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2014 Great Immigrants

The Honorees

 
Andre Aciman
Born in Egypt
Writer
 
Einat Admony
Born in Israel
Chef, Author
 
Avakian Arsen
Born in Armenia
CEO, Argo Tea
 
Reza Aslan
Born in Iran
Author
 
Roy L. Austin
Born in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Former U.S. Ambassador to Trinidad
 
Ralph H. Baer
Born in Germany
Inventor
 
Rosemary Barkett
Born in Mexico
Federal Judge
 
Rudy Boschwitz
Born in Germany
Former U.S. Senator
 
Andres Cantor
Born in Argentina
Sportscaster
 
JuJu Chang
Born in South Korea
Broadcast journalist, ABC's Nightline
 
Steve Chen
Born in Taiwan
Entreprenuer
 
Maria Contreras-Sweet
Born in Mexico
Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration
 
Daniel Dae Kim
Born in South Korea
Actor
 
Tan Dun
Born in China
Composer
 
Patrick Gaspard
Born in Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
U.S. Ambassador to South Africa
 
Ivar Giaever
Born in Norway
Physicist
 
Sophia Grojsman
Born in Belarus
Perfumer
 
Roger Guillemin
Born in France
Neuroscientist
 
Carolina Herrera
Born in Venezuela
Fashion designer
 
Manuela Hoelterhoff
Born in Germany
Journalist
 
Jacques Jiha
Born in Haiti
Commissioner, New York City Dept. of Finance
 
Joyce L. Kennard
Born in Indonesia
Justice
 
Rich Little
Born in Canada
Comedian
 
Aasif Mandvi
Born in India
Actor
 
Dave Matthews
Born in South Africa
Musician
 
Satya Nadella
Born in India
CEO, Microsoft
 
Yoichiro Nambu
Born in Japan
Physicist
 
Masi Oka
Born in Japan
Actor
 
Neri Oxman
Born in Israel
Architect
 
Gholam Peyman
Born in Iran
Ophthalmologist
 
Elena Pirozhkova
Born in Russia
Wrestler
 
Sara Ramirez
Born in Mexico
Actress
 
Pardis Sabeti
Born in Iran
Computational biologist
 
Beheruz Sethna
Born in India
Professor
 
Shimon Shmueli
Born in Israel
Businessperson, Inventor
 
Maria Siemionow
Born in Poland
Surgeon
 
Subra Suresh
Born in India
President, Carnegie Mellon University
 
Vivienne Tam
Born in China
Fashion designer
 
David Tran
Born in Vietnam
Businessperson
 
Louis Van Amstel
Born in Netherlands
Dancer
 
Lillian Vernon
Born in Germany
Entreprenuer