List of Famous people born in Ukraine

(Gen. Ret.) Yevhen Kyrylovych Marchuk, born on January 28, 1941, is a Ukrainian politician. During his career, Marchuk was prime minister of Ukraine, presidential candidate, secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, and Defense Minister of Ukraine. Marchuk is affiliated with the Ukrainian Den newspaper, edited by his wife. He has been a general in the Army of Ukraine since March 23, 1994.

Leonid Nikitovich Khrushchev was the son of Nikita Khrushchev, former leader of the Soviet Union, and served as a fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Forces during the Second World War. He was shot down and killed in 1943, but the exact circumstances of his death remain unknown.

Oksana Lyniv is a Ukrainian conductor.

Vasyl Serhiyovych Hrytsak was the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). He became the SBU's acting head on 18 June 2015, replacing Valentyn Nalyvaichenko. The Verkhovna Rada approved his appointment on 2 July. On 22 May 2019 President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Ivan Bakanov the first deputy chairman of the SBU. Following this Hrytsak went on vacation, and Bakanov began to perform his duties. Hrytsak never returned to his post in the SBU and Bakanov was officially appointed his successor on 29 August 2019.

Tatiana Gutsu, rarely Tetiana Hutsu, is a former artistic gymnast from the Soviet Union and the winner of the all-around title at the 1992 Summer Olympics. She was renowned for performing some of the most difficult routines in the sport.

Serhiy Bezhenar was a Ukrainian professional football player.

Denys Oleksandrovych Boyko is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Dynamo Kyiv.

Viktor Chaika ; real name Viktor Grigorievich Sigal ; is a Soviet and Russian pop composer, songwriter, singer and musician. Known for dozens of songs for Aleksey Glyzin, Tatyana Ovsiyenko, Irina Allegrova and many other pop stars. Some time singing solo. He worked as a music producer on the show Boris Moiseev, and the manager of tours of foreign performers. Pesnya Goda Multiple nominee and winner of the festival. He wrote the music for several films.

Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko is a retired Russian cosmonaut. Malenchenko became the first person to marry in space, on 10 August 2003, when he married Ekaterina Dmitrieva, who was in Texas, while he was 240 miles over New Zealand, on the International Space Station. As of June 2016, Malenchenko ranks second for career time in space due to his time on both Mir and the International Space Station (ISS). He is a former Commander of the International Space Station.

Maryna Sergiivna Viazovska is a Ukrainian mathematician known for her work in sphere packing. She is currently full professor at the Chair of Number Theory at Institute of Mathematics of École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland.