List of personalities of the city of Donetsk
The following list contains people who were born in Donetsk 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 Donetsk
To 1900
- Zalman Aran (1899–1970), Israeli politician
1900-1950
- Viktor Müller (1913–1967), German entrepreneur and slot machine inventor
- Yevgeny Chaldei (1917–1997), photographer
- Jakow Gegusin (1918–1987), physicist
- Volodymyr Husjew (1927-2014), Ukrainian-Soviet politician
- Emma Andijewska (* 1931), Ukrainian poet, writer and painter
- Anatoly Solovyanenko (1932–1999), opera singer
- Juchym Swjahilskyj (* 1933), Ukrainian politician
- Wiktor Kompanijez (* 1937), discus thrower
- Anatoli Fomenko (* 1945), Russian mathematician and lecturer at Lomonossow University in Moscow
- Volodymyr Rybak (* 1946), Ukrainian politician
- Natan Sharanski (* 1948), Soviet dissident and author
From 1950
- Pavel Gililov (* 1950), Russian pianist
- Valery Pidluschnyj (* 1952), long jumper
- Petro Symonenko (* 1952), First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine
- Wladislaw Sasypko (* 1953), Soviet boxer
- Viktor Ivanov (1956-2007), Soviet boxer
- Viktor Jewsjukow (* 1956), Kazakh athlete
- Ilya Mate (* 1956), Soviet wrestler
- Heinrich Martens (* 1956), Russian-German cultural activist
- Oleksandr Prohnimak (* 1958), politician and businessman
- Viktor Tschanow (1959-2017), soccer goalkeeper
- Maryna Zwihun (* 1960), Ukrainian journalist and former religious leader
- Alexander Jagubkin (1961-2013), Russian boxer
- Andrij Kljujew (* 1964), politician
- Rinat Akhmetov (* 1966), entrepreneur and dollar billionaire
- Renat Kusmin (* 1967), lawyer
- Jurij Suchorukow (* 1968), marksman
- Serhij Kljujew (* 1969), manager and politician
- Alexander Lebsjak (* 1969), Russian boxer
- Vitaly Parachnewytsch (* 1969), football player
- Serhiy Shcherbakov (* 1971), football player
- Dmytro Tschernjawskyj (* 1971), manager
- Georg Jablukov (* 1972), German ice hockey referee
- Andrij Purhin (* 1972), separatist
- Alexei Borodin (* 1975), Russian mathematician
- Serhiy Arbusov (* 1976), businessman, economist and politician
- Alexander Sachartschenko (1976–2018), from 2014 Prime Minister of the unrecognized Donetsk People's Republic
- Serhij Tschernjawskyj (* 1976), cyclist
- Oleg Tverdowski (* 1976), Russian-Ukrainian ice hockey player
- Denys Yurchenko (* 1978), pole vaulter
- Yevhen Miroshnychenko (* 1978), chess player
- Lilija Podkopajewa (* 1978), artistic gymnast
- Andrij Worobej (* 1978), football player
- Denys Lyaschko (* 1980), football player
- Oleksij Bjelik (* 1981), football player
- Julija Bejhelsymer (* 1983), tennis player
- Anastasiya Kravchenko (* 1983), dancer and dance sports trainer
- Olha Saladucha (* 1983), triple jumper
- Oleksij Petscherow (* 1985), basketball player
- Olha Sawtschuk (* 1987), tennis player
- Stanislaw Assjejew (* 1989), journalist and writer
- Oleksandr Martynenko (* 1989), track and road cyclist
- Dani Schahin (* 1989), German soccer player
- Julia Glushko (* 1990), Israeli tennis player
- Bohdan Butko (* 1991), football player
- Wladyslaw Kulatsch (* 1993), football player
- Oleh Wernjajew (* 1993), artistic gymnast
- Marina Goljadkina (* 1997), Russian synchronized swimmer
- Issuf Sanon (* 1999), basketball player
Honorary citizen
- Mircea Lucescu (* 1945), Romanian football coach
People related to Donetsk
- John Hughes (1815–1889), businessman and founder of the first factory in Donetsk
- Serhij Bubka (* 1963), Ukrainian pole vaulter