List of Famous people born in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine

Zhanneta "Zhanna" Trokhymivna Prokhorenko was a Soviet and Russian actress, best known to European and North American audiences for her role in Grigori Chukhrai's 1959 film, Ballad of a Soldier.

Sydir Artemovych Kovpak, was one of the partisan leaders of the Soviet partisans in Ukraine during the World War II.

Klara Stepanivna Luchko was a Soviet, Russian and Ukrainian actress known for her roles in the Soviet cinema.

Leonid Vladimirovich Bartenyev was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. Bartenyev was born in Poltava in October 1933. He trained at Burevestnik in Kiev. He competed for the USSR in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his teammates Boris Tokarev, Yuriy Konovalov, and Vladimir Sukharev. He teamed up with Yuriy Konovalov again four years later in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome in the 4 x 100 metre relay where they won their second silver medals with new teammates Gusman Kosanov and Edvin Ozolin.

Ihor Volodymyrovych Mosiychuk is a Ukrainian journalist and politician, a leading figure in the organized social-nationalist movement, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper Vechirnaya Vasilkov, and a participant of the Vasylkiv terrorists case. He is a former deputy of Verkhovna Rada from Radical Party of Oleh Lyashko.

Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş or Viktoria Solnceva is a Ukraine-born Turkish swimmer. She currently represents Energy Standard in the International Swimming League.

Isaak Osipovich Dunayevsky was a Soviet film composer and conductor of the 1930s and 1940s, who composed music for operetta and film comedies, frequently working with the film director Grigori Aleksandrov.

Ivan Mikhailovich Chisov was a Soviet Air Force lieutenant who survived a fall of approximately 7,000 meters. Some references give the spelling of his last name as Chissov.

Marie Bashkirtseff was a Russian artist. She lived and worked in Paris for many years, and died at age 25.

Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Khyzhniak is a Ukrainian amateur boxer. He won gold medals at the 2017 World Championships, 2017 European Championships and the 2019 European Games.