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Art and literature
= Authors
=Jackie Collins – Born in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1960.
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.
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.
Gerda Weissmann Klein – Born and raised in Poland. Became a U.S. citizen in 1948.
= Architect
=Esra Akcan - Born and raised in Turkey.
César Pelli – Born and raised in Argentina. Became a U.S. citizen in 1964
I. M. Pei - Born and raised in China.
Friedrich St. Florian - Born and raised in Austria.
= Journalists
=Masih Alinejad – Born and raised in Iran. Became a U.S. citizen in 2019.
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.
Cornelius Ryan - Born and raised in Ireland. Became a U.S. citizen in 1951.
Hari Sreenivasan – Born in India. Became a U.S. citizen in 2008.
= 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.
Pál Fried – Born and raised in Hungary. Emigrated to the U.S. in 1946 becoming a citizen in 1953.
Charles Hoffbauer – Born and raised in France. Became a U.S. citizen in 1941.
Tania Marmolejo - Born and raised in Dominican Republic.
Mark Rothko – Born and raised in Russia. Became a U.S. citizen in 1938.
= Sculptors
=Louise Bourgeois – Born and raised in France. Became a U.S. citizen in 1951.
Luigi Del Bianco - Born and raised in Italy.
Enrico Cerracchio – Born in Italy, emigrated to the U.S. in 1900 becoming a citizen in 1905.
Anthony de Francisci – Born and raised in Italy. Became a U.S. citizen in 1913.
Arturo Di Modica - Born and raised in Italy.
= Writers
=Isabel Allende - Born in Chile. Became an American citizen in 1993.
Svetlana Alliluyeva - Born and raised in the Soviet Union (modern day Russia). Became a U.S. citizen in 1978.
Flavio Alves – Born and raised in Brazil. Became a U.S. citizen in 2010.
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.
Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte – Born in Azerbaijan and raised between there, Armenia and the United States. Became a U.S. citizen in 1997.
W. H. Auden – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1946.
Isaac Bashevis Singer - Born and raised in Poland.
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
Joseph Brodsky - Born and raised in the Soviet Union (modern day Russia). Became a U.S. citizen in 1977.
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 - Born and raised in United Kingdom.
Ève Curie – Born and raised in France before becoming an American citizen in 1958
Junot Díaz - Born in Dominican Republic. Immigrated to the U.S. in 1974.
Anu Garg – Born in India. Became a U.S. citizen in 2008.
Olga Grushin - Born and raised in Russia. Became an American citizen in 2002.
Claude McKay – Born in Jamaica. Became a U.S. citizen in 1940.
Walter Mehring - Born and raised in Germany.
Vladimir Nabokov – Born and raised in Russia. Became a U.S. citizen in 1945.
Otto Plath - Born and raised in Germany. Immigrated to the U.S. in 1900.
Ayn Rand – Born and raised in Russia. Became a U.S. citizen in 1931.
David Rakoff - Born in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2003.
Erich Maria Remarque – Born and raised in Germany. Immigrated to the U.S. in 1939 and became a citizen in 1947.
Elie Wiesel - Born in Romania. Became a U.S. citizen in 1963.
Frances Wright - Born in Scotland. Became a U.S. citizen in 1825.
Business
= Education
=Benjamin Akande - Born and raised in Nigeria.
Dieter Cunz - Born and raised in the German Empire (modern day Germany). Became a U.S. citizen in 1944.
Lorraine Eden - Born and raised in Canada.
Jaime Escalante - Born and raised in Bolivia.
= Entrepreneur
=Steve Chen - Born in Taïwan and immigrated to the U.S. in 1985.
Jawed Karim - Born and raised in Germany.
Iqbal Quadir – Born and raised in Bangladesh. Became a U.S. citizen later in life.
= Fashion
=Fashion designer
Oleg Cassini - Born in Russia and immigrated to the U.S. in 1936.
Tan France – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became an American citizen in 2020.
Diane von Fürstenberg - Born and raised in Belgium. Became an U.S. citizen in 2002.
Carolina Herrera – Born in Venezuela. Became an American citizen in 2009.
Oscar de la Renta - Born and raised in Dominican Republic.
Ferdinando Sarmi - Born in Italy. Became a U.S. citizen in 1959.
Models
Heidi Albertsen – Born and raised in Denmark. Became a U.S. citizen in 2016.
Camila Alves – Born in Brazil. Became a U.S. citizen in 2015.
Alessandra Ambrosio - Born and raised in Brazil. She became a U.S. Citizen in 2020.
Moran Atias – Born and raised in Israel. Became a U.S. citizen in 2017.
Xenia Deli - Born and raised in Moldova.
Iman - Born in Somalia and raised in Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Moved in U.S. in 1976.
Heidi Klum – Born and raised in Germany. Became a U.S. citizen in 2008.
Karolína Kurková – Born and raised in Czechoslovakia (modern day Czech Republic). Later became a naturalized U.S. citizen.
China Machado - Born in China, raised in China, South America and Spain beforme coming in United States.
Paulina Porizkova – Born and raised in Czechoslovakia (modern day Czech Republic) and Sweden. Moved in the U.S. in 1984.
Claudia Romani - Born and raised in Italy. Became a U.S. citizen in 2019.
Anne Vyalitsyna – Born and raised in Russia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2013.
= Inventors
=Itzhak Bentov – Born and raised in Czechoslovakia (modern day Slovakia). Became a U.S. citizen in 1962.
George Garrett – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1902.
Alexander Graham Bell - Born in Scotland. Became a U.S. Citizen in 1882.
Leo Gerstenzang - Born in Poland. Became a U.S. citizen in 1919.
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.
Arthur Wynne - Born and raided in United Kingdom. Became American in 1920.
= Media tycoons
=Rupert Murdoch - Born and raised in Australia. Became an American citizen in 1985.
= Real estate
=Mark Taper - Born in Poland and raised in United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1930.
Frederick Trump - Born in the Kingdom of Bavaria (Modern day Germany). Became a U.S. citizen in 1892.
Crime figures
Ralph Capone - Born in Italy. Arrived in U.S. in 1895.
Frank Costello – Born in Italy. Became a U.S. citizen in 1925.
Tommy Lucchese - Born in Italy. Arrived in U.S. in 1911.
Patrick Nee - Born in Ireland. Arrived in U.S. in 1953.
William Obront - Born and raised in Canada.
Santo Sorge - Born and raised in Italy. Arrived in U.S. in 1948.
William Tocco - Born in Italy. Became a U.S. citizen in 1918.
Entertainment
= Actors
=Michael Allinson – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1964 after immigrating there in 1958.
Robbie Amell – Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2020.
Naveen Andrews - Born and raised in United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 2010.
Desi Arnaz - Born in Cuba. Arrived in U.S. in 1933.
Dan Aykroyd - Born and raised in Canada.
Conrad Bain – Born and raised in Canada. Became an American citizen in 1946.
Christian Bale - Born and raised in United Kingdom.
Jamie Bamber
John Barrowman - Born and raised in United Kingdom. Become an American citizen in 1985.
Brian Bedford
Demián Bichir
Diego Boneta - Born in Mexico and raised between Mexico and U.S. Became a U.S. citizen in 2010. (Also a Spanish citizen).
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.
Pierce Brosnan - Born and raised in Ireland. Became a U.S. citizen in 2004.
Yul Brynner - Born in Far Eastern Republic (modern day Russia). Became a U.S. citizen in 1943.
Jim Carrey – Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2004.
Maxwell Caulfield – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became an American citizen in 1991.
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.
Alec Craig – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1939.
Daniel Craig - Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became an American citizen in 2019.
Hume Cronyn
Alan Cumming – Born and raised in the United Kingdom specifically Scotland. Became an American citizen in 2008.
Helmut Dantine – Born and Raised in Austria. Became a U.S. citizen in 1944.
Alexander D'Arcy - Born in Egypt. Became a U.S. citizen in 1942.
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.
James Finlayson – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1942.
Errol Flynn – Born and raised in Australia. Became an American citizen in 1942.
Glenn Ford – Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 1939.
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.
Lev Gorn
Cary Grant – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became an American citizen in 1942.
Jason Gray-Stanford – Born and raised in Canada. Became an American citizen in 2019.
Mickey Hargitay
Anthony Hopkins – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 2000.
Aharon Ipalé
Makoto Iwamatsu - Born and raised in Japan. Became a U.S. citizen in 1956.
Jason Jones – Born and raised in Canada. Became an American citizen in 2014.
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.
John Leguizamo
Gene Lockhart – Born in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 1939
Alexander Lockwood
John Loder
Daniel Logan - Born and raised in New Zealand. Became a U.S. citizen in 2007.
Peter Lorre – Born and raised in Hungary (modern day Slovakia). Became a U.S. citizen in 1941.
Bela Lugosi – Born and raised in Hungary. Became an American citizen in 1931.
Keye Luke - Born in China. Became a U.S. citizen in 1943.
Dolph Lundgren - Born and raised in Sweden. Became an American citizen in 2024.
Patrick Macnee
James Mason
Peter Mayhew – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became an American citizen in 2005.
David McCallum – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1999.
Eric McCormack – Born and raised in Canada. Received U.S. citizenship in 1999.
Roddy McDowall – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Got U.S. citizenship in 1949.
Kevin McKidd – Born and raised in the United Kingdom specifically Scotland. Got U.S. citizenship in 2015.
Julian McMahon
Peter McRobbie
Wentworth Miller - Born in United Kingdom but raised in United States. Became a U.S. citizen in childhood.
Alfred Molina – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 2004.
Liam Neeson – Born and raised in the United Kingdom specifically Northern Ireland. Became a U.S. citizen in 2009.
Leslie Nielsen
Soon-Tek Oh
Jason O'Mara – Born and raised in Ireland. Earned American citizenship in 2009.
Dan O'Herlihy – Born and raised in Ireland. Became a U.S. citizen in 1983.
David Oyelowo - Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 2016.
Hal Ozsan
Nathan Parsons
Barry Pepper
Walter Pidgeon – Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 1943.
Jürgen Prochnow – Born and raised in Germany. Became an American citizen in 2004.
Ke Huy Quan
Anthony Quinn – Born in Mexico to Irish immigrants. Became a U.S. citizen in 1947.
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.
Paul Rodriguez
Tristan Rogers
José Ruben - Born and raised in France. Became a U.S. citizen in 1920.
Sabu - Born and raised in British India. Became a U.S. citizen in 1944.
Horatio Sanz – Born in Chile. Became an American citizen in 2018.
Arnold Schwarzenegger - Born and raised in Austria. Became a U.S. citizen in 1983.
Ignacio Serricchio
Martin Short
Harry Shum Jr. - Born in Costa Rica but raised in United States.
Sebastian Stan – Born in Romania. Became a U.S. citizen in 2002.
James Stephenson - Born and raised in United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1938.
Lee Strasberg
Gregg Sulkin – Born in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 2018.
Francis L. Sullivan
Carlos Valdes
Steve Valentine
Goran Višnjić - Born and raised in Yugoslavia (modern day Croatia). Became a U.S. citizen in 2013.
Arnold Vosloo – Born and raised in South Africa becoming a naturalized U.S. Citizen in 1988.
Anton Yelchin - Born in Soviet Union (modern day Russia) but raised in United States. Became a U.S. citizen in childhood.
= Actresses
=Christine Adams – Born and raised in England before becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2019.
Neile Adams
Shohreh Aghdashloo
Anna Maria Alberghetti – Born in Italy. Became a U.S. citizen in 1961.
Malin Akerman – Born in Sweden, raised in Canada becoming a naturalized U.S. Citizen in 2018.
Ana Alicia
Pamela Anderson – Born and raised in Canada became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2004.
Fernanda Andrade
Evelyn Ankers – Became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1946 after growing up between South America and Europe.
Ann-Margret - Born in Sweden. Became a U.S. citizen in 1949.
Gabrielle Anwar – Became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2008.
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.
Jacinda Barrett – Born in Australia. Became an American citizen in 2009.
Wendy Barrie – Became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1942.
Mischa Barton - Born in United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 2006.
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.
Catherine Bell
Alma Beltran
Ingrid Bergman – Born in Sweden. Became a U.S. citizen in 1945.
Emily Blunt – Born and raised in the United Kingdom before becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2015.
Sônia Braga – Born in Brazil. Became a U.S. citizen in 2003.
Antoinette Bower
Lesley-Ann Brandt - Born and raised in South Africa. Became a U.S citizen in 2023.
Natalie Burn – Born and raised in Ukraine. Became a U.S. citizen in 2018.
Saffron Burrows – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 2009.
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.
Charo – Born in Spain. Became a U.S. citizen in 1977.
Joan Chen – Born in China. Became a U.S. citizen in 1989.
Emmanuelle Chriqui – Born in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2017.
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.
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.
Samantha Eggar
Alice Eve - Born and raised in the United Kingdom specifically England. Became a U.S. citizen in 2017.
Geraldine Fitzgerald – Born and raised in Ireland becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1955.
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.
Eva Gabor
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Greta Garbo – Born and raised in Sweden. Became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1951.
Greer Garson – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a naturalized U.S. Citizen in 1951.
Judy Geeson
Melissa George - Born and raised in Australia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2008.
Jessalyn Gilsig
Shenae Grimes – Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2019.
Julie Gonzalo - Born in Argentina. Became a U.S. citizen in 2011.
Emily Hampshire – Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2014.
Joanna Hausmann
Salma Hayek
Tricia Helfer – Born in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2011.
Zulay Henao
Sitara Hewitt
Claire Holt – Born and raised in Australia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2019.
Milla Jovovich
Caroline Lagerfelt
Stana Katic
Violet Kemble-Cooper
Diane Kruger – Born and raised in West Germany. Became a U.S. citizen in 2013.
Hedy Lamarr – Born and raised in Austria. Became a U.S. citizen in 1953.
Elsa Lanchester
Vicky Lane
Angela Lansbury - Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. Citizen in 1951.
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.
Kathleen Lockhart
Celia Lovsky
Camilla Luddington
Ida Lupino – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1948.
Nola Luxford
Sheila MacRae – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1959.
Mercedes Mason – Born in Sweden to parents from Iran. Became a U.S. 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.
Kristine Miller – Born in Argentina. Became a U.S. citizen in 1942.
Juliet Mills – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1975.
Helen Mirren - Born and raised in England. Became a U.S. citizen in 2017.
Poppy Montgomery
Anya Monzikova
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 a U.S. citizen in 1952.
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.
Maureen O'Sullivan – Born in Ireland. Became a U.S. citizen in 1947.
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.
Bar Paly – Born in Russia raised in Israel. Became a U.S. citizen in 2016.
Katina Paxinou - Born in Greece. Became a U.S. citizen in 1951.
Mary Pickford
Christina Pickles
Sasha Pieterse - Born in South Africa and raised in United States. Became a U.S. citizen in 2001.
Nathalia Ramos – Born in Spain. Became a U.S. citizen in 2016.
Italia Ricci – Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2020.
Natasha Richardson
Lyda Roberti
Elisabeth Röhm - Born in Germany but raised in United States. Became a U.S. citizen in childhood.
Olesya Rulin
Elena Satine
Caterina Scorsone
Izabella Scorupco – Born in Poland, raised in Sweden. Became a U.S. citizen in 2014.
Jane Seymour – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became an American citizen in 2005.
Norma Shearer
Jean Simmons – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1956.
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.
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.
Emeraude Toubia - Born in Canada but raised in United States.
Tracey Ullman – Born in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 2006.
Angélica Vale – Born and raised in Mexico. Became a U.S. citizen in 2016.
Diana Van der Vlis
Nia Vardalos
Sofía Vergara – Born and raised in Colombia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2014.
Vanessa Villela – Born in Mexico. Became a U.S. citizen in 2017.
Sonya Walger – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 2013.
Rachel Weisz – Born in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 2011.
May Whitty
Fay Wray – Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 1933.
= Comedians
=Samantha Bee - Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2014.
Michael Blackson – Born and raised in Liberia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2021.
Selma Diamond - Born and raised in Canada.
Bob Hope - Born in United Kingdom and arrived in USA in 1907.
Tyler Labine - Born and raised in Canada.
John Oliver – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 2019.
Yakov Smirnoff - Born in the Soviet Union (modern day Ukraine). Became a U.S. citizen in 1986.
= Dancers
=Mikhail Baryshnikov – Born and raised in Soviet Union (modern day Latvia). Became a U.S. citizen in 1986.
Artem Chigvintsev – Born in The Soviet Union (modern day Russia). Became a U.S. citizen in 2014.
Maksim Chmerkovskiy - Born and raised in The Soviet Union (modern day Ukraine) and arrived in USA in 1994.
Valentin Chmerkovskiy - Born and raised in The Soviet Union (moderne day Ukraine) and arrived in USA in 1994.
Sasha Farber – Born in Russia, grew up in Australia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2020.
Gonzalo Garcia – Born in Spain. Became a U.S. citizen in 2017.
Alexander Godunov – Born in the Soviet Union (Modern day Russia). Became a U.S. citizen in 1987.
José Limón – Born in Mexico. Became a U.S. citizen in 1946.
Peta Murgatroyd – Born in New Zealand. Raised in Australia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2019.
Gleb Savchenko - Born and raised in The Soviet Union (modern day Russia).
Christine Shevchenko - Born and raised in The Soviet Union (modern day Ukraine).
Emma Slater – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 2020.
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.
Louis Van Amstel – Born and raised in The Netherlands. Became a U.S. citizen in 1999.
= 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.
John Farrow – Born in Australia. Became a U.S. citizen in 1947.
Alejandro Gómez Monteverde - Born and raised in Mexico. Became a U.S. citizen in 2007.
Alfred Hitchcock - Born and raised in England. Became a U.S. citizen in 1955.
Anatole Litvak - Born and raised in Russia (modern day Ukraine). Became a U.S. citizen in 1942.
Otto Preminger
Gottfried Reinhardt
Alik Sakharov
= Producers
=Dino De Laurentiis – Born and raised in Italy. Became a U.S. citizen in 1986.
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.
Law enforcement
Joaquín "Jack" García
John Timoney
Media figures
= Social media
=Hila Klein – Born in Israel. Became a U.S. citizen in 2019.
= 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.
David Frum
Brad Goreski
Yolanda Hadid – Born and raised in The Netherlands. Became a U.S. citizen in 2013.
Peter Jennings
Cesar Millan
Alex Trebek – Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 1998.
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.
Khalifa Haftar
Mian Ghulam Jilani – Born and raised in Pakistan. Became a U.S. 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 a U.S. citizen in 1930.
John Shalikashvili
Michael Strank - Born in Czechoslovakia (modern day Slovakia). Became a U.S. citizen in 1935.
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.
Bleona - Born and raised in Albania. Became an American citizen in 2011.
Igor Butman
David Byrne - Born and raised in Scotland. Became a U.S. citizen in 2012.
David Coverdale - Born and raised in England. Became an American citizen in 2007.
Celia Cruz
Sheena Easton - Born and raised in Scotland. Became a U.S. citizen in 1992.
Atilla Engin
Flea
Lita Ford
Selim Giray
Gregory Alan Isakov
Tomo Miličević - Born in Yugoslavia (modern day Bosnia and Herzegovina). Became a U.S. citizen in the 1990s.
French Montana – Born in Morocco. Became a U.S. citizen in 2018.
Joon Park
Neil Peart
Trevor Rabin – Born and raised in South Africa. Became a U.S. citizen in 1991.
Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol
Carlos Santana - Born in Mexico. Became a U.S. citizen in 1965.
Gene Simmons
Slash – Born in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1996.
Yma Sumac – Born and raised in Peru. Became an American citizen in 1955.
Pinar Toprak
Alex Van Halen
Eddie Van Halen
= Singers
=Paul Anka – Born in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 1990.
Alex Boyé – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 2012.
Camila Cabello – Born in Cuba. Became an American citizen in 2008.
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.
John Lydon – Born in the United kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 2013.
Dave Matthews – Born and raised in South Africa. Became an American citizen in 1980.
Alanis Morissette – Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2005.
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.
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 - Born and raised in Denmark. Became a U.S. citizen in 1914.
Sansan Chien
Percy Faith – Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 1945.
Loris Ohannes Chobanian
Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Born in Austria-Hungary (modern day Czech Republic). Became a U.S. citizen in 1943.
Miklós Rózsa – Born in Austria-Hungary (modern day Hungary). Became an American citizen in 1946.
Kike Santander - Born and raised in Colombia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2004.
Lalo Schifrin – Born and raised in Argentina. Became a U.S. citizen in 1969.
Arnold Schoenberg
Karl Weigl - Born and raised in Austria. Became an American citizen in 1943.
= Pianist
=Fahir Atakoğlu
Victor Borge – Born and raised in Denmark. Became a U.S. citizen in 1948.
Vladimir Horowitz - Born and raised in the Russian Empire (modern day Ukraine). Became a U.S. citizen in 1944.
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.
Greta Beer – Born in Romania. Became a U.S. citizen in 1956.
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.
= 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Margaret Burbidge – Born in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1977.
Betül Kaçar
Janet Akyüz Mattei
Feryal Özel
Otto Struve – Born in Russian Empire (modern day Ukraine). Became an American citizen in 1927.
= Biology
=Ivet Bahar
Salvador Luria – Born and raised in Italy. Became a U.S. citizen in 1947.
Gökhan S. Hotamisligil
Ahmet Yıldız
= Chemistry
=Nihat Berker
Albert Chan
Basudeb DasSarma - Born in India (modern day Bangladesh). Became a U.S. citizen in 1972.
Aziz Sancar
= Economics
=Abhijit Banerjee
W. Michael Blumenthal - Born and raised in Germany. Became a U.S. citizen in 1952.
Michele Boldrin
John Kenneth Galbraith - Born and raised in Canada. Became an American citizen in 1937.
Faruk Gül
Asim Ijaz Khwaja
Murat Iyigun
Naci Mocan
Franco Modigliani – Born and raised in Italy. Became a U.S. citizen in 1946.
Salih Neftçi
Tayfun Sönmez
= Engineering
=Roma Agrawal
Ali Akansu
Ilkay Altintas
Viktor Belenko – Born and raised in Russia. Became an American citizen in 1980.
Lodewijk van den Berg - Born and raised in The Netherlands. Became a U.S. citizen in 1975.
Burcin Becerik-Gerber
Wernher von Braun - Born in Germany. Became a U.S. citizen in 1955.
Tuncer Cebeci
Zeynep Çelik-Butler
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.
Ali Erdemir
Okan Ersoy
Walter Haeussermann – Born and raised in Germany. Became a U.S. citizen in 1954.
Pınar Keskinocak
Alexey Pajitnov
Thuan Pham
Jesco von Puttkamer – Born and raised in Germany. Became a U.S. citizen in 1967.
Ben Rich
Andy Thomas - Born and raised in Australia. Became a U.S. citizen in 1986.
Mehmet Toner
= Mathematics
=Asuman Aksoy
Asuman Aksoy
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 - Born in the Russian Empire (modern day Ukraine). Became an America citizen in 1943.
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
Ayşe Şahinr
Sema Salur
Halil Mete Soner
Stanisław Ulam - Born in Austria-Hungary (modern day Ukraine). Became a U.S. citizen in 1941.
= Medicine
=Gertie F. Marx - Born and raised in Germany. Emigrated to New York in 1937 and became a U.S. citizen sometime after.
= Meteorology
=James Murdoch Austin – Born and raised in New Zealand. Became a U.S. citizen in 1946.
= 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 - Born and raised in the United Kingdom (specially England). Became a U.S. citizen in 2015.
Ernest Ambler - Born and raised in the United Kingdom (specially England). Became an American citizen in 1957.
Muzaffer Atac
Bülent Atalay
Felix Bloch – Born and raised in Switzerland. Became a U.S. citizen in 1939.
Asım Orhan Barut
Ernest Courant
F. J. Duarte
Robley Dunglison – Born in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1838.
Taner Edis
Albert Einstein – Born in Germany. Became a U.S. citizen in 1940.
Federico Faggin - Born and raised in Italy. Became an American citizen in 1968.
Enrico Fermi - Born and raised in Italy. Became a U.S. citizen in 1944.
André Frédéric Cournand – Born and raised in France. Became an American citizen in 1941.
Jim Yong Kim
Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil
Bennet Omalu – Born and raised in Nigeria. Became a U.S. citizen in 2015.
Yuri Orlov – Born and raised in the Soviet Union (modern day Russia). Became a U.S. citizen in 1993.
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
=Ozlem Ayduk
Carola B. Eisenberg – Born in Argentina. Became a U.S. citizen in 1949.
Erik Erikson
Peter Harzem
Boris M. Levinson – Born in the Russian Empire (modern day Lithuania). Became a U.S. citizen in 1930.
Renee Rabinowitz
Douglas G. Stuart - Born in Australia. Became an American citizen in 1961.
Max Wertheimer
Sports
= American football
=Morten Andersen
Gunther Cunningham – Born in Germany. Became a U.S. citizen in 2010.
L. P. Ladouceur – Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2019.
Arthur Mosse – Born in Ireland. Became a U.S. citizen in 1937.
Christian Okoye
Igor Olshansky
Fuad Reveiz – Born in Colombia. Became a U.S. citizen in 1986.
Jan Stenerud
= Athletics
=Abdihakem Abdirahman – Born in Somalia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2000.
Haydar Aşan
Gretel Bergmann – Born in Germany. Became a U.S. citizen in 1942.
Hillary Bor - Born and raised in Kenya. Became a U.S. citizen after joining the U.S. military.
Paul Chelimo – Born in Kenya. Became a U.S. citizen in 2014 while serving in the U.S. army.
Kerron Clement – Born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago. Became a U.S. citizen in 2004.
Colleen De Reuck – Born and raised in South Africa. Became a U.S. citizen in 2000.
Sandra Farmer-Patrick
Weini Kelati – Born in Eritrea. Became a U.S. citizen in 2021.
Benard Keter
Khalid Khannouchi – Born in Morocco. Became a U.S. citizen in 2000.
Shadrack Kipchirchir
Sally Kipyego – Born and raised in Kenya. Became a U.S. citizen in 2017.
Leonard Korir
Bernard Lagat - Born and raised in Kenya. Became a U.S. citizen in 2004.
Lopez Lomong – Born and raised in Sudan (modern day South Sudan. Became a U.S. citizen in 2007.
Guor Marial
Sydney Maree
Nadia Prasad – Born in France. Became a U.S. citizen in 2000.
Stanisława Walasiewicz - Born in the Russian Empire (modern day Poland). Became a U.S. citizen in 1947.
Futsum Zienasellassie - Born in Eritrea. Became a U.S. citizen in 2016.
= Baseball
=Jason Bay – Born in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2009.
Orlando Cabrera – Born in Colombia. Became an American citizen in 2011.
Robinson Canó – Born and raised in The Dominican Republic. Became a U.S. citizen in 2012.
Carlos Carrasco – Born and raised in Venezuela. Became a U.S. citizen in 2016.
Aroldis Chapman – Born in Cuba. Became a U.S. citizen in 2016.
Eduardo Escobar – Born and raised in Venezuela. Became a U.S. citizen in 2023.
Yunel Escobar – Born and raised in Cuba. Became a U.S. citizen in 2017.
José Fernández – Born in Cuba. Became a U.S. citizen in 2015.
Ozzie Guillén – Born and raised in Venezuela. Became a U.S. citizen in 2006.
Félix Hernández – Born in Venezuela. Became a U.S. citizen in 2018.
José Iglesias – Born in Cuba. Became an American citizen in 2018.
Leonys Martín – Born and raised in Cuba. Became a U.S. citizen in 2018.
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.
Eddie Pérez – Born and raised in Venezuela. Became a U.S. citizen in 2014.
Tony Pérez – Born and raised in Cuba. Became a U.S. citizen in 1971.
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.
Albert Pujols – Born in the Dominican Republic. Became a U.S. citizen in 2007.
Hanley Ramírez – Born and raised in the Dominican Republic. Became a U.S. citizen in 2019.
Manny Ramirez – Born in the Dominican Republic. Became a U.S. citizen in 2004.
Mariano Rivera – Born and raised in Panama. Became a U.S. citizen in 2015.
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.
Fernando Valenzuela – Born and raised in Mexico. Became a U.S. citizen in 2015.
= Basketball
=Kristine Anigwe – Born in the United Kingdom to parents from Nigeria. Became a U.S. citizen in 2014.
Geno Auriemma – Born in Italy. Became an American citizen in 1994.
Hank Beenders
Rolando Blackman
Bohdan Blyzniuk
Brandon Clarke
James Donaldson
Joel Embiid
Patrick Ewing
Adonal Foyle - Born and raised in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Became a U.S. citizen in 2007.
Olga Firsova – Born in the Soviet Union (modern day Ukraine). Became a U.S. citizen in 2008.
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.
Enes Kanter Freedom - Born in Switzerland raised in Turkey. Became a U.S. citizen in 2021.
Andrei Kirilenko – Born and raised in Russia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2011.
Damir Krupalija
Tom Meschery
Sean Marks – Born and raised in New Zealand. Became an American citizen in 2007.
Dikembe Mutombo
Hakeem Olajuwon - Born and raised in Nigeria. Became a U.S. citizen in 1993.
Ticha Penicheiro – Born and raised in Portugal. Became a U.S. citizen in 2013.
Juan Ignacio Sánchez
Goran Suton - Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Became a U.S. citizen in 2006.
Mychal Thompson
Tristan Thompson - Born and raised in Canada. Became an American citizen in 2020.
= Boxing
=Eduardo Garcia
Kid Kaplan
Dmitry Salita
= Climbing
=Fritz Wiessner – Born and raised in Germany. Became a U.S. citizen in 1935.
= Figure skating
=Rafael Arutyunyan – Born and raised in the Soviet Union (modern day Georgia). Became a U.S. citizen in 2019.
Daniil Barantsev
Nina Bates
Tanith Belbin White - Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2005.
Jane Bugaeva – Born in Russia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2007.
Alexandr Chichkov
Oleg Fediukov
Mathew Gates
Kyoko Ina
Rena Inoue - Born and raised in Japan. Became a U.S. citizen in 2005.
Chuen-Gun Lee
Gustave Lussi – Born in Switzerland. Became a U.S. citizen in 1927.
Alexandr Kirsanov
Ksenia Makarova – Born in Russia. Became an American citizen in 2013.
Denis Petukhov - Born and raised in Russia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2005.
Larisa Selezneva – Born and raised in the Soviet Union (modern day Russia). Became a U.S. citizen in 2013.
Gorsha Sur
Peter Tchernyshev – Born and raised in the Soviet Union (modern day Russia). Became a U.S. citizen in 2001.
= Golf
=Tommy Armour – Born and raised in the United Kingdom specifically Scotland. Became a U.S. citizen in 1942.
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.
Annika Sörenstam - Born and raised in Sweden. Became a U.S. citizen in 2006.
= Gymnastics
=Svetlana Boginskaya
Nadia Comăneci – Born and raised in Romania. Became a U.S. citizen in 2001.
Annia Hatch – Born in Cuba. Became a U.S. citizen in 2001.
Irina Kazakova
Olga Korbut – Born and raised in The Soviet Union (modern day Belarus). Became a U.S. citizen in 2000.
Anna Kotchneva
Valeri Liukin – Born in The Soviet Union (modern day Kazakhstan). Became a U.S. citizen in 2000.
Henrietta Ónodi – Born and raised in Hungary. Became a U.S. citizen later in life.
Elena Piskun
= Ice hockey
=Joseph Barss - Born in British India raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 1930.
Martin Biron – Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2017.
Martin Brodeur – Born and raised in Canada. Became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2009
Valeri Bure – Born and raised in Russia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2001.
Bill Clement – Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2010.
Tony Esposito - Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 1981.
Ruslan Fedotenko
Mike Fisher – Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2019.
Wayne Gretzky
Arthur Kaliyev
Tom Karalis - Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen following Ice Hockey retirement.
Darius Kasparaitis
Ian Laperrière – Born and raised in Canada. Became an American citizen in 2011.
Claude Lemieux – Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2009.
Mario Lemieux
Joel Quenneville - Born and raised in Canada. Became an American citizen in 2011.
Chico Resch
Ulf Samuelsson
Joe Thornton - Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2009.
Bryan Trottier
= Mixed martial arts
=Rafael dos Anjos – Born and raised in Brazil. Became a U.S. citizen in 2019.
Andrei Arlovski
Vitor Belfort – Born and raised in Brazil. Became a U.S. citizen in 2018.
Cris Cyborg – Born and raised in Brazil. Became a U.S. citizen in 2016.
Alp Ozkilic
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.
Kamaru Usman
Sodiq Yusuff – Born in Nigeria. Became a U.S. citizen in 2020.
= Motor sports
=Aldo Andretti
Mario Andretti - Born in Italy. Became a U.S. citizen in 1964.
Luigi Chinetti - Born and raised in Italy. Became a U.S. citizen in 1950.
= Rugby
=Takudzwa Ngwenya
= Skateboarding
=Letícia Bufoni – Born and raised in Brazil. Became a U.S. citizen in 2021.
Bob Burnquist
= Soccer / association football
=Freddy Adu – Born in Ghana. Became a U.S. citizen in 2003.
Juan Agudelo
Osvaldo Alonso – Born and raised in Cuba. Became a U.S. citizen in 2012.
Vlatko Andonovski – Born in modern-day North Macedonia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2015.
Hadji Barry – Born and raised in Guinea. Became a U.S. citizen in 2018.
Fernando Clavijo – Born in Uruguay. Became a U.S. citizen in 1987.
Jeff Cunningham – Born in Jamaica. Became an American citizen in 2001.
Emmanuel D'Andrea - Born in Venezuela, raised in Puerto Rico. Became a U.S. citizen at the age of 10.
Mix Diskerud
Benny Feilhaber
Elena Gracinda Santos
Baggio Hušidić - Born and raised in Yugoslavia (modern day Bosnia and Herzegovina). Became a U.S. citizen while in college.
Donna-Kay Henry
Dema Kovalenko
Sydney Leroux
Carlos Llamosa – Born in Colombia. Became a U.S. citizen in 1998.
Catarina Macario – Born in Brazil. Became a U.S. citizen in 2020.
Kekuta Manneh – Born in Gambia. Became an American citizen in 2016.
Mick McDermott
Janusz Michallik – Born in Poland. Became a U.S. citizen in 1991.
Darlington Nagbe – Born in Liberia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2015.
Teresa Noyola
Brian Quinn
Andrew Parkinson
Hugo Pérez - Born in El Salvador. Became a U.S. citizen as a kid.
Preki - Born in Yugoslavia (modern day Serbia). Became a U.S. citizen in 1996.
Tab Ramos
David Regis – Born in Martinique. Became a U.S. citizen in 1998.
Havana Solaun
Roy Wegerle – Born and raised in South Africa. Became a U.S. citizen in 1991.
Gedion Zelalem – Born in Germany to parents from Ethiopia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2014.
Kia Zolgharnain – Born in Iran. Became a U.S. citizen in 1994.
= Swimming
=John Davies – Born and raised in Australia. Became a U.S. citizen in 1960.
Mariya Koroleva
Lenny Krayzelburg - Born and raised in Ukraine. Became an American citizen in 1995.
Jay Litherland - Born and raised in Japan. Became a U.S. citizen while in high school.
Philip Scholz - Born and raised in Germany. Became a U.S. citizen in 2007.
Darian Townsend - Born and raised in South Africa. Became a U.S. citizen in 2014.
Arkady Vyatchanin – Born and raised in Russia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2017.
Otto Wahle - Born in Austrian empire (modern day Austria). Became a U.S. citizen in 1906.
Alberto Zorrilla – Born and raised in Argentina. Became a U.S. citizen in 1954.
= Tennis
=Alex Bogomolov Jr. - Born and raised in Russia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2002.
Kevin Curren – Born and raised in South Africa. Became a U.S. citizen 1985.
Mariaan de Swardt – Born and raised in South Africa. Became a U.S. citizen in 2006.
Amer Delić - Born and raised in Yugoslavia (modern day Bosnia and Herzegovina). Became a U.S. citizen in 2003.
Edward Dewhurst – Born and raised in Australia. Became a U.S. citizen in 1924.
Cliff Drysdale - Born and raised in South Africa. Became a U.S. citizen following retirement of tennis career.
Tommy Haas – Born in Germany. Became a U.S. citizen in 2010.
Liezel Huber – Born in South Africa. Became a U.S. citizen in 2007.
Anna Kournikova – Born in Russia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2010.
Johan Kriek – Born in South Africa. Became a U.S. citizen in 1982.
Denis Kudla - Born in Ukraine but raised in United States. Became a U.S. citizen during his childhood.
Varvara Lepchenko – Born in The Soviet Union (modern day Uzbekistan). Became an American citizen in 2012.
Ivan Lendl – Born and raised in Czechoslovakia (modern day Czech Republic). Became a U.S. citizen in 1992.
Tetiana Luzhanska - Born and raised in Soviet Union (modern day Ukraine). Became a U.S. citizen in 2012.
Molla Mallory - Born and raised in Norway. Became a U.S. citizen in 1919.
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 - Born and raised in Yugoslavia (modern day Croatia). Became a U.S. citizen in 2013.
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
=Bojana Todorović
= Weightlifting
=Mike Karchut
Richard Tom
Walter Zagurski
= Winter Sports
=Kaillie Humphries - Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2022.
= Wrestling
=Edwin Bibby – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1900.
Drew McIntyre - Born and raised in Scotland. Became a U.S. citizen in 2023.
Ildar Hafizov - Born and raised in Uzbekistan. Became a U.S. citizen after enlisting in the U.S. Army in 2015.
Rocky Johnson - Born and raised in Canada.
Becky Lynch - Born and raised in Ireland. Became a U.S. citizen in 2024.
References
= Works cited
=Kata Kunci Pencarian:

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