Many world-famous people have come from Ukraine. Today, we have compiled a list of great individuals who are well-known not only in Ukraine but also in many other countries – Ukrainians can be proud of them. The following is a list of a few of them.
John Hodaik:
Hodak was an American actor who worked in radios, films, and stages. Hodiak was the son of Anna (Pogorzelec) and Walter Hodiak and was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has Ukrainian and Polish ancestors. He had his first acting experience at age 11 in Ukrainian and Russian plays at the Ukrainian Catholic Church, then he decided to be an actor. He died of a deadly heart attack at the age of 41 while visiting his parents in California.
Janet Roth:
Janet is a Ukrainian-born actress and stand-up comedian who immigrated to the United States as a teenager. She received her first acting role when she was eight years old, in Goethe's Walpurgis Night, and it was there that she discovered her passion for performing. She began her acting instruction with Eric Morris and other well-known acting teachers when she initially went to the United States after completing her education. Janet's most recent film appearances include the comedy From the South to the Stars, in which she portrays a Southerner who goes to Los Angeles to become famous, and the thriller Waltz, in which she plays a competitive pianist with a borderline personality disorder.
Due to some unforeseen circumstances in her life later in her career, she discovered her talent for standup comedy. Even though she is from Ukraine, she has become well-known in the United States because of the sarcasm in her jokes. Her Instagram account, @thejanetroth (https://www.instagram.com/thejanetroth/), is where she posts all of the details regarding her shows.
GEORGE DZUNDZA:
Dzundza is a television and film actor from the United States. George was born in Rosenheim, Germany, to a Ukrainian father and a Polish mother, both of whom were forced to work in factories by the Nazis. Dzundza starred as Sam Hesselman, a wheelchair-bound crippled man, in No Way Out and Commander Daskal in The Beast in 1987. The Deer Hunter, White Hunter Black Heart, Streamers, Basic Instinct, Crimson Tide, and Dangerous Minds are among his other notable cinema roles. He was well known for his portrayal as Anubis in the Stargate SG-1 season-8 episode “Threads”.
Ukraine, like any other country, can point to a long list of people who have dedicated their lives to improving their homeland in the name of Ukrainian social growth.
You may be familiar with a few prominent Ukrainians, but there are many more!