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page 1People from Nizhyn
Mark Bernes
Soviet actor and singer (1911–1969)
Yuri Lisyansky
explorer
Olha Khokhlova
Ukrainian model and dancer (1891-1955)

Kateryna Pavlenko
Kateryna Anatoliivna Pavlenko (, ; born 10 August 1988), also known as Monokate (), is a Ukrainian singer, composer, and folklorist. She is the lead vocalist of the Ukrainian electro-folk band Go_A, who would have represented Ukraine at Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with their song "Solovey". After the cancellation of the contest due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they represented Ukraine in 2021 with "Shum".
Anastasia Dmytruk
Ukrainian poet
Nikolai Skoblin
Russian military officer
Nikolai Samokysh
Ukrainian painter and graphic artist (1860-1944)
John of Tobolsk
Russian saint
Semyon Desnitsky
Russian philosopher
Timofei Dokshizer
Russian musician (1921-2005)
Igor Kaczurowskyj
Ukrainan poet, translator, novelist and short story writer, literary scholar, lecturer, journalist (1918–2013)
Militsa Nechkina
Russian historian (1901–1985)
David Bar-Rav-Chai
Israeli politician
Varvara Adrionova-Peretz
literary scholar (1888-1972)
Volodymyr Ihnatenko
Soviet-Ukrainian sprinter

Abraham Berline
artist (1894-1942)
Il'ia Vladimirovich Galant
Russian historian(1867–1941)
Jerzy Czeszejko-Sochacki
POlish politician (1892-1933)