Top 20 most important and famous people from Ukraine

Avant-garde artist and art theorist, whose pioneering work had a profound influence on the development of abstract art in XX century

Writer, author of Taras Bulba, Marriage and The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich, The Portrait and The Carriage

Writer, founder of modern Ukrainian literature and the modern Ukrainian language

Writer and founder of the socialist and nationalist movement in western Ukraine

Prince of the Holy Roman Empire. The historical events of his life have inspired many literary, artistic and musical works. He was famous as a patron of the arts

Revolutionary, political theorist and Marxist politician, died in Mexico

Leader of Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982

The first and so far the only woman to serve as prime minister of Ukraine

President from 2010 until he was removed from office in the Revolution of Dignity in 2014

President from 2019

Zoologist known for his pioneering research in immunology. Winner of Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1908

Rocket engineer and spacecraft designer during the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1950s and 1960s. He is regarded by many as the father of practical astronautics

One of the greatest pianists of all time, known for his virtuoso technique, tone color and the public excitement engendered by his playing

Soprano, considered to be one of the brightest opera stars of the first half of XX century

Aviation pioneer of helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft

Footballer, winner of Ballon d'Or in 2004, legend of AC Milan

Female gymnast who won 18 Olympic medals

One of the greatest boxers of all time and mayor of Kyiv

Ballet dancer and choreographer cited as the greatest male dancer of the early XX century

Serial Killer who murdered at least fifty-two women and children between 1978 and 1990, named The Butcher of Rostov or The Rostov Ripper