Ardent anti-Nazi (post-1945) SS-Sturmbannführer Wernher von BraunCame to the U.S. from Germany in 1945; tinked with rocket motors; thought that John Houbolt's Lunar Orbit Rendezvous idea was stupid. |
Amateur pianist Edward TellerCame to the U.S. from Hungary in 1935. Worked on implosions for atomic bombs. Wanted to build a 50-gigaton hydrogen bomb and lobbied against nuclear test bans. Early climate change alarmist. |
Publix shopper Lionel MessiCame to Miami from Argentina/Barcelona in 2023; enjoys wearing Adidas sneakers and kicking soccer balls. |
Boston Red Sox fan Susumu TonegawaCame to the U.S. from Japan in 1963; antibody diversity genetics; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1987. |