10 Notable alumni of Uzhhorod National University

Updated: June 14, 2026 EliteDegrees

Uzhhorod National University is 3261st in the world, 1st in North America, and 13st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 10 notable alumni from Uzhhorod National University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Uzhhorod National University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Ivan Duran

1. Ivan Duran

1971-. (aged 55)
Ivan Petrovych Duran, is a Ukrainian politician and activist who had served as the acting Governor of Zakarpattia Oblast in 2019.
Mykhailo Laba

2. Mykhailo Laba

1975-. (aged 51)
politician
Mykhailo Mykhailovych Laba is a Ukrainian politician currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from Ukraine's 70th electoral district since 29 August 2019.
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Nestor Shufrych

3. Nestor Shufrych

1966-. (aged 60)
politician
Nestor Ivanovych Shufrych is a Ukrainian politician who has served in the Verkhovna Rada between 1998 and 2025. Since 2017, Shufrych has been in the pro-Russian Eurosceptic political party Opposition Platform — For Life, which was outlawed in 2022 following the launch of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. During the invasion, Shufrych was arrested in September 2023 under suspicion of...
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Serhii Deineko

4. Serhii Deineko

1975-. (aged 51)
military personnel
Serhii Vasyliovych Deineko is a Ukrainian Lieutenant General who has served as the head of Ukraine's State Border Guard Service (SBGS) from June 13, 2019 until January 4, 2026.
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Dmytro Kremin

5. Dmytro Kremin

1953-2019 (aged 66)
poet opinion journalist translator
Dmytro Dmytrovych Kremin was a Ukrainian poet, journalist, translator, and scholar. Kremin was one of the laureates of The Taras Shevchenko National Literary Prize in 1999, for the book of poems called Pectoral.
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Volodymyr Areshonkov

6. Volodymyr Areshonkov

1957-. (aged 69)
politician
Volodymyr Yuriyovych Areshonkov is a People's Deputy of Ukraine and Honored Worker of Education of Ukraine (2017).
Annamari Dancha

7. Annamari Dancha

1990-. (aged 36)
snowboarder
Annamari Dancha is a Ukrainian snowboarder, specializing in alpine snowboarding. She is silver medalist of the 2019 World championships in parallel slalom. She competed at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics for Ukraine.
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Eduard Matviychuk

8. Eduard Matviychuk

1963-. (aged 63)
journalist politician
Eduard Leonidovych Matviychuk is a Ukrainian politician, who served as Governor of Odesa Oblast from 2010 to 2013, and later a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019.
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Petro Midianka

9. Petro Midianka

1959-. (aged 67)
poet professor
Petro Mykolayovych Midyanka, also known by his pen name Ropet Kamidyan, is a Ukrainian poet and teacher who became the a member of the National Writers' Union of Ukraine since 1994. He has spent almost his whole life, or more than 30 years, as a member of current Ukrainian literature, and he has never been overlooked for the highest literary...
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Enver Ablaev

10. Enver Ablaev

1979-. (aged 47)
freestyle skier
Enver Nazymovych Ablaev is a Crimean Tatar freestyle skier of specializing in aerials who has represented Ukraine in the Olympics.