Published Poet Roald HoffmannCame to the U.S. from Poland in 1949; studied electron orbitals; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1981. |
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. |
Child of child psychiatrist Igor SikorskyCame to the U.S. from Russia in 1919; designed and built the first mass-produced helicopter (R-4). |
Haitian John James AudubonBorn in Haiti. Came to the U.S. from France in 1803. Buyer and seller of slaves. Shot quite a few birds. |