List of Famous people born in Ukraine

Vasily Semyonovich Grossman was a Russian writer and journalist.

Sir Leonard Valentinovich Blavatnik is a British businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He made his fortune through business via diversified investments in myriad companies through his conglomerate company, Access Industries.

Oleh Valeriiovych Liashko is a Ukrainian politician and journalist who was a long time member of the Verkhovna Rada and leader of the Radical Party.

Mikhail Averyanovich Panikakha was a Red Army soldier. He was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for destroying a German tank with two Molotov cocktails while on fire during the Battle of Stalingrad.

Alexander Ivanovich Marinesko was a Soviet naval officer and, during World War II, the captain of the submarine S-13 which sank the German military transport ship Wilhelm Gustloff. The most successful Soviet submarine commander in terms of gross register tonnage (GRT) sunk, with 42,000 GRT to his name, he was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union in 1990.

Oleksiy Serhiyovych Horbunov is Ukrainian and a Soviet film, television and stage actor. He has been named an Honored Artist of Ukraine (1991) and a People's Artist of Ukraine (2016).

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

Nikki Benz is a Ukrainian-born Canadian pornographic actress. She was also a 2010 Penthouse Pet who was selected as the 2011 Pet of the Year.

Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Karavayev is a Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for Dynamo Kyiv.

Oleg Yuriyovych Vernyayev is a Ukrainian artistic gymnast. He is the 2016 Olympic parallel bars champion and individual all-around silver medalist. Vernyayev is also the 2014 World parallel bars champion, the 2015 European individual all-around champion and the 2017 European individual all-around champion.