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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
Chemists
- Anatoly Babko
- George Kistiakowsky
- Ivan Horbachevsky
- Alexander Shchukarev, chemist, computer scientist
- Sviatoslaw Trofimenko
- Boris Tyutyunnikov
- Selman Waksman, biochemist, Nobel Prize (1952)
Computer scientists
- Viktor Hlushkov
- Sergei Lebedev, first programmable computer in Continental Europe
Doctors & Surgeons
- Volodymyr Filatov, ophthalmologist
Economists
- Mikhail Tugan Baranovsky
- Simon Kuznets, Nobel Prize (1971)
- Eugen Slutsky (1880-1948), Slutsky equation (born in Russian Empire, in the territory of Ukraine)
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
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
Mathematicians
Main article Ukrainian mathematicians
- 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
Philosophers
- Nikolai Berdyaev, Russian religious philosopher
- Lev Shestov, Russian existentialist philosopher
- Hryhori Skovoroda
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
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 , 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.
Artists
Architects
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
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
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
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
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
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
Sculptors
- Alexander Archipenko, U.S. sculptor and graphic artist
- Victor Konoval
- Anatoly Kushch
- Oleh Pinchuk
- Nikolai Syadristy
- Vladimir Tatlin
- Wladimir Baranoff-Rossine
- Valentyn Znoba
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Ukrainian Leonid Kadeniuk, earlier a Soviet cosmonaut, made the first manned spaceflight of the Ukrainian space program.
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
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
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
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
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
Soviet dissidents
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
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
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)
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
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)
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
Basketball
- Viktor Khryapa, basketball player
- Slava Medvedenko, basketball player
- Vitaly Potapenko, basketball player
Boxing
- Oleksandr Dimitrenko, boxer
- Volodymyr Klychko, boxer
- Vitaliy Klychko, boxer
- Vladimir Virchis, boxer
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
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
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
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
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)
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)
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.
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)