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Great Immigrants

2006 Great Immigrants

The Honorees

 
Ann-Margret
Born in Sweden
Actor
 
Iman
Born in Somalia
Fashion model, businessperson
 
Madeleine Albright
Born in Czechia
U.S. Secretary of State (1997–2001)
 
Isabel Allende
Born in Chile
Author
 
Mario Andretti
Born in Italy
Racecar driver
 
Isaac Asimov
Born in Russia
Author
 
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Born in Latvia
Dancer
 
Gunter Blobel
Born in Germany
Biologist
 
Sergey Brin
Born in Russia
Co-founder, Google
 
Elaine Chao
Born in Taiwan
Former U.S. Secretary of Labor
 
Deepak Chopra
Born in India
Author
 
Edwidge Danticat
Born in Haiti
Author
 
Oscar De La Renta
Born in Dominican Republic
Fashion designer
 
Viet Dinh
Born in Vietnam
Lawyer
 
Gloria Estefan
Born in Cuba
Musician
 
Patrick Ewing
Born in Jamaica
Professional basketball player
 
Hanna Holborn Gray
Born in Germany
Former president, University of Chicago
 
Andrew Grove
Born in Hungary
Businessperson
 
Rajat Gupta
Born in India
Businessperson
 
Zalmay Khalilzad
Born in Afghanistan
Diplomat
 
Henry Kissinger
Born in Germany
Former U.S. Secretary of State
 
Tom Lantos
Born in Hungary
Former U.S. Representative
 
Yo-Yo Ma
Born in France
Cellist
 
Pedro Martinez
Born in Dominican Republic
Professional baseball player
 
Mike Nichols
Born in Germany
Film and theater director
 
Pierre Omidyar
Born in France
Entrepreneur and Philanthropist
 
I. M. Pei
Born in China
Architect
 
Cesar Pelli
Born in Argentina
Architect
 
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Born in Cuba
Congresswoman, (R-FL 27th District)
 
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Born in Austria
Former governor of California, actor
 
John Shalikashvili
Born in Poland
General
 
M. Night Shyamalan
Born in India
Film director
 
Gene Simmons
Born in Israel
Musician
 
George Soros
Born in Hungary
Investor, philnathropist
 
An Wang
Born in China
Businessperson
 
James Wolfensohn
Born in Australia
Former president, World Bank
 
Elias Zerhouni
Born in Algeria
Radiologist