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Stepan Rudansky (1834 - 1873) was a Ukrainian poet, translator, and folklorist.

During Rudansky's lifetime, only a few of his poems were published in magazines. Rudansky's repeated attempts to publish his poetry collections in separate books failed due to the anti-Ukrainian censorship policy of the Russian government and the author's material deprivation.

Rudansky's works were published and gained recognition by readers thanks to the efforts of the next generation of Ukrainians - Olena Pchilka, Ivan Franko, and Agatangel Krymsky. Some of his works, in particular the song "Whores, wind, to the Ukraine", received the highest praise and are now being spread as folk songs.