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|[[Art Acevedo]] |
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|Chief of Police, Houston, Texas |
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|Cuba |
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|[[Matee Ajavon]] |
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|Professional Basketball Player |
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|Liberia |
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|Mohamad Ali |
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|CEO, Carbonite |
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|Guyana |
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|[[Ruth Behar]] |
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|Anthropologist and Writer |
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|Cuba |
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|[[Nicolas Berggruen]] |
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|Founder and Chairman, Berggruen Institute |
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|France |
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|[[Max Boot]] |
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|Military Historian and Columnist |
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|Russia |
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|[[Salud Carbajal]] |
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|U.S. Congressman, California, District 24 |
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|Mexico |
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|[[Ana Mari Cauce]] |
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|President, University of Washington |
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|Cuba |
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|[[Bernard Cherkasov]] |
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|Executive Director, Cradles to Crayons |
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|Azerbaijan |
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|[[Kerron Clement]] |
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|Olympic Gold Medalist in Track and Field |
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|Trinidad and Tobago |
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|[[Rocco B. Commisso|Rocco Commisso]] |
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|Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Mediacom |
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|Italy |
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|[[Adriano Espaillat]] |
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|U.S. Congressman, New York, District 13 |
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|Dominican Republic |
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|[[Mona Hanna|Mona Hanna-Attisha]] |
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|Pediatrician and Public Health Advocate |
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|United Kingdom |
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|[[James P. Gorman]] |
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|CEO, Morgan Stanley |
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|Australia |
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|[[Pramila Jayapal]] |
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|U.S. Congresswoman, Washington, District 7 |
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|India |
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|[[Dara Khosrowshahi]] |
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|CEO, Uber |
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|Iran |
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|[[Valentina Kozlova]] |
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|Former Principal Dancer, New York City Ballet |
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|Russia |
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|[[Daniel Libeskind]] |
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|Architect |
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|Poland |
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|[[Martyna Majok]] |
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|Playwright, Pulitzer Prize in Drama |
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|Poland |
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|[[Imbolo Mbue]] |
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|Author, PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction |
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|Cameroon |
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|[[Shuji Nakamura]] |
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|Engineer, Nobel Prize in Physics |
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|Japan |
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|[[Thomas Nagel]] |
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|Philosopher, Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy |
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|Serbia |
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|[[Kumail Nanjiani]] |
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|Actor and Writer |
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|Pakistan |
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|[[Yvonne Orji]] |
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|Actress |
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|Nigeria |
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|Carlos R. Ponce |
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|Neuroscientist, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis |
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|Mexico |
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|[[Antoni Ribas (professor)|Antoni Ribas]] |
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|Physician and Director, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, UCLA |
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|Spain |
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|[[Daron Acemoglu]] |
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|Professor of Economics, MIT |
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|Turkey |
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|[[Hushang Ansary]] |
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|Statesman, Philanthropist,and Entrepreneur |
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|Iran |
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|[[Kwame Anthony Appiah]] |
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|Professor of Philosophy and Law, New York University |
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|Ghana |
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|[[Morena Baccarin]] |
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|Actress |
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|Brazil |
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|[[Ángel Cabrera (academic)|Angel Cabrera]] |
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|President, George Mason University |
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|Spain |
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|[[Do Won Chang]] |
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|Cofounder and CEO, Forever 21 |
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|South Korea |
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|[[Graciela Chichilnisky]] |
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|Professor of Economics and Statistics, Columbia University |
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|Argentina |
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|[[Ralph de la Vega]] |
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|Former Vice Chairman, AT&T |
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|Cuba |
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|[[Eric Gertler]] |
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|Executive Chairman and CEO, U.S. News & World Report |
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|Canada |
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|[[Masha Gessen]] |
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|Journalist |
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|Russia |
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|[[Suheir Hammad]] |
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|Poet and Activist |
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|Jordan |
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|[[Oliver Hart (economist)|Oliver Hart]] |
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|Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences and Professor, Harvard University |
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|England |
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|[[Anthony Hopkins]] |
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|Actor |
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|Wales |
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|[[Daniel Kahneman]] |
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|Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences Winner and Professor Emeritus, Princeton University |
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|Israel |
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|[[Abdul Karim Kallon]] |
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|Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama |
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|Sierra Leone |
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|[[J. Michael Kosterlitz]] |
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|Nobel Prize Winner in Physics and Professor, Brown University |
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|Scotland |
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|[[Thai Lee]] |
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|President and CEO, SHI International Corporation |
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|Thailand |
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|[[Douglas Leone]] |
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|Venture capitalist and Global Managing Partner, Sequoia Capital |
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|Italy |
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|[[Max Levchin]] |
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|Cofounder, PayPal |
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|Ukraine |
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|[[Margaret H. Marshall]] |
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|Chief Justice (Retired), Massachusetts Supreme Court |
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|South Africa |
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|[[Nergis Mavalvala]] |
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|Professor of Astrophysics, MIT |
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|Pakistan |
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|[[Ayman Mohyeldin]] |
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|Journalist, NBC News |
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|Egypt |
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|[[Vivek Murthy|Vivek H. Murthy]] |
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|19th Surgeon General, United States of America |
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|England |
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|[[Shantanu Narayen]] |
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|CEO, Adobe Systems Incorporated |
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|India |
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|[[Liam Neeson]] |
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|Actor |
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|Ireland |
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|[[Thuy Thi Nguyen]] |
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|President, Foothill College |
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|Vietnam |
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|[[Viet Thanh Nguyen]] |
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|Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist |
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|Vietnam |
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|[[Chinelo Okparanta]] |
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|Author |
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|Nigeria |
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|[[Ilhan Omar]] |
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|State Representative, Minnesota House of Representatives |
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|Somalia |
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|[[Eren Ozmen]] |
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|Owner and President, Sierra Nevada Corporation |
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|Turkey |
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|[[Zainab Salbi]] |
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|Founder, Women for Women International |
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|Iraq |
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|[[Andrew Schally]] |
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|Professor of Pathology, University of Miami |
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|Poland |
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|[[Jeffrey Skoll|Jeff Skoll]] |
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|Founder and Chairman, Skoll Foundation |
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|Canada |
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|[[Fraser Stoddart|Sir J. Fraser Stoddart]] |
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|Board of Trustees Professor of Chemistry, Northwestern University |
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|Scotland |
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|[[David J. Thouless|David Thouless]] |
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|Emeritus Professor, Department of Physics, University of Washington |
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|Scotland |
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|[[Norma Torres]] |
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|Representative, 35th District of California, United States House of Representatives |
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|Guatemala |
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|[[Rainer Weiss]] |
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|Professor Emeritus of Physics, MIT |
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|Germany |
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|[[Feng Zhang]] |
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|Professor of Neuroscience, MIT and Broad Institute |
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|China |
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|[[Noubar Afeyan]] |
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|Entrepreneur, venture capitalist, philanthropist |
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|Lebanon |
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|[[Selu Alofipo]] |
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|Artist, White House “Champion of Change” |
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|Samoa |
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|[[Samantha Bee]] |
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|Actress, comedian |
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|Canada |
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|[[Peter Blair Henry]] |
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|Dean, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University |
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|Jamaica |
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|[[Len Blavatnik]] |
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|Industrialist, philanthropist |
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|Ukraine |
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|Roberta Capp |
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|Physician and Public Health Expert |
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|Brazil |
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|[[Jim Carrey]] |
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|Actor, Comedian |
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|Canada |
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|Mariano Castillo |
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|Journalist; Soros Fellowship for New Americans recipient |
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|Peru |
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|[[Marcelo Claure]] |
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|CEO of SoftBank International and former CEO, Sprint |
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|Bolivia |
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|[[Nadia Comăneci|Nadia Comaneci]] |
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|Five-time Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics |
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|Romania |
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|[[Ronald J. Daniels|Ron Daniels]] |
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|President, Johns Hopkins University |
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|Canada |
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|[[Michaela DePrince]] |
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|Ballerina, Dutch National Ballet |
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|Sierra Leone |
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|[[Jaha Dukureh]] |
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|Founder, Safe Hands for Girls |
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|Gambia |
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|[[John L. Estrada]] |
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|U.S. Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago |
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|Trinidad and Tobago |
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|[[Florent Groberg]] |
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|U.S. Army Captain (Ret.) |
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|France |
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|[[Farnam Jahanian]] |
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|Provost, Carnegie Mellon University |
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|Iran |
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|[[Sally Jewell]] |
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|Former U.S. Secretary of the Interior |
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|England |
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|[[Jan Koum]] |
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|Co-founder and former CEO, WhatsApp |
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|Ukraine |
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|[[Fei-Fei Li]] |
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|Computer Scientist, Google |
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|China |
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|[[Viet Xuan Luong|Viet X. Luong]] |
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|U.S. Army Brigadier General |
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|Vietnam |
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|Iqram Magdon-Ismail |
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|Technology Entrepeneur |
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|Zimbabwe |
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|Vikram Malhotra |
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|Chairman of the Americas, McKinsey & Company |
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|India |
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|[[Mehret Mandefro]] |
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|Physician, anthropologist, filmmaker |
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|Ethiopia |
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|[[Michael Moritz]] |
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|Chairman, Sequoia Capital |
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|Wales |
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|[[Bharati Mukherjee]] |
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|National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author |
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|India |
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|[[Peter A. Nadosy]] |
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|Managing Partner, East End Advisors |
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|Hungary |
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|[[Graham Nash]] |
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|Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter |
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|England |
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|Jacqueline H. Nguyen |
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|United States Circuit Judge |
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|Vietnam |
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|Deogratias Niyizonkiza |
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|Founder and CEO, Village HealthWorks |
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|Burundi |
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|Bennet Omalu |
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|Forensic Pathologist, Discoverer of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) |
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|Nigeria |
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|Jorge M. Pérez |
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|Chairman and CEO, Related Group of Florida |
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|Argentina |
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|Thuan Pham |
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|CTO, Uber Technologies, Inc. |
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|Vietnam |
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|Sundar Pichai |
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|CEO, Google |
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|India |
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|Ana Luz Porzecanski |
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|Conservation Biologist, Director, Center for Biodiversity & Conservation, Museum of Natural History |
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|Uruguay |
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|Wolfgang Puck |
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|Chef and restaurateur |
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|Austria |
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|Azita Raji |
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|Former Ambassador to Sweden, United States of America |
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|Iran |
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|Shaiza Rizavi |
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|Partner, Gilder, Gagnon, Howe & Co. |
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|Pakistan |
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|Isabella Rossellini |
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|Actress, model, filmmaker |
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|Italy |
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|Aziz Sancar |
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|Biochemist and Biophysicist, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
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|Turkey |
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|Piers J. Sellers |
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|Former NASA astronaut; Deputy Director, NASA Sciences and Exploration Directorate |
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|United Kingdom |
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|Hari Sreenivasan |
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|Anchor and Senior Correspondent, PBS NewsHour |
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|India |
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Revision as of 21:23, 12 August 2024
Carnegie Corporation Great Immigrants Award | |
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Description | Recognizing notable contributions of immigrants to American society |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Carnegie Corporation of New York |
First awarded | 2006 |
Website | www |
The Great Immigrants Award is an annual initiative by the Carnegie Corporation of New York to honor naturalized citizens of the United States who have made significant contributions to American society, democracy, and culture. Established in 2006, the award celebrates the legacy of Andrew Carnegie, a Scottish immigrant and philanthropist who founded the Carnegie Corporation. The award is announced each year on the Fourth of July.[1]
Background
The Great Immigrants Award was created to showcase the positive impact immigrants have on the United States across various fields such as business, the arts, education, and philanthropy.[2][3]
Criteria and selection process
Honorees of the Great Immigrants Award are naturalized citizens of the United States who have demonstrated outstanding achievements and contributions in their respective fields. The selection process involves a comprehensive review of candidates' accomplishments, their impact on American society, and their commitment to the ideals of democracy and cultural diversity. The award has recognized individuals from a wide range of backgrounds, including business leaders, educators, artists, scientists, and public servants.[4]
Past honorees
2024[5][6] | ||
Name | Profession | Country of Birth |
Leila Ahmed | Professor, Harvard Divinity School, and Author | Egypt |
Mohammed Amer | Comedian and Actor | Kuwait |
Abhijit Banerjee | Professor of Economics, MIT, and Nobel Prize Laureate | India |
Leon Botstein | President, Bard College, Conductor, and Scholar | Switzerland |
Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar | President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | Mexico |
Esther Duflo | Professor of Economics, MIT, and Nobel Prize Laureate | France |
Sonia Gardner | Hedge Fund Manager and Cofounder, Avenue Capital Group | Morocco |
Viviana Gradinaru | Professor of Neuroscience and Biological Engineering, Caltech | Romania |
Abbas (Bas) Hamad | Grammy-Nominated Rapper | France |
Eliu Misael (Michael) Hinojosa | Chief Impact Officer, engage2learn, and Former Superintendent, Dallas ISD | Mexico |
Jensen Huang | Cofounder, President, and CEO, NVIDIA | Taiwan |
Immaculée Ilibagiza | Author and Motivational Speaker | Rwanda |
Sir Jonathan (Jony) Ive | Artist, Designer, and Technology Executive | England |
Ashish Kumar Jha | Dean, School of Public Health, Brown University | India |
Yann LeCun | Chief AI Scientist for Facebook AI Research (FAIR) | France |
Jim Lee | President, Publisher, and Chief Creative Officer, DC Comics | South Korea |
Homa Naficy | Librarian and Immigrant Advocate | France |
Raj Panjabi | Global Healthcare Leader, Entrepreneur, and Former White House Official | Liberia |
Eboo Patel | Founder and President, Interfaith America | India |
Lorgia García Peña | Professor of Latinx Studies, Princeton University | Dominican Republic |
Maria Ressa | Investigative Reporter and Nobel Prize Laureate | Philippines |
Premal Shah | Social Entrepreneur and Cofounder, Kiva | India |
Ocean Vuong | Poet, Novelist, and Essayist | Vietnam |
Steven Yeun | Emmy-Winning and Academy Award–Nominated Actor | South Korea |
2023[7][8] | ||
Name | Profession | Country of Birth |
Wesaam Al-Badry | Photographer, Investigative Journalist, and Interdisciplinary Artist | Iraq |
Ana Lucia Araujo | Professor of History, Howard University | Brazil |
Kyriacos A. Athanasiou | Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine | Cyprus |
Ajay Banga | President, World Bank, and Former CEO, Mastercard | India |
Jean-Claude Brizard | President and CEO, Digital Promise | Haiti |
Betty Kwan Chinn | Founder, Betty Kwan Chinn Homeless Foundation | China |
Ghida Dagher | CEO and President, New American Leaders | Sierra Leone |
Daniel Diermeier | Chancellor, Vanderbilt University | Germany |
Miguel "Mike" B. Fernandez | Chairman and CEO, MBF Healthcare Partners | Cuba |
Maria Freire | Global Health Leader and Biophysicist | Peru |
Nina Garcia | Editor in Chief, Elle | Colombia |
Timnit Gebru | Founder and Executive Director, Distributed AI Research Institute | Ethiopia |
Karen González | Faith Leader, Writer, Speaker, and Immigrant Advocate | Guatemala |
Azira G. Hill | Cofounder, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Talent Development Program | Cuba |
Roald Hoffmann | Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Cornell University, and Nobel Laureate | Poland |
Guido Imbens | Professor of Economics, Stanford University, and Nobel Laureate | Netherlands |
Angélique Kidjo | Grammy Award–Winning Singer and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador | Benin |
Bernard Lagat | Champion Runner and Five-Time Olympian | Kenya |
Min Jin Lee | Author and National Book Award Finalist | South Korea |
Ted Lieu | U.S. Congressman, California, District 36 | Taiwan |
Karen Lozano | Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | Mexico |
Daniel Lubetzky | Founder, KIND Snacks and Starts With Us | Mexico |
J. Patrice Marandel | Former Chief Curator of European Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) | France |
Stephen Michael | Brigadier General, U.S. Army (ret.), and Senior Executive, UBS | Guyana |
Alanis Morissette | Grammy Award–Winning Singer-Songwriter, Thought Leader, Wholeness Advocate | Canada |
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala | Director-General, World Trade Organization | Nigeria |
Pedro Pascal | Actor and Time 100 Honoree | Chile |
Susan Polgar | Chess Grandmaster and Triple-Crown World Champion | Hungary |
Ke Huy Quan | Academy Award–Winning Actor | Vietnam |
Helen Quinn | Professor Emerita of Physics, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University | Australia |
Julissa Reynoso | U.S. Ambassador to Spain and Andorra | Dominican Republic |
Oscar A. Solis | 10th Bishop, Diocese of Salt Lake City | Philippines |
Ali Soufan | Chairman and CEO, The Soufan Group, and Former FBI Special Agent | Lebanon |
Inge G. Thulin | Former Chairman, President, and CEO, 3M Company | Sweden |
Ponsi Trivisvavet | CEO and Director, Inari | Thailand |
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Name | Profession | Country of Birth |
Hakki Akdeniz | Owner, Champion Pizza, and Advocate for the Homeless | Turkey |
Michael Amiridis | President, University of South Carolina | Greece |
Bertine Bahige | Wyoming National Distinguished Principal, 2021 | Congo (the Democratic Republic of the) |
Maria Elena Bottazzi | Professor and Associate Dean, Baylor College of Medicine | Italy |
Jorge Cavero | Doctor and Professor, University of Illinois College of Medicine | Bolivia |
Ibrahim Cissé | Professor of Physics, MIT, and MacArthur Fellow | Niger |
Herman Cornejo | Principal, American Ballet Theatre, and UN Messenger of Peace | Argentina |
Bita Daryabari | Philanthropist, Entrepreneur, and Computer Scientist | Iran |
Julie Delpy | Award-Winning Actress, Director, and Screenwriter | France |
Fabienne Doucet | Educational Equity Advocate and Professor, New York University | Spain |
Jill Ellis | Soccer Coach and President, San Diego Wave Fútbol Club | England |
Daniel Finn | Pastor and Chaplain and Cofounder, Irish Pastoral Centre, Boston | Ireland |
Lorena Garcia | Chef and Founder, Chica Restaurants | Venezuela |
Jesus Garza | Mayor, Arcola, Illinois | Mexico |
Aquilino Gonell | U.S. Capitol Police Officer and Congressional Gold Medal Recipient | Dominican Republic |
Steffi Graf | Tennis Champion, Olympian, and Grand Slam Winner | Germany |
Siegfried Hecker | Nuclear Scientist and Director Emeritus, Los Alamos National Laboratory | Poland |
Nicole Hernandez Hammer | Environmental Scientist and Climate Justice and Labor Organizer, SEIU | Guatemala |
Lina Hidalgo | Judge and Chief Executive, Harris County, Texas | Colombia |
Jorge Labarga | Justice, Florida Supreme Court | Cuba |
Padma Lakshmi | Host and Executive Producer, Top Chef and Taste the Nation | India |
MJ Lee | White House Correspondent, CNN | South Korea |
Polina Lishko | Professor, University of California, Berkeley, and MacArthur Fellow | Ukraine |
Malinda Lo | Novelist and National Book Award Winner | China |
Syukuro Manabe | Professor, Princeton University, and Nobel Laureate | Japan |
Karen Nakamura | Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley | Indonesia |
Arrey Obenson | President and CEO, International Institute of St. Louis | Cameroon |
Toyin Ojih Odutola | Visual Artist | Nigeria |
Ardem Patapoutian | Professor, Scripps Research Institute, and Nobel Laureate | Lebanon |
Karl Racine | Attorney General, District of Columbia | Haiti |
Punit Renjen | Global CEO, Deloitte | India |
Tashitaa Tufaa | Owner, CEO, and President, Metropolitan Transportation Network | Ethiopia |
Neil Young | Musician, Grammy Winner, and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee | Canada |
Karen Zacarías | Award-Winning Playwright and Founder, Young Playwrights' Theater | Mexico |
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Name | Profession | Country of Birth |
Gisèle Ben-Dor | Conductor Emerita, Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston | Uruguay |
Albert Bourla | Chairman and CEO, Pfizer | Greece |
Peter Carey | Novelist and Professor, Hunter College | Australia |
Vija Celmins | Visual Artist | Latvia |
Jun Cho | Supply Specialist, Delaware National Guard | South Korea |
Millicent Comrie | OB-GYN and Director, Brooklyn Heights Women's Health Center, Maimonides Medical Center | Jamaica |
Carlos del Rio | Public Health Advocate and Professor of Medicine, Emory University | Mexico |
Gisele Barreto Fetterman | Founder, Free Store 15104, For Good PGH, and 412 Food Rescue | Brazil |
Wayne A. I. Frederick | President and Professor of Surgery, Howard University | Trinidad and Tobago |
Gita Gopinath | Chief Economist, International Monetary Fund | India |
Shireen Hunter | Diplomat, International Relations Scholar, and Honorary Fellow, Alwaleed Center, Georgetown University | Iran |
Anisa Ibrahim | Physician, Pediatrics Clinic, Harborview Medical Center | Somalia |
Karine Jean-Pierre | White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary | Martinique |
Ilya Kaminsky | Poet and Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology | Ukraine |
Min Kao | Cofounder and Executive Chairman, Garmin International | Taiwan |
Katalin Karikó | Scientist and Senior Vice President, BioNTech | Hungary |
Young Kim | U.S. Congresswoman, California, District 39 | South Korea |
Olga Korbut | Olympic Medal–Winning Gymnast | Belarus |
Ruth Lehmann | Professor of Biology, MIT | Germany |
Carlos Lozada | Nonfiction Book Critic, The Washington Post | Peru |
Kamlesh Lulla | NASA Scientist (Fmr. Chief Scientist for Earth Observations, Space Shuttle/ISS), Senior Advisor for University Research and Technology Collaboration at Johnson Space Center, NASA | India |
Michael Mina | Chef and Founder, MINA Group | Egypt |
Helen Mirren | Actress | England |
Herro Mustafa | U.S. Ambassador to Bulgaria | Iraq |
John Oliver | Comedian and Commentator | England |
James Peebles | Professor Emeritus of Physics, Princeton University | Canada |
Vincenzo Piscopo | President and CEO, United Spinal Association | Venezuela |
Ivan Poupyrev | Director of Engineering and Technical Projects Lead, Google | Russia |
Jorge Pulleiro | Idaho Teacher of the Year and U.S. Army Veteran | Argentina |
Pedro A. Sanchez | Professor of Tropical Soils, University of Florida | Cuba |
Nsé Ufot | Chief Executive Officer, New Georgia Project | Nigeria |
Luis von Ahn | Cofounder and CEO, Duolingo | Guatemala |
Ali Zaidi | Deputy White House National Climate Advisor | Pakistan |
Xiaowei Zhuang | Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University | China |
2020 | ||
Name | Profession | Country of Birth |
Njideka Akunyili Crosby | Visual Artist | Nigeria |
Fabian Arias | Pastor, Iglesia de Sion, Saint Peter's Church, New York City | Argentina |
Geno Auriemma | Head Coach, University of Connecticut Women's Basketball | Italy |
Carmen C. Bambach | Curator, The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Chile |
Sven Beckert | Professor of American History, Harvard University | Germany |
Asmeret Asefaw Berhe | Professor of Soil Science and Falasco Chair in Earth Sciences, University of California, Merced | Eritrea |
Afsaneh Mashayekhi Beschloss | Founder and CEO, RockCreek | Iran |
Luciana Borio | VP, In-Q-Tel; Former Director, Medical and Biodefense Preparedness, National Security Council | Brazil |
Joy Buolamwini | Founder, Algorithmic Justice League; Researcher, MIT Media Lab | Canada |
David Byrne | Musician and Filmmaker | Scotland |
Rukmini Callimachi | Foreign Correspondent, The New York Times | Romania |
Fadi Chehadé | Co-CEO, Ethos Capital; Former President and CEO, ICANN | Lebanon |
Raj Chetty | Professor of Economics, Harvard University | India |
Ana Navarro-Cárdenas | Political Strategist and Commentator, CNN; Cohost, The View | Nicaragua |
Monica Ponce de Leon | Architect and Founder, MPdL Studio; Professor and Dean, School of Architecture, Princeton University | Venezuela |
Yaa Gyasi | Author | Ghana |
Hans M. Kristensen | Director, Nuclear Information Project, Federation of American Scientists | Denmark |
Marie Lafontant | Registered Nurse, Burn Unit, University of Chicago Medical Center | Haiti |
Pedro Martinez | Superintendent, San Antonio Independent School District | Mexico |
Afaf I. Meleis | Professor of Nursing and Sociology and Dean Emerita, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing | Egypt |
Miriam Merad | Director of the Precision Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | Algeria |
Siddhartha Mukherjee | Author and Physician | India |
Stephanie Murphy | U.S. Congresswoman, Florida, District 7 | Vietnam |
Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im | Professor of Law, Emory University School of Law | Sudan |
Catherine O'Hara | Actress | Canada |
Judea Pearl | Computer Scientist and Professor, University of California, Los Angeles | Israel |
Anna Podolanczuk | Physician and Researcher, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center | Poland |
Alexei Ratmansky | Choreographer and Artist in Residence, American Ballet Theater | Russia |
Teresa Romero | President, United Farm Workers | Mexico |
Goli Sheikholeslami | President and CEO, New York Public Radio | Kuwait |
Moncef Slaoui | Physician, Vaccine Researcher, and Chief Advisor, Operation Warp Speed | Morocco |
Art Spiegelman | Graphic Novelist and Cartoonist | Sweden |
Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Vincent Stewart | Former Deputy Commander, U.S. Cyber Command; Former Director, Defense Intelligence Agency | Jamaica |
Lisa Su | President and CEO, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) | Taiwan |
Ramon Tallaj | Physician; Founder and Chair, SOMOS | Dominican Republic |
M. Stanley Whittingham | Professor of Chemistry, Binghamton University, State University of New York | England |
Paul Yoon | Rescue Paramedic, FDNY | South Korea |
Eric Yuan | Founder and CEO, Zoom | China |
2019 | ||
Name | Profession | Country of Birth |
Darius Adamczyk | Chairman and CEO, Honeywell | Poland |
Angelika Amon | Cancer Researcher and Professor, MIT | Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science | Austria |
Julissa Arce | Author, Social Justice Advocate, and Cofounder, Ascend Educational Fund | Mexico |
Branka Arsić | Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University | Guggenheim Fellow | Serbia |
Richard Blanco | U.S. Inaugural Poet and Memoirist | Spain |
Wolf Blitzer | Lead Political Anchor and Host, "The Situation Room," CNN | Germany |
Ilia Calderón | Cohost, "Noticiero Univision" and "Aquí y Ahora," Univision | Colombia |
Andrew Cherng | Cofounder, Cochair, and Co-CEO, Panda Restaurant Group, Inc. | China |
Peggy Cherng | Cofounder, Cochair, and Co-CEO, Panda Restaurant Group, Inc. | Myanmar |
Alon Cohen | Cofounder and President, Houzz | Israel |
Wilmot Collins | Mayor, Helena, Montana | Liberia |
Maria Cornejo | Fashion Designer and Founder, Zero + Maria Cornejo | Chile |
Vilma Daza | Community Library Manager, Corona Branch, Queens Public Library | Peru |
Angus Deaton | Professor of Economics and International Affairs Emeritus, Princeton University | Nobel Prize in Economics | Scotland |
Gebisa Ejeta | Geneticist, Plant Breeder, and Professor, Purdue University | World Food Prize Laureate | Ethiopia |
Gustavo García-Siller | Archbishop of San Antonio | Mexico |
Theresia Gouw | Cofounder, Aspect Ventures | Indonesia |
Prabal Gurung | Fashion Designer and Founder, Prabal Gurung | Singapore |
Aleksandar Hemon | Writer and Professor of Creative Writing, Princeton University | MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellow | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Luchita Hurtado | Painter | Time 100 for 2019 | Venezuela |
Mukhtar M. Ibrahim | Founder and Executive Editor, "Sahan Journal" | Somalia |
Rahul M. Jindal | Transplant Surgeon and Professor, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences | India |
Dina Katabi | Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT | MacArthur Fellow | Syria |
Laila Lalami | Writer and Professor of Creative Writing, University of California, Riverside | Guggenheim Fellow and American Book Award Winner | Morocco |
Young Jean Lee | Playwright and Professor of Theater and Performance Studies, Stanford University | Guggenheim Fellow | South Korea |
Midori | Violinist, Educator, and Arts Advocate | Japan |
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell | U.S. Congresswoman, Florida, District 26 | Ecuador |
M. Rosaria Piomelli | Architect and Former Dean, Spitzer School of Architecture, City College of New York | Italy |
Tomás Pedro Regalado | Director, Office of Cuba Broadcasting, and Former Mayor, Miami, Florida | Cuba |
Mariano Rivera | Hall of Fame Baseball Player and Philanthropist | Panama |
Paymon Rouhanifard | Former Camden Schools Chief, and Cofounder and CEO, Propel America | Iran |
Terence Tao | Professor of Mathematics, UCLA | MacArthur Fellow and Fields Medalist | Australia |
Adi Tatarko | Cofounder and CEO, Houzz | Israel |
Marc Tessier-Lavigne | Neuroscientist and President, Stanford University | Canada |
Linus Torvalds | Creator of Linux and Git | Millennium Technology Prize Winner | Finland |
Nari Ward | Artist and Distinguished Professor/Head of Sculpture, Hunter College | Guggenheim Fellow and Rome Prize Winner | Jamaica |
Leana Wen | Physician and Public Health Leader | China |
Nite Yun | Chef and Restaurateur | Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Culinary Arts | Cambodia |
2018 | ||
Name | Profession | Country of Birth |
Art Acevedo | Chief of Police, Houston, Texas | Cuba |
Matee Ajavon | Professional Basketball Player | Liberia |
Mohamad Ali | CEO, Carbonite | Guyana |
Ruth Behar | Anthropologist and Writer | Cuba |
Nicolas Berggruen | Founder and Chairman, Berggruen Institute | France |
Max Boot | Military Historian and Columnist | Russia |
Salud Carbajal | U.S. Congressman, California, District 24 | Mexico |
Ana Mari Cauce | President, University of Washington | Cuba |
Bernard Cherkasov | Executive Director, Cradles to Crayons | Azerbaijan |
Kerron Clement | Olympic Gold Medalist in Track and Field | Trinidad and Tobago |
Rocco Commisso | Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Mediacom | Italy |
Adriano Espaillat | U.S. Congressman, New York, District 13 | Dominican Republic |
Mona Hanna-Attisha | Pediatrician and Public Health Advocate | United Kingdom |
James P. Gorman | CEO, Morgan Stanley | Australia |
Pramila Jayapal | U.S. Congresswoman, Washington, District 7 | India |
Dara Khosrowshahi | CEO, Uber | Iran |
Valentina Kozlova | Former Principal Dancer, New York City Ballet | Russia |
Daniel Libeskind | Architect | Poland |
Martyna Majok | Playwright, Pulitzer Prize in Drama | Poland |
Imbolo Mbue | Author, PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction | Cameroon |
Shuji Nakamura | Engineer, Nobel Prize in Physics | Japan |
Thomas Nagel | Philosopher, Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy | Serbia |
Kumail Nanjiani | Actor and Writer | Pakistan |
Yvonne Orji | Actress | Nigeria |
Carlos R. Ponce | Neuroscientist, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis | Mexico |
Antoni Ribas | Physician and Director, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, UCLA | Spain |
2017 | ||
Name | Profession | Country of Birth |
Daron Acemoglu | Professor of Economics, MIT | Turkey |
Hushang Ansary | Statesman, Philanthropist,and Entrepreneur | Iran |
Kwame Anthony Appiah | Professor of Philosophy and Law, New York University | Ghana |
Morena Baccarin | Actress | Brazil |
Angel Cabrera | President, George Mason University | Spain |
Do Won Chang | Cofounder and CEO, Forever 21 | South Korea |
Graciela Chichilnisky | Professor of Economics and Statistics, Columbia University | Argentina |
Ralph de la Vega | Former Vice Chairman, AT&T | Cuba |
Eric Gertler | Executive Chairman and CEO, U.S. News & World Report | Canada |
Masha Gessen | Journalist | Russia |
Suheir Hammad | Poet and Activist | Jordan |
Oliver Hart | Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences and Professor, Harvard University | England |
Anthony Hopkins | Actor | Wales |
Daniel Kahneman | Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences Winner and Professor Emeritus, Princeton University | Israel |
Abdul Karim Kallon | Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama | Sierra Leone |
J. Michael Kosterlitz | Nobel Prize Winner in Physics and Professor, Brown University | Scotland |
Thai Lee | President and CEO, SHI International Corporation | Thailand |
Douglas Leone | Venture capitalist and Global Managing Partner, Sequoia Capital | Italy |
Max Levchin | Cofounder, PayPal | Ukraine |
Margaret H. Marshall | Chief Justice (Retired), Massachusetts Supreme Court | South Africa |
Nergis Mavalvala | Professor of Astrophysics, MIT | Pakistan |
Ayman Mohyeldin | Journalist, NBC News | Egypt |
Vivek H. Murthy | 19th Surgeon General, United States of America | England |
Shantanu Narayen | CEO, Adobe Systems Incorporated | India |
Liam Neeson | Actor | Ireland |
Thuy Thi Nguyen | President, Foothill College | Vietnam |
Viet Thanh Nguyen | Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist | Vietnam |
Chinelo Okparanta | Author | Nigeria |
Ilhan Omar | State Representative, Minnesota House of Representatives | Somalia |
Eren Ozmen | Owner and President, Sierra Nevada Corporation | Turkey |
Zainab Salbi | Founder, Women for Women International | Iraq |
Andrew Schally | Professor of Pathology, University of Miami | Poland |
Jeff Skoll | Founder and Chairman, Skoll Foundation | Canada |
Sir J. Fraser Stoddart | Board of Trustees Professor of Chemistry, Northwestern University | Scotland |
David Thouless | Emeritus Professor, Department of Physics, University of Washington | Scotland |
Norma Torres | Representative, 35th District of California, United States House of Representatives | Guatemala |
Rainer Weiss | Professor Emeritus of Physics, MIT | Germany |
Feng Zhang | Professor of Neuroscience, MIT and Broad Institute | China |
2016 | ||
Name | Profession | Country of Birth |
Noubar Afeyan | Entrepreneur, venture capitalist, philanthropist | Lebanon |
Selu Alofipo | Artist, White House “Champion of Change” | Samoa |
Samantha Bee | Actress, comedian | Canada |
Peter Blair Henry | Dean, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University | Jamaica |
Len Blavatnik | Industrialist, philanthropist | Ukraine |
Roberta Capp | Physician and Public Health Expert | Brazil |
Jim Carrey | Actor, Comedian | Canada |
Mariano Castillo | Journalist; Soros Fellowship for New Americans recipient | Peru |
Marcelo Claure | CEO of SoftBank International and former CEO, Sprint | Bolivia |
Nadia Comaneci | Five-time Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics | Romania |
Ron Daniels | President, Johns Hopkins University | Canada |
Michaela DePrince | Ballerina, Dutch National Ballet | Sierra Leone |
Jaha Dukureh | Founder, Safe Hands for Girls | Gambia |
John L. Estrada | U.S. Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad and Tobago |
Florent Groberg | U.S. Army Captain (Ret.) | France |
Farnam Jahanian | Provost, Carnegie Mellon University | Iran |
Sally Jewell | Former U.S. Secretary of the Interior | England |
Jan Koum | Co-founder and former CEO, WhatsApp | Ukraine |
Fei-Fei Li | Computer Scientist, Google | China |
Viet X. Luong | U.S. Army Brigadier General | Vietnam |
Iqram Magdon-Ismail | Technology Entrepeneur | Zimbabwe |
Vikram Malhotra | Chairman of the Americas, McKinsey & Company | India |
Mehret Mandefro | Physician, anthropologist, filmmaker | Ethiopia |
Michael Moritz | Chairman, Sequoia Capital | Wales |
Bharati Mukherjee | National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author | India |
Peter A. Nadosy | Managing Partner, East End Advisors | Hungary |
Graham Nash | Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter | England |
Jacqueline H. Nguyen | United States Circuit Judge | Vietnam |
Deogratias Niyizonkiza | Founder and CEO, Village HealthWorks | Burundi |
Bennet Omalu | Forensic Pathologist, Discoverer of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) | Nigeria |
Jorge M. Pérez | Chairman and CEO, Related Group of Florida | Argentina |
Thuan Pham | CTO, Uber Technologies, Inc. | Vietnam |
Sundar Pichai | CEO, Google | India |
Ana Luz Porzecanski | Conservation Biologist, Director, Center for Biodiversity & Conservation, Museum of Natural History | Uruguay |
Wolfgang Puck | Chef and restaurateur | Austria |
Azita Raji | Former Ambassador to Sweden, United States of America | Iran |
Shaiza Rizavi | Partner, Gilder, Gagnon, Howe & Co. | Pakistan |
Isabella Rossellini | Actress, model, filmmaker | Italy |
Aziz Sancar | Biochemist and Biophysicist, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | Turkey |
Piers J. Sellers | Former NASA astronaut; Deputy Director, NASA Sciences and Exploration Directorate | United Kingdom |
Hari Sreenivasan | Anchor and Senior Correspondent, PBS NewsHour | India |
References
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- ^ "Carnegie Corporation of New York Honors 35 Distinguished Immigrants for Their Vital and Inspiring Contributions to Our Democracy". Business Wire (Press release). Business Wire. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
- ^ "Carnegie Corporation names 2023 cohort of distinguished immigrants". Philanthropy News Digest.
- ^ Kaba, Amadu Jacky (2017-09-18). America's 'Great Immigrants': An Analysis of Carnegie Corporation's Honorees, 2006–2015. Adonis and Abbey Publishers. ISBN 978-1-909112-78-0.
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External links
- Carnegie Corporation Great Immigrants Award
- America's 'great Immigrants': An Analysis of Carnegie Corporation's Honorees 2006–2015, by Amadu Jacky Kaba, 2017 – Google Books