List of Famous people born in Ukraine
Myroslava Gongadze
Myroslava Gongadze is a Ukrainian journalist and political activist currently living in the United States. Her husband, journalist Georgiy Gongadze, was abducted and murdered in 2000. Since then she has been a prominent advocate for freedom of the press and protection of the safety of reporters in Ukraine, and has continued to work for justice in the case of her husband's murder.
George Tuka
George Tuka or Heorhiy/Georgiy Tuka is a Ukrainian politician and activist. Since 29 April 2016 Tuka is Deputy Minister for the temporarily occupied territories and internally displaced persons in the Groysman government. In 2015 and 2016 he was governor of Luhansk Oblast.
Anton Kushnir
Anton Sergeyevich Kushnir is a Belarusian aerial skier who competed in the 2006, 2010 and the 2014 Winter Olympics. He has five World Cup victories. Kushnir won a bronze medal at the 2011 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships. He won a gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, with the highest score in Olympics history.
Oleksandra Zaritska
Kazka is a Ukrainian band that performs pop with elements of electro-folk. Since its creation in 2017, vocalist Oleksandra Zaritska, sopilka player Dmytro Mazuriak and multi-instrumentalist Mykyta Budash have become a "breakthrough of the year".
Aliona Babak
Aliona Valeriyivna Babak is a Ukrainian politician who was appointed in August 2019 as Minister of Regional Development. On 16 January 2020 she announced her resignation. On 4 February 2020 she was formerly dismissed by Parliament.
Volodymyr Borodians'ky
Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Borodiansky is a Ukrainian television manager, entrepreneur and politician. On 29 August 2019, he was appointed as the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports.
Yevhen Rybchynskyi
Yevhen Rybchynskyi (Ukrainian: Євген Юрійович Рибчинський was born on December 21, 1969, Kyiv, Ukraine. Rybchynski is a poet, journalist, media-manager. politician, social activist, and People's Deputy of Ukraine 8th convocations.
Gaitana
Gaita-Lurdes Klaverivna Essami, known professionally as Gaitana, is a Ukrainian singer and songwriter. Essami's style of pop music has been described as containing elements of jazz, funk, soul, and folk. She represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, performing the song "Be My Guest" and placing 15th in the final.
Pavlo Rozenko
Pavlo Valeriyovych Rozenko is a Ukrainian politician and a former Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine and a former Minister of Labor and Social Policy.
Taras Petrynenko
Taras Petrynenko is a Ukrainian musician, People's Artist of Ukraine.