List of Famous people born in Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine

Taras Shevchenko

Тарас Григорьев сын Шевченко
First Name Taras
Died on March 10, 1861

Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko, also known as Kobzar Taras, or simply Kobzar, was a Ukrainian poet, writer, artist, public and political figure, as well as folklorist and ethnographer. His literary heritage is regarded to be the foundation of modern Ukrainian literature and, to a large extent, the modern Ukrainian language, though the language of his poems was different from the modern Ukrainian language. All his diaries, letters, non-poetic literature, such as a novel, plays, some poems were in Russian. Shevchenko is also known for many masterpieces as a painter and an illustrator.

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Artem Dovbyk

First Name Artem
Born on June 21, 1997 (age 26)
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Artem Dovbyk is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ukrainian Premier League club SC Dnipro-1 and the Ukraine national team.

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Ihor Smeshko

First Name Ihor
Born on August 17, 1955 (age 68)

Colonel General Ihor Petrovich Smeshko served as the head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) from 2003 to 2005, where he supported the opposition during the Orange Revolution. In 2010, he entered politics with the Strength and Honor party, which he formed with several former security and intelligence officials.

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Kateryna Yushchenko

First Name Kateryna
Born on December 8, 1919
Died on August 15, 2001 (aged 81)

Kateryna Lohvynivna Yushchenko was a Ukrainian computer and information research scientist, corresponding member of USSR Academy of Sciences (1976), and member of The International Academy of Computer Science. She developed one of the world's first high-level languages with indirect address in programming, called the Address programming language. Over the period of her academic career, Yushchenko supervised 45 Ph.D students. Further professional achievements include Yushchenko being awarded two USSR State Prizes, The USSR Council of Ministers Prize, The Academician Glushkov Prize, and The Order of Princess Olga. Yushchenko was the first woman in the USSR to become a Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences in programming.

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Oleksandr Skichko

First Name Oleksandr
Born on April 28, 1991 (age 32)

Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Skichko is a Ukrainian politician, comedian, actor, and television presenter. On 29 January 2021 Skichko was appointed as the Governor of Cherkasy Oblast.

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Volodymyr Ostapchuk

First Name Volodymyr

Volodymyr Valeriyovych Ostapchuk is a Ukrainian television presenter, voice actor and radio host. He was born in Uman. Ostapchuk hosted Eurovision Song Contest 2017 alongside Oleksandr Skichko and Timur Miroshnychenko. It was the first time that the Eurovision Song Contest was presented by a male trio, and the second time, after the 1956 edition with a solo male presenter, that the contest didn't feature a female presenter.

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Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk

First Name Sviatoslav
Born on June 10, 1997 (age 26)
Height 203 cm | 6'8

Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk is a Ukrainian professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected with the 47th overall pick in the 2018 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers.

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Vladimir Medinsky

First Name Vladimir
Last Name Medinsky
Born on July 18, 1970 (age 53)

Vladimir Rostislavovich Medinsky is a Russian political figure, academic and publicist who served as the Minister of Culture from May 2012 to January 2020. He is a member of the General Council of the United Russia party.

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Natalya Lagoda

First Name Natalya
Born on March 4, 1973
Died on May 29, 2015 (aged 42)

Natalya Lagoda was a Russian–Ukrainian singer, entertainer and model.

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Ivan Chernyakhovsky

First Name Ivan
Last Name Chernyakhovsky
Died on February 18, 1945

Ivan Danilovich Chernyakhovsky was the youngest ever Soviet general of the army. For his leadership during World War II he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union twice. He died from wounds received outside Königsberg at age 37 while in command of the 3rd Belorussian Front.

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