List of Famous people born in Ukraine
Tatiana Navka
Tatyana Aleksandrovna Navka is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. With partner Roman Kostomarov, she is the 2006 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion (2004–05), a three-time Grand Prix Final champion (2003–05), and a three-time European champion (2004–06). Earlier in her career, she competed for the Soviet Union and Belarus.
Lolita Milyavskaya
Lolita Markovna Milyavskaya is a Russian singer, actress, TV and film director of Ukrainian origin. She is better known under her stage name Lolita. She was born in Mukachevo, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine.
Marina Weisband
Marina Weisband is a German politician. From May 2011 until April 2012 she was a member of the senior leadership of the Pirate Party Germany. In 2018 she joined the Green Party of Germany.
Sergei Korolev
Sergei Pavlovich Korolev was a lead Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer during the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1950s and 1960s. He is regarded by many as the father of practical astronautics. He was involved in the development of the R-7 Rocket, Sputnik 1, and launching Laika and the first human being, Yuri Gagarin, into space.
Maruv
Anna Borysivna Korsun, known professionally as Maruv, is a Ukrainian singer, composer, poet and producer. She lives and works in Kyiv. Korsun used to be part of the band Maruv from February 2017 to March 2018. It was the successor of the band The Pringlez. Later, Korsun gave an interview in which she explained that from then on she would be working on her own under the pseudonym.
Alexander Vindman
Alexander Semyon Vindman is a retired United States Army lieutenant colonel who was the Director for European Affairs for the United States National Security Council (NSC) until he was reassigned on February 7, 2020. Vindman came to national attention in October 2019 when he testified before the United States Congress regarding the Trump–Ukraine scandal. His testimony provided evidence that resulted in a charge of abuse of power in the impeachment of Donald Trump.
Natasha Korolyova
Natalia Vladimirovna Porivay, well known as Natasha Korolyova, is a Ukrainian –Russian singer of popular music. Meritorious Artist of Russia (2004).
Igor Krutoy
Igor Yakovlevich Krutoy or Ihor Yakovych Krutyi, is a Ukrainian and Russian music composer, performer, producer and musical promoter. Krutoy was awarded the Lenin Komsomol Prize in 1989. He is also "Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation", People's Artist of Russia and People's Artist of Ukraine.
Aleksandr Revva
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Revva, better known by his stage name Arthur Pirozhkov, is a Russian stand-up comedian, TV host and voice actor. A former KVN player, in 2006 Revva became a "resident" of the Russian Comedy Club show on TNT. As of 2009, Pirozhkov hosts a TV show on NTV.
Oleksii Reznikov
Oleksii Reznikov – lawyer, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine, partner at Asters Law Firm, deputy head of the Kyiv city state administration, deputy mayor – secretary of the Kyiv city council, Attorney, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine, Master of Sports of Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelensky has authorised Reznikov to represent Ukraine in the working political subgroup at the Trilateral Contact Group on a Donbas settlement.