List of Famous people born in Dnipro, Ukraine
Aleksandr Faintsimmer
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Faintsimmer was a Soviet film director. He has been cited as a filmmaker on the forefront of Russian language social thriller. His son Leonid Kvinikhidze was also a film director.
Roman Talan
Roman Serhiyovych Talan is a Ukrainian pair skater. With Kateryna Kostenko, he is the 2009 Ukrainian national champion and represented Ukraine at the 2010 Winter Olympics. He competed with Elizaveta Usmantseva from 2013 to 2014.
Kateryna Kostenko
Kateryna Vasylivna Kostenko is a Ukrainian retired pair skater. With Roman Talan, she is the 2009 Ukrainian national champion and represented Ukraine at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Vladislav Druzchenko
Vladislav Druzchenko is a male badminton player from Ukraine. He competed at the 1996, 2000, and 2008 Olympic Games.
Inessa Kravets
Inessa Mykolajivna Kravets is a Ukrainian former triple jumper and long jumper. She was among the most prominent female triple jumpers during the period that the event was added to competition programmes at major competitions, and she is the current world record holder, her record is one of the most durable in women's athletics.
Oles Honchar
Oleksandr "Oles" Terentiyovych Honchar was a Ukrainian and Soviet writer and public figure. He also was a veteran of World War II and member of the Ukrainian parliament.
Tatiana Navka
Tatyana Aleksandrovna Navka is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. With partner Roman Kostomarov, she is the 2006 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion (2004–05), a three-time Grand Prix Final champion (2003–05), and a three-time European champion (2004–06). Earlier in her career, she competed for the Soviet Union and Belarus.
Polina Astakhova
Polina Ghrighorievna Astakhova was a Soviet artistic gymnast. She won ten medals at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics.
Victoria Evtushenko
Victoria Viktorovna Evtoushenko is a Ukrainian badminton player. Evtoushenko had won seventeen times Ukrainian National Championships from 1992 to 2000. She also won five titles at the Soviet National Championships before Ukraine declare the Independence. She competed at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. Evtoushenko played in the women's and mixed doubles event at the Olympic Games, finished in 17 position in the women's doubles event in 1996 and 2000 partnered with Elena Nozdran, and in the mixed doubles event, she finished 33 in 1996 and 17 in 2000 partnered with Vladislav Druzchenko.
Zelda
Zelda Schneurson Mishkovsky, widely known as Zelda, was an Israeli poet. She received three awards for her published works.