List of Famous people born in Ukraine

Yuli-Yoel Edelstein is an Israeli politician serving as Minister of Health since 2020. One of the most prominent refuseniks in the Soviet Union, he was the 16th Speaker of the Knesset from 2013 until his resignation on 25 March 2020.

Vladlen Yuriyovych Yurchenko is a Ukrainian footballer who plays for FC Zorya Luhansk in the Ukrainian Premier League.

Natan Sharansky is an Israeli politician, human rights activist, and author who, as a refusenik in the Soviet Union during the 1970s and 1980s, spent nine years in Soviet prisons. He served as Chair of the Executive of the Jewish Agency from June 2009 to August 2018. Natan Sharansky currently serves as the Chairman of the Institute of the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) (www.isgap.org).

Oleksandra Volodymyrivna Kuzhel is a Ukrainian politician who served in various roles from 1994 to 2019. She was a People's Deputy of Ukraine as part of the Fatherland party from 2012 until 2019. A graduate of the National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine, she studied at the Zaporizhia State Engineering Academy and received a PhD in Economics in 1983.

Mark Pavlovych Padun is a Ukrainian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Bahrain Victorious.

Valentin Vasiliyevich Bondarenko was a Soviet fighter pilot selected in 1960 for training as a cosmonaut. He died as the result of burns sustained in a fire during a 15-day low-pressure endurance experiment in Moscow. The government concealed the death, along with Bondarenko's membership in the cosmonaut corps, until 1980. A crater on the Moon's far side is named after him.

Denys Oliynyk is a Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for SJK Seinäjoki.

Ruslan Petrovych Rotan is a Ukrainian former professional footballer and manager of Ukraine national under-21 football team. He was a member of the Ukrainian national football team.

Daria "Dasha" Viktorivna Astafieva is a Ukrainian model, singer, and actress. Formerly of the Ukrainian pop duo NikitA, Astafieva was the 2007 Playmate of the Year for Ukrainian Playboy and the 55th Anniversary Playmate for American Playboy.

Serhiy Prytula is a Ukrainian TV presenter, actor, author and co-producer of the folk sketch show "Faina Yukraina", host of the morning show "Pidyom" and the talent-show "Ukraine Does not Believe in Tears" on Novyi Kanal. Since 2019, he has been cooperating with the Voice party, running for the Parliament election in 2019 and for the post of Mayor of Kyiv in 2020.