List of Rusyn Americans

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.

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List

• 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

1. "NICK HOLONYAK JR. (1928-2022)". NAE Website. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
2. "Who was Nick Holonyak Jr.?". hmntl.illinois.edu. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
3. "Leadership". Saint John the Baptist Orthodox Church. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
4. Magocsi, Paul R., Pop, Ivan Ivanovich. Encyclopedia of Rusyn History and Culture, p. 313. University of Toronto Press, 2002. ISBN   0-8020-3566-3
5. Milliken, Joe (2019). Let's Go! Benjamin Orr and the Cars. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 1. ISBN   978-1-5381-4318-6.
6. "Rusyn-American Named to U.S. Cabinet" (PDF). The New Rusyn Times. 2003. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
7. Chroust, David (April 3, 2022). "A Rusyn-American Life in Books: George Sabo in New York and Florida" . Slavic & East European Information Resources. 23 (1–2): 183. doi:10.1080/15228886.2021.1985708. ISSN   1522-8886.
8. Magocsi, Paul Robert. Our People: Carpatho-Rusyns and Their Descendants in North America, p.80. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, Inc. (2005). ISBN   0-86516-611-0
9. Skumanich, A. My Rewarding Life in Science. Sol Phys 298, 110 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-023-02199-2
10. For further reading on the scientific work of Dr. Skumanich and on the Skumanich Law, see: https://skumanich.wdrc.org and Stellar rotation.

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.