List of Famous people born in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

Oleksandr Klymenko — is a former Ukrainian entrepreneur and politician, former Minister of Revenue and Duties of Ukraine under president Viktor Yanukovych. Following Yanukovych fall in February 2014, Oleksandr Klymenko left the country. He has been on the EU sanction list since April 2014, and his assets have been frozen. Oleksandr Klymenko is wanted by the General Prosecutor of Ukraine for corruption and currently lives in Russia. In November 2017 Klymenko was charged with high treason claiming he had "deliberately harmed the economic and information security of Ukraine, sovereignty, territorial integrity and inviolability of our state during his tenure."

Anatoliy Volodymyrovych Trubin is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk.

Andriy Petrovych Klyuyev, also spelled as Andrii Kliuiev or Kluev/Klyuev, is a Ukrainian businessman and politician, ranked as 7th "Most influential person in Ukraine" in 2011 by Korrespondent. He is a former head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine. Prior to this he was Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine for two years. His brother Serhiy Klyuyev is also politician and businessman. In 2006 experts estimated the joint assets of the Klyuyev brothers to be US$144 million. In June 2009, the Klyuyev brothers were ranked 48th in the Korrespondent 's list of Top 50 richest Ukrainians with the estimated wealth of US$227 million. As of 2011, the Klyuyevs own a mansion on a 27-hectare (67-acre) site near Vienna at Tulbing, Groissaustraße 12, and a large 17-hectare (42-acre) site at Rudyky (Рудики). He was last seen with Viktor Yanukovych in Balaklava, Ukraine in 2014. But has since been on Russian television shows. Klyuyev himself claims that he started to live in Donetsk in 2014, which he considers Ukrainian territory.

Oksana Anatolyevna Mysina is a Russian theatre, film and television actress. She has been described by The New York Times theatre critic Margo Jefferson as one of Russia's greatest actors.

Marina Tsvigun, or Maria Devi Christos by assumed name, is a religious sect leader of the New Community of Enlightened Humanity, also known as "YUSMALOS" or "The Great White Brotherhood". Following the collapse of the Soviet Union it was one of the conspicuous New Age movements in the former republics, with about 80,000 members by official count.

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov is a retired Russian cosmonaut. He is a veteran of 3 space flights, including twice to the Mir Soviet space station, and is the father of cosmonaut Sergey Volkov.

Albina Nikolaevna Deriugina is a Soviet and Ukrainian rhythmic gymnastics coach. She trained her daughter Irina Deriugina to Olympic success and the two then became a very successful coaching team. She was made a Hero of Ukraine in 2002.