List of Famous people born in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine
Yosafat Hovera
Bishop Yosafat Oleh Hovera is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch as an Archiepiscopal Exarch of Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Lutsk and Titular Bishop of Caesariana since 15 January 2008.
Mordechai Shatner
Mordechai Shatner was a Zionist activist and a signatory of the Israeli declaration of independence.
Natalya Dzenkiv
Volodymyr
Volodymyr was the Patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate. Initially consecrated as a bishop of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church by bishop Ioan in 1990, Volodymyr became one of the founders of the united Ukrainian Orthodox Church in June 1992.
Jan Puzyna de Kosielsko
Prince Jan Duklan Maurycy Paweł Puzyna de Kosielsko was a Polish Roman Catholic Cardinal who was auxiliary bishop of Lwów from 1886 to 1895, and the bishop of Kraków from 1895 until his death in 1911. Named a Cardinal in 1901, he was known for his conservative views and authoritarianism.
Jan Nowicki
Leonard Steckel
Leonard Steckel was a German-Jewish actor and director of stage and screen.
Franciszek Ksawery Zachariasiewicz
Franciszek Ksawery Abgaro-Zachariasiewicz was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop of Przemyśl, elevated in 1840. He was also bishop of Tarnów. First ordained a priest in the Armenian Catholic Church in 1795, he became a priest of the Roman Catholic Church in since 1812. He also served as professor (1800–1827) and rector (1826/1827) of Lviv University. In 1835 Zachariasiewicz founded theological seminary in Tarnów. His work focused on the history of the Christian Church, Poland, and Armenians.
Ivan Sleziuk
Ivan Slezyuk was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop and hieromartyr.
Heinrich Gotho
Heinrich Gotho was an Austrian film actor. Born in Dolina, he started his acting career at some provincial theatres until he found an engagement at the Neues Volkstheater in Berlin. The character actor appeared in over 50 films between 1922 and 1933, mostly in smaller roles. He notably appeared in numerous films by director Fritz Lang, among them Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922), Metropolis (1927) and M (1931). Gotho was forced to retire from film acting in 1933; as a Jew he could no longer work in Nazi Germany. He died in 1938 in the Jewish Hospital of Berlin-Wedding.