1. Sergei Polunin (1989)

Ukrainian Ballet Dancer

Principal ballet dancer famous for his work with the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre and the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre. He has also performed outside of Russia...

2. Larisa Latynina (1934)

Gymnast

Soviet gymnast who won 14 Olympic medals, including 9 golds over 3 different Olympics. Her medal total was surpassed only by Michael Phelps.

3. Leanna Bartlett (1985)

Model

Ukrainian model known for her extensive experience working car shows, particularly as a Toyo Tires girl. In 2013, she worked as a Rock Star Energy Girl. She began shooting with...

4. Misha Romanova (1990)

Pop Singer

Pop singer who is a former member of the Russian-Ukrainian group Nu Virgos. She has over 500,000 followers on her misharomanova Instagram account.

5. Inna Shevchenko (1990)

Ukrainian Feminist

Famous as a leader of the radical feminist group FEMEN, Shevchenko was involved in the organization of numerous topless protests that sought to bring attention to the damaging effects of...

6. Yulia Emelyanova (1975)

Footballer

Yulia Emelyanova is an Ukrainian football player currently playing as a striker for ShVSM Izmailovo in the Russian Championship. She previously played for Energiya VoronezhShe is a member of the...

7. Tatiana Lysenko (1975)

Gymnast

Tatiana Felixivna Lysenko is a Soviet and Ukrainian former gymnast who had her senior competitive career from 1990 to 1994. Lysenko was a member of the Soviet Union team during...

8. Serhiy Vasylyovych Shevchenko (1958)

Ukrainian Footballer And Manager

Serhiy Vasylyovych Shevchenko is a former Soviet striker and a Ukrainian coach.

9. Max Barskih (1990)

Ukrainian Singer

Max Barskih is a Ukrainian singer. His real name is Mykola Bortnyk and he was born on March 8 1990. He was born in the town of Kherson in USSR....

10. Irina Chelushkina (1961)

Chess Player

Irina Cheluskina is a Serbian chess player originally Ukrainian and a woman grandmaster. She has won the USSR Women's Chess Championship once the Women's Yugoslav Chess Championship three times and...

11. Inna Gaponenko (1976)

Chess Player

Inna Yanovska also known as Inna Gaponenko is a Ukrainian chess player an International Master. She was the no. 5 player in the Ukrainian women's team which won the bronze...

12. Sergei Garmash (1958)

Actor

Sergei Leonidovich Garmash or Serhiy Leonidovych Harmash PAR is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actor of Ukrainian origin. He is a People's Artist of Russia. In 2013...

13. Andriy Protsenko (1988)

Ukrainian High Jumper

Andriy Oleksiyovich Protsenko is a Ukrainian high jumper. He won the silver medal at the 2007 European Junior Championships and the bronze medal at the 2009 European U23 Championships. He...

14. Inna Sayenko (1982)

Athletics (sport) Competitor

Inna Oleksandrivna Sayenko is a Ukrainian hammer thrower. Her personal best throw is 70. 96 metres achieved in July 2008 in Kiev. She competed at the 2008 Olympic Games without...

15. Alexander Sirota (1976)

Ukrainian Photographer

Alexander Sirota ; — Ukrainian photographer journalist filmmaker. He writes in Russian and Ukrainian languages. As a former inhabitant of city Pripyat and an eye-witness and victim of the 1986...

16. Alexandra Sviridova (1951)

American Journalist

Alexandra Sviridova is a writer journalist and filmmaker from Moscow Russia. Her great-grandfather was the famous Rabbi Finkelstein of Czarist Russia.

17. Georgy Arbatov (1923)

Soviet/russian Political Scienti

Georgy Arkadyevich Arbatov was a Soviet and Russian political scientist who served as an adviser to five General Secretaries of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and was best...

18. Oleksandr Karavayev (1992)

Footballer

Oleksandr Karavayev is a Ukrainian football striker who plays on loan for FC Sevastopol in the Ukrainian Premier League. Karavayev was the member of different Ukrainian national football teams. He...

19. Yuri Shvets (1952)

Kgb Officer

Yuri B. Shvets was a Major in the KGB during the years 1980-1990. From April 1985 to 1987 he worked in the Washington Rezidentura of the KGB. He graduated in...

20. Vladimir Nikolayenko (1960)

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21. Yuriy Maksymov (1968)

Ukrainian Footballer

Yuriy Vilyovych Maksymov is a Ukrainian football coach and a former midfielder. His career achievements saw him inducted into the Viktor Leonenko Hall of Fame in March 2012.

22. Oleksandr Marchenko (1968)

Rower

Oleksandr Mykolaiovych Marchenko is a Ukrainian rower. He and his partner Vasil Yakusha won the bronze medal for the Soviet Union in the double sculls competition at the 1988 Summer...

23. Sergei Stanishev (1966)

Bulgarian Politician

Sergei Dmitrievich Stanishev is a Bulgarian politician who has been the leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party since 2001 and the leader of the Party of European Socialists the second-largest...

24. Olha Nikolayenko (1983)

Ukrainian Handball Player

Olha Nikolayenko is a Ukrainian handballer who plays for Ferencvárosi TC and the Ukrainian national team. She was listed among the top ten goalscorers at the 2009 World Women's Handball...

25. Maksym Startsev (1980)

Footballer

Maksym Startsev is a Ukrainian goalkeeper who plays for Metalurh Zaporizhya in the Ukrainian Premier League. He has also played for Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and Tavriya Simferopol all...

26. Viktor Kovalenko (1996)

Uzbekistani Ice Dancer

Viktor Kovalenko is an Uzbekistani ice dancer who competes with Elizaveta Tretiakova. With former partner Anna Nagornyuk he placed 10th at the 2013 World Junior Championships.

27. Ihor Nichenko (1971)

Footballer Football Coach

Ihor Hryhorovych Nichenko Ukrainian: Ігор Ніченко a Ukrainian footballer coach.

28. Andriy Borzukov (1971)

Ukrainian Canoeist

Andrey Borzukov is a Ukrainian sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s. He won two medals in the K-4 200 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint...

29. Roman Vintov (1978)

Russian Footballer

Roman Vasilyevich Vintov is a Russian professional football player. Currently he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Kaluga. His younger brother Maksim Vintov is also a footballer.

30. Maryna Vergelyuk (1978)

Handball Player

Maryna Vergelyuk is a Ukrainian team handball player. She received a bronze medal with the Ukrainian national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

31. Oleksandr Konovaliuk (1978)

Rower

Oleksandr Konovaliuk is a Ukrainian rower. He competed in the Men's eight event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

32. Denys Shelikhov (1989)

Footballer

Denys Shelikhov is a professional Ukrainian football goalkeeper playing in the professional Ukrainian Premier League club FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.

33. Aleksei Kruchenykh (1886)

Russian Writer

Aleksei Eliseevich Kruchenykh or Kruchonykh or Kruchyonykh a well-known poet of the Russian Silver Age was perhaps the most radical poet of Russian Futurism a movement that included Vladimir Mayakovsky...

34. Mircea Ionescu-Quintus (1917)

Romanian Politician

Mircea Ionescu-Quintus is a Romanian politician former Senator and Minister of Justice.

35. Viktoriya Borshchenko (1986)

Ukrainian Handball Player

Viktoriya Borshchenko is a Ukrainian handballer player for Rostov-Don and the Ukrainian national team. She moved to Rostov-Don in June 2013.

36. Daria Tykhova (1986)

Sports Shooter

Daria Tykhova is a Ukrainian sports shooter. She competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.

37. Irina Buryachok (1986)

Tennis Player

Irina Buryachok is a professional Ukrainian tennis player. On June 14 2010 she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of no. 183 whilst her best doubles ranking was no....

38. Vitalii Doroshenko (1994)

Ukrainian Footballer

Vitalii Doroshenko is an Ukrainian-Portuguese footballer playing for Doxa Katokopias in the Cypriot First Division.

39. Valery Goborov (1966)

Basketball Player

Valery Grigoryevich Goborov was a Soviet basketball player. He won gold medal at 1988 Summer Olympics and was a champion of the USSR League. September 7 1989 he died in...

40. Ivan Yenin (1994)

Footballer

Ivan Vladimirovich Yenin is a Russian football midfielder who currently plays for FC Vityaz Podolsk. He made his debut in the Russian Second Division for FC Vityaz Podolsk on April...

41. Aleski Igraev (1972)

Ukrainian Canoeist

Aleski Igraev is a Ukrainian sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid-1990s. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona he finished eighth in the C-2 1000 m event...

42. Vladimir Lebed (1973)

Footballer

Vladimir Anatolyevich Lebed is a retired Russian football player.

43. Viktoria Karpenko (1981)

Ukrainian Former Gymnast

Viktoria Karpenko is a World Championships silver medalist and 2000 Olympian in artistic gymnastics. She began gymnastics at the age of four and went on to become the Ukrainian National...

44. Serhiy Tretyak (1963)

Footballer

Serhiy Volodymyrovych Tretyak is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. Tretyak made his professional debut in the Soviet First League in 1982 for SKA Odessa. In 1992 Tretyak moved to Israel...