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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Nick Holonyak, creator of the LED (both parents Rusyn)
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
John Kanzius, inventor (Rusyn American mother)
Paul Robert Magocsi
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)
Tom Ridge, politician (Rusyn mother)
George Sabo, book dealer (Rusyn immigrant)
Lizabeth Scott, actress (both parents Rusyn)
Mark Singel, politician (Rusyn father)
Andrew P. Skumanich, astro-physicist (Rusyn parents)
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)

List of Rusyn Americans

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