List of Heroes of Ukraine

This is a list of individuals who have been presented with the title Hero of Ukraine in reverse chronological order.

The article uses the latest official Romanization of Ukrainian on resolution of the Government of Ukraine.^[1]

Number of awards by years

As of 8 May 2024^[update], the total number of awards is 889. Additionally, at least 22 decrees on the assignment of the title Hero of Ukraine were not published.

Out of all recipients, 617 (69%) have a distinction of the "Order of the Gold Star" and 272 (31%) have a distinction of the "Order of the State". Number of awards that were given posthumously is 424 (48%). By gender, 848 (95%) of the recipients are men.

The youngest recipient is a Ukrainian Paralympian athlete Viktor Smyrnov who was 18 years and 78 days old. The oldest recipient – Maksym Hulyi received the award on his 100th birthday.

The only non-citizen awarded the award and for whom specifically an exclusion was made at parliamentary level was Belarusian Mikhail Zhyzneuski in June 2017 (Zhyzneuski was awarded posthumously).^[2] There are however 17 other individuals who were awarded the Hero of Ukraine and who were never citizens of Ukraine as they died before Ukraine obtained its independence. Among them are Avgustyn Voloshyn, Stepan Bandera (annulled), Volodymyr Ivasyuk, Vasyl Stus, liquidators Mykola Vashchuk, Vasyl Ihnatenko, Oleksandr Lelechko, Mykola Tytenok, Volodymyr Tishura.

There are 17 heroes of Ukraine who previously were awarded the Hero of Socialist Labour.