List of Famous people born in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine

Yevhen Petrovych Kushnaryov was a prominent Ukrainian politician of the post-Soviet era. Kushnaryov was considered one of the chief ideologues of the Party of Regions and a key ally of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych.

Boris Viktorovich Savinkov was a Russian writer and revolutionary. As one of the leaders of the Fighting Organisation of the Socialist Revolutionary Party, he became involved in the assassinations of several high-ranking imperial officials in 1904 and 1905.

Pavel Yakovlevich Fuks is a Ukrainian businessman, investor, philanthropist and founder of the development company Mos City Group. Fuks has made most of his wealth through business ventures in Russia.

Serhiy Kuznetsov is a professional Ukrainian football coach and a former forward. He is a son of another footballer Serhiy Kuznetsov who in 1983 represented Ukraine at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR. He is registered with the Russian league as a Hungarian citizen.

Valentin Vasiliyevich Bondarenko was a Soviet fighter pilot selected in 1960 for training as a cosmonaut. He died as the result of burns sustained in a fire during a 15-day low-pressure endurance experiment in Moscow. The government concealed the death, along with Bondarenko's membership in the cosmonaut corps, until 1980. A crater on the Moon's far side is named after him.

Jura Soyfer was an Austrian political journalist and cabaret writer.

Irina Natanovna Press was a multitalented Soviet athlete who competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics. In 1960 she won a gold medal in the 80 m hurdles and finished fourth in the 4 × 100 m relay. In 1964 she finished fourth in the hurdles and sixth in the shot put, but won gold in the newly introduced pentathlon event.

Ihor Lvovych Rainin or Raynin is a Ukrainian politician. From February 2015 until August 2016 he was governor of Kharkiv Oblast. On 29 Aug 2016 he was promoted to head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine. Under a presidential decrees signed on 21 May 2019 he was dismissed by new President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Zinovii Isaevich Grzhebin (Russian: Зиновий Исаевич Гржебин was a Russian publisher and caricature illustrator. He represented more than 20% of the publishing market in Russia in the early 1910s and made a significant impact on development of the Russian book publishing industry.

Ida Lvovna Rubinstein was a Russian dancer, actress, art patron and Belle Époque figure. She performed with Diaghilev's Ballets Russes from 1909 to 1911 and then quit to form her own company. Boléro by Ravel (1928) was among her commissions.