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People born here (122)
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| Rustam Adzhy |  UKR | WRE | Olympics | 1996—2000 | 3 March 1973 | Mariupol, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Aleksandr Androshkin |  RUS 
  URS | SHO | Olympics | 1972—1976 | 6 July 1947 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Vasily Arkhipenko |  URS 
  UKR | ATH | Olympics | 1980 | 28 January 1957 | Mykolaivka, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Konstantin Bakun |  RUS | VVO | Olympics | 2016 | 15 March 1985 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Anzhela Balakhonova |  UKR | ATH | Olympics | 2000—2004 | 18 December 1972 | Shakhtarsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Sergey Baltacha |  URS 
  UKR | FBL | Olympics | 1980 | 17 February 1958 | Mariupol, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Sergey Baranov |  RUS | VVO | Olympics | 2004 | 10 August 1981 | Horlivka, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Yuliya Beihelzimer |  UKR | TEN | Olympics | 2004 | 20 October 1983 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Olha Beresnieva |  UKR | OWS/SWM | Olympics | 2000—2012 | 12 October 1985 | Mariupol, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Nikolay Berezutsky |  URS 
  UKR | ATH | Olympics | 1960 | 22 March 1937 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Nadiya Beshevli |  UKR | SWM | Olympics | 2000 | 8 February 1982 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Artem Bloshenko |  UKR | JUD | Olympics | 2012—2016 | 1 February 1985 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Bohdan Bondarev |  UKR | CTR | Olympics | 1996 | 2 June 1974 | Lyman, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Aleksey Borislavsky |  URS 
  UKR | SWM | Olympics | 1988 | 17 November 1968 | Zuhres, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Vasily Borisov |  RUS 
  URS | SHO | Olympics | 1956—1960 | 12 December 1922 | Mayaki, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Vladyslav Bukhov |  UKR | SWM | Olympics | 2020 | 5 July 2002 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Yevgeny Bulanchik |  URS 
  UKR | ATH | Olympics | 1952 | 3 April 1922 | Horlivka, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Viktor Burakov |  URS 
  UKR | ATH | Olympics | 1980 | 30 May 1955 | Dymytrov, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Viktoriya Burenok |  UKR | BKB | Olympics | 1996 | 4 October 1965 | Kramatorsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Igor Bychkov |  ESP | ATH | Olympics | 2012 | 7 March 1987 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Viktor Chukarin |  URS 
  UKR | GAR | Olympics | 1952—1956 | 9 November 1921 | Krasnoarmeyskoye, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Nataliya Fokina-Semenova |  UKR | ATH | Olympics | 2004—2020 | 7 July 1982 | Horlivka, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Yury Gavrilov |  UKR 
  EUN | HBL | Olympics | 1992 | 27 February 1967 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Marina Golyadkina |  ROC | SWA | Olympics | 2020 | 13 June 1997 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Vladimer Gruzdevi |  GEO 
  EUN | SAL | Olympics | 1992—1996 | 2 July 1952 | Mariupol, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Anatoliy Holovan |  UKR | DIV | Referee | 2016—2020 | 22 December 1965 | Mariupol, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Anast'asia Hot'pridi |  GEO | WLF | Olympics | 2016 | 25 April 1996 | Snizhne, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Olena Hrechykhina |  UKR | SWA | Olympics | 2016 | 11 July 1991 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Əli Shamil İsmayılov |  AZE | BOX | Olympics | 2000—2004 | 8 May 1974 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Aleksandr Ivanitsky |  RUS 
  URS | WRE | Olympics | 1964 | 8 October 1937 | Yarovo, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Viktor Ivanov |  URS 
  UKR | BOX | Olympics | 1976 | 8 October 1956 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Yuliya Kalina |  UKR | WLF | Olympics | 2012 | 24 October 1988 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Hryhoriy Kamyshenko |  UKR | WRE | Olympics | 1996—2000 | 10 March 1972 | Mariupol, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Yakiv Khammo |  UKR | JUD | Olympics | 2016—2020 | 11 June 1994 | Artemivsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Valeriya Khanina |  UKR | GRY | YOG | 2014 | 13 April 1999 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Iryna Khokhlova |  ARG 
  UKR | MPN | Olympics | 2012—2016 | 29 January 1990 | Amvrosiivka, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi |  UKR | WRE | Olympics | 2012—2020 | 20 July 1990 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Oleh Kiriukhin |  UKR | BOX | Olympics | 1996 | 25 February 1975 | Mariupol, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Dmytro Kirpulianskyi |  UKR | MPN | Olympics | 2008—2012 | 2 June 1985 | Makiïvka, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Nataliya Klimova |  URS 
  UKR | BKB | Olympics | 1976 | 31 May 1951 | Mariupol, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Natalija Kočergina |  LTU | BTH | Olympics | 2018 | 17 April 1985 | Oleksiyevo-Druzhkivka, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Viktor Kompaneyets |  URS 
  UKR | ATH | Olympics | 1960—1964 | 21 March 1937 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Valeriya Kononenko |  UKR | CRD | Olympics | 2020 | 14 May 1990 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Kamila Konotop |  UKR | WLF | Olympics | 2020 | 23 March 2001 | Lyman, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Maksym Korotun |  UKR | JUD | Olympics | 2008 | 1 March 1985 | Kramatorsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Yury Korovyansky |  UKR 
  EUN | VVO | Olympics | 1992 | 30 September 1967 | Horlivka, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Vika Koshel |  ISR | GRY | Olympics | 2012 | 14 April 1991 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| V'iacheslav Kostanda |  UKR | WPO | Olympics | 1996 | 17 May 1963 | Mariupol, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Vladimir Kozlov |  RUS 
  URS | BOB | Olympics | 1988 | 7 March 1958 | Dymytrov, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Volodymyr Kravets |  UKR | BOX | Olympics | 2004 | 31 May 1981 | Pokrovsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Valeriy Kudriashov |  UKR | SAL | Olympics | 2012 | 24 February 1984 | Mariupol, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Nataliya Kushch-Mazuryk |  UKR | ATH | Olympics | 2008—2012 | 5 March 1983 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Anton Kushnir |  BLR | FRS | Olympics | 2006—2018 | 13 October 1984 | Pokrovsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Aleksandr Lebzyak |  RUS 
  EUN | BOX | Olympics | 1992—2000 | 15 April 1969 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Iryna Lishchynska |  UKR | ATH | Olympics | 2004—2008 | 15 January 1976 | Makiïvka, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Inna Lohutenkova |  UKR | EDR | Olympics | 2016—2020 | 19 October 1986 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Alina Lohvynenko |  UKR | ATH | Olympics | 2012—2020 | 18 July 1990 | Artemivsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Valery Lozik |  URS 
  UKR | SWM | Olympics | 1988 | 27 December 1967 | Shakhtarsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Anastasiya Lysenko |  UKR | WLF | Olympics | 2016 | 2 December 1995 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Dmytro Lysenko |  UKR | DIV | Olympics | 2000—2004 | 10 May 1981 | Mariupol, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Ivan Manayenko |  RUS 
  URS | FEN | Olympics | 1952 | 5 December 1919 | Yenakiieve, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Ilya Mate |  URS 
  UKR | WRE | Olympics | 1980 | 6 October 1956 | Starohnativka, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Maksym Mazuryk |  UKR | ATH | Olympics | 2008—2012 | 2 April 1983 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Viktor Miroshnichenko |  URS 
  UKR | BOX | Olympics | 1980 | 1 December 1959 | Ukrainsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Dmitry Musersky |  RUS | VVO | Olympics | 2012 | 29 October 1988 | Makiïvka, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| V'iacheslav Oliynyk |  UKR | WRE | Olympics | 1996—2000 | 27 April 1966 | Mariupol, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Elina Partõka |  EST | SWM | Olympics | 2000—2008 | 2 August 1983 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Valentn Partyka |  URS 
  UKR | SWM | Olympics | 1972 | 29 April 1952 | Kramatorsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Olha Pavlova |  UKR | VVO | Olympics | 1996 | 4 March 1969 | Mariupol, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Yelena Pavluxina |  AZE | CRD | Olympics | 2016 | 1 March 1989 | Horlivka, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Aleksandr Pervy |  URS 
  UKR | WLF | Olympics | 1980 | 28 October 1960 | Bilozerske, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Alla Peunova |  RUS 
  URS | ARC | Olympics | 1972 | 3 August 1946 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Kostiantyn Piliyev |  UKR | WLF | Olympics | 2012 | 28 February 1983 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Rudolf Plyukfelder |  RUS 
  URS | WLF | Olympics | 1964 | 6 September 1928 | Novoorlovka, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Liliya Podkopaieva |  UKR | GAR | Olympics | 1996 | 15 August 1978 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Valery Podluzhny |  URS 
  UKR | ATH | Olympics | 1972—1980 | 22 August 1952 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Anatoly Polivoda |  URS 
  UKR | BKB | Olympics | 1968—1972 | 29 May 1947 | Yenakiieve, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Aleksandr Ponomaryov |  URS 
  UKR | FBL | Coach | 1972 | 23 April 1918 | Korsun, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Iryna Popova |  UKR | MTB | Olympics | 2016 | 27 May 1991 | Horlivka, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Maryna Prokof'ieva |  UKR | JUD | Olympics | 2000—2008 | 4 February 1982 | Mariupol, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Svitlana Prokopova |  UKR | GRY | Olympics | 2012 | 3 January 1993 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Nataliya Pyrozhenko-Chornomaz |  UKR | ATH | Non-starter | 2020 | 23 January 1997 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Ihor Radivilov |  UKR | GAR | Olympics | 2012—2020 | 19 October 1992 | Mariupol, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Ihor Razoronov |  UKR | WLF | Olympics | 1996—2008 | 25 March 1970 | Lyman, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Mariya Riemien |  UKR | ATH | Olympics | 2012—2016 | 2 August 1987 | Makiïvka, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Inna Saienko |  UKR | ATH | Olympics | 2008 | 8 March 1982 | Mariupol, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Olha Saladukha |  UKR | ATH | Olympics | 2008—2020 | 4 June 1983 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Olha Savchuk |  UKR | TEN | Olympics | 2016 | 20 September 1987 | Makiïvka, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Oksana Serikova |  UKR | SWM | Olympics | 2008 | 11 June 1985 | Amvrosiivka, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Hanna Shelekh |  UKR | ATH | Olympics/YOG | 2010—2012 | 14 July 1993 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Taras Shelestiuk |  UKR | BOX | Olympics | 2012 | 30 November 1985 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Svitlana Shmidt |  UKR | ATH | Olympics | 2012 | 20 March 1990 | Mariupol, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Alina Shynkarenko |  UKR | SWA | Olympics | 2020 | 14 November 1998 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Aleksandr Sidorenko |  URS 
  UKR | SWM | Olympics | 1980 | 27 May 1960 | Mariupol, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Vladimir Sitkin |  URS 
  UKR | ATH | Olympics | 1956 | 6 December 1934 | Lyman, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Oleksiy Sokyrskyi |  UKR | ATH | Olympics | 2012 | 16 March 1985 | Horlivka, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Anastasiya Spas |  UKR | MPN | Olympics/YOG | 2010—2016 | 6 August 1993 | Artemivsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Yuriy Sukhorukov |  UKR | SHO | Olympics | 2004—2008 | 29 March 1968 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Nikolay Tatarinov |  RUS 
  URS | MPN | Olympics | 1960 | 14 December 1927 | Blahodatne, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Aleksandr Tkachenko |  URS 
  UKR | BOX | Olympics | 1976 | 14 November 1955 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Oleksiy Torokhtiy |  UKR | WLF | Olympics/Other | 2008—2012 | 22 May 1986 | Zuhres, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Vladimir Troshkin |  URS 
  UKR | FBL | Olympics | 1976 | 28 September 1947 | Yenakiieve, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Volodymyr Troshkin |  UKR | IH3 | YOG | 2020 | 2 August 2004 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Viktoriya Turks |  UKR | JUD | Olympics | 2016 | 20 October 1987 | Horlivka, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Artem Udachyn |  UKR | WLF | Olympics | 2000—2008 | 26 March 1980 | Mariupol, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Irina Ustimenko |  URS 
  UKR | SWM | Olympics | 1972 | 3 April 1957 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Tetiana Ustiuzhanina |  UKR 
  EUN | ROW | Olympics | 1992—2000 | 6 May 1965 | Mariupol, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Oleksiy Vakulenko |  UKR | WRE | Olympics | 2004 | 28 March 1981 | Kramatorsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Emile Vercken |  BEL | ATH/HOC | Olympics | 1928 | 9 February 1903 | Bakhmut, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Oleh Verniaiev |  UKR | GAR | Olympics | 2012—2016 | 29 September 1993 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Yuriy Vlasov |  UKR | SWM | Olympics | 1996 | 15 March 1970 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Yury Vlasov |  RUS 
  URS | WLF | Olympics/Other | 1960—1964 | 5 December 1935 | Makiïvka, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Mariya Vysochanska |  UKR | GRY | Olympics | 2020 | 10 September 2002 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Viktor Yanukovych |  UKR |  | Administrator | 2002—2005 | 9 July 1950 | Yenakiieve, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Antonina Yefremova |  UKR | ATH | Olympics | 2004—2008 | 19 July 1981 | Chasiv Yar, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Yuriy Yermakov |  UKR | GAR | Olympics | 1996 | 3 September 1970 | Makiïvka, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Viktor Yevsyukov |  KAZ 
  URS | ATH | Olympics | 1988 | 6 October 1956 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Yevhen Yudenkov |  UKR | GAR | Olympics | 2020 | 10 April 1993 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Denys Yurchenko |  UKR | ATH | Olympics | 2000—2012 | 27 January 1978 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Volodymyr Ziuskov |  UKR | ATH | Olympics | 2004 | 29 August 1981 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Viktor Zvyagintsev |  URS 
  UKR | FBL | Olympics | 1976 | 22 October 1950 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Nina Zyuskova |  URS 
  UKR | ATH | Olympics | 1980 | 3 May 1952 | Kalchyk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| People who died here (9) | 
| Xaver Hörmann |  GER | CMA | Olympics | 1936 | 23 February 1943 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Aleksandr Pervy |  URS 
  UKR | WLF | Olympics | 1980 | 25 September 1985 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Günther von Scheven |  GER | ART | Olympics | 1936 | 21 March 1942 | Karpovka, Slowjansk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Dmytro Sharpar |  UKR | FSK | YOG | 2016 | 23 January 2023 | Bakhmut, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Aleksandr Sidorenko |  URS 
  UKR | SWM | Olympics | 1980 | 20 February 2022 | Mariupol, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Yevhen Sotnykov |  UKR | JUD | Olympics | 2008 | 6 August 2021 | Khrestivka, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Oleksiy Vakulenko |  UKR | WRE | Olympics | 2004 | 3 March 2007 | Kramatorsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Jean-Claude Van Geenberghe |  BEL 
  UKR | EJP | Olympics | 1988—2008 | 9 May 2009 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) | 
| Viktor Zvyagintsev |  URS 
  UKR | FBL | Olympics | 1976 | 21 April 2022 | Donetsk, Donetsk (UKR) |