Famous people from Ukraine

Olga Kurylenko

Ukrainian-French actress and model

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Oleksandr Usyk

Ukrainian boxer

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Vasyl Slipak

Vasyl Yaroslavovych Slipak was a Ukrainian baritone opera singer. From 1994 he frequently performed in France at such venues as Paris Opera and Opéra Bastille. For his opera performance, Slipak received several awards, including "Best Male Performance" for the Toreador Song. A volunteer in the Ukrainian army, Slipak was killed during the war in Donbas by a Russian sniper near the village of Luhanske, in Bakhmut region. He was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine for his work as a...

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Mykhailo Mudryk

Ukrainian association football player (born 2001)

Petro Poroshenko

President of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019

Yaroslava Mahuchikh

Ukrainian high jumper (born 2001)

Valentin Chmerkovskiy

Valentin Aleksandrovich "Val" Chmerkovskiy is a Ukrainian and American professional Latin and ballroom dancer and choreographer. Born in Odesa and raised in Brooklyn, he started appearing on the ABC competition series Dancing with the Stars during its second season.

Leonid Kuchma

Ukrainian businessman and politician, second President of Ukraine from 1994 to 2005

Andriy Yarmolenko

Ukrainian association football player

Igor Belanov

Ukrainian footballer

Artem Dovbyk

Ukrainian association football player (born 1997)

Rinat Akhmetov

Ukrainian businessman

Elina Svitolina

Ukrainian tennis player (born 1994)

Sergey Karjakin

Russian chess player

Oleksandr Turchynov

Ukrainian politician, screenwriter, and Doctor of Economic Sciences

Andriy Lunin

Ukrainian association football player

Marta Kostyuk

Marta Olehivna Kostyuk is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings by the WTA of No. 10 in singles, achieved on 14 September 2026, and No. 27 in doubles, reached in May 2023. Kostyuk has won three WTA Tour singles titles, including a WTA 1000 event at the 2026 Madrid Open, and two titles in doubles. Her best performance at the majors is reaching the semifinals of the 2026 French Open and the 2026 Wimbledon Championships.

Dayana Yastremska

Dayana Oleksandrivna Yastremska is a Ukrainian professional tennis player and musician. She has been ranked as high as world No. 21 in singles by the WTA, and No. 82 in doubles, both achieved in January 2020. Yastremska has won three WTA Tour titles. Her best major performance is reaching the semifinals at the 2024 Australian Open.

Jamala

Ukrainian singer (born 1983)

Denys Shmyhal

Ukrainian politician, former Prime Minister of Ukraine (2020–2025)

Dmytro Kuleba

Ukrainian diplomat and politician (born 1981)

Anatoliy Tymoshchuk

Ukrainian footballer (born 1979)

Ruslan Ponomariov

Ukrainian chess player

Anna Muzychuk

Ukrainian chess player