Famous People From Sumy Oblast
- Viktor Yushchenko – 3rd President of Ukraine (2005–2010); Khoruzhivka village
- Sydir Kovpak – a prominent Soviet partisan leader in Ukraine
- Natalia Ivanovna Sedova – Wife of Leon Trotsky, born Romny 1882
- Oleh Husyev – Footballer
- Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub – WW2 ace and air marshal of the Soviet Union.
- Oleksi Berest – one of the soldiers who hoisted the Victory Banner in Berlin and a posthumous Hero of Ukraine.
- Dmitry Chechulin – architect; born Shostka 1901
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