List of Famous people born in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine

Leonid Oleksandrovich Kozhara is a former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. In 2013 he was the OSCE's Chairperson-in-Office, during the Ukrainian presidency of the OSCE.

Count Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Yerevansky, Serene Prince of Warsaw was an Imperial Russian military leader. For his victories, he was made Count of Yerevan in 1828 and Namestnik of the Kingdom of Poland in 1831. He attained the rank of field marshal in the Russian army, and later in the Prussian and Austrian armies.

Mark Yakovlevich Azbel was a Soviet and Israeli physicist. He was a member of the American Physical Society.

Anatoly Vasilyevich Lunacharsky was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and the first Bolshevik Soviet People's Commissar (Narkompros) responsible for Ministry of Education as well as an active playwright, critic, essayist and journalist throughout his career.

Ruslan Petrovych Rotan is a Ukrainian former professional footballer and manager of Ukraine national under-21 football team. He was a member of the Ukrainian national football team.

Roman Bezus is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a second striker or as an attacking midfielder for K.A.A. Gent in the Belgian Pro League.

Yevhen Halych is a Ukrainian rock musician, TV host, DJ and the frontman of Ukrainian rock band O.Torvald.

Nikolai Alexandrovich Yaroshenko was a Russian Imperial painter of Ukrainian origin.

Román Skrýpin is a Ukrainian media-manager, journalist, television host, a chief of the Ukrainian Independent media union.

Olha Petrivna Kosach, better known by her pen name Olena Pchilka, was a Ukrainian publisher, writer, ethnographer, interpreter, and civil activist. She was the sister of Mykhailo Drahomanov and the mother of Lesya Ukrainka, Olga Kosach-Kryvyniuk, Mykhajlo Kosach, Oxana Kosach-Shymanovska, Mykola Kosach, Izydora Kosach-Borysova and Yurij Kosach.