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2009 Great Immigrants

The Honorees

 
Maurice Ashley
Born in Jamaica
Chess grandmaster
 
Maureen O’hara Blair
Born in Ireland
Actress
 
Louise Bourgeois
Born in France
Sculptor
 
Anh “Joseph” Cao
Born in Vietnam
Politician
 
Henry Cejudo
Born in United States of America
Olympian
 
Howard G. Chua-Eoan
Born in Philippines
Journalist
 
Cristeta Comerford
Born in Philippines
Chef
 
Helene Cooper
Born in Liberia
Journalist, The New York Times
 
Alan Cumming
Born in United Kingdom
 
Samuel Der-Yeghiayan
Born in Syria
Judge
 
Albert Einstein
Born in Germany
Physicist
 
Farouk El-Baz
Born in Egypt
Geologist
 
Craig Ferguson
Born in United Kingdom
Actor
 
Adonal Foyle
Born in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Professional basketball player
 
Andy Garcia
Born in Cuba
 
Frank Gehry
Born in Canada
Architect
 
Khaled Hosseini
Born in Afghanistan
Writer and Physician
 
Alice S. Huang
Born in China
Virologist
 
Eric R. Kandel
Born in Austria
Medical doctor
 
Vinod Khosla
Born in India
Businessperson
 
Jim Yong Kim
Born in South Korea
President, World Bank
 
Maria Klawe
Born in Canada
President, Harvey Mudd College
 
Heidi Klum
Born in Germany
Fashion model
 
Peter D. Lax
Born in Hungary
Mathematician
 
Tsung-Dao Lee
Born in China
Physicist
 
Lara Logan
Born in South Africa
Television journalist
 
Lopez Lomong
Born in Sudan
Track and field athlete
 
Michael E. Lopez-Alegria
Born in Spain
Astronaut
 
Kati Marton
Born in Hungary
Author
 
Eliseo Medina
Born in Mexico
Labor organizer
 
Robert Mehrabian
Born in Iran
Chairman, president and CEO
 
Mario Molina
Born in Mexico
Chemist
 
Paul Muldoon
Born in Ireland
Poet
 
Carlos I. Noriega
Born in Peru
Astronaut
 
Claes Oldenburg
Born in Sweden
Sculptor
 
Thakoon Panichgul
Born in Thailand
Fashion designer
 
Dina Habib Powell
Born in Egypt
Executive, philanthropist, political advisor
 
Albio Sires
Born in Cuba
Congressman
 
Oliver Smithies
Born in United Kingdom
Geneticist
 
Elie Tahari
Born in Israel
Fashion designer
 
Oscar L. Tang
Born in China
Financier
 
Charlize Theron
Born in South Africa
Actress
 
Isabel Toledo
Born in Cuba
Fashion designer
 
Daniel C. Tsui
Born in China
Physicist
 
Joseph Tusiani
Born in Italy
Poet
 
S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan
Born in India
Mathematician
 
Chen Ning Yan
Born in China
Physicist
 
Shing Tung Yau
Born in China
Mathematician