This is a partial list of famous or notable people who have Ukrainian roots (ethnic - paternal or maternal, speak/write in the Ukrainian language, and/or were born or spent an essential part of their life on today's Ukrainian territory, and were important to the development of Ukraine culturally or politically). In the interest of fairness and accuracy, a minority of persons of mixed or foreign heritage have their respective ancestries credited. This is a partial list of partial lists on Wikipedia. ...

Academics

Biologists/Physicians

• Mykola Amosov
• Oleksandr Bohomolets
• Georges Charpak, physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics (1992)
• Tatiana Davydova
• Theodosius Dobzhansky
• Katherine Esau
• Volodymyr Filatov
• Waldemar Haffkine
• Dimitri Ivanovski
• Trofim Lysenko
• Ilya Mechnikov, microbiologist, Nobel Prize in Medicine (1908)
• Jaroslaw Nowicky
• Svitlana P. Sydorenko
• Vladimir Vernadsky, mineralogist, biochemist
• Danylo Zabolotny

Oleksandr Bogomolets was a famous Ukrainian physiologist. ... Georges Charpak (born August 1, 1924) is a French physicist. ... Theodosius Grigorevich Dobzhansky (Russian — Феодосий Григорьевич Добржанский; sometimes anglicized to Theodore Dobzhansky; January 25, 1900 - December 18, 1975) was a noted geneticist and evolutionary biologist. ... Katherine Esau (April 3, 1898 – June 4, 1997) was a Ukrainian-American botanist. ... Volodymyr Filatov (1875-1956) was an outstanding ophthalmologist and surgeon whose greatest discovery was a tissue therapy - a principally new medical treatment method. ... Indian postage stamp dedicated to W.M. Haffkine Waldemar Mordecai Wolff Haffkine (March 15, 1860, Odessa, Russia - October 20, 1930, Lausanne, Switzerland) was a Russian bacteriologist of Jewish ancestry. ... Dmitry Iosifovich Ivanovsky (1864-1920) was a Russian-Ukrainian biologist who was the first to discover viruses (1892). ... Trofim Lysenko Trofim Denisovich Lysenko (Russian: Трофи́м Дени́сович Лысе́нко) (September 29, 1898–November 20, 1976) was a Soviet biologist who, during the 1930s, led a campaign of agricultural science, now known as Lysenkoism, which went explicitly against contemporary agricultural genetics and lasted until the mid-1960s in the USSR. // Lysenko, the son of... Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov (Илья Ильич Мечников, also known as Eli Metchnikoff, May 16, 1845, Ukraine – July 16, 1916, Paris) was a Russian microbiologist best remembered for his pioneering research into the immune system. ... Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky (Владимир Иванович Вернадский) (March 12, 1863, N.S. [ February 28, O.S. ] – January 6, 1945) was a Russian mineralogist and geochemist who first... Danylo Zabolotny (1866-1929) was a Ukrainian epidemiologist and the founder of the worlds first research department of epidemiology. ...

Chemists

• Anatoly Babko
• George Kistiakowsky
• Ivan Horbachevsky
• Alexander Shchukarev, chemist, computer scientist
• Sviatoslaw Trofimenko
• Boris Tyutyunnikov
• Selman Waksman, biochemist, Nobel Prize (1952)

Anatoly Babko (1905-1968) is a famous Ukrainian chemist. ... George Kistiakowskys ID badge photo from Los Alamos. ... Ivan Horbachevsky (1854-1942) is an eminent Ukrainian chemist. ... Selman Abraham Waksman (22 July 1888 – 16 August 1973) was an Ukrainian-American biochemist and microbiologist whose research into organic substances—largely into organisms that live in soil—and their decomposition lead to the discovery of Streptomycin, and several other antibiotics. ...

Computer scientists

• Viktor Hlushkov
• Sergei Lebedev, first programmable computer in Continental Europe

Viktor Hlushkov is the founding father of information technology in Ukraine and one of the founder of world Cybernetics. ... Sergei Alekseyevich Lebedev (November 2, 1902, n. ...

Doctors & Surgeons

• Volodymyr Filatov, ophthalmologist

Volodymyr Filatov (1875-1956) was an outstanding ophthalmologist and surgeon whose greatest discovery was a tissue therapy - a principally new medical treatment method. ...

Economists

• Mikhail Tugan Baranovsky
• Simon Kuznets, Nobel Prize (1971)
• Eugen Slutsky (1880-1948), Slutsky equation (born in Russian Empire, in the territory of Ukraine)

Mikhail Tugan-Baranovsky (1865-1919) is a noted Ukrainian economist. ... Simon Smith Kuznets (April 30, 1901 – July 8, 1985) was an economist at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania who won the 1971 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for his empirically founded interpretation of economic growth which has led to new and... Eugen E. Slutsky (Ukr: Євген Євгенович Слуцький) (April 7, 1880, Ukraine - March 10, 1948) was an early-twentieth-century Ukrainian-Russian/Soviet mathematical statistician, economist and political economist. ... The Slutsky Equation (or Slutsky Identity) relates Marshallian demand and Hicksian demand. ... Anthem: God Save the Tsar! Russian Empire in 1914 Capital Saint Petersburg Language(s) Russian Government Monarchy Emperor  - 1721-1725 Peter the Great  - 1894-1917 Nicholas II History  - Established 22 October, 1721  - February Revolution 2 March, 1917 Area  - 1897 22,400,000 km2 8,648,688 sq mi Population  - 1897...

Engineers

• Oleg Antonov, aircraft designer
• Jacques Bogopolsky, movie cameras
• Vladimir Chelomei, ballistic missile and spacecraft designer
• Valentin Glushko, rocket engineer
• Nicholas Holonyak, first visible light-emitting diode
• Mykola Kibalchich, rocket science pioneer
• Yuri Kondratyuk, spaceflight pioneer
• Sergey Korolev, first spacecraft designer
• Roman Kroitor
• Vladimir Mackiw, mining engineer
• Aleksandr A. Morozov, tank designer, patron of the Morozov Design Bureau
• Yevhen Paton, welding engineer
• Alexander Samakula, anti-reflective coating for optical lenses
• Igor Sikorsky, inventor of helicopter
• Stepan Timoshenko, father of modern engineering mechanics

Oleg Antonov Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov (Антонов, Олег Константинович in Russian) (1. ... Jacques Bogopolsky (A.K.A Jacques Bolsey) (1896-1962) was a famous Ukrainian engineer and designer who was a prolific inventor of revolutionary movie cameras. ... Vladimir Nikolayevich Chelomei (Влади́мир Никола́евич Челоме́й) (June 30, 1914—December 8, 1984) was a Soviet mechanics scientist and rocket engineer. ... Valentin Petrovich Glushko (born September 2, 1908 in Odessa, Ukraine, died January 10, 1989) was a Russian engineer and rocketry pioneer. ... Nick Holonyak Jr. ... Nikolai Ivanovich Kibalchich was a Russian revolutionary, the main explosive expert for Narodnaya Volya (the Peoples Will), and a rocket pioneer. ... Yuri Vasilievich Kondratyuk (June 21, 1897 - 1942) was the pseudonym adopted by Oleksandr Ignatyevich Shargei, a pioneer of astronautics and spaceflight. ... Korolev was key in the design and launch of Sputnik 1, the first ever artificial satellite Sergei Pavlovich Korolev (Серге́й Па́влович Королёв) (January 12, 1907 - January 14, 1966) was the... Roman Kroitor is a Canadian inventor who co-worked to invent IMAX. He worked on the short film Universe. ... Vladimir Mackiw (1923-2001) was a Canadian inventor and industrialist of Ukrainian origin who revolutionized the Canadian and more importantly World Mining industry with his inventions and techniques. ... Aleksandr A. Morozov (Russian: ; Ukrainian: ) was a Soviet engineer who was responsible for the drive-train design of the T-34 medium tank in 1937–40, and served as chief designer of the KMDB design bureau in Kharkiv, Ukraine from 1940–75 (it was named Morozov Design Bureau in his... Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau (KMDB, Ukrainian: Харківське Конструкторське Бюро по Mашинобуду&#1074... Professor Evgeny Oscarovich Paton (Russian: ; Ukrainian: ) was a Soviet Ukrainian engineer who established the E. O. Paton Electric Welding Institute in Kiev. ... Alexander Samakula (1900-1976) was a Ukrainian inventor, known for his invention of the universally used anti-reflective coating for optical lenses. ... Igor Sikorsky Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky (Russian: ; Ukrainian: Ігор Іванович Сікорський) (25 May 1889 – 26 October 1972) was a pioneer of aviation who designed the first four-engine airplane and the first successful helicopter of the most common configuration (single main rotor tail rotor). ... Stephen Timoshenko Stephen P. Timoshenko or Stepan Prokofyevich Timoshenko (Ukrainian: , Russian: , December 23, 1878 – May 29, 1972), is reputed to be the father of modern engineering mechanics. ...

Historians

• Volodymyr Antonovych, also folklorist
• Dmytro Horbachov historian of art
• Dmytro Doroshenko
• Mykhaylo Drahomanov also political emigre and folklorist
• Michael Hetman historian of mines
• Mykhailo Hrushevsky, also political leader
• Taras Hunczak
• Mykola Kostomarov, also literary historian, folklorist
• George S. N. Luckyj, literary historian
• Mykhaylo Maksymovych, also literary historian, folklorist
• Oleksander Ohloblyn
• Nataliia Polonska-Vasylenko
• Omeljan Pritsak, orientalist
• Wolodymyr Stojko
• Viktor Suvorov, WWII researcher (Ukrainian father)
• Dmytro Yavornytsky, Cossack historian, archeologist
• Peter Loboda, Researcher of Ancient Ukrainian Numismatics

Volodymyr Antonovych (1834-1908), was a prominent Ukrainian historian and a leader of the Ukrainian national movement in the Russian Empire. ... Dmytro Horbachov is Professor, Ph. ... Dmytro Doroshenko (1882-1951) was a prominent Ukrainian political figure during the revolution of 1917-1918 and a leading Ukrainian emigre historian during the inter-war period. ... Mykhaylo Petrovych Drahomanov (1841-1895) was a famous Ukrainian economist, historian, philosopher, folklorist and public figure. ... Mykhailo Serhiyovych Hrushevsky (Ukrainian: ; Kholm (29 September 1866 [O.S. 17 June] — Kislovodsk, 26 November 1934) was a Ukrainian historian and statesman, one of the most important figures of the Ukrainian national revival of the early 20th century. ... Nikolai Ivanovich Kostomarov (Ukrainian: ) (May 16, 1817, vil. ... George Stephen Nestor Luckyj (1919 - November 21, 2001) was a scholar of Ukrainian literature, who greatly contributed to the awareness of Ukrainian literature in the English-speaking world and to the continuation of legitimate scholarship on the subject during the post-war period. ... Mykhaylo Maksymovych(1804-1873) was a famous Ukrainian naturalist, historian, and writer. ... Oleksander Ohloblyn (born in Kiev, 1899 and died in Ludlow, Mass. ... Nataliia Polonska-Vasylenko (Ukrainian: ) (b. ... Omeljan Pritsak (b. ... Viktor Suvorov (; real name Vladimir Rezun : ) (born April 20, 1947) is a Russian writer and historian. ... Dmytro Yavornytsky , pen name in Russian Evarnitsky, (November, 6 1855- August, 5 1940) was a noted Ukrainian historian, archeologist, ethnographer, folklorist, and lexicographer. ...

Mathematicians

Main article Ukrainian mathematicians Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

• Stefan Banach - an eminent Polish mathematician who worked in Lviv, in 1939-1941 a member of the Ukrainian Academy of Science
• André-Louis Cholesky
• Boris Hnedenko
• Anatoly Timofeevich Fomenko
• Volodymyr Semenovych Korolyuk
• Mykhailo Krawtchouk
• Yakiv Kulik
• Volodymyr Marchenko
• Marko Naimark
• Olha Arsenievna Oleinik
• Volodymyr Petryshyn
• Alexei Pogorelov
• Platon Poretsky
• Volodymyr Potapov
• Anatoly Samoilenko
• Oleksandr Sharkovsky
• Samuil Shatunovsky
• Anatoliy Skorokhod
• Josif Shtokalo
• Ivan Sleszynski
• Pavlo Urysohn
• Mykhailo Vashchenko-Zakharchenko
• Volodymyr Veksler

Stefan Banach Stefan Banach (March 30, 1892 in Kraków, Austria-Hungary now Poland– August 31, 1945 in Lwów, Soviet Union - occupied Poland), was an eminent Polish mathematician, one of the moving spirits of the Lwów School of Mathematics in pre-war Poland. ... André-Louis Cholesky (October 15, 1875 - August 31, 1918) was a French mathematician born in Jonzac, France. ... Anatoly Timofeevich Fomenko (Анато́лий Тимофе́евич Фоме́нко) (born 13 March 1945) is a prominent Russian mathematician, professor of Moscow State University, well-known as a topologist, and a full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. ... Volodymyr Semenovych Korolyuk (Володимир Семенович Королюк; born August 19, 1925 in Kiev) is Soviet and Ukrainian mathematician, academician of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. ... Mikhail Krawtchouk (1892-1942) was a Ukrainian mathematician who, despite his early death, was the author of around 180 articles on mathematics. ... Yakov Kulik (1783-1863) was a notable Ukrainian mathematician known for his construction of massive factor tables, deemed Kulik tables. ... Vladimir Marchenko (1922-) is a Ukrainian mathematician who specialized in the analysis of the Sturm-Liouville and Schrödinger equations. ... Mark Aronovich Naimark (December 5, 1909-December 30, 1978) was a Ukrainian mathematician. ... Volodymyr Petryshyn (1829-) is a famous Ukrainian mathematician. ... Platon Poretsky (1846-1907) was a noted Ukrainian astronomer, mathematician, and logician. ... Vladimir Potapov (1914-1980) is a renowned Ukrainian mathematician. ... Anatoly Samoilenko (1938-) is a famous Ukrainian mathematician. ... Oleksandr Sharkovsky (1936-) is a prominent Ukrainian mathematician most famous for developing Sharkovskys Theorem in 1964. ... Samuil Shatunovsky (1859-1929) is a famous Ukrainian mathematician. ... Anatoliy Volodymyrovych Skorokhod (Анатолій Володимирович Скороход; born September, 10 1930 in Nikopol, USSR (now Ukraine)) is Ukrainian mathematician, academician of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (since 1985). ... Josif Shtokalo (1897-1987) was a famous Ukrainian mathematician. ... Ivan Sleszynski (1854-1931) was a Ukrainian mathematician. ... Paul Samuilovich Urysohn (Па́вел Самуи́лович Урысо́н) (February 3, 1898 - August 17, 1924) was a Russian mathematician who is best known for his contributions in the theory of dimension, for... Mikhail Vashchenko-Zakharchenko (1825-1912) was a prominent Ukrainian mathematician. ... Vladimir Veksler (Russian: ) (March 3, 1907, Zhytomyr, now Ukraine — September 22, 1966, Moscow) was a prominent Soviet experimental physicist. ...

Philosophers

• Nikolai Berdyaev, Russian religious philosopher
• Lev Shestov, Russian existentialist philosopher
• Hryhori Skovoroda

Nikolai Berdyaev Nikolai Alexandrovich Berdyaev (Николай Александрович Бердяев) (March 18 [O.S. March 6] 1874 – March 24, 1948) was a Russian-Ukrainian religious and political philosopher. ... Lev Isaakovich Shestov (Russian: ), born Yehuda Leyb Schwarzmann (Russian: )) was a Russian - Jewish existentialist philosopher. ... Hryhori Skovoroda (Григорій Сковорода, also known as Grigorij Savvich Skovoroda) (1722 -- 1794) Ukrainian poet, philosopher and composer. ...

Physicists

• Nikolay Bogolyubov, theory of superconductivity, nonlinear mechanics
• Gersh Budker, nuclear physicist (Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics)
• Georges Charpak, French physicist (Nobel Prize), born in East Galicia
• George Gamow, liquid drop model of atom nucleus
• Edward Ginzton (Ukrainian mother)
• Abram Ioffe, prominent Soviet physicist (Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute)
• Isaak Khalatnikov, BKL conjecture in general relativity
• Leo Palatnik, thin film physics
• Nikolai Pilchikov, electronic photography
• Ivan Pulyui, discoverer of X-rays (disputed)
• George Yuri Rainich, mathematical physicist
• Cyril Sinelnikov, nuclear physicist

Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogoliubov (21 August 1909 – 13 February 1992) was a Russian-Ukrainian mathematician and theoretical physicist known for his work in statistical field theory and dynamical systems. ... Gersh Itzkovich Budker Gersh Itskovich Budker (Герш Ицкович Будкер) (May 1, 1918 - July 4, 1977) was a Russian nuclear physicist. ... The Budker Institute in Winter The Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics is one of the major centres of advanced study of nuclear physics in Russia. ... Georges Charpak (born August 1, 1924) is a French physicist. ... George Gamow (pronounced GAM-off) (March 4, 1904 – August 19, 1968) , born Georgiy Antonovich Gamov (Георгий Антонович Гамов) was a Ukrainian born physicist and cosmologist. ... Edward Ginzton is a famous Ukrainian-American physicist. ... Abram Fedorovich Ioffe (Russian: , October 29, 1880 [O.S. October 17] – October 14, 1960) was a prominent Soviet/Russian physicist born in the Ukraine. ... Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov (b. ... Leo Samoylovich Palatnik (1909-1994) was an outstanding Ukrainian physicist known for his contributions in the field of thin film physics and film material. ... Nikolai Dmitriyevich Pilchikov (1857-1908) was a Ukrainian physicist, inventor, and geologist. ... Ivan Pulyui (February 2, 1845 - January 31, 1918 was a Ukrainian physicist, inventor and nationalist who has been championed as an early developer of the use of X-rays for medical imaging. ... George Yuri Rainich (March 25, 1886-1968) was a leading mathematical physicist in the early twentieth century. ... Cyril Dmiriyevich Sinelnikov (1901-1966) was a Ukrainian nuclear physicist of world renown, considered the greatest organizer of science the USSR has ever had. ...

Other academics

• Mykola Andrusov
• Albert Bandura
• Pavel Petrovich Blonsky
• Olgerd Bochkovsky, sociologist
• Isydore Hlynka
• Nikolai Kholodny
• Vikentiy Khvoyka
• Robert Klymasz, Ukrainian Canadian folklorist
• Volodymyr Kubiyovych, geographer and encyclopedist
• Volodymyr Kunko-Bohoslavetz, linguist/etymologist/philologist [Uk-Ra-ii-Na (Gift of-Sun-and-Moon)], designer, educator
• Viktor Kyrpychov
• Volodymyr Levytsky
• Yuri Linnik
• Anton Makarenko, Ukrainian and Soviet educator
• Georgii Pfeiffer
• Evhen Tsybulenko (b. 1972), professor of international law
• Pavlo Tutkovsky
• Fedir Vovk, anthropologist and ethnographer
• Robert Kravchuk, Professor of Public Finance at Indiana University.

Mykola Andrusov (Ukrainian: Микола Іванович Андрусов, Mykola Ivanovych Andrusov, Russian: ) (1861- April 27, 1924) was a famous Russian geologist, stratigrapher, and palaeontologist of Ukrainian descent. ... Albert Bandura (born December 4, 1925 in Mundare, Alberta) is a Canadian psychologist most famous for his work on social learning theory (or Social Cognitivism) and self efficacy. ... Pavel Petrovich Blonsky (1884-1941) is a famous Ukrainian psychologist. ... Olgerd Bochkovsky was a famous Ukrainian sociologist. ... Vikentiy Khvoyka (1815-1914) was a famous Ukrainian archeologist who discovered the so-called Tripolian culture. ... Robert Bohdan Klymasz (b. ... Volodymyr Kubiyovych, also spelled Kubiiovych, (Ukrainian: ; 23 September, 1900 (Nowy SÄ…cz, Galicia)) - 2 November, 1985 (Paris, France)) was a Ukrainian geographer with a specialty in demography, a cartographer, an encyclopedist, politician, and statesman. ... Viktor Kirpichov (1845-1913) was a prominent Ukrainian engineer and physicist, known especially for his work on applied and structural mechanics. ... Yuri V. Linnik. ... Anton Semyonovich Makarenko (1888–1939) was a Russian educator. ... Evhen Tsybulenko (born 21 October 1972 in Simferopol, Ukraine) is a Professor (2005) and Chair of International and Comparative Law at International University Audentes (Tallinn, Estonia). ... Fedir Vovk (1847-1918) was Ukraines greatest anthropologist-archaeologist. ...

Artists

Architects

• Ivan Hryhorovych-Barskyi
• Vladislav Gorodetsky
• Marian Peretyatkovich
• Volodymyr Sichynskyi

The Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God (1752–1764), in collaboration with Andrey Kvasov in Kozelets. ... Vladislav Gorodetsky Vladislav Gorodetsky or full name Vladislav Leshek Dezidery (Ukrainian: ; May 1863 in Sholudky, Podillia — 1930 in Iran) was an architect and big-game hunter, best known for his Art Nouveau-style buildings, namely the House with Chimaeras, the St. ... In 2001 Russia issued a postal stamp where the headquarters of the Constitutional Court of Russia. ... Volodymyr Sichynskyi (1894–1962) was a Ukrainian emigre, architect, grahic artist, and art historian. ...

Actors

• Elina Bystritskaya
• Lyudmila Gurchenko
• Milla Jovovich
• Roman Kartsev
• Mila Kunis
• Vasily Lanovoy
• Ana Layevska
• Ivan Mykolaychuk
• Alla Nazimova
• Zhanna Prokhorenko
• Ada Rohovtseva
• Yakov Smirnoff
• Bohdan Stupka
• Maria Zankovetska

Elina Avrahamovna Bystritskaya (1928-) is a famous Soviet, Russian and Ukrainian actress known for her celebrated roles in Soviet cinema. ... Lyudmia Gurchenko in 1950ies Lyudmila Markovna Gurchenko (Russian: , born 1935) is a popular Soviet and Russian actress, singer and entertainer. ... Milla (Militza) Jovovich (Serbian Милица Јововић/Milica Jovović, Ukrainian Cyrillic: Мілла Йовович/; born December 17, 1975) is a Ukrainian-born supermodel, actress, musician, singer, and fashion designer. ... Milena Markovna Kunis (Мілена Маркoвна Куніс), born August 14, 1983 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine), better known as Mila Kunis, is an American actress. ... Vasily Semyonovich Lanovoy (Russian: Василий Семенович Лановой) is a Ukrainian-born Russian actor who works in the Vakhtangov Theatre, Moscow. ... Ana Layevska (Ukrainian:Ана Лаєвска) (born Ana Laevski Rastsvetaeva on January 10, 1982 in Kiev, Ukraine), is a Mexican actress of telenovelas. ... Alla Nazimova, born Mariam Edez Adelaida Leventon (May 22, 1879 – July 14, 1945) was an American theater and film actress, scriptwriter, and producer. ... Zhanna Prokhorenko & Vladimir Ivashov Zhanna Prokhorenko (born May 11, 1940 in Poltava, Ukraine) is an actress best known to European and North American audiences for her starring role in the 1959 film, Ballad of a Soldier. ... Yakov Smirnoff (born January 24, 1951) is, according to his own description, a Ukrainian-born American comedian and painter. ...

Choreographers

• Vasyl Avramenko
• Yaroslav Chuperchuk
• Olexandr Dmytrenko
• Leonid Kalinin
• Anatoliy Krivokhyzha
• Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky
• Anatoly Shekera, National Opera House of Ukraine
• Mykola Vantukh
• Kim Vasylenko
• Vasyl Verkhovynets
• Pavlo Virsky, Virsky Ukrainian dance company

Vasyl Avramenko Vasyl Avramenko (1895-1981) is credited with turning traditional Ukrainian folk dance, as practiced by Ukrainian villagers, into a professional art form. ... Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky (Ukrainian: , translit. ... Vasyl Mykolayovych Verkhovynets (1880 - 1938) was an actor, conductor, voice teacher, amateur musicologist, balletmaster, choreographer and dance ethnographer He is credited for fundamentally altering the course of Ukrainian dance by devising a method of transcribing dance to paper, recording traditional dances and steps from numerous villages, setting dances on a... Pavlo Virsky Pavlo Pavlovych Virsky (Ukrainian: Павло Павлович Вірський) (1905 - 1975) was a dancer, innovative choreographer, and founder of the P. Virsky Ukrainian National Folk Dance Ensemble, whose work in Ukrainian dance was groundbreaking and influenced generations of dancers. ... Virsky in performance P. Virsky Ukrainian National Folk Dance Ensemble (Ukrainian: Національний заслужений академічний ансамбль танцю України ім. П.П.Вірського; also referred to simply as Virsky) is a world-renowned Ukrainian dance company based out of Ukraine, well known for its innovative approach to the art form. ... A Ukrainian dance troupe at the BC Ukrainian Cultural Festival Ukrainian Dance most often to refers to Ukrainian Folk-Stage Dance (as it is known by ethnographers and dance historians), a stylized form of a Folk Dance based in part on the movements contained in, and the actual traditional dances...

Composers

• Virko Baley
• Vasyl Barvinsky
• Maksym Berezovsky
• Matvei Blanter, Soviet composer, author of Katyusha
• Dmytro Bortniansky
• Marusia Churai
• Konstantin Dankevich
• Stepan Degtiarev
• Mykola Diletsky
• Isaak Dunayevsky, author of numerous popular Soviet songs
• Lesia Dytchko
• Arkady Filippenko
• Reinhold Glière
• Leonid Hrabovsky
• Semen Hulak-Artemovsky
• Volodymyr Ivasyuk
• Dimitri Klebanov
• Levko Kolodub
• Oleksander Koshetz
• Evgeni Kostitsyn, composer after whom the Ukrainian Composers' Competition is named
• Mykola Leontovych
• Zara Levina
• Boris Lyatoshynsky
• Mykola Lysenko
• Igor Markevitch
• Yuli Meitus
• Yuriy Oliynyk
• Mykola Ovsianiko-Kulikovsky
• Sergei Prokofiev, one of the greatest composers of the 20th century
• Levko Revutsky
• Nikolai Andreyevich Roslavets
• Valentin Silvestrov
• Myroslav Skoryk
• Yevhen Stankovych
• Kyrylo Stetsenko
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer, author of Swan Lake and The Nutcracker ballets
• Roman Turovsky-Savchuk
• Artemy Vedel
• Yakiv Yatsynevych
• Ruslana Lyzhichko

Virko Baley (1938-) is a renowned Ukrainian-American composer, conductor, and pianist. ... Vasyl Barvinsky (also known as Vasil or Vasily Barvinsky) (1888–1963) was the most popular Impressionist musician in the Ukraine. ... Maksym Sozontovych Berezovsky (Ukrainian: Максим Созонтович Березовский, circa 1745 to 1777) was a Ukrainian-Russian composer, opera singer and violinist. ... Matvei Isaakovich Blanter (ru: Матвей Исаакович Блантер) (Pochep, near Bryansk, 10 February 1903, Old Style 28 January - Moscow 24 September 1990) was a Russian composer of popular music. ... Katyusha multiple rocket launchers are a type of rocket artillery built and fielded by the Soviet Union beginning in the Second World War. ... Dmytro Stepanovych Bortniansky (Ukrainian: , Dmitro Stepanovych Bortnians’kyi; Russian: , Dmitrij Stepanovič Bortnjanskij; also referred to as Dmitry or Dmitri Bortnyansky; 1751-1825) was a Ukrainian composer in Imperial Russia. ... Marusia Churai (1626-1689) was a legendary Ukrainian Baroque composer, poet, and singer. ... Konstantin Dankevich (1905-1984) was an eminent Ukrainian composer and musical teacher. ... Stepan Anikievich Degtiarev (1766-1813) was a renowned Ukrainian composer of the later 18th century. ... Nikolai Diletsky (Ukrainian: , 1650-1723) was a famous Ukrainian Baroque composer of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. ... Isaak Dunayevsky Isaak Osipovich Dunayevsky also Dunaevsky or Dunaevski (Russian: ; 30 January [O.S. 18 January] 1900 Lokhvitsa, Poltava - 25 July 1955, Moscow) was a Soviet composer and conductor, who specialized in light music for operetta and film comedies, frequently working with the film director Grigory Aleksandrov. ... Lesia (Ludimilla) Dychko (1939-) is a distinguished contemporary Ukrainian composer. ... Arkady Filippenko (1912-1983) was a Ukrainian composer. ... Reinhold Moritzovich Glière Reinhold Moritzovich Glière (Russian: , Rejngold Moricevič Glièr) (January 11, 1875 [O.S. 30 December 1874] – June 23, 1956) was a Soviet composer of German descent. ... Leonid Grabovsky (Hrabovsky) (1935-) is the most famous and influential contemporary Ukrainian composer to emerge in Kiev during the 1950s. ... Semen Hulak-Artemovsky Semen Stepanovich Hulak-Artemovsky (Ukrainian: , also referred to as Semyon Gulak Artemovsky) (February 16 [O.S. February 4] 1813 - April 17 [O.S. April 5] 1873), was an Ukrainian opera composer, singer (baritone), actor, and dramatist who lived and worked in Imperial Russia. ... Volodymyr Ivasiuk (1949-1979) (Ivasyuk) was one of the most popular contemporary composers and poets to emerge from Ukraine. ... Dmitri Lvovich Klebanov (1907-1987) was a renowned Ukrainian composer and pianist. ... Dr Oleksander Koshetz (September 14, 1875 â€“ September 21, 1944) was a Ukrainian choral conductor, arranger, composer, ethnographer, writer, and lecturer. ... Evgeni Kostitsyn (b. ... Mykola Leontovych (December 1, 1877–January 22 or January 23, 1921) was a Ukrainian musician. ... Zara Aleksandrovna Levina (1906-1976) was a famous Ukrainian composer. ... Boris Lyatoshynsky (1895-1968) was a composer, conductor, teacher, and leading member of the new generation of twentieth century Ukrainian composers. ... Mykola Vitaliyovych Lysenko (1842-03-10 – 1912-10-24 N.S., 1842-03-22 – 1912-11-06 O.S.) was a Ukrainian composer, pianist, conductor and folksong collector. ... Igor Markevitch (July 27, 1912-March 7, 1983) was a Ukrainian composer and conductor. ... Yuli Sergeievitch Meitus (1903-1997) was a distinguished Ukrainian composer, famous for his many operas. ... Yuriy Oliynyk is a Ukrainian composer, concert pianist, and teacher. ... Mykola (or Nikolai) Dmitrievich Ovsianiko-Kulikovsky (sometimes transliterated Ovsyaniko-Kulikovsky) (1768-1846) was a Ukrainian landowner purported to have written a symphony which was discovered in Odessa in 1948. ... Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Russian: , Sergej Sergejevič Prokof’ev; 15/April 271, 1891–March 5, 1953) was a Russian composer who mastered numerous musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. ... Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky (1899-1977) was a renowned 20th-century Ukrainian composer who pioneered the piano sonata. ... Nikolai Andreyevich Roslavets (1881-1944) A Ukrainian composer whose music was largely suppressed after he was declared a non-person by the soviet regime. ... Photo of Valentin Silvestrov Valentin Silvestrov (born September 30, 1937 in Kiev) is a contemporary composer of classical music. ... Myroslav Skoryk (Ukrainian: , born July 12, 1938 in Lviv) is a famous Ukrainian composer with very diverse and impressive compositions. ... Yevhen Stankovych (September 19, 1942-) is one of the most famous contemporary Ukrainian composers of stage, orchestral, chamber, and choral works. ... Kyrylo Stetsenko (1882-1922) was a prolific Ukrainian composer and championed Kyivin. ... Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильич Чайкoвский, Pëtr Il’ič ÄŒajkovskij or Pyotr Ilich Chajjkovskijj;  ) (7 May [O.S. 25 April] 1840 – 6 November [O.S. 25 October] 1893), also transliterated Piotr Ilitsch Tschaikowski, Petr Ilich Tschaikowsky, Piotr Illyich Tchaikovsky, as well as many other versions, was a Russian composer... Roman Turovsky-Savchuk Roman Turovsky-Savchuk is a painter and lutenist-composer. ... Artem (Artemy) Vedel (1767-1808) was one of the most prominent Ukrainian composers of the 18th century. ... Yakiv Yatsynevych (1869-1945) was a prominent Ukrainian composer, known for his eclectic works. ... Ruslana Lyzhichko performing Dyki tantsi Wild Dances at the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest Ruslana Lyzhichko (born May 24, 1973 Ukrainian: Руслана Лижичко) is the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. ...

Film and theater directors

• Sergei Bondarchuk
• Leonid Bykov
• Grigori Chukhrai
• Olexandr Dovzhenko, the most famous Ukrainian film maker
• Yuri Klimenko, cinematographer
• Les Kurbas
• Anatole Litvak
• Roman Viktyuk

Sergei Fedorovich Bondarchuk (Russian: Серге́й Фёдорович Бондарчук; Ukrainian: Сергій Федорович Бондарчук September 25, 1920 – October 20, 1994) was a Soviet, Ukrainian-born film director, screenwriter, and actor. ... Grigori Chukhrai, born May 23, 1921 - died October 28, 2001, was a prominent film director and screenwriter in the former Soviet Union. ... Olexandr Petrovych Dovzhenko (Ukrainian: , Russian: ; also referred to as Oleksandr, Aleksandr, Alexander, or Alexandre Dovjenko) (September 10, 1894 [O.S. August 29] - November 25, 1956) was a writer, producer and director of films, and is often cited as one of the most important early Soviet filmmakers, alongside Sergei Eisenstein and... Les Kurbas in the early 1920s Les Kurbas (Ukrainian: , Oleksandr Stepanovych Kurbas, 1887–1937) is considered by many to be the most important Ukrainian theater director of the twentieth century. ... Anatole Litvak (May 10, 1902 – December 15, 1974) was a Ukrainian-born international filmmaker who wrote, directed, and produced films in a variety of countries and languages. ...

Musicians

• Simon Barere, pianist
• Yuri Bashmet, viola soloist
• Felix Blumenfeld, pianist
• Shura Cherkassky, pianist
• George Douglas
• Mischa Elman, violinist
• Emanuel Feuermann, cellist (born in Austrian Galicia)
• Michael Frimenko, American bass player
• Emil Gilels, pianist
• Jascha Horenstein, conductor
• Vladimir Horowitz, pianist
• Pawlo Humeniuk
• Eugene Hütz (Gogol Bordello), singer, guitarist, banger of buckets
• Leonid Kogan, violinist
• Lubka Kolessa, pianist
• Theodore Kuchar, Conductor, National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
• Valentina Lisitsa, pianist
• Ruslana Lyzhichko , pianist , singer , dancer , composer , producer , sonwriter , conductor
• Nathan Milstein, violinist
• Benno Moiseiwitsch, pianist
• David Oistrakh, violinist
• Igor Oistrakh, violinist
• Leo Ornstein, composer
• Pawlo Humeniuk
• Evgeni Kostitsyn, pianist and composer
• Leo Sirota, pianist
• Sviatoslav Richter, pianist
• George Shakhnevich, accordionist
• Steven Staryk, violinist
• Isaac Stern, violinist
• Paul Stetsenko, organist
• Alexander Vynograd
• Rostislaw Wygranienko

Simon Barere (September 1, 1896 - April 2, 1951) was a Russian-born American pianist. ... Yuri Bashmet is probably the most prominent viola soloist of the day. ... Felix Mikhailovich Blumenfeld, (born 17/19 April 1863, Kovalevka, [Kherson] - died 21 January 1931 in Moscow) was a Russian composer, conductor and pianist. ... Shura Cherkassky (October 7, 1909 - December 27, 1995) was a Ukrainian classical pianist known for his brilliant, if sometimes idiosyncratic performances of the romantic repertoire. ... George Douglas Brown (1869 - 1902), novelist, wrote The House with the Green Shutters, which gives a strongly outlined picture of the harder and less genial aspects of Scottish life and character. ... Mischa Elman Mischa Elman (January 20, 1891 – April 5, 1967) was a Ukrainian-born violinist, famed for his passionate style and the beauty of his tone. ... Emanuel Feuermann (November 22, 1902, Kolomea, Austria Galicia - May 25, 1942, New York City) was a celebrated Polish-Austrian-Jewish cellist. ... Emil Grigoryevich Gilels (Э́миль Григо́рьевич Ги́лельс) (October 19, 1916 – October 14, 1985) was a Ukrainian classical pianist of the Soviet era. ... Jascha Horenstein (May 6, 1898 - April 2, 1973) was a conductor. ... Portrait of Vladimir Horowitz, captured from the documentary The Last Romantic. ... Pawlo Humeniuk (c. ... Eugene Hütz (full name Yevhen Hudz, born Kiev, Ukraine; 1972) moved to Vermont in the United States with his parents following the Chernobyl nuclear accident, being a refugee at age 14. ... Leonid Borisovitch Kogan (14 November 1924 - 17 November 1982) was a violin virtuoso. ... Lubka Kolessa (* 19 May 1904 in Lviv, Ukraine - 15 August 1997 in Toronto, Canada) was a classical pianist and professor of piano. ... Valentina Lisitsa (Russian: , Ukrainian: ) is a Ukrainian-born classical pianist. ... Ruslana Lyzhichko performing Dyki tantsi Wild Dances at the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest Ruslana Lyzhichko (born May 24, 1973 Ukrainian: Руслана Лижичко) is the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. ... Nathan Milstein (Odessa December 31, 1903 – December 21, 1992, London) was a Russian-Jewish born violinist who took United States citizenship in 1942 after spending much of his life there. ... Benno Moiseiwitsch (February 22, 1890 - April 9, 1963) was a pianist. ... David Fyodorovich Oistrakh (Russian: ; September 30, 1908 [O.S. September 17] – October 24, 1974) was a Jewish Soviet violinist who made many recordings and was the dedicatee of numerous violin works. ... Igor Oistrakh (b. ... Leo Ornstein (c. ... Pawlo Humeniuk (c. ... Evgeni Kostitsyn (b. ... Leo Sirota (May 4, 1855 - February 25, 1965) was the Ukraine-born Pianist. ... Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter ( Russian: ; March 20 [O.S. March 7] 1915 – August 1, 1997) was a Ukrainian pianist of the Soviet era. ... George Shakhnevich (b. ... Steven (Sam) Staryk (born 1932, Toronto) is a Canadian violin virtuoso. ... Isaac Stern (July 21, 1920 – September 22, 2001) is widely considered one of the finest violin virtuosi of the twentieth century. ... Alexander Vynograd is a classical guitarist. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Painters

• Ivan Aivazovsky, Armenian painter, famous for his seascapes
• Marie Bashkirtseff, artist
• Alexander Bogomazov, Avant-garde artist
• Vladimir Borovikovsky, painter
• Mykhaylo Boychuk
• Robert Brackman
• Mykola Burachek
• David Burliuk, Avante-garde painter
• Wladimir Burliuk, Avant-garde artist
• Louis Choris
• Mychajlo Dmytrenko
• Aleksandra Ekster, Avant-garde artist
• Nina Genke-Meller, Avant-garde artist
• Dmitry Grigorovich
• Mykola Hlushchenko
• Jacques Hnizdovsky
• Tatiana Holembievska
• Anatole Jakovsky
• Alexander Khvostenko-Khvostov Avant-garde stage designer
• Pyotr Konchalovsky, painter
• Vasyl Krychevsky
• Fedir Krychevsky
• Dmitry Levitzky, painter
• Akym Levych
• Anton Losenko
• Kazimir Malevich, Avant-garde artist, pioneer of geometric abstract art, author of Black Square
• Abram Manevich, painter
• Ivan Marchuk, modern painter
• Vadym Meller, avant-garde artist, stage designer
• Ludimilla Morozova
• Oleksandr Murashko
• Heorhiy Narbut
• Solomon Nikritin painter, Avant-garde artist
• Nykifor primitivist painter
• Victor Palmov, painter, Avant-garde artist
• Kliment Red'ko, painter, Avant-garde artist
• Ilya Repin, Russian painter
• Bruno Schulz, painter and writer
• Zinaida Serebriakova,painter
• Volodymyr Sichynskyi, architect, graphic artist
• Opanas Slastion, folklorist, designer of modern type of bandura
• Anton Solomoukha
• Vladimir Sosnovsky
• Vladimir Tatlin, Avant-garde artist
• Sonia Terk, Avant-garde artist
• Roman Turovsky-Savchuk
• Mykhailo Turovsky
• Andy Warhol, major figure in the pop art movement
• Tetyana Yablonska, modern painter
• Vasiliy Yermilov, Avant-garde artist
• Ivan Yizhakevych

Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (Russian: , Armenian: - Hovhannes Aivazovsky July 29, 1817 - May 5, 1900) was a Russian painter of Armenian descent, most famous for his seascapes, which constitute more than half of his paintings. ... Marie Bashkirtseff (November 11, 1858 - October 31, 1884) was a Ukrainian-born Russian diarist, painter and sculptor Marie Bashkirtseff Born Maria Konstantinovna Bashkirtseva in Gavrontsy near Poltava, to a wealthy noble family, she grew up abroad, traveling with her mother across most of Europe. ... Alexander or Oleksandr Bogomazov (1880-1930) - Ukrainian painter, avant-garde artist (Cubo-Futurist) and modern art theoretician. ... Bugaevsky-Blagodatny (pupil of Borovikovsky. ... Robert Brackman (September 25, 1898 - July 1980) born at Odeska Oblast, Ukraine he was an eminent artist and teacher who emigrated from Russia in 1908. ... The mighty Dnieper roars and bellows by Mykola Burachek, 1941 Mykola Burachek (or Buraček, Ukrainian: ) (b. ... David Burliuk Revolution, 1917 David or Davyd Burliuk (July 21, 1882–January 15, 1967) was a Ukrainian- Russian avant-garde artist (Futurist, Neo-Primitivist), book illustrator, publicist, and author associated with Russian Futurism. ... Wladimir Burliuk, Portrait of Velemir Khlebnikov, 1913 Wladimir Burliuk (Russian: , 1886–1917) was an avant-garde artist (Neo-Primitivist and Cubo-Futurist), book illustrator. ... Louis Choris (1795-1828) was a famous German-Ukrainian painter and explorer. ... Mychajlo Dmytrenko (1908-1996) was a Ukrainian-American painter of world recognition. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Nina Genke-Meller, or Nina Henke-Meller, (1893 - 1954) was a Ukrainian avant-garde artist, (Suprematist), designer, graphic artist and scenographer. ... Dmitry Vasilyevich Grigorovich (Russian: ) (March 19 (N.S. March 31), 1822, Simbirsk - December 22, 1899 (N.S. January 3, 1900), Petersburg) was a Russian writer. ... Self-Portrait woodcut by Jacques Hnizdovsky Jacques Hnizdovksy - Bread (oil on canvas Jacques Hnizdovsky (1915-1985) was a famous Ukrainian-American painter and sculptor, who, during his time, was considered to be Americas greatest woodcut artists. ... Anatole Jakovsky (1909-1988) was a Ukrainian painter who founded naive art. ... Alexander ( Oleksandr) Khvostenko-Khvostov (1895-1967) was a Ukrainian avant-garde artist (Constructivist), stage designer. ... Pyotr Konchalovsky (Petr Petrovich Konchalovsky, Russian: Пётр Петро́вич Кончало́вский) (1876 - 1956), Russian Painter, a member of Jack of Diamonds group. ... Dmitry Levitzky (Dmitry Grigoryevich Levitsky) (Russian: Дмитрий Григорьевич Левицкий, 1735-1822) was a Russian portrait painter. ... Anton Losenko (ukr. ... Self-portrait, 1933 (detail) Kazimir Severinovich Malevich (Russian: , Polish: , Ukrainian transliteration Malevych, German: ), (February 23, 1879 – May 15, 1935) was a painter and art theoretician, pioneer of geometric abstract art and one of the most important members of the Russian avant-garde. ... Suprematist painting by Kazimir Malevich Geometric abstract art is a form of abstract art based on the use of simple geometric forms placed in nonillusionistic space and combined into nonobjective compositions. ... Sketch of the decoration to the performance Hello, on the wave 477 1929 Vadym Meller (or Vadim Meller, 1884–1962) was a Ukrainian-Russian painter, avant-garde artist (Cubist, Constructivist), theatrical designer, book illustrator and architect. ... Oleksandr Murashko (ukr. ... Heorhiy Narbut (Георгій Іванович Нарбут, 25. ... Solomon Nikritin (1898-1965) was a Ukrainian painter, avant-garde artist (Neo-Primitivist, Constructivist), graphic artist, designer, and author. ... Nykifor (1895-1968) (also known as Nikifor) was an eccentric Ukrainian painter. ... Victor Palmov (1888-1929) was a Ukrainian avant-garde artist: a Futurist and Neo-primitivist. ... Kliment Redko or Redko (1897-1956) was a painter-scientist, Avant-garde artist (Constructivist, Projectionist, Suprematist), graphic artist. ... Ilyá Yefímovich Répin (Илья́ Ефи́мович Ре́пин) (August 5, 1844 (Julian calendar: July 24) – September 29, 1930) was a leading Russian painter and sculptor of the Peredvizhniki artistic... Self portrait of Schulz Bruno Schulz (July 12, 1892 – November 19, 1942) was a Polish/Ukrainian novelist and painter, widely considered to be one of the greatest Polish prose stylists of the 20th century. ... At the Dressing-Table, 1909 Zinaida Yevgenyevna Serebriakova (née Lanceray) [1] (Russian: ) (December 10, 1884–September 19, 1967) was the first female Russian painter of distinction. ... Volodymyr Sichynskyi (1894–1962) was a Ukrainian emigre, architect, grahic artist, and art historian. ... Opanas Georgievych (Heorhiiovych) SLASTION ( Slaston, Slasten), (1855 - 1933), was born in the Ukrainian port town of Berdyansk on the Berdyansk Gulf of the Sea of Azov. ... A Bandura and a Torban, at the Royal College of Music Julian Kytasty, plays a prima Chernihiv bandura The Experimental Bandura Тrio: Jurij Fedynsky, Julian Kytasty,and Michael Andrec Ken Bloom, plays a Kharkiv bandura Yuri Singalevych(Lviv) playing a diatonic bandura c. ... Anton Solomoukha (born 1945, Kiev) is an Ukrainian painter and photographer, currently living in France. ... Sosnovsky sometimes combined impressionism with Soviet Industrial realism Vladimir Sosnovsky (1922 – 1990) was a Ukrainian artist, known as a landscape and realist painter. ... Vladimir Yevgrafovich Tatlin (Владимир Евграфович Татлин) (December 28, 1885 (OS: December 16) – May 31, 1953) worked as a painter and architect. ... Sonia Delaunay-Terk (Sonia Terk Stern) (1885 – 1979) Born in Gradizhsk, Ukraine as Sonia Terk, and grew up in St. ... Roman Turovsky-Savchuk Roman Turovsky-Savchuk is a painter and lutenist-composer. ... Mikhail Turovsky (born in Pryluky, Ukraine in 1933) is an American artist-painter, and writer-aphorist, resident in New York since 1979. ... Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 — February 22, 1987) was an American artist associated with the definition of Pop Art. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Yablonska Tetyana (Ukrainian Яблонська Тетяна Нилівна) (February 11, 1917 – June 17, 2005) was a painter. ... Yermilov Vasiliy or Vasyl (1894-1967) -Ukrainian painter, Avant-garde artist (Cubist, Constructivist, Neo-Primitivist), designer. ... Ivan Yizhakevych Perebendya Ivan Sydorovych Yizhakevych (Ukrainian: ; 1864-1962) was a painter, writer, and Peoples Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1951). ...

Sculptors

• Alexander Archipenko, U.S. sculptor and graphic artist
• Victor Konoval
• Anatoly Kushch
• Oleh Pinchuk
• Nikolai Syadristy
• Vladimir Tatlin
• Wladimir Baranoff-Rossine
• Valentyn Znoba

Alexander Porfiryevich Archipenko (1887 - 1964) was a U.S. (Russian-born) sculptor. ... Vladimir Yevgrafovich Tatlin (Владимир Евграфович Татлин) (December 28, 1885 (OS: December 16) – May 31, 1953) worked as a painter and architect. ... Wladimir Baranoff-Rossine (1888-1944) - painter, Avant-garde artist (Cubo-Futurist). ...

Writers

• Shmuel Agnon, Israeli writer, Nobel Prize (1966)
• Sholom Aleichem, Jewish writer
• Yuri Andrukhovych
• Isaac Babel, Russian writer
• Aleksei Bibik, working-class writer(1878-1976)
• Eduard Bagritsky
• Levko Borovykovsky
• Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian writer, author of The Master and Margarita
• Marko Cheremshyna
• Raya Dunayevskaya, Marxist humanist
• Ilya Ehrenburg, publicist and writer
• Jan Galka
• Nikolai Gogol, Russian writer
• Daniil Granin
• Vasily Grossman
• Yakiv Holovatskyi
• Oles Honchar, author of The Cathedral
• Yevhen Hrebinka
• Yevhen Hutsalo
• Ilya Ilf, Russian humorist, co-author of The Twelve Chairs
• Valentin Kataev, Russian novelist and dissident
• Mykola Khvylovy
• Olha Kobylyanska
• Lev Kopelev, author and dissident
• Oleksandr Korniychuk, dramatist
• Nikolay Kostomarov, writer, historian
• Ivan Kotlyarevsky, playwright
• Marko Kropyvnytsky, actor, stage director, playwright, and composer
• Mykola Kulish, dramatist
• Panteleymon Kulish
• Andrey Kurkov
• Hryhori Kvitka
• Alexandra Marinina, Russian writer of detective stories
• Les Martovych
• Ambros Metlynsky, poet, writer
• Ivan Nechuy-Levytsky
• Viktor Nekrasov, Russian writer and dissident
• Yuri Nikitin, Russian science fiction and fantasy writer
• Bohdan Osadchy
• Chuck Palahniuk, American satirical novelist (Ukrainian father)
• Sofia Parfanovych
• Mykhailo Pavlyk
• Viktor Petrov
• Yevgeny Petrov, Russian humorist, co-author of The Twelve Chairs
• Valerian Pidmohylny, novelist
• Les Podervianskiy, satirist and playwrighter
• Yuri Pokalchuk
• Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, writer, author of Venus in Furs
• Markiyan Shashkevych
• Hryhoriy Skovoroda, poet, writer, philosopher
• Mykhaylo Starytsky
• Vasyl Stefanyk
• Mykhaylo Stelmakh
• Ivan Tobilevich
• Ivan Vahylevych
• Marko Vovchok
• Volodymyr Vynnychenko
• Ostap Vyshnia
• Natan Ilyich Zabara
• Pavlo Zahrebelnyi
• Marya Zaturenska
• Mykola Zerov
• Mikhail Zhvanetskiy, Russian humorist

Shmuel Yosef Agnon (Hebrew: שמואל יוסף עגנון; known as shay agnon, born Shmuel Yosef Czaczkes) (July 17, 1888 – February 17, 1970) was the first Hebrew writer to win the Nobel Prize in literature (1966). ... Sholom Aleichem listens Sholom Aleichem This article is about the writer. ... Yuri Andrukhovych (Юрій Андрухович, born March 13, 1960 in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian prose writer, poet, essayist, and translator. ... Isaac Babel Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel, Russian: Исаак Эммануилович Бабель (13 July [O.S. 1 July] 1894 – January 27, 1940) was a Russian journalist, playwright, and short story writer. ... Aleksei Pavlovich Bibik (Алексей Павлович Бибик) (1878-1976) was the first working-class novelist in Russia. ... Eduard Bagritsky () (November 3 (O.S. October 22) 1895 Odessa, Ukraine, Russian Empire - February 16, 1934, Moscow, RSFSR) was a Russian poet. ... Mikhail Afanasievich Bulgakov (Russian: Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков; May 15 [O.S. May 3] 1891, Kiev – March 10, 1940, Moscow) was a Russian novelist and playwright of the first half of the 20th century. ... Raya Dunayevskaya (1910 – 1987) was a Ukrainian born immigrant to the United States of America who was a member of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP). ... Ilya Grigoryevich Ehrenburg (Russian: IPA: ), January 27 [O.S. January 15] 1891 (Kiev, Ukraine) – August 31, 1967 (Moscow, Soviet Union) was a Soviet-Jewish Russian writer and journalist whose 1954 novel gave name to the Khrushchev Thaw. ... Jan Galka (* 1975, Kiev, Ukraine - ) Writer and poet of German origin. ... Nikolai Gogol by Alexander Ivanov Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (Russian: IPA: ) (April 1, 1809 — March 4, 1852) was a Russian writer. ... Daniil Aleksandrovich Granin (pseudonym of D.A. German born 1 January 1918) was a Russian writer,an author of stories about Soviet intelligencia. ... Vasily Semyonovich Grossman (alternatively spelled Vassily, Vasiliy, Russian language: Василий Гроссман), December 12, 1905 – September 14, 1964, was a prominent Soviet-era writer and journalist. ... Ilf (left) and Petrov Ilya Ilf (Ilya Arnoldovich Faynzilberg, Илья Ильф, October 15 (October 3 O.S.), 1897 – April 13, 1937) is an extremely popular Soviet author of the 1920s and 1930s, who worked in collaboration with Evgeny Petrov. ... Katayev, Valentin (Petrovich) (Russian: Валентин Катаев) (b. ... Mykola Khvylovy (actually Mykola Fitillov) (December 14, 1893-May 13, 1933) was a Ukrainian writer and poet of the early Communist Ukrainian renaissance. ... Olha Kobylyanska was a Ukrainian modernist writer. ... Lev Kopelev Lev Kopelev (Russian: Лев Зиновьевич Копелев, German spelling Lew Kopelew: April 9, 1912 – June 18, 1997) was a Soviet Russian author and a dissident. ... Nikolai Ivanovich Kostomarov (Russian: ; Ukrainian: ) (May 16, 1817, vil. ... Ivan Petrovych Kotlyarevsky (Ukrainian: ) (b. ... Panteleimon Kulish (also spelled Panteleymon or Pantelejmon KuliÅ¡, Ukrainian: , August 7, 1819 – February 14, 1897) was a Ukrainian writer, critic, poet, folklorist, and translator. ... Andrey Kurkov (born in 1961 in Saint Petersburg, Russia) is a Ukrainian novelist who writes in Russian. ... Alexandra Marinina (born July 16, 1957, real name Alekseyeva Marina Anatolyevna) is a Russian best-seller detective stories writer. ... Viktor Nekrasov (Víktor Platónovich Nekrásov) (Kíev, 1911-Paris, 1988) Soviet Writer. ... Yuri Nikitin (Russian: Юрий Никитин) is a Russian science fiction and fantasy writer. ... Charles Michael Chuck Palahniuk (IPA: )[1] (born February 21, 1962) is an American satirical novelist and freelance journalist born in Pasco, Washington. ... V. Domontovych Viktor Petrov (Ukrainian: 1894-1969) was a prominent Ukrainian existentialist writer. ... Ilya Ilf (Ilya Arnoldovich Faynzilberg, 1897-1937) and Evgeny or Yevgeny Petrov (Yevgeniy Petrovich Kataev or Katayev, 1903-1942) were two extremely popular Soviet prose authors of the 1920s. ... Valerian Pidmohylny (February 2, 1901 - 1937) was an important Ukrainian novelist, most famous for the realist novel Misto. ... Les′ Podervianskiy (Ukrainian: , born 1952 in Kyiv, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian painter, poet, playwright and performer. ... Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Leopold Ritter von Sacher-Masoch (January 27, 1836 – March 9, 1895), writer and journalist, was born in Lemberg, Austrian Empire (now Lviv, Ukraine). ... Hryhorii Skovoroda Hryhorii Skovoroda Ukrainian: ; Russian: ) (1722 -- 1794) Ukrainian poet, philosopher and composer. ... Vasyl Semenovych Stefanyk (1871 — 1936) was an important Ukrainian writer. ... Volodymyr Vynnychenko (Ukrainian: Volodymyr Kyrylovych Vynnychenko) (July 26 [O.S. July 14] 1880 – March 6, 1951) was a Ukrainian politician, statesman, and writer. ... Natan Ilyich Zabara (1908-1975) was a Jewish writer born in Rogachev, a shtetl located in the Zhytomyr area of the Ukraine. ... Pavlo Zahrebelnyi (Ukrainian: ) (born August 25, 1924 in Soloshyne village, Poltava Oblast) is a well-known Ukrainian novelist. ... Marya Zaturenska (1902-1982) was an American lyric poet, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1938. ... Mykola Zerov (April 26, 1890 - 1937) was perhaps the most talented of the Neoclassicist movement of poets in 1920s Ukraine. ... Mikhail Zhvanetsky is famous Russian humorist. ...

Poets

• Anna Akhmatova, Russian poet
• Bohdan-Ihor Antonych
• Mikola Bazhan
• Hayyim Nahman Bialik, modern Hebrew poet
• Moysey Fishbeyn
• Ivan Franko, poet, writer
• Alexander Galich, dissident Soviet bard
• Lina Kostenko, Ukrainian poet.
• Taras Shevchenko, the most famous Ukrainian poet
• Vasyl Stus
• Vasyl Symonenko
• Olena Teliha
• Pavlo Tychyna
• Maksym Rylsky, poet, publicist
• Lesya Ukrainka

Akhmatova in the 1920s Anna Akhmatova (Russian: , real name А́нна Андре́евна Горе́нко) (June 23, 1889 [O.S. June 11] — March 5, 1966) was the pen name of Anna Andreevna Gorenko, the leader and the heart and soul of St Petersburg tradition of Russian poetry in the course of half a century. ... Mikola Platonovich Bazhan (Ukrainian: ; 9 October 1904 - 23 November 1983) was an Ukrainian writer and poet. ... Hayyim Nahman Bialik (January 9, 1873–July 4, 1934), also commonly written as Chaim or Haim Nachman Bialik and in the Hebrew language as חיים נחמן ביאליק, was a Jewish poet who wrote in Hebrew. ... Ivan Franko Ivan Franko (Іван Франко) (August 15, 1856 – May 28, 1916) was a Ukrainian poet and writer, social and literary critic, journalist, economist, and political activist. ... Alexander Galich Aleksandr Galich (Russian: , October 19, 1918 – December 15, 1977), was a Russian poet, screenwriter, playwright and singer-songwriter. ... Lina Kostenko (Ukrainian: , born on March 19, 1930 in Rzhyshchiv, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine) is a leading representative of Ukrainian poets of the sixties known as Shestydesiantnyky (dissidents). ... Taras Shevchenko Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko (Ukrainian: ) (March 9, 1814 [O.S. February 25] – March 10, 1861 [O.S. February 26]) was a Ukrainian poet, also an artist and a humanist. ... Vasyl Stus on the cover of a book of his poetry My people, I will return to you Vasyl Semenovych Stus (Ukrainian: ; January 8, 1938 - September 4, 1985) was a Ukrainian poet and publicist, one of the most active members of Ukrainian dissident movement. ... Olena Teliha (Олена Теліга, July 21, 1907 - February 21, 1942), notable Ukrainian poet and activist. ... Pavlo Tychyna (Ukrainian: ; Pisky, 27 January (O.S. 15 January) 1891– Kiev, September 16, 1967) was a major Ukrainian poet during the early Communist period. ... Maksym Tadeyovich Rylsky (Russian: ; Russian: ; 19 March (O.S. 7 March) 1895 in Kiev – 24 July 1964 ) was an Ukrainian poet. ... Lesya Ukrainka Larysa Petrivna Kosach-Kvitka (Лариса Петрівна Косач-Квітка, February 23, 1871 – August 1, 1913) better known under her literary pseudonym Lesya Ukrainka (Лес&#1103...

Singers

• Kvitka Cisyk, singer
• Katya Chilly, singer
• Andrij Dobriansky, bass-baritone
• Anthony Fedorov, American pop singer
• Pavlo Hunka, bass-baritone
• Iosif Kobzon, iconic Soviet crooner
• Oksana Krovytska, soprano
• Solomiya Krushelnytska, opera singer
• Ani Lorak, singer
• Ruslana Lyzhichko, pop singer , composer , songwriter , conductor , dancer , record producer
• Ivan Patorzhynsky, bass
• Maria Sokil, soprano
• Theresa Sokyrka, Canadian Idol 2 runner-up
• Anatoly Solovyanenko
• Nissan Spivak, cantor
• Stereoliza (Katya Shalayeva), singer
• Leonid Utyosov, jazz singer
• Alexander Vertinsky, Russian singer and composer
• Velvel Zbarjer, singer

Kvitka Cisyk (in Ukrainian Квітка Цісик, b. ... Katya Chilly is a Ukranian singer. ... Andrij Vsevolod Dobriansky is a Ukrainian opera singer. ... Anthony Fedorov (born Anatoliy Vladimirovich Fedorov (Russian: Анатолий Владимирович Федоров) on May 4, 1985) is an American singer who was the fourth place finalist on the fourth season of the American Idol reality game show series. ... Joseph Kobzon Joseph Davydovich Kobzon (Иосиф Давыдович Кобзон)(1937 - ) is a well-known Russian-Georgian singer, composer, and political activist - Joseph Kobzon worked with such well-known composers and poets as V. Muradeli... Solomiya Krushelnytska (1872- 1952) - one of the brightest opera stars of the first half of the 20th century, Solomiya Krushelnytska rose with an amazing speed to lofty heights enjoyed but by a few. ... Ani Lorak (Ukrainian: ) is a successful Ukrainian singer/artist. ... Ruslana Lyzhichko performing Dyki tantsi Wild Dances at the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest Ruslana Lyzhichko (born May 24, 1973 Ukrainian: Руслана Лижичко) is the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. ... Maria Sokil (Rudnytsky) (1902-1999) - famous Ukrainian opera singer. ... Theresa Sokyrka (born April 1, 1981 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. ... Nissan Spivak (born 1824 – died 1906) was a Jewish cantor and composer. ... Stereoliza is a pop/hip-hop project based in Ukraine. ... Utyosov in Jolly Fellows (1934). ... Aleksandr Nikolayevich Vertinsky (Russian: Александр Вертинский, 21 March 1889 in Kiev — 21 May 1957 in Leningrad) was a Russian artist, poet, singer, composer, cabaret artist and actor who exerted seminal influence on the Russian tradition of artistic singing. ... Velvel Zbarjer (1824–1884 1), birth name Benjamin Wolf Ehrenkrantz (a. ...

Other performing artists

• Juliya Chernetsky
• Stefania Dovhan
• Iryna Dvorovenko
• Maria Guleghina
• Alla Korot
• Alex Magic (Ukrainian Magician)
• Ian Pikula
• Alex Trebek (Ukrainian father)
• William Tytla

Juliya Chernetsky — usually just Juliya or Mistress Juliya to her fans — born July 10, 1982, is a television personality best known for her stint on the music-themed network Fuse, formerly known as MuchMusicUSA. (The name was changed in May 2003. ... Alla Korot (born November 1, 1970 in Odessa, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian American actress and dancer. ... Alex Magic is a Ukrainian magician. ... Alex Trebek, with his once-iconic mustache, hosting a 1986 episode of Jeopardy! George Alexander Trebek (born as Giorgi Suka-Alex Trebek [1] on July 22, 1940) is an Emmy Award-winning Canadian-American television personality and best known as the host of the game show Jeopardy! since September 10...

Business

• Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine's richest man
• Mikhail Fridman, Russian oligarch, billionaire
• Petro Jacyk, community benefactor
• Max Levchin, co-founder of PayPal
• Viktor Pinchuk, Ukraine's second-richest man, son-in-law of Leonid Kuchma
• Petro Poroshenko, confectionery baron, close confidant of Viktor Yushchenko
• Jay Pritzker, founder of Hyatt and philanthropist
• Viktor Vekselberg, Russian oligarch, billionaire
• John Zubal, founder of Zubal Books

Rinat L. Akhmetov (Ukrainian: ) is the richest Ukrainian business oligarch of Tatar descent. ... Mikhail Fridman (born 26 June 1963) is a Russian businessman. ... Max Levchin is not really a computer scientist but an entrepreneur widely known as co-founder (with Peter Thiel) and former CTO of PayPal. ... eBay North First Street satellite office campus (home to PayPal) PayPal is an e-commerce business allowing payments and money transfers to be made through the Internet. ... Viktor Mykhaylovych Pinchuk (Ukrainian: ), one of the Business oligarchs who control post-Communist Ukraine, is the son-in-law of the ex-President Leonid Kuchma. ... Leonid Kuchma Leonid Danylovych Kuchma (Ukrainian: Леонід Данилович Кучма; born August 9, 1938) was the second President of Ukraine from July 19, 1994, to January 23, 2005. ... Petro Poroshenko (Ukrainian: ) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician, popularly known as the Chocolate King, after confectionary factories he owns. ... Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko (Ukrainian: ) (born February 23, 1954) is the current President of Ukraine. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... This article is about the hotel chain. ... Viktor Feliksovich Vekselberg (Russian: ; born April 14, 1957) is a chairman of Tyumen Oil (TNK), Russias third-largest oil and gas company. ...

Cosmonauts

Many cosmonauts of the Soviet Union and modern Russia were ethnic Ukrainians or come from Ukraine. See Category:Ukrainian cosmonauts for the full list. U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit. ...

Ukrainian Leonid Kadeniuk, earlier a Soviet cosmonaut, made the first manned spaceflight of the Ukrainian space program. Leonid K. Kadenyuk (Ukrainian: Леонід Каденюк, born 28 January 1951 in Klishkivtsi, Chernivetska oblast of the Ukrainian SSR) is the first and as of 2005 the only astronaut of independent Ukraine. ...

Cossack Hetmans

• Predslav Lanckoronsky
• Ostap Dashkevych
• Dmytro Vyshnevetsky
• Ivan Svirgovsky
• Ivan Pidkova
• Kryshtof Kosynsky
• Hryhoryj Loboda
• Severyn Nalyvaiko
• Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny
• Mykhailo Doroshenko
• Taras Fedorovych
• Ivan Sulyma
• Dmytro Hunia
• Bohdan Khmelnytsky
• Ivan Vyhovsky
• Yurii Khmelnytsky
• Pavlo Teteria
• Petro Doroshenko
• Ivan Briukhovetsky
• Demian Mnohohrishny
• Mykhailo Khanenko
• Ivan Samoylovych
• Ivan Mazepa
• Pylyp Orlyk
• Ivan Skoropadsky
• Pavlo Polubotok
• Danylo Apostol
• Kyrylo Rozumovsky

PrzecÅ‚aw LanckoroÅ„ski of Brzezie of Zadora Coat of Arms (died June 10, 1531) was a notable member of the Polish szlachta, a knight and a supposed first hetman of the Cossacks in service of Poland, as well as a landowner and starost of Chmielnik. ... Memorial of Ivan Pidkova in Lviv Ioan Potcoavă (or Ivan Pidkova - Іван Підкова in Ukrainian; also known as Ioan Sarpega, Ioan CreÅ£ul, and allegedly baptized as Nicoară Potcoavă; d. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Severyn Nalivaiko (Ukrainian: , Polish: Semen Nalewajko) (d. ... Petro Konashevych (ukr. ... Taras Fedorovych (pseudonym, Taras Triasylo) (Ukrainian: , Polish: ) (dates of birth/death unknown) was a prominent leader of the Dnieper Cossacks. ... The Coat of Arms of the Sulyma family Ivan Sulyma (Polish: , Ukrainian: – Ivan Mykhaylovych Sulyma) was a hetman of the Cossacks. ... Dmytro Hunia (Ukrainian: ; Polish: ) was elected hetman of the Zaporozhian Sich in 1638. ... Bohdan Zynovii Mykhailovych Khmelnytskyi (Ukrainian: Богдан Зиновій Михайлович Хмельницький, commonly transliterated as Khmelnytsky; known in Polish as Bohdan Zenobi Chmielnicki; in Russian as Богда́н Хмельни́цкий (Bogdan Khmelnitsky)) ( 1595 — August 6, 1657) was a famous and a somewhat controversial leader of the Zaporozhian Cossack Hetmanate, hetman of Ukraine. ... Ivan Vyhovsky (Іван Виговський)(reigned 1657-1659) was a hetman (or otoman) of the Ukrainian Cossacks, and the successor to the famous hetman and rebel leader Bohdan Khmelnytsky (see Hetmans of Ukrainian Cossacks). ... Yurii Khmelnytsky Yurii Khmelnytsky (Ukrainian: Юрій Хмельницький) (1641–1685), son of the famous Bohdan Khmelnytsky, was a Cossack political and military leader. ... Hetman Petro Doroshenko Ukrainian hryvnia coin depicting Petro Doroshenko Petro Doroshenko (Ukrainian: Петро Дорошенко) (1627–1698) was a Cossack political and military leader, Hetman of Right-bank Ukraine (1665–1672) and Muscovite voyevoda. ... Ivan Samoylovych was the Hetman of Left-bank Ukraine from 1672 to 1687. ... Ivan Stepanovych Mazepa (Ukrainian: , Russian: , historically spelled as Mazeppa; circa 1640—August 28, 1709), Cossack Hetman (Ataman) of the Hetmanate in Left-bank Ukraine, in 1687–1708. ... Pylyp Orlyk (Ukrainian: Пилип Орлик) (1672–1742) was a Zaporozhian Cossack starshina, secretary and close associate of Ivan Mazepa. ... Ivan Skoropadsky (Ukrainian: Іван Скоропадський) (reigned 1708-1722) was a Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks, and the successor to the famous Hetman Ivan Mazepa. ... Hetman Pavlo Polubotok Ukrainian hryvnia coin depicting Pavlo Polubotok Pavlo Polubotok (Ukrainian: ) (born around 1660 died on December 29, 1724), was a Cossack political and military leader and Hetman of the Left-bank Ukraine between 1722 and 1724. ... Hetman Danylo Apostol Danylo Apostols Coat of Arms Danylo Apostol (Ukrainian: ; Romanian: Dănilă Apostol) (born in 1654, reigned 1727–1734), was a Hetman of the Left-bank Ukraine and Ukrainian Cossack starshina. ... Count Kirill Grigorievich Razumovsky, more correctly Rozumovsky, (1728-1803) was a Ukrainian Cossack who was appointed President of the Russian Academy of Sciences when he just turned 18 years old. ...

Military Figures

• Roman Abraham, general of the Polish Army
• Ivan Chernyakhovsky, general of the Soviet Army
• Andrei Grechko, Marshal of the Soviet Union
• Michał Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski, general of the Polish Army
• Ivan Kozhedub, legendary fighter pilot of WWII, top USSR ace.
• Yevhen Konovalets, OUN Military Leader
• Filip Konowal, Ukrainian Canadian war hero
• Petr Koshevoi, Marshal of the Soviet Union
• Zenon Kossak, OUN Military Leader
• Grigory Kulik, Marshal of the Soviet Union
• Rodion Malinovsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union
• Kirill Moskalenko, Marshal of the Soviet Union
• Ivan Paskevich, field marshal of the Russian imperial army
• Stanislav Sheptytsky, general of the Polish Army
• Roman Shukhevych, the leader of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army
• Semyon Timoshenko, Marshal of the Soviet Union
• Mykola Tsybulenko, Major General
• Kliment Voroshilov, Marshal of the Soviet Union
• Andrei Yeremenko, Marshal of the Soviet Union

Roman Abraham Roman Abraham (1891-1976) was a Polish cavalry general, a participant of the Polish defense war in September 1939, and took part in the Battle of Bzura. ... Ivan Danilovich Chernyakhovsky, (Cherniakhovsky), 1906 - 1945, Russian General of the Army (the youngest ever to have this rank), twice Hero of the Soviet Union, brilliant commander of the 3rd Belorussian Front, died from wounds received outside Königsberg at age 39. ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Andrei Grechko Andrei Antonovich Grechko (October 17, 1903–April 26, 1976) Soviet general, Marshal of the Soviet Union, Minister of Defense, born in small town near Rostov, the son of Ukrainian peasants. ... MichaÅ‚ Tadeusz Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski, pseudonym Doktor, Stolarski, Torwid (b. ... (Marshal) Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub (Russian: , June 8, 1920 - August 12, 1991) was a Soviet hero military aviator of Ukrainian descent. ... Yevhen Konovalets (b. ... Photo from The Royal Westminster Regiment Filip Konowal, VC (September 15, 1888 â€“ June 3, 1959) was a Ukrainian Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ... Petr Kirillovich Koshevoi (December 21, 1904 - August 30, 1976) was appointed Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1968. ... Born April 1, 1907 in Drohobych, Galacia, Ukraine. ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Grigory Kulik Grigory Ivanovich Kulik (Russian: Григорий Иванович Кулик) (November 9, 1890 - August 24, 1950), Soviet military commander, was born into a peasant family near Poltava in Ukraine. ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Rodion Malinovsky Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky (Russian: , Rodion Jakovlevič Malinovskij; November 23, 1898-March 31, 1967) was a Soviet military commander, Defense Minister of the Soviet Union in the late 1950s and 1960s, who played a key role in World War II, including the major defeat... Kirill Semenovich Moskalenko (May 11, 1902–June 17, 1985) Marshal of the Soviet Union, Commander in Chief Strategic Missile Forces, Inspector General Ministry of Defense, born in village of Grishino, near Donetsk in Ukraine. ... Portrait by George Dawe from the Military Gallery Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich (Russian: ) (August 5 (8th NS), 1782 – January 20 (February 1, NS), 1856), was a Ukrainian-born military leader in the Russian service. ... StanisÅ‚aw Szeptycki StanisÅ‚aw Maria Szeptycki (1867-1950) – Polish military commander, general. ... Roman Shukhevych Roman Shukhevych (Ukrainian: ; also known by his pseudonym Taras Chuprynka) (b. ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Semyon Timoshenko Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko (Russian: Семён Константинович Тимошенко) (February 6 O.S (February 18 N.S.), 1895-March 31... Mykola V. Tsybulenko (Ukrainian: ) (1942-1998), Ukrainian major general. ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Kliment Voroshilov Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov () (January 23, 1881 - December 2, 1969) was a Soviet military commander and politician. ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Andrei Yeremenko Andrei Ivanovich Yeremenko (Yeryomenko, Андрей Иванович Ерёменко) (October 14, 1892 - November 19, 1970) Soviet general during World War II, Marshal of the Soviet Union...

Politicians

Ukrainian politicians

• Stepan Bandera, leader of the Ukrainian nationalist movement
• Vyacheslav Chornovil, leader of thr Rukh Party
• Dmytro Dontsov, political thinker (nationalist movement)
• Mykhaylo Hrushevsky, president of Ukrainian People's Republic
• Yevhen Konovalets, leader of the Ukrainian nationalist movement
• Leonid Kravchuk, president
• Volodymyr Kubiyovych, geographer and politician (Ukrainian Central Committee)
• Leonid Kuchma, president
• Ruslana Lyzhichko, politician
• Nestor Makhno, leader of anarchists
• Andriy Melnyk, leader of the Ukrainian nationalist movement
• Symon Petlura, president of the Ukrainian People's Republic
• Yevhen Petrushevych, president of the West Ukrainian People's Republic
• Mykola Plaviuk, president of Ukrainian People's Republic in exile (1989–1992)
• Pavlo Skoropadsky, hetman of the Hetmanate (1918)
• Borys Tarasyuk, foreign affairs minister
• Yulia Tymoshenko, prime minister
• Avhustyn Voloshyn, president of Carpatho-Ukraine (1939)
• Volodymyr Vynnychenko, prime minister of Ukrainian People's Republic, writer
• Stepan Vytvytskyi, president of Ukrainian People's Republic in exile (1954–1965)
• Viktor Yushchenko, president
• Viktor Yanukovych, prime minister, presidential candidate in 2004 elections

Stepan Andriyovych Bandera (January 1, 1909–October 15, 1959) was a Ukrainian nationalist leader who headed the Ukrainian Nationalist Organisation (OUN). ... Vyacheslav Chornovil (Ukrainian: ) (December 24, 1937, Yerky, Katerynopilsky Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR - March 25, 1999, near Boryspil, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine) was a Ukrainian politician. ... Dmytro Dontsov (Ukrainian Дмитро Донцов) (b. ... Hrushevsky in 1895 Mykhailo Hrushevsky (1866 - 1934) was one of the most important Ukrainian public figures of the 20th century. ... Ukrainian Peoples Republic (Ukrainian: ), also sometimes translated as Ukrainian National Republic, abbreviated UNR (УНР), was a republic in part of the territory of modern Ukraine after the Russian Revolution, eventually headed by Symon Petliura. ... Yevhen Konovalets (b. ... Leonid Kravchuk in Kiev, August 1992 Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk (Ukrainian: Леонід Макарович Кравчук born 10 January 1934) is a Ukrainian politician. ... Volodymyr Kubiyovych, also spelled Kubiiovych, (Ukrainian: ; 23 September, 1900 (Nowy SÄ…cz, Galicia)) - 2 November, 1985 (Paris, France)) was a Ukrainian geographer with a specialty in demography, a cartographer, an encyclopedist, politician, and statesman. ... Leonid Kuchma Leonid Danylovych Kuchma (Ukrainian: Леонід Данилович Кучма; born August 9, 1938) was the second President of Ukraine from July 19, 1994, to January 23, 2005. ... Ruslana Lyzhichko performing Dyki tantsi Wild Dances at the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest Ruslana Lyzhichko (born May 24, 1973 Ukrainian: Руслана Лижичко) is the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. ... Nestor Makhno in 1909 Nestor Ivanovich Makhno (October 27, 1889–July 25, 1934) was an anarchist Ukrainian revolutionary who refused to align with the Bolsheviks after the October Revolution. ... Andrii Melnyk Andrii Melnyk or Andrij Melnik (Ukrainian: Андрій Мельник) (December 12, 1890-November 1, 1964), Ukrainian military and political leader. ... Symon Petlura Symon Petlyura (Ukrainian: (Simon Petljura); in English, also spelled Simon Petliura or Petlura; May 10, 1879 â€“ May 25, 1926) was a Ukrainian socialist politician and statesman, a leader of Ukraines unsuccessful fight for independence following the Russian Revolution of 1917. ... Yevhen Petrushevych (Ukrainian: ) (June 3, 1863 in Busk, Galicia — August 29, 1940 in Berlin, Germany) was western Ukrainian politician and president of Western Ukrainian National Republic formed after the collapse of Austro-Hungarian empire in 1918. ... The West Ukrainian National Republic (Ukrainian: ) was a short-lived republic that existed in late 1918 and early 1919 in eastern Galicia, Bukovina and Transcarpathia and included the cities of Lviv, Kolomyya, and Stanislav. ... Mykola Plaviuk (Ukrainian: ; born 5 June 1925 in Russiv, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast), Ukrainian emigrant, he was President of the UNR in exile (1989—1992). ... Pavlo Skoropadsky Pavlo Skoropadsky (Ukrainian: Павло Скоропадський, also spelled Pavel Skoropadsky or Skoropadski, born: May 3, 1873, in Wiesbaden, Germany, died: April 26, 1945, Metten monastery clinic, Bavaria, Germany) was a Ukrainian politician. ... The Hetmanate (Ukrainian: , Het’manat) was a short-lived provisional government of Ukraine, installed by Germany after disbanding the Central Rada of the Ukrainian National Republic in 1918. ... Boris Tarasyuk with Condoleezza Rice Borys Tarasyuk (born 1949) is the foreign minister of Ukraine. ... Yulia Tymoshenko. ... Avhustyn Voloshyn (Ukrainian: , 1874–1945) was a Subcarpathian politician, teacher, and essayist. ... Carpatho-Ukraine (Ukrainian: ) was a short-lived Ukrainian state that formally existed for several days only in March 1939 in the easternmost part of Czechoslovakia (Subcarpathian Ruthenia, or Transcarpathia), and had been an autonomous region within Czechoslovakia for several months before that. ... Volodymyr Vynnychenko (Ukrainian: Volodymyr Kyrylovych Vynnychenko) (July 26 [O.S. July 14] 1880 – March 6, 1951) was a Ukrainian politician, statesman, and writer. ... Stepan Vytvytskyi (Ukrainian: ) (13 March 1884 near Stanislaviv — 9 October 1965 in New York City, United States) was a Ukrainian politician, diplomat, and journalist. ... Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko (Ukrainian: ) (born February 23, 1954) is the current President of Ukraine. ... Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych (Ukrainian: ; Russian: ) (born on July 9, 1950 in Yenakiieve, Donetsk Oblast) is the Prime Minister of Ukraine. ...

Zionists and Israeli politicians

• Chaim Arlosoroff, Zionist leader, leader of Mapai
• Levi Eshkol, prime minister of Israel
• Abba Hushi, mayor of Haifa
• Vladimir Jabotinsky, Zionist leader, founder of Revisionist Zionism
• Ephraim Katzir, Labor Party politician, president of Israel
• Golda Meir, prime minister of Israel
• Natan Sharansky, Soviet human rights activist and Israeli politician
• Moshe Sharett, prime minister of Israel
• Shevah Weiss, speaker of the Kneset
• Simon Wiesenthal, hunter of Nazis

Chaim Arlosoroff (1899-1933), also spelled Arlozorov or Arlozoroff, was a notable Zionist and a proponent of the State of Israel and the return of Jews to Eretz Israel. ... Labour (העבודה HaAvoda) is an Israeli political party. ... â–¶(?) (Hebrew לֵוִי אֶשְׁכּוֹל ) (Born Levi Skolnick) (Hebrew לֵוִי שְׁקוֹלְנִיק) (October 25, 1895 - February 26, 1969), was the third Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 until his death of a heart attack in 1969. ... Abba Hushi was born in 1898 in Turkah (today in the Ukraine) as Abba Shneler to a Jewish family. ... Zeev Jabotinsky in military uniform Zeev Vladimir (Evgenevich) Jabotinsky (or Zhabotinski) (October 18, 1880 - August 4, 1940) was a Zionist leader, author, orator, and founder of the Jewish Legion in World War I. During World War II a similar and larger unit known as the Jewish Brigade would follow. ... Palestine (comprising todays Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza strip) and Transjordan (todays Kingdom of Jordan) were all part of the British Mandate of Palestine. ... Ephraim Katzir (born May 16, 1916) is an Israeli biophysicist and Israeli Labour Party politician. ... Golda Meir (Hebrew:  ) (born Golda Mabovitz, May 3, 1898; died December 8, 1978) was one of the founders of the State of Israel. ... Natan Sharansky (Hebrew: נתן שרנסקי, Russian: Натан Борисович Щаранский; born January 20, 1948) is a notable former Soviet anticommunist, Zionist, Israeli politician and writer. ... Moshe Sharett (Hebrew: משה שרת); born Moshe Shertok (Hebrew: משה שרתוק), (October 15, 1894 – July 7, 1965) was the second Prime Minister of Israel (1954-1955), serving for a little under two years between David Ben-Gurions two terms. ... Shevah Weiss, in Hebrew שבח וייס, (born 1935) is an Israeli political scientist and politician. ... Simon Wiesenthal Simon Wiesenthal, KBE, (Buczacz, December 31, 1908 – Vienna, September 20, 2005) was an Austrian-Jewish architectural engineer who became a Nazi hunter after surviving the Holocaust. ...

Bolsheviks and Soviet politicians

• Leonid Brezhnev, Soviet leader
• Konstantin Chernenko, Soviet leader
• Adolph Joffe, Soviet diplomat
• Lazar Kaganovich, Soviet politician
• Nikita Khruschev, Soviet leader
• Nikolai Podgorny, member of Politburo
• Georgy Pyatakov, Bolshevik revolutionary, Trotskyist
• Karl Radek, Bolshevik politician
• Mykola Skrypnyk, Ukrainian Bolshevik leader
• Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, leader of the Communist Party of Ukraine (1972-1989)
• Leon Trotsky, leading Bolshevik revolutionary, founder of the Red Army
• Moisei Uritsky, Bolshevik revolutionary
• Volodymyr Zatonsky, Bolshevik politician
• Grigory Zinoviev, Bolshevik revolutionary

Leonid Brezhnev Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (Russian: Леонид Ильич Брежнев) (December 19, 1906 - November 10, 1982) was effective ruler of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982, though at first in partnership with others. ... Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko (Russian: ; September 24, 1911 – March 10, 1985) was a Soviet politician and General Secretary of the CPSU who led the Soviet Union from February 13, 1984 until his death just thirteen months later. ... Adolph Joffe Adolph Abramovich Joffe (Russian: Адольф Абрамович Иоффе, alternative transliterations Adolf Ioffe or, rarely, Yoffe) (October 10, 1883 (Simferopol) – November 16, 1927, Moscow) was a Russian Communist revolutionary, a Bolshevik politician and a Soviet diplomat. ... Lazar Kaganovich Lazar Moiseyevich Kaganovich (Russian: ) (November 22, 1893–July 25, 1991) was a Soviet politician and a close associate of Joseph Stalin. ... Nikita Khrushchev in 1962 Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (Russian: Ники́та Серге́евич Хрущёв) (nih-KEE-tah khroo-SHCHYOFF) (April 17, 1894 – September 11, 1971) was the leader of the Soviet Union... Nikolay Viktorovich Podgorny (Никола́й Ви́кторович Подго́рный) (February 18, 1903–January 12, 1983) was a politician and President of the USSR from 1965 to 1977. ... The Politburo (in Russian: Политбюро), known as the Presidium from 1952 to 1966, functioned as the central policymaking and governing body of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. ... Pyatakov Georgy (Yury) Leonidovich Pyatakov (August 6, 1890–1937) was a Bolshevik revolutionary leader in Russia, and member of the Left Opposition. ... Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. ... Karl Bernhardovich Radek (October 31, 1885 - May 19, 1939) was a Bolshevik and an international Communist leader. ... Mykola Oleksiyovych Skrypnyk (Ukrainian: , January 25 [O.S. January 13], 1872–July 7, 1933) was a Ukrainian Bolshevik leader who was a proponent of the Ukrainian Republics independence, and led the cultural Ukrainization effort in Soviet Ukraine. ... Volodymyr Vasylyovych Shcherbytsky (Ukrainian: , Russian: ) (1918 - 1990) was a Ukrainian and Soviet politician. ... Categories: Politics stubs | Communist parties | Ukrainian politics | Ukrainian political parties ... Note: This page is very long. ... Bolshevik Party Meeting. ... The Workers and Peasants Red Army (Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия, Raboche-Krestyanskaya Krasnaya Armiya; RKKA or usually simply the Red Army) were the armed forces first organized by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918 and that in 1922 became the army of the Soviet Union. ... Moisei Solomonovich Uritsky was a Bolshevik revolutionary leader whose assassination helped precipitate the Red Terror. ... Volodymyr Zatonsky (Vladimir Petrovich Zatonsky Russian: ) (July 27, 1888—July 29, 1938) was Soviet politician, Communist Party activist, member of the Ukrainian SSR Academy of Sciences (since 1929). ... Grigory Zinoviev Grigory Yevseevich Zinoviev (Григо́рий Евс́еевич Зин́овьев, alternative transliteration Grigorii Ovseyevish Zinoviev, real name Ovsei-Gershon Aronovich Radomyslsky (Радомысльский), also known as Hirsch Apfelbaum, primary revolutionary pseudonym Grigory, privately Grisha), (September 23 [O.S. September 11] 1883 - August 25, 1936) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet Communist politician. ...

Soviet dissidents

• Vasily Grossman
• Petro Hryhorenko
• Lev Kopelev
• Sergei Kovalev
• Natan Sharansky
• Eduard Limonov

Vasily Semyonovich Grossman (alternatively spelled Vassily, Vasiliy, Russian language: Василий Гроссман), December 12, 1905 – September 14, 1964, was a prominent Soviet-era writer and journalist. ... Petro Hryhorenko, alternative Pyotr Grigorenko (Ukrainian: Петро Григоренко, Russian: Петр Григоренко) (1907-1987) is a former Major General of the Soviet Army and prominent Soviet human right activist, a dissident and a writer. ... Lev Kopelev Lev Kopelev (Russian: Лев Зиновьевич Копелев, German spelling Lew Kopelew: April 9, 1912 – June 18, 1997) was a Soviet Russian author and a dissident. ... Sergei Kovalev Sergei Adamovich Kovalev (Russian: ) (born March 2, 1930) is a notable dissident and political prisoner in the former Soviet Union, and a human rights activist and politician in post-Soviet Russia. ... Natan Sharansky (Hebrew: נתן שרנסקי, Russian: Натан Борисович Щаранский; born January 20, 1948) is a notable former Soviet anticommunist, Zionist, Israeli politician and writer. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Russian politicians

• Sergei Kiriyenko, prime minister of Russian Federation
• Yevgeny Primakov, prime minister of Russian Federation
• Alexey Razumovsky, count of Imperial Russia
• Yevgeniy Yasin, minister of economy of Russian Federation
• Grigory Yavlinsky, liberal economist

Sergei Vladilenovich Kiriyenko (Russian: ) (b. ... Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov (Евгений Максимович Примаков) (born October 29, 1929) is a Russian politician and a former Prime Minister of Russia. ... Count A. G. Razumovsky Count Alexei Grigorievich Razumovsky (Russian: , Ukrainian: ) (1709–1771), was a Ukrainian Cossack who rose to become lover and, probably, a secret spouse of the Russian Empress Elizaveta Petrovna. ... Grigory Alexeyevich Yavlinsky (born 1952) is a Russian economist, political figure, and reformer. ...

Polish politicians

• Kazimierz Bartel, prime minister of Poland (II RP)
• Jacek Kuroń, opposition leader with the Solidarity movement
• Herman Lieberman, socialist politician
• Karl Radek, Bolshevik politician
• Wanda Wasilewska, communist politician

Kazimierz Bartel ( 1882- 1941), was a Polish mathematician and politician; Prime Minister of Poland,1926-1930. ... Jacek Jan KuroÅ„ (b. ... Solidarity (Polish:  ; full name: Independent Self-governing Trade Union Solidarity — Niezależny SamorzÄ…dny ZwiÄ…zek Zawodowy Solidarność) is a Polish trade union federation founded in September 1980 at the Lenin Shipyards, and originally led by Lech WaÅ‚Ä™sa. ... Herman Lieberman (born 4 January 1870, Drohobycz - died 21 October 1941, London) was a Polish lawyer and socialist politician. ... Karl Bernhardovich Radek (October 31, 1885 - May 19, 1939) was a Bolshevik and an international Communist leader. ... Wanda Wasilewska (1905– 1964) was a Polish novelist and politician. ...

Religious leaders and theologians

Orthodox Christian and Greek Catholic

• Antin Angelovich, Greek Catholic Archbishop of Lviv (1808-1814)
• Hiob Boretsky, Orthodox metropolitan of Kiev (1620-1631)
• Josafat Bulhak, head of the Greek Catholic Church in Russia (1817-1838)
• Gregory Bulgar, metropolitan of Kiev (1458-1472)
• Gregory Camblak, metropolitan of Kiev (1415-1419)
• Dymytriy (Yarema), Patriarch of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (1993-2000)
• Hilarion of Kiev, the first native Rus metropolitan of Kiev (ca.1051-ca.1054)
• Lubomyr Cardinal Husar, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (2001-present), Major Archbishop of Kiev and Halych (2005-present)
• Saint John of Tobolsk, Orthodox metropolitan of Tobolsk (1711-1715)
• Lev Kishka, Greek Catholic metropolitan of Kiev (1714-1728)
• Blessed Gregory Khomyshyn, Greek Catholic bishop of Stanislav, martyr (1947)
• Blessed Josafat Kotsylovsky, Greek Catholic bishop of Peremyshl, martyr (1947)
• Sylvester Kossov, Orthodox metropolitan of Kiev (1647-1657)
• Mykhailo Levitsky, cardinal (1856), Greek Catholic Archbishop of Lviv, Primate of Galicia and Lodomeria (1848-1858)
• Myroslav Ivan Cardinal Lubachivsky, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (1984-2000)
• Saint Maxim-Gorlitsky, Orthodox priest, martyr
• Saint Petro Mohyla, Orthodox metropolitan of Kiev (1632-1647)
• Mefodiy (Kudryakov), metropolitan of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (2000-present)
• Mstyslav (Stepan Skrypnyk), Patriarch of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (1990-1993)
• Ipatij Potyj, Greek Catholic metropolitan of Kiev (1600-1613)
• Theophan Prokopovich, vice-president of the Orthodox Holy Synod
• Mykhailo Rahoza, Greek Catholic metropolitan of Kiev (1596-1599)
• Teodor Rostotsky, Greek Catholic metropolitan of Kiev (1788-1805)
• Josyf Veliamyn Rutsky, Greek Catholic metropolitan of Kiev (1613-1637)
• Josyf Sembratovich, Greek Catholic Archbishop of Lviv (1870-1882)
• Sylvester Sembratovich, cardinal (1894), Greek Catholic Archbishop of Lviv (1882-1898)
• Andriy Sheptytsky, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (1900-1944)
• Atanazy Sheptytsky, Greek Catholic bishop of Lviv (1715-1746), and metropolitan of Kiev (1728-1746)
• Bazyl Sheptytsky, Greek Catholic bishop of Lviv (1708-1715)
• Blessed Kliment Sheptytsky, Greek Catholic Exarch of Russia and Siberia (1939), Archimandrite of the Studites (1944), martyr (1951)
• Lev Sheptytsky, Greek Catholic bishop of Lviv (1748-1779) and metropolitan of Kiev (1778-1779)
• Josyf Shumlansky, Greek Catholic bishop of Lviv (1700-1708)
• Josyf Cardinal Slipyj, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (1944-1984)
• Jazon Smogozhevsky, Greek Catholic metropolitan of Kiev (1780-1788)
• Kliment Smolatych, metropolitan of Kiev (1147-1155)
• Meletius Smotrytsky, Ruthenian religious activist and author
• Filip Volodkovich, Greek Catholic metropolitan of Kiev (1762-1778)
• Saint Dmytrij (Danylo Tuptalo) of Rostov, Orthodox Saint
• Vasyl (Lypkivsky), first metropolitan of Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (1921-1937)
• Ihor Voznak, Greek Catholic Archbishop of Lviv (2005-present)
• Stephen Yavorsky, first president of the Orthodox Holy Synod (1721)

The archdiocese of Lviv (Archidioecesis Leopolitanus Latinorum) was erected in 1412 1375-1380 Maciej 1384-1390 Bernard 1391-1409 bl. ... Patriarch Dymytriy (Yarema) (b. ... In 1921 a Sobor created the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC) in Kyiv and ordained Metropolitan Vasyl (Lypkivsky) as head of the UAOC. The UAOC was at that point independent of all other churches. ... Ilarion (Ukrainian: ) was the first Metropolitan of Kiev of East Slavic origin. ... Lubomyr Cardinal Husar (Ukrainian: ) (born 26 February 1933) is a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, a minority church in Ukraine but the second largest sui juris church in full communion with the Holy See. ... The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), also known as the Ukrainian Catholic Church, is one of the successor Churches to the acceptance of Christianity by Grand Prince Vladimir the Great (Ukrainian Volodymyr) of Kiev (Kyiv), in 988. ... In the Roman Catholic Church, a major archbishop is an Eastern Rite hierarch who has the same jurisdiction in his sui juris particular church that an Eastern rite patriarch does, but whose episcopal see is less prestigious than a patriarchal see. ... Saint John of Tobolsk was born in 1651 in Uman, in the Kiev Oblast of Ukraine. ... The archdiocese of Lviv (Archidioecesis Leopolitanus Latinorum) was erected in 1412 1375-1380 Maciej 1384-1390 Bernard 1391-1409 bl. ... Myroslav Ivan Cardinal Lubachivsky (Ukrainian: ; 24 June 1914, Dolyna, Ukraine - 14 December 2000, Lviv) was Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and from 1984 Major Archbishop of Lviv and head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC). ... The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), also known as the Ukrainian Catholic Church, is one of the successor Churches to the acceptance of Christianity by Grand Prince Vladimir the Great (Ukrainian Volodymyr) of Kiev (Kyiv), in 988. ... Petro Mohyla Petro Mohyla or Peter Mogila (Ukrainian: ; Romanian: Petru Movilă); December 21, 1596 â€“ December 22, 1646) was a Metropolitan of Kiev and Halych from 1633 until his death. ... Metropolitan Mefodiy (Kudryakov Valeriy Andriyovich, Ukrainian: Валерій Андрійович Кудряков) (b. ... In 1921 a Sobor created the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC) in Kyiv and ordained Metropolitan Vasyl (Lypkivsky) as head of the UAOC. The UAOC was at that point independent of all other churches. ... ... In 1921 a Sobor created the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC) in Kyiv and ordained Metropolitan Vasyl (Lypkivsky) as head of the UAOC. The UAOC was at that point independent of all other churches. ... Feofan/Theophan Prokopovich (1681-1736) was a Ukrainian archbishop and statesman, who elaborated and implemented Peter the Greats reform of the Russian Orthodox Church. ... In several of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches, the patriarch or head bishop is elected by a group of bishops called the Holy Synod. ... The archdiocese of Lviv (Archidioecesis Leopolitanus Latinorum) was erected in 1412 1375-1380 Maciej 1384-1390 Bernard 1391-1409 bl. ... The archdiocese of Lviv (Archidioecesis Leopolitanus Latinorum) was erected in 1412 1375-1380 Maciej 1384-1390 Bernard 1391-1409 bl. ... Andriy Sheptytsky Andriy Sheptytsky (July 29, 1865—November 1, 1944) was the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church from 1901 until his death. ... The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), also known as the Ukrainian Catholic Church, is one of the successor Churches to the acceptance of Christianity by Grand Prince Vladimir the Great (Ukrainian Volodymyr) of Kiev (Kyiv), in 988. ... The archdiocese of Lviv (Archidioecesis Leopolitanus Latinorum) was erected in 1412 1375-1380 Maciej 1384-1390 Bernard 1391-1409 bl. ... A monument to Josyf Cardinal Slipyj outside the Ternopil Cathedral Josyf Cardinal Slipyj (Ukrainian: ) (February 17, 1892—February 7, 1984) was a Ukrainian Eastern Rite Catholic cleric, the leader of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. ... The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), also known as the Ukrainian Catholic Church, is one of the successor Churches to the acceptance of Christianity by Grand Prince Vladimir the Great (Ukrainian Volodymyr) of Kiev (Kyiv), in 988. ... What is a letter?... from the first edition of Smotrytskys grammar Meletius Smotrytsky (Ukrainian: Мелетій Смотрицький; Belarusian: Мялецій Сматрыцкі; Russian: Мелетий Смотрицкий), né Maksym Herasymovytch (c. ... Saint Demetrius of Rostov was a leading opponent of the Caesaropapist reform of the Russian Orthodox church promoted by Feofan Prokopovich. ... Metropolitan Vasyl (Lypkivsky) - (b. ... 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Jewish

• Jacob Avigdor, last Chief Rabbi of Drohobych
• Solomon Buber, talmudic scholar
• Jacob Frank, Jewish religious reformer who combined Judaism and Christianity
• Zvi Hirsch Chajes, talmudic scholar
• Tzvi Hirsh of Zidichov, Hasidic rabbi
• Israel ben Eliezer, founder of Hasidism
• Malbim, rabbi and preacher
• Nachman of Breslov, Hasidic leader
• Shalom Rokeach, first Rebbe of Belz (Hasidic dynasty) (1817-1855)
• Yehoshua Rokeach, second rebbe of Belz (1857-1894)
• Yissachar Dov Rokeach (I), third rebbe of Belz (1894-1926)
• Aharon Rokeach, fourth rebbe of Belz (1926-1957)
• Yoel Sirkis, great rabbi, one of Achronim
• Naftali Herz Tur-Sinai, Hebrew scholar
• Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev, Hasidic leader
• Israel Zolli, Chief Rabbi of Rome who converted to Roman Catholicism, born in Brody

(Yaakov Avigdor) Polish rabbi and author. ... Solomon (or Salomon) Buber was a Jewish Galician scholar and editor of Hebrew works; born at Lemberg (currently Lviv, Ukraine) on Feb. ... Jacob Frank (1726-1791) was a Jewish merchant who claimed to be the messiah. ... Zvi Hirsch Chajes (November 20, 1805 – October 12, 1855) was one of the foremost Galician talmudic scholars. ... Tzvi Hirsh, born 1763 in Sambor and died in Zidichov 1831, was a Hasidic rabbi and the founder of the Zidichov Hasidic Judaism dynasty in Zidichov. ... Rabbi Israel (Yisroel) ben Eliezer (רבי ישראל בן אליעזר, c. ... Hasidic Judaism (Hebrew: Chasidut חסידות) is a Haredi Jewish religious movement. ... Meir Lob ben Jehiel Michel Weiser (1809 - September 18, 1879), better known as the Malbim, was a Russian rabbi, preacher, and Bible commentator. ... Nachman of Breslov also known as Reb Nachman of Breslav or simply as Rebbe Nachman (1772-1810) was an Orthodox rabbi and the founder of the Breslov Hasidic dynasty. ... Shalom Rokeach (1779 - September 10, 1855), was the first Belzer Rebbe, also known as the Sar Shalom. ... Rebbe which means master, teacher, or mentor is a Yiddish word derived from the identical Hebrew word רבי. It mostly refers to the leader of a Hasidic Jewish movement. ... The third Belzer Rebbe, Yissachar Dov Rokeach Belz (חסידות בעלז) is a Hasidic dynasty named after the town of Belz, a small town originally located in eastern Poland, presently in Ukraine. ... Rabbi Yehoshua Rokeach (1825 - February 3, 1894) was the second Belzer Rebbe. ... Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rokeach (I) (1854 - October 30, 1926) was the third Rebbe of Belz. ... Aharon Rokeach was the fourth rebbe of the Belz Hasidic dynasty from 1877 to August 18, 1957. ... Yoel Sirkis (1561-1640) was a rabbi and halakhist (Authority on Jewish law) known to scholars of Judaism. ... Naftali Herz Tur-Sinai (born Harry Torczyner) (1886-1973) was a Bible scholar, an author, and linguist instrumental in the revival of the Hebrew language as a modern, spoken language. ... Rabbi Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev (1740-1810) is one of the most beloved figures in Jewish history. ... Israel Anton Zoller (September 27, 1881, Brody, Galicia, Ukraine - March 2, 1956) was an Italian Jewish Rabbi who later converted to Roman Catholicism. ...

Other

• Muhammad Asad, Jewish religious writer who converted to Islam, Pakistani diplomat
• Helena Blavatsky, founder of Theosophy
• Marian Jaworski, Cardinal, Archbishop of Lviv (Latin rite)
• Kajetan Sołtyk, Bishop of Kiev (Latin rite), then Bishop of Cracow
• Józef Teodorowicz, Archbishop of Lviv (Armenian rite)

Muhammad Asad (born Leopold Weiss in July 1900 in what was then Lemberg in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, now Lviv in Ukraine; died 1992) was a Jew who converted to Islam. ... Islam (Arabic:  ) is a monotheistic religion based upon the teachings of Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure. ... Helena Blavatsky Helena Petrovna Hahn (also Hélène) (July 31, 1831 (O.S.) (August 12, 1831 (N.S.)) - May 8, 1891 London, England), better known as Helena Blavatsky or Madame Blavatsky was the founder of Theosophy. ... Emblem of the Theosophical Society (Adyar) described at [1] Theosophy, literally wisdom of the divine (in the Greek language), designates several bodies of ideas. ... His Eminence Marian Cardinal Jaworski (Ukrainian : Марян Яворський, born 21 August 1926) is a Cardinal Priest and Archbishop of Lviv of the Latins in the Roman Catholic Church. ... The archdiocese of Lviv (Archidioecesis Leopolitanus Latinorum) was erected in 1412 1375-1380 Maciej 1384-1390 Bernard 1391-1409 bl. ... Bishop Kajetan SoÅ‚tyk. ... The diocese of Kraków was created in 1000 and was made the archdiocese of Kraków on October 28, 1925. ... Józef Teodorowicz (born on August, 25th, 1864 and died on December, 4th, 1938 in Lviv) metropolitan of Armenian Catholic Church in Lviv. ... The archdiocese of Lviv (Archidioecesis Leopolitanus Latinorum) was erected in 1412 1375-1380 Maciej 1384-1390 Bernard 1391-1409 bl. ...

Sport

Archery

• Tetyana Berezhna, archer
• Nataliya Burdeyna, archer
• Dmytro Hrachov, archer (Olympic bronze - team)
• Kateryna Palekha, archer
• Viktor Ruban, archer (Olympic bronze - team)
• Oleksandr Serdyuk, archer (Olympic bronze - team)
• Christopher Ondusky, archer
• Megan Ondusky, archer

Tetyana Berezhna (born 13 November 1982) is an archer from Ukraine. ... Nataliya Burdeyna (born 30 January 1974) is an athlete from Ukraine. ... Categories: Stub | 1983 births | Archers at the 2004 Summer Olympics | Ukrainian archers ... Kateryna Palekha (born 20 September 1980) is an athlete from Ukraine. ... Categories: Stub | 1981 births | Archers at the 2004 Summer Olympics ... Categories: Stub | 1978 births | Archers at the 2004 Summer Olympics ...

Basketball

• Viktor Khryapa, basketball player
• Slava Medvedenko, basketball player
• Vitaly Potapenko, basketball player

Viktor Khryapa is a professional basketball player in the NBA, originally from Ukraine. ... Slava Medvedenko Kyivan Stanislav Medvedenko (b. ... Vitaly Potapenko is a professional basketball player in the NBA, originally from Ukraine. ...

Boxing

• Oleksandr Dimitrenko, boxer
• Volodymyr Klychko, boxer
• Vitaliy Klychko, boxer
• Vladimir Virchis, boxer

Vladimir Vladimirowich Klitschko (Ukrainian: ); born March 25, 1976 in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan) is a Ukrainian heavyweight boxer, former WBO and the current IBF and IBO World Heavyweight Champion. ... Dr. Vitali Vladimirovich Klitschko (Ukrainian: ) born July 19, 1971). ... Vladimir Virchis, born August 18, 1973 in Kakhovka, Ukraine, is an Ukrainian boxer and is a highly touted prospect in the heavyweight division. ...

Chess

• Lev Alburt, Ukrainian Champion (1972, 1973, 1974)
• Izak Aloni, Lviv Champion (1936, 1939)
• Alexander Beliavsky, Champion of the USSR (1987, and thrice jointly - 1974, 1980, 1990)
• Ossip Bernstein, All-Russian Sub-Champion (1903)
• Efim Bogoljubow, Champion of the USSR (1924, 1925), FIDE World Champion (1928/29), Challenger for World Championship (1929, 1934)
• Fedor Bohatirchuk, Champion of the USSR (1927 - jointly), Ukrainian Sub-Champion (1924) and Champion (1937), Canadian Sub-Champion (1949)
• Isaac Boleslavsky, Ukrainian Champion (1938, 1939, 1940)
• David Bronstein, Ukrainian Sub-Champion (1940), Champion of the USSR (1948, 1949 - both jointly), Challenger for World Championship (1951),
• Oscar Chajes
• Josif Dorfman, Champion of the USSR (1977 - jointly)
• Fyodor Duz-Khotimirsky, Kiev Champion (1900, 1902, 1903, 1906)
• Alexander Evensohn, Kiev Champion (1914)
• Salo Flohr, winner of the 1957 Ukrainian Championship (off contest)
• Maurice Fox
• Henryk Friedman, seven-times Lviv Champion (1926-1934)
• Efim Geller, Ukrainian Champion (1950, 1957, 1958, 1959), Champion of the USSR (1955, 1979)
• Edward Gerstenfeld
• Vitali Golod, Ukrainian Champion (1991)
• Eduard Gufeld
• Mikhail Gurevich, Ukrainian Champion (1984), Champion of the USSR (1985 - jointly)
• Alexander Huzman
• Vasyl Ivanchuk, Champion of Europe (2004)
• Artur Kogan
• Alexander Konstantinopolsky, Kiev Champion five consecutive times (1932-1936)
• Irina Krush
• Kateryna Lahno
• Paul List, Odessa Champion (1908)
• Marta Litinskaya-Shul
• Moishe Lowtzky
• Adrian Mikhalchishin
• Alexander Onischuk
• Ruslan Ponomariov, FIDE World Champion (2002)
• Stepan Popel, Champion of Lviv (1930), Paris (1951, 1953, 1954) and eventually, of the Ukrainians in North America (USA and Canada)
• Ignatz von Popiel, Lviv Sub-Champion (1925)
• Vsevolod Rauzer, Ukrainian Champion (1927, 1933 - jointly)
• Oleg Romanishin, European Junior Champion (1973)
• Nicolas Rossolimo
• Ludmila Rudenko, Women's World Champion (1950-1953)
• Vladimir Savon, Ukrainian Champion (1969 - jointly), Champion of the USSR (1971)
• Lidia Semenova
• Leonid Stein, Ukrainian Champion (1960, 1962), Champion of the USSR (1963, 1965, 1966)
• Mark Taimanov, Champion of the USSR (1956)
• Vladimir Tukmakov, Ukrainian Champion (1970)
• Boris Verlinsky, Ukrainian Champion (1926), Champion of the USSR (1929)
• Yakov Vilner, Ukrainian Champion (1924, 1925, 1928)
• Daniel Yanofsky

Lev Osipovich Alburt (b. ... Izak (Izhak, Itzchak) Aloni (Schächter) (born 5 April 1905, Lvov – died 1985) was an Israeli chess master. ... A. Beliavsky, at 35th chess olympiad Bled 2002 Alexander Beliavsky (born December 17, 1953) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. ... Ossip Samoilovitch Bernstein, (1882 to 1962), born in Imperial Russia in 1882 to a family of Jewish heritage, his family grew up in the anti-semitic atmosphere of pre-revolutionary Russia. ... Efim Dmitriyevich Bogoljubov (1889 – 1952) was a leading Ukrainian chess master. ... Fedor Bogatyrchuk Fedor Parfenevych Bogatyrchuk (Bogatirchuk, Bohatirchuk, Bogatyrtschuk, Bohatyrchuk, Bohatyrczuk) (in Russian : Фёдор Парфеньевич Богатырчук, Fiodor Parfenevitch Bogatyrchuk; in Ukrainian : Федір Парфенович Богатирчук, Fedir Parfenovych Bohatyrchuk) (born 14 November 1892 in Kiev, Ukraine - died 4 September 1984, Ottawa, Canada) was a Ukrainian-Canadian chess master. ... Isaac Yefremovich Boleslavsky (1919 – February 15, 1977) was a Ukrainian-Jewish chess grandmaster. ... David Bronstein David Ionovich Bronstein (Дави́д Ио́нович Бронште́йн) (February 19, 1924, Bila Tserkva, Ukraine – December 5, 2006, Minsk, Belarus) was renowned as a leading chess grandmaster and writer. ... Oscar Chajes (pronounced HA-yes) was an Austrian chess player. ... Josif (Josef, Iossif, Iosif) Davidovich Dorfman (born 1 May 1952, Zhitomir) an Ukrainian-French chess master. ... Duz-Khotimirsky in 1923 Fyodor Ivanovich Duz–Khotimirsky (sometimes transliterated Chotimirski, Khotymirsky etc. ... Alexander Evensohn (Evenson, Evensson) (born 1892 – died 1919) was an Ukrainian chess master. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Maurice Fox (born 14 January 1898, Ukraine – died 25 June 1988, Canada) was a Canadian chess master. ... Henryk Friedman (born 1903 – died 1942) was a Polish chess master. ... Efim Petrovich Geller (March 2, 1925 – November 17, 1998) was a Soviet chess player. ... Edward (Eduard) Gerstenfeld (born 1915, Lvov – died 1943, Soviet Union) a Polish chess master. ... Vitali Golod (born 23 June 1971) an Ukrainian–Israeli chess master. ... Eduard Yefimovich Gufeld (March 20, 1936 – September 23, 2002) was an Ukrainian International Grandmaster of chess. ... Mikhail Iosifovich Gurevich Mikhail Iosifovich Gurevich Russian language: Михаил Иосифович Гуревич (December 31, 1892 - November, 1976) was a Soviet aircraft designer, a partner (with Artem Mikoyan) of the famous MiG military... Alexander Huzman (born 10 April 1962, Ukraine) an Israeli chess master. ... Vassily Ivanchuk Vasyl Ivanchuk (Василь Іванчук), born March 18, 1969 in Berezhany, Ukraine, is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. ... Alexander Konstantinopolsky (born 19 February 1910, Zhytomir, Russian Empire, now Ukraine – died 1990, Russia) was an Ukrainian chess master. ... Irina Krush at the 2003 U.S. Chess Championships in Seattle, Washington Irina Krush (b. ... Kateryna Lahno Kateryna Lahno (b. ... Paul List (born 1887 – died 1954) was an Ukrainian–German–British chess player. ... Marta Litinskaya – Shul (born 25 March 1949, Lvov) an Ukrainian chess master. ... Moishe (Mojżesz) Lowtzky (Łowcki) (born 1881 – died 1940) was an Ukrainian–Polish chess master. ... Adrian Mikhalchishin, 2006 Adrian Bogdanovich Mikhalchishin (or Mihalcisin or MihalčiÅ¡in, born November 18, 1954 in Lvov) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster now playing for Slovenia. ... Alexander Onischuk (born 1975) is an American chess Grandmaster (GM). ... Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukrainian: Руслан Пономарьов; Russian: Русла́н Пономарёв) (born October 11, 1983) is a Ukrainian chess player. ... Stepan (Stefan, Stephan, Stephen) Popel (Popiel) (born 15 August 1909 in Komarniki, Galicia, Austria-Hungary – died December 1987 in Fargo, North Dakota, USA). ... Ignatz (Ignacy) von Popiel (27 July 1863 in Galicia, Austria-Hungary – 2 May 1941) was a Polish-Ukrainian chess player. ... Vsevolod Alfredovich Rauzer (October 16, 1908 - 1941) was a Ukrainian chess master, the joint Ukraine Champion in 1933. ... Oleg Mikhailovich Romanishin (born January 10, 1952 in Lvov) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster and former European junior champion. ... Nicolas Rossolimo (February 28, 1910, Kiev - July 24, 1975, New York) was an American-French-Russian chess Grandmaster. ... Ludmilla Rudenko was a Soviet chess player and the second Womens World Chess Champion from 1950 until 1953. ... Vladimir Andreyevich Savon (September 26, 1940 - 2005) was a Ukrainian chess player. ... Lidia Semenova (born 22 November 1951, Kiev) an Ukrainian chess master. ... Leonid Stein (1934 – 1973), Soviet chess player from Ukraine. ... Mark Evgenievich Taimanov (Марк Евгеньевич Тайманов) (born February 7, 1926) is a leading Russian chess player and concert pianist. ... Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov (born March 5, 1946 in Odessa) is a Jewish-Ukrainian chess grandmaster. ... Boris Markovich Verlinsky (born 8 January 1888, Bakhmut, Ukraine – died 1950, Moscow, Russia) was an Ukrainian-Russian chess master. ... Yakov Vilner (born 1899 – died 1930’s ?) was an Ukrainian chess master. ... Daniel Abraham Yanofsky (March 25, 1925- March 5, 2000) was Canadas first chess grandmaster and an eight-time national champion. ...

Football (soccer)

• Oleksandr Aliev, footballer
• Igor Belanov, footballer, Ballon d'or (1986)
• Oleg Blokhin, footballer, Ballon d'or (1975)
• Walter Chyzowych, footballer, football coach
• Valeriy Lobanovs'kyi, football coach
• Oleh Luzhny, footballer
• Serhiy Rebrov, footballer
• Andriy Shevchenko, footballer, Ballon d'or (2004)
• Oleksandr Shovkovsky, footballer
• Anatoliy Tymoschuk, footballer

Picture of Oleksandr Aliev. ... Igor Belanov (Ukrainian: ) (born September 25, 1960 in Odessa, Soviet Union) is a former football forward, who was named European Footballer of the Year in 1986. ... Andriy Shevchenko with Golden Ball The Ballon dor (from French, English translation is Golden Ball) is a football award, created in 1956 by the French football magazine France Football. ... Oleg Volodymyrovych Blokhin (born November 5, 1952 in Kiev, Soviet Union, now Ukraine), is a Ukrainian soccer coach, and was formerly a striker for the USSR national football team. ... Andriy Shevchenko with Golden Ball The Ballon dor (from French, English translation is Golden Ball) is a football award, created in 1956 by the French football magazine France Football. ... Walter Chyzowych (April 20, 1937 – September 2, 1994) is a Ukrainian born soccer player who has played for Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals and Newark Sitch of the American Soccer League and was later a coach for the United States national soccer team. ... Valeri Vasilevich Lobanovsky, (January 6, 1939-May 13, 2002), was a Ukrainian football manager. ... Oleh Luzhny (Ukrainian: Олег Лужный, alternatively Romanised as Oleg Luzhny, born August 5, 1968) is a Ukrainian former football player. ... Serhiy Rebrov (Ukrainian: Сергій Ребров, born on March 6, 1974 in Horlivka, Donetsk region) is a Ukrainian footballer best known for partnering Andriy Shevchenko for Dynamo Kyiv and the Ukrainian national team throughout the 1990s. ... Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko (Ukrainian: , born 29 September 1976, Dvirkivschyna, Kiev Oblast) is a Ukrainian football striker who plays for Chelsea F.C. in the FA Premier League. ... Andriy Shevchenko with Golden Ball The Ballon dor (from French, English translation is Golden Ball) is a football award, created in 1956 by the French football magazine France Football. ... Headshot of the goalie for Dynamo Kyiv and the Ukrainian National football team; Oleksandr Shovkovsky. ... Anatoliy Tymoschuk but prefers to be called cocknose (born March 30, 1979), is a footballer from Ukraine, currently team captain of Shakhtar Donetsk, and is a regular member of the Ukraine national football team. ...

Gymnastics

• Iryna Deriugina, gymnast
• Maria Gorokhovskaya, gymnast (2 Olympic golds)
• Tatyana Gutsu, gymnast (Olympic gold)
• Lilia Podkopayeva, gymnast (Olympic gold)
• Larissa Latynina, gymnast (9 Olympic golds)
• Kateryna Serebrians'ka, gymnast (Olympic gold)
• Oxana Skaldina, gymnast (Olympic bronze)
• Olexandra Tymoshenko, gymnast (Olympic gold)
• Olena Vitrychenko, gymnast (Olympic bronze)
• Roman Zozulya, gymnast

Irina Deriugina (born 11th January, 1958 in Kyiv, Ukraine) was an Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. ... Maria Kondratyevna Gorokhovskaya (Russian: Мария Кондратьевна Гороховская; October 17, 1921 in Yevpatoria - 2001 in Israel) is a Ukrainian (formerly Soviet) gymnast. ... Tatiana Constantinovna Gutsu (born September 5, 1976 in Odessa) is a Ukrainian gymnast, winner of the 1992 Olympic all-around title. ... Lilia Alexandrovna Podkopayeva (born August 15, 1978 in Donetsk) is a Ukrainian gymnast, and the 1996 Olympic all-around champion. ... Larisa Semyonovna Latynina (Russian: Лариса Семёновна Латынина; born December 27, 1934 in Kherson, Ukraine, U.S.S.R.) was a Soviet gymnast. ... Ekaterina Serebrianskaya (born 25th October, 1977 in Simferopol, Ukraine) is an Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. ... Oxana Skaldina Russian: Оксана Скалдина (born 24th May, 1972 in Zaporozhye, Ukraine) was an Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. ... Alexandra Timoshenko (born 18th February, 1972 in Bohuslav, Ukraine) was an Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. ... Ball, 2000 Sydney Olympics. ... Roman Zozulya (1979-) is a male Ukrainian gymnast. ...

Ice Hockey

• Ruslan Fedotenko, ice hockey player
• Orest Kindrachuk, ice hockey player
• Alexei Ponikarovsky, hockey player
• Terry Sawchuk, hockey player
• Denis Shvidki, hockey player
• Vitaly Vishnevsky, ice hockey player
• Alexei Zhitnik, ice hockey player
• Nikolai Zherdev, ice hockey player

Ice hockey player Ruslan Fedotenko (Руслан Федотенко) was born January 18, 1979 in Kiev, Ukraine. ... Orest Michael Kindrachuk (born September 14, 1950 in Nanton, Alberta) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player. ... Alexei Ponikarovsky (Ukr: Олексій Понікаровський) (born April 9, 1980 in Kiev, Soviet Union, now Ukraine) (now Kiev, Ukraine) is a professional ice hockey player in the NHL. Since 1998 he has played left wing for the Toronto Maple Leafs and their former AHL affiliate, the St. ... Terry Sawchuk in 1964 Terrance Gordon Sawchuk (Born - December 28, 1929 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada – Died May 31, 1970 in New York, NY, USA) was a Canadian Professional Hockkey Goaltender who played 21 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Los... Denis Shvidki (born November 21, 1980, in Kharkov, U.S.S.R.) is a Ukrainian professional ice hockey right wing. ... Vitaly Vishnevski (born March 18, 1980 in Kharkov, U.S.S.R., now Ukraine) is a professional ice hockey player. ... Alexei Zhitnik (born 10 October 1972 in Kiev, U.S.S.R.) is a Ukrainian ice hockey defenseman who currently plays for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League. ... Nikolai Zherdev is a forward with the NHLs Columbus Blue Jackets. ...

Track & Field

• Valeri Borzov, sprinter (2 Olympic golds)
• Sergey Bubka, pole vault legend (Olympic gold), numerous world records
• Inessa Kravets, jumper (world record in triple jump)
• Vladimir Kuts, long distance runner (2 Olympic golds)
• Zhanna Pintusevych-Blok, sprinter (World Championship gold)
• Tamara & Irina Press, sister athletes (5 Olympic golds in total)

Valeri Filippovich Borzov (Валерий Филиппович Борзов) (born October 20, 1949) is a Ukrainian athlete, running for the Soviet Union in the past. ... Sergey Bubka (Сергій Бубка) (born 14 December 1963 in Voroshilovgrad U.S.S.R., today Luhansk, Ukraine) is an Ukrainian (and former Soviet) athlete. ... The Ukrainian triple jumper Inessa Kravets, née Shulyak (Інеса Кравець, born October 5, 1966) jumped the world record at the 1995 world championships after studying a picture of Jonathan Edwards. ... Vladimir Petrovich Kuts (Владимир Петрович Куц) (February 7, 1927-August 16, 1975) was a Soviet long distance runner. ... Zhanna Pintusevych-Blok (née Tarnopolska) (Ukrainian: Жанна Пинтусевич-Блок; born July 6, 1972, in Nizhyn, Ukraine) is a sprinter who has competed in the Olympic Games. ... Tamara Press (May 10, 1937 in Kharkiv, Ukraine) is a former Soviet shot putter and discus thrower in the 1960s. ... Irina Press (born March 10, 1939 in Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR) has won two Olympic gold medals for the USSR team, in 80 m hurdles (1960) and pentathlon (1964). ...

Other

• Oksana Baiul, figure skater (Olympic gold)
• Yana Klochkova, swimmer (4 Olympic golds)
• Lenny Krayzelburg, swimmer (now U.S. citizen) (3 Olympic golds)
• Valentin Mankin, sailor (3 Olympic golds)
• Andriy Medvedev, tennis player
• Fania Melnik, discus thrower (Olympic gold)
• Igor Olshansky, American football player
• Viktor Petrenko, figure skater (Olympic gold)
• Timur Taimazov, wieghtlifting (world and Olympic records)
• Viktor Tsybulenko, javelin (Olympic gold, Olympic bronze)
• Yaroslav Vynokur, billiards player (World Champion)
• Vassyl Virastyuk, worlds strongest man competition (1st place 2004)

Oksana Baiul (Ukrainian: ), born November 16, 1977 in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine (then the Soviet Union), is a professional figure skater and Olympic gold medalist. ... Yana Klochkova (born August 7, 1982 in Simferopol, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian swimmer. ... Lenny Krayzelburg (Yiddish לעני קרײַזלבורג, Russian Ленни Крайзельбург) is an American backstroke swimmer. ... Andriy Medvedev is a Ukrainian tennis star of world renown. ... Igor Olshansky (born May 3, 1982 in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine) is the first Soviet-born player in the National Football League. ... Viktor Petrenko (born June 17, 1969 in Odessa, Ukraine) was the 1992 World and Olympic champion in figure skating. ... Timur Taimazov is a Ukrainian weightlifter who became the first Ukrainian to set a new World and Olympic record in weightlifting, at 108 kiligrams. ... Viktor Sergeevich Tsybulenko (Ukrainian: , Russian: ) (born 13 July 1930 in village Veprik, Fastivskyi Raion, Kiev Oblast) was a Soviet athlete of Ukrainian origin who competed mainly in the javelin throw, training at the Armed Forces sports society in Kiev. ... Yaroslav Vynokur Yaroslav Vynokur (born June 6, 1974) is professional billiards player from Ukraine. ...

Other

• Elena Filatova, Internet diarist
• Georgiy Gongadze, journalist whose murder was linked to government officials
• Hryhory Nestor, the oldest alive Ukrainian (116 years-old, born in 1891 in Galicia, then Austria-Hungary)
• Joseph Oleskiw, early promoter of immigration to Canada
• Snejana Onopka, supermodel
• Anatoly Onoprienko, serial killer
• Roxelana, or Khourrem (Hürrem), Sultan wife of Suleyman the Magnificent, (Anastassia Lisowska)
• Volodymyr Shayan
• Leonid Stadnik, world's tallest man
• Sergey Vovk, book reviewer, beginning writer
• Victoria Zdrok, erotic model
• Dave Humeniuk, famous Alliston resident.

Elena (Lena) Filatova (Russian: Елена Филатова) (born 1974) is a Ukrainian motorcyclist who gained Internet fame in 2004 under the nickname KiddOfSpeed after her web site was mentioned at Slashdot and other online news sources. ... Georgiy R. Gongadze (in Ukrainian Heorhiy Ruslanovych Honhadze) (May 21, 1969 – 2000) was a Ukrainian journalist kidnapped and murdered in 2000. ... Dr. Joseph Oleskiw or Jósef Olesków (Ukrainian: Осип Олесків, Osyp Oleskiw) (September 28, 1860 – October 18, 1903) was a Ukrainian professor that promoted that Ukrianians immigrate to the Canadian prairies. ... Snejana Onopka (born December 15, 1986) is a Ukrainian supermodel. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Anastasia Lisovska (c. ... Leonid Stadnik shown compared by the size of a door. ... Dr. Victoria Nika Zdrok (born March 3, 1973 in Kiev, Ukraine) holds the unique distinction of being a Playboy Playmate, Penthouse Pet, Pet of the Year, a star of elaborate adult videos, an attorney, a clinical psychologist, sex therapist and former goodwill ambassador. ... Dave, in addition to being a common nickname for David: Dave, a 1993 movie starring Kevin Kline. ... Alliston, Ontario is an Ontario community just about 90 kilometers from Toronto, and about 40 km SW of Barrie. ...

See also

• List of Ukrainian Jews
• List of Galician Jews
• List of people by nationality
• list of people
• List of Ukrainian Americans
• Ukrainian Canadian
• Galicia (Central Europe)