List of Famous people born in Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine

Lev Davidovich Bronstein, better known as Leon Trotsky, was a Russian Marxist revolutionary, political theorist and politician. Ideologically a communist, he developed a variant of Marxism known as Trotskyism.

Igor Yakovlevich Krutoy or Ihor Yakovych Krutyi, is a Ukrainian and Russian music composer, performer, producer and musical promoter. Krutoy was awarded the Lenin Komsomol Prize in 1989. He is also "Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation", People's Artist of Russia and People's Artist of Ukraine.

Yevhen Olehovych Konoplyanka is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Shakhtar Donetsk and the Ukraine national team.

Mariya Andreyevna Andreyeva is a Russian theater and film actress. She is best known for her performance as Yulia in Soulless (2011).

Andrei Antanasovich Kanchelskis is a Russian professional football manager and former player. He was most recently the manager of Navbahor Namangan in Uzbekistan.

Alexander Sergeyevich Zaldastanov, is a Russian motorcycle club leader, political activist, and former physician. He is the leader of the Night Wolves, Russia's largest motorcycle club. He was awarded the Medal "For the Return of Crimea" by President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin for his actions in "Helping Crimeans to self-determine".

Tamara Grigoryevna Miansarova was a Soviet and Russian lyric soprano,pop singer and professor of Russian Academy of Theatre Arts, best known for her hit May There Always Be Sunshine.

Andrii Valeriiovych Piatov is a Ukrainian football goalkeeper who plays for FC Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukrainian Premier League and the national team.

Pyotr Yefimovich Todorovsky was a Russian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer of Jewish origin. His son Valery Todorovsky is also a film director.

Grigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev, known also under the name Ovsei-Gershon Aronovich Radomyslsky, was a Russian revolutionary and politician. He was an Old Bolshevik and a close associate of Vladimir Lenin. During the 1920s, Zinoviev was one of the most influential figures in the Soviet leadership and the chairman of the Communist International.