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Kristos Andrews
Actor · Athlete
Father: German, Swiss-German, Austrian, Slovak, Ukrainian/Rusyn, possibly Greek · Mother: English
Los Angeles, California, United States
Larisa Oleynik
Actor
Father: Ukrainian, possibly Rusyn · Mother: German, as well as Irish and English
Santa Clara, California, United States
Laura Harrier
Actor · Model
Father: African-American * maternal grandfather – Rusyn * maternal grandmother – English, German, Swiss-German
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Meg Ryan
Actor
Father: one half Rusyn/Ruthenian, one half Polish · Mother: Irish (five eighths), one quarter German, one eighth English
Fairfield, Connecticut, U.S.
Michael Gladis
Actor
Rusyn (paternal grandfather), Ashkenazi Jewish (maternal grandfather), English, Irish, German
Houston, Harris, Texas, U.S.
Michael Smerconish
TV Personality
*50% Montenegrin Serbian *25% Rusyn *25% Italian
Doylestown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Michael Symon
TV Personality
Father: Rusyn/Ruthenian, possibly other · Mother: Greek, Italian/Sicilian
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Mike Ditka
Actor · Athlete
Father: Lemko Rusyn, Polish · Mother: German, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Carnegie, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Missy Peregrym
Actor · Model
Ukrainian/Rusyn, English, Scottish, French-Canadian
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Paul Dano
Actor · Musician
Father: Rusyn * maternal grandfather – Slovenian, Bohemian Czech * maternal grandmother – Swedish
New York City, New York, U.S.
Ragan Wallake
Actor
Hungarian, Rusyn, English, German, French/French-Canadian, likely one eighth Lithuanian
Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
Ruben Fleischer
Father: Ashkenazi Jewish · Mother: Welsh, Ukrainian or Rusyn [converted to Judaism]
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Sara Tomko
Actor
Father: Slovak, Polish, possibly Rusyn · Mother: English, Irish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, possibly Native American
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, U.S.
Scheana Marie
Actor · TV Personality · Model
Father: Mexican · Mother: Croatian, Irish, German, Polish, possibly Rusyn
Los Angeles, California, United States
Tim Zajaros
Actor
Rusyn (paternal grandfather), German, Irish, English, Scottish, one eighth Lithuanian
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Travis Kalanick
Father: Rusyn [ likely ] · Mother: Ashkenazi Jewish (three quarters), German, Irish
Los Angeles, California, United States
Troy Kotsur
Actor
Father: Slovak, Rusyn-Ukrainian · Mother: English, German, Irish, Scottish
Mesa, Arizona, U.S.