1
Taras Shevchenko
(Poet)
19
3
Birthdate: March 9, 1814
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Morintsy, Ukraine
Died: March 10, 1861
2
Ilya Ehrenburg
(Poet)
16
4
Birthdate: January 26, 1891
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kyiv, Ukraine
Died: August 31, 1967
3
Lesya Ukrainka
(Writer)
14
2
Birthdate: February 25, 1871
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Novohrad-Volyns'kyi, Ukraine
Died: August 1, 1913
4
Maruv
(Ukrainian Singer, Songwriter, and Producer)
15
7
Birthdate: February 15, 1991
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Pavlohrad, Ukraine
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
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Ivan Franko
(Poet)
12
4
Birthdate: August 27, 1856
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Nahuievychi, Ukraine
Died: May 28, 1916
6
Henry Roth
(Novelist)
14
2
Birthdate: February 8, 1906
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Tysmenytsya, Ukraine
Died: October 13, 1995
7
Aḥad Haʿam
(Essayist)
12
2
Birthdate: August 18, 1856
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Skvira, Ukraine
Died: January 2, 1927
8
Markiyan Kamysh
(Writer)
12
2
Birthdate: October 19, 1988
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kyiv, Ukraine
9
David Burliuk
(Poet)
9
2
Birthdate: July 21, 1882
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kharkov Governorate, Ukraine
Died: January 15, 1967
10
Ilya Kaminsky
(Poet)
8
3
Birthdate: April 18, 1977
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Odesa, Ukraine
11
Saul Tchernichowsky
(Poet)
9
2
Birthdate: August 20, 1875
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Crimea, Ukraine
Died: October 14, 1943
12
Vladimir Korolenko
(Ukrainian-Russian Writer and Journalist)
8
1
Birthdate: July 27, 1853
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Zhytomyr, Ukraine
Died: December 25, 1921
Most renowned for his short novel The Blind Musician, Russian author and journalist Vladimir Korolenko was known for his depiction of the plight of the disadvantaged sections of society. In his early days, his revolutionary activities got him expelled from two colleges. Makar’s Dream remains one of his best-known stories.
13
Naphtali Herz Imber
(Poet)
8
2
Birthdate: December 27, 1856
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Zolochiv, Ukraine
Died: October 8, 1909
14
A. D. Gordon
(Political Leader)
7
1
Birthdate: June 9, 1856
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Zhytomyrs'kyi district, Ukraine
Died: February 22, 1922
15
Anatoly Kuznetsov
(Writer)
8
3
Birthdate: August 18, 1929
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Kyiv, Ukraine
Died: June 13, 1979
16
Irina Ratushinskaya
(Russian Soviet Writer, Poet, and Dissident)
7
2
Birthdate: March 4, 1954
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Odesa, Ukraine
Died: July 5, 2017
17
Nadia Meiher
(Ukrainian Actress, Singer-Songwriter, Television Host, Poet, and Fashion Designer)
0
1
Birthdate: April 10, 1982
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Zbruchivka, Ukraine
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
18
Gregor von Rezzori
(Novelist)
7
1
Birthdate: May 13, 1914
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Chernivtsi, Ukraine
Died: April 23, 1998
While he initially studied mining, medicine, and architecture, Gregor von Rezzori eventually graduated in arts. Fluent in several languages, he had a successful stint as a journalist and became known for both for his light novels and the more poignant ones such as Memoirs of an Anti-Semite.
19
Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky
(Author)
6
1
Birthdate: September 17, 1864
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Vinnytsia, Ukraine
Died: April 25, 1913
20
Philip Rahv
(Literary Critic)
5
1
Birthdate: March 10, 1908
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kupyn, Ukraine
Died: December 22, 1973
21
Ivan Kotliarevsky
(Writer)
6
1
Birthdate: September 9, 1769
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Poltava, Ukraine
Died: November 10, 1838
22
Eduard Gufeld
(Ukrainian Chess Player)
1
0
Birthdate: March 19, 1936
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kyiv, Ukraine
Died: September 23, 2002
23
Avrom Goldfaden
(Author)
6
1
Birthdate: July 24, 1840
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Starokostyantyniv, Ukraine
Died: January 9, 1908
24
Demyan Bedny
(Poet)
5
1
Birthdate: April 13, 1883
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Hubivka, Ukraine
Died: May 25, 1945
25
Yevgeny Petrov
(Writer)
5
2
Birthdate: December 13, 1903
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Odesa, Ukraine
Died: July 2, 1942
26
Isaac Boleslavsky
(Ukrainian Chess Player)
1
0
Birthdate: June 9, 1919
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Zolotonosha, Ukraine
Died: February 15, 1977
27
Micha Josef Berdyczewski
(Author)
5
1
Birthdate: August 7, 1865
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Medzhibozh, Ukraine
Died: November 18, 1921
28
Mikhail Artsybashev
(Writer)
5
1
Birthdate: November 5, 1878
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Kharkiv, Ukraine
Died: March 3, 1927
29
Ismail Gasprinski
(Turkish writer)
4
1
Birthdate: March 20, 1851
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Avci, Ukraine
Died: September 11, 1914
30
Alexander Goldenweiser
(American anthropologist)
4
1
Birthdate: January 29, 1880
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kiev
Died: July 6, 1940
31
Boris Savinkov
(Russian Revolutionary, Author, and Socialist Revolutionary Party Leader)
13
3
Birthdate: January 31, 1879
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kharkiv, Ukraine
Died: May 7, 1925
32
Ivan Nechuy-Levytsky
(Writer)
2
0
Birthdate: November 25, 1838
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Steblev, Ukraine
Died: April 2, 1918
33
Eduard Bagritsky
(Poet)
3
1
Birthdate: October 22, 1895
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Odessa, Ukraine
Died: February 16, 1934
34
Georgy Vladimov
(Writer)
3
1
Birthdate: February 19, 1931
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kharkiv, Ukraine
Died: October 19, 2003
35
Jerzy Toeplitz
(Author)
2
0
Birthdate: November 24, 1909
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Kharkiv, Ukraine
Died: July 25, 1995
36
Moyshe-Leyb Halpern
(Poet)
2
0
Birthdate: January 2, 1886
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Galicia
Died: August 31, 1932
37
Julian Stryjkowski
(Writer)
2
0
Birthdate: April 27, 1905
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Stryi, Ukraine
Died: August 8, 1996
38
Michał Choromański
(Writer)
2
0
Birthdate: June 22, 1904
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
Died: May 14, 1972
