People from Donetsk Oblast

Russian and Soviet pianist, composer and conductor (1891–1953)

The Patriarch of Kyiv and All Rus’-Ukraine, the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church — Kyiv Patriarchate (1929-2026)

Russian Arctic explorer (1877–1914)

Eastern Orthodox ascetic (1896-1966)

Soviet tractor driver (1913-1959)

KGB Chairman (1924-2001)

Ukrainian parliamentarian

virologist (1914-1987)

Soviet actor (1905-1976)

Soviet and Ukrainian composer, conductor (1945–2002)

Ukrainian separatist politician (1976-2022)

Mayor of Donetsk, Ukraine

General Prosecutor of Ukraine

Soviet and Russian actor (1921—2023)

Ukrainian linguist, writer, and human rights activist (1927–1984)

Ukrainian association football player

engineer (1899-1938)

Ukrainian politician (1958-2011)

politician (1935-2016)

Soviet and Russian composer, professor at the Moscow Conservatory

politician

Polish translator (1903-1992)

Ukrainian footballer

Russian politician

foreign minister (1912–1993)

Ukrainian businessman and politician

soviet-Ukrainian trade unionist and politician (1924–2022)

Soviet writer (1903-1938)

soviet and Ukrainian architect

Russian teacher, novelist, and publisher (1860–1931)

Ukrainian graphic artist and painter (1917–2005)