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2010 Great Immigrants

The Honorees

 
Paul Anka
Born in Canada
Singer
 
Anousheh Ansari
Born in Iran
Engineer, entrepreneur
 
Joseph Aoun
Born in Lebanon
President, Northeastern University
 
Lidia Bastianich
Born in Croatia
Chef
 
Elizabeth Blackburn
Born in Australia
Researcher
 
Willard Boyle
Born in Canada
Physicist
 
Yefim Bronfman
Born in Uzbekistan
Pianist
 
Denise Scott Brown
Born in Zambia
Architect
 
Semyon Bychkov
Born in Russia
Conductor
 
Simon Cho
Born in South Korea
Speed skater
 
Andrei Codrescu
Born in Romania
Author, poet
 
Harold Evans
Born in United Kingdom
Journalist
 
Tariq Farid
Born in Pakistan
Entreprenuer
 
Ping Fu
Born in China
Entreprenuer
 
Ric Fulop
Born in Venezuela
Entreprenuer
 
Wayne Gretzky
Born in Canada
Professional hockey player
 
Noosheen Hashemi
Born in Iran
Philanthropist, investor
 
Maria Hinojosa
Born in Mexico
Journalist
 
Djimon Hounsou
Born in Benin
Actor
 
Gata Kamsky
Born in Russia
Chess grandmaster
 
Sukhee Kang
Born in South Korea
Politician
 
Charles Kao
Born in China
Physicist
 
Har Gobind Khorana
Born in Pakistan
Organic chemist
 
Maria Elena (Mel) Lagomasino
Born in Cuba
CEO & Managing Partner, WE Family Offices
 
Jhumpa Lahiri
Born in United Kingdom
Writer
 
John Liu
Born in Taiwan
Politician
 
Joan Massagué
Born in Spain
Researcher
 
Alejandro Mayorkas
Born in Cuba
Lawyer
 
Paul Merage
Born in Iran
Businessperson
 
Elon Musk
Born in South Africa
Entreprenuer
 
Nitin Nohria
Born in India
Dean, Harvard Business School
 
Yoko Ono
Born in Japan
Artist, musician
 
Feniosky Peńa-Mora
Born in Dominican Republic
Engineer
 
Paulina Porizkova
Born in Czechia
Fashion model
 
Marcus Samuelsson
Born in Ethiopia
Chef
 
Fayez Sarofim
Born in Egypt
Businessperson
 
Nadja Salerno Sonnenberg
Born in Italy
Violinist
 
Jack Szostak
Born in United Kingdom
Biochemist
 
Tracey Ullman
Born in United Kingdom
Comedian
 
Alexander Varshavsky
Born in Russia
Biochemist
 
Andrew James Viterbi
Born in Italy
Engineer
 
Zygi Wilf
Born in Germany
Chairman, Minnesota Vikings
 
Anna Wintour
Born in United Kingdom
Artistic Director, Condé Nast Publications
 
Joe Wong
Born in China
Comedian
 
Flossie Wong-Staal
Born in China
Virologist
 
Ahmed H. Zewail
Born in Egypt
Chemist