1. Joseph Conrad (1857)

Polish-born English Novelist

Polish-born English author who wrote Lord Jim (1900) and Heart of Darkness (1899). The latter work was adapted into the 1979 Francis Ford Coppola film, Apocalypse Now.

2. Anton Lysyuk (1987)

Ukrainian Footballer

Anton Lysyuk is a Ukrainian football midfielder.

3. Polina Gelman (1919)

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Polina Vladimirovna Gelman was a Soviet Air Force officer decorated as a Hero of the Soviet Union for her service with the famed Night Witches unit during World War II.

4. Svyatoslav Piskun (1959)

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Svyatoslav Mykhaylovych Piskun was the 3 times Prosecutor General of Ukraine in 2002-2003 2005 and 2007 till President Viktor Yushchenko's dismissed Piskun on May 24 2007. He is an important...

5. Gregory Kaidanov (1959)

American-ukrainian Chess Player

Gregory Kaidanov is an American-Ukrainian chess grandmaster. As of April 2007 his Elo rating was 2587 making him the No. 9 player in the US and the 179th-highest rated player...

6. Yisrael Kargman (1906)

Israeli Politician

Yisrael Kargman was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai and its successors between 1957 and 1977.

7. Yitzhak Berman (1913)

Israeli Politician

Yitzhak Berman was an Israeli politician who served as Minister of Energy and Infrastructure from August 1981 until September 1982. He was also Speaker of the Knesset from 1980 until...

8. Yosef Tamir (1915)

Israeli Politician

Yosef Tamir was an Israeli journalist politician lawyer and a professional javelin thrower.

9. Serhiy Zayets (1969)

Footballer

Serhiy Anatoliyovych Zayets is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1989 for FC Dynamo Kyiv.

10. Yuriy Krymarenko (1983)

Ukrainian High Jumper

Yuriy Krymarenko is a Ukrainian high jumper. His personal best performance is 2. 33 m. Krymarenko won a gold medal in the 2005 World Championships in Athletics clearing the height...

11. Alla Lysenko (1969)

Paralympic Rower

Alla Lysenko is a Paralympic rower for Ukraine. She lost her legs due to a car accident in 1996. She has been world champion twice and at the 2012 Summer...

12. Stefan Bobrowski (1840)

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Stefan Bobrowski was a Polish 19th-century politician and an activist for Polish independence. Bobrowski was a participant in the January Uprising and was one of the leaders of the Red...

13. Lyudmyla Kovalenko (1989)

Ukrainian Athlete

Lyudmyla Kovalenko is a Ukrainian athlete. Kovalenko won the silver medal at the 2012 European Championships in Helsinki in 5000m with result 15:12. 03.

14. Noach Pryłucki (1882)

Polish Politician And Academic

Noach Pryłucki or Noach Prilutski was a Jewish Polish politician from the Folkspartei. He was also a Yiddish linguist philologist lawyer and scholar of considerable renown.

15. Yuliya Olishevska (1989)

Ukrainian Athlete

Yuliya Olishevska is a Ukrainian athlete who competes in the sprint with a personal best time of 51. 68 seconds at the 400 metres event. Olishevska won the gold medal...

16. Aleksandr Khazin (Unknow)

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