Typical Immigrants

Representative Sample of Immigrants

Four immigrants to the U.S. who were selected at random:

Oil company employee M. Stanley Whittingham Came to the U.S. from the United Kingdom in 1972; developed lithium-ion battery; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019. (more)	Ratatouille Chef Walter Kohn Came to the U.S. from Austria in 1940; enjoyed semiconductor physics; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1998. (more)
Amateur pianist Edward Teller Came to the U.S. from Hungary in 1935. Worked on implosions for atomic bombs. Wanted to build a 50-gigaton hydrogen bomb and lobbied against nuclear test bans. Early climate change alarmist. (more)	Telegraph messenger boy Andrew Carnegie Came to the U.S. from Scotland in 1848; adopted the Bessemer process for making steel and grew Carnegie Steel to more than $8 billion in 2026 dollars. Donated libraries to towns all around the U.S. and founded Carnegie-Mellon University. (more)