List of Famous people born in Ukraine
Valentin Reznichenko
Valentyn Mykhaylovych Reznichenko, is a Ukrainian government official who is since 11 December 2020 Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. He had already served as Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast from March 2015 until June 2019. Reznichenko was the Governor of Zaporizhzhia Oblast before being appointed as the Dnipropetrovsk governor.
Anastasia Dmytruk
Anastasia Dmitruk is a Ukrainian poet who writes in the Russian and Ukrainian languages. She writes poetry and has worked as an information security specialist after graduating from Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. Never ever can we be brothers, written in Russian, has become her most widely cited poem.
Yanina Sokolova
Yanina Mykhailivna Sokolova is a Ukrainian journalist, television presenter and actress. She works as the host of the "Rendezvous" and "Cinema" programs on Channel 5, "Shame!" program on Channel 4 and YouTube, as well as on the "Evening with Yanina Sokolova" channel on YouTube. She is the author of the multimedia project "Ya, Nina", based on real events from her life. She is the founder of the "Varto Zhyty" foundation.
Yevhen Makarenko
Yevhenii Oleksandrovych Makarenko is a professional Ukrainian football defender. He plays for Fehérvár FC.
Boris Burda
Zurab Ochihava
Zurab Ochihava, is a professional Ukrainian football defender of Georgian origin, who plays for Sabah.
Israel Fisanovich
Israel Ilyich Fisanovich was a Soviet Navy submarine commander and Hero of the Soviet Union. He died when his submarine, the former HMS Sunfish, was sunk in a friendly fire incident.
Igor Shchyogolev
Igor Olegovich Shchyogolev is a Russian politician. From May 2008 to 20 May 2012, he has served as the Russian Minister of Telecommunications.
Halyna Yanchenko
Halyna Ihorivna Yanchenko is a Ukrainian anti-corruption activist and politician. Yanchenko is a member of the Servant of the People political party. She was elected to the Verkhovna Rada in 2019.
Arthur Bernard Deacon
Arthur Bernard Deacon (1903-1927) was a social anthropologist who carried out fieldwork on the islands of Malakula and Ambrym in what is now Vanuatu.