Khmelnytskyi (surname) explained

Khmelnytskyi (Ukrainian: Хмельницький) is a surname of Ukrainian origin often associated with the national hero of Ukraine Bohdan Khmelnytsky.

Notable persons

• Bohdan Khmelnytsky, a Hetman of Zaporizhian Host
• Yurii Khmelnytsky, a Hetman of Zaporizhian Host (son of Bohdan Khmelnytsky)
• Tymofiy Khmelnytsky (Tymish), another son of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, a Moldavian military person.
• Efrosinia Yanenko-Khmelnytska, niece of Bohdan Khemlnytsky and wife of Hetman Petro Doroshenko.
• Yurii Khmelnytsky, a brother of Bohdan Khmelnytsky
• Vitaliy Khmelnytskyi, a Soviet footballer and coach from the Orikhiv Raion
• Boris Khmelnitsky, a Soviet actor