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 total number of recipients was no less than 1,248.
Out of all recipients, 936 have a distinction of the "Order of the Gold Star" and 273 have a distinction of the "Order of the State". Number of awards that were given posthumously is 626. By gender, 1166 of the recipients are men.
The youngest recipient is Stepan Chubenko. 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. 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, 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.