Famous Ukrainians

March 9, 1814 - March 10, 1861, Ukrainian poet, writer, artist, graphic artist, philosopher, politician.

Lesia Ukrainka a famous Ukrainian poet and writer, who shaped Ukrainian literature of the second part of the XIX century.

27 August 1856 - 28 May 1916, Ukrainian writer, poet, scientist, publicist, translator, politician.

September 23, 1872 - November 16, 1952, Ukrainian classical singer, music teacher

December 1, 1877 - January 23, 1921, Ukrainian composer, chorus director, pedagogue. Author of "Carol of the Bells".

December 6, 1913 - December 12, 2002, Ukrainian doctor, scientist in the field of medicine.

Isaac Stern born in July 1920 in Kremenets (Ternopil region, Ukraine), became one of the most famous american violinists. 

Joseph Schmidt born in March 1904 in a Jewish family in Chernivtsi (Ukraine) became a worldwide famous opera tenor.

One of the greatest Hebrew writers, who became in 1966 the first Hebrew laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature was born in a small town of Buchach (Ternopil region, Ukraine) in July 1888.

A famous polish writer and artist of Jewish origins was born in a small Galitsian town of Drohobych in July 1892

Born on January 27, 1836 in Lviv, Leopold von Sacher Masoch became famous Austrian writer, known especially for his book "Venus in furs".

Born on May 11, 1901 in Chernivtsi in German speaking Jewish family, Rose Ausländer became a famous poet of its time. 

One of the most famous German-language poets of XX century was born in the city of Chernivtsi on November 23, 1920.

Did you know that the parents of Sigmund Freud, the world famous founder of psychoanalysis, were born on the territory of modern Ukraine?

The famous Austrian writer and journalist Joseph Roth was born in Brody - a small Galician town town on the border of Austrian and Russian empires.