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List of Slovak Americans
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This is a list of notable Slovak Americans.
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- Gabriel Artimovich (1st generation American, Slovak father, Russian-Jewish mother)
- Cheryl Artimovich-Heil (2nd generation American, Irish-French mother)
- Michael Badnarik, software engineer, political figure, and radio talk show host (Slovak grandparents)
- Štefan Banič, inventor of the military parachute and of the first actually used parachute
- Andrew Boswell (mothers maiden name Artimovich) (3rd generation American, Scottish-Norman father)
- Jim Caviezel[1]* film actor (Slovak grandmother)
- Eugene Cernan, retired United States Navy officer and a former NASA astronaut involved in the Apollo program (Slovak father)
- Peter Chrapko
- John Dopyera, inventor, entrepreneur
- Carolyn Forché, professor, poet, editor, and human rights advocate
- Daniel Carleton Gajdusek (Slovak father)
- John D. Hertz[2], businessman, thoroughbred racehorse owner, and philanthropist
- Angelina Jolie, actress, former fashion model and Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency (Slovak great-grandfather)
- Pete Latzo, boxer
- Peter Lorre, actor
- Shane Mathias and Zachary Wilhelm Mayercin, (Slovak mother)
- Stan Mikita, professional ice hockey player
- Jozef Murgaš, inventor, architect, botanist, painter, patriot, and Roman Catholic priest. He contributed to wireless telegraphy and help develop mobile communications and wireless transmission of information and human voice.
- Paul Newman[3][4][5] actor and film director
- Michael Novak, philosopher, diplomat
- Kelly Pavlik, undefeated WBO/WBC middleweight champion.
- Jaroslav Pelikan, historian
- Kristine Corin Rakowsky
- Lizabeth Scott, actor
- Yan Stastny, professional ice hockey player
- Michael Strank, Sergeant of the United States Marine Corps. Sgt. Strank was leader of the group in the famous picture of Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima.
- Christian Tanner
- Robert Urich, actor (Slovak mother, Rusyn father)
- Jon Voight, actor (Slovak grandfather)
- Andy Warhol, artist, a central figure in the movement known as Pop art (parents were Ruthenians from Slovakia)