List of Famous people born in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine

Denis Valentinovich Berezovsky is a rear admiral and the Russian Black Sea Fleet deputy commander. He is also a former commander of the Ukrainian Navy. He was appointed commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Navy by Interim President Oleksandr Turchynov on 1 March 2014, after the acting commander of the Ukrainian Navy Sergei Yeliseyev defected to Russia the same day. After serving for just one day, on 2 March, he defected to the self-declared pro-Russian separatist Crimean government during the 2014 Crimean crisis. On 24 March 2014, the Defense Minister of Russia Sergei Shoigu appointed Berezovsky as the Russian Black Sea Fleet deputy commander. On 5 March 2014, the Office of the General Prosecutor of Ukraine issued an order to detain Berezovsky on suspicion of treason.

Valentina Vasilyevna Serova was a Soviet film and theatre actress born in Ukraine. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1946). Winner of the Stalin Prize of the second degree (1947).

Oleksandr Serhiyovych Gvozdyk is a Ukrainian former professional boxer who competed from 2014 to 2019. He held the WBC and lineal light-heavyweight titles from 2018 to 2019. As an amateur, Gvozdyk won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics and a gold at the 2013 Summer Universiade.

Kirill Vladimirovich Pletnyov is a Russian theater and film actor, film director, screenwriter, producer. Winner of the Sochi Open Russian Film Festival (2015) and Golden Eagle Award (2017).

Yevgeny Olegovich Komarovsky is a Soviet and Ukrainian pediatrician, doctor of the highest category, writer, TV presenter.

Maksym Serhiyovych Kalynychenko is a retired Ukrainian football midfielder, who played in central midfield or as a winger. Observers noted his pace, creativity, and accuracy in free kicks / penalties.

Vadim Iosifovich Mulerman was a Soviet, Ukrainian and American singer (baritone).

Olga Yuryevna Krasko is a Russian actress, born 30 November 1981 in Kharkiv, Soviet Union. She has starred in Russian theater productions, and is noted that as the heroine in The Turkish Gambit (2005), she is the only female in a lead role in that film.

Klavdiya Ivanovna Shulzhenko was a Soviet popular female singer and actress.

Sergey Stanislavovich Govorukhin was a Russian film director, screenwriter, producer and writer.