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This is a ] of ethnic ], ]-speaking people, people who are ] by personal admission, or people who have contributed significantly to ].
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{{Ukrainians}}
This is a list of individuals who were born and lived in territories located in present-day ], including ethnic ] and those of other ethnicities.
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==Academics==
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===Mathematicians===
{{main|Ukrainian mathematicians}}
* ] (1888–1954), British mathematician, President of the ]
* ] ({{Birth year and age|1954}}), Fields medal laureate
* ] ({{Birth year and age|1945}})
* ] (1914–1984), Jewish, Polish-American mathematician
* ] (1925–2020)
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* ] (1936–2022), known for developing ] on the periods of ]
* ] (1859–1929), Jewish mathematician
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* ] (1825–1912), major areas of research included the ] in antiquity and ].
* ] (1854–9 March 1931), ethnic Polish Ukrainian mathematician
* ] (1898–1924), Jewish mathematician
* ] (1897–1987)
* ] (1937–2006), Jewish Ukrainian mathematician
* ] (born 1984), Fields medal laureate, known for her work in ]
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===Physicists/Astronomers===
== Athletes ==
* ], nuclear physicist (])
*], footballer
* ], French physicist (Nobel Prize), born in East Galicia
*], figure skater (Olympic gold)
* ], prominent Soviet physicist (Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute)
*], footballer, ] (1986)
* ], BKL conjecture in general relativity
*], archer
* ], thin film physics
*], footballer, ] (1975)
* ], scientist working with cathode radiation
*], track & field (2 Olympic golds)
* ], mathematical physicist
*], chess player
*], pole vault legend (Olympic gold), numerous world records
*], archer
*], gymnast
*], boxer
*], ice hockey player
*], chess player
*], gymnast (2 Olympic golds)
*], gymnast (Olympic gold)
*], archer (Olympic bronze - team)
*], chess grandmaster
*], basketball player
*], boxer
*], boxer
*], swimmer (4 Olympic golds)
*], track & field (world record in triple jump)
*], swimmer (now U.S. citizen) (3 Olympic golds)
*], gymnast (9 Olympic golds)
*], football coach
*], sailor (3 Olympic golds)
*], tennis player
*], basketball player
*], discus thrower (Olympic gold)
*], american football player
*], archer
*], figure skater (Olympic gold)
*], sprinter (World Championship gold)
*], gymnast (Olympic gold)
*], chess player (world champion)
*], basketball player
*] & ], sister athletes (5 Olympic golds in total)
*], football player
*], archer (Olympic bronze - team)
*], archer (Olympic bronze - team)
*], gymnast (Olympic gold)
*], footballer, ] (2004)
*], footballer
*], gymnast (Olympic bronze)
*], chess player
*], heavy athletics (world and Olympic records)
*], footballer
*], gymnast (Olympic gold)
*], billiards player (World Champion)
*], worlds strongest man competition (1st place 2004)
*], boxer
*], ice hockey player
*], gymnast
*], ice hockey player
*], ice hockey player
*], gymnast


===Geographers/Geologists===
== Artists ==
* ]
* ], political geographer, community activists
* ], mineralogist, biochemist


=== Actors === ===Biologists===
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=== Composers === ===Chemists===
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* ] (1918–2010), Russian (Ukraine)-born Israeli physical chemist, fifth president of the ]
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* ], mineralogist, biochemist
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* ] (1888–1973), Jewish, Ukrainian-American, biochemist, Nobel Prize (1952)
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=== Film and theater directors === ===Doctors and surgeons===
* ], heart surgeon
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* ], military thoracic surgeon
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* ], inventor of a splint, sling, brace or cast
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* ], surgeon
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* ], orthopedic surgeon
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* ], cardiovascular surgeon
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=== Musicians === ===Engineers===
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*], pianist
* ], ballistic missile and Ukrainian spacecraft designer
*], viola soloist
* ], European engineer
*], pianist
* ], first visible diode
*], pianist
* ], developer of strategic rocket systems and space vehicles of "Kosmos" series
*], singer
* ], ''the father of the ]'', inventor of the first ] and the first ] ('']''), creator of the first ] ('']''), supervisor of the ]
*], violinist
* ], rocket science pioneer
*], American pop singer
* ], spaceflight pioneer
*], American bass player
*], pianist * ]
* ], mining engineer
*], conductor
* ]
*], pianist
* ], welding engineer
*]
* ], aviation pioneer, creator of the first helicopter
*], iconic Soviet crooner
* ], father of modern Ukrainian engineering mechanics
*], violinist

*], pianist
===Economists===
*], opera singer
* ] (1865–1919)
*], singer
* ] (1880–1948), born in ] in the territory of Ukraine, ]
*], pop singer
* ] (1881–1973), born in ] in the territory of present-day ]), founding father of the Ukrainian western-style economics
*], violinist
* ] (1926–2016), noted economist, visionary and economic advisor to the Ukrainian government
*], pianist

*], violinist
===Archeologists===
*], violinist
* ], discovered ]
*]
* ] (1801–1864), Polish-Jewish archeologist and scholar
*], composer
*] * ]

*], singer
===Historians===
*], pianist
* ], historian and folklorist<ref name=ant/>
*], pianist
* ] (1859–1942), Ukrainian historian<ref name=ant>{{Cite book |last1=PETRUK |first1=Oleh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F0xPEAAAQBAJ&dq=Kateryna+Antonovych-Melnyk&pg=PA125 |title=Leopolis Scientifica. Exact Sciences in Lviv until the middle of the 20th century |last2=PRYTULA |first2=Yaroslav |last3=TARNAVSKYI |first3=Roman |last4=SHYSHKA |first4=Oleksander |last5=KACHMAR |first5=Volodymyr |last6=DUDKA |first6=Maksym |last7=HOLOVATCH |first7=Yurij |last8=SAMOTYJ |first8=Renata |last9=SVARNYK |first9=Halyna |page=125|date=2021-10-04 |publisher=Oleh Petruk |isbn=978-966-02-9644-2 |language=en}}</ref>
*], violinist
* ]
*], violinist
* ]
*], organist
* ]
*], jazz singer
* ], historian, political emigre and folklorist
*], Russian singer and composer
* ], historian
*]
*] * ]
* ]<ref name="encyclopediaofukraine1">{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/pages/N/O/Normanisttheory.htm |title=Normanist theory |publisher=Encyclopediaofukraine.com |date=October 24, 1975 |access-date=January 28, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://openlibrary.org/a/OL2033169A/Myron-Korduba |title=Myron Korduba |publisher=Open Library |access-date=January 28, 2011}}</ref>
*], accordinist
* ], literary historian, folklorist
* ], political scientist
* ], researcher of ancient Ukrainian ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.museum.com.ua/en/rukov/rukov.htm |title=The Odessa Numismatics Museum |publisher=Museum.com.ua |access-date=January 28, 2011}}</ref>
* ], literary historian
* ], literary historian, folklorist
* ], chairman of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Toronto
* ]
* ], journalist
* ]
* ], orientalist
* ], historian
* ], spy and WWII researcher
* ], Cossack historian, archaeologist

===Philosophers===
* ], philosopher, poet and composer

===Other academics===
* ]
* ]
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* ], sociologist
* ]
* ], Ukrainian Canadian folklorist
* ], Ukrainian philologist and educator
* ], geographer and encyclopedist
* ]
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* ], political geographer and community activist
* ], Ukrainian and Soviet educator
* ]
* ], psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, pro-Ukrainian freedom dissident
* ], Ukrainian-Russian-American astronomer
* ], professor of international law
* ], computer scientist
* ], anthropologist and ethnographer

==Arts==

===Architects===
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===Fashion Designers===
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===Painters===
{{main list|List of Ukrainian painters}}
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* ], painter, known for his seascapes
* ] (1889–1970), Ukrainian-Jewish painter and stage designer from Vinnytsia
* ], artist
* ], artist, art historian, curator
* ]
* ]
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* ], avant-garde painter, Ukrainian freedom thinker
* ]
* ] (1904–1990), Neo-Byzantine Iconographer
* ]
* ], avant-garde artist
* ]
* ], avant-garde artist
* ], avant-garde artist
* ] (1856–1979), Polish-Jewish painter
* ] (1883–1934), Polish-Jewish painter
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], avant-garde stage designer
* ], painter
* ]
* ]
* ]
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* ], Israeli painter
* ], German-Jewish painter
* ]
* ], avant-garde artist
* ], modern painter
* ], avant-garde artist, stage designer
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], painter, avant-garde artist
* ], primitivist painter
* ]
* ]
* ], collage artist
* ], painter, avant-garde artist
* ], painter
* ] (1892–1942), Polish-Jewish painter and writer
* ], painter
* ], painter from ]
* ], architect, graphic artist
* ], folklorist, designer of modern type of ]
* ]
* ], painter
* ], Israeli painter from ]
* ]
* ] (born 1952)
* ], avant-garde artist
* ], avant-garde artist
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], painter
* ], modern painter
* ], 20th century artist
* ], avant-garde artist
* ]

=== Photographers ===
* ], ] laureate for cinematography
* ]

===Sculptors===
* ], Ukrainian-American sculptor and graphic artist
* ] (born 1980), Ukrainian sculptor and multimedia artist
* ] (born 1978), Ukrainian-Hungarian sculptor
* ] (1888–1968), Ukrainian-Israeli
* ]

===Performing arts===

====Actors/Actresses====
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* ], Austrian-English Jewish actress
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* ], Ukrainian/American-Jewish actress
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* ], actress<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ярослава Мосійчук: "Почуваюся наче вільна, стрімка, грайлива ріка, яка має надійний берег" |url=http://nova.te.ua/statti/yaroslava-mosijchuk-pochuvayusya-nache-vilna-strimka-grajlyva-rika-yaka-maye-nadijnyj-bereg/ |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=НОВА Тернопільська газета |language=uk}}</ref>
* ]
* ], (born Adelaida Leventon, in ]), silent film star
* ] (Volodymyr Palahnyuk)
* ]
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* ] (Anel Sudakevich)
* ] (1901–1982), Polish/American-Jewish actor
* ], actress and model born in ], Ukraine
* ]
* ]
* ]
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* ], actor, comedian and ] since 2019

====Choreographers and dancers====
* ]
* ], ballet dancer
* ], pro-Western
* ], ballet dancer
* ]
* ], ballet dancer

====Film and theatre directors====
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* ], Ukrainian-Armenian film director
* ]
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* ], ] laureate and ] creator
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* ], Ukrainian LGBTQ film director, screenwriter and film editor<ref>{{Cite web|title=Award-winning Films for a Young Audience as Part of the Berlinale Summer Special|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive-selection/archive-2021/news-2021/news-detail-2021_82824.html|access-date=2022-02-25|website=www.berlinale.de|language=en}}</ref>
* ]
* ] (1902–1974), Ukrainian/American-Jewish film director
* ]
* ] (1930–2014), American-Jewish actor, screenwriter and film director
* ]
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* ], Ukrainian documentary director
* ]

====Models====
* ]
* ], Ukrainian model who has a disability
* ], Ukrainian model born in ]
* ], Polish-born Canadian model of Ukrainian descent.

== LGBT activists ==
* ], LGBT activist
* ], LGBT activist
* ], LGBT activist
* ], Ukrainian women's and LGBT rights activist

==Musicians==
===Bandurists===
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===Composers===
{{Main|List of Ukrainian composers}}
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* ], composer, Hero of Ukraine
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* ], author of numerous popular Soviet songs
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* ], composed ] also known as ]
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* ], film composer
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* ], composer of the National Anthem of Ukraine
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===Pianists===
* ], pianist
* ], pianist
* ], pianist
* ], pianist
* ], pianist
* ], pianist
* ], pianist
* ]
* ], pianist
* ], pianist
* ], pianist
* ], pianist
* ], pianist

===Organists===
* ], organist, composer
* ], organist, choral conductor

===Strings===
* ], viola soloist
* ], violinist
* ] (1902–1942), Ukrainian-Jewish cellist (born in Austrian Galicia)
* ], violinist
* ], violinist / fiddler
* ], violinist
* ], violinist
* ], violinist
* ], violinist
* ], violinist
* ] (1920–2001), American-Jewish, born in Kremenets Poland (now Ukraine), violinist.

===Conductors===
* ] (1898–1973), Ukrainian/American-Jewish conductor
* ] (1863-1937), first conductor of the Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra

===Singers===
====Opera====
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* ], bass-baritone
* ], bass
* ], baritone
* ], bass
* ], tenor
* ], soprano
* ], soprano
* ], tenor
* ], soprano
* ], tenor
* ], bass, baritone

====Singers and artists of other genres====
* ], singer
* ], singer and television presenter
* ], singer
* ], award-winning artist, rapper, entertainer
* ], singer
* ], singer
* ], bard
* ]
* ], jazz singer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ganna Gryniva |url=https://www.jazz-fun.de/ganna-gryniva.html |access-date=2022-04-03 |website=www.jazz-fun.de |language=de}}</ref>
* ], lead singer of the ] band ]
* ], singer, composer, winner of the ]
* ], singer
* ], iconic Soviet crooner
* ], singer, runner-up of the 2008 Eurovision contest
* ] (Kostyantyn Mykolayovych Bocharov), Ukrainian singer, LGBT activist
* ] (born 1978), Ukrainian singer-songwriter
* ], singer and rapper, LGBT activist<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gender Z|url=https://truth-hounds.org/en/gender-z/|access-date=2022-10-18|website=truth-hounds.org|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=БОРІТЕСЯ – ПОБОРЕТЕ PROJECT|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZgweX2rM4s|access-date=2022-10-18|website=www.youtube.com| date=17 May 2019 |language=uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Різні.Рівні by Alina Pash, Сергій Бабкін, Constantine, LATEXFAUNA, YUKO, Gurt , KRUTЬ|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzbDlxA2oH8|access-date=2022-10-18|website=www.youtube.com| date=14 May 2020 |language=uk}}</ref>
* ], singer
* ], winner of Star Factory 2007, represented Russia in the 2009 Eurovision song contest
* ], new wave singer and composer
* ], singer
* ], pop singer-songwriter, composer, conductor, dancer, record producer, pro-Western, singer and winner of the 2004 Eurovision contest
* ], singer, actress and television presenter, LGBT activist
* ] (Adriy Danylko), singer and runner-up of the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest
* ], bard, born of Ukrainian father
* ], singer of ] song that didn't mention Stalin
* ], Canadian Idol 2 runner-up
* Super DJ Dmitri (Dmitry Brill), member of American club/dance group ]
* ], Ukrainian cantor
* ], jazz singer
* ], singer
* ], singer
* ], singer
* ], singer and actor
* ], singer, represented Ukraine in the 2013 Eurovision song contest
* ] (born Boris Kruglov), transgender Ukrainian singer-songwriter

===Other===
* ], guitarist, producer, composer, songwriter
* ] (Gogol Bordello), singer, guitarist, composer, songwriter, actor
* ] (born 1988), music producer, DJ
* ], composer, accordionist and bajan player
* ], pianist, singer, dancer, composer, producer, songwriter
* ] (1895–2002), Ukrainian/American-Jewish composer and pianist.
* ], DJ
* ], accordionist
* ], guitarist

===Other performing artists===
* ]
* ], one of the greatest male ballet dancers of the 20th century
* ]
* ]
* ], ballet dancer, first wife of ]

==Literary arts==

===Writers===
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* ], Russian writer, had Ukrainian mother
* ] (1878–1976), working-class writer
* ]
* ], poet, writer
* ], Ukrainian novelist
* ], journalist and freelance musician
* ]
* ], American satirical novelist (Ukrainian father)
* ]
* ], author
* ], Ukrainian-Jewish writer in Yiddish language
* ], writer, journalist
* ]
* ], poet, writer, philosopher
* ], Ukrainian-Jewish publicist and writer in Russian language, born in Kyiv
* ], Ukrainian humorist in Russian language, co-author of ''The Twelve Chairs''
* ], modern Ukrainian writer
* ], Ukrainian-Jewish writer in Russian language, born in Odesa
* ], playwright
* ]
* ]
* ], count, Polish writer in French language, born and died in Ukraine
* ], Polish writer in the English language, born in Berdychiv
* ], Austrian writer, author of ''Venus in Furs''
* ], satirist and playwright, pro-Western and pro-Ukrainian dissident
* ], author and dissident
* ], poet, writer, and interpreter
* ], writer
* ]
* ]
* ], novelist in Russian language
* ], Russian humorist
* ], Israeli writer and poet
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], dramatist
* ]
* ]
* ], Ukrainian journalist, theatrologist, screenwriter, television presenter, playwright, producer, columnist,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://4vlada.net/source/publichnye-lyudi-ukraina|title=Публичные люди (Украина) &#124; Четверта влада|website=4vlada.net}}</ref> publisher and contributing editor
* ] (1908–1975), Ukrainian-Jewish writer in Yiddish
* ], Ukrainian writer in Russian language, born in Velyki Sorochyntsi
* ], modern Ukrainian novelist, poet, essayist
* ], author of ''The Cathedral''
* ], ] ] and ]
* ]
* ] (1876–1942), Polish-Jewish journalist and literary critic
* ]
* ]
* ], literary translator
* ]
* ], Marxist philosopher
* ], correspondent for ''The Billboard'' and publicist
* ], poet, essayist and musician
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* ], Israeli Hebrew writer, winner of the Nobel Prize (1966), born in Buchach
=== Painters ===
* ], Ukrainian writer in Yiddish language, born in Pereyaslav
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* ], travel writer, photographer, architect
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* ], Polish science-fiction writer born in the present-day territory of Ukraine
*]
* ], journalist
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* ], writer and journal publisher
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* ], writer, journalist
*]
* ], novelist
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* ], poet
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* ], 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 for ''Everything Flows'', ''Life and Fate''.
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* ], writer
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* ], anti-fascist playwright and publicist, assassinated by nationalist insurgents
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* ], Ukrainian humorist in Russian language, co-author of ''The Twelve Chairs''
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* ], born in Ivano-Frankivsk
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* ], Russian science fiction and fantasy writer
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* ], trampolinist
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* ], fantasy fiction writers and ] laureate
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* ], Soviet poet in Yiddish language
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* ], Ukrainian poet in Yiddish language
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* ], Soviet bard in Russian language, pro-Western dissident
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* ], founder of modern Ukrainian Literature
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* ], Kyiv-born Israeli poet
* ], modern Ukrainian poet and novelist
* ], Ukrainian poet, performer, and art event organizer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Лауреати літературного конкурсу|url=http://www.smoloskyp.org.ua/laureaty-literaturnogo-konkursu/|website=www.smoloskyp.org.ua|accessdate=2020-05-21|language=uk-UA|last=|first=|date=|publisher=Видавництво "Смолоскип"|archive-date=2021-04-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415100612/http://www.smoloskyp.org.ua/laureaty-literaturnogo-konkursu/}}</ref>


=== Sculptors === ==Business==
*], U.S. sculptor and graphic artist
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* ] (born 1961/1962), Ukrainian-Israeli billionaire businessman
=== Writers ===
* ], founder of ] brand
*], Israeli writer, Nobel Prize (1966)
* ], co-founder of ]
*], famous Jewish writer
* ] (born 1971), President of the ] and vice-president of the World Jewish Congress<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/bio/boris-lozhkin|title=World Jewish Congress|last=Congress|first=World Jewish|website=www.worldjewishcongress.org|language=EN|access-date=2019-02-25}}</ref>
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* ], founder of ] and LGBT philanthropist
*], Russian writer
* ] (born 1982), Ukrainian-American serial entrepreneur and majority owner of ]
*], poet
* ] (1914–2003), Jewish American businessman, political donor and nuclear freeze activist
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*], Russian writer, author of ''The Master and Margarita''
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==Astronauts==
=== Other performing artists ===
* ], Soviet cosmonaut No.12, ] MP in 1974–89 representing Donetsk region
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* ], Soviet cosmonaut
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* ], Soviet cosmonaut
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* ], Soviet cosmonaut
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* ], Soviet cosmonaut
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* ], Soviet cosmonaut
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* ], Soviet cosmonaut No.4, ] MP in 1964–88, head of Ukrainian diaspora in Moscow
*] (Ukrainian father)
* ], Soviet cosmonaut
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* ], earlier a Soviet cosmonaut, made the first crewed spaceflight of the ]
* ], Russian cosmonaut
* ], Russian cosmonaut
* ], Russian cosmonaut
* ], ]
* ], NASA
* ], Canada's first female astronaut and the first neurologist in space
* ], Canadian astronaut


== Business == ==Cossack Hetmans==
* ] (1506–1512), one of the first ]
*], Ukraine's richest man
* ] (1514–1535)
*], Russian oligarch, billionaire
* ] (1550–1563)
*], community benefactor
* ] (1577–1578), Cossack Hetman and ] of ]
*], co-founder of ]
* ] (1591–1593)
*], Ukraine's second-richest man, son-in-law of ]
* ] (1593–1596)
*], confectionary baron, close confidant of ]
* ] (1596)
*], founder of ] and philanthropist
* ] (1614–1622), Hetman of ]
*], Russian oligarch, billionaire
* ] (1623–1628)
*], founder of Zubal Books
* ] (1628–1630), elected by ]
* ] (1629–1630), elected by unregistered Cossacks
* ] (1630–1635)
* ] (1638)
* ] (1648–1657), first Hetman of the ]
* ] (1657–1659), second Hetman of the Cossack Hetmanate
* ] (1659–1663), third Hetman of the Cossack Hetmanate, and (1677–1681 and 1685) in the Right-bank Ukraine
* ] (1663–1665) in the ]
* ] (1663–1668) in the ]
* ] (1665–1676) in the Right-bank Ukraine and (1668–1669) in the Left-bank Ukraine
* ] (1669–1672) in the Left-bank Ukraine
* ] (1669–1674) in the Right-bank Ukraine
* ] (1672–1687) in the Left-bank Ukraine
* ] (1687–1708) in the Left-bank Ukraine, and (1708–1709) in the Right-bank Ukraine
* ] (1710–1742) in exile
* ] (1708–1722) in the Left-bank Ukraine
* ] (1722–1724), served as ] of the Left-bank Ukraine
* ] (1727–1734) in the Left-bank Ukraine
* ] (1750–1764) in the Left-bank Ukraine
* ] (1765–1775), last ] of the ]


== Cosmonauts == ==Military figures==
* ], general of the Polish Army
*]
* ], general of the ]
*]
*], Hero of The ] * ], general of the ]
* ], otaman of the ] aka Polissian Sich
*], Hero of The ]
* ], general of the Red Army
* ], general of the Red Army
* ], general of the Red Army
* ] (1899–1973), Israeli first Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, President of the ]
* ], staff captain of the Russian Army (]), colonel of the Ukrainian People's Army (1918–1920), major of the Polish Army (1938–1939), colonel of the ] (1943–1945), and general of the ] (1945)
* ], interrogator and translator at the ]
* ], major general, partisan leader, subsequently minister of Welfare of Ukraine
* ] (1914–1944), Ukrainian-Jewish Navy submarine commander ]
* ], captain of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Galician Army (UHA)
* ], marshal of the Soviet Union
* ], otaman and leader of a Ukrainian insurgent "]"
* ] (Vasyl Vyshyvanyi), Austrian archduke, colonel of the ]
* ], a World War II veteran of the ], a military formation of ].
* ], commander-in-chief of the army of the ]
* ], general of the ]
* ], Austrian colonel general, last governor-general of Galicia (1917–18)
* ], Austrian major general
* ], general of the ]
* ], colonel and the commander of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army
* ], legendary fighter pilot of WWII, top USSR ace
* ], lieutenant general of Russian Imperial Army, defender of ] during ]
* ], leader of the ] (UVO) (1920–29) and the ] (OUN) (1929–38), pro-Western, killed many Jews and Russians
* ], Ukrainian Canadian war hero (Victoria Cross, 1917)
* ], marshal of the Soviet Union
* ], deputy commander of the Carpathian Sich
* ], general of the Ukrainian National Army
* ], major general, partisan leader, subsequently deputy chairperson of Verkhovna Rada
* ], commander of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army
* ], marshal of the Soviet Union
* ], colonel of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army
* ], commander of "]"
* ], legendary Sub Commander in WWII
* ], marshal of the Soviet Union
* ], marshal of the Soviet Union
* ], only female commander of an anarchist cavalry detachment, the "Free Combat Druzhina".
* ], general of the Ukrainian Liberation Army, commander of the ] and Ukrainian People's Army
* ], field marshal of the Russian imperial army
* ], Lieutenant of Red Army female sniper
* ], Soviet officer, leader of the Uprising in ] (1943)
* ], Austrian counter-intelligence officer
* ], general of the ]
* ], major general, partisan leader, committed suicide to avoid capture by the Nazi
* ], Marshal of Armored Forces
* ], general of the Ukrainian National Army
* ], colonel, the ] named after him
* ], general of the Polish Army
* ], general of the ]
* ], general and the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army
* ], otaman of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen and the Ukrainian Galician Army
* ], general of the Ukrainian People's Army
* ], commander of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, pro-Western, killed many Jews and Russians
* ], colonel of the Ukrainian Galician Army
* ], colonel of the Ukrainian Legion
* ], marshal of the Soviet Union, added his native village Furmanivka and other western territories in 1939
* ], general of the Ukrainian People's Army
* ] - Russian-born volunteer who fought for Ukraine in the ]
* ], major general
* ], major general, partisan leader, WWII photographer
* ], colonel of the Ukrainian Galician Army
* ], marshal of the Soviet Union
* ], marshal of the Soviet Union


==Intelligence==
== Cossack Hetmans ==
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== Academics == ==Politicians==
===Biologists/Physicians===
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*], microbilogist, Nobel Prize in Medicine (1908)
*]
*]
*], mineralogist, biochemist
*]


===Ukrainian non-Soviet politicians===
===Chemists===
{{main|List of Ukrainian politicians}}
*]
]]]
*]
* ], minister of naval affairs, and of arts of the ] (1917–1918 and 1918–1919)
*]
* ], head of Kyiv City Administration under German occupation (October 1941–January 1942)
*]
* ], president (acting) of the UNR in exile (1965–1967)
*], biochemist, Nobel Prize (1952)
* ], leader of the ] (OUN-B)
* ], leader of the ]
* ], leader of the ]
* ], Ukrainian nationalist writer, publisher, journalist and political thinker
* ], Minister for Foreign Affairs of the ] (1918)
* ], Prime Minister of the ] (1919)
* ], Prime Minister of the Ukrainian People's Republic (1918)
* ], Secretary of National Security and Defense Council (1994–1999, 2006)
* ], Ambassador to the Netherlands 2011-17
* ], President of the Ukrainian People's Republic
* ], Vice President of the ]
* ], Prime Minister of the ] (1919)
* ], leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (1929–1938)
* ], ] (1991–1994)
* ], geographer and politician (Ukrainian Central Committee)
* ], President of Ukraine (1994–2005)
* ], head of the Security Service for the UPA
* ] - Ukrainian journalist, politician and public figure<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/06/06/kiev-pride-a-success-despite-attacks|title=Kiev Pride: A Success Despite Attacks|publisher=]}}</ref>
* ], head of the ] (UNDO) (1925–1935)
* ], Prime Minister of the West Ukrainian National Republic (1918–1919)
* ], President of the Ukrainian People's Republic in exile (1926–1954).
* ], President of the Ukrainian People's Republic in exile (1967–1989).
* ], leader of the Ukrainian Democratic-Agrarian Party
* ], leader of anarchists
* ], Prime Minister of the Ukrainian People's Republic (1919–1920 and 1948–1952)
* ], leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN-M)
* ], Minister for Foreign Affairs (2007–2009)
* ], President of the ]
* ], President of the West Ukrainian National Republic
* ], President of the Ukrainian People's Republic in exile (1989–1992)
* ], President of Ukraine (2014–2019)
* ], Prime Minister of the Ukrainian People's Republic (1920, 1921, 1926–1939)
* ], Acting Prime Minister of the Independent Ukrainian Republic (1941)
* ], head of the ] in Weimar (1945)
* ], Hetman of Ukraine or head of the ] (1918)
* ], Prime Minister of the ] (1941)
* ], leader of the Ukrainian nationalist movement
* ], head of the People's Assembly of Western Ukraine (1939)
* ], Minister for Foreign Affairs (1998–2000 and 2005–2007)
* ], Minister of Economics (2000)
* ], ] (2007–2010)
* ], leader of the Christian Social Movement in Ukraine
* ], President of ] (1939)
* ], Prime Minister of the Ukrainian People's Republic, writer
* ], President of the Ukrainian People's Republic in exile (1954–1965)
* ], 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)
* ], member of the Ukrainian National Committee in Kraków (1941)
* ], Minister for Foreign Affairs (2007), Prime Minister of Ukraine (2014)
* ], deputy head of the ] (1917)
* ], President of Ukraine (2005–2010)
* ], Prime Minister of Ukraine (2002–2004, 2006–2007) and President of Ukraine (2010–2015)
* ], ] (2019–present)


===Zionists and Israeli politicians===
===Computer scientists===
]]]
*]
]]]
*], first programmable computer in Continental Europe
* ], Zionist activist, leader of ]
*]
* ], first Hebrew mayor of Jerusalem
* ], historian, Labor Zionist leader, and President of Israel
* ], Zionist activist
* ], Prime Minister of Israel
* ], Zionist activist
* ], mayor of Haifa
* ], Zionist leader, founder of ], writer and journalist in Hebrew and Russian language
* ], Israeli biophysicist, President of Israel
* ], leader of Jewish community in China
* ], Prime Minister of Israel
* ], Zionist activist
* ], Zionist activist, leader of the ]
* ], Soviet human rights activist and Israeli politician
* ], Prime Minister of Israel
* ], Israeli lawman and Labor Party politician, speaker of the Knesset
* ], hunter of Nazis
* ], politician, public leader, journalist, and human rights LGBT campaigner and former member of Ukrainian Parliament<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/06/06/kiev-pride-a-success-despite-attacks|title=Kiev Pride: A Success Despite Attacks|publisher=]}}</ref>


===Bolsheviks and Soviet politicians===
=== Economists ===
* ], ] leader and diplomat, one of the leaders of the ]
*]
* ], Bolshevik politician, People's Secretary of Internal Affairs (1917–1918)
*], Nobel Prize (1971)
* ], Soviet ] (1964–1982)
*], Slutsky equation
* ], Soviet ] (1984–1985), Brezhnev's chief of staff
* ], Soviet politician who served as a vice-chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1984 to 1989. Supervisor of Soviet crisis management during ] and the ].
* ], Old Bolshevik, participated in signing the ], one of the officials responsible for implementing Stalin's policies such as collectivization.
* ], finance minister of the Soviet Union (1930-1937)
* ], finance minister of the Soviet Union (1937-1938)
* ], head of the Africa department of the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ],
* ], Soviet politician, Central Planning Commission head, first ] after the Independence
* ], Soviet politician
* ], Bolshevik politician
* ], Soviet politician
* ], Soviet diplomat
* ], Soviet politician
* ], Bolshevik politician
* ], Soviet ] (1953–1964), returned ] to Ukraine
* ], Bolshevik politician
* ], first Soviet education minister, Latin alphabet advocate (similar to ]), was sidelined by Stalin
* ], Bolshevik politician
* ], Bolshevik politician
* ], Central Planning Commission head, third ] after the Independence
* ], Soviet politician
* ], Chairman of the ] of the ] (1965–1977), betrayed Khrushchev and later regretted
* ], Bolshevik revolutionary, ]
* ], Bolshevik politician
* ], Bolshevik politician
* ], Soviet politician
* ], leader of the Communist Party of Ukraine (1963–1972), betrayed Khrushchev and later regretted
* ], Bolshevik leader
* ], leader of the Communist Party of Ukraine (1972–1989), supported ] and later regretted
* ], the only female Chairperson of the ] of the ]
* ], Bolshevik revolutionary
* ], leading ] revolutionary, founder of the ]
* ], Bolshevik revolutionary
* ], Bolshevik politician
* ], Bolshevik revolutionary


===Engineers=== ===Soviet dissidents===
* ]
*], aircraft designer
* ]
*], movie cameras
* ]
*], ballistic missile and spacecraft designer
*] * ]
* ]
*], first visible light-emitting diode
* ]
*], rocket science pioneer
* ]
*], spaceflight pioneer
*] * ]
* ]
*], first spacecraft designer
*] * ]
* ]
*], mining engineer
* ]
*], tank designer, patron of the ]
* ]
*], welding engineer
* ]
*], anti-reflective coating for optical lenses
* ]
*], inventor of helicopter
* ]
*], father of modern engineering mechanics
* ]
* ]


===Historians=== ===Russian politicians===
* ], Grand Chancellor of ]
*]
* ], prime minister of Russian Federation
*]
* ], minister of regional development of Russia
*]
* ], governor of St Petersburg
*]
* ], prime minister of Russian Federation
*]
* ], count of Imperial Russia
*], WWII researcher (Ukrainian father)
* ], deputy finance minister of Russia
*]
* ], minister of economy of Russian Federation
* ], liberal economist and leader of the Russian political party "Yabloko"


===Mathematicians=== ===Polish politicians===
* ], deputy minister of the Ukrainian People's Republic (1920)
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* ], diplomat (1918–1924)
*]
* ], Bolshevik politician
*]
* ], Bolshevik politician
*]
* ], socialist politician
*]
* ], Bolshevik politician
*]
* ], minister of the Ukrainian People's Republic (1917–1918)
*]
* ], Bolshevik politician
*]
* ], foreign minister of Poland (2005)
*]
* ], minister of the Ukrainian People's Republic (1920–1922)
*]
* ], foreign minister of the Soviet Union (1949–1953)
*]
* ], communist politician
*]
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===Philosophers=== ===Austrian politicians===
* ], known as "Prince Vasyl"
*]
* ], Governor of Galicia (1847–1848)
*]


===Physicists=== ===Bulgarian politicians===
* ], communist politician
*], nuclear physicist (Budker Institute for Nuclear Physics)
*]
*], liquid drop model of atom nucleus
*]
*], prominent Soviet physicist (Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute)
*], BKL conjecture in general relativity
*]
*], thin film physics
*], electronic photography
*], discoverer of X-rays (disputed)
*], mathematical physicist
*], nuclear physicist


===Other academics=== ===Czechoslovak politicians===
* ], communist politician
*], Russian religious philosopher
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
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== Politicians == ===German politicians===
* ], communist politician
* ], communist politician


=== Ukrainian politicians === ===Italian politicians===
* ], communist politician
*], minister of finance, vice premier
*], nationalist leader
*], prominent Ukrainian opposition leader
*]
*], president of ]
*], ]
*], president
*]
*]
*]
*]
*], foreign minister
*], prime minister
*], prime minister of ], writer
*], ], presidential candidate in ]
*], president


=== Zionists and Israeli politicians === ===American politicians===
* ], Maryland State House of Delegates
*], notable ], leader of ]
* ], former Pennsylvania Congressman
*], prime minister of Israel
* ], New York City councilwoman from ]
*], notable Zionist, founder of ]
*], Labor Party politician, president of Israel
*], prime minister of Israel
*], Soviet human rights activist and Israeli politician
*], prime minister of Israel


=== Bolsheviks and Soviet politicians === ===Chinese politicians===
* ]
*], Soviet leader
*], Soviet leader
*], Soviet foreign minister
*], Soviet leader
*], member of ]
*], Bolshevik revolutionary, ]
*], leader of the ] (1972-1989)
*], leading ] revolutionary, founder of the ]
*], Bolshevik revolutionary
*], Bolshevik revolutionary


===Crimean Tatar politicians===
=== Soviet dissidents ===
*] * ]
*] * ]
*] * ]
*]
*]


==Religious leaders and theologians==
=== Russian politicians ===
*], prime minister of Russian Federation
*], prime minister of Russian Federation
*], minister of economy of Russian Federation
*], liberal economist


=== Polish politicians === ===Orthodox Christian===
* ] (Yarema), Patriarch of the ] (1993–2000)
*], opposition leader with the ] movement
* ], first native Rus metropolitan of Kyiv (c. 1051–c. 1054)
* ], Orthodox metropolitan of Tobolsk (1711–1715)
* ] (Skobtsova), Eastern Orthodox nun, martyr
* ] (Kudryakov), metropolitan of the ] (2000–present)
* ] (Stepan Skrypnyk), Patriarch of the ] (1990–1993)
* ], vice-president of the Orthodox ]
* ], Patriarch of the ].
* ], Orthodox saint
* ] (Lypkivsky), first metropolitan of ] (1921–1937)
* ], first president of the Orthodox ] (1721)
* ], monk, spiritual writer, the founder of modern ] staretsdom.


===Greek Catholic===
== Military Figures ==
* ], first Greek Catholic metropolitan of Lviv (1808–1814)
*], Marshal of the Soviet Union
* ], first Ukrainian Canadian Greek-Catholic bishop (1912–1927)
*], general of the Polish army
* ], Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Archbishop of Winnipeg (1956–1992)
*], Marshal of the Soviet Union
* ], Greek Catholic nun (1869–1919)
*], legendary fighter pilot of WWII, top USSR ace.
* ], Greek Catholic priest, professor at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Rome
*], Marshal of the Soviet Union
* ], cardinal, head of the ] (2001–2005), ] (2005–2011)
*], Marshal of the Soviet Union
*], field marshal of the Russian imperial army * ], chaplain, victim of the 1940 Katyn massacre (1890-1940)
* ], Greek Catholic bishop of Stanislav, martyr (1947)
*], Marshal of the Soviet Union
* ], Greek Catholic bishop of Peremyshl, martyr (1947)
*], Marshal of the Soviet Union
* ], Greek Catholic priest of Peremyshliany, martyr (1944)
*], Marshal of the Soviet Union
* ], cardinal (1856), Greek Catholic ], Primate of Galicia and Lodomeria (1848–1858)
* ], cardinal, head of the ] (1984–2000)
* ], Greek Catholic priest, martyr (1949)
* ], Greek Catholic metropolitan of Kyiv (1613–1637)
* ], Greek Catholic priest, martyr (1941)
* ], head of the ], Metropolitan ] (1900–1944), political victim of the ] and was proclaimed as the enemy of the state.
* ], Greek Catholic Exarch of Russia and Siberia (1939), Archimandrite of the Studites (1944), martyr (1951), died in ], victimized by ] for being ]
* ], head of the ] (1944–1984), exited to Siberia and released in xxxx,
* ], Ruthenian religious activist and author (d. 1633)
* ], Ukrainian Greek Catholic archbishop of Philadelphia (2000–2018)
* ], Greek Catholic bishop (1963–1973)
* ], first Greek Catholic bishop of Przemyśl (1691–1700)

===Roman Catholic===
* ], Count, ] (1815–33), and Archbishop of Prague (1833–38)
* ], ] and Apostolic Administrator of Cracow (1944–1962)
* ], ] (1900–1923)
* ], Cardinal, ] (1991–2008)
* ], Bishop of ] (1757–1798)
* ], ] (1758–1759), ] (1759–1767), and ] (1763–1764)
* ], ] (2008–present)
* ], ] of ] (1775–1788), ] of Lutsk (1788–1790) and ] of ] (1790–1796)
* ], ] (Latin rite, 1618–1633), ] (1633–1638)
* ], ] (1756–1759), then ] (1759–1788)
* ], ] (1759–1774)


== Religious leaders and theologists ==
===Orthodox Christian and Greek Catholic ===
*], Cardinal, head of the ]
*]
*]
*], head of the ] through both world wars
*]
*]
===Jewish=== ===Jewish===
* ], last Chief Rabbi of Drohobych
*], talmudic scholar
*], founder of ] * ], ] of ] (2005–present)
* ], Chief Rabbi of Ukraine and Kyiv (1992–present)
*], rabbi and preacher
*], Hasidic leader * ], Talmudic scholar
* ], Jewish religious reformer who combined Judaism and Christianity
*], Hasidic leader
* ], talmudic scholar
===Other===
* ], Hasidic rabbi
*], founder of ]
* ], founder of ]
* ], rabbi and preacher
* ], Hasidic leader
* ] (Shir), rabbi of Ternopil (1837–40) and Prague (1840–67)
* ], first ] of ] (1817–55)
* ], second rebbe of Belz (1857–1894)
* ], the third rebbe of Belz (1894–1926)
* ], fourth rebbe of Belz (1926–57)
* ], rabbi, father of the fifth rebbe of Belz
* ], rabbi
* ], great rabbi, one of Achronim
* ], Hebrew scholar
* ], Hasidic leader
* ], Chief Rabbi of Rome who converted to Roman Catholicism, born in Brody

===Others===
* ], Jewish religious writer who converted to ], Pakistani diplomat
* ], ] of the ]
* ], founder of ]
* ], Ukrainian diplomat
* ], leader of the Crimean Karaites
* ], chief ] of the Crimean Karaite and Lithuanian Karaite communities
* ], ] (Armenian rite, 1901–1938)

==Sport==
{{see also|List of Ukrainian sportspeople}}

===Archery===
* ], archer
* ], archer
* ], archer (Olympic bronze – team)
* ], archer
* ], archer (Olympic champion)
* ], archer (Olympic bronze – team)

===Basketball===
]]]
* ], Olympic medalist
* ], basketball player
* ], basketball player drafted 5th by the ] in ]
* ], basketball player that won two ] championships in 2001 and 2002
* ], college basketball player of the ]
* ] (born 1990), Israeli-Ukrainian basketball player in the ]
* ], basketball player selected 18th by the ] in ]
* ], basketball player drafted 12th by the ] in ]
* ], American-Ukrainian basketball club ] player
* ], basketball player selected 134th by the ] in ]

===Boxing===
* ], boxer
* ], boxer champion
* ], boxer
* ] ("Kid Kaplan"), boxer, featherweight world champion
* ], boxer champion
* ], boxer champion
* ], boxer champion
* ], boxer champion
* ], boxer

===Chess===
* ], Ukrainian Champion (1972, 1973, 1974)
* ], Lviv Champion (1936, 1939)
* ]
* ]
* ], Ukrainian Champion (1997, 1998)
* ], Ukrainian Champion (1945, 1946, 1951, 1955, 1964)
* ], Champion of the USSR (1987, and thrice jointly – 1974, 1980, 1990)
* ], All-Russian Sub-Champion (1903)
* ], Champion of the USSR (1924, 1925), FIDE World Champion (1928/29), Challenger for World Championship (1929, 1934)
* ], Champion of the USSR (1927 – jointly), Ukrainian Sub-Champion (1924) and Champion (1937), Canadian Sub-Champion (1949)
* ], Ukrainian Champion (1938, 1939, 1940)
* ], Ukrainian Sub-Champion (1940), Champion of the USSR (1948, 1949 – both jointly), Challenger for World Championship (1951),
* ]
* ], Champion of the USSR (1985 – jointly)
* ], Champion of the USSR (1977 – jointly)
* ], Kyiv Champion (1900, 1902, 1903, 1906)
* ]
* ], Kyiv Champion (1914)
* ], winner of the 1957 Ukrainian Championship (off contest)
* ]
* ], seven-times Lviv Champion (1926–1934)
* ], Ukrainian Champion (1950, 1957, 1958, 1959), Champion of the USSR (1955, 1979)
* ]
* ], Ukrainian Champion (1991)
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], Ukrainian Champion (1984), Champion of the USSR (1985 – jointly)
* ]
* ], Champion of Europe (2004)
* ]
* ]
* ], Champion of Western Ukraine (1940), Ukrainian Champion (1954)
* ]
* ], Kyiv Champion five consecutive times (1932–1936)
* ]
* ], Ukrainian Champion (1969, 1989, 1999 – all jointly), Sub-Champion of the USSR (1973)
* ]
* ], Ukrainian Champion (1978, 1982)
* ]
* ], Odesa Champion (1908)
* ], World Senior Women Chess Champion (2002)
* ], Ukrainian Champion (1949, 1956)
* ]
* ], Ukrainian Champion (1980, 1981, 1986)
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], FIDE World Champion (2002)
* ], Champion of Lviv (1930), Western Ukraine (1943 – jointly), Paris (1951, 1953, 1954) and eventually, of the Ukrainians in North America (USA and Canada)
* ], Lviv Sub-Champion (1925)
* ], Ukrainian Champion (1927, 1933 – jointly)
* ], European Junior Champion (1973)
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], Women's World Champion (1950–1953)
* ]
* ], Ukrainian Champion (1966, 1968)
* ], Ukrainian Champion (1969 – jointly), Champion of the USSR (1971)
* ]
* ], Ukrainian Champion (1947, 1948)
* ]
* ], Ukrainian Champion (1960, 1962), Champion of the USSR (1963, 1965, 1966)
* ], Champion of the USSR (1956)
* ], Ukrainian Champion (1970)
* ], Ukrainian Champion (1926), Champion of the USSR (1929)
* ], Ukrainian Champion (1924, 1925, 1928)
* ]
* ], Ukrainian Champion (1931)
* ]

===Fencing===
]]]
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* ] (born 1955), Ukrainian-born American Olympic fencing coach
* ], saber fencer, Olympic champion, Ukraine's ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jcc.org/articlenav.php?id=584 |title=The 18th Maccabiah–Maccabiah Chai |publisher=JCC |access-date=June 3, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420024035/http://www.jcc.org/articlenav.php?id=584 |archive-date=April 20, 2010 }}</ref>
* ], épée fencer, Olympic bronze
* ], épée fencer, Olympic champion, 2-time silver
* ] (born 1987), 3-time world bronze
* ], saber fencer, Olympic bronze
* ], foil fencer, Olympian
* ], épée fencer, Olympic silver, 10-time national champion, world champion
* ], saber fencer

===Figure skating===
* ], figure skater (Olympic gold)
* ] (born 1988), Ukrainian-born Israeli figure skater, Olympian
* ], Israeli ice dancer, Olympian
* ], Israeli figure skater, Olympian
* ], figure skater (Olympic gold, World Championship gold)
* ], German figure skater
* ], Israeli figure skater<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X5WAzo00SGgC&q=jewish+%22Michael+Shmerkin%22|title=A Year in Figure Skating |publisher=McClelland & Stewart |author=Beverley Smith, Dan Diamond|year=1997|isbn=0-7710-2755-9 |access-date=July 1, 2010}}</ref>
* ] (born 2000), Ukrainian-born Israeli Olympic figure skater

===Football (soccer)===
]]]
* ], footballer
* ], footballer, ] (1986)
* ], footballer, ] (1975)
* ], footballer, midfielder, Olympic bronze, coach
* ], footballer, football coach
* ], footballer
* ], footballer
* ], footballer
* ], footballer
* ], footballer
* ], footballer
* ], footballer
* ], footballer
* ], footballer
* ] (born 1979), American-Israeli footballer, football coach
* ], footballer
* ], footballer
* ], football coach
* ], footballer
* ], footballer
* ] (born 1946), American-Israeli footballer, born in Ukraine
* ], footballer
* ], footballer
* ], footballer
* ], footballer
* ], footballer, midfielder (] & U21 national team)<ref>{{cite news |first=Motti |last=Peshkhatzki |script-title=he:דינמו קייב לבית"ר: 220 אלף דולר על אנדריי אוברמקו |url=http://www.nrg.co.il/online/3/ART1/433/383.html |date=June 9, 2006 |access-date=July 6, 2008 |language=he }}</ref>
* ], footballer
* ], footballer
* ], footballer
* ], footballer
* ], footballer
* ], footballer
* ], footballer
* ], footballer, ] (2004)
* ], footballer
* ], footballer
* ], footballer
* ], footballer
* ], footballer
* ], footballer
* ], footballer
* ], footballer
* ], footballer
* ], president of the ] till 2012
* ], footballer
* ], footballer
* ], footballer
* ], footballer
* ], footballer
* ], footballer
* ], footballer
* ], footballer, striker

===Gymnastics===
* ], gymnast
* ], gymnast
* ] (born 1997), Israeli artistic gymnast (second in world championships)
* ], 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)
* ], gymnast (Olympic gold)
* ], gymnast
* ], gymnast (Olympic gold)
* ], gymnast (9 Olympic golds)
* ], Israeli Olympic rhythmic gymnast
* ], gymnast, 2-time Olympic champion (balance beam, team combined exercises), bronze (horse vault)
* ], gymnast (Olympic gold)
* ], gymnast (Olympic bronze)
* ], gymnast (Olympic gold)
* ], Individual Rhythmic Gymnast (Olympic bronze)
* ], rhythmic gymnast
* ], gymnast

===Ice hockey===
* ], ice hockey player
* ], ice hockey player
* ], ice hockey player
* ], ice hockey player
* ] (born 1974), Canadian-German ice hockey player
* ], hockey player
* ] (1963–2012), ice hockey coach, arrested for sexual abuse of teenage student, committed ] in prison
* ], ice hockey player
* ], ice hockey player
* ], ice hockey player
* ], ice hockey player
* ], ice hockey player
* ], ice hockey player

===Swimming===
* ], swimmer (4 Olympic golds)
* ], 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)
* ], Paralympic swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=London 2019 - Maryna Piddubna |url=https://www.paralympic.org/london-2019/schedule-results/info-live-results/swlo19/eng/zb/engzb_swimming-athlete-profile-n17919-piddubna-maryna.htm |website=International Paralympic Committee |access-date=10 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* ], Olympic swimmer

===Tennis===

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* ], tennis player
* ], tennis player
* ], tennis player
* ] (born 1991), American tennis player
* ] (born 1998), Ukrainian-Israeli tennis player
* ] (born 1990), Ukrainian-born Israeli tennis player
* ], tennis player
* ], tennis player
* ], tennis player
* ], tennis player
* ], tennis player (winner of ])
* ], tennis player
* ], tennis player
* ], tennis player
* ], tennis player (winner of the ])

===Track & field===
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* ], shot putter
* ], sprinter (2 Olympic golds)
* ], pole vault legend (Olympic gold), numerous world records
* ], also a pole vaulter, older brother of Sergey/Serhiy
* ] (born 1989), Israeli triple jumper and long jumper
* ], jumper (world record in triple jump)
* ], long-distance runner (2 Olympic golds)
* ], long-distance runner (8-time winner of European Cross Country championships)
* ], discus thrower (Olympic gold)
* ], sprinter (World Championship gold); world 100-m & 200-m champion
* ], sprinter (Olympic bronze, world bronze)
* ] & ], sister athletes (5 Olympic golds in total)
* ], high jumper
* ], javelin (Olympic gold, Olympic bronze)

===Weightlifting===
* ], Olympic silver (middle-heavyweight); world champion
* ], sports coach and athlete
* ], Olympic champion (lightweight)
* ], world and Olympic records
* ], Israeli Olympic weightlifter

===Wrestling===
]]]
* ], Israeli Olympic wrestler
* ], Olympic silver (freestyle 60&nbsp;kg); world championship silver & bronze
* ], world champion (Greco-Roman lightweight)
* ], Olympic silver (freestyle featherweight)
* ] (1937–2020), Olympic champion (freestyle middleweight)
* ] (born 1971), Ukrainian-born Canadian Olympic wrestler
* ], Olympic champion (Greco-Roman featherweight)
* ], Israeli Olympic wrestler


== Other == ===Other athletes===
]]]
*], Internet diarist
* ] (born 1989), Ukrainian-born Israeli Olympic short track speed skater
*], journalist whose murder was linked to government officials
* ] (born 1962), IFBB professional bodybuilder
*], Ukrainian Canadian war hero
* ] (born 1973), Israeli Olympic speed skater
*], early promoter of immigration to Canada
* ], mixed martial arts fighter
*], serial killer
* ] (1911–1986), American All-Pro National Football League player
*], world's tallest man
* ], Olympic cycling medalist
*], erotic model
* ] (born 1975), Soviet and Israel national table tennis teams<ref name="jewishvirtuallibrary9">{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/tabletennistoc.html |title=Jews in Sports: Table Tennis |encyclopedia=Jewish Virtual Library|access-date=May 25, 2010}}</ref>
* ], K-1 kickboxing champion
* ], Olympic champion volleyball player
* ] (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)
* ] (born 1982), American football player, DL (])
* Olyeg Olyeksandrovich Prudius aka ], pro wrestler
*] (born 1992), Ukrainian-born Israeli Olympic and European champion judoka
* ] (born 1989), Israeli Olympic sport shooter
* ] (born 1973), Russia national rugby league team<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thebulldogs.com.au/main.php?page=archives&month=05&year=2007&type=List&num=7 |title=19-year-old Jewish Prodigy Bound for the NRL |publisher=Bulldogs Rugby League Club |date=May 9, 2007 |access-date=September 28, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706112815/http://thebulldogs.com.au/main.php?page=archives&month=05&year=2007&type=List&num=7 |archive-date=July 6, 2011 }}</ref>
* ], world's strongest man competition (1st place 2004)
* ], mixed martial arts fighter
* ], billiards player (world champion)


==Oligarchs==
== Parents born in Ukraine ==
* ], Ukrainian businessman of Jewish descent
*]
* ], Ukrainian businessman of Jewish descent, collector of modern and contemporary art
*]
* ], daughter of Ukrainian second president ]
*]
* ], Jewish-Ukrainian businessman
*]
* ], Ukrainian businessman and politician
*]
* ], Ukrainian businessman and oligarch
*]
* ], Ukrainian businessman and investor
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]


==Other==
<!--*], one of the greatest Polish prose stylists of the 20th century, painter
* ], judge
*], Polish science fiction writer, author of ''Solaris''
* ], concentration camp survivor
*], cellist (born in Austrian Galicia)
* ], journalist, civil activist
*], Lwów School of Mathematics
* ], man wrongly convicted of murder in England
*]
* ], early promoter of immigration to Canada
*], Lwów School of Mathematics
* ], serial killer
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* ] (born Anastassia Lisowska), or Khourrem (Hürrem), Sultan wife of Suleyman the Magnificent
* ], unofficially the world's tallest man
* ] (born 1987), born to a Russian mother and Ukrainian father. He is now a citizen of the US. He rose to internet fame as a ] known for ] and ] reviewing videos.
* ] (pseudonym of Maxim Fomin), convicted criminal and war propagandist
* ], YouTuber and activist


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Academics

Mathematicians

Main article: Ukrainian mathematicians

Physicists/Astronomers

Geographers/Geologists

Biologists

Chemists

Doctors and surgeons

Engineers

Sergei Korolev

Economists

Archeologists

Historians

Philosophers

Other academics

Arts

Architects

Fashion Designers

Painters

For a more comprehensive list, see List of Ukrainian painters.
Kazimir Malevich

Photographers

Sculptors

Performing arts

Actors/Actresses

Mila Jovovich

Choreographers and dancers

Film and theatre directors

Kira Muratova

Models

LGBT activists

Musicians

Bandurists

Composers

Main article: List of Ukrainian composers
Mykola Leontovych

Pianists

Organists

Strings

Conductors

Singers

Opera

Solomiya Krushelnytska

Singers and artists of other genres

Other

Other performing artists

Literary arts

Writers

Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Joseph Conrad
Oksana Zabuzhko

Poets

Hayyim Nahman Bialik
Ivan Franko
Taras Shevchenko

Business

Astronauts

Cossack Hetmans

Military figures

Intelligence

Politicians

Ukrainian non-Soviet politicians

Main article: List of Ukrainian politicians
Nestor Makhno

Zionists and Israeli politicians

Golda Meir
Simon Wiesenthal

Bolsheviks and Soviet politicians

Soviet dissidents

Russian politicians

Polish politicians

Austrian politicians

Bulgarian politicians

Czechoslovak politicians

German politicians

Italian politicians

American politicians

Chinese politicians

Crimean Tatar politicians

Religious leaders and theologians

Orthodox Christian

Greek Catholic

Roman Catholic

Jewish

Others

Sport

See also: List of Ukrainian sportspeople

Archery

Basketball

Oleksiy Pecherov

Boxing

Chess

Fencing

Yury Gelman
Vadym Gutzeit
Grigory Kriss

Figure skating

Football (soccer)

Andriy Shevchenko

Gymnastics

Ice hockey

Swimming

  • Yana 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
  • Maxim Podoprigora, Olympic swimmer

Tennis

Julia Glushko

Track & field

Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko
Olesya Povh

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Grigoriy Gamarnik

Other athletes

Igor Olshansky

Oligarchs

Other

See also

References

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