Representative Sample of Immigrants

from Philip Greenspun
Four immigrants to the U.S. who were selected at random:

Publix shopper Lionel Messi

Came to Miami from Argentina/Barcelona in 2023; enjoys wearing Adidas sneakers and kicking soccer balls.

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Climate Change Denier Ivar Giaever

Came to the U.S. from Norway in 1954; Nobel Prize in Physics 1973 for work on tunneling in superconducts.

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Married his first cousin Igor Stravinsky

Came to the U.S. from Russia in 1939; failed Hollywood composer.

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Stamp collector Hans Bethe

Came to the U.S. from Germany in 1935; studied shock waves with Edward Teller for the Manhattan Project; Nobel Prize in Physics 1967.

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