List of Famous people born in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine

Maksym Serhiyovich Krypak is a Paralympic swimmer from Ukraine who competes in S10 and SM10 events. He won five gold and three silver medals at the 2016 Rio Paralympics, setting new world records in the 100 m backstroke and 400 m freestyle.

Yostin Lissette "Justine" Pasek Patiño is a Polish-Panamanian model, philanthropist and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 2002. Originally the first runner-up at the Miss Universe 2002 competition, Pasek became the first ever runner-up to be crowned the winner after the dethronement of original winner Oxana Fedorova.

Anton Yuriiovych Herashchenko is a deputy minister at the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs. He is a former member of the Ukrainian parliament (2014–2019). and was the subject of an assassination attempt in part because of his actions.

Evgeniy Lennorovich Giner is a Russian businessman, since February 2001 the president of PFC CSKA Moscow, head of the Financial Committee of Russian Football Union.

Vadim Zinovyevich Rabinovich, is a Ukrainian Jewish businessman, politician, president of the All-Ukrainian Jewish Congress, leader of the For life party, presidential candidate in the 2014 elections and former deputy of the Ukraine VIII faction of the Opposition Bloc. Currently he is a member of the pro-Russian block Opposition Platform — For life.

Count Nikita Petrovich Panin (1770–1837), a Russian Empire diplomat, vice-chancellor, State Chancellor 6 October 1799 – 18 November 1800 (acting) and Foreign Minister of Russia. He was a nephew of Count Nikita Ivanovich Panin, son of Petr Ivanovich Panin, son-in-law of Count Vladimir Orlov. Nikita P. Panin plotted the assassination of Paul I of Russia together with Count Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen and the Russo-Neapolitan Admiral José de Ribas. Ribas died before the assassination, which was actually carried out on 23 March [O.S. 11 March] 1801 by a band of dismissed officers headed by General Bennigsen, a Hanoverian in the Russian service, and General Yashvil, a Georgian. The assassination brought Alexander I of Russia to the throne.

Artem Yuriyovych Besedin is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Dynamo Kyiv.

Viktor Antonovich Sadovnichiy is a Russian mathematician, winner of the 1989 USSR State Prize, and since 1992 he has been the rector of Moscow State University. One of the main opinion leaders in Russia, Sadovnichiy has significant political and social influence.

Igor Mironovich Guberman is a Russian writer and poet of Jewish ancestry; since 1988 lives in Israel. His poetry has received a great deal of acclaim primarily because of his signature aphoristic and satiric quatrains that he called "gariki" in Russian. . These short poems always feature an a-b-a-b rhyme scheme, employ various poetic meters, and cover a wide range of subjects including antisemitism, immigrant life, anti-religious sentiment, and the author's love-hate relationship with Russia.

Oleg Dmitriyevich Baklanov is a former Soviet politician, and high functionary in government and industry. He is now a scientist and businessman. As Minister of General Machine Building, he was responsible for Soviet space industry during the 1980s.