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