List of Famous people born in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine

Aleksandr Vasilievich Shevchenko was a Ukrainian modernist painter and sculptor.

Boleslav Leopoldovich Yavorsky was a Russian musicologist, music teacher, administrator and pianist.

Marcelle de Manziarly was a French pianist, music educator, conductor and composer. She was born in Kharkiv, studied in Paris with Nadia Boulanger and at the age of 23 had already composed two mature works. She later studied conducting with Felix Weingartner in Basle and piano with Isabelle Vengerova in New York City and taught and performed in Europe and the United States. Aaron Copland dedicated his song "Heart, We Will Forget Him" to her. She died in Ojai, California. Wrote a piece called Pour N.B as a dedication to her past teacher, Nadia Boulanger. The American premiere of this piece was sung by Tenor, Sam Mathis.

Alexander Ilyich Siloti was a Russian pianist, conductor and composer. His daughter, Kyriena Siloti, was also a noted pianist and teacher in New York and Boston until her death in 1989, aged 94.