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== Actors and comedians ==
== Actors and comedians ==
*[[Nick Adams (actor, born 1931)|Nick Adams]] – actor, screenwriter <ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Iu51AAAAMAAJ&q=%22Ukrainian-American%22+%22Nick+Adams%22 |title=Nick Adams, the Ukrainian-American actor |access-date=2014-01-18|isbn=9781879001008 |last1=Dushnyck |first1=Walter |year=1991 }}</ref>
*[[Nick Adams (actor, born 1931)|Nick Adams]] – actor, screenwriter <ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Iu51AAAAMAAJ&q=%22Ukrainian-American%22+%22Nick+Adams%22 |title=Nick Adams, the Ukrainian-American actor |access-date=2014-01-18|isbn=9781879001008 |last1=Dushnyck |first1=Walter |year=1991 |publisher=Ukrainian Congress Committee of America }}</ref>
* [[Odessa A'zion|Odessa Adlon]] – actress
* [[Nina Arianda]] – actress and Tony Award winner
* [[Nina Arianda]] – actress and Tony Award winner
* [[Anthony Atamanuik]] – actor and comedian
* [[Anthony Atamanuik]] – actor and comedian
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* [[Taissa Farmiga]] – actress
* [[Taissa Farmiga]] – actress
* [[Vera Farmiga]] – actress<ref>[http://www.looksmartfamilymeals.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_9_30/ai_64993864 Born and raised in New Jersey's insulated Ukrainian community, where she went to Ukrainian Catholic school, was in the Ukrainian Girl Scouts, and did Ukrainian folk dancing in the Catskills during summers Farmiga did not learn English until she was six] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928222926/http://www.looksmartfamilymeals.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_9_30/ai_64993864 |date=2011-09-28 }}</ref>
* [[Vera Farmiga]] – actress<ref>[http://www.looksmartfamilymeals.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_9_30/ai_64993864 Born and raised in New Jersey's insulated Ukrainian community, where she went to Ukrainian Catholic school, was in the Ukrainian Girl Scouts, and did Ukrainian folk dancing in the Catskills during summers Farmiga did not learn English until she was six] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928222926/http://www.looksmartfamilymeals.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_9_30/ai_64993864 |date=2011-09-28 }}</ref>
* [[John Hodiak]] – actor<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Iu51AAAAMAAJ&q=%22Ukrainian-American%22+%22Nick+Adams%22 |title=The Ukrainian heritage in America – Walter Dushnyck, Ukrainian Congress Committee of America – Google Books |date=September 17, 2008 |access-date=October 4, 2011|isbn=9781879001008 |last1=Dushnyck |first1=Walter }}</ref>
* [[John Hodiak]] – actor<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Iu51AAAAMAAJ&q=%22Ukrainian-American%22+%22Nick+Adams%22 |title=The Ukrainian heritage in America – Walter Dushnyck, Ukrainian Congress Committee of America – Google Books |date=September 17, 2008 |access-date=October 4, 2011|isbn=9781879001008 |last1=Dushnyck |first1=Walter |publisher=Ukrainian Congress Committee of America }}</ref>
* [[Dustin Hoffman]] – actor, of Jewish descent
* [[Dustin Hoffman]] – actor, of Jewish descent
* [[Milla Jovovich]] – actress, supermodel and musician; born in Kyiv, to a Serbian father and a Russian mother
* [[Milla Jovovich]] – actress, supermodel and musician; born in Kyiv, to a Serbian father and a Russian mother
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* [[Laryssa Lauret]] – Broadway, television, and film actress, of Ukrainian descent<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.facebook.com/LaryssaLauret |title = Laryssa Lauret|website = [[Facebook]]}}</ref>
* [[Laryssa Lauret]] – Broadway, television, and film actress, of Ukrainian descent<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.facebook.com/LaryssaLauret |title = Laryssa Lauret|website = [[Facebook]]}}</ref>
* [[Olga Lezhneva]] – actress born in Kharkiv; Ukrainian mother
* [[Olga Lezhneva]] – actress born in Kharkiv; Ukrainian mother
* [[Traci Lords]] – actress born Nora Kuzma; her father was of Ukrainian ancestry<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-hTz_mt3vIQC&q=traci+lords+ukrainian&pg=PA4 |title=Traci Lords: Underneath It All – Traci Lords, Traci Elizabeth Lords – Google Books |date= 2004-06-29|access-date=October 4, 2011|isbn=9780060508210 |last1=Lords |first1=Traci }}</ref>
* [[Traci Lords]] – actress born Nora Kuzma; her father was of Ukrainian ancestry<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-hTz_mt3vIQC&q=traci+lords+ukrainian&pg=PA4 |title=Traci Lords: Underneath It All – Traci Lords, Traci Elizabeth Lords – Google Books |date= 2004-06-29|access-date=October 4, 2011|isbn=9780060508210 |last1=Lords |first1=Traci |publisher=Harper Collins }}</ref>
* [[Walter Matthau]] – actor, of Jewish descent
* [[Walter Matthau]] – actor, of Jewish descent
* [[Mike Mazurki]] – actor
* [[Mike Mazurki]] – actor
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* [[Chris Zylka]] – actor
* [[Chris Zylka]] – actor


== Film, Media, Radio, Television ==
== Film, media, radio, television ==


* [[Juliya Chernetsky]] – TV personality<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 26, 2022 |title=100 Hottest Babes We Know You'll Drool Over |url=https://maximonline.com/sex-and-dating/hottest-babes/ |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060622192210/http://www.stuffmagazine.com/articles/index.aspx?id=896 |archivedate=June 22, 2006}}</ref>
* [[Juliya Chernetsky]] – TV personality<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 26, 2022 |title=100 Hottest Babes We Know You'll Drool Over |url=https://maximonline.com/sex-and-dating/hottest-babes/ |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060622192210/http://www.stuffmagazine.com/articles/index.aspx?id=896 |archivedate=June 22, 2006}}</ref>
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* [[Basil Iwanyk]] – Hollywood producer, noted for producing films such as, Clash of the Titans, John Wick, We Are Marshall.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Sicario' Producer Reveals Movie's Original Ending : Related Articles {{!}} OOYUZ |url=http://www.ooyuz.com/geturl?aid=10096366 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923073352/http://www.ooyuz.com/geturl?aid=10096366 |archive-date=2016-09-23 |access-date=2016-07-30 |website=www.ooyuz.com}}</ref>
* [[Basil Iwanyk]] – Hollywood producer, noted for producing films such as, Clash of the Titans, John Wick, We Are Marshall.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Sicario' Producer Reveals Movie's Original Ending : Related Articles {{!}} OOYUZ |url=http://www.ooyuz.com/geturl?aid=10096366 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923073352/http://www.ooyuz.com/geturl?aid=10096366 |archive-date=2016-09-23 |access-date=2016-07-30 |website=www.ooyuz.com}}</ref>
* [[Kim Komando|Kim Kamando]] – radio personality
* [[Kim Komando|Kim Kamando]] – radio personality
* [[Taras Kulakov]] – [[life hack]] YouTuber better known as '''CrazyRussianHacker'''
* [[Tom Leykis]] – radio personality
* [[Tom Leykis]] – radio personality
* [[TechRax|Taras Maksimuk]] – YouTuber, created "TechRax" channel focused on destructive testing of technology, 7.6 million subscribers as of October 2022.
* [[TechRax|Taras Maksimuk]] – YouTuber, created "TechRax" channel focused on destructive testing of technology, 7.6 million subscribers as of October 2022.
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* [[Gene Stupnitsky]] – writer and producer
* [[Gene Stupnitsky]] – writer and producer
* [[Alex Trebek]] – television host
* [[Alex Trebek]] – television host
* [[DJ Vlad]] – interviewer, journalist, YouTuber, and former disc jockey
* [[DJ Vlad]] – interviewer, journalist, YouTuber, and former disc jockey, of Jewish descent
* [[Kendra Wilkinson]] – TV personality
* [[Kendra Wilkinson]] – TV personality
* [[Nikocado Avocado]] - Youtuber, known for his Mukbangs


== Artists and designers ==
== Artists and designers ==
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* [[Kateryna Yushchenko]] – former US State Department Official and former First Lady of Ukraine
* [[Kateryna Yushchenko]] – former US State Department Official and former First Lady of Ukraine


== Engineers and Business ==
== Engineers and business ==
* [[David Baszucki]] – Founder and CEO of the [[Roblox Corporation]], Canadian-born
* [[David Baszucki]] – Founder and CEO of the [[Roblox Corporation]], Canadian-born
* [[Bohdan Bejmuk]] – aerospace engineer
* [[Bohdan Bejmuk]] – aerospace engineer
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*[[Jackie Evancho]] – classical crossover singer
*[[Jackie Evancho]] – classical crossover singer
*[[Bill Evans]] – jazz musician and composer
*[[Bill Evans]] – jazz musician and composer
*[[Marko Farion]] - opera singer, bandurist<ref>The Ukrainian Bandurist, http://ukrweekly.com/archive/1991/The_Ukrainian_Weekly_1991-22.pdf (retrieved 15 Feb. 2022).</ref>
*[[Anthony Fedorov]] – singer, finalist on season 4 of ''[[American Idol]]''<ref>[http://et.tv.yahoo.com/tv/11256/ Anthony Fedorov – or the Ukrainian cowboy, as Ryan introduced him – sang LONESTAR's I'm Already There]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*[[Anthony Fedorov]] – singer, finalist on season 4 of ''[[American Idol]]''<ref>[http://et.tv.yahoo.com/tv/11256/ Anthony Fedorov – or the Ukrainian cowboy, as Ryan introduced him – sang LONESTAR's I'm Already There]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*[[G-Eazy]] – songwriter-rapper
*[[G-Eazy]] – songwriter-rapper
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*[[Vyacheslav Polozov]] – opera singer
*[[Vyacheslav Polozov]] – opera singer
*[[Sviatoslav Richter]] – German Ukrainian pianist; widely regarded as one of the most successful pianists of the 20th century
*[[Sviatoslav Richter]] – German Ukrainian pianist; widely regarded as one of the most successful pianists of the 20th century
*[[Sam H. Stept]] – Broadway/Hollywood/big band composer based in America but born in Odessa in 1897
*[[Dorian Rudnytsky]] – cellist and composer; son of [[Maria Sokil]]; father is Ukrainian
*[[Dorian Rudnytsky]] – cellist and composer; son of [[Maria Sokil]]; father is Ukrainian
*[[Melanie Safka]] – folk singer, performed at Woodstock
*[[Melanie Safka]] – folk singer, performed at Woodstock
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*[[Dimitri Tiomkin]] – film composer
*[[Dimitri Tiomkin]] – film composer
*[[Steven Tyler]] – singer-songwriter, frontman for Aerosmith<ref>{{Cite web|title = Steven Tyler promises to shake up Moscow during Aerosmith concert|url = http://rbth.com/arts/2013/11/18/steven_tyler_promises_to_shake_up_moscow_during_aerosmith_concert_31813.html|website = rbth.com|date = 18 November 2013|access-date = 2016-01-01}}</ref>
*[[Steven Tyler]] – singer-songwriter, frontman for Aerosmith<ref>{{Cite web|title = Steven Tyler promises to shake up Moscow during Aerosmith concert|url = http://rbth.com/arts/2013/11/18/steven_tyler_promises_to_shake_up_moscow_during_aerosmith_concert_31813.html|website = rbth.com|date = 18 November 2013|access-date = 2016-01-01}}</ref>
*[[Bruno Mars]]- singer-songwriter
*[[Peter Wilhousky]] – composer, educator and conductor
*[[Peter Wilhousky]] – composer, educator and conductor
*[[Your Old Droog]] – rapper
*[[Your Old Droog]] – rapper
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*[[Herman Toll]] – former Pennsylvania Congressman
*[[Herman Toll]] – former Pennsylvania Congressman
*[[Paul Wellstone]] – former US Senator from Minnesota
*[[Paul Wellstone]] – former US Senator from Minnesota
*[[Kathleen Willey]] – major figure in the [[Monica Lewinsky]] and [[Paula Jones]] scandals; her father was of Ukrainian descent<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1v5e4lZiS08C&q=kathleen+willey+mike+matzuk&pg=PA8 |title=Target: Caught in the Crosshairs of Bill and Hillary Clinton - Kathleen Willey - Google Books |access-date=2013-10-25|isbn=9780974670164 |last1=Willey |first1=Kathleen |year=2007 }}</ref>
*[[Kathleen Willey]] – major figure in the [[Monica Lewinsky]] and [[Paula Jones]] scandals; her father was of Ukrainian descent<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1v5e4lZiS08C&q=kathleen+willey+mike+matzuk&pg=PA8 |title=Target: Caught in the Crosshairs of Bill and Hillary Clinton - Kathleen Willey - Google Books |access-date=2013-10-25|isbn=9780974670164 |last1=Willey |first1=Kathleen |year=2007 |publisher=WND Books }}</ref>


== Religious figures ==
== Religious figures ==
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*[[Joel Bolomboy]] – NBA basketball player
*[[Joel Bolomboy]] – NBA basketball player
*[[Ivan Borodiak]] – Argentine-born soccer player
*[[Ivan Borodiak]] – Argentine-born soccer player
*[[Sasha Chmelevski]]<ref>{{Citation | url = https://www.theobserver.ca/2015/04/20/get-to-know-a-little-more-about-sarnia-sting-first-round-draft-pick-sasha-chmelevski | title = Get to know a little more about Sarnia Sting first-round draft pick Sasha Chmelevski | author = Terry Bridge | date = 20 April 2015 | publisher = The Observer | location = [[Sarnia]]}}</ref> - NHL ice hockey player
*[[Sasha Chmelevski]]<ref>{{Citation | url = https://www.theobserver.ca/2015/04/20/get-to-know-a-little-more-about-sarnia-sting-first-round-draft-pick-sasha-chmelevski | title = Get to know a little more about Sarnia Sting first-round draft pick Sasha Chmelevski | author = Terry Bridge | date = 20 April 2015 | publisher = The Observer | location = [[Sarnia]]}}</ref> – NHL ice hockey player
*[[Wayne Chrebet]] – NFL football player
*[[Wayne Chrebet]] – NFL football player
*[[Jakob Chychrun]] – NHL hockey player
*[[Jakob Chychrun]] – NHL hockey player
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*[[Sasha Cohen]] – Olympic silver medalist [[figure skater]]; Ukrainian Jewish on the maternal side<ref>{{cite web|last=Mihoces |first=Gary |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/torino/figureskating/2006-02-09-cover-cohen_x.htm |title=Alexandra Pauline Cohen, nicknamed Sasha by her Ukrainian-born mother, Galina |publisher=Usatoday.com |date=2006-02-13 |access-date=2014-01-18}}</ref>
*[[Sasha Cohen]] – Olympic silver medalist [[figure skater]]; Ukrainian Jewish on the maternal side<ref>{{cite web|last=Mihoces |first=Gary |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/torino/figureskating/2006-02-09-cover-cohen_x.htm |title=Alexandra Pauline Cohen, nicknamed Sasha by her Ukrainian-born mother, Galina |publisher=Usatoday.com |date=2006-02-13 |access-date=2014-01-18}}</ref>
*[[Bill Cristall]] – Major League Baseball player
*[[Bill Cristall]] – Major League Baseball player
*[[Mike Ditka]] – NFL football player and coach;<ref>[http://web.archive.bibalex.org/web/20051212120201/http://www.ukraine-observer.com/articles/212/744 The year before, the Ukrainian American had been named coach of the year by Sporting News and the Associated Press]</ref> member of the Football Hall of Fame
*[[Mike Ditka]] – NFL football player and coach;<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20051212120201/http://www.ukraine-observer.com/articles/212/744 The year before, the Ukrainian American had been named coach of the year by Sporting News and the Associated Press]</ref> member of the Football Hall of Fame
*[[Jim Drucker]] (born 1952/1953), former Commissioner of the [[Continental Basketball Association]], former Commissioner of the [[Arena Football League]], and founder of NewKadia Comics
*[[Jim Drucker]] (born 1952/1953) – former Commissioner of the [[Continental Basketball Association]], former Commissioner of the [[Arena Football League]], and founder of NewKadia Comics
*[[Pete Emelianchik]] – NFL football player
*[[Pete Emelianchik]] – NFL football player
*[[Harry Fanok]] – Major League Baseball pitcher<ref>{{cite web|author1=Rory Costello|author2=Harry Fanok|url=http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/b8c4436a|title=Harry Fanok|publisher=sabr.org|date=May 28, 2014|access-date=February 11, 2016}}</ref>
*[[Harry Fanok]] – Major League Baseball pitcher<ref>{{cite web|author1=Rory Costello|author2=Harry Fanok|url=http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/b8c4436a|title=Harry Fanok|publisher=sabr.org|date=May 28, 2014|access-date=February 11, 2016}}</ref>
*[[Ruslan Fedotenko]] – Ukrainian-born NHL ice hockey player, US citizen
*[[Ruslan Fedotenko]] – Ukrainian-born NHL ice hockey player, US citizen
*[[Jim Furyk]] – professional golfer
*[[Jim Furyk]] – professional golfer
*[[Yury Gelman]] (born 1955) - Ukrainian-born American Olympic fencing coach
*[[Yury Gelman]] (born 1955) – Ukrainian-born American Olympic fencing coach
*[[Sam Gerson]] – Ukrainian-born Olympic wrestler
*[[Sam Gerson]] – Ukrainian-born Olympic wrestler
*[[Sloko Gill]] – NFL football player
*[[Sloko Gill]] – NFL football player
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*[[Arnold Horween]] – NFL football player, of Jewish descent
*[[Arnold Horween]] – NFL football player, of Jewish descent
*[[Ralph Horween]] – NFL football player, of Jewish descent
*[[Ralph Horween]] – NFL football player, of Jewish descent
*[[Nick Itkin]] - Olympic bronze medalist fencer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2022/07/20/nick-itkin-fencing-world-championships/|title=Nick Itkin joins U.S. foil fencing greats to win world championships medal|date=July 20, 2022}}</ref>
*[[Nick Itkin]] – Olympic bronze medalist fencer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2022/07/20/nick-itkin-fencing-world-championships/|title=Nick Itkin joins U.S. foil fencing greats to win world championships medal|date=July 20, 2022}}</ref>
*[[Chris Jericho]] – [[All Elite Wrestling|AEW]] professional wrestler and frontman for Fozzy, mother is of Ukrainian descent
*[[Chris Jericho]] – [[All Elite Wrestling|AEW]] professional wrestler and frontman for Fozzy, mother is of Ukrainian descent
*[[Kid Kaplan]] – boxer
*[[Kid Kaplan]] – boxer
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* [[Alexander J. Motyl]] – historian, professor of political science at [[Rutgers University]]
* [[Alexander J. Motyl]] – historian, professor of political science at [[Rutgers University]]
* [[Anna Nagurney]] – mathematician, economist, educator and author in the field of Operations Management; holds the John F. Smith Memorial Professorship in the [[Isenberg School of Management]] at the [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]]
* [[Anna Nagurney]] – mathematician, economist, educator and author in the field of Operations Management; holds the John F. Smith Memorial Professorship in the [[Isenberg School of Management]] at the [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]]
* [[Sherwin B. Nuland]] - scholar and author, father of [[Victoria Nuland]]
* [[Sherwin B. Nuland]] – scholar and author, father of [[Victoria Nuland]]
* [[Simon Ramo]] – physicist; Russian–Ukrainian
* [[Simon Ramo]] – physicist; Russian–Ukrainian
* [[Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper]] – Captain, USN and NASA Astronaut
* [[Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper]] – Captain, USN and NASA astronaut
* [[George Shevelov]] – professor; Ukrainian linguist
* [[George Shevelov]] – professor; Ukrainian linguist
* [[Frank Sysyn]] – professor of Ukrainian history
* [[Frank Sysyn]] – professor of Ukrainian history
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* [[Kiran Chetry]] – former CNN anchor
* [[Kiran Chetry]] – former CNN anchor
* [[Jerry Cooke (photographer)|Jerry Cooke]] – photojournalist
* [[Jerry Cooke (photographer)|Jerry Cooke]] – photojournalist
* [[Maryna and Serhiy Dyachenko]] - Ukrainian fantasy fiction writers residing in the United States
* [[Maryna and Serhiy Dyachenko]] – Ukrainian fantasy fiction writers residing in the United States
* [[Richard Ellmann]] – literary critic and biographer
* [[Richard Ellmann]] – literary critic and biographer
* [[Adrian Holovaty]] – journalist
* [[Adrian Holovaty]] – journalist
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== Other ==
== Other ==
* [[Vitaly Borker]], Internet criminal and cyberbully
* [[Vitaly Borker]] – Internet criminal and cyberbully
* [[John Demjanjuk]] – retired auto worker/war crimes defendant<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washington-report.org/backissues/0993/9309065.html |title=Court's acquittal of Ukrainian-American auto worker John Demjanjuk |publisher=Washington-report.org |access-date=2014-01-18}}</ref>
* [[John Demjanjuk]] – retired auto worker/war crimes defendant<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washington-report.org/backissues/0993/9309065.html |title=Court's acquittal of Ukrainian-American auto worker John Demjanjuk |publisher=Washington-report.org |access-date=2014-01-18}}</ref>
* [[Disappearance of Sky Metalwala|Sky Metalwala]] – Seattle-area child missing since 2011; born to a Ukrainian immigrant mother.
* [[Disappearance of Sky Metalwala|Sky Metalwala]] – Seattle-area child missing since 2011; born to a Ukrainian immigrant mother.
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There are many Ukrainian-Americans in the United States, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Ukrainian American or must have references showing they are Ukrainian American and are sufficiently notable to merit a Wikipedia article.

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Sasha Cohen
Ralph Horween
Igor Olshansky

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Alexei Filippenko
Jane Lubchenco
Gregory Mankiw
Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper
Bruce E. Melnick, NASA astronaut and United States Coast Guard officer

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Chuck Palahniuk, an American freelance journalist and novelist of Ukrainian descent.

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References

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  2. ^ Yuan, Jada (February 8, 2011). "The Good Wife's Matt Czuchry on Cary's Sex Life and How to Pronounce His Last Name". nymag.com. Retrieved February 21, 2011.
  3. ^ "Official website : Erika Eleniak". Erikeleniaksoofficialsite.com. Archived from the original on 2013-04-20. Retrieved 2013-10-25.
  4. ^ Born and raised in New Jersey's insulated Ukrainian community, where she went to Ukrainian Catholic school, was in the Ukrainian Girl Scouts, and did Ukrainian folk dancing in the Catskills during summers Farmiga did not learn English until she was six Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Dushnyck, Walter (September 17, 2008). The Ukrainian heritage in America – Walter Dushnyck, Ukrainian Congress Committee of America – Google Books. Ukrainian Congress Committee of America. ISBN 9781879001008. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
  6. ^ "The Virginia Gazette: Williamsburg Breaking News". Retrieved October 25, 2008.[dead link]
  7. ^ "Laryssa Lauret". Facebook.
  8. ^ Lords, Traci (2004-06-29). Traci Lords: Underneath It All – Traci Lords, Traci Elizabeth Lords – Google Books. Harper Collins. ISBN 9780060508210. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
  9. ^ "Jack Palance has everyone smiling as he recites stories about growing up Ukrainian in a tough neighborhood". Brama.com. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  10. ^ "following last Sunday's matinee performance and enthusiastically declared "Yes, I'm half Ukrainian."... he was Ukrainian on his mother's side. "My mother's maiden name was Bincarowski – I have no idea where the family came from in Ukraine – and my father's Irish. I think there may have been some Czech (ancestry) in my father's family – on his father's side – but I only found that out in the last six-seven years". Archived from the original on September 30, 2007.
  11. ^ "Igor Vovkovinskiy". thetallestman.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-02. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  12. ^ a b Eurovision Song Contest won by Denmark, BBC News (19 May 2013)
  13. ^ "'Madam Hooch' rides her broomstick in from Odesa: Actress Zoë Wanamaker offers a glimpse into her family history".
  14. ^ "100 Hottest Babes We Know You'll Drool Over". January 26, 2022. Archived from the original on June 22, 2006.
  15. ^ Some Ukrainian Canadians have found success in the USA such as Hollywood film director Edward Dmytryk... Archived 2006-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^ "'Sicario' Producer Reveals Movie's Original Ending : Related Articles | OOYUZ". www.ooyuz.com. Archived from the original on 2016-09-23. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
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  18. ^ https://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/2018/10/06/new-jersey-film-festival-premieres-matej-sileckys-baba-babee-skazala-grandmother-told-grandmother-this-sunday-october-7-2018/ (Retrieved 15 Feb. 2022)
  19. ^ https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/gallery/2017110943888/dancing-on-ice-professional-skaters/3/ (retrieved 15 Feb. 2022)
  20. ^ "Ukrainian-American sculptor, b. Kiev". Encyclopedia.com. 1964-02-02. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
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  22. ^ "Two-time Ukrainian Women's Champion and two-time Olympian WGM Anna Zatonskih". U.S. Chess Online (Press release). March 19, 2003. Archived from the original on November 5, 2005.
  23. ^ Freed, Ben. "Milstein and Milshteyn: Ann Arbor brothers with different names share the same drive". Ann Arbor News. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  24. ^ "Grandfather was a plumber from Ukraine".
  25. ^ "OBITUARY: Kvitka Cisyk, 44, popular singer (04/12/98)". Archived from the original on September 30, 2007.
  26. ^ Anthony Fedorov – or the Ukrainian cowboy, as Ryan introduced him – sang LONESTAR's I'm Already There[permanent dead link]
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  28. ^ Mitchell Peters (August 12, 2011). "Lenny Kravitz Returns With 'Black and White America,' Countless Partnerships". Billboard.
  29. ^ "Wally Palmar traversed this virgin landscape... to finally lay his eyes on the Ukrainian homeland". Archived from the original on September 30, 2007.
  30. ^ "Steven Tyler promises to shake up Moscow during Aerosmith concert". rbth.com. 18 November 2013. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
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  34. ^ "Stephen J. Jarema, 83, Former Assemblyman". The New York Times. 1988-07-26. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
  35. ^ "BOSHTOW, Gary Johnson's grandparents born in Ukraine".
  36. ^ OLKHOVSKIY, Ruslan V. "Build Ukraine". www.artukraine.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-06. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
  37. ^ "Ukraine native to serve as newest state senator". 7 September 2017.
  38. ^ "Ukrainian-American Councilman Mark Treyger Blasts Russia's "Intimidation"". NY Daily News. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  39. ^ Willey, Kathleen (2007). Target: Caught in the Crosshairs of Bill and Hillary Clinton - Kathleen Willey - Google Books. WND Books. ISBN 9780974670164. Retrieved 2013-10-25.
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  43. ^ The year before, the Ukrainian American had been named coach of the year by Sporting News and the Associated Press
  44. ^ Rory Costello; Harry Fanok (May 28, 2014). "Harry Fanok". sabr.org. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  45. ^ "Nick Itkin joins U.S. foil fencing greats to win world championships medal". July 20, 2022.
  46. ^ "Matt Kuchar Tries To Explains the PGA to Nancy, Double Bogeys". 21 January 2014. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  47. ^ "Former NFL player, city commissioner Steve Romanik dies". NJ.com. 16 September 2009. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
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  49. ^ "Flip Saunders". www.nndb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
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  51. ^ "How of Happiness - Sonja Lyubomirsky". Archived from the original on June 8, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
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  56. ^ "Court's acquittal of Ukrainian-American auto worker John Demjanjuk". Washington-report.org. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
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