son of Maria Sokil; his father is Ukrainian Melanie Safka – folk singer, performed at Woodstock Nicole Scherzinger – singer, songwriter and television music competition judge; of Ukrainian descent on her mother's side Christine Shevchenko – Ukrainian-born ballerina Maria Sokil – soprano singer Dimitri Tiomkin -- film composer Steven Tyler – singer-songwriter, frontman for Aerosmith Peter Wilhousky – composer, educator and conductor Your Old Droog – rapper Performers Vasyl Avramenko – dancer, choreographer David Copperfield – illusionist/magician, of Jewish descent Maksim Chmerkovskiy – dancer and choreographer, known for Dancing with the Stars Valentin Chmerkovskiy – dancer and choreographer, known for Dancing with the Stars Roma Prima-Bohachevsky – dancer, choreographer and dancer instructor Karina Smirnoff – dancer and choreographer, known for Dancing with the Stars Christine Shevchenko – ballet dancer Igor Youskevitch - ballet dancer 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 Eliot Engel - New York Congressman Mike Enzi – US Senator from Wyoming John S Gonas – former Indiana State Assemblyman, State Senator and judge William Gural – former Mayor of Hillside, NJ; Deputy Attorney General of NJ Maurice Hinchey – former New York Congressman (Ukrainian mother) Roman Hirniak – former Mayor of Randolph, New Jersey Martin Howrylak – Michigan State House of Representatives Stephen J Jarema – former New York State Assemblyman Gary Johnson – former Governor of New Mexico 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 Steven Pankow – former Mayor of Buffalo, New York Kirill Reznik – Maryland State House of Delegates Bob Schaffer – former Colorado Congressman Chuck Schumer - senior US senator from New York John Shostak – former Connecticut State House of Representative Victoria Spartz – Indiana State Senator Arlen Spector – former US Senator from Pennsylvania Ted Stuban – former Pennsylvania State House of Representatives Mark Treyger – New York City Councilman Herman Toll – former Pennsylvania