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List of Ukrainian Canadians

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This is a list of notable Ukrainian Canadians, including both original immigrants who obtained Canadian citizenship and their Canadian descendants. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Ukrainian Canadian or must have references showing they are Ukrainian Canadian and are notable.

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Actors / entertainers / filmmakers

  • Nikki Benz, pornographic actress
  • Roman Danylo, comedian
  • Fred Ewanuick, actor
  • Luba Goy, comedian
  • Jeremy Kushnier, actor/singer, currently in the Chicago cast of the musical Jersey Boys
  • Tatiana Maslany, actress
  • James Motluk, filmmaker
  • William Shatner, actor
  • Adam Smoluk, director, screenwriter and actor
  • Alex Trebek, television game show host
  • Katheryn Winnick, actress
  • Artists and designers

  • Edward Burtynsky, photographer
  • Denys Drozdyuk, ballroom dancer, Season 3 winner of So You Think You Can Dance Canada
  • John Kricfalusi, cartoonist
  • William Kurelek, artist
  • Oleg Lipchenko, artist
  • Athletes

  • Dave Andreychuk, hockey player
  • Bill Barilko, hockey player
  • Mike Bossy, hockey player
  • Tyler Bozak, hockey player
  • Turk Broda, hockey player
  • John Bucyk, hockey player
  • Kerry Burtnyk, curler
  • Randy Ferbey, curler
  • Wayne Gretzky, hockey player
  • Dale Hawerchuk, hockey player
  • Joffrey Lupul, hockey player
  • Orest Meleschuk, curler
  • J.D. Michaels (Jordan Danyluk), professional wrestler
  • Bill Mosienko, hockey player, fastest hat-trick (3 goals in 21 seconds)
  • Kelly Olynyk, basketball player
  • Alexei Ponikarovsky, hockey player
  • Terry Sawchuk, ice hockey goaltender
  • Eddie Shack, hockey player
  • Jordin Tootoo, hockey player
  • Ed Werenich, curler
  • Business figures

  • Eugene Melnyk, owner of Biovail Pharma and the Ottawa Senators NHL hockey team
  • Government / civil servants

  • Edward Bayda, former Chief Justice of Saskatchewan
  • John Sopinka, puisne justice, Supreme Court of Canada
  • Military figures

  • Peter Dmytruk, war hero (WWII), Royal Canadian Air Force
  • Filip Konowal, Victoria Cross recipient
  • Musicians

  • Randy Bachman, musician
  • Paul Brandt (born Paul RennĂ©e Belobersycky), country music artist
  • Ron Cahute, musician
  • Rick Danko, musician, former bassist and singer of The Band
  • Ivan and Stefan Doroschuk, musicians (Men Without Hats)
  • Gordie Johnson, musician
  • Juliette, singer and CBC television host
  • Theresa Sokyrka, singer
  • Roman Soltykewych, conductor
  • Politicians

  • James Bezan, member of parliament
  • Ernie Eves, former Premier of Ontario
  • Ed Ewasiuk, labour activist, city councilor
  • Sylvia Fedoruk, Canadian scientist, curler, and former Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
  • Gary Filmon, former premier of Manitoba
  • Chrystia Freeland, Canadian Minister of International Trade since November 4, 2015
  • Ramon John Hnatyshyn, governor-general of Canada
  • Stephen Juba, former mayor of Winnipeg
  • Gerard Kennedy, Ontario cabinet minister
  • Peter Liba, former lieutenant-governor of Manitoba
  • MaryAnn Mihychuk, Canadian Minister of Employment, Workforce, and Labour, since November 4, 2015
  • Steve Peters, Ontario cabinet minister
  • Roy Romanow, former premier of Saskatchewan
  • Don Rusnak, member of parliament
  • Edward Schreyer, former governor-general of Canada
  • Michael Starr (born Michael Starchewsky), former cabinet minister
  • Ed Stelmach, Premier of Alberta from 2006 to 2011
  • Judy Wasylycia-Leis, former member of parliament, former Manitoba provincial cabinet minister
  • Borys Wrzesnewskyj, member of parliament
  • John Yaremko, longest serving cabinet minister
  • Paul Yuzyk, former senator
  • Religious figures

  • Metropolitan Wasyly (Fedak), former primate and metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada
  • Metropolitan Michael (Khoroshy), former metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada
  • Scientists / scholars

  • Albert Bandura, psychologist
  • Roberta Bondar, astronaut
  • Isydore Hlynka, biochemist, Ukrainian Canadian community leader
  • Taras Kuzio, Ukraine expert
  • George S. N. Luckyj, scholar of Ukrainian literature
  • Lubomyr Romankiw, scientist, Ph.D. degrees in metallurgy and materials
  • Jaroslav Rudnyckyj, linguist, a founding father of Canadian multiculturalism
  • Writers / journalists

  • Alex Biega, lawyer and author
  • Chrystia Freeland, editor of the Financial Times
  • Joe Shuster, co-creator of Superman
  • Marsha Skrypuch, writer
  • Other

  • Fedor Bohatirchuk, chess player
  • Annie Buller, union organizer
  • Bohdan Hawrylyshyn (born 1926), economist, visionary and economic advisor to the Ukrainian government
  • Vladimir Katriuk, beekeeper and alleged Nazi war criminal
  • Daria Werbowy, model
  • References

    List of Ukrainian Canadians Wikipedia


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