This is a list of individuals who were born and lived in territories located in present-day Ukraine, including ethnic Ukrainians and those of other ethnicities.

Academics Mathematicians

Selig Brodetsky (1888–1954), British mathematician, President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Vladimir Drinfeld (), Fields medal laureate Anatoly Fomenko () Mark Kac (1914–1984), Jewish, Polish-American mathematician Volodymyr Semenovych Korolyuk (1925–2020) Mykhailo Krawtchouk Yakiv Kulik Volodymyr Marchenko (1922–2026) Mikhail Ostrogradsky Volodymyr Petryshyn Platon Poretsky Vladimir Potapov Anatoly Samoilenko Oleksandr Mikolaiovich Sharkovsky (1936–2022), known for developing Sharkovsky's theorem on the periods of discrete dynamical systems Samuil Shatunovsky (1859–1929), Jewish mathematician Anatoliy Skorokhod Mykhailo Vashchenko-Zakharchenko (1825–1912), major areas of research included the history of geometry in antiquity and Lobachevskian geometry. Ivan Śleszyński (1854–9 March 1931), ethnic Polish Ukrainian mathematician Pavel Urysohn (1898–1924), Jewish mathematician Josif Shtokalo (1897–1987) Naum Z. Shor (1937–2006), Jewish Ukrainian mathematician Maryna Viazovska (born 1984), Fields medal laureate, known for her work in sphere packing Vadim G. Vizing Georgy Voronoy

Physicists/Astronomers Gersh Budker, nuclear physicist (Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics) Georges Charpak, French physicist (Nobel Prize), born in East Galicia Abram Ioffe, prominent Soviet physicist (Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute) Isaak Khalatnikov, BKL conjecture in general relativity Leo Palatnik, thin film physics Ivan Pulyui, scientist working with cathode radiation George Yuri Rainich, mathematical physicist

Geographers/Geologists Volodymyr Kubijovyč Lubomyr Luciuk, political geographer, community activists Vladimir Vernadsky, mineralogist, biochemist

Biologists Aleksandr Bogomolets Erwin Chargaff Theodosius Dobzhansky Katherine Esau Dmitri Ivanovsky Trofim Lysenko Oleksandr Palladin Kostiantyn Sytnyk Vladimir Vernadsky, mineralogist, biochemist

Chemists Anatoly Babko Israel Dostrovsky (1918–2010), Russian (Ukraine)-born Israeli physical chemist, fifth president of the Weizmann Institute of Science Ivan Horbachevsky George Kistiakowsky Lev Pisarzhevsky Swiatoslaw Trofimenko Volodymyr Vernadsky, mineralogist, biochemist Selman Waksman (1888–1973), Jewish, Ukrainian-American, biochemist, Nobel Prize (1952)

Doctors and surgeons Nikolai Amosov, heart surgeon Vitalii Khmel, military thoracic surgeon Nikolay Pirogov, inventor of a splint, sling, brace or cast Alexander Shalimov, surgeon Serdyuk Valentin, orthopedic surgeon Nicolai L. Volodos, cardiovascular surgeon Danylo Zabolotny Yurii Voronyi, surgeon

Engineers

Volodymyr Chelomey, ballistic missile and Ukrainian spacecraft designer Valentin Glushko, engineer, designer of Soviet rocket engines Mykola Holonyak, first visible diode Volodymyr Horbulin, developer of strategic rocket systems and space vehicles of "Kosmos" series Sergei Korolev, the father of the Soviet space program, inventor of the first intercontinental ballistic missile and the first space rocket (R-7 Semyorka), creator of the first satellite (Sputnik), supervisor of the first human spaceflight Mykola Kybalchich, rocket science pioneer Yuri Kondratyuk, spaceflight pioneer Roman Kroitor Volodymyr Mackiw, mining engineer Borys Paton Yevhen Paton, welding engineer Igor Sikorsky, aviation pioneer, creator of the first helicopter Stepan Tymoshenko, father of modern Ukrainian engineering mechanics

Economists Mykhailo Tuhan-Baranovsky (1865–1919) Eugen Slutsky (1880–1948), born in Russian Empire in the territory of Ukraine, Slutsky equation Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973), born in Austria-Hungary in the territory of present-day Lviv), founding father of the Ukrainian western-style economics Bohdan Hawrylyshyn (1926–2016), noted economist, visionary and economic advisor to the Ukrainian government

Archeologists Vikentiy Khvoyka, discovered Trypillia culture Simhah Pinsker (1801–1864), Polish-Jewish archeologist and scholar Yuriy Shumovskyi

Historians Volodymyr Antonovych, historian and folklorist Kateryna Antonovych-Melnyk (1859–1942), Ukrainian historian Olena Apanovich Volodymyr Barvinok Dmytro Doroshenko Mykhailo Drahomanov, historian, political emigre and folklorist Mykhailo Hrushevsky, historian Taras Hunczak Myron Korduba Mykola Kostomarov, literary historian, folklorist Oleh Kozerod, political scientist Peter Loboda, researcher of ancient Ukrainian numismatics George S. N. Luckyj, literary historian Mykhailo Maksymovych, literary historian, folklorist Paul Robert Magocsi, chairman of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Toronto Oleksander Ohloblyn Bohdan Osadchuk, journalist Nataliia Polonska-Vasylenko Omeljan Pritsak, orientalist Mikołaj Siwicki, historian Viktor Suvorov, spy and WWII researcher Dmytro Yavornytsky, Cossack historian, archaeologist

Philosophers Hryhorii Skovoroda, philosopher, poet and composer

Other academics Mykola Andrusiv Albert Bandura Pavel Petrovich Blonsky Olgerd Bochkovsky, sociologist Isydore Hlynka Robert Klymasz, Ukrainian Canadian folklorist Yuriy Kovbasenko, Ukrainian philologist and educator Volodymyr Kubiyovych, geographer and encyclopedist Viktor Kyrpychov Yuri Linnik Lubomyr Luciuk, political geographer and community activist Anton Makarenko, Ukrainian and Soviet educator Joseph Oleskiw Tetiana Podchasova, Ukrainian economist-cyberneticist, computer scientist Wilhelm Reich, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, pro-Ukrainian freedom dissident Otto Struve, Ukrainian-Russian-American astronomer Evhen Tsybulenko, professor of international law Sergiy Vilkomir, computer scientist Fedir Vovk, anthropologist and ethnographer

Arts

Architects Ivan Hryhorovych-Barskyi Joseph Karakis Musa Konsulova Marian Peretyatkovich Volodymyr Sichynskyi

Fashion designers Natalia Fedner

Painters

Ivan Aivazovsky, painter, known for his seascapes Nathan Altman (1889–1970), Ukrainian-Jewish painter and stage designer from Vinnytsia Marie Bashkirtseff, artist Svitlana Biedarieva, artist, art historian, curator Mykhailo Boychuk Robert Brackman Mykola Burachek David Burliuk, avant-garde painter, Ukrainian freedom thinker Volodymyr Burliuk Petro Choldny (1904–1990), Neo-Byzantine Iconographer Louis Choris Sonia Delaunay, avant-garde artist Mychajlo Dmytrenko Aleksandra Ekster, avant-garde artist Nina Genke-Meller, avant-garde artist Maurice Gottlieb (1856–1979), Polish-Jewish painter Leopold Gottlieb (1883–1934), Polish-Jewish painter Mykola Hlushchenko Jacques Hnizdovsky Alla Horska Alexander Khvostenko-Khvostov, avant-garde stage designer Pyotr Konchalovsky, painter Fedir Krychevsky Vasyl Krychevsky Hanna Kryvolap Arkhip Kuindzhi Boris Lekar, Israeli painter Ephraim Moses Lilien, German-Jewish painter Anton Losenko Kazimir Malevich, avant-garde artist Ivan Marchuk, modern painter Vadym Meller, avant-garde artist, stage designer Mykola Murashko Oleksandr Murashko Heorhiy Narbut Solomon Nikritin, painter, avant-garde artist Nikifor, primitivist painter Maria Prymachenko Mykola Pymonenko Vlada Ralko, collage artist Kliment Red'ko, painter, avant-garde artist Ilya Repin, painter Bruno Schulz (1892–1942), Polish-Jewish painter and writer Zinaida Serebriakova, painter David Shterenberg, painter from Zhytomyr Volodymyr Sichynskyi, architect, graphic artist Opanas Slastion, folklorist, designer of modern type of bandura Anton Solomoukha Ivan Soshenko, painter Avigdor Stematsky, Israeli painter from Odesa Serhiy Svetoslavsky Sergei Sviatchenko (born 1952) Vladimir Tatlin, avant-garde artist Sonia Terk, avant-garde artist Mykhailo Turovsky Roman Turovsky-Savchuk Max Vityk Mickola Vorokhta, painter Tetyana Yablonska, modern painter Yevhen Yehorov, 20th century artist Vasiliy Yermilov, avant-garde artist Ivan Yizhakevych

Photographers Anatoliy Havrylov, Shevchenko National Prize laureate for cinematography Nikolai Kozlovsky

Sculptors Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian-American sculptor and graphic artist Lina Condes (born 1980), Ukrainian sculptor and multimedia artist Mykhailo Kolodko (born 1978), Ukrainian-Hungarian sculptor Chana Orloff (1888–1968), Ukrainian-Israeli Vladimir Tatlin

Performing arts

Actors/Actresses

Nick Adams Elisabeth Bergner, Austrian-English Jewish actress Elina Bystritskaya Olena Chekan Taissa Farmiga Vera Farmiga Luba Goy John Hodiak Milla Jovovich Vera Kholodnaya Mariya Khomutova Olga Krasko Mila Kunis, Ukrainian/American-Jewish actress Olga Kurylenko Vasily Lanovoy Ana Layevska Mike Mazurki Yaroslava Mosiychuk, actress Ivan Mykolaichuk Alla Nazimova, (born Adelaida Leventon, in Yalta), silent film star Jack Palance (Volodymyr Palahnyuk) Zhanna Prokhorenko Ivanna Sakhno Yakov Smirnoff Anna Sten (Anel Sudakevich) Lee Strasberg (1901–1982), Polish/American-Jewish actor Stav Strashko, actress and model born in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine Bohdan Stupka Yuriy Tkach Katheryn Winnick Natasha Yarovenko Volodymyr Zelenskyy, actor, comedian and President of Ukraine since 2019

Choreographers and dancers Vasyl Avramenko Sergei Polunin, ballet dancer Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky, pro-Western Oksana Skorik, ballet dancer Vasyl Verkhovynets Igor Youskevitch, ballet dancer

Film and theatre directors

Roman Balayan, Ukrainian-Armenian film director Sergei Bondarchuk Leonid Bykiv Grigori Chukhrai Volodymyr Dakhno, Shevchenko National Prize laureate and Cossacks (cartoon series) creator Alexander Dovzhenko Edward Dmytryk Kateryna Gornostai, Ukrainian LGBTQ film director, screenwriter and film editor Les Kurbas Anatole Litvak (1902–1974), Ukrainian/American-Jewish film director Danylo Lyder Paul Mazursky (1930–2014), American-Jewish actor, screenwriter and film director Kira Muratova Larisa Shepitko Bohdan Stupka Peter Weibel Sergei Loznitsa, Ukrainian documentary director Tanu Muino

Models Alina Baikova Alexandra Kutas, Ukrainian model who has a disability Snejana Onopka, Ukrainian model born in Sievierodonetsk Daria Werbowy, Polish-born Canadian model of Ukrainian descent.

LGBT activists Bogdan Globa, LGBT activist Vitalina Koval, LGBT activist Viktor Pylypenko, LGBT activist and service member Anna Sharyhina, LGBT activist Olena Shevchenko, Ukrainian women's and LGBT rights activist

Musicians Bandurists Hnat Khotkevych Halyna Korin Hryhory Kytasty Julian Kytasty Volodymyr Luciv Victor Mishalow

Composers

Svitlana Azarova Virko Baley Vasyl Barvinsky Maxim Berezovsky Oleksandr Bilash, composer, Hero of Ukraine Dmitry Bortniansky Marusia Churai Nikolay Diletsky Isaak Dunayevsky, author of numerous popular Soviet songs Lesia Dychko Arkady Filippenko Reinhold Glière Leonid Hrabovsky Semen Hulak-Artemovsky Volodymyr Ivasiuk Oleksander Koshetz Mykola Leontovych, composed Shchedryk (song) also known as Carol of the Bells Zara Levina Borys Lyatoshynsky Mykola Lysenko Ruslana Lyzhichko Igor Markevitch Yuli Meitus Yuriy Oliynyk Mykola Ovsianiko-Kulikovsky Sergei Prokofiev Levko Revutsky Nikolai Roslavets Aleksandr Shymko Valentin Silvestrov Levko Dutkivskiy Myroslav Skoryk Yevhen Stankovych Kyrylo Stetsenko Dimitri Tiomkin, film composer Roman Turovsky-Savchuk Artemy Vedel Mykhailo Verbytsky, composer of the National Anthem of Ukraine Mykola Vilinsky Yakiv Yatsynevych

Pianists Simon Barere, pianist Yevheniya Barvinska, pianist Felix Blumenfeld, pianist Shura Cherkassky, pianist Emil Gilels, pianist Vladimir Horowitz, pianist Lubka Kolessa, pianist Halyna Levytska Valentina Lisitsa, pianist Benno Moiseiwitsch, pianist Heinrich Neuhaus, pianist Sviatoslav Richter, pianist Leo Sirota, pianist

Organists Roman Krasnovsky, organist, composer