Politicians from Ukraine

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Ukrainian Politicians of all time. This list of famous Ukrainian Politicians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Ukrainian Politicians.

1. #1

   

   Leon Trotsky

   1879 - 1940

   HPI 86.25136 languages

   Leon Trotsky was a Russian revolutionary and Marxist theorist. He was instrumental in the October Revolution of 1917, which led to the creation of the Soviet Union. Trotsky later opposed the Stalinist regime and was exiled from the Soviet Union in 1929.

2. #2

   

   Leonid Brezhnev

   1906 - 1982

   HPI 85.38114 languages

   Leonid Brezhnev was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982. He is most famous for his rule as a Soviet leader, and for his role in the Cuban Missile Crisis.

3. #3

   

   Hurrem Sultan

   1502 - 1558

   HPI 84.7376 languages

   Hurrem Sultan was most famous for being the wife of Suleiman the Magnificent. She was also known for her beauty and power.

4. #4

   

   Golda Meir

   1898 - 1978

   HPI 82.01100 languages

   Golda Meir was the fourth Prime Minister of Israel. She is most famous for her work as a Zionist and for her leadership of Israel during the Yom Kippur War.

5. #5

   

   Viktor Yanukovych

   b. 1950

   HPI 80.3698 languages

   Viktor Yanukovych is most famous for being the president of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014. He was impeached in 2014 and fled to Russia.

6. #6

   

   John III Sobieski

   1629 - 1696

   HPI 80.0571 languages

   John III Sobieski is most famous for leading the Polish army to victory over the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Vienna in 1683.

7. #7

   

   Stepan Bandera

   1909 - 1959

   HPI 79.6568 languages

   Stepan Bandera was a Ukrainian nationalist and Nazi collaborator. He was the leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) in the 1930s and 1940s. He was assassinated by the KGB in 1959.

8. #8

   

   Volodymyr Zelensky

   b. 1978

   HPI 79.41169 languages

   6th President of Ukraine since 2019, actor, director and film producer

9. #9

   

   Hafsa Sultan

   1479 - 1534

   HPI 78.5844 languages

   Hafsa Sultan is most famous for being the wife of Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II. She was also the mother of Mehmed VI, who was the last Ottoman Sultan.

10. #10

    

    Viktor Yushchenko

    b. 1954

    HPI 77.4388 languages

    Viktor Yushchenko was the president of Ukraine from 2005 to 2010. He is most famous for being poisoned with dioxin in 2004 and nearly dying, but he survived and won the election in 2005.