Simferopol, Crimea

1. Ganna Rizatdinova (1993)

Ukrainian Gymnast

Rhythmic gymnast who made her Olympic debut at the 2012 games in London.

2. Oleksandr Usyk (1987)

Ukrainian Boxer

2008 lightweight European Amateur Boxing Champion, 2011 heavyweight World Amateur Boxing Champion, and 2012 heavyweight gold medalist at the 2012 London Olympic Games.

3. Yana Klochkova (1982)

Swimmer

Ukrainian swimmer and four-time Olympic gold medalist who won the 200 and 400 meter individual medley races in 2000 and 2004.

4. Nadya Dorofeeva (1990)

Pop Singer

Singer who captured the spotlight as one half of the Ukrainian pop duo Vremya i Steklo, who scored a huge hit with the song "Name 505" in 2015. She was previously...

5. Oleg Kotov (1965)

Russian Cosmonaut

Physician and Commander of Expedition 23 aboard the International Space Station.

6. Sergey Karjakin (1990)

Russian Chess Grandmaster

Chess Grandmaster and former child prodigy who is one of the top players in the world.

7. Stanislav Prychynenko (1991)

Footballer

Stanislav Prychynenko is a Ukrainian football defender who plays for SC Tavriya Simferopol in the Ukrainian Premier League. Prychynenko began his playing career with SC Tavriya Simferopol's youth team. Than...

8. Oleksiy Khramtsov (1975)

Footballer

Oleksiy Khramtsov is a professional Ukrainian football defender who played for different clubs in the Ukrainian Premier League. He is plays currently for the club of Navbahor Namangan in...

9. Oleksiy Osipov (1975)

Footballer

Oleksiy Osipov is a former Ukrainian football player.

10. Ivan Rybovalov (1981)

Olympic Pistol Shooter

Ivan Rybovalov is a Ukrainian sport shooter. He won two bronze medals in both air and free pistol at the ISSF World Cup series. Rybovalov represented Ukraine at the 2008...

11. Alexander Onischuk (1975)

Chess Player

Alexander Onischuk is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster. Originally from Ukraine he immigrated to the United States in 2001. He was the 2006 U. S. Chess Champion. He is currently...

12. Konstantin Efetov (1958)

Russian Biologist And Biochemist

Konstantin Alexandrovich Efetov is a biologist and biochemist the Honored Scientist of Ukraine Professor Dr. Biol. Sci. Head of the Department of Biological Chemistry and Laboratory of Biotechnology of the...

13. Maya Jalloul (1990)

Lebanese Chess Player

Maya Jalloul is a Lebanese chess champion. She won the Lebanese women championship in 2009 the Arab U-18 women championship in 2007 and was the second in the Arab women...

14. Vyacheslav Bazylevych (1990)

Ukrainian Footballer

Vyacheslav Anatoliyovych Bazylevych is a Ukrainian football goalkeeper who plays for FC Krymteplytsia Molodizhne in the Ukrainian First League.

15. Denis Osadchenko (1990)

Football (soccer) Player

Denis Osadchenko is a Ukrainian-German football player who plays for Berliner AK.

16. Oleksiy Babyr (1990)

Footballer

Oleksiy Babyr is a Ukrainian football striker who last time played on loan for Hoverla Uzhhorod in the Ukrainian Premier League. Babyr is the member of Ukraine national under-21 football...

17. Vitaliy Shchedov (1987)

Track Cyclist

Vitaliy Shchedov is a Ukrainian professional racing cyclist.

18. Nikolai Yevgenyevich Markov (1866)

Leader Of The Union Of The Russi

Nikolai Yevgenyevich Markov known as Markov II or Markov the Second was a Russian right wing political figure who was a leading figure in the Union of the Russian...

19. Kyrylo Davydov (1988)

Footballer

Kyrylo Davydov is a Ukrainian football defender who played for SC Tavriya Simferopol in the Ukrainian Premier League. Davydov began his playing career with SC Tavriya Simferopol's youth team. He...

20. Serhiy Demydyuk (1982)

Athletics (sport) Competitor

Serhiy Demydyuk is a Ukrainian hurdler. He won a bronze medal at the 2003 Summer Universiade and competed at the 2004 Olympics where was knocked out in the heats. He...

21. Serhiy Velychko (1976)

Footballer

Serhiy Mykolayovych Velychko born 9 August 1976 Simferopol Crimea Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian football goalkeeper who plays for Vorskla Poltava in the Ukrainian Premier League.

22. Adolph Joffe (1883)

Soviet Diplomat

Adolph Abramovich Joffe was a Communist revolutionary a Bolshevik politician and a Soviet diplomat of Karaite descent.

23. Daniel Kluger (1951)

Israeli Writer

Daniel Kluger Russian: Даниэль Мусеевич Клугер is an Israeli writer in science fiction and detective genres. He writes in Russian language. Born in the former Soviet Union. Graduated from Simferopol...

24. Anna Ivanovna Petrova (1962)

Soviet Artist

Anna Petrova is an artist-monumentalist who has made a significant contribution to the creation recreation and restoration of monuments of history and religion of the Crimea.

25. Maksym Prykhodnoy (1992)

Footballer

Maksym Prykhodnoy is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder who currently plays for Ukrainian Premier League club SC Tavriya Simferopol. Prykhodnoy was born in the family of amateur footballer Serhiy Prykhodonoy...

26. Oleksandr Bilozerskyi (1964)

Footballer

Oleksandr Pavlovych Bilozerskyi is a Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player. As of 2009 he manages the SC Tavriya Simferopol Reserves and Youth Team.

27. Igor Bezler (1965)

unknow

Igor Bezler is one of the self-defense force leaders whose group is controlling the local police department in Horlivka. He is said to have participated in the 2014 Crimean crisis...

28. Tetyana Yakybchuk (1968)

Paralympic Athlete Of Ukraine

Tetyana Yakybchuk is a Paralympian track and field athlete from Ukraine competing mainly in throwing events. She competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens Greece. There she won a...

29. Sergey Shakhray (1956)

Russian Politician

Sergey Mikhaylovich Shakhray is a Russian politician. He is a co-author of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. December 1991 – March 1992 November 1992 – January 1994 April...

30. Kateryna Serebrianska (1977)

Gymnast

Kateryna Serebrianska is a Ukrainian former individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 1996 Olympics gold medalist the 1995 World All-around champion and a two time European All-around champion.

31. Şeref Osmanoğlu (1989)

Triple Jumper

Şeref Osmanoğlu is a Ukrainian-born Turkish athlete who competes in the triple jump and occasionally long jump. He won gold medal at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships with a...

32. Rostislaw Wygranienko (1978)

Polish Musician

Rostislaw Wygranienko is a Polish concert organist pianist and musicologist of Ukrainian origin. In 2003 he graduated from the Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy Warsaw where he studied with Joachim Grubich....

33. Andriy Sokolenko (1978)

Footballer

Andriy Sokolenko is a Ukrainian football defender who plays for Kharkiv in the Ukrainian Premier League.

34. Alexander Zhitinsky (1941)

Russian Journalist

Alexander Nikolayevich Zhitinsky was a Russian writer and journalist. He used the pseudonyms Rock-diletant МАССА and Maccolit. He was born into the family of a military pilot on January 19...

35. Natalia Popova (1993)

Ukrainian Figure Skater

Natalia Popova is a Ukrainian figure skater. She is a four-time Ukrainian national champion and has won five senior international medals. Popova trains in Hackensack New Jersey while her family...

36. Denys Holaydo (1984)

Footballer

Denys Holaydo is a Ukrainian football midfielder who is currently playing for Slutsk. He debuted for the Ukraine national football team on Wednesday 26 March 2008 where he gave an...

37. Ilya Selvinsky (1899)

Russian Poet

Ilya Selvinsky was a Russian poet poet dramatist memoirist and essayist. was born in Simferopol Crimea. The grandson of a Crimean Jew Selvinsky grew up in Evpatoriya in the family...

38. Andriy Zborovskyi (1986)

Footballer

Andriy Zborovskyi is a Ukrainian football midfielder for PFC Sevastopol in the Ukrainian Premier League.

39. Aleh Slautin (1986)

Footballer

Aleh Slautsin is a Belarusian professional football player who is currently a free agent.

40. Simon Soloveychik (Unknow)

Russia Writer And Philosopher

Simon L'vovich Soloveychik was a Russian publicist educator and social philosopher.

41. Evhen Tsybulenko (1972)

Ukrainian Legal Scholar

Evhen Tsybulenko is an Estonian legal scholar of Ukrainian descent. He is a founder and director of the Tallinn Law School's Human Rights Centre at the Tallinn University of...

42. Denis Bouriakov (1981)

Russian Musician

Denis V. Bouriakov is a Russian flautist and principal flutist of the New York Metropolitan Opera.

43. Oleg Sentsov (1976)

Director

44. Tatyana Polovinskaya (1965)

Athletics (sport) Competitor

Tatyana Polovinskaya is a retired long-distance runner from Ukraine who represented the Soviet Union in the women's marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul South Korea finishing in fourth...

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