List of Famous people born in Ukraine
Anatoly Pisarenko
Anatoly Grigor'evich Pisarenko is a former Olympic weightlifter for the USSR. He was born in Kiev, where he trained at Dynamo.
Faina Kirschenbaum
Faina Kirschenbaum is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu between 2009 and 2015. In July 2021 she was sentenced to ten years in prison following a conviction for bribery.
Vladimir Peftiev
Vladimir Pavlovich Peftiev is a Belarusian businessman, philanthropist and author.
Sofia Tarasova
Sofia Tarasova is a Ukrainian singer and actress. Tarasova represented Ukraine at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with her song "We Are One". She placed 2nd with 121 points.
Artur Rudko
Artur Oleksiyovych Rudko is a professional Ukrainian football goalkeeper who plays for Pafos in the Cypriot First Division.
Darya Tkachenko
Darya Tkachenko is a Russian, formerly Ukrainian, draughts player holding the FMJD titles of FMJD Master (MF) and Women's International Grandmaster (GMIF). She is four-time women's world champion and twice women's European champion in international draughts. In 2016, she also won the women's world championship of Turkish draughts.
Ołeksandr Feldman
Olexandr Borisovich Feldman is a Ukrainian politician and public figure of Jewish origin, People's Deputy of Ukraine, businessman, multi-millionaire. One of the most influential people in Kharkiv. In 2013 he entered the rating of the hundred richest Ukrainians of the Ukrainian magazine Forbes, finishing 35th. Since June 2015, the co-chairman of the political party Our Land.
Gennady Orlov
Gennady Sergeyevich Orlov is a Russian sports journalist and a former Soviet footballer. He has lived in Leningrad since 1966 and has been a commentator since 1974. Orlov is best known for being a football commentator on Leningrad Television and, subsequently, Petersburg – Channel 5 for many years.
Ihor Kharatin
Ihor Kharatin is a Ukrainian professional football who plays as a midfielder for Ferencváros.
Oleksandr Yanukovych
Oleksandr Viktorovych Yanukovych is a Ukrainian dentist, businessman and son of the former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych. He has notably become one of the richest men in the country during his father's time in office, leading a group known as "the family" and a conglomerate called Management Assets Company. Since the ouster as President of his father he lives in Russia. He is married and has two sons Viktor born 2000 and Oleksandr born 2009.