List of Ukrainian Americans

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.


Actors

Artists and designers

Chess players

Government and civil servants

Engineers and business

Military officers and war heroes

  • Jeremy Michael Boorda – US Admiral-Chief of Naval Operations
  • Bohdan Danyliw – US Brigadier General and staff judge advocate for the Air Force Systems Command[18]
  • Myron F. Diduryk – Vietnam War Silver Star recipient
  • Samuel Jaskilka – General-Assistant Commandant of the US Marine Corps
  • Orest L. Kohut – Brigadier General US Air Force[19][20]
  • Leonid Kondratiuk – Brigadier General in the Massachusetts Organized Malitia[21]
  • Walter A. Kostecki M.D. – US Army Medical Corps Major; World War II POW and recipient of the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, two Purple Hearts and two Army Commendation Medals[22]
  • Nicholas S. H. Krawciw – US Army Major General
  • William Lukash M.D. – Rear Admiral and Physician in the Naval Medical Corps; White House Physician for four sitting Presidents, from Lyndon B. Johnson to Jimmy Carter[23]
  • Stephen M. Mellnik – US Army Brigadier General; World War II POW[24][25]
  • Nicholas Minue – World War II Medal of Honor recipient
  • Nicholas Oresko – World War II Medal of Honor recipient
  • Michael Strank – World War II, flag raiser at Iwo Jima[26]
  • John Basil Turchin – US Civil War Brigadier General[27]
  • Russ Zajtchuk, MD – Major General, US Army Medical Corp[28]

Musicians

Politicians

  • Mary Beck – former Detroit councilwoman and acting Mayor
  • David E Bonior – former Michigan Congressman and Minority House Whip
  • Walter Dudycz – former Illinois State Senator[37]
  • Mike Enzi – US Senator from Wyoming
  • John S Gonas – former Indiana State Assemblyman, State Senator and judge[38]
  • William Gural – former Mayor of Hillside, NJ; Deputy Attorney General of NJ[39]
  • Maurice Hinchey – former New York Congressman (Ukrainian mother)[40]
  • Roman Hirniak – former Mayor of Randolph, New Jersey [41]
  • Martin Howrylak – Michigan State House of Representatives
  • Stephen J Jarema – former New York State Assemblyman[42]
  • Gary Johnson – former Governor of New Mexico[43]
  • Ben Klassen – Republican state legislator, white separatist, and religious leader
  • Nick Kotik – former Pennsylvania State House of Representatives
  • Kathy Kozachenko – former councilwoman Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • Myron Kulas – former Illinois State Assemblyman
  • Chris Lilik – political activist
  • Lesia Liss – former Michigan State House of Representatives
  • Michael Luchkovich – Canada's first Member of Parliament of Ukrainian origin (born in Shamokin, Pennsylvania)
  • Stephen A. Mikulak – former New Jersey State Assemblyman
  • Mike Olienyk - former North Dakota State Assemblyman[44]
  • Steven Pankow – former Mayor of Buffalo, New York
  • Kirill Reznik – Maryland State House of Delegates
  • Bob Schaffer – former Colorado Congressman[45]
  • John Shostak – former Connecticut State House of Representative
  • Victoria Spartz – Indiana State Senator[46]
  • Arlen Spector – former US Senator from Pennsylvania
  • Ted Stuban – former Pennsylvania State House of Representatives
  • Mark Treyger – New York City Councilman[47]
  • Herman Toll – former Pennsylvania Congressman
  • Marcel Wagner – former New Jersey State Assemblyman[48]
  • Paul Wellstone – former US Senator from Minnesota
  • Kathleen Willey – major figure in the Monica Lewinsky and Paula Jones scandals; her father was of Ukrainian descent[49]

Religious figures

Sports figures

Scientists and scholars

Writers and journalists

Other

See also

References

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