List of Famous people born in Ukraine
Dayana Yastremska
Dayana Oleksandrívna Yastremska is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She has a career-high Women's Tennis Association (WTA) ranking of No. 21 in the world, and is the second-highest ranked player under 21 years old behind Bianca Andreescu. Yastremska has won three WTA titles in four finals appearances.
Yana Zinkevych
Yana Vadimyvna Zinkevych is a Ukrainian member of parliament and military veteran who is since the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election serving as a representative of the European Solidarity party in the 9th convocation of the Verhovna Rada. She was placed 7th on the party's election list.
Anna Muzychuk
Anna Olehivna Muzychuk is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. From 2004 to 2014 she played for Slovenia. She is the fourth woman, after Judit Polgar, Humpy Koneru and Hou Yifan, to cross the 2600 FIDE Elo rating mark, having achieved a rating of 2606 in July 2012.
Roman Nasirov
Roman Mykhailovych Nasirov is a Ukrainian politician who served as the Head of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine. He was temporarily relieved of his duties on 3 March 2017 and although he was reinstated in his function by a court decision late 2018 he did not return as head of the State Fiscal Service.
Yaroslava Mahuchikh
Yaroslava Oleksiyivna Mahuchikh is a Ukrainian high jumper. She is the gold medallist at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games and World and European champion in U18 level. At the 2019 World Championships she won the silver medal, setting the new World junior record.
Zuzanna Ginczanka
Zuzanna Ginczanka, pen name of Zuzanna Polina Gincburg was a Polish-Jewish poet of the interwar period. Although she published only a single collection of poetry in her lifetime, the book O centaurach created a sensation in Poland's literary circles. She was arrested and executed in Kraków shortly before the end of World War II.
Victoria Spartz
Victoria Spartz is a Ukrainian American politician and businesswoman who is the U.S. Representative for Indiana's 5th congressional district, which stretches from northern Marion County up to the city of Marion and includes Hamilton County. Spartz is the first Ukrainian-born member of the U.S. Congress and the first member born in a then-Soviet Republic. Previously, she was a member of the Indiana Senate from the 20th District.
Alina Grosu
Alina Grosu is a Ukrainian singer from the Romanian minority. She released her first studio album in 2000 and has released a total of four albums.
Alexander Matrosov
Alexander Matveyevich Matrosov, born in Yekaterinoslav was a Soviet infantry soldier during the Second World War, posthumously awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union for blocking a German machine-gun with his body.
Andriy Parubiy
Andriy Volodymyrovych Parubiy is a Ukrainian politician who served as the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament, from 14 April 2016 to 29 August 2019. He previously served as Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, appointed after leading the anti-government protests in the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, until his resignation on August 7, 2014.