List of personalities of the city of Mykolaiv
The following list contains people who were born in Mykolaiv as well as 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 Mykolaiv
To 1900
- Alexander Podschio (1798–1873), Russian writer and Decembrist
- Gottlieb Friedrich Alexandrowitsch von Glasenapp (1811-1892), Russian admiral, military governor of Mykolaiv
- Samuel Greigh (1827-1887), statesman
- Viktor Knorre (1840–1919), Russian astronomer of German descent
- Eugen Karl von Knorre (1848–1917), civil engineer
- Stepan Makarow (1849–1904), Russian admiral, oceanographer, polar explorer and writer
- Mykola Zytowytsch (1861–1919), Ukrainian lawyer, economist, professor and university rector
- David Aizman (1869–1922), Russian writer and playwright
- Dimitrij von Prokofieff (1879–1950), Russian-German painter
- Georgi Brussilow (1884–1914), Russian naval officer and polar explorer
- Nathalie Lissenko (1884–1969), Russian actress
- Moissei Kharitonov (1887–1948), Soviet politician
- Alexander Schaichet (1887–1964), Swiss violinist, violist and conductor
- Iwan Kodazki (1893-1937), Soviet statesman and functionary of the CPSU
- Maria Orska (1893–1930), actress
- Arkadi Sheikhet (1898–1959), Soviet photographer
- Gregory Breit (1899–1981), American physicist
1900-1950
- Sy Bartlett (1900–1978), American screenwriter and film producer
- Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902-1994), Rebbe of the Chabad movement
- Art Hodes (1904-1993), jazz musician
- Boris Brainin (1905–1996), Austrian poet, satirist, translator
- Wladimir Bron (1909–1985), Russian chess composer
- Ossip K. Flechtheim (1909–1998), German political scientist and futurologist
- Hans Werner Lissmann (1909–1995), Russian-German-British zoologist
- Paul A. Baran (1910–1964), American economist
- Leonid Wyscheslavskyj (1914–2002), writer and literary critic
- Viktor Ivanov (* 1921), Ukrainian shipbuilding engineer
- Yuri Nossenko (1927–2008), Soviet agent
- Vladimir Chernavin (* 1928), Soviet-Russian fleet admiral
- Klym Tschurjumow (1937–2016), astronomer and children's book author
- Valerius Geist (* 1938), biologist
From 1950
- Alexander Kletsel (* 1959), Ukrainian-German gynecologist and obstetrician
- Igor Lifanov (born 1965), Russian actor
- Hennadij Subko (* 1967), politician
- Ilarij (1969–2018), Orthodox Archbishop
- Switlana Kysseljowa (* 1971), dressage rider
- Irena Kogan (* 1973), Israeli sociologist
- Oksana Zyhuljowa (* 1973), trampoline gymnast
- Mychajlo Chalilow (* 1975), racing cyclist
- Olena Mowtschan (* 1976), trampoline gymnast
- Oleg Maschkin (* 1979), amateur boxer
- Mykola Babytsch (* 1980), beach volleyball player
- Mychailo Fomin (* 1981), mountaineer
- Iryna Syssojenko (* 1982), lawyer and politician
- Katerina Rohonyan (* 1984), chess player
- Saşa Yunisoğlu (* 1985), Azerbaijani-Ukrainian football player
- Witalij Buz (* 1986), racing cyclist
- Olena Fedorowa (* 1986), water diver
- Olha Romanowska (* 1986), singer, presenter and fashion designer
- Olha Wolkowa (* 1986), freestyle skier
- Olena Chomrowa (* 1987), saber fencer and Olympic champion
- Nikita Rukavytsya (* 1987), Australian football player
- Olena Burjak (* 1988), rower
- Illja Kwascha (* 1988), water diver
- Evgenija Shmirina (* 1989), German-Ukrainian chess player
- Olha Charlan (* 1990), saber fencer and Olympic champion
- Nikolai Jakuschow (* 1990), Russian biathlete
- Oksana Okunjewa (* 1990), high jumper
- Julija Kasarinowa (* 1992), badminton player
- Kateryna Koslowa (* 1994), tennis player
- Wladlen Yurchenko (* 1994), football player
- Julija Tschumachenko (* 1994), high jumper