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

Further reading

• Magocsi, Paul Robert and Ivan Pop (2005). Encyclopedia of Rusyn History and Culture. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-3566-3.