Telegraph messenger boy Andrew CarnegieCame to the U.S. from Scotland in 1848; adopted the Bessemer process for making steel and grew Carnegie Steel to more than $8 billion in 2026 dollars. Donated libraries to towns all around the U.S. and founded Carnegie-Mellon University. |
Oil company employee M. Stanley WhittinghamCame to the U.S. from the United Kingdom in 1972; developed lithium-ion battery; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019. |
Clarinet player Max LevchinCame to the U.S. from Ukraine in 1991; co-founded PayPal and Slide. Movie producer. |
Dry goods merchant Levi StraussCame to the U.S. from Germany in 1847. Stole all the credit for (immigrant from Russia) Jacob W. Davis's invention of the modern riveted blue jean. |