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This is a list of Rusyn Americans. Rusyn Americans refer to individuals who were born on, or who descended from, the territory of the historic Carpathian Ruthenia, western Ukraine, northeastern Slovakia, and southeastern Poland. ...
- Sandra Dee, actress
- Steve Ditko, comic book illustrator and co-creator of Spider-Man
- Bill Evans, jazz musician (Rusyn mother)
- Thomas Hopko, Orthodox Christian theologian
- Tom Ridge, politician (Rusyn mother)
- Tom Selleck, actor (Rusyn father)
- Mark Singel, politician (Rusyn mother)
- John Spencer, actor (Rusyn mother)
- Michael Strank, soldier
- Robert Urich, actor (Rusyn father)
- Andy Warhol, artist
- James Warhola, illustrator
- Peter Wilhousky, composer
- Gregory Zatkovich, lawyer and political activist
- Paul Zatkovich, newspaper editor and cultural activist
- Juliya Chernetsky, Hostess of various TV shows on Fuse TV music tv network.
Sandra Dee (April 23, 1942 - February 20, 2005) was an American film actress best known for her role as Gidget. // Alexandra Zuck was born to John and Mary Zuck, of Rusyn ancestry, in Bayonne, New Jersey, Dee was a professional model by the age of four. ...
Stephen Ditko (born 2 November 1927) is a renowned American comic book artist and writer best known as the co-creator of Spider-Man and Doctor Strange. ...
Spider-Man swinging around his hometown, New York City. ...
William John Evans (better known as Bill Evans) (August 16, 1929 â September 15, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and one of the most famous of the 20th century; he remains one of the major influences on post-1950s jazz piano. ...
Protopresbyter Thomas Hopko was dean of Saint Vladimirâs Orthodox Theological Seminary from September 1992 to July 2002. ...
The term Orthodox Christian refers to two Christian traditions: Oriental Orthodoxy, which separated from the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church in the 5th century; Eastern Orthodoxy, which the Roman Catholic church separated from in 1054 was the church that was started by the apostles. ...
Thomas Joseph Ridge (born August 27, 1945 near Pittsburgh, USA) is an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives (1983â1995), Governor of Pennsylvania (1995â2001), Assistant to the President for Homeland Security (2001â2003), and the first United States Secretary of Homeland...
Thomas William Selleck (born January 29, 1945 in Detroit, Michigan) is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning American actor, screenwriter and film producer, best known for his starring role on the long-running television show Magnum P.I.. // Born in Detroit to Slovak-Rusyn[1] father Robert Selleck and...
Mark Stephen Singel (born September 13, 1953 in Westmont, Pennsylvania) served as the Democratic lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania from 1987 to 1995 under Robert P. Casey, Sr. ...
John Spencer, born John Speshock (December 20, 1946 â December 16, 2005), was an American actor, best known for his role as Leo McGarry, the White House Chief of Staff on the television drama The West Wing. ...
Sergeant Michael Strank (in Rusyn: Mykhal Strenk; in Slovak: Michal Strenk) (November 10, 1919 â March 1, 1945) was a U.S. Marine during World War II. He was photographed in Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima during the Battle of Iwo Jima. ...
Robert Urich (December 19, 1946 â April 16, 2002) was an Emmy-winning actor, best known for playing private investigators on the television series Spenser: For Hire (1985-1988) and Vega$ (1978-1981). ...
Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 â February 22, 1987) was an American artist who became a central figure in the movement known as pop art. ...
James Warhola (born March 16, 1955) is an artist and illustrator living in upstate New York. ...
Peter J. Wilhousky (1902-1978) was a popular Carpatho-Russian-American composer, educator, and choral director. ...
Juliya Chernetsky â usually just Juliya or Mistress Juliya to her fans â born July 10, 1982, is a television personality best known for her stint on the music-themed network Fuse, formerly known as MuchMusicUSA. (The name was changed in May 2003. ...
Fuse is a music video-oriented television channel. ...
References - Magocsi, Paul Robert and Ivan Pop (2005). Encyclopedia of Rusyn History and Culture. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-3566-3.
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