People · Kyivans in history

Famous KyivansOur contemporaries

Princes and saints, poets and aviators, patrons and adventurers — people who were born, lived or worked in Kyiv. Biographies, addresses and places to visit.

56 people
11 categories
12 centuries (X–XXI c.)

Our contemporaries

3 people

Valeriy LobanovskyiFootball coach1939–2002A born Kyivan and the most decorated coach in Soviet football, he twice won the European Cup Winners’ Cup with Dynamo Kyiv. The Dynamo Stadium, with his monument, bears his name.
Vitali KlitschkoBoxer, Mayor of Kyivb. 1971WBO and WBC world heavyweight boxing champion. Mayor of Kyiv since 2014, re-elected in 2015 and 2020.
Andriy ShevchenkoFootballer, UAF presidentb. 1976A Dynamo Kyiv academy graduate, 2004 Ballon d’Or winner and Champions League winner with AC Milan. He grew up in Kyiv’s Obolon district and has led Ukraine’s football association since 2024.