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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.

Actors and comedians

Film, Media, Radio, Television

  • Juliya Chernetsky – TV personality [14]
  • Edward Dmytryk (1908–1999) – film director who was amongst the Hollywood 10, a group of blacklisted film industry professionals who served time in prison for being in contempt of Congress during the McCarthy-era Red Scare [15]
  • Andrea Feczko – TV personality
  • James Gray – director, producer and screenwriter, (Two lovers, Ad Astra) Jewish-Ukrainian
  • Basil Iwanyk – Hollywood producer, noted for producing films such as, Clash of the Titans, John Wick, We Are Marshall. [16]
  • Kim Kamando – radio personality
  • Tom Leykis – radio personality
  • Taras Maksimuk – YouTuber, created "TechRax" channel focused on destructive testing of technology, 7.6 million subscribers as of October 2022.
  • Andrij Parekh – cinematographer
  • Matej Silecky – director, professional figure skater [17] [18] [19]
  • Steven Spielberg – director, producer and screenwriter, of Jewish descent
  • Gene Stupnitsky – writer and producer
  • Alex Trebek – television host
  • DJ Vlad – interviewer, journalist, YouTuber, and former disc jockey
  • Kendra Wilkinson – TV personality

Artists and designers

Chess players

Government and civil servants

Engineers and Business

Military officers and war heroes

Musicians

Performers

Politicians

Religious figures

Sports figures

Sasha Cohen
Ralph Horween
Igor Olshansky

Scientists and scholars

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

Writers and journalists

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

Other

  • Vitaly Borker – Internet criminal and cyberbully
  • John Demjanjuk – retired auto worker/war crimes defendant [57]
  • Sky Metalwala – Seattle-area child missing since 2011; born to a Ukrainian immigrant mother.
  • Semion Mogilevich – alleged "boss of bosses" of most Russian Mafia syndicates
  • Jackie Stallone – astrologer and mother of Sylvester Stallone, maternal Jewish descent

See also

References

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