List of Famous people born in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
Oleksandr Moroz
Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Moroz is a Ukrainian politician. He was the Speaker of Verkhovna Rada (parliament) of Ukraine twice, first from 1994 to 1998 and then from July 2006 to September 2007. Moroz is one of the founders and leader of the Socialist Party of Ukraine which was an influential political party in Ukraine. Moroz lost parliamentary representation when the Socialist Party failed to secure sufficient number of votes (2.86%) in the 2007 snap parliamentary election, falling 0.14% short of the 3% election threshold.
Arkhip Lyulka
Arkhip Mikhailovich Lyul'ka (1908–1984), was a Soviet scientist and designer of jet engines, head of the OKB Lyulka, member of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
Grigory Novak
Grigory Irmovich Novak was a Jewish Soviet weightlifter who won a world title in 1946 and a silver medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics. During his career Novak set more than 50 world records, but only 18 became official: 14 in the press and 4 in the snatch.
Serhii Matvieiev
Sergiy Matveyev is a Ukrainian former professional road bicycle racer.
Aleksandr Prokofyevich Markevich
Oleksandr Prokopovych Markevych, in English more often Aleksandr Prokofyevich Markevich was a Ukrainian zoologist, and a prolific helminthologist and copepodologist. He was professor and an Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
Eugene Hütz
Eugene Hütz is a Ukrainian-born singer, composer, disc jockey and actor, most notable as the frontman of the Gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello.
Anatoly Petrovich Alexandrov
Anatoly Petrovich Alexandrov, also known as A.P Alaexandrov, was a Russian physicist, director of the Kurchatov Institute, academician and president of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1975–1986).
Aaron Twersky of Chernobyl
Aaron Twersky of Chernobyl (1784–1871) was a Ukrainian rabbi. He succeeded his father Rabbi Mordechai Twersky as rebbe of the Chernobler chasidim.