- Emma Goldman
Emma Goldman aka 'Red Emma', was a Lithuanian-born anarchist known for her writings and speeches. She was lionized as an iconic "rebel woman" feminist by admirers, and derided as an advocate of politically motivated murder and violent revolution by her critics. Goldman played a pivotal role in the development of anarchist political philosophy in the United States and Europe in the first half of the twentieth century. - Henry Miller
Henry Miller (c. 1858 - April 9, 1926) was an American actor, director, theatrical producer and manager. London born, Miller's parents immigrated to Canada where he started acting as a juvenile. He became the leading man in Charles Frohman's stock company in New York City's Empire Theatre in 1893. He made a name for himself touring with Margaret Anglin in William Vaughn Moody's play, "The Great Divide". - Alfred Eisenstaedt
Alfred Eisenstaedt (December 6 1898 - August 24 1995) was a German American photographer and photojournalist. He is renowned for his candid photographs, frequently made using a 35mm Leica M3 rangefinder camera. He is best remembered for his photograph capturing the celebration of V-J Day. - John Stevens
John Stevens (1682 - 1737), who immigrated to America at age 17, invested in land, married the wealthy Ann Campbell, and became Port Collector at Perth Amboy. He was one of the thirteen original patentees of the Kayaderosseras tract, near Lake George, New York. - David Ho
David Da-i Ho (born November 3, 1952) is a Taiwanese American AIDS researcher famous for pioneering the use of protease inhibitors in treating HIV-infected patients with his team. - Shlomo Goren
Shlomo Goren (1917-1994), was a former Orthodox Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel. Goren, born "Gorenchik", was born in Zambrow, Poland and immigrated to British administered Palestine with his family in 1925. He served in the Israel Defense Forces during three wars, wrote several award-winning books on Jewish law, and was appointed Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv in 1968. Rabbi Goren served as Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1973- 1983, … - Jian Li
Jian Li (born 1988 in the People's Republic of China) is a Chinese American undergraduate student at Yale University. Li, who holds Chinese citizenship, is a US permanent resident, having immigrated with his family to the United States at age 4. In November 2006, he filed a civil rights complaint with the Office for Civil Rights against Princeton University, claiming that his race played a role in their decision to reject his application for admission, … - Richard Bullock
Richard "Dick" Bullock (born August 20, 1847 near St Columb Major, Cornwall - died 1921) was a Cornishman who once sang in a Methodist choir and later became a legendary figure of the Wild West Cowboy era. His quick-shooting deeds working on the Deadwood stage gained him the nickname "Deadwood Dick". Early in life his family moved to nearby hamlet of Retew where his father, Captain John Bullock, became the manager of a local clay-works. - Hung Liu
Hung Liu (刘虹)(b. February 17, 1948) in Changchun, China is a Chinese-American contemporary artist. Hung Liu was born in the People's Republic, China and immigrated to the United States in 1984. Her paintings and prints often make use of anonymous Chinese historical photographs, particularly those of women, as subject matter. Liu has received numerous awards, including two painting fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, … - Celal Bayar
Mahmut Celal Bayar was a Turkish politician, statesman and the third President of Turkey. He was born in 1883 at Umurbey, a village of Gemlik, Bursa as the son of a religious leader and teacher who migrated from Lom, Bulgaria. After the school, he worked as a clerk first in the court in Gemlik and then in Ziraat Bankası and later in the Deutsche Orientbank in Bursa. In 1908, he joined the volunteer’s troop of "İttihad Terakki Cemiyeti" (Committee of Union and Progress), … - Yechiel Of Paris
Yechiel ben Joseph of Paris (Jehiel of Paris) was a major Talmudic scholar and Tosafist from northern France, father-in-law of Isaac ben Joseph of Corbeil. He was a disciple of Rabbi Judah Messer Leon, and succeeded him in 1225 as head of the Yeshiva of Paris, which then boasted some 300 students; his best known student was Meir of Rothenburg. He is the author of many Tosafot. - Germans In Argentina
Though far less numerous than Italians and Spaniards, Germans in Argentina represent one of the larger ethnic groups that immigrated to the country during the years of economic boom and population growth, beginning in the 1870’s. Additionally, this group merits extra attention because of its exceptionalism in immigration patterns, often being either merchants in Buenos Aires or farmers in isolated colonies in the Argentine interior. - Duong Trieu Vu
Dương Triệu Vũ is the stage name of Tuấn Linh, a singer on the popular Vietnamese diaspora music show "Paris by Night". Born into a family of six children as the youngest, Tuấn Linh showed an early interest in reading and music, espeically an ability to remember lyrics and music of songs. His parents were originally from Quang Nam province in central Vietnam, but due to economic difficulties, … - Miguel Contreras
Miguel Contreras was an American labor leader. He "was known as a king-maker for both local and state politicians." Contreras was born in the Dinuba, a city in California's agricultural Central Valley to farmworker parents who had immigrated from Mexico during the 1920s under the Bracero Program. After meeting Cesar Chávez at a rally for Robert Kennedy in the late 1960s, he became an activist for the United Farm Workers. He promoted the Delano Grape Boycott in Toronto, … - David C. Broderick
David Colbreth Broderick (February 4, 1820 - September 16, 1859) was a United States Senator and an anti-slavery advocate. He was born in Washington, DC, the son of an Irish stonecutter who had immigrated to the United States in order to work on the United States Capitol. Broderick moved with his parents to New York City in 1823, where he attended public schools. He was apprenticed to a stonecutter when young. - Ashton Youboty
Ashton Youboty (born July 7, 1984 in Monrovia, Liberia) is a current American football cornerback for the Buffalo Bills. He was selected in the third round of the 2006 NFL Draft. Many draft experts had Youboty projected as a late first to early second round draft pick. Youboty played college football with the Ohio State University Buckeyes. Chris Berman has already nicknamed this player Ashton "Shake Your Boty". The Buffalo Bills have high hopes for Youboty, … - Edmund Charles Tarbell
Edmund Charles Tarbell (April 26, 1862 - August 1, 1938) was an American Impressionist painter. He was a member of the Ten American Painters. Tarbell was born at West Groton, Massachusetts, to a family that immigrated from England in 1647. His father, Edmund Whitney Tarbell, died in 1863 after contracting typhoid fever while serving in the American Civil War. His mother, Mary Sophia Fernald, thereupon remarried to David Frank Hartford and moved with him to Milwaukee, … - Ahmed Ajaj
Ahmed Mohammad Ajaj (Arabic: أحمد محمد عجاج; also transliterated "Ahmad Mohammad Ajaj"; born 1966) was convicted of participating in the World Trade Center bombing in 1993. He is currently serving a 115-year sentence in the ADX Florence supermax prison in Florence, Colorado for his role in the bombing. Ajaj was born in the West Bank and immigrated to Houston, Texas, where he worked as a pizza delivery driver. - Henry Larsen
Henry Asbjörn Larsen was a Canadian Arctic explorer. Larsen was born in Norway, like his hero, Roald Amundsen. And, like Amundsen, he became a seaman. Larsen immigrated to Canada and became a British citizen in 1927. In 1928 he joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). - Kaysar Ridha
Kaysar Ridha (born August 10, 1980) was a contestant on Big Brother 6 and Big Brother 7, a reality TV series in the United States shown on the channel CBS. He was extremely popular as a contestant on Big Brother 6, but came in 10th place. Kaysar was born in Baghdad, Iraq and is a Shia Muslim. His family immigrated to the USA when he was an infant. Kaysar is currently residing in Irvine, California, where he is a graphic designer. - Ninet Tayeb
Ninet Tayeb (also known just as Ninet) (born October 21, 1983, in Kiryat Gat, Israel) is an Israeli pop rock singer who came to fame as the first winner of Kochav Nolad (the Israeli version of Pop Idol). Additionally, Ninet acted for three seasons in the Israeli television drama "HaShir Shelanu" (Our Song). She is of Moroccan Jewish and Tunisian Jewish descent. - Luigi Lucheni
Luigi Lucheni was an Italian anarchist who assassinated the Austrian Empress Elisabeth of Bavaria (commonly referred to as Sisi) in 1898. Lucheni believed in propaganda by the deed, a philosophy advocating spreading beliefs through actions. Born in Paris to a poor family, he worked odd jobs before joining the Italian Army for three and a half years. After a successful stay in the military, he immigrated to Switzerland. - Sudi Devanesen
Sudarshan (Sudi) Devanesen, CM (born 1943), is an Indian-Canadian family physician and educator, public health activist, and member of the Order of Canada. Devanesen studied at Bishop Cotton Boy's School in Bangalore, Madras Christian College of the University of Madras, and the Christian Medical College in Vellore, all in India. Trained as a surgeon, began his medical practice in remote villages in Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan. In 1972, he immigrated to Canada. - Stefan Soroka
Stephen Soroka is a Canadian prelate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, currently serving as Archbishop of Philadelphia in the United States. He was born to Ivan (1920-1993) and Anna (née Galek, 1920-1973) Soroka in Winnipeg, where his family had immigrated that same year. After studying at the Catholic University of America, the University of Manitoba, and St. Josaphat Seminary, Soroka was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Maxim Hermaniuk, CSSR, on June 13, … - Lowell Green
Lowell Green (born 7 July, 1936) is a Canadian radio personality. He hosts a conservative morning talk show on Ottawa radio station CFRA, and has also syndicated programming to several other Canadian radio stations. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, to Canadian parents, and immigrated to Canada. He lived with his grandparents for much of his youth. Green graduated from Macdonald Agricultural College near Montreal in 1956. - Shlomi Shabat
Shlomi Shabat (born 30 August 1954, Yahud, Israel) is a popular Israeli oriental "Mizrahi" style singer. He stems from a sephardic family that immigrated from Turkey. He sings in Hebrew, Turkish, and Spanish. Recent CDs are "Friends" and "Life in Caesaria", on which he sings with other Israeli artists, including his sister Lea Shabat, Shiri Maimon and Lior Narkis. - Reginald Sheffield
Reginald Sheffield (February 18, 1901 - December 8, 1957) was an English-born actor. He was born Matthew Reginald Sheffield Cassan in the St. George Hanover Square District of Surrey near London, a son of Matthew Sheffield Cassan (September 14, 1852-April 20, 1910) and Alice Mary Field (born 1868). Reginald had a brother named Edward Sheffield Cassan (born 1893) and a sister named Flora Kathleen Sheffield Cassan (July 12, 1898-December 26, … - Yohanan Cohen
Yohanan Cohen (b. December 31, 1917) is a Polish-Israeli zionist who immigrated to Palestine 1937. He was a member of the Knesset from the Progressive Party and held numerous leadership positions in the military, government, and activist organizations related to Israel. - Einar Hoidale
Einar Hoidale was a Norwegian-American politician. Born in Tromsø, Norway, he emigrated to the United States at the age of seven. He graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1898. As a lawyer and a businessman he became a prominent member of the community in Minnesota. He was elected at-large to the United States House of Representatives and served in the 73rd congress from 1933 to 1935 as a Democrat. - Derold Page
Derold Page (born South Africa 1947) After working in Johannesburg as an interior designer, he went into fashion design in 1972. In 1976 in protest against apartheid and the Soweto massacer he immigrated to England where he began to paint. His harmonious, detailed, peaceful paintings are often philosophical metaphors, expressing his belief that all natural things are very precious and that all are brothers, who must live together in harmony. - Robert Sedgewick
Robert Sedgewick (10 May 1848 - 4 August, 1906) was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Sedgewick's family immigrated to Nova Scotia while he was still an infant. He was educated at Dalhousie University in Halifax, graduating in 1867. He articled in Cornwall, Ontario, in the private practice of John Sandfield Macdonald, who was at that time both the Premier and the Attorney General of Ontario. - Alby Mangels
Albertus Zwier "Alby" Mangels (born November 16, 1948) is a Dutch-born Australian adventurer and documentary film-maker widely remembered for his "World Safari" adventure travel films (World Safari I, World Safari II, and World Safari III). Mangels, who immigrated to Australia as a child in 1956, worked in a large variety of jobs, his last being for John Andrae in Murray Bridge doing brickwork. - Bernard Amtmann
Bernard Amtmann, antiquarian bookseller, bibliographer, publisher and founder of Montreal Book Auctions in 1967 and the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of Canada in 1966, was born in Vienna, Austria in 1907. Amtmann immigrated to Canada in 1947 to join his brother William Amtmann in Ottawa where he started a small antiquarian bookselling business, issuing his first catalogue by 1948. - Wahid Qasemi
Wahid Qasemi is an Afghan singer. His popularity soared in the late 80s when he first emerged into the Afghan music scene. He is also regarded for his affable personality that his fans claim have absorbed his critics. Qasemi is the grandson of a famous Afghan singer, who served as the official artist to the Afghan Royal court. Qasemi is a tradional musical artist, specializing in the Kharabati style of Afghan classical music. - Piotr Tokarski
Piotr Tokarski was born in 1971 Rudki, Poland. He studied photography and filmmaking in Warsaw, Poland from 1985- 91. In 1991, he immigrated to Chicago and worked as a construction apprentice. In 1994, he attended Columbia College where he met fellow filmmaker Usama Alshaibi. He worked with David Ingenthron, Chamuco, Colleen Walker, Robert J. Mitchell, Joe Tanis, Michael Griffin, Jo Belky, Eric Rubalcava, Neil Rudimoff, Ned Broderick, Matt Marsden, Anita Weldorf, … - Chang Immigrated
Dr. Chang Immigrated to the United States from China in 1950. He attended Duke University undergraduate and medical school. Completing a general surgical internship and residency at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (Including one year as a clinical fellow of the American Cancer Society), he continued in a fellowship in pediatric surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Center's Children's Hospital. - Adrian Raine
Adrian Raine is a British psychologist. He currently holds the chair of Robert G. Wright Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Program at the University of Southern California. He is noted for his research on the neurobiological and biosocial causes of antisocial and violent behavior in children and adults. - Julius Rebek
Julius Rebek, Jr. (born April 11, 1944) is a Hungarian-born American chemist and expert on molecular self-assembly. Rebek was born in Beregszasz (Berehove), Hungary in 1944 and lived in Austria from 1945 to 1949. In 1949 he and his family immigrated to the United States and settled in Kansas. Rebek graduated from the University of Kansas with a Bachelor of Arts degree in chemistry. - Farris Hassan
Farris Hassan (born 1989) is an American who, while a junior at Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, took an unaccompanied trip Iraq. He said he was inspired by a personal attachment to the situation in Iraq and an English class having a project on "immersion journalism". It was reported that Hassan left home for Iraq without telling his parents. Hassan's parents, now divorced, are Iraqi-born but immigrated to the United States, where they have lived for 35 years. - Noshir Gowadia
Noshir Sheriarji Gowadia is a former design engineer at Northrop Corporation. He was involved in the creation of the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber and has been accused of selling classified information about the B-2 Spirit to foreign governments, including the People's Republic of China, Israel, Iran, India, Germany, and Switzerland. Gowadia was born in India, but immigrated to the United States and is now a naturalized U.S. citizen.
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