Famous People From Kyiv, Ukraine & Celebs Born In Kyiv

Birthdate: August 14, 1983

Sun Sign: Leo

Died: May 4, 2014

Four-time winner of the AEGON Awards, Elena Baltacha was a Ukrainian-born British tennis player, who held the British No. I position for the first time at the age of nineteen. An unbelievable fighter, she continued to play despite her debilitating illness, winning matches almost till the very end, retiring from professional tennis five months before her death from liver cancer.