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List of people from Ukraine

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This is a list of individuals who were born and lived in territories located in present-day Ukraine, including ethnic Ukrainians and those of other ethnicities.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by editing the page to add missing items, with references to reliable sources.

Academics

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Mathematicians

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Physicists/Astronomers

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Geographers/Geologists

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Biologists

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Chemists

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Doctors and surgeons

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Engineers

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Sergei Korolev

Economists

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Archeologists

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Historians

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Philosophers

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Other academics

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Arts

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Architects

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Fashion Designers

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Painters

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Kazimir Malevich

Photographers

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Sculptors

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Performing arts

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Actors/Actresses

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Mila Jovovich

Choreographers and dancers

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Film and theatre directors

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Kira Muratova

Models

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LGBT activists

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Musicians

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Bandurists

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Composers

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Mykola Leontovych

Pianists

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Organists

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Strings

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Conductors

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Singers

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Opera

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Singers and artists of other genres

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Other

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Other performing artists

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Literary arts

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Writers

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Joseph Conrad
Oksana Zabuzhko

Poets

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Hayyim Nahman Bialik
Ivan Franko
Taras Shevchenko

Business

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Astronauts

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Cossack Hetmans

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Military figures

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Intelligence

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Politicians

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Ukrainian non-Soviet politicians

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Nestor Makhno

Zionists and Israeli politicians

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Golda Meir
Simon Wiesenthal

Bolsheviks and Soviet politicians

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Soviet dissidents

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Russian politicians

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Polish politicians

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Austrian politicians

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Bulgarian politicians

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Czechoslovak politicians

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German politicians

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Italian politicians

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American politicians

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Chinese politicians

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Crimean Tatar politicians

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Religious leaders and theologians

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Orthodox Christian

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Greek Catholic

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Roman Catholic

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Jewish

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Others

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Sport

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Archery

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Basketball

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Oleksiy Pecherov

Boxing

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Chess

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Fencing

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Yury Gelman
Vadym Gutzeit
Grigory Kriss

Figure skating

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Football (soccer)

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Andriy Shevchenko

Gymnastics

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Ice hockey

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Swimming

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  • 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[19]
  • Maxim Podoprigora, Olympic swimmer

Tennis

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Elina Svitolina won Ukraine's first Olympic tennis medal

Track and field

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Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko
Olesya Povh

Weightlifting

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Wrestling

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Grigoriy Gamarnik

Other athletes

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Igor Olshansky

Oligarchs

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Other

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See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 PETRUK, Oleh; PRYTULA, Yaroslav; TARNAVSKYI, Roman; SHYSHKA, Oleksander; KACHMAR, Volodymyr; DUDKA, Maksym; HOLOVATCH, Yurij; SAMOTYJ, Renata; SVARNYK, Halyna (2021-10-04). Leopolis Scientifica. Exact Sciences in Lviv until the middle of the 20th century. Oleh Petruk. p. 125. ISBN 978-966-02-9644-2.
  2. ↑ "Normanist theory". Encyclopediaofukraine.com. October 24, 1975. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Myron Korduba". Open Library. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
  4. ↑ "The Odessa Numismatics Museum". Museum.com.ua. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Ярослава Мосійчук: "Почуваюся наче вільна, стрімка, грайлива ріка, яка має надійний берег"". НОВА Тернопільська газета (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-05-20.
  6. ↑ "Award-winning Films for a Young Audience as Part of the Berlinale Summer Special". www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
  7. ↑ "Ganna Gryniva". www.jazz-fun.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-04-03.
  8. ↑ "Gender Z". truth-hounds.org. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
  9. ↑ "БОРІТЕСЯ – ПОБОРЕТЕ PROJECT". www.youtube.com (in Ukrainian). 17 May 2019. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
  10. ↑ "Різні.Рівні by Alina Pash, Сергій Бабкін, Constantine, LATEXFAUNA, YUKO, Gurt [O], KRUTЬ". www.youtube.com (in Ukrainian). 14 May 2020. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
  11. ↑ "Публичные люди (Украина) | Четверта влада". 4vlada.net.
  12. ↑ "Лауреати літературного конкурсу". www.smoloskyp.org.ua (in Ukrainian). Видавництво "Смолоскип". Archived from the original on 2021-04-15. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  13. ↑ Congress, World Jewish. "World Jewish Congress". www.worldjewishcongress.org. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
  14. ↑ "Kiev Pride: A Success Despite Attacks". The Daily Beast.
  15. ↑ "Kiev Pride: A Success Despite Attacks". The Daily Beast.
  16. ↑ "The 18th Maccabiah–Maccabiah Chai". JCC. Archived from the original on April 20, 2010. Retrieved June 3, 2010.
  17. ↑ Beverley Smith, Dan Diamond (1997). A Year in Figure Skating. McClelland & Stewart. ISBN 0-7710-2755-9. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
  18. ↑ Peshkhatzki, Motti (June 9, 2006). דינמו קייב לבית"ר: 220 אלף דולר על אנדריי אוברמקו (in Hebrew). Retrieved July 6, 2008.
  19. ↑ "London 2019 - Maryna Piddubna". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  20. ↑ "Jews in Sports: Table Tennis". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
  21. ↑ "19-year-old Jewish Prodigy Bound for the NRL". Bulldogs Rugby League Club. May 9, 2007. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved September 28, 2010.
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