This is a list of notable Rusyn Americans .

To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Rusyn American or must have references showing they are Rusyn American and are notable.

Contents

• List
• References
• Further reading

List

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• Nick Holonyak, creator of the LED (both parents Rusyn) ^{[1] [2]}
• Sandra Dee, actress (Rusyn mother)
• Steve Ditko, comic book illustrator and co-creator of Spider-Man (Rusyn father)
• Harry Dorish, professional baseball player, St. Louis Browns (Rusyn father, "Slovakian" mother)
• Bill Evans, jazz musician (Rusyn mother)
• Thomas Hopko, Orthodox Christian theologian ^[3]
• John Kanzius, inventor (Rusyn American mother)
• Paul Robert Magocsi ^[4]
• Bret Michaels, singer-songwriter and musician (Rusyn paternal grandfather)
• Wentworth Miller, actor (mother's ancestry includes Rusyn ancestors)
• Stan Musial, professional baseball player, St. Louis Cardinals (Rusyn mother, Polish father)
• Benjamin Orr, musician (Rusyn mother from present day Kojšov, Slovakia and Ukrainian father) ^[5]
• Tom Ridge, politician (Rusyn mother) ^[6]
• George Sabo, book dealer (Rusyn immigrant) ^[7]
• Lizabeth Scott, actress (both parents Rusyn)
• Mark Singel, politician (Rusyn father)
• Andrew P. Skumanich, astro-physicist (Rusyn parents) ^{[8] [9] [10]}
• Laurus Škurla, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, metropolitan of Eastern America and New York
• John Spencer, actor (Rusyn mother)
• Michael Strank, U.S Marine soldier known for being in the Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima photograph (born in Czechoslovakia to Rusyn parents)
• Robert Urich, actor (Rusyn father)
• Stephen Varzaly, (1890 – 1957) leading priest, journalist, and cultural activist for Rusyns in the United States.
• Andy Warhol, artist (both parents Rusyn)
• James Warhola, illustrator
• Peter Wilhousky, composer (both parents Rusyn)
• Craig Wycinsky, professional football player for Cleveland Browns
• Gregory Zatkovich, lawyer and political activist (Rusyn immigrant)
• Paul Zatkovich, newspaper editor and cultural activist (Rusyn immigrant)
• Chris Zylka, actor, director, producer and model (maternal grandmother, Patricia Rosko, born into a family of Ruthenian/Rusyn/Slovakian heritage)

References

Further reading

• Magocsi, Paul Robert and Ivan Pop (2005). Encyclopedia of Rusyn History and Culture . Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN   0-8020-3566-3.