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James (Constantine) Temerty is a Ukrainian businessman, public figure, a generous philanthropist from Canada, co-chairman of the Ukrainian World Congress, and honorary citizen of Lviv.

Ivan Bobersky was a Ukrainian teacher, public figure, the first popularizer of Ukrainian physical culture to awaken the people's national consciousness, and an authorized representative of the ZUNR (Western Ukrainian People’s Republic) government in the United States and Canada.

Nykyta Budka was a bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, the first Ukrainian Catholic bishop of Canada, a theologian, and an educator.

Dmytro Doroshenko was a Ukrainian politician, diplomat, historian, and publicist who played a significant role in the Ukrainian national movement and the development of Ukrainian education and science abroad.

Marko (Markiyan Hryhoriy) Paslawsky (1959-2014) was a US-born Ukrainian who moved to Ukraine to contribute to its economic development and, with the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war in 2014, came to its defense as a private in the Donbas Battalion of the National Guard of Ukraine.

Volodymyr Bilyaiv was a Ukrainian poet and journalist, public figure, director of the Ukrainian Service of the Voice of America (1991-1998), corresponding member of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the United States (1984), and member of the National Wtiter’s Union of Ukraine (1995).

Mykola Plavyuk was a Ukrainian public and political figure in exile, the last President of the Ukrainian People's Republic in exile, co-founder and president of the World Congress of Free Ukrainians (from 1993 the Ukrainian World Congress).

Kvitka Cisyk (artistic pseudonym Kasey) was an American singer of Ukrainian descent, called the "voice of Ukraine," an opera and blues singer, and a performer of Ukrainian folk and popular songs. 

Oleksandr Koshyts was a Ukrainian choral conductor and composer, one of the founders of the Ukrainian Republic Capella, which made Ukrainian songs, particularly Mykola Leontovych's "Shchedryk," famous christmas song worldwide.