Михайло Федорович Романов

The article uses the latest official Romanization of Ukrainian on resolution of the Government of Ukraine. This is a list of individuals who have been presented with the title Hero of Ukraine in reverse chronological order.

As of 28 June 2026, the total number of recipients was no less than 1,319 (of which decrees awarding 1,274 individuals were published, and for at least 45 individuals, the decrees were not made public). Out of all recipients (considering only published decrees), 1000 (78%) have a distinction of the "Order of the Gold Star" and 274 (22%) have a distinction of the "Order of the State". Number of awards that were given posthumously is 658 (52%). By gender, 1229 (96%) of the recipients are men. The youngest recipient is Stepan Chubenko (died at the age of 16 years and 258 days; awarded posthumously). 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). 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.