List of Famous people born in Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine

Oleg (Samuil) Markovich Belakovsky was Soviet sports doctor, Honored Doctor of the Russian Federation, Colonel of Medical Service in retired.

Arseny Alexandrovich Tarkovsky was a prominent Soviet poet and translator. He is considered one of the great twentieth century Russian poets. He was predeceased by his son, film director Andrei Tarkovsky.

Israel Ilyich Fisanovich was a Soviet Navy submarine commander and Hero of the Soviet Union. He died when his submarine, the former HMS Sunfish, was sunk in a friendly fire incident.

Anna Bilińska, also known as Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowicz, was a Polish painter, known for her portraits. A representative of realism, she spent most of her life in Paris, and is considered the "first internationally known Polish woman artist."

Vladimir Gelfand was a diarist and Soviet soldier in World War II.

Valentina Kharlampiyevna Vladimirova was a Ukrainian-born Russian actress. She performed in more than forty films from 1957 to 1992.

Heinrich Gustav Neuhaus was a Russian-born pianist and teacher of German and Polish extraction. Part of a musical dynasty, he grew up in a Polish-speaking household. He taught at the Moscow Conservatory from 1922 to 1964. He was made a People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1956. His piano textbook The Art of Piano Playing (1958) is regarded as one of the most authoritative and widely used approaches to the subject.

Leonid Romanovych Korniyets was a Ukrainian and Soviet politician, who served as the head of government of Ukrainian SSR from 1939 to 1944.

Stanislav Nikolaevich Nikolaenko is a Ukrainian politician. Acting Rector of the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine. Leader of United Left and Peasants.