List of Famous people born in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine

Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko is a Ukrainian politician who was the third President of Ukraine from 23 January 2005 to 25 February 2010.

Ivan Redkach is a Ukrainian professional boxer.

Ada Rogovtseva is a Ukrainian-Soviet actress. She has appeared in over 30 films and television shows since 1957. Professor at the National University of Culture. She won the award for Best Actress at the 7th Moscow International Film Festival for her role in Hail, Mary!.

Natalia Ivanovna Sedova is best known as the second wife of Leon Trotsky, the Russian revolutionary. She was also an active revolutionary and wrote on cultural matters pertaining to Marxism. Her father was a wealthy merchant.

Mikhail Mamiashvili is a Russian wrestler of Georgian origin. He won an Olympic gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea, competing for the Soviet Union.

Sergei Adamovich Kovalyov is a Russian human rights activist and politician and a former Soviet dissident and political prisoner.

Artyom Anatolyevich Bezrodny was a Russian association footballer.

Alexei Prokopievich Berest was a Soviet political officer and one of the three Red Army soldiers who hoisted the Victory Banner.

Countess Praskovya Sergeevna Uvarova, née Princess Scherbatova (Щербатова),, was a Russian archaeologist. In 1885, she became chairman of the Moscow Archaeological Society and held that post until 1917.

Dmytro Kuleba is the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine since August 29, 2019. He had been the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the Council of Europe between 2016 and 2019.