# Great Immigrants Award

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.

## 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.

## 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.

## Past honorees

| 2024 | | |
| 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 | | |
| 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 |
| 2022 | | |
| 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 |
| 2021 | | |
| 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 | Thailand |
| 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 Entrepreneur | 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 |
| 2015 | | |
| Name | Profession | Country of Birth |
| Bette Bao Lord | Writer and human rights activist | China |
| Preet Bharara | United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York | India |
| Geraldine Brooks | Writer | Australia |
| Thomas Campbell | Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art | Singapore |
| Rabia Chaudry | Attorney and author | Pakistan |
| Mica Ertegun | Interior Designer, Philanthropist | Romania |
| A. Gabriel Esteban | College president | Philippines |
| Stanley Fischer | Economist | Zambia |
| Jonathan Hunt | Journalist | United Kingdom |
| Malek Jandali | Composer and Pianist | Germany |
| Rakesh Khurana | Professor of sociology | India |
| Marie-Josée Kravis | Economist | Canada |
| Nastia Liukin | Gymnast | Russia |
| Ali Maleksadeh | College president | Iran |
| Lorne Michaels | Producer | Canada |
| Franziska Michor | Computational biologist | Austria |
| Anchee Min | Writer | China |
| Firouz Michael Naderi | NASA administrator | Iran |
| Azar Nafisi | English professor | Iran |
| Craig Nevill-Manning | Computer scientist | New Zealand |
| Maria Otero | Diplomat | Bolivia |
| Eddie Perez | Professional baseball player | Venezuela |
| Ilana Rovner | Circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Latvia |
| Arturo Sandoval | Jazz musician | Cuba |
| Madhulika Sikka | Broadcast journalist | India |
| Thomas C. Südhof | Biochemist | Germany |
| Antonio M. Taguba | Retired Army Major General | Philippines |
| Ann Telnaes | Cartoonist | Sweden |
| Thalía | Singer and actress | Mexico |
| Tuyen Tran | Designer | Vietnam |
| Alex Trebek | Game show host | Canada |
| Sofia Vergara | Actress | Colombia |
| Abraham Verghese | Physician and writer | Ethiopia |
| Eugene Volokh | Law professor | Ukraine |
| Arieh Warshel | Biochemist and biophysicist | Israel |
| Sharmin Mossavar-Rahmani | Investor | United Kingdom |
| Raffi Yessayan | Associated justice on the Massachusetts Superior Court | Lebanon |
| 2014 | | |
| Name | Profession | Country of Birth |
| Andre Aciman | Writer | Egypt |
| Einat Admony | Chef, Author | Israel |
| Avakian Arsen | CEO, Argo Tea | Armenia |
| Reza Aslan | Author | Iran |
| Roy L. Austin | Former U.S. Ambassador to Trinidad | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Ralph H. Baer | Inventor | Germany |
| Rosemary Barkett | Federal Judge | Mexico |
| Rudy Boschwitz | Former U.S. Senator | Germany |
| Andres Cantor | Sportscaster | Argentina |
| JuJu Chang | Broadcast journalist, ABC's Nightline | South Korea |
| Steve Chen | Entreprenuer | Taiwan |
| Maria Contreras-Sweet | Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration | Mexico |
| Tan Dun | Composer | China |
| Patrick Gaspard | U.S. Ambassador to South Africa | Congo (the Democratic Republic of the) |
| Ivar Giaever | Physicist | Norway |
| Sophia Grojsman | Perfumer | Belarus |
| Roger Guillemin | Neuroscientist | France |
| Carolina Herrera | Fashion designer | Venezuela |
| Manuela Hoelterhoff | Journalist | Germany |
| Jacques Jiha | Commissioner, New York City Dept. of Finance | Haiti |
| Joyce L. Kennard | Justice | Indonesia |
| Daniel Dae Kim | Actor | South Korea |
| Rich Little | Comedian | Canada |
| Aasif Mandvi | Actor | India |
| Dave Matthews | Musician | South Africa |
| Satya Nadella | CEO, Microsoft | India |
| Yoichiro Nambu | Physicist | Japan |
| Masi Oka | Actor | Japan |
| Neri Oxman | Architect | Israel |
| Gholam Peyman | Ophthalmologist | Iran |
| Elena Pirozhkova | Wrestler | Russia |
| Sara Ramirez | Actress | Mexico |
| Pardis Sabeti | Computational biologist | Iran |
| Beheruz Sethna | Professor | India |
| Shimon Shmueli | Businessperson, Inventor | Israel |
| Maria Siemionow | Surgeon | Poland |
| Subra Suresh | President, Carnegie Mellon University | India |
| Vivienne Tam | Fashion designer | China |
| David Tran | Businessperson | Vietnam |
| Louis Van Amstel | Dancer | Netherlands |
| Lillian Vernon | Entreprenuer | Germany |
| 2013 | | |
| Name | Profession | Country of Birth |
| Ilesanmi Adesida | Physicist | Nigeria |
| Ralph Alvarez | Businessperson | Cuba |
| Kofi Appenteng | President and CEO, Africa-America Institute | Ghana |
| Leonardo Balada | Composer | Spain |
| Liz Balmaseda | Journalist | Cuba |
| Mohamad Bazzi | Journalist | Lebanon |
| Carlos Tiburcio Bea | Judge | Spain |
| Safra Catz | Chief Executive, Oracle | Israel |
| John Cho | Actor | South Korea |
| Sheena Easton | Singer-songwriter | United Kingdom |
| Milos Forman | Film director | Czechia |
| Osvaldo Golijov | Composer | Argentina |
| Mazie Hirono | U.S. Senator | Japan |
| Melikset Khachiyan | Chess master | Azerbaijan |
| Nina Khrushcheva | Professor | Russia |
| Jamaica Kincaid | Author | Antigua and Barbuda |
| Mila Kunis | Actress | Russia |
| George Walter Landau | Diplomat | Austria |
| Chong-Moon Lee | Entrepreneur, philanthropist | South Korea |
| John Albert Leguizamo | Actor | Colombia |
| Zhou Long | Composer | China |
| Bernard Lown | Cardiologist | Lithuania |
| Ranan Lurie | Cartoonist | Egypt |
| Mee Moua | Politician | Laos |
| Shirin Neshat | Artist | Iran |
| André Previn | Conductor | Germany |
| Helen Reddy | Singer | Australia |
| Nouriel Roubini | Economist | Turkey |
| Bapsi Sidhwa | Novelist | Pakistan |
| Dimitri Simes | President and CEO, The Center for the National Interest | Russia |
| Sree Sreenivasan | Journalist | Japan |
| Sri Srinivasan | Judge | India |
| Aso Tavitian | Businessperson | Bulgaria |
| Shibley Telhami | Professor | Israel |
| Sebastian Thrun | Computer scientist, entrepreneur | Germany |
| Robert Tjian | Biochemist | Hong Kong |
| Ham Tran | Film director | Vietnam |
| Laurence Henry Tribe | Lawyer | China |
| Monique Truong | Author | Vietnam |
| Padmasree Warrior | Businessperson | India |
| Joanna Wysocka | Biochemist | Poland |
| Doualy Xaykaothao | Journalist, NPR | Laos |
| Paul Tiyambe Zeleza | Historian, Writer | Zimbabwe |
| 2012 | | |
| Name | Profession | Country of Birth |
| Jill Ker Conway | Writer and College President | Australia |
| Goli Ameri | Diplomat | Iran |
| Cyrus Amir-Mokri | Advisor | Iran |
| Michael Arad | Architect | United Kingdom |
| Monika Bauerlein | Journalist, Editor-in-Chief | Germany |
| Hamid Biglari | Theoretical physicist | Iran |
| Theodore Bikel | Actor, musician | Austria |
| Robert Birgeneau | University administrator | Canada |
| Bert Blyleven | Professional baseball player | Netherlands |
| Martin Brodeur | Professional hockey player | Canada |
| Carlos Bustamante | Biophysicist | Peru |
| Tony Dovolani | Dancer | Kosovo |
| Nariman Farvardin | University administrator | Iran |
| Youssef Ghafari | Businessperson | Lebanon |
| Martin Indyk | Diplomat | United Kingdom |
| Ayesha Jalal | Historian | Pakistan |
| Lubomir (Lubosh) Kavalek | Chess master, journalist | Czechia |
| Fred Kavli | Physicist, businessperson | Norway |
| Gerda Weissmann Klein | Writer | Poland |
| Walter Kohn | Physicist | Austria |
| Michel Kouakou | Dancer, choreographer | Côte d'Ivoire |
| Angela Lansbury | Actress | United Kingdom |
| Chang-Rae Lee | Novelist | South Korea |
| Ivan Lendl | Professional tennis player | Czechia |
| Colum Mccann | Writer | Ireland |
| Cheryl Diaz Meyer | Photojournalist | Philippines |
| Mike Meyers | Comedian | Canada |
| Vali Nasr | Foreign policy expert | Iran |
| Joseph Neubauer | Businessperson | Palestine, State of |
| Mohammad H. Qayoumi | President, San Jose State University | Afghanistan |
| L. Rafael Reif | President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Venezuela |
| Sanya Richards-Ross | Track and field athlete | Jamaica |
| Abuhena Saifulislam | Navy chaplain | Bangladesh |
| Meryle Secrest | Biographer | United Kingdom |
| Harold Shapiro | Economist | Canada |
| Shirin Tahir-Kheli | Political scientist | India |
| Andrew Thomas | Astronaut | Australia |
| Alice Y. Ting | Chemist | Taiwan |
| Satish K. Tripathi | President, University at Buffalo | India |
| Chui L. Tsang | University administrator | China |
| Victor Ukpolo | Chancellor, Southern University at New Orleans | Nigeria |
| Lauri Vaska | Chemist | Estonia |
| Nora Volkow | Psychiatrist | Mexico |
| Richard Wolffe | Journalist and author | United Kingdom |
| Jenny Ming | President and CEO, Charlotte Russe | China |
| 2011 | | |
| Name | Profession | Country of Birth |
| José Andrés | Chef | Spain |
| Ramani Ayer | Businessman | India |
| Eric Benhamou | Venture Capitalist | Algeria |
| Jamshed Bharucha | Cognitive neuroscientist | India |
| Simon Billinge | Physicist | United Kingdom |
| Gregory Chamitoff | Astronaut | Canada |
| Denny Chin | Judge | Hong Kong |
| Christo | Artist | Bulgaria |
| Varsovia Fernandez | President and CEO, Greater Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce | Dominican Republic |
| C. Michael Foale | Astronaut | United Kingdom |
| Michael J. Fox | Actor | Canada |
| Helen Greiner | Entreprenuer | United Kingdom |
| Yibin Kang | Molecular biologist | China |
| Porochista Khakpour | Novelist | Iran |
| Mari Kimura | Violinist, composer | Japan |
| Vivek Kundra | IT administrator | India |
| Guillermo Linares | Politician | Dominican Republic |
| Wallace Loh | President, University of Maryland | China |
| Harmit Singh Malik | Evolutionary biologist | India |
| Michael A. Mcrobbie | President, University of Indiana | Australia |
| Dinaw Mengestu | Journalist, author | Ethiopia |
| Ioannis (Yannis) N. Miaoulis | President and director, Museum of Science, Boston | Greece |
| Steven Muller | University administrator | Germany |
| Chrysostomos L. “Max” Nikias | President, University of Southern California | Cyprus |
| Kojo Nnamdi | Journalist | Guyana |
| Eduardo Ochoa | President, California State University, Monterey Bay | Argentina |
| Eduardo José Padrón | President, Miami Dade College | Cuba |
| Raj Patel | Journalist | United Kingdom |
| Orlando Patterson | Sociologist | Jamaica |
| Samantha Power | United States Ambassador to the United Nations | Ireland |
| Albert Pujols | Professional baseball player | Dominican Republic |
| Safi Qureshey | Entreprenuer | Pakistan |
| Jorge Ramos | Journalist | Mexico |
| Hector Ruiz | Founder, chairman, Advanced Nanotechnology Solutions | Mexico |
| Gary Shteyngart | Novelist | Russia |
| Dumarsais Simeus | Businessperson | Haiti |
| Yakov Smirnoff | Comedian | Russia |
| Patrick Soon-Shiong | Surgeon | South Africa |
| Hao Jiang Tian | Opera singer | China |
| Jan Vilcek | Scientist | Slovakia |
| Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic | Biomedical engineer | Serbia |
| Simon Winchester | Author | United Kingdom |
| Yulia Zagoruychenko | Dancer | Russia |
| Huda Zoghbi | Geneticist | Lebanon |
| 2010 | | |
| Name | Profession | Country of Birth |
| Paul Anka | Singer | Canada |
| Anousheh Ansari | Engineer, entrepreneur | Iran |
| Joseph Aoun | President, Northeastern University | Lebanon |
| Lidia Bastianich | Chef | Croatia |
| Elizabeth Blackburn | Researcher | Australia |
| Willard Boyle | Physicist | Canada |
| Yefim Bronfman | Pianist | Uzbekistan |
| Denise Scott Brown | Architect | Zambia |
| Semyon Bychkov | Conductor | Russia |
| Simon Cho | Speed skater | South Korea |
| Andrei Codrescu | Author, poet | Romania |
| Harold Evans | Journalist | United Kingdom |
| Tariq Farid | Entreprenuer | Pakistan |
| Ping Fu | Entreprenuer | China |
| Ric Fulop | Entreprenuer | Venezuela |
| Wayne Gretzky | Professional hockey player | Canada |
| Noosheen Hashemi | Philanthropist, investor | Iran |
| Maria Hinojosa | Journalist | Mexico |
| Djimon Hounsou | Actor | Benin |
| Gata Kamsky | Chess grandmaster | Russia |
| Sukhee Kang | Politician | South Korea |
| Charles Kao | Physicist | China |
| Har Gobind Khorana | Organic chemist | Pakistan |
| Maria Elena (Mel) Lagomasino | CEO & Managing Partner, WE Family Offices | Cuba |
| Jhumpa Lahiri | Writer | United Kingdom |
| John Liu | Politician | Taiwan |
| Joan Massagué | Researcher | Spain |
| Alejandro Mayorkas | Lawyer | Cuba |
| Paul Merage | Businessperson | Iran |
| Elon Musk | Entreprenuer | South Africa |
| Nitin Nohria | Dean, Harvard Business School | India |
| Yoko Ono | Artist, musician | Japan |
| Feniosky Peńa-Mora | Engineer | Dominican Republic |
| Paulina Porizkova | Fashion model | Czechia |
| Marcus Samuelsson | Chef | Ethiopia |
| Fayez Sarofim | Businessperson | Egypt |
| Nadja Salerno Sonnenberg | Violinist | Italy |
| Jack Szostak | Biochemist | United Kingdom |
| Tracey Ullman | Comedian | United Kingdom |
| Alexander Varshavsky | Biochemist | Russia |
| Andrew James Viterbi | Engineer | Italy |
| Zygi Wilf | Chairman, Minnesota Vikings | Germany |
| Anna Wintour | Artistic Director, Condé Nast Publications | United Kingdom |
| Joe Wong | Comedian | China |
| Flossie Wong-Staal | Virologist | China |
| Ahmed H. Zewail | Chemist | Egypt |
| 2009 | | |
| Name | Profession | Country of Birth |
| Maurice Ashley | Chess grandmaster | Jamaica |
| Maureen O'Hara Blair | Actress | Ireland |
| Louise Bourgeois | Sculptor | France |
| Anh “Joseph” Cao | Politician | Vietnam |
| Howard G. Chua-Eoan | Journalist | Philippines |
| Cristeta Comerford | Chef | Philippines |
| Helene Cooper | Journalist, The New York Times | Liberia |
| Alan Cumming | Actor | United Kingdom |
| Samuel Der-Yeghiayan | Judge | Syria |
| Albert Einstein | Physicist | Germany |
| Farouk El-Baz | Geologist | Egypt |
| Craig Ferguson | Actor | United Kingdom |
| Adonal Foyle | Professional basketball player | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Andy Garcia | Actor | Cuba |
| Frank Gehry | Architect | Canada |
| Khaled Hosseini | Writer and Physician | Afghanistan |
| Alice S. Huang | Virologist | China |
| Eric R. Kandel | Medical doctor | Austria |
| Vinod Khosla | Businessperson | India |
| Jim Yong Kim | President, World Bank | South Korea |
| Maria Klawe | President, Harvey Mudd College | Canada |
| Heidi Klum | Fashion model | Germany |
| Peter D. Lax | Mathematician | Hungary |
| Tsung-Dao Lee | Physicist | China |
| Lara Logan | Television journalist | South Africa |
| Lopez Lomong | Track and field athlete | Sudan |
| Michael E. Lopez-Alegria | Astronaut | Spain |
| Kati Marton | Author | Hungary |
| Eliseo Medina | Labor organizer | Mexico |
| Robert Mehrabian | Chairman, president and CEO | Iran |
| Mario Molina | Chemist | Mexico |
| Paul Muldoon | Poet | Ireland |
| Carlos I. Noriega | Astronaut | Peru |
| Claes Oldenburg | Sculptor | Sweden |
| Thakoon Panichgul | Fashion designer | Thailand |
| Dina Habib Powell | Executive, philanthropist, political advisor | Egypt |
| Albio Sires | Congressman | Cuba |
| Oliver Smithies | Geneticist | United Kingdom |
| Elie Tahari | Fashion designer | Israel |
| Oscar L. Tang | Financier | China |
| Charlize Theron | Actress | South Africa |
| Isabel Toledo | Fashion designer | Cuba |
| Daniel C. Tsui | Physicist | China |
| Joseph Tusiani | Poet | Italy |
| S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan | Mathematician | India |
| Chen Ning Yan | Physicist | China |
| Shing Tung Yau | Mathematician | China |