Zionist activistLeon Pinsker , Zionist activist, leader of theHovevei Zion Natan Sharansky , Soviet human rights activist and Israeli politicianMoshe Sharett , Prime Minister of IsraelShevah Weiss , Israeli lawman and Labor Party politician, speaker of the KnessetSimon Wiesenthal , Nazi hunterSvitlana Zalishchuk , politician, public leader, journalist, and human rights LGBT campaigner and former member of Ukrainian Parliament[ 15] Bolsheviks and Soviet politicians [ edit ] Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko ,Bolshevik leader and diplomat, one of the leaders of theOctober Revolution Yevgenia Bosch , Bolshevik politician, People's Secretary of Internal Affairs (1917–1918)Leonid Brezhnev , Sovietleader (1964–1982)Boris Shcherbina , Soviet politician who served as a vice-chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1984 to 1989. Supervisor of Soviet crisis management during1986 Chernobyl disaster and the1988 Armenian earthquake .Grigory Petrovsky , Old Bolshevik, participated in signing theTreaty on the Creation of the USSR , one of the officials responsible for implementing Stalin's policies such as collectivization.Hryhoriy Hrynko , finance minister of the Soviet Union (1930-1937)Vlas Chubar , finance minister of the Soviet Union (1937-1938)Yakov Malik , head of the Africa department of the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs,Soviet ambassador to the United Kingdom ,Vitold Fokin , Soviet politician, Central Planning Commission head, first prime minister of Ukraine after independenceYakov Gamarnik , Soviet politicianSerafima Hopner , Bolshevik politicianSemyon Ignatyev , Soviet politicianLazar Kaganovich , Soviet politicianYuriy Kotsiubynsky , Bolshevik politicianNikita Khrushchev , Sovietleader (1953–1964), transferredCrimea to UkraineAnatoly Lunacharsky , first Soviet education minister, Latin alphabet advocate (similar toAtatürk ), was sidelined by StalinSolomon Lozovsky , Bolshevik politicianDmitry Manuilsky , Bolshevik politicianVitaliy Masol , Central Planning Commission head, thirdPM after the IndependenceLev Mekhlis , Soviet politicianNikolai Podgorny , Chairman of thePresidium of theSupreme Soviet of the USSR (1965–1977), betrayed Khrushchev and later regrettedGeorgy Pyatakov , Bolshevik revolutionary,Trotskyist Karl Radek , Bolshevik politicianChristian Rakovsky , Bolshevik politicianVladimir Semichastny , Soviet politicianPetro Shelest , leader of the Communist Party of Ukraine (1963–1972), betrayed Khrushchev and later regrettedMykola Skrypnyk , Bolshevik leaderVolodymyr Shcherbytsky , leader of the Communist Party of Ukraine (1972–1989), supportedGorbachev and later regrettedValentyna Shevchenko , the only female Chairperson of thePresidium of theVerkhovna Rada Viktor Taratuta , Bolshevik revolutionaryLeon Trotsky , leadingBolshevik revolutionary, founder of theRed Army Moisei Uritsky , Bolshevik revolutionaryVolodymyr Zatonsky , Bolshevik politicianGrigory Zinoviev , Bolshevik revolutionaryRussian politicians [ edit ] Henryk Józewski , deputy minister of the Ukrainian People's Republic (1920)Jan Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski , diplomat (1918–1924)Feliks Kon , Bolshevik politicianStanislav Kosior , Bolshevik politicianHerman Lieberman , socialist politicianDmitry Manuilsky , Bolshevik politicianMieczysław Mickiewicz , minister of the Ukrainian People's Republic (1917–1918)Karl Radek , Bolshevik politicianAdam Daniel Rotfeld , foreign minister of Poland (2005)Stanisław Stempowski , minister of the Ukrainian People's Republic (1920–1922)Andrey Vyshinsky , foreign minister of the Soviet Union (1949–1953)Wanda Wasilewska , communist politicianAustrian politicians [ edit ] Bulgarian politicians [ edit ] Czechoslovak politicians [ edit ] Italian politicians [ edit ] American politicians [ edit ] Chinese politicians [ edit ] Crimean Tatar politicians [ edit ] Religious leaders and theologians [ edit ] Dymytriy (Yarema), Patriarch of theUkrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (1993–2000)Hilarion of Kyiv , first native Rus metropolitan of Kyiv (c. 1051–c. 1054)John of Tobolsk , Orthodox metropolitan of Tobolsk (1711–1715)Mother Maria (Skobtsova), Eastern Orthodox nun, martyrMefodiy (Kudryakov), metropolitan of theUkrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (2000–present)Mstyslav (Stepan Skrypnyk), Patriarch of theUkrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (1990–1993)Theophan Prokopovich , vice-president of the OrthodoxHoly Synod Patriarch Volodomyr (Romaniuk) , Patriarch of theUkrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate .Dmytrij (Danylo Tuptalo) of Rostov , Orthodox saintVasyl (Lypkivsky), first metropolitan ofUkrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (1921–1937)Stephen Yavorsky , first president of the OrthodoxHoly Synod (1721)Paisius Velichkovsky , monk, spiritual writer, the founder of modernEastern Orthodox staretsdom.Antin Angelovych , first Greek Catholic metropolitan of Lviv (1808–1814)Nykyta Budka , first Ukrainian Canadian Greek-Catholic bishop (1912–1927)Maxim Hermaniuk , Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Archbishop of Winnipeg (1956–1992)Josaphata Hordashevska , Greek Catholic nun (1869–1919)Ivan Hrynokh , Greek Catholic priest, professor at the Ukrainian Catholic University in RomeLubomyr Husar , cardinal, head of theUkrainian Greek Catholic Church (2001–2005),Major Archbishop of Kyiv and Halych (2005–2011)Nicholas Ilkov , chaplain, victim of the 1940 Katyn massacre (1890-1940)Gregory Khomyshyn , Greek Catholic bishop of Stanislav, martyr (1947)Josafat Kotsylovsky , Greek Catholic bishop of Peremyshl, martyr (1947)Omelyan Kovch , Greek Catholic priest of Peremyshliany, martyr (1944)Mykhailo Levitsky , cardinal (1856), Greek CatholicArchbishop of Lviv , Primate of Galicia and Lodomeria (1848–1858)Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky , cardinal, head of theUkrainian Greek Catholic Church (1984–2000)Roman Lysko , Greek Catholic priest, martyr (1949)Josyf Veliamyn Rutsky , Greek Catholic metropolitan of Kyiv (1613–1637)Yakym Senkivskyi , Greek Catholic priest, martyr (1941)Andriy Sheptytsky , head of theUkrainian Greek Catholic Church , MetropolitanArchbishop of Lviv (1900–1944), political victim of theSoviet Union and was proclaimed as the enemy of the state.Klymentiy Sheptytsky , Greek Catholic Exarch of Russia and Siberia (1939), Archimandrite of the Studites (1944), martyr (1951), died inGULAG , victimized bySoviets for beingUkrainian Josyf Slipyj , head of theUkrainian Greek Catholic Church (1944–1984), exited to Siberia and released in xxxx,Meletius Smotrytsky , Ruthenian religious activist and author (d. 1633)Stefan Soroka , Ukrainian Greek Catholic archbishop of Philadelphia (2000–2018)Vasyl Velychkovsky , Greek Catholic bishop (1963–1973)Innokentiy Vynnyckyj , first Greek Catholic bishop of Przemyśl (1691–1700)Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz , Count,Archbishop of Lviv (1815–33), and Archbishop of Prague (1833–38)Eugeniusz Baziak ,Archbishop of Lviv and Apostolic Administrator of Cracow (1944–1962)Józef Bilczewski ,Archbishop of Lviv (1900–1923)Marian Jaworski , Cardinal,Archbishop of Lviv (1991–2008)Adam Stanisław Krasiński , Bishop ofKamianets-Podilskyi (1757–1798)Władysław Aleksander Łubieński ,Archbishop of Lviv (1758–1759),Primate of Poland (1759–1767), andInterrex (1763–1764)Mieczysław Mokrzycki ,Archbishop of Lviv (2008–present)Adam Naruszewicz ,Titular Bishop ofSmolensk (1775–1788),Suffragan Bishop of Lutsk (1788–1790) andDiocesan Bishop ofLutsk (1790–1796)Bogusław Radoszewski ,Bishop of Kyiv (Latin rite, 1618–1633),Bishop of Lutsk (1633–1638)Kajetan Sołtyk ,Bishop of Kyiv (1756–1759), thenBishop of Cracow (1759–1788)Józef Andrzej Załuski ,Bishop of Kyiv (1759–1774)Jacob Avigdor , last Chief Rabbi of DrohobychMoshe Reuven Azman ,Chief Rabbi ofUkraine (2005–present)Yaakov Dov Bleich , Chief Rabbi of Ukraine and Kyiv (1992–present)Solomon Buber , Talmudic scholarJacob Frank , Jewish religious reformer who combined Judaism and ChristianityZvi Hirsch Chajes , talmudic scholarTzvi Hirsh of Zidichov , Hasidic rabbiIsrael ben Eliezer , founder ofHasidism Malbim , rabbi and preacherNachman of Breslov , Hasidic leaderSolomon Judah Loeb Rapoport (Shir), rabbi of Ternopil (1837–40) and Prague (1840–67)Shalom Rokeach , firstRebbe ofBelz (Hasidic dynasty) (1817–55)Yehoshua Rokeach , second rebbe of Belz (1857–1894)Yissachar Dov Rokeach , the third rebbe of Belz (1894–1926)Aharon Rokeach , fourth rebbe of Belz (1926–57)Mordechai Rokeach , rabbi, father of the fifth rebbe of BelzSholom Mordechai Schwadron , rabbiYoel Sirkis , great rabbi, one of AchronimNaftali Herz Tur-Sinai , Hebrew scholarLevi Yitzchok of Berditchev , Hasidic leaderIsrael Zolli , Chief Rabbi of Rome who converted to Roman Catholicism, born in BrodyOleksiy Pecherov Alexander Belostenny , Olympic medalistViacheslav Kravtsov , basketball playerOleksiy "Alex" Len , basketball player drafted 5th by thePhoenix Suns in2013 Stanislav Medvedenko , basketball player that won twoNBA Finals championships in 2001 and 2002Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk , college basketball player of theKansas Jayhawks Igor Nesterenko (born 1990), Israeli-Ukrainian basketball player in theIsrael Basketball Premier League Oleksiy Pecherov , basketball player selected 18th by theWashington Wizards in2006 Vitaly Potapenko , basketball player drafted 12th by theCleveland Cavaliers in1996 Jerome Randle , American-Ukrainian basketball clubBC Žalgiris playerAlexander Volkov , basketball player selected 134th by theAtlanta Hawks in1986 Vasyl Lomachenko , boxerOleksandr Usyk , boxer championTaras Bidenko , boxerLouis Kaplan ("Kid Kaplan"), boxer, featherweight world championWladimir Klitschko , boxer championVitali Klitschko , boxer championYuriy Nuzhnenko , boxer championVolodymyr Sydorenko , boxer championVolodymyr Virchis , boxerLev Alburt , Ukrainian Champion (1972, 1973, 1974)Izak Aloni , Lviv Champion (1936, 1939)Boris Alterman Lev Aptekar Vladimir Baklan , Ukrainian Champion (1997, 1998)Anatoly Bannik , Ukrainian Champion (1945, 1946, 1951, 1955, 1964)Alexander Beliavsky , Champion of the USSR (1987, and thrice jointly – 1974, 1980, 1990)Ossip Bernstein , All-Russian Sub-Champion (1903)Efim Bogoljubow , Champion of the USSR (1924, 1925), FIDE World Champion (1928/29), Challenger for World Championship (1929, 1934)Fedor Bohatirchuk , Champion of the USSR (1927 – jointly), Ukrainian Sub-Champion (1924) and Champion (1937), Canadian Sub-Champion (1949)Isaac Boleslavsky , Ukrainian Champion (1938, 1939, 1940)David Bronstein , Ukrainian Sub-Champion (1940), Champion of the USSR (1948, 1949 – both jointly), Challenger for World Championship (1951),Oscar Chajes Alexander Chernin , Champion of the USSR (1985 – jointly)Josif Dorfman , Champion of the USSR (1977 – jointly)Fyodor Duz-Khotimirsky , Kyiv Champion (1900, 1902, 1903, 1906)Louis Eisenberg Alexander Evensohn , Kyiv Champion (1914)Salo Flohr , winner of the 1957 Ukrainian Championship (off contest)Maurice Fox Henryk Friedman , seven-times Lviv Champion (1926–1934)Efim Geller , Ukrainian Champion (1950, 1957, 1958, 1959), Champion of the USSR (1955, 1979)Edward Gerstenfeld Vitali Golod , Ukrainian Champion (1991)Vladimir Grabinsky Eduard Gufeld Ilya Gurevich Mykhailo Gurevich , Ukrainian Champion (1984), Champion of the USSR (1985 – jointly)Alexander Huzman Vasyl Ivanchuk , Champion of Europe (2004)Stefan Izbinsky Nicolai Jasnogrodsky Abram Khavin , Champion of Western Ukraine (1940), Ukrainian Champion (1954)Artur Kogan Alexander Konstantinopolsky , Kyiv Champion five consecutive times (1932–1936)Irina Krush Gennady Kuzmin , Ukrainian Champion (1969, 1989, 1999 – all jointly), Sub-Champion of the USSR (1973)Kateryna Lahno Konstantin Lerner , Ukrainian Champion (1978, 1982)Naum Levin Paul List , Odesa Champion (1908)Marta Litinskaya-Shul , World Senior Women Chess Champion (2002)Isaac Lipnitsky , Ukrainian Champion (1949, 1956)Moishe Lowtzky Vladimir Malaniuk , Ukrainian Champion (1980, 1981, 1986)Adrian Mikhalchishin Anna Muzychuk Illia Nyzhnyk Alexander Onischuk Sam Palatnik Ruslan Ponomariov , FIDE World Champion (2002)Stepan Popel , Champion of Lviv (1930), Western Ukraine (1943 – jointly), Paris (1951, 1953, 1954) and eventually, of the Ukrainians in North America (USA and Canada)Ignatz von Popiel , Lviv Sub-Champion (1925)Vsevolod Rauzer , Ukrainian Champion (1927, 1933 – jointly)Oleg Romanishin , European Junior Champion (1973)Jakob Rosanes Nicolas Rossolimo Iosif Rudakovsky Ludmila Rudenko , Women's World Champion (1950–1953)Nikoly Rudnev Yuri Sakharov , Ukrainian Champion (1966, 1968)Vladimir Savon , Ukrainian Champion (1969 – jointly), Champion of the USSR (1971)Lidia Semenova Alexey Sokolsky , Ukrainian Champion (1947, 1948)Victor Soultanbeieff Leonid Stein , Ukrainian Champion (1960, 1962), Champion of the USSR (1963, 1965, 1966)Mark Taimanov , Champion of the USSR (1956)Vladimir Tukmakov , Ukrainian Champion (1970)Boris Verlinsky , Ukrainian Champion (1926), Champion of the USSR (1929)Yakov Vilner , Ukrainian Champion (1924, 1925, 1928)Daniel Yanofsky Abram Zamikhovsky , Ukrainian Champion (1931)Anna Zatonskih Yury Gelman Vadym Gutzeit Grigory Kriss Yury Gelman (born 1955), Ukrainian-born American Olympic fencing coachVadim Gutzeit , saber fencer, Olympic champion, Ukraine'sYouth and Sport Minister .[ 16] Serhiy Kravchuk , épée fencer, Olympic bronzeGrigory Kriss , épée fencer, Olympic champion, 2-time silverOlena Kryvytska (born 1987), 3-time world bronzeDavid Tyshler , saber fencer, Olympic bronzeYulen Uralov , foil fencer, OlympianIosif Vitebskiy , épée fencer, Olympic silver, 10-time national champion, world championOlga Zhovnir , saber fencerOksana Baiul , figure skater (Olympic gold)Oleksii Bychenko (born 1988), Ukrainian-born Israeli figure skater, OlympianAlexei Beletski , Israeli ice dancer, OlympianNatalia Gudina , Israeli figure skater, OlympianViktor Petrenko , figure skater (Olympic gold, World Championship gold)Aliona Savchenko , German figure skaterMichael Shmerkin , Israeli figure skater[ 17] Adel Tankova (born 2000), Ukrainian-born Israeli Olympic figure skaterAndriy Shevchenko Oleksandr Aliev , footballerIgor Belanov , footballer,Ballon d'Or (1986)Oleg Blokhin , footballer,Ballon d'Or (1975)Leonid Buryak , footballer, midfielder, Olympic bronze, coachWalter Chyzowych , footballer, football coachIvan Getsko , footballerOleksandr Horshkov , footballerTimerlan Huseinov , footballerOleg Iachtchouk , footballerMaryana Ivanishyn , footballerYuri Kalitvintsev , footballerSerhiy Kandaurov , footballerVitaliy Kosovsky , footballerDema Kovalenko , footballerLeo Krupnik (born 1979), American-Israeli footballer, football coachViktor Leonenko , footballerYevgeny Levchenko , footballerValeriy Lobanovs'kyi , football coachYevhen Lutsenko , footballerOleh Luzhnyi , footballerDov Markus (born 1946), American-Israeli footballer, born in UkraineYuri Maximov , footballerArtem Milevskyi , footballerVolodymyr Mykytyn , footballerSerhiy Nazarenko , footballerAndriy Oberemko , footballer, midfielder (Illichivets & U21 national team)[ 18] Dmytro Parfenov , footballerYevhen Pokhlebayev , footballerAndriy Polunin , footballerSerhiy Popov , footballerSerhii Rebrov , footballerSerhiy Serebrennikov , footballerSerhiy Scherbakov , footballerAndriy Shevchenko , footballer,Ballon d'Or (2004)Oleksandr Shovkovskyi , footballerSerhiy Skachenko , footballerViktor Skrypnyk , footballerOleh Suslov , footballerOleksandr Holovko , footballerAndriy Husin , footballerMaksym Kalynychenko , footballerRuslan Rotan , footballerOleg Salenko , footballerHryhoriy Surkis , president of theFootball Federation of Ukraine till 2012Anatoliy Tymoschuk , footballerVladyslav Vashchuk , footballerAndriy Voronin , footballerAndriy Yarmolenko , footballerArtem Yashkin , footballerSerhiy Zeldi , footballerOleksandr Zinchenko , footballerRoman Yaremchuk , footballer, strikerAnna Bessonova , gymnastIryna Deriugina , gymnastArtem Dolgopyat (born 1997), Israeli artistic gymnast (second in world championships)Maria Gorokhovskaya , gymnast (2 Olympic golds; all-around individual exercises, team combined exercises), 5-time silver (vault, asymmetrical bars, balance beam, floor exercises, team exercises with portable apparatus)Tatyana Gutsu , gymnast (Olympic gold)Yuri Nikitin , gymnastLilia Podkopayeva , gymnast (Olympic gold)Larisa Latynina , gymnast (9 Olympic golds)Karina Lykhvar , Israeli Olympic rhythmic gymnastTatiana Lysenko , gymnast, 2-time Olympic champion (balance beam, team combined exercises), bronze (horse vault)Kateryna Serebrians'ka , gymnast (Olympic gold)Oxana Skaldina , gymnast (Olympic bronze)Olexandra Tymoshenko , gymnast (Olympic gold)Olena Vitrychenko , Individual Rhythmic Gymnast (Olympic bronze)Natalia Zhadanova , rhythmic gymnastRoman Zozulya , gymnastRuslan Fedotenko , ice hockey playerDmitri Khristich , ice hockey playerOrest Kindrachuk , ice hockey playerEric Nesterenko , ice hockey playerMikhail Nemirovsky (born 1974), Canadian-German ice hockey playerAlexei Ponikarovsky , hockey playerIvan Pravilov (1963–2012), ice hockey coach, arrested for sexual abuse of teenage student, committedsuicide by hanging in prisonDenis Shvidki , ice hockey playerKostiantyn Simchuk , ice hockey playerVicky Sunohara , ice hockey playerVitaly Vishnevsky , ice hockey playerNikolai Zherdev , ice hockey playerAlexei Zhitnik , ice hockey playerYana Klochkova , swimmer (4 Olympic golds)Lenny Krayzelburg , swimmer (now U.S. citizen); 4-time Olympic champion (100 m backstroke, 200-m backstroke, twice 4x100-m medley relay); 3-time world champion (100 m and 200-m backstroke, 4×100-m medley) and 2-time silver (4×100-m medley, 50-m backstroke); 3 world records (50-, 100-, and 200-m backstroke)Maryna Piddubna , Paralympic swimmer[ 19] Maxim Podoprigora , Olympic swimmerJulia Glushko Yulia Beygelzimer , tennis playerAlona Bondarenko , tennis playerKateryna Bondarenko , tennis playerGail Brodsky (born 1991), American tennis playerOlga Fridman (born 1998), Ukrainian-Israeli tennis playerJulia Glushko (born 1990), Ukrainian-born Israeli tennis playerMariya Koryttseva , tennis playerViktoriya Kutuzova , tennis playerAndriy Medvedev , tennis playerTatiana Perebiynis , tennis playerElina Svitolina , tennis player (winner of2020 Olympic Bronze Medal Women's Singles )Olga Savchuk , tennis playerJulia Vakulenko , tennis playerDayana Yastremska , tennis playerMaryna Zanevska , tennis player (winner of the2009 US Open - Girls' Doubles )Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko Olesya Povh Aleksandr Bagach , shot putterValeriy Borzov , sprinter (2 Olympic golds)Serhiy Bubka , pole vault legend (Olympic gold), numerous world recordsVasiliy Bubka , also a pole vaulter, older brother of Sergey/SerhiyHanna Knyazyeva-Minenko (born 1989), Israeli triple jumper and long jumperInessa Kravets , jumper (world record in triple jump)Volodymyr Kuts , long-distance runner (2 Olympic golds)Serhiy Lebid , long-distance runner (8-time winner of European Cross Country championships)Faina Melnik , discus thrower (Olympic gold)Zhanna Pintusevych-Blok , sprinter (World Championship gold); world 100-m & 200-m championOlesya Povh , sprinter (Olympic bronze, world bronze)Tamara &Irina Press , sister athletes (5 Olympic golds in total)Viktoriya Styopina , high jumperViktor Tsybulenko , javelin (Olympic gold, Olympic bronze)Grigoriy Gamarnik Igor Olshansky Vladislav Bykanov (born 1989), Ukrainian-born Israeli Olympic short track speed skaterValentina Chepiga (born 1962), IFBB professional bodybuilderOlga Danilov (born 1973), Israeli Olympic speed skaterFedor Emelianenko , mixed martial arts fighterCharles Goldenberg (1911–1986), American All-Pro National Football League playerLeonid Kolumbet , Olympic cycling medalistMarina Kravchenko (born 1975), Soviet and Israel national table tennis teams[ 20] Artur Kyshenko , K-1 kickboxing championYevhen Lapinsky , Olympic champion volleyball playerValentin Mankin (1938–2014), sailor (3 Olympic golds); only sailor in Olympic history to win gold medals in three different classes (yachting: finn class, tempest class, and star class), silver (yachting, tempest class)Igor Olshansky (born 1982), American football player, DL (Miami Dolphins )Olyeg Olyeksandrovich Prudius akaVladimir Kozlov , pro wrestler Peter Paltchik (born 1992), Ukrainian-born Israeli Olympic and European champion judokaSergy Richter (born 1989), Israeli Olympic sport shooterIan Rubin (born 1973), Russia national rugby league team[ 21] Vasyl Virastyuk , world's strongest man competition (1st place 2004)Igor Vovchanchyn , mixed martial arts fighterYaroslav Vynokur , billiards player (world champion)Roxelana (Hurrem Sultan), Legal Wife ofSuleiman the Magnificent and theHaseki sultan of theOttoman Empire Volodymyr Butkevych , judgeMarkiyan Dimidov , concentration camp survivorGeorgiy Gongadze , journalist, civil activistStefan Kiszko , man wrongly convicted of murder in EnglandJoseph Oleskiw , early promoter of immigration to CanadaAnatoly Onoprienko , serial killerLeonid Stadnik , unofficially the world's tallest manTaras Kulakov (born 1987), born to a Russian mother and Ukrainian father. 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