Notable Alumni of National Technical University of Ukraine Kyiv Polytechnic Institute [Sorted List]

1. Volodymyr Turkevych

1958-. (aged 68)

scientist

Volodymyr Zinoviiovych Turkevych is a scientist in the field of study of the physicochemical aspects of the superhard materials synthesis under high pressures and temperatures, the study of the thermodynamics and kinetics crystallization of diamond and cubic boron nitride at high pressures and temperatures, thermophysical instruments development. Doctor of Science (1996), professor (2011), corresponding member of National Academy of Sciences...

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2. Karlis Zalts

1885-1953 (aged 68)

folklorist mathematician

Karlis Zalts was a Latvian mathematician with wide-ranging interests in topics such as mechanical calculators, statistics and nomography as well as folklore, education, and philosophy. His publications on folklore prevented him from publishing after 1946 by the Soviet Union.

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3. Valeriy Asadchev

1953-. (aged 73)

politician

Valeriy Mykhailovych Asadchev is a Ukrainian politician and engineering technologist who served as Governor of Poltava Oblast from 2006 to 2010. He was previously a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 1998 to 2006, elected from the proportional list of the People's Movement of Ukraine and Kyiv's Podilskyi District.

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4. Józef Korbicz

1951-. (aged 75)

engineer

Józef Korbicz is a Polish engineer, a full professor at the University of Zielona Góra, Poland, and a full member of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw.

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5. Artem Kachanovskyi

1992-. (aged 34)

athlete

Artem Volodymyrovych Kachanovskyi is a 2-dan professional go player from Ukraine. He was the fifth player to be awarded professional status by the European Go Federation, in 2016. He has won the European Grand Slam tournament twice, in 2017 and 2021, and was runner-up in the European Championship four times, in 2010, 2019, 2021 and 2022. He placed third in...

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6. Ihor Didenko

1967-. (aged 59)

politician

Ihor Anatoliyovych Didenko is a Ukrainian politician, People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 8th Convocation, member of the parliamentary faction Self Reliance.

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7. Yevhen Holitsynsky

1878-1932 (aged 54)

diplomat

Yevhen Mykolaiovych Holitsynsky was a Ukrainian diplomat. In 1918 he attempted to implement his idea of an independent Ukraine and went to Washington, D.C. to obtain the US government's recognition of the Ukrainian People's Republic.

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8. Andrii Mykhailyk

1957-. (aged 69)

journalist

Andriy Mykhaylyk is a film director, journalist, author, cameraman, and publicist.

9. Sergei Udovik

1956-. (aged 70)

writer journalist publisher political scientist photographer

Sergei Leonidovich Udovik is a Ukrainian publisher, writer, journalist, photographer and system analyst. He is the director and chief editor of “Vakler” publishing company. He is a member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine, and has authored of about 100 research papers and articles on various subjects.

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10. Boris Yakovlevich Bukreev

1859-1962 (aged 103)

mathematician university teacher

Boris Yakovlevich Bukreev was a Russian and Soviet mathematician who worked in the areas of complex functions and differential equations. He studied Fuchsian functions of rank zero. He was interested in projective and non-Euclidean geometry. He worked on differential invariants and parameters in the theory of surfaces, and also wrote many papers on the history of mathematics.

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11. Anatoliy O. Morozov

1939-. (aged 87)

computer scientist

Anatoly Alekseevich Morozov is a Ukrainian scientist in the field of cybernetics. He is a Full Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, a Full member (Academician) of the International Academy of Information Science and the Academy of Technological Sciences of Russia and the President of the Academy of Technological Sciences of Ukraine.

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12. Alexey Stakhov

1939-2021 (aged 82)

computer scientist engineer university teacher mathematician

Alexey Petrovich Stakhov was a Ukrainian-Canadian mathematician, inventor and engineer, who has made contributions to the theory of Fibonacci numbers and the "Golden Section" and their applications in computer science and measurement theory and technology. Doctor of computer science (1972), professor (1974). Author of over 500 publications, 14 books and 65 international patents.

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13. George Gogotsi

1930-. (aged 96)

physicist

Geо́rge Antо́novych Gogо́tsi is a soviet Ukrainian scientist, professor of solid mechanics, doctor of science, and leading researcher of the Pisarenko Institute for Problems of Strength of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

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14. Ivan Dovgodko

1989-. (aged 37)

rower

Ivan Viktorovych Dovhodko is a Ukrainian rower. He competed in the quadruple sculls at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal in the quadruple sculls at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, setting a new world's best time. He has won a gold, two silvers and a bronze in the quadruple sculls at European level.

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15. Dmytro Kysylevsky

1983-. (aged 43)

entrepreneur politician

Dmytro Davydovych Kysylevskyi is a Ukrainian politician currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from Ukraine's 24th electoral district as a member of Servant of the People since 2019. He is Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Economic Development.

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16. Antin Vasynchuk

1885-1935 (aged 50)

minister politician

Anton Klimentievich Vasinchuk is a Ukrainian public and political figure, the founder of the Rodnaya Khata society and the newspaper Our Life.

17. Volodymyr Yezhov

1984-2022 (aged 38)

game designer

Volodymyr Anatoliyovych Yezhov was a Ukrainian video game developer, game designer and later a soldier. He was one of the developers of the game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. He participated in the defence of Ukraine against the Russian invasion and died during the Battle of Bakhmut.

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18. Stanislav Stashevskyi

1943-. (aged 83)

politician

Stanislav Stashevsky is a Ukrainian politician and statesman. People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 4th and 5th convocations. Candidate of Technical Sciences (since 1999).

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19. Natalya Semenchenko

1976-. (aged 50)

journalist lecturer

Natalya Semenchenko is a DPhil in Economics, professor, writer and publicist, Head of the Center of scientific thought "Dosvіd".

20. Oleksandr Danchenko

1974-. (aged 52)

politician

Oleksandr Ivanovych Danchenko is a Ukrainian politician. He was elected to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) in the October 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, appearing 10th on the party list of Self Reliance. Formerly the CEO of a telecom provider Data Group, in 2014-2019 headed the Parliamentary Committee for Informatization and Communications. He failed to win reelection in the 2019 Ukrainian...

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21. Nataliya Dovhodko

1991-. (aged 35)

rower

Nataliya Dovhodko is a Ukrainian female crew rower. She won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the quadruple sculls event with Kateryna Tarasenko, Anastasiya Kozhenkova, and Yana Dementyeva. Dovhodko was recognised the Merited Master of Sports for her 2012 Olympic feat. That year, the team of Dovhodko, Tarasenko, Olga Hurkovska and Dementyeva also won the gold medal...

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22. Andriy Kolodiuk

1971-. (aged 55)

businessperson entrepreneur politician

Andriy Kolodyuk is a Ukrainian entrepreneur and investor. He is the founder and managing partner of Aventures Capital, chairman of the board of the Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association.

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23. Helmuth Markov

1952-. (aged 74)

politician

Helmuth Markov is a German politician.

24. Vitaliy Kononov

1950-. (aged 76)

politician

Vitaliy Mykolayovych Kononov is a Georgian-Ukrainian politician and environmental activist who served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from the Party of Greens of Ukraine from 1998 to 2002, heading the party's electoral list.

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25. Serhii Yermilov

1958-. (aged 68)

scientist

Serhiy Fedorovych Yermilov is a Ukrainian politician who became the fifth Minister of Fuel and Energy from 2002 to 2004.

26. Oleksandr Kardakov

1964-. (aged 62)

businessperson

Oleksandr Kardakov is a Ukrainian cybersecurity and military-tech developer working for the Armed Forces of Ukraine technology advancement. He also helped Ukraine's government mitigate the effects of cyberattacks in November–December 2016 and the massive Petya virus attack in 2017 made by Russian hackers on Ukrainian infrastructure.

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27. Petro Talanchuk

1939-. (aged 87)

civil servant university teacher

Petro Mykhaylovych Talanchuk is a Ukrainian political and public figure. He holds a Doctor of Technical Sciences. He was rector of the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (1987 to 1992) and the First Minister of Education of Ukraine (1992 to 1994).

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28. Dmitri Lyudvigovich Tomashevich

1899-1974 (aged 75)

military flight engineer

Dmitri Lyudvigovich Tomashevich was a pioneering Soviet aircraft and rocket designer, somewhat infamous as the chief designer of the Polikarpov I-180 fighter - the prototype of which crashed, killing its test pilot Valery Chkalov. Today he is less well known than his achievements deserve, in part because of the secret nature of much of his work.

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29. Pavlo Kukhta

1985-. (aged 41)

economist

Pavlo Andriiovych Kukhta is a Ukrainian economist and politician. On 4 March 2020, he was appointed as the Acting Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture.

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30. Kseniya Lyapina

1964-. (aged 62)

politician

Kseniya Mykhailivna Lyapina is a Ukrainian politician and People's Deputy of Ukraine. Deputy chairman of the party "For Ukraine!", and head of the Kyiv regional organization (since 2009). Head of the State Regulatory Service of Ukraine (from January 2015 to October 2019).

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31. Yuriy Artemenko

1963-. (aged 63)

journalist politician

Yuriy Artemenko is a Ukrainian journalist, politician, and public figure. He served as a Deputy of Ukraine IV and V convocations and is a former governor of the Zaporizhzhya region, as well as a former Chairman of the National Television and Radio Broadcasting Council of Ukraine (from 2014 to 2019).

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32. Pavlo Khrystiuk

1890-1941 (aged 51)

historian journalist opinion journalist politician

Pavlo Onkiiovych Khrystiuk was a Ukrainian cooperativist, historian, journalist, political activist, and statesman.

33. Evgeniy Maloletka

1987-. (aged 39)

war correspondent photographer photojournalist

Evgeniy Konstantinovich Maloletka is a Ukrainian journalist and photographer. He covered the siege of Mariupol during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and, in particular, made a photograph of a woman wounded as a result of the maternity hospital bombing, which won World Press Photo of the Year. In 2023, he won two Pulitzer Prizes, one for public service, which he...

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34. Oleksiy Orzhel

1984-. (aged 42)

civil servant politician

Oleksiy Anatoliyovych Orzhel is a Ukrainian energy expert and politician. He was Minister of Energy and Environmental Protection of Ukraine from August 2019 to 4 March 2020.

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35. Vasyl Chervoniy

1958-2009 (aged 51)

politician

Vasyl Mykhailovych Chervoniy was a Ukrainian chemical engineer, activist, and politician who served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 1990 to 2006, first from various constituencies in Rivne Oblast and then as from proportional party lists. He was a member of the Verkhovna Rada of four convocations.

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36. Yuriy Prodan

1959-. (aged 67)

politician

Yuri Vasylovych Prodan is a Ukrainian power engineer and politician. He has served as Minister of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine of 18 December 2007 to 11 March 2010, and Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine from 27 February 2014 till 2 December 2014. In December 2005, received the title of Honored power engineer in Ukraine.

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37. Brahim Saadoune

2000-. (aged 26)

military volunteer

Brahim Saâdoune is a Moroccan student who joined the Ukrainian Armed Forces as a fighter-volunteer. Saâdoune was captured during the Battle of Volnovakha and sentenced to death by the Supreme Court of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) in what has been described as a "show trial".

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38. Maidarzhavyn Ganzorig

1949-2021 (aged 72)

astronaut Research Cosmonaut

Maidarjavyn Ganzorig was a Mongolian cosmonaut and academic.

39. Andriy Klochko

1981-. (aged 45)

politician

Andriy Andriyovych Klochko is a Ukrainian politician and public figure. He served as a People's deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the IX convocation, elected on the list of the "Servant of the People" party (Number 83 in the list), and is a member of the party "Servant of the People".

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40. Serhiy Ratushniak

1961-. (aged 65)

politician

Serhiy Mykolayovych Ratushnyak is a former long-time mayor of Uzhhorod, former People's Deputy of Ukraine and he was a self-nominated candidate in the 2010 Ukrainian presidential election. During the election Ratushnyak received 0.12% of the votes.

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41. Mykola Porsh

1879-1944 (aged 65)

translator economist diplomat politician

Mykola Volodymyrovych Porsh was a political and civil activist of Ukraine, economist, member of the Russian Constituent Assembly.

42. Mustafa Babanli

1968-. (aged 58)

physicist university teacher

Mustafa Babanlı, is an Azerbaijani scientist, Rector of the Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University.

43. Andrey Artemenko

1969-. (aged 57)

politician

Andy Victor Kuchma, before emigrating to the United States of America, served as a Ukrainian politician and businessman, the People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 8th convocation of Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament), and chairman of the "Solidarity of Right Forces" - Ukrainian political party.

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44. Izydora Kosach-Borysova

1888-1980 (aged 92)

writer translator agronomist university teacher opinion journalist

Izydora Petrivna Kosach-Borysova was a Ukrainian writer, scientist, educator, and translator.

45. Josif Dorfman

1952-. (aged 74)

chess player coach non-fiction writer

Josif Davidovich Dorfman (born 1 May 1952, Zhytomyr) is a Soviet-French chess Grandmaster, coach, and chess writer.

46. Alexander Bekzadyan

1879-1939 (aged 60)

diplomat revolutionary politician

Alexander Artemyevich Bekzadyan was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet statesman of Armenian descent. After serving as Soviet ambassador to Norway and to Hungary he was murdered during the Great Purge.

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47. Yury Gogotsi

1961-. (aged 65)

materials scientist

Yury Georgievich Gogotsi is a scientist in the field of material chemistry, professor at Drexel University, Philadelphia, United States since 2000 in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering and Nanotechnology. Distinguished University and Trustee Chair professor of materials science at Drexel University — director of the A.J. Drexel Nanotechnology Institute (since 2014 – A.J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute).

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48. Dmytro Bulatov

1978-. (aged 48)

entrepreneur politician

Dmytro Serhiyovych Bulatov is a Ukrainian civic activist who was the Minister of Youth and Sports during the first Yatsenyuk Government in 2014.

49. Serhiy Shkarlet

1972-. (aged 54)

university teacher economist

Serhiy Mykolayovych Shkarlet is a Ukrainian economist and politician. On 25 June 2020 he was assigned as acting Minister of Education and Science. On 17 December 2020, the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's national parliament) appointed Shkarlet as Minister of Education and Science. Parliament dismissed him 20 March 2023.

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50. Pavlo Rozenko

1970-. (aged 56)

politician

Pavlo Valeriyovych Rozenko is a Ukrainian politician and a former Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine and a former Minister of Labor and Social Policy.

51. Arkhip Lyulka

1908-1984 (aged 76)

design engineer military flight engineer

Arkhip Mykhailovich Lyulka was a Soviet engineer and designer of jet engines, head of the OKB Lyulka, member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union.

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52. Olexander Korniienko

1984-. (aged 42)

politician

Oleksandr Serhiiovych Korniyenko is a Ukrainian politician, who has been serving as the First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine since 19 October 2021, as well as the leader of the Servant of the People party since 17 December 2025., and from 2019 until 2021. Korniienko was elected to the Verkhovna Rada in the 2019 parliamentary election, and...

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53. Konstantin Kalinin

1887-1938 (aged 51)

military flight engineer engineer aircraft pilot

Konstantin Alekseevich Kalinin was a World War I aviator and Soviet aircraft designer.

54. Anastasia Dmytruk

1991-. (aged 35)

public figure poet writer

Anastasia Dmytruk is a Ukrainian poet who writes in the Russian and Ukrainian languages. She writes poetry and has worked as an information security specialist after graduating from Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. Never ever can we be brothers, written in Russian, has become her most widely cited poem.

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55. Roman Hryshchuk

1989-. (aged 37)

manufacturer television presenter actor television producer KVN actor

Roman Pavlovych Hryshchuk is a Ukrainian politician, Member of the Ukrainian Parliament of the IX convocation; Member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Education, Science and Innovation. Former actor, head of the Mamahohotala studio, TV presenter.

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56. Vadim Abramov

1980-. (aged 46)

actor disc jockey personal stylist showman journalist

Vadim Abramov actor and DJ. Ukrainian TV anchorman (of the year 2013-2016)

57. Sergei Lebedev

1948-. (aged 78)

military personnel spy diplomat politician

Sergey Nikolayevich Lebedev is a Russian politician who has been the General Secretary of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) since 2007. He had previously been General of the Army in the Russian Armed Forces and Director of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) from 2000 to 2007.

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58. Vadym Prystaiko

1970-. (aged 56)

diplomat

Vadym Volodymyrovych Prystaiko is a Ukrainian diplomat who was Ukraine's ambassador to the United Kingdom. He was appointed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on 20 July 2020 and held the position until he was dismissed by Zelenskyy three years later.

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59. Serhi Leshchenko

1980-. (aged 46)

activist politician journalist

Serhiy Leshchenko is a Ukrainian ex-journalist, politician and public figure, Member of Parliament (8th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada). From 2002 until 2014, Leshchenko worked as a Deputy Editor-in-Chief and as a special correspondent for Ukrainska Pravda online newspaper.

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60. Ivan Fedorov

1988-. (aged 38)

politician

Ivan Serhiiovych Fedorov is a Ukrainian politician who was appointed Governor of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in February 2024. He was previously the first deputy head of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Council, mayor of Melitopol and a member of the Melitopol City Council.

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61. George Tuka

1963-. (aged 63)

politician

George Tuka is a Ukrainian politician and activist. From 29 April 2016 to 29 August 2019 Tuka was Deputy Minister for the temporarily occupied territories and internally displaced persons in the Groysman government. In 2015 and 2016 he was governor of Luhansk Oblast.

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62. Vitalii Masol

1928-2018 (aged 90)

politician

Vitaliy Andriyovych Masol was a Soviet-Ukrainian politician who served as leader of the Ukrainian government on two occasions. He held various posts in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, most notably the Head of the Council of Ministers, which is the equivalent of today's Prime Minister, from 1987 until late 1990, when he was forced to resign. He was later Prime...

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63. Stanislav Hurenko

1936-2013 (aged 77)

politician economist

Stanislav Ivanovych Hurenko was a Soviet and Ukrainian politician. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

64. Valeriy Lobanovskyi

1939-2002 (aged 63)

association football player association football coach

Valeriy Vasylyovych Lobanovskyi was а Soviet and Ukrainian football player and manager. He was Master of Sports of the USSR, Distinguished Coach of the USSR, and a laureate of the UEFA Order of Merit in Ruby (2002) and FIFA Order of Merit, the highest honour awarded by FIFA. In 2002 he was awarded the Hero of Ukraine award (posthumously), his...

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65. Diana Panchenko

1988-. (aged 38)

television presenter blogger journalist

Diana Vitalievna Panchenko is a Ukrainian journalist and TV presenter. In the context of Russia's war against Ukraine, she has been working for pro-Russian media.

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66. Oleh Skrypka

1964-. (aged 62)

entrepreneur bayanist accordionist engineer actor

Oleh Yuriyovych Skrypka is a Ukrainian musician, vocalist, composer, and leader of the group Vopli Vidoplyasova.

67. Mustafa Nayyem

1981-. (aged 45)

publicist journalist film actor politician

Mustafa Masi Nayyem is an Afghan-Ukrainian journalist, MP, lecturer at the Kyiv School of Economics, and public figure who was influential in sparking the Euromaidan in Ukraine. Since January 2023 Nayyem had been the head of the State Agency for Restoration and Infrastructure Development. He resigned (and was officially dismissed) in June 2024. Prior to this he was Deputy Minister...

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68. Sergei Loznitsa

1964-. (aged 62)

screenwriter film director cinematographer film editor

Sergei Vladimirovich Loznitsa or Serhii Volodymyrovych Loznytsia, is a Ukrainian director of Belarusian origin known for his documentary as well as dramatic films.

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69. Borys Paton

1918-2020 (aged 102)

researcher university teacher metallurgist engineer inventor

Borys Yevhenovych Paton was a Ukrainian scientist and a long-time chairman of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. He was appointed to this post in 1962 and held it until his death. Paton, like his father Evgeny Paton, was famous for his work in electric welding.

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70. Vladimir Chelomey

1914-1984 (aged 70)

politician university teacher physicist military flight engineer engineer

Vladimir Nikolayevich Chelomey or Chelomei was a Soviet engineer and designer in the missile program of the former Soviet Union. He invented the first Soviet pulse jet engine and was responsible for developing the world's first anti-ship cruise missiles and the ICBM program of the Soviet Union such as the UR-100, UR-200, UR-500 and UR-700.

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71. Tymofiy Mylovanov

1975-. (aged 51)

economist

Tymofiy Mylovanov is a Ukrainian economist and former Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine in the government of Oleksiy Honcharuk. After his dismissal as government minister Mylovanov was appointed president of the Kyiv School of Economics

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72. Oleksandr Danylyuk

1975-. (aged 51)

politician

Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Danylyuk is a Ukrainian public figure, lawyer, human rights activist. Coordinator of the public movement (now party) "Spilna Sprava" (Common Cause). Chief Advisor to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Valeriy Heletey on a voluntary basis from July 15 to November 5, 2014.

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73. Valeriia Hontareva

1964-. (aged 62)

central bank governor economist banker politician

Valeriia Oleksiivna Gontareva, also spelled as Valeria Hontareva and Valeria Gontareva, is a prominent Ukrainian investment banker and millionaire. She served as Governor or Chairwoman of the National Bank of Ukraine from 19th of June 2014 until she submitted her resignation and left the bank on 11 May 2017. In 2016, Focus magazine named Valeria the most influential woman in...

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74. Hennadii Zubko

1967-. (aged 59)

politician

Hennadiy Hryhorovych Zubko is a Ukrainian politician. From 2 December 2014 until 29 August 2019, he was the Deputy Prime Minister — Minister for Regional Development, Construction and Housing, serving in the second Yatsenyuk Government of Arseniy Yatsenyuk and in the Groysman Government of Volodymyr Groysman.

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75. Oleksandr Dubinsky

1981-. (aged 45)

blogger journalist television presenter politician

Oleksandr Anatoliiovych Dubinsky is a Ukrainian politician, former journalist and blogger, who served as Servant of the People faction member of the Verkhovna Rada since 2019 till 2021. He was also a presenter of the "Money" TV show on the 1+1 channel.

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76. Oleksandr Lavrynovych

1956-. (aged 70)

statesperson lawyer politician

Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Lavrynovych is a Ukrainian physicist, lawyer, politician, former member of the Supreme Council of Justice of Ukraine, a former Ukrainian member of parliament and former Minister of Justice of Ukraine. He is a Merited Jurist of Ukraine (2003). He was one of the founders of the first democratic party in Ukraine in 1989 – People's Movement of Ukraine...

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77. Viktor Bondar

1975-. (aged 51)

politician

Viktor Vasylyovych Bondar is a Ukrainian politician, a member of Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) of the 7th and 8th and 9th convocations, the Minister of Transport and Communication of Ukraine (2005–2006), and the Head of Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration (2007–2010).

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78. Mykhailo Zghurovskyi

1950-. (aged 76)

computer scientist

Mykhailo Zakharovych Zghurovskyi is a Ukrainian scientist who served as Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine (1994–1999) and rector of the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.

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79. Max Kidruk

1984-. (aged 42)

writer science fiction writer traveler opinion journalist

Maksym Ivanovych Kidruk is a Ukrainian travelogue and fiction writer and publisher. In 2009, he published Mexican Chronicles, which is an autobiography describing his journey across Mexico from the Pacific Ocean to the Caribbean Sea. Since then, Kidruk has traveled to 35 countries and written 28 books, including travelogues, adventure stories, and thrillers. Since 2012, he has been writing in...

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80. Oleksandr Komarov

1972-. (aged 54)

manager

Oleksandr Komarov is a Ukrainian telecommunications top-level manager, CEO of Kyivstar — No. 1 telecom operator in Ukraine with about 26 million subscribers.

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81. Alexander Mikulin

1895-1985 (aged 90)

engineer military flight engineer

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Mikulin was a Soviet aircraft engine designer and chief designer in the Mikulin OKB. His achievements include the first Soviet liquid-cooled aircraft piston engine, the Mikulin AM-34, and the Mikulin AM-3 turbojet engine for the Soviet Union's first jet airliner, the Tupolev Tu-104. Mikulin also took part in the Tsar Tank project.

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82. Sergei Korolev

1907-1966 (aged 59)

scientist military flight engineer physicist university teacher engineer

Sergei Pavlovich Korolev was the lead Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer during the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1950s and 1960s. He invented the R-7 Rocket, Sputnik 1, and was involved in the launching of Laika, Sputnik 3, the first human-made object to make contact with another celestial body, Belka and Strelka,...

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83. Stephen Timoshenko

1878-1972 (aged 94)

autobiographer engineer physicist university teacher

Stepan Prokopovich Timoshenko, later known as Stephen Timoshenko, was a Ukrainian and later an American engineer and academician.

84. Evgeny Paton

1870-1953 (aged 83)

engineer civil engineer university teacher politician

Professor Yevhen Oksarovych Paton, also known as Evgeny Oskarovich Paton (Russian: Евгений Оскарович Патон), was a Ukrainian engineer of the Russian Empire and Soviet Union who established in 1934 the E. O. Paton Electric Welding Institute in Kyiv. Paton was a people's deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1946–1953). He was the father of Borys Paton.

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