Congressman Marcel Wagner – former New Jersey State Assemblyman Paul Wellstone – former US Senator from Minnesota Kathleen Willey – major figure in the Monica Lewinsky and Paula Jones scandals; her father was of Ukrainian descent Religious figures Paul Copan – Christian theologian, analytic philosopher, apologist, author; President of the Evangelical Philosophical Society Sergey F. Dezhnyuk—theologian, historian, and political analyst. Jim Cymbala – pastor for over 25 years of the 10,000-member Brooklyn Tabernacle church in New York City Borys Gudziak – reverend and archeparch Agapius Honcharenko – exiled Orthodox priest Anton LaVey – author of the Satanic bible Ivan Volansky – priest who organized the first Greek Catholic parish in the United States Sports figures Orest Banach – German-born soccer goalkeeper Moe Berg – Major League Baseball catcher and coach Joel Bolomboy – NBA basketball player Ivan Borodiak – Argentine-born soccer player Sasha Chmelevski - NHL ice hockey player Wayne Chrebet – NFL football player Jakob Chychrun – NHL hockey player Nestor Chylak – Major League Baseball umpire; member of National Baseball Hall of Fame Gene Chyzowych – US National Soccer Team Coach and member of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America's Hall of Fame Walt Chyzowych – US National Soccer Team Coach and member of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America's Hall of Fame Sasha Cohen – Olympic silver medalist figure skater; Ukrainian Jewish on the maternal side Bill Cristall – Major League Baseball player Mike Ditka – NFL football player and coach; member of the Football Hall of Fame Jim Drucker (born 1952/1953), former Commissioner of the Continental Basketball Association, former Commissioner of the Arena Football League, and founder of NewKadia Comics Pete Emelianchik – NFL football player Harry Fanok – Major League Baseball pitcher Ruslan Fedotenko – Ukrainian-born NHL ice hockey player, US citizen Jim Furyk – professional golfer Yury Gelman (born 1955) - Ukrainian-born American Olympic fencing coach Sam Gerson – Ukrainian-born Olympic wrestler Sloko Gill – NFL football player Charles Goldenberg (1911–1986) – All-Pro NFL player Alison Gregorka – Olympic water polo player Wayne Gretzky – NHL ice hockey player of Ukrainian descent; US-Canadian dual citizen Stephen Halaiko – professional boxer Arnold Horween – NFL football player, of Jewish descent Ralph Horween – NFL football player, of Jewish descent Nick Itkin - Olympic bronze medalist fencer Chris Jericho – AEW professional wrestler and frontman for Fozzy, mother is of Ukrainian descent Kid Kaplan