List of Famous people born in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine

Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko is a Russian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 3 in November 2006. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the semi-finals, which he accomplished on four occasions: twice each at the French Open and the U.S. Open, losing to Roger Federer in all but one of them. His biggest achievement was winning the 2009 ATP World Tour Finals, and he also won three ATP Masters Series. In mid-October 2014 Davydenko retired from competitions.

Vasil Oleksandrovych Volga is a Ukrainian politician and leader of the Ukrainian political party Union of Leftists.

Natalia Yuriivna Korolevska is a Ukrainian politician and ex-Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine. Since 23 December 2011 she has been the party-leader of the Ukrainian Social Democratic Party. On 22 March 2012 the Ukrainian Social Democratic Party was renamed Party of Natalia Korolevska "Ukraine – Forward!".

Serhiy Viktorovych Zhadan is a Ukrainian poet, novelist, essayist, and translator.

Ulyana Matveevna Gromova was a Ukrainian Soviet member of the Soviet underground resistance in World War II, executed by the Nazis. She is a posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union.

Vasyl Holoborodko is a Ukrainian poet, representative of the "Kyiv school of poetry". His poems are characterized by their magical, naive and Ukrainian fairy-tale-like style. Holoborodko's books were translated into English, Portuguese, Polish and German, separate poems were also translated in French, Romanian, Croaian, Serbian, Spanish, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Swedish and Russian.

Heorhiy Sudakov is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukrainian Premier League.

Hryhoriy Oleksiyovych Illyashov is a former KGB operative, Ukrainian spy, and politician. He made a career in the Security Service of Ukraine. Illyashov is a husband of former Minister of Justice of Ukraine Olena Lukash.

Georgy Erikhovich Langemak was a Soviet rocket designer of German/Swiss background.

Sergey Ivanovich Kozlov was appointed the Prime Minister of the unrecognized Luhansk People's Republic on 25 December 2015. He is a major general of the People's Militia of Donbass. Kozlov succeeded Gennadiy Tsypkalov.