List of Famous people born in Ukraine

Bohdan Horyn is a Ukrainian human rights activist and dissident. He was a People's Deputy of the first and second convocations of the Verkhovna Rada from May 15, 1990 to May 12, 1998.

Oleh Venhlinskyi is former a Ukrainian football player.

Sofia Yuriyivna Andrukhovych is a Ukrainian writer and translator. The wife of Andriy Bondar, Ukrainian writer.

Yevgeny Grigoryevich Yasin is a prominent Russian economist. He was the Russian Minister for the Economy between 1994 and 1997. He is currently an academic supervisor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics. He is a regular contributor to Ekho Moskvy radio.

Valentyn Kostyantynovych Symonenko is a Ukrainian politician and former Soviet Communist Party functionary. Between 1996 and 2011 he was chairman of the Accounting Chamber of Ukraine.

Serhii Katsuba is a Ukrainian politician, People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 7th convocation.

Oleksandr Ksenofontov is a Ukrainian record producer and lyricist. He is the husband of the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, Ruslana. Ksenofontov wrote the lyrics to the winning song, "Wild Dances". They have been married since December 28, 1995. He is also a lead singer of legendary Ukrainian rock group Tea Fan Club. Together with Ruslana, he is the owner of the Luxen Company.

Dmytro Pavlychko is a Ukrainian poet, translator, scriptwriter, culturologist, political and public figure.