List of Famous people born in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Vladimir Asmolov
Sergei Dovzhenko
Sergei Ivanovich Dovzhenko is a Ukrainian serial killer, a former operative of the Mariupol police. He confessed to committing 19 murders between November 1998 and May 2002 in his native city. Among his victims are a 12-year-old girl, four employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and one Yugoslav citizen.
Ihor Petrov
Ihor Hryhorovych Petrov is a Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player.
Yurushev Leonid Leonidovich
Nikolay Kozitsin
Vlad Valov
Halyna Bezruk
Vadym Boichenko
Vadym Serhiyovych Boychenko is a Ukrainian politician who de jure serves as the mayor of Mariupol in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Boychenko served as mayor during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and Siege of Mariupol, during which the city has been "completely destroyed", according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Valentina Rubtsova
Oleksandr Sevidov
Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Sevidov is a Ukrainian football manager and former player. He played for clubs in Ukraine and Russia. He was appointed manager of struggling Vereya in January 2019, remaining in that capacity until late March 2019.