Discover their roots.

Ruben Fleischer

Father: Ashkenazi Jewish · Mother: Welsh, Ukrainian or Rusyn [converted to Judaism]

Washington, D.C., U.S.

Ruslana

Actor · Musician · Politician

Father: Ukrainian · Mother: Russian

Lviv, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine)

Sasha Alex Sloan

Musician

Father: Russian, Ukrainian · Mother: Irish, small amount of English

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

Sasha Clements

Actor · Model

Father: Black Nova Scotian, possibly other · Mother: Ukrainian, Russian

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Sergey Lazarev

Actor · Musician

Russian, Cossack, Ukrainian

Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR (now Russia)

Stefanía Fernández

TV Personality · Model

Father: Galician Spanish · Mother: Russian, Ukrainian, Polish

Mérida, Mérida, Venezuela

Taissa Farmiga

Actor

Ukrainian

Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, U.S.

Tanu Muiño

Musician · TV Personality

Father: Cuban · Mother: Ukrainian

Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)

Tasya Teles

Actor

Father: Brazilian [Portuguese, possibly other] · Mother: Ukrainian

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Tatiana Maslany

Actor · TV Personality

Ukrainian, German, Austrian, Polish, Romanian

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Tenille Townes

Musician

Ukrainian, French-Canadian, Scottish, possibly other

Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada

Terry Sawchuk

Athlete

Ukrainian

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Tommy Cash

Musician

Estonian, Russian, Ukrainian, Kazakh

Tallinn, Estonia

Travis Van Winkle

Actor

Father: Russian, as well as Dutch, German, Irish, English, Welsh · Mother: Irish, Polish

Victorville, San Bernardino, California, United States

Troy Kotsur

Actor

Father: Slovak, Rusyn-Ukrainian · Mother: English, German, Irish, Scottish

Mesa, Arizona, U.S.

Tyler Shaw

Actor · Musician

Father: Chinese · Mother: Polish, Ukrainian

Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

Ulyana Sergeenko

Socialite

Ukrainian, possibly Russian

Oskemen, Kazakh SSR, USSR (now Kazakhstan)

Vera Farmiga

Actor

Ukrainian

Clifton, New Jersey, U.S.

Verka Serduchka

Actor · Musician

Ukrainian

Poltava, Poltava, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine)

Vincent Irizarry

Actor

Basque, Puerto Rican, Italian, Ukrainian

Queens, New York City, New York, U.S.

Wayne Gretzky

Athlete · TV Personality

Father: Belarusian, Ukrainian · Mother: English, some Cornish and Irish

Brantford, Ontario, Canada

Wladimir Klitschko

Athlete

Ukrainian, one quarter Ashkenazi Jewish, possibly other

Semipalatinsk, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (now Semey, Kazakhstan)

Yevhen Halych

Musician · TV Personality

Ukrainian

Bila Tserkva, Kyiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine)

Zhan Beleniuk

Athlete · Politician

Father: Hutu Rwandan · Mother: Ukrainian

Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Kyiv, Ukraine)

Zivert

Actor · Musician · TV Personality

Father: Ukrainian, Romani · Mother: German, Polish

Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)