List of personalities of the city of Dnipro

The following list contains people who were born in Dnipro and those who temporarily lived and worked there, each listed chronologically according to the year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.

Personalities born in Dnipro

To 1900

• Ludwig Choris (1795–1828), German-Russian painter, draftsman and explorer
• Rostislaw Andrejewitsch Fadejew (1824–1884), general in the Russian army and military writer
• Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831–1891), occultist and writer
• Jakow Dmitrijewitsch Malama (1841–1913), General
• Isaak Grigoryevich Orschanski (1851–1923), psychiatrist and university professor
• Vladimir Alexandrowitsch Beklemischew (1861-1919), sculptor and university professor
• Louis Friedsell (1863–1923), conductor and composer
• Alexander Andrejewitsch Svetschin (1878–1938), officer
• Samuel Belov (1884–1954), American violinist, violist and music teacher
• Mykola Stasjuk (1885–1943), Ukrainian politician
• Alexei Denissowitsch Diki (1889–1955), Soviet actor, theater director and director
• Moses Schönfinkel (1889–1942), Ukrainian-Soviet logician
• Vladimir Michailowitsch Korezki (1890–1984), Russian-Ukrainian lawyer
• Grigori Issaakowitsch Tschudnowski (1890-1918), Russian revolutionary
• Alexander Ivanovich Gegello (1891–1965), architect of constructivism and university lecturer
• Gregori Garbovitsky (1892–1954), Canadian violinist, conductor and music teacher
• Vladimir Strijewski (1892–1977), Russian film director, screenwriter and actor
• Grigori Naumowitsch Kaminski (1894–1938), Soviet politician
• Oleksandr Brodskyj (1895–1969), Russian chemist and physicist
• Elisabeth Pinajeff (1900–1995), Russian actress

1901 to 1950

• Hryhorij Epik (1901–1937), Ukrainian writer
• Fanny Rosenfeld (1903/04 / 05–1969), Canadian athlete
• Boris Voronzow-Veljaminow (1904–1994), Soviet astronomer and astrophysicist
• Leo Arnstam (1905–1979), Soviet film director and author
• Viktor Kravchenko (1905–1966), Soviet engineer and later trade diplomat
• Leonid Nemenow (1905–1980), Russian-Soviet nuclear physicist
• Pyotr Shirschow (1905–1953), politician and scientist
• Alexander Fainzimmer (1906–1982), film director
• Leonid Rudenko (1906-?), Soviet mayor, sales representative and lieutenant general of the Soviet Union Air Force
• César Tiempo (1906–1980), Argentine journalist, actor and writer
• Valentin Kargin (1907–1969), Soviet chemist and university professor
• Yevgeny Wuchetich (1908–1974), Soviet sculptor and artist
• Boris Goncharov (1909–1945), painter
• Wassili Margelow (1909–1990), Army General of the Soviet Airborne Forces
• Jewhen Bereznjak (1914–2013), Soviet-Ukrainian agent and major general
• Oleksiy Watschenko (1914–1984), Ukrainian-Soviet politician, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
• Edward Ginzton (1915–1998), Russian-American physicist
• Alissa Znamenskaya (1915–1995), Soviet aeronautical engineer
• Alexander Galitsch (1918–1977), Soviet poet, playwright and actor
• Oles Honchar (1918–1995), Ukrainian-Soviet writer, literary critic and social activist
• Ivan Kazanets (1918–2013), Ukrainian-Soviet politician, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (Head of Government) of the USSR
• Larissa Robiné (1918–2004), German translator
• Isaak Chalatnikow (* 1919), Soviet theoretical physicist
• Boris Sagal (1923–1981), American director
• Viktor Tschebrikow (1923–1999), Soviet politician
• Leonid Kogan (1924–1982), Soviet violin virtuoso
• Alexander Matrosov (1924–1943), symbolic figure of the Red Army and hero of the Soviet Union
• Wadim Sidur (1924–1986), Russian sculptor
• Valentin Galotschkin (1928–2006), Ukrainian-Russian sculptor
• Galina Matwijewskaja (* 1930), Soviet-Russian mathematician, orientalist and university professor
• Ilja Kabakow (* 1933), painter and conceptual artist
• Viktor Tschepischny (* 1934), Russian chess composer
• Eduard Browko (1936–1998), Soviet weightlifter
• Leonid Derkatsch (* 1939), politician, general and head of the secret service
• Konstantin Lopuschanski (* 1947), Soviet director
• Victor Dvoskin (* 1948), American jazz bassist, composer and university professor
• Leonid Levin (* 1948), American computer scientist
• Igor Morosow (* 1948), Russian-Ukrainian baritone

1951-1980

• Viktor Omeljanowytsch (* 1958), rower
• Anatolij Demjanenko (* 1959), football player and coach
• Yevhen Chervonenko (* 1959), politician
• Julija Tymoshenko (* 1960), Prime Minister of Ukraine from January to September 2005 and from December 2007 to March 2010
• Oleksandr Moros (1961–2009), chess player, chess official, referee and trainer
• Olena Puchajewa (* 1961), rower
• Volodymyr Lyutyj (* 1962), Ukrainian-Soviet football player and coach
• Eugen Tripolsky (* 1962), German chess referee and player
• Ihor Kolomojskyj (* 1963), patron and co-owner of PrivatBank and member of the Privat Group
• Inna Frolowa (* 1965), rower
• Alexander Golowko (* 1964), Russian general
• Valerija Hontarewa (* 1964), economist and president of the National Bank of Ukraine
• Oleg Protasov (* 1964), football player and coach
• Oleksandr Turchynow (* 1964), politician
• Viktoria Yevtushenko (born 1965), badminton player
• Inessa Krawez (* 1966), track and field athlete
• Oleh Twerdochleb (1969–1995), athlete
• Hennadij Korban (* 1970), businessman and politician
• Oleh Zarjow (* 1970), politician and separatist
• Ihor Matvijenko (* 1971), sailor
• Andrij Polunin (* 1971), football player
• Anschelina Schwatschka (* 1971), opera singer
• Jewhen Braslawez (* 1972), sailor
• Volodymyr Muntjan (* approx. 1972), sect founder
• Wladyslav Druchtschenko (* 1973), badminton player
• Oleh Lykow (* 1973), rower
• Mychajlo Sabrodskyj (* 1973), Major General of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
• Serhij Lebid (* 1975), long-distance runner
• Olena Nosdran (* 1975), badminton player
• Walentyn Hrekow (* 1976), judoka
• Maksim Ramashchanka (* 1976), Belarusian football player
• Oksana Bajul (* 1977), figure skater
• Oleksij Lukaschewytsch (* 1977), long jumper
• Serhiy Perchun (1977-2001), football goalkeeper
• Andrij Portnow (* 1979), historian and publicist
• Alik Gershon (* 1980), Israeli chess player
• Bohdan Nikischyn (* 1980), sword fencer

From 1981

• Igor Olshansky (* 1982), American football player
• Oleh Platow (born 1983), boxer
• Julija Nikolić (* 1983), North Macedonian handball player
• Larisa Griga (* 1984), badminton player
• Anastassija Karlowytsch (* 1982), chess player
• Julija Nikolajewna Obertas (* 1984), figure skater
• Dmytro Dubilet (* 1985), Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
• Oleksandr Pyatnytsya (* 1985), javelin thrower
• Inna Ryschych (* 1985), triathlete
• Lana Lux (* 1986), German-speaking writer, illustrator and actress
• Tatiana Wolossoschar (* 1986), Russian pair skater
• Marharyta Doroschon (* 1987), javelin thrower
• Kateryna Tarassenko (* 1987), rower
• Olessja Powch (* 1987), sprinter
• Ivan Serhejew (* 1988), tennis player
• Roman Neustädter (* 1988), German and Russian soccer player
• Hanna Jaroschtschuk (* 1989), hurdler
• Ljudmyla Kitschenok (* 1992), tennis player
• Nadija Kitschenok (* 1992), tennis player
• Anastassija Lebid (* 1993), athlete
• Jaroslawa Mahutschich (* 2001), high jumper

People related to Dnipro

• Alexander Sergejewitsch Pushkin (1799–1837) was exiled to Yekaterinoslav because of his political views .
• Oleksandr Pol (1832–1890), Ukrainian-Russian geologist, ethnographer, archaeologist and businessman, first honorary citizen of the city.
• Ivan Manschura (1851-1893); Ethnographer, folklorist and poet, worked and died in Dnipro
• Ivan Vasilyevich Babushkin (1873-1906) was exiled to what was then Yekaterinoslav because of his political views.
• Mykola Leontowytsch (1877–1921), composer / choir director, worked here as a teacher.
• Jossyp Bokschaj (1891–1975), painter, was used as a prisoner of war in the construction of the railway in Dnepropetrovsk.
• Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (1906-1982), was party leader of the CPSU from 1964 to 1982 and he was a four-time hero of the Soviet Union . Was party secretary in the Regional Committee (i.e. oblast secretary) of Dnepropetrovsk.
• Bruno Bergner (1923–1995), commercial artist, draftsman and painter, he was brought to Dnipropetrovsk as a prisoner of war and stayed there for 4 years.
• Wladimir Gelfand (1923–1983) was a Red Army officer in World War II and worked as a vocational school teacher until his death after the war.
• Pavlo Sahrebelnyj (1924–2009), writer, from 1946 to 1951 he studied at the philological faculty of the University in Dnipropetrovsk and initially worked for the regional newspaper in Dnipropetrovsk.
• Witold Fokin (* 1932), Prime Minister of Ukraine, studied at the Mining Institute in Dnepropetrovsk.
• Friedrich Naumowitsch Gorenstein (1932–2002), studied at the Mining Institute in Dnipropetrovsk.
• Alexander Vaisman (1938-2019), chess player, he is European champion in correspondence chess. In 1975 he won the Ukrainian chess championship in Dnepropetrovsk.
• Mark Aizikovitch (1946–2013), klezmer singer and actor, worked at the theater in Dnepropetrovsk.
• Hennadij Boholjubow (* 1962), completed a degree in civil engineering and is co-founder of PrivatBank .