List of people from Ukraine

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This is a list of individuals who were born and lived in territories located in present-day Ukraine, including ethnic Ukrainians and those of other ethnicities.

Academics

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Mathematicians

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Physicists/Astronomers

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Geographers/Geologists

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Biologists

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Chemists

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Doctors and surgeons

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Engineers

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Sergei Korolev

Economists

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Archeologists

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Historians

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Philosophers

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Other academics

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Arts

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Architects

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Fashion Designers

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Painters

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Kazimir Malevich

Photographers

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Sculptors

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Performing arts

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Actors/Actresses

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Mila Jovovich

Choreographers and dancers

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Film and theatre directors

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Kira Muratova

Models

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LGBT activists

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Musicians

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Bandurists

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Composers

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Mykola Leontovych

Pianists

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Organists

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Strings

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Conductors

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Singers

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Opera

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Solomiya Krushelnytska

Singers and artists of other genres

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Other

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Other performing artists

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Literary arts

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Writers

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Shmuel Yosef Agnon
 
Joseph Conrad
 
Oksana Zabuzhko

Poets

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Hayyim Nahman Bialik
 
Ivan Franko
 
Taras Shevchenko

Business

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Astronauts

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Cossack Hetmans

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Military figures

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Intelligence

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Politicians

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Ukrainian non-Soviet politicians

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Nestor Makhno

Zionists and Israeli politicians

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Golda Meir
 
Simon Wiesenthal

Bolsheviks and Soviet politicians

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Soviet dissidents

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Russian politicians

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Polish politicians

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Austrian politicians

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Bulgarian politicians

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Czechoslovak politicians

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German politicians

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Italian politicians

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American politicians

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Chinese politicians

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Crimean Tatar politicians

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Religious leaders and theologians

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Orthodox Christian

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Greek Catholic

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Roman Catholic

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Jewish

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Others

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Sport

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Archery

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Basketball

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Oleksiy Pecherov

Boxing

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Chess

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Fencing

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Vadym Gutzeit
 
Grigory Kriss

Figure skating

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Football (soccer)

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Andriy Shevchenko

Gymnastics

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Ice hockey

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Swimming

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  • Yana Klochkova, swimmer (4 Olympic golds)
  • Lenny Krayzelburg, swimmer (now U.S. citizen); 4-time Olympic champion (100 m backstroke, 200-m backstroke, twice 4x100-m medley relay); 3-time world champion (100 m and 200-m backstroke, 4×100-m medley) and 2-time silver (4×100-m medley, 50-m backstroke); 3 world records (50-, 100-, and 200-m backstroke)
  • Maryna Piddubna, Paralympic swimmer[19]
  • Maxim Podoprigora, Olympic swimmer

Tennis

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Julia Glushko

Track & field

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Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko
 
Olesya Povh

Weightlifting

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Wrestling

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Grigoriy Gamarnik

Other athletes

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Igor Olshansky

Oligarchs

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Other

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See also

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References

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  19. ^ "London 2019 - Maryna Piddubna". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  20. ^ "Jews in Sports: Table Tennis". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
  21. ^ "19-year-old Jewish Prodigy Bound for the NRL". Bulldogs Rugby League Club. May 9, 2007. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved September 28, 2010.