List of Famous people born in Ukraine
Mykhailo Romanchuk
Mykhailo Mykhailovych Romanchuk is a Ukrainian swimmer.
Stepan Kubiv
Stepan Kubiv is a Ukrainian politician who was a former First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine and simultaneously Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine from April 2016 to August 2019. He is also a former acting chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine.
Tayanna
Tetyana Mykhaylivna Reshetnyak, mostly known by her stage name Tayanna, is a Ukrainian singer, actress and composer.
Andrea Bocskor
Andrea Bocskor is a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Hungary. She graduated in English-History at the Trascarpathian Hungarian Teachers’ Training College. She did her PhD in 2010 at the ELTE-BTK in Budapest. In 2013, she held the title of Candidate of Historical Sciences in Kiev at the Institute of Ukrainian History-National Academy of Science. Before becoming an MEP, she was a docent of the Ferenc Rákóczi II Transcarpathian Hungarian Institute in the Faculty of History and Social Sciences, and Director of the Lehoczky Tivadar Institute in Berehove, Ukraine. MEP since 2014.
Victoria Petryk
Viktoria Ihorivna “Vika” Petryk is a Ukrainian singer and songwriter who represented Ukraine at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008, held in Limassol, Cyprus, with the song “Matrosy” (“Sailors”). She finished in second place.
Yevhen Chervonenko
Yevhen Alfredovych Chervonenko is a Ukrainian politician and racing driver. He was governor of Zaporizhzhia Oblast from 2005 to 2007. Chervonenko previously served as Minister of Transportation and Communication in 2005. Member of Ukrainian parliament of the 4th convocation (2002–2005). He is of Jewish descent.
Vadim Zaitsev
General Vadim Zaitsev is the Ukraine-born former head of the KGB of Belarus under president Alexander Lukashenka.
Dmytro Kucher
Dmytro Kucher is a retired Ukrainian professional boxer.
Roman Bezus
Roman Bezus is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a second striker or as an attacking midfielder for K.A.A. Gent in the Belgian Pro League.
Iryna Kindzerska
Iryna Aliyeva, née Iryna Kindzerska, is a Ukrainian-born Azerbaijani judoka. In 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's +78 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. She is also a two-time medalist at the European Judo Championships and a bronze medalist at the 2017 World Judo Championships and the 2019 European Games.