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==Notable people== [[File:Hpb.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Helena Blavatsky]], 1877]] [[File:1991 CPA 6314.jpg|thumb|140px|USSR stamp, centenary of [[Sergei Prokofiev]], 1991]] [[File:Yulia Tymoshenko 2011.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Yulia Tymoshenko]], 2011]] {{Further|:Category:People from Dnipro}} {{See also|List of mayors and political chiefs of the Dnipro city administration}} * [[Peter Arshinov]] (1886β1937) β Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary and intellectual, chronicled the history of the [[Makhnovshchina]], a stateless anarchist society in Ukraine. * [[Helena Blavatsky]] (1831β1891) β founder of [[Theosophical Society]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna |volume= 4 | page = 48 |short= 1}}</ref> * [[Oles Honchar]] (1918β1995) β [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] writer and public figure and member of the [[Verkhovna Rada|Ukrainian parliament]]. * [[Oleksandr Turchynov]] (born 1964) β Former Secretary of the [[National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Turchynov becomes secretary of Ukraine's NSDC |url=https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/240095.html |access-date=2024-03-05 |website=Interfax-Ukraine |language=en}}</ref> * [[Gennadiy Bogolyubov]] (born 1961/1962) β Ukrainian-Cypriot-Israeli billionaire businessman, [[Privat Group]]. * [[Valentyn Reznichenko]] (born 1972) β The [[Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast]] 2020β2023. * [[Borys Filatov]] (born 1972) β The current mayor of Dnipro. * [[Yuriy Tkach]] (born 1983) Ukrainian comedian and actor. * [[Kyrylo Tymoshenko]] (born 1989) Ukrainian politician who served as deputy [[Office of the President of Ukraine|Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine]] 2019β2023. * [[Viktor Chebrikov]] (1923β1999) β head of the [[KGB]] 1982β1988. * [[Dmytro Derevytskyy]] (born 1973) β Ukrainian entrepreneur * [[Katherine Esau]] (1898β1997) German-American botanist. * [[Vsevolod Garshin]] (1855β1888) β Russian author of short stories. * [[Helen Gerardia]] (1903β1988) β American painter.<ref name=SI1>{{cite web |title=Helen Gerardia |url=http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/?id=1779 |website=Smithsonian American Art Museum |publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]] |access-date=2 January 2016}}</ref> * [[Linor Goralik]] (born 1975) [[flash fiction]] author, poet and essayist. * [[Ilya Kabakov]] (born 1933) β RussianβAmerican conceptual artist. * [[Pavlo Khazan]] (born 1974) β Ukrainian ecologist and politician. * [[Ihor Kolomoyskyi]] (born 1963 β U.S.-indicted Ukrainian-Cypriot-Israeli billionaire businessman, [[Privat Group]]. * [[Leonid Kogan]] (1924β1982) β violinist. * [[Yuri Krasny]] (born 1946) β educational theorist. * [[Victor Kravchenko (defector)|Victor Kravchenko]] (1905β1966) Soviet defector. * [[Valerii Kryshen]] (born 1955) β scientist, doctor of medicine and professor. * [[Leonid Kuchma]] (born 1938) β [[President of Ukraine]] in 1994β2005. * [[Ihor Lachenkov]] (born 1999) β Influencer, blogger and volunteer. * [[Leonid Levin]] (born 1948) Soviet-American mathematician and computer scientist. * [[Lera Loeb]] (born {{circa|1979}} β 1980) β fashion blogger and publicist. * [[Konstantin Lopushansky]] (born 1947) β film director, film theorist and author. * [[Pavlo Matviienko]] (born 1973) β politician and entrepreneur. * [[Marina Maximillian Blumin|Marina Maximilian]] (born 1987) β Israeli singer-songwriter and actress. * [[Yuriy Meshkov]] (1945β2019) β [[President of Crimea]], 1994β1995. * [[Igor Morozov (baritone)|Igor Morozov]] (born 1948) β baritone opera singer. * [[David Nachmansohn]] (1899β1983) β a German-Jewish biochemist. * [[Viktor Petrov]] (1894β1969) β Ukrainian existentialist writer, pen names ''V. Domontovych'' and ''Viktor Ber.'' * [[Gregor Piatigorsky]] (1903β1976) American classical cellist. * [[Viktor Pinchuk]] (born 1960) β [[business oligarch]]. * [[Sergei Prokofiev]] (1891β1953) β composer, pianist and conductor. * [[Boris Sagal]] (1923β1981) β American television and film director. * [[Daniel Sakhnenko]] (1875β1930) β Ukrainian filmmaker and director. * [[Menachem Mendel Schneerson]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} (1902β1994) β the ''"Lubavitcher Rebbe",'' headed the [[Chabad]] Movement. * [[Moses SchΓΆnfinkel]] (1888β1942) β a Russian logician and mathematician. * [[Oleg Tsaryov]] (born 1970) β politician and separatist leader of [[Novorossiya (confederation)|Novorossiya]] in 2014. * [[Yulia Tymoshenko]] (born 1960) β Prime Minister of Ukraine in 2005 and 2007β10, and candidate in the [[2010 Ukrainian presidential election]]. * [[Olena Vaneeva]] (born 1982) β mathematician and vice head of the [[NASU Institute of Mathematics]]. * [[Alexander Pavlovich Vasiliev]] β (1894βca.1944), an Orthodox, later Greek-Catholic, priest. [[File:Igor Olshansky crop.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Igor Olshansky]], 2011]] [[File:Olesya Povh Paris 2011.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Olesya Povh]], 2011]] === Sport === * [[Oksana Baiul]] (born 1977) β [[1994 Winter Olympics]] [[figure skating]] gold medalist * [[Anatoliy Demyanenko]] (born 1959) β Ukrainian football coach and former football defender. * [[Artem Dolgopyat]] (born 1997) β Israeli artistic gymnast (Olympic medalist, second in world championships) * [[Marharyta Dorozhon]] (born 1987) β Ukrainian/Israeli Olympic [[javelin throw]]er * [[Kyrylo Fesenko]] (born 1986) β [[NBA]] basketball player * [[Inessa Kravets]] (born 1966) β long jumper and triple jumper * [[Yaroslava Mahuchikh]] (born 2001) β high jumper * [[Igor Olshansky]] (born 1982) β [[NFL]] defensive tackle * [[Olesya Povh]] (born 1987) β Olympic bronze medalist runner * [[Oleh Protasov]] (born 1964) β former Ukrainian footballer * [[Inna Ryzhykh]] (born 1985) β professional triathlete * [[Adel Tankova]] (born 2000) β Ukrainian-born Israeli Olympic figure skater * [[Oleg Tverdokhleb]] (1969β1995) β athlete, 400-metre hurdles * [[Tatiana Volosozhar]] (born 1986) β figure skating Olympic gold medalist, [[2014 Winter Olympic Games|2014]]
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