List of naturalized American citizens

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List of naturalized American citizens

Citizenship of the United States of America can be acquired in different ways, one of those being naturalization.

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Albert Einstein receiving American citizenship in 1940.

Art and literature

Authors

Architect

Journalists

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.[7]
  • Pál Fried – Born and raised in Hungary. Emigrated to the U.S. in 1946 becoming a citizen in 1953.[8]
  • 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.[9]

Sculptors

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.[12][13]
  • Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte – Born in Azerbaijan and raised between there, Armenia and the United States. Became a U.S. citizen in 1997.[14]
  • W. H. Auden – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1946.[15]
  • 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[16]
  • 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.[17]
  • 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.[18]
  • 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.[19]
  • 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

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

Models

  • Heidi Albertsen – Born and raised in Denmark. Became a U.S. citizen in 2016.[22]
  • Camila Alves – Born in Brazil. Became a U.S. citizen in 2015.[23]
  • Alessandra Ambrosio - Born and raised in Brazil. She became a U.S. Citizen in 2020.[24]
  • 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.[25][26]
  • Karolína Kurková – Born and raised in Czechoslovakia (modern day Czech Republic). Later became a naturalized U.S. citizen.[27]
  • China Machado - Born in China, raised in China, South America and Spain before 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.[28]

Inventors

  • Itzhak Bentov – Born and raised in Czechoslovakia (modern day Slovakia). Became a U.S. citizen in 1962.[29]
  • 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.[30]
  • 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

Entertainment

Actors

Actresses

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.[130]
  • 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.[131]
  • Artem Chigvintsev – Born in The Soviet Union (modern day Russia). Became a U.S. citizen in 2014.[132]
  • 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.[133]
  • Gonzalo Garcia – Born in Spain. Became a U.S. citizen in 2017.[134]
  • 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.[135]
  • 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.[136]
  • 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.[137]
  • Louis Van Amstel – Born and raised in The Netherlands. Became a U.S. citizen in 1999.[138]

Directors

Producers

WWE

Law enforcement

Media figures

Social media

Television

Military

Musicians

Singers

Composers

Pianist

Politics

Activists

Diplomats

Political science

Politicians

Religious figures

Science and academia

Astronomy

Biology

Chemistry

Economics

Engineering

Mathematics

Medicine

  • Gertie F. Marx - Born and raised in Germany. Emigrated to New York in 1937 and became a U.S. citizen sometime after.

Meteorology

Philosophy

Physics

Psychology

Sports

American football

Athletics

Baseball

Basketball

Boxing

Climbing

  • Fritz Wiessner – Born and raised in Germany. Became a U.S. citizen in 1935.

Figure skating

Golf

Gymnastics

Ice hockey

Mixed martial arts

Motor sports

Rugby

Skateboarding

Soccer / association football

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.[251]
  • 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.[252]
  • 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.[253]
  • Liezel Huber – Born in South Africa. Became a U.S. citizen in 2007.[254]
  • Anna Kournikova – Born in Russia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2010.[255][256]
  • 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.[257]
  • Ivan Lendl – Born and raised in Czechoslovakia (modern day Czech Republic). Became a U.S. citizen in 1992.[258]
  • 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

Weightlifting

Winter Sports

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.

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