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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.
List
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)
Nick Holonyak , electrical engineer (both parents Rusyn)
Thomas Hopko ,
Orthodox Christian theologian
John Kanzius , inventor, (Rusyn American – mother)
Paul Robert Magocsi
[1]
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)
[2]
Tom Ridge , politician (Rusyn mother)
Lizabeth Scott , actress (both parents Rusyn)
Mark Singel , politician (Rusyn father)
Laurus Škurla , First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, metropolitan of Eastern America and New York
John Spencer , actor (Rusyn mother)
Robert Urich , actor (Rusyn father)
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
^ Magocsi, Paul R., Pop, Ivan Ivanovich. Encyclopedia of Rusyn History and Culture , p. 313. University of Toronto Press, 2002.
ISBN
0-8020-3566-3
^ Milliken, Joe (2019). Let's Go! Benjamin Orr and the Cars . Rowman & Littlefield. p. 1.
ISBN
978-1-5381-4318-6 .
Further reading