List of Famous people born in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Larisa Neiland
Larisa Savchenko-Neiland is a retired tennis player who represented the Soviet Union, Ukraine and Latvia. A former world number-one-ranked doubles player, Neiland won two Grand Slam women's doubles and four mixed doubles titles. She also won two singles titles and 63 doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She is listed in fourth place for the most doubles match wins (766) in WTA history, after Lisa Raymond, Rennae Stubbs and Liezel Huber.
Thaddeus Mann
Thaddeus Robert Rudolph Mann was a biochemist who made significant contributions to the field of reproductive biology. Mann was born in Lwow, Austria-Hungary and was educated at Lwow University. He studied medicine at the Johannes Casimirus University in Lwow, obtaining the degrees of Physician in 1932 and Doctor of Medicine in 1934.
Janusz Antoni Wiśniowiecki
Alfred von Wurzbach
Alfred Wurzbach Ritter von Tannenberg was an Austrian art critic.
Franciszek Salezy Potocki
Franciszek Salezy Potocki (1700–1772) was a Polish nobleman, diplomat, politician and knight of the Order of the White Eagle, awarded on August 3, 1750 in Warsaw. Potocki was the wealthiest magnate of his time and the owner of large properties in Dnieper Ukraine, then part of the Polish Crown. Nicknamed "Little King of Ruthenia".
Wacław Seweryn Rzewuski
Wacław Seweryn Rzewuski was a Polish explorer, poet, orientalist and horse expert.
Stanisław Ulam
Stanisław Marcin Ulam was a Polish-American scientist in the fields of mathematics and nuclear physics. He participated in the Manhattan Project, originated the Teller–Ulam design of thermonuclear weapons, discovered the concept of the cellular automaton, invented the Monte Carlo method of computation, and suggested nuclear pulse propulsion. In pure and applied mathematics, he proved some theorems and proposed several conjectures.
Stanisław Szeptycki
Count Stanisław Maria Jan Szeptycki was a Polish count, general and military commander.
Klymentiy Sheptytsky
The Blessed Hieromartyr Klymentiy Sheptytsky, M.S.U., was an archimandrite of the Order of Studite monks of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Klymentiy has been beatified by the Catholic Church, as well as awarded the title of Righteous Among the Nations by the State of Israel for saving Jews. As effective leader of the Church, he was arrested and died a prisoner of the Soviet Union.