# List of naturalized American citizens

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

## 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.
* Dailis Caballero
* 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
* Eddy Hellebuyck Born in Belgium. Became a U.S. citizen in 2000.
* 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
* Diane Nukuri - Born in Burundi. Became an American citizen in 2017.
* 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.
* Chen Yueling
* 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.
* Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre - Born and raised in Canada. Became an American citizen in 2024.
* Wayne Gretzky
* Milan Hejduk - Born and raised in Czechoslovakia (modern day Czech Republic). Became an American citizen in 2016.
* Arthur Kaliyev
* Tom Karalis - Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen following Ice Hockey retirement.
* Darius Kasparaitis
* Orest Kindrachuk - Born and raised in Canada to parents from Ukraine. Became a U.S. citizen in 2012.
* Eddie Lack - Born and raised in Sweden. Became an American citizen in 2024.
* 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
* Teemu Selänne - Born and raised in Finland. Became a U.S. citizen in 2024.
* Joe Thornton - Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2009.
* Bryan Trottier
* Justin Williams - Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2017.

### 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.