List of naturalized American citizens

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Albert Einstein receiving American citizenship in 1940.

Citizenship of the United States of America can be acquired in different ways, one of those being naturalization.

Art and Literature[]

Authors[]

  • Jackie Collins - Born in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1960.[1]
  • Thomas B. Costain - Born in Canada. Became an American citizen in 1920.
  • Immaculée Ilibagiza - Born and raised in Rwanda. Became a U.S. citizen in 2013.[2]
  • Klaus Mann - Born in Germany. Became a U.S. citizen in 1943.
  • David Morrell - Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 1993.[3]
  • Gerda Weissmann Klein - Born and raised in Poland. Became a U.S. citizen in 1948.

Architect[]

  • César Pelli - Born and raised in Argentina. Became a U.S. citizen in 1964[4]
  • I. M. Pei

Journalists[]

  • Masih Alinejad - Born and raised in Iran. Became a U.S. citizen in 2019.[5]
  • Cecilia Alvear - Born in Ecuador. Became a U.S. citizen in 1984.
  • Piotr Domaradzki - Born and raised in Poland. Became a U.S. citizen in 1996.
  • Veronique Peck - Born in France. Became a U.S. citizen in 1976.
  • Hari Sreenivasan - Born in India. Became a U.S. citizen in 2008.[6]

Painters[]

  • José Bernal - Born in Cuba. Became an American citizen in 1980.
  • Janice Biala - Born in Poland. Became an American citizen in 1929.
  • Dorothy Brett - Born in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1938
  • Rudolf Cronau - Born in Germany. Became a U.S. citizen in 1901.
  • Marcel Duchamp - Born and raised in France. Became a U.S. citizen in 1955.[7]
  • Pál Fried - Born and raised in Hungary. Emigrated to the U.S. in 1946 becoming a citizen in 1953.[8]
  • Charles Hoffbauer - Born and raised in France. Became a U.S. citizen in 1941.
  • Tania Marmolejo
  • Mark Rothko - Born and raised in Russia. Became a U.S. citizen in 1938.[9]

Sculptors[]

  • Luigi Del Bianco
  • Enrico Cerracchio - Born in Italy emigrated to the U.S. in 1900 becoming a citizen in 1905.[10]
  • Anthony de Francisci - Born and raised in Italy. Became a U.S. citizen in 1913.[11]
  • Arturo Di Modica

Writers[]

  • Isabel Allende
  • Svetlana Alliluyeva
  • Isaac Asimov - Born in Russia, moved to the U.S. at the age of 3 becoming a citizen at the age of 8 in 1928.[12][13]
  • Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte - Born in Azerbaijan and raised between there, Armenia and the United States. Became a U.S. citizen in 1997.[14]
  • W. H. Auden - Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1946.[15]
  • Isaac Bashevis Singer
  • Vicki Baum - Born and raised in Austria. Became a U.S. citizen in 1938.
  • Saul Bellow - Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 1941.
  • Helena Blavatsky - Born and raised in Russia (modern day Ukraine). Became a U.S. citizen in 1878[16]
  • Joseph Brodsky
  • Carlos Castaneda - Born in Peru. Became a U.S. citizen in 1957.
  • James Clavell - Born and raised in Australia. Became a U.S. citizen in 1963.
  • Bernard Cornwell
  • Ève Curie - Born and raised in France before becoming an American citizen in 1958
  • Junot Díaz
  • Anu Garg - Born in India. Became a U.S. citizen in 2008.[17]
  • Olga Grushin
  • Claude McKay - Born in Jamaica. Became a U.S. citizen in 1940.
  • Walter Mehring
  • Vladimir Nabokov - Born and raised in Russia. Became a U.S. citizen in 1945.
  • Otto Plath
  • Ayn Rand - Born and raised in Russia. Became a U.S. citizen in 1931.[18]
  • David Rakoff
  • Erich Maria Remarque - Born and raised in Germany. Immigrated to the U.S. in 1939 and became a citizen in 1947.[19]
  • Elie Wiesel
  • Frances Wright

Business[]

Education[]

Entrepreneur[]

  • Steve Chen
  • Jawed Karim
  • Iqbal Quadir - Born and raised in Bangladesh. Became a U.S. citizen later in life.

Fashion[]

Fashion Designer[]

  • Oleg Cassini
  • Tan France - Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became an American citizen in 2020.[20]
  • Diane von Fürstenberg
  • Carolina Herrera - Born in Venezuela. Became an American citizen in 2009.[21]
  • Oscar de la Renta
  • Ferdinando Sarmi

Models[]

  • Heidi Albertsen - Born and raised in Denmark. Became a U.S. citizen in 2016.[22]
  • Camila Alves - Born in Brazil. Became a U.S. citizen in 2015.[23]
  • Alessandra Ambrosio
  • Moran Atias - Born and raised in Israel. Became a U.S. citizen in 2017.
  • Xenia Deli
  • Heidi Klum - Born and raised in Germany. Became a U.S. citizen in 2008.[24][25]
  • Karolína Kurková - Born and raised in Czechoslovakia (modern day Czech Republic). Later became a naturalized U.S. citizen.[26]
  • China Machado
  • Paulina Porizkova
  • Claudia Romani
  • Anne Vyalitsyna - Born and raised in Russia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2013.[27]

Inventors[]

  • Itzhak Bentov - Born and raised in Czechoslovakia (modern day Slovakia). Became a U.S. citizen in 1962.[28]
  • George Garrett - Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1902.
  • Alexander Graham Bell
  • Leo Gerstenzang
  • James Hillier - Born in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 1945.
  • Francis F. Lee - Born and raised in China. Became an American citizen in 1954.
  • Fritz Karl Preikschat - Born and raised in Germany. Became a U.S. citizen in 1962.
  • Nikola Tesla - Born in the Austrian Empire (modern day Croatia) to a family from Serbia. Became a U.S. citizen in 1891.[29]
  • Arthur Wynne

Media tycoons[]

  • Rupert Murdoch

Real Estate[]

Crime Figures[]

Entertainment[]

Actors[]

  • Michael Allinson - Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1964 after immigrating there in 1958.[30]
  • Robbie Amell - Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2020.[31]
  • Desi Arnaz
  • Dan Aykroyd
  • Conrad Bain - Born and raised in Canada. Became an American citizen in 1946.
  • Christan Bale
  • Jamie Bamber
  • John Barrowman
  • Brian Bedford
  • Demián Bichir
  • Diego Boneta
  • Stephen Boyd - Born and raised in the United Kingdom specifically Northern Ireland. Became a U.S. citizen in 1963.
  • Charles Boyer - Born and raised in France. Became a U.S. citizen in 1942.[32]
  • Pierce Brosnan
  • Yul Brynner
  • Jim Carrey - Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2004.[33]
  • Humberto Castro - Born in Mexico. Became a U.S. citizen in 2011.
  • Maxwell Caulfield - Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became an American citizen in 1991.[34]
  • Tommy Chong - Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in the 1980s.
  • Andy Clyde - Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became an American citizen in 1943.[35]
  • Alec Craig - Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1939.[36]
  • Hume Cronyn
  • Alan Cumming - Born and raised in the United Kingdom specifically Scotland. Became an American citizen in 2008.[37]
  • Helmut Dantine - Born and Raised in Austria. Became a U.S. citizen in 1944.[38]
  • Alexander D'Arcy
  • Wheeler Dryden - Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became an American citizen in 1936.
  • Alejandro Edda
  • Maurice Evans
  • Nathan Fillion - Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 1997.[39]
  • James Finlayson - Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1942.[40]
  • Errol Flynn - Born and raised in Australia. Became an American citizen in 1942.[41]
  • Glenn Ford - Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 1939.[42]
  • Michael J. Fox
  • Andy García
  • George Gaynes - Born in the Russian Empire (modern day Finland). Became a U.S. citizen in 1948.
  • Daniel Goddard - Born and raised in Australia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2020.[43]
  • Lev Gorn
  • Cary Grant - Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became an American citizen in 1942.[44]
  • Jason Gray-Stanford - Born and raised in Canada. Became an American citizen in 2019.[45]
  • Anthony Hopkins - Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 2000.[46]
  • Aharon Ipalé
  • Jason Jones - Born and raised in Canada. Became an American citizen in 2014.[47]
  • Werner Klemperer
  • Kurt Kreuger
  • Charles Laughton - Born and raised in the United Kingdom, becoming a U.S. citizen in 1950.
  • Peter Lawford - Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1960.[48]
  • John Leguizamo
  • Gene Lockhart - Born in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 1939
  • Alexander Lockwood
  • John Loder
  • Daniel Logan
  • Peter Lorre - Born and raised in Hungary (modern day Slovakia). Became a U.S. citizen in 1941.[49]
  • Bela Lugosi - Born and raised in Hungary. Became an American citizen in 1931.[50]
  • Keye Luke
  • Patrick Macnee
  • James Mason
  • Peter Mayhew - Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became an American citizen in 2005.[51]
  • David McCallum - Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1999.[52]
  • Eric McCormack - Born and raised in Canada. Received U.S. citizenship in 1999.[53]
  • Roddy McDowall - Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Got U.S. citizenship in 1949.[54]
  • Kevin McKidd - Born and raised in the United Kingdom specifically Scotland. Got U.S. citizenship in 2015.[55]
  • Julian McMahon
  • Peter McRobbie
  • Alfred Molina - Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 2004.[56]
  • Liam Neeson - Born and raised in the United Kingdom specifically Northern Ireland. Became a U.S. citizen in 2009.[57]
  • Leslie Nielsen
  • Soon-Tek Oh
  • Jason O'Mara - Born and raised in Ireland. Earned American citizenship in 2009.[58]
  • Dan O'Herlihy - Born and raised in Ireland. Became a U.S. citizen in 1983.
  • Nathan Parsons
  • Barry Pepper
  • Walter Pidgeon - Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 1943.[59]
  • Jürgen Prochnow - Born and raised in Germany. Became an American citizen in 2004.[60]
  • Jonathan Ke Quan
  • Anthony Quinn - Born in Mexico to Irish immigrants. Became a U.S. citizen in 1947.[61]
  • Claude Rains - Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1939.
  • Roger Rees - Born and raised in the United Kingdom specifically Wales. Became an American citizen in 1989
  • Duncan Renaldo
  • Michael Rennie
  • Alejandro Rey
  • Ryan Reynolds - Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2018.[62]
  • Paul Rodriguez
  • Tristan Rogers
  • Sabu
  • Horatio Sanz - Born in Chile. Became an American citizen in 2018.[63]
  • Martin Short
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger
  • Sebastian Stan - Born in Romania. Became a U.S. citizen in 2002.
  • James Stephenson
  • Lee Strasberg
  • Gregg Sulkin - Born in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 2018.[64]
  • Francis L. Sullivan
  • Carlos Valdes
  • Steve Valentine
  • Goran Višnjić
  • Arnold Vosloo - Born and raised in South Africa becoming a naturalized U.S. Citizen in 1988.

Actresses[]

  • Christine Adams - Born and raised in England before becoming a naturalized U.S. Citizen in 2019 [65]
  • Neile Adams
  • Anna Maria Alberghetti - Born in Italy. Became a U.S. citizen in 1961.[66]
  • Malin Akerman - born in Sweden raised in Canada becoming a naturalized U.S. Citizen in 2018 [67]
  • Ana Alicia
  • Pamela Anderson - Born and raised in Canada became a naturalized U.S. Citizen in 2004 [68]
  • Fernanda Andrade
  • Evelyn Ankers - Became a naturalized U.S. Citizen in 1946 after growing between South American and Europe.
  • Gabrielle Anwar - Became a naturalized U.S. Citizen in 2008 [69]
  • Jayne Atkinson
  • Morena Baccarin
  • Olga Baclanova - Born and raised in Russia. Became a U.S. citizen in 1931.
  • Yetide Badaki - Born in Nigeria. Became a U.S. citizen in 2014.[70]
  • Jacinda Barrett - Born in Australia. Became an American citizen in 2009 [71]
  • Wendy Barrie - Became a naturalized U.S. Citizen in 1942 [72]
  • Mischa Barton
  • Frances Bay
  • Stephanie Beatriz - Born in Argentina moved to the U.S. at the age of 2 becoming a naturalized Citizen at the age of 18.[73]
  • Catherine Bell
  • Alma Beltran
  • Ingrid Bergman - Born in Sweden. Became a U.S. citizen in 1945.[74]
  • Emily Blunt - Born and raised in the United Kingdom before becoming a naturalized U.S. Citizen in 2015 .[75]
  • Sônia Braga - Born in Brazil. Became a U.S. citizen in 2003.[76]
  • Antoinette Bower
  • Natalie Burn - Born and raised in Ukraine. Became an American citizen in 2018.
  • Saffron Burrows - Became a U.S. Citizen in 2009 [77]
  • Annette Carell - Born in Germany. Became a U.S. citizen in 1944.
  • Madeleine Carroll - Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1943.
  • Kim Cattrall
  • Loan Chabanol - Born in France. Became a U.S. citizen in 2020.[78]
  • Charo - Born in Spain. Became a U.S. citizen in 1977.
  • Joan Chen - Born in Chinca. Became a U.S. citizen in 1989.
  • Emmanuelle Chriqui - Born in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2017.[79]
  • Mady Christians
  • Claudette Colbert
  • Lili Darvas - Born and raised in Hungary becoming a naturalized U.S. Citizen in 1944
  • Ludmila Dayer
  • Olivia de Havilland
  • Emilie de Ravin
  • Portia de Rossi - Born and raised in Australia becoming a naturalized U.S. Citizen in 2011 [80]
  • Yvonne De Carlo
  • Kate del Castillo
  • Marlene Dietrich - Born and raised in Germany becoming a naturalized U.S. Citizen in 1939 while renouncing her German citizenship
  • Diana Douglas
  • Deanna Durbin - Born in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 1923.
  • Marie Dressler
  • Minnie Driver - Born in the United Kingdom raised in Barbados before becoming a U.S. citizen in 2017 [81]
  • Samantha Eggar
  • Alice Eve
  • Geraldine Fitzgerald - Born and raised in Ireland becoming a naturalized U.S. Citizen in 1955 [82]
  • Nina Foch
  • Megan Follows
  • Joan Fontaine - Born in Japan to English parents raised in the United Kingdom. Became a naturalized U.S. Citizen in 1943 [83]
  • Eva Gabor
  • Zsa Zsa Gabor
  • Greta Garbo - Born and raised in Sweden. Became a naturalized U.S. Citizen in 1951[84]
  • Greer Garson - Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a naturalized U.S. Citizen in 1951.[85]
  • Judy Geeson
  • Melissa George
  • Jessalyn Gilsig
  • Shenae Grimes - Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2019.[86]
  • Emily Hampshire - Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2014.[87]
  • Joanna Hausmann
  • Salma Hayek
  • Tricia Helfer - Born in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2011.[88]
  • Zulay Henao
  • Sitara Hewitt
  • Claire Holt - Born and raised in Australia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2019.[89]
  • Milla Jovovich
  • Caroline Lagerfelt
  • Stana Katic
  • Violet Kemble-Cooper
  • Diane Kruger - Born and raised in West Germany. Became an American citizen in 2013.[90]
  • Mila Kunis
  • Hedy Lamarr - Born and raised in Austria. Became a U.S. citizen in 1953.
  • Elsa Lanchester
  • Vicky Lane
  • Angela Lansbury
  • Eva Le Gallienne - Born in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1927.
  • Anna Lee
  • Ruta Lee
  • Rachelle Lefevre
  • Eugenie Leontovich - Born and raised in Russia. Became a U.S. citizen in 1929.
  • Margarita Levieva
  • Bai Ling - Born and raised in China. Became a U.S. citizen in 1999.[91]
  • Kathleen Lockhart
  • Celia Lovsky
  • Camilla Luddington
  • Ida Lupino - Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1948.[92]
  • Nola Luxford
  • Sheila MacRae - Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1959.[93]
  • Mercedes Mason - Born in Sweden to parents from Iran. Became an American citizen in 2016.
  • Pamela Mason
  • Ilona Massey - Born and raised in Hungary. Became a U.S. citizen in 1946.
  • Ivana Miličević
  • Marta Milans - Born in Spain. Became an American citizen in 2020.[94][95][96]
  • Kristine Miller - Born in Argentina. Became a U.S. citizen in 1942.[97]
  • Juliet Mills - Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1975.[98]
  • Poppy Montgomery
  • Carrie-Anne Moss
  • Alla Nazimova
  • Pola Negri - Born in Poland. Became a U.S. citizen in 1951.
  • Sylvia O'Brien
  • Una O'Connor - Born and raised in Ireland. Became an American citizen in 1952.[99]
  • Catherine O'Hara
  • Maureen O'Hara - Born and raised in Ireland. Became a U.S. citizen in 1946
  • Sandra Oh - Born in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2018.[100][101]
  • Maureen O'Sullivan - Born in Ireland. Became a U.S. citizen in 1947.[102]
  • Ann-Margret Olsson - Born in Sweden. Became an American citizen in 1949.
  • Jessica Oyelowo - Born in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 2016.[103]
  • Bar Paly - Born in Russia raised in Israel. Became a U.S. citizen in 2016.[104]
  • Katina Paxinou
  • Mary Pickford
  • Christina Pickles
  • Sasha Pieterse
  • Natalie Portman
  • Nathalia Ramos - Born in Spain. Became a U.S. citizen in 2016.[105]
  • Italia Ricci - Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2020.[106]
  • Natasha Richardson
  • Lyda Roberti
  • Olesya Rulin
  • Elena Satine
  • Caterina Scorsone
  • Izabella Scorupco - Born in Poland raised in Sweden. Became an American citizen in 2014.[107]
  • Jane Seymour - Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became an American citizen in 2005.[108]
  • Norma Shearer
  • Jean Simmons - Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1956.[109]
  • Marina Sirtis
  • Alexis Smith - Born in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 1939.
  • Cobie Smulders - Born in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2020.
  • Anna Sten
  • Tammin Sursok - Born in South Africa raised in Australia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2019.[110][111][112]
  • Jessica Tandy - Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1952.
  • Holly Taylor
  • Charlize Theron - Born in South Africa. Became a U.S. citizen in 2007.[113]
  • Tracey Ullman - Born in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 2006.[114]
  • Angélica Vale - Born and raised in Mexico. Became a U.S. citizen in 2016.[115]
  • Diana Van der Vlis
  • Nia Vardalos
  • Sofía Vergara - Born and raised in Colombia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2014.[116][117]
  • Vanessa Villela - Born in Mexico. Became a U.S. citizen in 2017.[118]
  • Sonya Walger - Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 2013.[119]
  • Rachel Weisz - Born in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 2011.[120]
  • May Whitty
  • Fay Wray - Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 1933.

Comedians[]

  • Samantha Bee
  • Michael Blackson - Born and raised in Liberia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2021.[121]
  • Selma Diamond
  • Bob Hope
  • Yakov Smirnoff

Dancers[]

  • Mikhail Baryshnikov - Born and raised in Soviet Union (modern day Latvia). Became a U.S. citizen in 1986.[122]
  • Artem Chigvintsev - Born in The Soviet Union (modern day Russia). Became an American citizen in 2014.[123]
  • Maksim Chmerkovskiy
  • Valentin Chmerkovskiy
  • Sasha Farber - Born in Russia, grew up in Australia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2020.[124]
  • Gonzalo Garcia - Born in Spain. Became a U.S. citizen in 2017.[125]
  • Alexander Godunov - Born in the Soviet Union (Modern day Russia). Became a U.S. citizen in 1987.
  • José Limón - Born in Mexico. Became an American citizen in 1946.
  • Peta Murgatroyd - Born in New Zealand. Raised in Australia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2019.[126]
  • Gleb Savchenko
  • Christine Shevchenko
  • Emma Slater - Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 2020.[127]
  • Karina Smirnoff - Born in The Soviet Union (modern day Ukraine). Became a U.S. citizen shortly after immigrating in 1993.
  • Tamara Toumanova - Born and raised in Russia. Became a U.S. citizen in 1943.[128]
  • Louis Van Amstel - Born and raised in The Netherlands. Became an American citizen in 1999.[129]

Directors[]

  • Frank Capra - Born in Italy. Became a U.S. citizen in 1920.
  • Michael Curtiz - Born and raised in Austria-Hungary (modern day Hungary). Became an American citizen in 1933.[130]
  • John Farrow - Born in Australia. Became a U.S. citizen in 1947.[131]
  • Alfred Hitchcock
  • Anatole Litvak
  • Otto Preminger
  • Gottfried Reinhardt
  • Alik Sakharov

Producers[]

  • Dino De Laurentiis - Born and raised in Italy. Became a U.S. citizen in 1986.[132]
  • Bruce Lansbury - Born in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1954.
  • Edgar Lansbury - Born in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1954.
  • Lorne Michaels

WWE[]

  • Alberto Del Rio - Born in Mexico. Became a U.S. citizen in 2018.[133]

Law enforcement[]

Media figures[]

Social Media[]

  • Hila Klein - Born in Israel. Became an American citizen in 2019.[134][135]

Television[]

  • Peter Arnett
  • Mariana Atencio - Born and raised in Venezuela. Became a U.S. citizen in 2020.
  • Jillian Barberie - Born and raised in Canada. Became an American citizen in 2011.[136]
  • David Frum
  • Yolanda Hadid - Born and raised in The Netherlands. Became a U.S. citizen in 2013.[137]
  • Peter Jennings
  • Alex Trebek - Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 1998.[138]
  • Laura Trevelyan
  • Richard Wolffe

Military[]

  • Ming Chang - Born in China. Became a U.S. citizen after joining the U.S. navy.
  • Louis Cukela
  • Florent Groberg - Born in France. Became a U.S. citizen in 2001.[139]
  • Khalifa Haftar
  • Mian Ghulam Jilani - Born and raised in Pakistan. Became an American citizen in 1981.
  • No Kum-sok - Born in modern day North Korea. Immigrated to the U.S. in 1954 and later became a citizen.
  • Henry Landau - Born in South Africa. Became a U.S. citizen in 1933.
  • James I. Mestrovitch
  • Thomas R. Sargent III - Born in the United Kingdom. Became an American citizen in 1930.
  • John Shalikashvili
  • Michael Strank
  • Peter Tomich
  • Lauri Törni - Born and raised in Finland. Became a U.S. citizen in 1957.
  • Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben - Born in Germany. Became a U.S. citizen following the American Revolutionary War.

Musicians[]

  • Lina Abarbanell
  • Josh Beech - Born in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 2019.[140]
  • Bleona
  • Igor Butman
  • David Byrne
  • David Coverdale
  • Celia Cruz
  • Sheena Easton
  • Flea
  • Lita Ford
  • Gregory Alan Isakov
  • Tomo Miličević
  • French Montana - Born in Morocco. Became a U.S. citizen in 2018.[141][142]
  • Joon Park
  • Neil Peart
  • Trevor Rabin - Born and raised in South Africa. Became a U.S. citizen in 1991.
  • Carlos Santana
  • Gene Simmons
  • Slash - Born in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1996.[143]
  • Yma Sumac - Born and raised in Peru. Became an American citizen in 1955.
  • Alex Van Halen
  • Eddie Van Halen

Singers[]

  • Paul Anka - Born in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 1990.[144]
  • Camila Cabello - Born in Cuba. Became an American citizen in 2008.[145]
  • Gloria Estefan - Born in Cuba. Became a U.S. citizen in 1974
  • Billy Idol - Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 2018.[146]
  • John Lydon - Born in the United kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 2013.[147]
  • Dave Matthews - Born and raised in South Africa. Became an American citizen in 1980.[148]
  • Alanis Morissette - Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2005.[149]
  • Tinka Milinović - Born and raised in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Became a U.S. citizen at the age of 18.
  • Carly Smithson - Born in Ireland. Became a U.S. citizen in 2017.[150]
  • Yoo Seung-jun - Born and raised in South Korea. Became a U.S. citizen in 2002.
  • Keith Urban
  • Neil Young

Composers[]

  • Irving Berlin
  • Monte Carlo
  • Sansan Chien
  • Percy Faith - Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 1945.
  • Loris Ohannes Chobanian
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold
  • Miklós Rózsa - Born in Austria-Hungary (modern day Hungary). Became an American citizen in 1946.
  • Kike Santander
  • Lalo Schifrin - Born and raised in Argentina. Became a U.S. citizen in 1969.
  • Arnold Schoenberg
  • Karl Weigl

Pianist[]

  • Victor Borge - Born and raised in Denmark. Became a U.S. citizen in 1948.
  • Vladimir Horowitz
  • Mischa Levitzki
  • Rene Paulo
  • Arthur Rubinstein - Born in Poland. Became a U.S. citizen in 1946.
  • Nina Svetlanova
  • George Tremblay

Politics[]

Activists[]

  • Rushan Abbas
  • Carlos Arredondo - Born in Costa Rica. Became a U.S. citizen in 2006.[151]
  • Greta Beer - Born in Romania. Became a U.S. citizen in 1956.[152]
  • Ada Bello - Born in Cuba. Became a U.S. citizen in 1969.
  • Pamela Harriman - Born in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1971.
  • Maria L. de Hernández
  • Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Diplomats[]

  • Zbigniew Brzezinski - Born in Poland. Became a U.S. citizen in 1958.[153]

Political Science[]

  • Yascha Mounk
  • Adam Ulam

Politicians[]

  • Katcho Achadjian - Born in Lebanon to parents from Armenia. Became a U.S. citizen in 1982.
  • Madeleine Albright - Born in Czechoslovakia (modern day Czech Republic). Became a U.S. citizen in 1957.[154][155]
  • John Peter Altgeld
  • Rudy Boschwitz
  • Joseph Cao
  • Salud Carbajal
  • Peter Angelo Cavicchia
  • Elaine Chao - Born in Taiwan. Became an American citizen at the age of 19.[156]
  • Fernando Cheung
  • Robert Dale Owen - Born in Scotland. Became a U.S. citizen in 1825.
  • John N. Dempsey
  • Lincoln Díaz-Balart
  • William P. Fitzpatrick
  • Jennifer Granholm - Born in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 1980.[157]
  • Pramila Jayapal - Born in India. Became a U.S. citizen in 2000.
  • Henry Kissinger - Born in Germany. Became a U.S. citizen in 1943 while serving in the U.S. army
  • Raja Krishnamoorthi
  • Tom Lantos - Born in Hungary. Became a U.S. citizen in 1954.[158]
  • Mel Martínez
  • Paul O'Dwyer - Born in Ireland. Became a U.S. citizen in 1930.
  • William O'Dwyer
  • Victoria Spartz - Born in the Soviet Union (modern day Ukraine). Became a U.S. citizen in 2006.[159][160]
  • Leland Yee

Religious Figures[]

  • Chaim Zanvl Abramowitz
  • Evangeline Booth
  • Frances Xavier Cabrini - Born in the Austria Empire (modern day Italy). Became a U.S. citizen in 1909.
  • Bhante Dharmawara
  • Oscar C. Eliason - Born in Sweden. Became an American citizen in 1915.
  • Gavriel Holtzberg
  • Menachem Mendel Schneerson
  • Paramahansa Yogananda - Born and raised in India. Becamea U.S. citizen in 1949.

Science and Academia[]

Astronomy[]

  • Bart Bok - Born and raised in The Netherland. Became a U.S. citizen in 1938.[161]
  • Margaret Burbidge - Born in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1977.
  • Otto Struve - Born in Russian Empire (modern day Ukraine). Became an American citizen in 1927.

Biology[]

  • Salvador Luria - Born and raised in Italy. Became a U.S. citizen in 1947.

Chemistry[]

Economics[]

  • Abhijit Banerjee
  • W. Michael Blumenthal
  • John Kenneth Galbraith
  • Asim Ijaz Khwaja
  • Franco Modigliani - Born and raised in Italy. Became a U.S. citizen in 1946.

Engineering[]

  • Roma Agrawal
  • Viktor Belenko - Born and raised in Russia. Became an American citizen in 1980.
  • Lodewijk van den Berg
  • Wernher von Braun
  • Philip K. Chapman - Born and raised in Australia. Became a U.S. citizen in the late 1960s.
  • Kalpana Chawla - Born in India. Became an American citizen in 1991.
  • Walter Haeussermann - Born and raised in Germany. Became a U.S. citizen in 1954.
  • Thuan Pham
  • Jesco von Puttkamer - Born and raised in Germany. Became a U.S. citizen in 1967.
  • Ben Rich
  • Andy Thomas

Mathematics[]

  • Lamberto Cesari - Born and raised in Italy. became an American citizen in 1976.
  • Bang-Yen Chen
  • Samuel Eilenberg
  • Ernst Hellinger - Born and raised in Germany. Became a U.S. citizen in 1944.
  • Mark Kac
  • Leonid Khachiyan - Born and raised in the Soviet Union (modern day Russia). Became a U.S. citizen in 2000.
  • Emil Leon Post
  • John von Neumann - Born and raised in Hungary. Became an American citizen in 1937.
  • Albert Nijenhuis - Born and raised in the Netherlands. Became a U.S. citizen in 1959.
  • Ida Rhodes
  • Stanisław Ulam

Meteorology[]

  • James Murdoch Austin - Born and raised in New Zealand. Became a U.S. citizen in 1946.[162]

Philosophy[]

  • Hannah Arendt
  • Max Black - Born in Azerbaijan raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1948.

Physics[]

  • Ilesanmi Adesida
  • Qanta A. Ahmed
  • Ernest Ambler
  • Felix Bloch - Born and raised in Switzerland. Became a U.S. citizen in 1939.
  • Ernest Courant
  • F. J. Duarte
  • Robley Dunglison - Born in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1838.
  • Albert Einstein - Born in Germany. Became a U.S. citizen in 1940.
  • Enrico Fermi
  • André Frédéric Cournand - Born and raised in France. Became an American citizen in 1941.
  • Jim Yong Kim
  • Bennet Omalu - Born and raised in Nigeria. Became a U.S. citizen in 2015.[163]
  • Yuri Orlov - Born and raised in the Soviet Union (modern day Russia). Became a U.S. citizen in 1993.[164]
  • Benjamin B. Rubinstein - Born in Finland. Became a U.S. citizen in 1957.
  • Wolfgang Pauli - Born and raised in Austria-Hungary (modern day Austria). Became a U.S. citizen in 1946.
  • Horst Ludwig Störmer
  • Leana Wen - Born in China. Became a U.S. citizen in 2003.
  • Emil Wolf
  • Xiaoxing Xi

Psychology[]

  • Carola B. Eisenberg - Born in Argentina. Became a U.S. citizen in 1949.
  • Erik Erikson
  • Boris M. Levinson - Born in the Russian Empire (modern day Lithuania). Became a U.S. citizen in 1930.
  • Renee Rabinowitz
  • Douglas G. Stuart
  • Max Wertheimer

Sports[]

American Football[]

Athletics[]

Baseball[]

  • Jason Bay - Born in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2009.[173]
  • Orlando Cabrera - Born in Colombia. Became an American citizen in 2011.[174]
  • Robinson Canó - Born and raised in The Dominican Republic. Became a U.S. citizen in 2012.[175]
  • Carlos Carrasco - Born and raised in Venezuela. Became a U.S. citizen in 2016.[176]
  • Aroldis Chapman - Born in Cuba. Became a U.S. citizen in 2016.[177]
  • Yunel Escobar - Born and raised in Cuba. Became a U.S. citizen in 2017.[178]
  • José Fernández - Born in Cuba. Became a U.S. citizen in 2015.[179][180]
  • Ozzie Guillén - Born and raised in Venezuela. Became a U.S. citizen in 2006.[181]
  • Félix Hernández - Born in Venezuela. Became a U.S. citizen in 2018.[182]
  • José Iglesias - Born in Cuba. Became an American citizen in 2018.[183]
  • Leonys Martín - Born and raised in Cuba. Became a U.S. citizen in 2018.[184]
  • Oscar Mercado - Born in Colombia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2018.
  • David Ortiz - Born and raised in the Dominican Republic. Became a U.S. citizen in 2008.[185][186]
  • Eddie Pérez - Born and raised in Venezuela. Became a U.S. citizen in 2014.[187][188]
  • Tony Pérez - Born and raised in Cuba. Became a U.S. citizen in 1971.[189]
  • Plácido Polanco - Born in the Dominican Republic. Became a U.S. citizen in 2008.
  • Yasiel Puig - Born in Cuba. Became a U.S. citizen in 2019.[190]
  • Albert Pujols - Born in the Dominican Republic. Became a U.S. citizen in 2007.[191]
  • Hanley Ramírez - Born and raised in the Dominican Republic. Became a U.S. citizen in 2019.[192]
  • Manny Ramirez - Born in the Dominican Republic. Became a U.S. citizen in 2004.[193]
  • Mariano Rivera - Born and raised in Panama. Became a U.S. citizen in 2015.[194]
  • Chico Ruiz - Born in Cuba. Became a U.S. citizen in 1972.
  • Carlos Santana - Born in the Dominican Republic. Became a U.S. citizen in 2019.[195]
  • Fernando Valenzuela - Born and raised in Mexico. Became a U.S. citizen in 2015.[196]

Basketball[]

  • Kristine Anigwe - Born in the United Kingdom to parents from Nigeria. Became a U.S. citizen in 2014.[197]
  • Geno Auriemma - Born in Italy. Became an American citizen in 1994.[198]
  • Brandon Clarke
  • James Donaldson
  • Patrick Ewing
  • Olga Firsova - Born in the Soviet Union (modern day Ukraine). Became a U.S. citizen in 2008.[199]
  • Ernie Grunfeld - Born in Romania. Became a U.S. citizen in 1976.
  • Adnan Hodžić
  • Zydrunas Ilgauskas - Born and raised in Lithuania. Became a U.S. citizen in 2013.[200]
  • Andrei Kirilenko - Born and raised in Russia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2011.[201]
  • Damir Krupalija
  • Sean Marks - Born and raised in New Zealand. Became an American citizen in 2007.
  • Dikembe Mutombo
  • Hakeem Olajuwon
  • Ticha Penicheiro - Born and raised in Portugal. Became a U.S. citizen in 2013.[202]

Boxing[]

Climbing[]

  • Fritz Wiessner - Born and raised in Germany. Became a U.S. citizen in 1935.

Figure Skating[]

Golf[]

  • Tommy Armour - Born and raised in the United Kingdom specifically Scotland. Became a U.S. citizen in 1942.[205]
  • Bobby Cruickshank
  • Harry Cooper
  • Jim Ferrier - Born and raised in Australia. Became a U.S. citizen in 1944.
  • Jenny Lidback - Born in Peru to parents from Sweden. Became a U.S. citizen in 2003.
  • Pearl Sinn - Born in South Korea. Became a U.S. citizen at the age of 14.
  • Macdonald Smith - Born and raised in the United Kingdom specifically Scotland. Became a U.S. citizen in 1918.[206]
  • Annika Sörenstam

Gymnastics[]

Ice Hockey[]

  • Valeri Bure - Born and raised in Russia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2001.
  • Martin Biron - Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2017.[210]
  • Martin Brodeur - Born and raised in Canada. Became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2009
  • Bill Clement - Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2010.
  • Tony Esposito
  • Ruslan Fedotenko
  • Mike Fisher - Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2019.[211]
  • Wayne Gretzky
  • Arthur Kaliyev
  • Tom Karalis
  • Darius Kasparaitis
  • Ian Laperrière - Born and raised in Canada. Became an American citizen in 2011.[212]
  • Claude Lemieux - Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2009.[213]
  • Mario Lemieux
  • Joel Quenneville
  • Chico Resch
  • Ulf Samuelsson
  • Joe Thornton
  • Bryan Trottier

Mixed martial arts[]

  • Rafael dos Anjos - Born and raised in Brazil. Became a U.S. citizen in 2019.[214]
  • Andrei Arlovski
  • Vitor Belfort - Born and raised in Brazil. Became a U.S. citizen in 2018.[215]
  • Cris Cyborg - Born and raised in Brazil. Became a U.S. citizen in 2016.
  • Anderson Silva - Born and raised in Brazil. Became a U.S. citizen in 2019.
  • Glover Teixeira - Born and raised in Brazil. Became a U.S. citizen in 2020.[216]
  • Kamaru Usman
  • Sodiq Yusuff - Born in Nigeria. Became a U.S. citizen in 2020.

Motor sports[]

  • Aldo Andretti
  • Mario Andretti
  • Luigi Chinetti

Rugby[]

  • Takudzwa Ngwenya

Skateboarding[]

Soccer / association football[]

Swimming[]

Tennis[]

  • Alex Bogomolov Jr.
  • Kevin Curren - Born and raised in South Africa. Became a U.S. citizen 1985.[226]
  • Mariaan de Swardt - Born and raised in South Africa. Became a U.S. citizen in 2006.
  • Amer Delić
  • Edward Dewhurst - Born and raised in Australia. Became a U.S. citizen in 1924.
  • Cliff Drysdale
  • Tommy Haas - Born in Germany. Became a U.S. citizen in 2010.[227]
  • Liezel Huber - Born in South Africa. Became a U.S. citizen in 2007.[228]
  • Anna Kournikova - Born in Russia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2010.[229][230]
  • Johan Kriek - Born in South Africa. Became a U.S. citizen in 1982.
  • Denis Kudla
  • Varvara Lepchenko - Born in The Soviet Union (modern day Uzbekistan). Became an American citizen in 2012.[231]
  • Ivan Lendl - Born and raised in Czechoslovakia (modern day Czech Republic). Became a U.S. citizen in 1992.[232]
  • Tetiana Luzhanska
  • Molla Mallory
  • Martina Navratilova - Born and raised in Czechoslovakia (modern day Czech Republic). Became an American citizen in 1981.
  • Alex Olmedo - Born in Peru. Became a U.S. citizen later in life.
  • Bernarda Pera
  • Fred Perry - Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1939.
  • Monica Seles - Born in Yugoslavia (modern day Serbia). Became a U.S. citizen in 1994.
  • Anna Tatishvili - Born in the country of Georgia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2014.

Volleyball[]

Weightlifting[]

Wrestling[]

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