text: Notable people Peter Arshinov (1886–1937) – Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary and intellectual, chronicled the history of the Makhnovshchina, a stateless anarchist society in Ukraine.
  Helena Blavatsky (1831–1891) – founder of Theosophical Society.
  Oles Honchar (1918–1995) – Ukrainian writer and public figure and member of the Ukrainian parliament.
  Oleksandr Turchynov (born 1964) – Former Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine.
  Gennadiy Bogolyubov (born 1961/1962) – Ukrainian-Cypriot-Israeli billionaire businessman, Privat Group.
  Valentyn Reznichenko (born 1972) – The Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast 2020–2023.
  Borys Filatov (born 1972) – The current Mayor of Dnipro.
  Yuriy Tkach (born 1983) Ukrainian comedian and actor.
  Kyrylo Tymoshenko (born 1989) Ukrainian politician who served as deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine 2019–2023.
  Viktor Chebrikov (1923–1999) – head of the KGB 1982–1988.
  Dmytro Derevytskyy (born 1973) – Ukrainian entrepreneur
  Katherine Esau (1898–1997) German-American botanist.
  Vsevolod Garshin (1855–1888) – Russian author of short stories.
  Helen Gerardia (1903–1988) – American painter.
  Linor Goralik (born 1975) flash fiction author, poet and essayist.
  Ilya Kabakov (born 1933) – Russian–American conceptual artist.
  Pavlo Khazan (born 1974) – Ukrainian ecologist and politician.
  Ihor Kolomoyskyi (born 1963 – U.S.-indicted Ukrainian-Cypriot-Israeli billionaire businessman, Privat Group.
  Leonid Kogan (1924–1982) – violinist.
  Yuri Krasny (born 1946) — educational theorist.
  Victor Kravchenko (1905–1966) Soviet defector.