Social and political sphere

Chrystia Freeland is a Canadian journalist, publicist, and politician of Ukrainian descent, the first Ukrainian woman to serve as Minister International trade, Foreign Affairs, Finance and Deputy Prime Minister of Canada.

Bohdan Hawrylyshyn was a Ukrainian, Canadian, and Swiss scholar in economics and political science, as well as a Ukrainian public figure.

Agapius Honcharenko was a church, public figure, publicist, publisher and Ukrainian Orthodox priest in the United States.

Nykyfor Hryhoriiv was a Ukrainian politician, statesman, educator, social scientist, publicist, and publisher. One of the leaders of the Ukrainian Revolution of 1917-1921, Minister of Education of the Ukrainian People's Republic, co-founder of the Ukrainian emigration center in Czechoslovakia, and the first director of the Ukrainian Service of the Voice of America (1949-1953).

Myroslav Hryhoriiv was a Ukrainian, Czech, and American artist, graphic designer, illustrator, journalist, publisher, public figure, scouting activist, and creator of the cover of the first Ukrainian-language edition of George Orwell's dystopian novel Animal Farm (1947).

Samuel Jaskilka was a four-star general, deputy commander of the U.S. Marine Corps (1975-1978), and a participant in World War II, the Korean and Vietnam wars.

Marcia Carolyn Kaptur is an American politician, the first ethnic Ukrainian woman in the U.S. Congress, a representative of the Democratic Party and the state of Ohio, and the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus co-chair. She is the longest-serving congresswoman in Congress (since 1983). Marcy Kaptur is the author of the book “Women of Congress: A Twentieth-century Odyssey” (Washington, DC: Women of Co

Nina Karavanska (née Strokata) was a Ukrainian microbiologist, dissident, co-founder of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group, member of its Foreign Representation, and public figure who lived and worked in the United States.

Sviatoslav Karavansky was a Ukrainian linguist, translator, public and political figure, dissident, member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group, and a long-term prisoner of Soviet camps; he lived and worked in the United States.