Famous Ukrainian Poets

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Taras Shevchenko
(Poet)
Taras Shevchenko
4
Birthdate: March 9, 1814
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Morintsy, Ukraine
Died: March 10, 1861
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Ilya Ehrenburg
(Poet)
Ilya Ehrenburg
4
Birthdate: January 26, 1891
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kyiv, Ukraine
Died: August 31, 1967
 3 
Lesya Ukrainka
(Writer)
Lesya Ukrainka
3
Birthdate: February 25, 1871
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Novohrad-Volyns'kyi, Ukraine
Died: August 1, 1913
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 4 
Ivan Franko
(Poet)
Ivan Franko
3
Birthdate: August 27, 1856
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Nahuievychi, Ukraine
Died: May 28, 1916
 5 
Maruv
(Ukrainian Singer, Songwriter, and Producer)
Maruv
7
Birthdate: February 15, 1991
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Pavlohrad, Ukraine
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 6 
Nadia Meiher
(Ukrainian Actress, Singer-Songwriter, Television Host, Poet, and Fashion Designer)
Nadia Meiher
5
Birthdate: April 10, 1982
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Zbruchivka, Ukraine
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 7 
David Burliuk
(Poet)
David Burliuk
2
Birthdate: July 21, 1882
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kharkov Governorate, Ukraine
Died: January 15, 1967
 8 
Ilya Kaminsky
(Poet)
Ilya Kaminsky
3
Birthdate: April 18, 1977
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Odesa, Ukraine
 9 
Saul Tchernichowsky
(Poet)
Saul Tchernichowsky
4
Birthdate: August 20, 1875
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Crimea, Ukraine
Died: October 14, 1943
 10 
Naphtali Herz Imber
(Poet)
Naphtali Herz Imber
3
Birthdate: December 27, 1856
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Zolochiv, Ukraine
Died: October 8, 1909
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Irina Ratushinskaya
(Russian Soviet Writer, Poet, and Dissident)
Irina Ratushinskaya
3
Birthdate: March 4, 1954
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Odesa, Ukraine
Died: July 5, 2017
 12 
Ivan Kotliarevsky
(Writer)
Ivan Kotliarevsky
2
Birthdate: September 9, 1769
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Poltava, Ukraine
Died: November 10, 1838
 13 
Avrom Goldfaden
(Author)
Avrom Goldfaden
3
Birthdate: July 24, 1840
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Starokostyantyniv, Ukraine
Died: January 9, 1908
 14 
Demyan Bedny
(Poet)
Demyan Bedny
2
Birthdate: April 13, 1883
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Hubivka, Ukraine
Died: May 25, 1945
 15 
Eduard Bagritsky
(Poet)
Eduard Bagritsky
2
Birthdate: October 22, 1895
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Odessa, Ukraine
Died: February 16, 1934
 16 
Moyshe-Leyb Halpern
(Poet)
Moyshe-Leyb Halpern
1
Birthdate: January 2, 1886
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Galicia
Died: August 31, 1932
 17 
Theophan Prokopovich
(Russian-Ukrainian Theologian, Writer, Philosopher, and Mathematician)
Theophan Prokopovich
2
Birthdate: June 18, 1681
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Kyiv, Ukraine
Died: September 19, 1736