Famous Ukrainians

Ukraine is known for its talented people!

1) Do you know the tobacco brand of Davidoff? So the founder, Zino Davidoffwas born in Kiev in 1906, when the territory of modern Ukraine was as a part of the Russian Empire.

2) Do you use Whatsapp? The co-founder of this messenger, Jan Koum, who is currently the executive director of Fasebook as well, was also born in Kiev in 1976, when Ukraine was as a part of the Soviet Union.

3) Do you use Pay Pal for online shopping? The co-founder of this service is Max Levchin, who was also born in Kiev in 1975. Interestingly, Pay Pal has not yet entered the Ukrainian market (2017).

All of the above-mentioned famous people born in Ukraine have Jewish roots.

4) The Star of films «The fifth element» and «Resident Evil», Milla Jovovich, the famous Hollywood actress was also born in Kiev.

5) The Klitschko brothers. Both are world heavyweight boxing champions (the first world heavyweight boxing champions from the entire former USSR), but have never been opponents in the ring. The elder brother, Vitali Klitschko, is the current mayor of Kiev.

6) Andriy Shevchenko is a Ukrainian football player who played at the position of the striker. The best scorer in the history of the Ukrainian national team (48 goals). Since July 15, 2016 — the head coach of the Ukrainian team. In 2004 he received the most prestigious award in the world — the Golden Ball.

At the moment, the Ukrainians are very intensively developing in the IT industry.

Want to remind, that I work as a guide in Kiev, so during the week there can be 2–3 visitors who come to Kiev on business, cooperating with Ukrainian IT companies.

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