50.4500° N, 30.5237° E
KIEV
Most Famous People Born in Kiev, Ukraine
- Notable people
- 1,654
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1963
- Most distinctive
- Skater 9.8×
A Rus' capital that has been reinvented every few centuries and still carries every layer in the bench. Kiev's distinctive professions are figure skaters, chess masters, fencers, gymnasts, and pianists — the legacy of a long Soviet athletic and conservatory school — alongside the princes and princesses of the 10th- and 11th-century Rurikid dynasty. Bulgakov, Malevich, Golda Meir, Vladimir Horowitz, and Igor Sikorsky all belong to this bench, born within a few decades of each other in a city that then scattered them.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Kiev during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Kiev Is Known For
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Football is Kiev's biggest profession — 15% of all notables (243).
Kiev over-indexes on skater — 9.8× the global rate.
Kiev under-produces politician — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Kiev's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Field: Hockey Clear ×
Ruslan Fedotenko
Born 1979
Nikolay Zherdev
Born 1984
Alexei Ponikarovsky
Born 1980
Alexei Zhitnik
Born 1972
Dmitri Khristich
Born 1969
Anton Babchuk
Born 1984
Alexander Almetov
1940 - 1992
Vitaly Anikeyenko
1987 - 2011
Daniil Sobchenko
1991 - 2011
Alexei Mikhnov
Born 1982
Serhiy Varlamov
Born 1978
Kostiantyn Simchuk
Born 1974
Sergei Gaiduchenko
Born 1989
Vadym Shakhraychuk
Born 1974
Kostiantyn Kasianchuk
Born 1979
Serhiy Klymentiev
Born 1975
Alexander Godynyuk
Born 1970
Andriy Mikhnov
Born 1983
Oleksandr Materukhin
Born 1981
Ignat Zemchenko
Born 1992
Igor Karpenko
Born 1976
Oleg Shafarenko
Born 1981
Andriy Sryubko
Born 1975
Egor Shastin
Born 1982
Artyom Vaszjunyin
Born 1984
Dmytro Tolkunov
Born 1979
Yuri Gunko
Born 1972
Viktor Andrushchenko
Born 1986
Youri Diatchenko
Born 1982
Oleh Blahoj
Born 1979
Vyacheslav Zavalnyuk
Born 1974
Witalij Ljutkewytsch
Born 1980
Borys Protsenko
Born 1978
Pavel Padakin
Born 1994
Oleksandr Seukand
Born 1950
Aleksandr Kouzminski
Born 1972
Witalij Sementschenko
Born 1974
Dmytro Nimenko
Born 1988
Alexander Vasilevski (ice hockey, born 1975)
Born 1975
Vitali Lakhmatov
Born 1986
Olexander Pobjedonoszew
Born 1981
Roman Blagoy
Born 1987
Igor Gongalsky
Born 1986
Vladislav Sierov
1978 - 2012
Valentyn Oletsky
Born 1971
Jurij Nawarenko
Born 1979
Olexander Matwijtschuk
Born 1975
Vasyl Bobrovnikov
Born 1971
Vitali Donika
Born 1982
Serhij Chartschenko
Born 1976
Vyacheslav Timchenko
Born 1971
Wolodymyr Aleksyuk
Born 1987
Wiktor Sacharow
Born 1994
Artem Bondarew
Born 1983
Bogdan Savenko
Born 1974
Alex Mukhanov
Born 1976
Olexander Karaulschtschuk
Born 1983
Denys Petruchno
Born 1989
Kostjantyn Rjabenko
Born 1983
Kyrylo Katrytsch
Born 1984
Jewhen Napnenko
Born 1988
Maksym Kwittschenko
Born 1990
Serhij Tschernenko
Born 1984
Wsewolod Tolstuschko
Born 1993
Jewhen Pyssarenko
Born 1980
Jurij Petranhowskyj
Born 1994
Oleksandr Fedorov
Born 1978
Serhij Kusmik
Born 1995
Igor Slyusar
Born 1989
Ievgueni Chiriaïev
Born 1989
Jewhen Tymtschenko
Born 1996
Kyrylo Schownir
Born 1997
Serhij Babynez
Born 1987
Heorhyj Kitscha
Born 1990
Pawlo Yachnyk
Born 1993
Dmytro Tschernyschenko
Born 1994
Oleksei Voytsekhovsky
Born 1987
Andriy Savchenko (ice hockey)
Born 1972