Venezuelan flute player Baruj BenacerrafCame to the U.S. from Venezuela in 1940; MHC immune genetics; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1980. |
Stamp collector Hans BetheCame to the U.S. from Germany in 1935; studied shock waves with Edward Teller for the Manhattan Project; Nobel Prize in Physics 1967. |
Circus trapeze artist Alexander KartveliCame to the U.S. from Georgia in 1927; chief designer of the P-47 Thunderbolt (15,683 produced), F-84, and F-105 ('Thud'). |
Ping pong player Jensen HuangCame to the U.S. from Taiwan in 1973. Co-founded NVIDIA. In 2025, said that he would cheerfully pay whatever wealth taxes California voters decided to impose. |