Ukraine

Historical figures born in Ukraine

10,768 notable historical figures were born in Ukraine. These are the most notable:

Ukraine ranks #14 of 197 countries by number of historical figures on Histiphy, just behind Poland, Canada and China.

By era

• Medieval: 2
• Early Modern: 2
• Modern: 36

By occupation

• Politician: 22
• Writer/Author: 12
• Economist: 9
• Head of State/President: 8
• Screenwriter: 8
• Inventor/Engineer: 7
• Journalist: 7
• Diplomat: 6

• Volodymyr Zelenskyy (born 1978, Politics)
• Andriy Shevchenko (born 1976, Sports)
• Leonid Brezhnev (1906 to 1982, Politics)
• Milla Jovovich (born 1975, Entertainment)
• Leon Trotsky (1879 to 1940, Politics)
• Golda Meir (1898 to 1978, Politics)
• Viktor Yanukovych (born 1950, Politics)
• Petro Poroshenko (born 1965, Politics)
• Joseph Conrad (1857 to 1924, Literature)
• Yulia Tymoshenko (born 1960, Politics)
• Nikolai Gogol (1809 to 1852, Literature)
• Viktor Yushchenko (born 1954, Politics)
• Helena Blavatsky (1831 to 1891, Religion)
• Sergei Prokofiev (1891 to 1953, Arts & Music)
• Mikhail Bulgakov (1891 to 1940, Literature)
• Stanisław Lem (1921 to 2006, Literature)
• Nestor Makhno (1888 to 1934, Politics)
• Leonid Kuchma (born 1938, Politics)
• John III Sobieski (1629 to 1696, Politics)
• Ludwig von Mises (1881 to 1973, Science)
• Sergei Korolev (1906 to 1966, Science)
• Yulia Svyrydenko (born 1985, Politics)
• Oleksandr Turchynov (born 1964, Politics)
• Otto Preminger (1905 to 1986, Entertainment)
• Ze'ev Jabotinsky (1880 to 1940, Literature)
• Levi Eshkol (1895 to 1969, Politics)
• Igor Sikorsky (1889 to 1972, Science)
• Kazimir Malevich (1878 to 1935, Arts & Music)
• Trofim Lysenko (1898 to 1976, Science)
• Yaroslav the Wise (978 to 1054, Politics)
• Leonid Kravchuk (1934 to 2022, Politics)
• Denys Shmyhal (born 1975, Politics)
• Vladimir Horowitz (1903 to 1989, Arts & Music)
• Stanisław Ulam (1909 to 1984, Science)
• Bohdan Khmelnytsky (1595 to 1657, Politics)
• Yelena Yemchuk (born 1970, Arts & Music)
• Symon Petliura (1879 to 1926, Military)
• Sviatoslav I (942 to 972, Politics)
• Moshe Sharett (1894 to 1965, Politics)
• Sholem Aleichem (1859 to 1916, Literature)

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