– boxer Paul Konerko – Major League Baseball player Steve Konowalchuk – NHL ice hockey player Mike Kostiuk – NFL football player Dima Kovalenko – Ukrainian-born American soccer player Lenny Krayzelburg – Ukrainian-born Olympic swimmer Matt Kuchar – professional golfer Bob Kudelski – NHL ice hockey player Denis Kudla – Ukrainian-born professional tennis player Kyle Kuzma – NBA basketball player Varvara Lepchenko – professional tennis player Terry Liskevych – US Olympics Volleyball coach Evan Longoria – Major League Baseball third baseman for the Tampa Bay Rays; of Ukrainian descent on maternal side Daphne Martschenko – professional rower; Ukrainian father Steve Melnyk – professional golfer Charlie Metro – Major League Baseball player Bronko Nagurski – NFL football player and professional wrestler; member of Football Hall of Fame Bronko Nagurski Jr. – Canadian football player Igor Olshansky – NFL football defensive end for the Miami Dolphins; born in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine Greg Pateryn – NHL ice hockey player Oleg Prudius – WWE professional wrestler known as "Vladimir Kozlov" Steve Romanik – NFL football player Dmitry Salita – Ukrainian-born American boxer; also called "Star of David" Richard Sandrak – child bodybuilder Flip Saunders – head coach for Detroit Pistons and coaches in the NBA Richie Scheinblum – Major League Baseball All Star outfielder, of Jewish descent Andy Seminick – Major League Baseball player Art Shamsky (born 1941) – Major League Baseball outfielder and Israel Baseball League manager, of Jewish descent Mike Souchak – professional golfer Eugene Starikov – Ukrainian-born American soccer player Wally Szczerbiak – NBA basketball player Brady Tkachuk – NHL player, son of Keith Tkachuk; Ukrainian descent on both sides Keith Tkachuk – NHL ice hockey player of Ukrainian descent; US-born citizen Matthew Tkachuk – NHL player, son of Keith Tkachuk; Ukrainian descent on both sides Phil Weintraub (1907–1987) – Major League Baseball first baseman & outfielder Chuck Wepner – professional boxer George Varoff – pole vaulter and former World Record holder Ed Vargo – Major League Baseball umpire Nikolai Volkoff – WWF professional wrestler Smokey Yunick – NASCAR mechanic and car designer Scientists and scholars Gabriel Almond – professor of political science; founder of Princeton University's, Center of International Studies Lev Dobriansky – professor of economics at Georgetown University; U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas; anti-communist advocate; known for work with the National Captive Nations Committee, which he initiated during the Eisenhower administration, and the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, where he