Famous Ukrainian

The Most Famous Ukrainian

NameBirthdayNationalityBio
Richard SandrakApril 15, 1992UkrainianRichard Sandrak, better known as Little Hercules, is a martial artist, bodybuilder and actor
Max PolyakovJune 30, 1977UkrainianMax Polyakov is an international businessman, scientist and philanthropist
Vasyl LomachenkoFebruary 17, 1988UkrainianVasyl Lomachenko is a Ukrainian professional boxer who is the current WBA (Super) and 'The Ring' lightweight champion
Leon TrotskyNovember 7, 1879UkrainianLeon Trotsky was a Russian politician, a Marxist revolutionary and the founder and the first leader of the Red Army
Anatoly OnoprienkoJuly 25, 1959UkrainianAnatoly Yuriyovych Onoprienko also known by nicknames ‘Citizen O,’ ‘The Terminator,’ and ‘The Beast of Ukraine’ was a Ukrainian serial killer.
Olga KurylenkoNovember 14, 1979UkrainianOlga Kurylenko is a French model and actress, best known for portraying sensual characters in James Bond films
Wladimir KlitschkoMarch 25, 1976UkrainianWladimir Klitschko is a renowned heavyweight professional boxer from Ukraine
Sergey BubkaDecember 4, 1963UkrainianSergey Bubka is a former Ukrainian pole vaulter and the first one to clear 6.0 meter mark
Leonid BrezhnevDecember 19, 1906UkrainianLeonid Brezhnev was a leader of the Soviet Union
Denis StoffMay 4, 1992UkrainianDenis Alexandrovich Shaforostov, better known by his stage name Denis Stoff, is a Ukrainian musician
Sergey Bubka

Sergey Bubka

Sergey Bubka is a former Ukrainian pole vaulter and the first one to clear 6.0 meter mark

Georges Charpak

Georges Charpak was a Polish-born French physicist who received the Nobel Prize for inventing the multi-wire proportional chamber

UkrainianAugust 1, 1924128 views

Anatole Litvak

Anatole Litvak was a Russian film editor, screenwriter and director

UkrainianMay 21, 1902155 views

Selman Waksman

Selman Waksman was a noted Russian-born American scientist who discovered the antibiotic streptomycin

UkrainianJuly 22, 1888178 views

John Demjanjuk

John Demjanjuk was a former Nazi guard in the Sobibór extermination camp in the occupied Poland, convicted in Germany for assisting in the murder of 28,060 Jews.

UkrainianApril 3, 1920109 views

Vaslav Nijinsky

Vaslav Nijinsky was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, considered as the greatest male dancer of the 20th century

UkrainianMarch 12, 1889187 views

Anna Bessonova

Anna Bessonova is a Ukrainian former individual rhythmic gymnast

UkrainianJuly 29, 1984187 views

Ilya Ilyuk

Ilya Ilyuk, also known as “Lil,” is a professional gamer from Ukraine

UkrainianDecember 24, 1995114 views

Valentin Chmerkovskiy

Valentin Chmerkovskiy is an American–Ukrainian professional dancer

UkrainianMarch 24, 1986161 views

Max Polyakov

Max Polyakov is an international businessman, scientist and philanthropist

UkrainianJune 30, 1977870 views