List of Famous people born in Ukraine

Haim Arlosoroff was a Socialist Zionist leader of the Yishuv during the British Mandate for Palestine, prior to the establishment of Israel, and head of the Political Department of the Jewish Agency. In 1933, Arlosoroff was assassinated while walking on the beach in Tel Aviv.

Yevgeny Vitalyevich Balitsky is a Ukrainian and Russian politician and entrepreneur currently serving as the Russian-installed Governor of Zaporizhzhia Oblast since 9 May 2022. Balitsky previously served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine in the 7th and 8th convocations of the Verkhovna Rada, as well as a member of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Council.

Maria Agasovna Guleghina is a Soviet-born operatic soprano singer, particularly associated with the Italian repertory.

Vitaliy Serhiyovych Mykolenko is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier League club Everton and the Ukraine national team.

Serhii Andriyovych Kryvtsov is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a defender for FC Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukrainian Premier League.

Leonid Grigorevich Petrovsky was a Soviet lieutenant general. He was the oldest son of Grigory Petrovsky. He was born in what is now Donetsk Oblast in Ukraine. He was promoted to Komkor from Komdiv in 1937. While in command of forces in Central Asia, he was removed from command and expelled from the army. He was not executed like many of his colleagues. In 1940, he was reinstated in the army. He was a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner, the Order of the Red Star and the Order of the Patriotic War. Less than a month after his death, his younger brother, Peter was executed on September 11, despite a request from his father for his release.

Vasyl Mykhaylovych Ivanchuk, also known as Vassily Ivanchuk, is a Ukrainian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1988. A leading player since 1988, Ivanchuk has been ranked at No. 2 on the FIDE world rankings three times.

Oleksander Mykolayovych Rzhavsky was a candidate in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, nominated by the "United Family" Party, of which he is the head. Presidential candidate in 1999, when he won 0.37% of the votes, and finished in 9th place. He was vice-chair of the board of Montazhspetsbank in 1996–97, and president of Koral Bank in 1997–98. In his program, he promised to establish order in Ukraine, using the methods of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

George Gamow, born Georgiy Antonovich Gamov, was a Russian-American theoretical physicist and cosmologist. He was an early advocate and developer of Lemaître's Big Bang theory. He discovered a theoretical explanation of alpha decay by quantum tunneling, invented the liquid drop model and the first mathematical model of the atomic nucleus, and worked on radioactive decay, star formation, stellar nucleosynthesis and Big Bang nucleosynthesis, and molecular genetics.