List of people from Ukraine

Chaim Arlosoroff, notable Zionist
Mykola Azarov former Acting Prime Minister
Stepan Bandera, the leader of Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists
Leonid Brezhnev, leader of the Soviet Union, ethnically Russian, born in Ukraine
Taras Chornovil, prominent Ukrainian nationalist and opposition leader
Vyacheslav Chornovil, former leader of the People's Movement of Ukraine (Rukh)
Mykhaylo Hrushevsky (1866-1934), president of Ukrainian People Republic
Vladimir Jabotinsky, Zionist
Nikita Khruschev, leader of the Soviet Union
Leonid Kravchuk, president of Ukraine 1991–1994
Leonid Kuchma, prime minister of Ukraine 1992–1993, President of Ukraine 1994–2005,
Nestor Makhno (1888–1934), anarchist
Anastassia Lisowska (Khourrem) (c. 1510–1558), (wife of Suleiman the Magnificent)
Golda Meir, Israeli Prime Minister, Zionist
Kirill S. Moskalenko, Marshal of the Soviet Union
Simon Petlyura (1879-1926), Ukrainian independence fighter.
Moshe Sharett, Israeli Prime Minister, Zionist
Leon Trotsky, Marxist thinker and a founder of the Soviet Union
Volodymyr Vynnychenko
Andrei Gromyko, foreign minister of the Soviet Union
Grigori Ivanovich Kulik, Marshal of the Soviet Union, Hero of the Soviet Union
Andrei I. Eremenko, Marshal of the Soviet Union
Andrei A. Grechko, Marshal of the Soviet Union, Commander-in-Chief of the Warsaw Pact (1960–67), Defense Minister of The Soviet Union
Borys Tarasyuk, current foreign minister of Ukraine.
S.K. Timoshenko, Marshal of the Soviet Union, Twice Hero of the Soviet Union
Yuliya Tymoshenko, former Prime Minister of Ukraine
Viktor Yushchenko, former Prime Minister of Ukraine, current President of Ukraine
Viktor Yanukovych, former Prime Minister of Ukraine, unsuccessful candidate for President of Ukraine
Nikolai Podgorny

Parents born in Ukraine

Izzy Asper, founder of CanWest Global Communications, Canada's leading international media company.
Pierre Bérégovoy, French politician
Sasha Cohen
Mike Ditka, American football player and coach
Milton Friedman, Nobel laureate in economics, born to Hungarian Jewish parents in Berégszász, Hungary, today Beherove, Ukraine.
Leonard Nimoy, American actor best known as Spock in Star Trek born to Jewish Ukrainian immigrants.
Jack Palance, Oscar winning actor
William S. Paley, CBS executive who expanded the company into television.
William Shatner, Canadian actor best known as Captain Kirk in Star Trek born to Jewish Ukrainian immigrants.
Beverly Sills, coloratura soprano opera singer.
Paul Wellstone
Larisa Oleynik, actress from Nickelodeon TV show (Secret World Of Alex Mack). Born to Ukrainian father in California, USA.

Religious Thinkers and Philosophers

Helena Blavatsky (1831–1891), founder of the Theosophical Society
Hryhori Skovoroda
Israel ben Eliezer, (Baal Shem Tov) founder of Hasidism
Nachman of Breslov
St. John of Tobolsk
St. Peter Moghila
Andriy Sheptytsky, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church leader

Scientists

Other

Elena Filatova
Anatoly Onoprienko
Georgiy Gongadze, journalist murdered in 2000 with alleged involvement of Ukraine's president Leonid Kuchma and other high-ranked statesmen
Filip Konowal (1888–1959) Ukrainian-Canadian World War I hero, awarded the Victoria Cross
Joseph Oleskiw, Ukrainian professor who encouraged Ukrainian Canadian immigration
Victoria Zdrok, goodwill ambassador, Playboy and Penthouse magazine model, and PhD psychologist

See also:List of Ukrainian Jews, List of people by nationality, list of people