List of Famous people born in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Stanisław Jerzy Lec
Stanisław Jerzy Lec, born Baron Stanisław Jerzy de Tusch-Letz, was a Polish aphorist and poet. Often mentioned among the greatest writers of post-war Poland, he was one of the most influential aphorists of the 20th century, known for lyrical poetry and skeptical philosophical-moral aphorisms, often with a political subtext.
Andriy Bohdan
Andriy Yosypovych Bohdan is a Ukrainian lawyer and former Head of the Presidential Administration. On 21 May 2019 President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Bohdan to lead this office. Zelensky dismissed him on 11 February 2020.
Roman Romanchuk
Roman Romanovich Romanchuk was a Ukrainian and Russian amateur boxer. He won silver at super heavyweight during the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships and helped the Russian team win the 2005 Boxing World Cup. He also had success as an amateur kickboxer.
Matvey Ganapolsky
Matvey Yuryevich Ganapolsky is a Russian and Ukrainian journalist who has contributed for Pryamiy kanal, Echo of Moscow, Moskovsky Komsomolets, and other media. He is also a member of the Russian Jewish Congress.
Viktor Vekselberg
Viktor Felixovich Vekselberg is a Russian billionaire businessman. He is the owner and president of Renova Group, a Russian conglomerate. According to Forbes, as of October 2019, his fortune is estimated at $11.4 billion, making him the 119th richest person in the world.
Paul Muni
Paul Muni was an Austro-Hungarian-born American stage and film actor who grew up in Chicago. Muni was a five-time Academy Award nominee, with one win. He started his acting career in the Yiddish theater. During the 1930s, he was considered one of the most prestigious actors at the Warner Bros. studio, and was given the rare privilege of choosing which parts he wanted.
Olha Sumska
Olha Sumska is a Ukrainian actress of theater and cinema, television hostess, recipient of the Shevchenko National Prize in 1996 and the People's Artist of Ukraine (2009). In 2006 she attempted to run for a mayor of Kyiv.
Karl Pauker
Karl Viktorovich Pauker was an NKVD officer and head of Joseph Stalin's personal security until his arrest and execution.
Andriy Kuzmenko
Andriy "Kuzma" Kuzmenko was a Ukrainian singer, poet, writer, TV presenter, producer and actor. He was best known as the lead singer of the Ukrainian rock band Skryabin, founded in 1989. He died in a traffic collision on 2 February 2015 in Lozuvatka, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, aged 46.
Marina Mniszech
Marina Mniszech was a Polish noblewoman and warlord who became the Tsaritsa of Russia during the Time of Troubles.