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2011 Great Immigrants

The Honorees

 
Christo
Born in Bulgaria
Artist
 
José Andrés
Born in Spain
Chef
 
Ramani Ayer
Born in India
 
Eric Benhamou
Born in Algeria
Venture Capitalist
 
Jamshed Bharucha
Born in India
Cognitive neuroscientist
 
Simon Billinge
Born in United Kingdom
Physicist
 
Gregory Chamitoff
Born in Canada
Astronaut
 
Denny Chin
Born in Hong Kong
Judge
 
Varsovia Fernandez
Born in Dominican Republic
President and CEO, Greater Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
 
C. Michael Foale
Born in United Kingdom
Astronaut
 
Michael J. Fox
Born in Canada
Actor
 
Helen Greiner
Born in United Kingdom
Entreprenuer
 
Yibin Kang
Born in China
Molecular biologist
 
Porochista Khakpour
Born in Iran
Novelist
 
Mari Kimura
Born in Japan
Violinist, composer
 
Vivek Kundra
Born in India
IT administrator
 
Guillermo Linares
Born in Dominican Republic
 
Wallace Loh
Born in China
President, University of Maryland
 
Harmit Singh Malik
Born in India
Evolutionary biologist
 
Michael A. Mcrobbie
Born in Australia
President, University of Indiana
 
Dinaw Mengestu
Born in Ethiopia
Journalist, author
 
Ioannis (Yannis) N. Miaoulis
Born in Greece
President and director, Museum of Science, Boston
 
Steven Muller
Born in Germany
University administrator
 
Chrysostomos L. “Max” Nikias
Born in Cyprus
President, University of Southern California
 
Kojo Nnamdi
Born in Guyana
Journalist
 
Eduardo Ochoa
Born in Argentina
President, California State University, Monterey Bay
 
Eduardo José Padrón
Born in Cuba
President, Miami Dade College
 
Raj Patel
Born in United Kingdom
Journalist
 
Orlando Patterson
Born in Jamaica
Sociologist
 
Samantha Power
Born in Ireland
United States Ambassador to the United Nations
 
Albert Pujols
Born in Dominican Republic
Professional baseball player
 
Safi Qureshey
Born in Pakistan
Entreprenuer
 
Jorge Ramos
Born in Mexico
Journalist
 
Hector Ruiz
Born in Mexico
Founder, chairman, Advanced Nanotechnology Solutions
 
Gary Shteyngart
Born in Russia
Novelist
 
Dumarsais Simeus
Born in Haiti
Businessperson
 
Yakov Smirnoff
Born in Russia
Comedian
 
Patrick Soon-Shiong
Born in South Africa
Surgeon
 
Hao Jiang Tian
Born in China
Opera singer
 
Jan Vilcek
Born in Slovakia
Scientist
 
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic
Born in Serbia
Biomedical engineer
 
Simon Winchester
Born in United Kingdom
Author
 
Yulia Zagoruychenko
Born in Russia
Dancer
 
Huda Zoghbi
Born in Lebanon
Geneticist