List of Rusyn Americans
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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Sidebar". This is a list of notable Rusyn Americans.
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List
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- 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)
- 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
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- ↑ Magocsi, Paul R., Pop, Ivan Ivanovich. Encyclopedia of Rusyn History and Culture, p. 313. University of Toronto Press, 2002. Template:ISBN
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- ↑ Magocsi, Paul Robert. Our People: Carpatho-Rusyns and Their Descendants in North America, p.80. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, Inc. (2005). Template:ISBN
- ↑ Skumanich, A. My Rewarding Life in Science. Sol Phys 298, 110 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-023-02199-2
- ↑ For further reading on the scientific work of Dr. Skumanich and on the Skumanich Law, see: https://skumanich.wdrc.org and Stellar rotation.
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Further reading
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