Amateur sumo wrestler Elon MuskAfrican-American who came to the U.S. fromm South Africa in 1992. Renamed Tweeter to X. |
Austrian Army, French Foreign Legion, and British Army reject Joseph PulitzerCame to the U.S. from Hungary in 1864; ran some newspapers and endowed the Pulitzer Prizes. |
Grocery store janitor Jan KoumCame to the U.S. from Ukraine in 1992; co-founded WhatsApp. |
Apprentice line cook Martin KarplusCame to the U.S. from Austria in 1938; multiscale chemical modeling; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013. |