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[edit]

Authors[edit]

• Jackie Collins – Born in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1960.^[1]
• 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.^[2]
• 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.^[3]
• Gerda Weissmann Klein – Born and raised in Poland. Became a U.S. citizen in 1948.

Architect[edit]

• Esra Akcan
• César Pelli – Born and raised in Argentina. Became a U.S. citizen in 1964^[4]
• I. M. Pei
• Friedrich St. Florian

Journalists[edit]

• Masih Alinejad – Born and raised in Iran. Became a U.S. citizen in 2019.^[5]
• 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.^[6]

Painters[edit]

• José Bernal – Born in Cuba. Became an American citizen in 1980.
• Janice Biala – Born in Poland. Became an American citizen in 1929.
• Dorothy Brett – Born in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1938
• Rudolf Cronau – Born in Germany. Became a U.S. citizen in 1901.
• Marcel Duchamp – Born and raised in France. Became a U.S. citizen in 1955.^[7]
• Pál Fried – Born and raised in Hungary. Emigrated to the U.S. in 1946 becoming a citizen in 1953.^[8]
• Charles Hoffbauer – Born and raised in France. Became a U.S. citizen in 1941.
• Tania Marmolejo
• Mark Rothko – Born and raised in Russia. Became a U.S. citizen in 1938.^[9]

Sculptors[edit]

• Louise Bourgeois – Born and raised in France. Became a U.S. citizen in 1951.
• Luigi Del Bianco
• Enrico Cerracchio – Born in Italy, emigrated to the U.S. in 1900 becoming a citizen in 1905.^[10]
• Anthony de Francisci – Born and raised in Italy. Became a U.S. citizen in 1913.^[11]
• Arturo Di Modica

Writers[edit]

• Isabel Allende - Born in Chile. Became an American citizen in 1993.
• Svetlana Alliluyeva - Born and raised in the Soviet Union (modern day Russia). Became a U.S. citizen in 1978.
• Flavio Alves – Born and raised in Brazil. Became a U.S. citizen in 2010.
• Isaac Asimov – Born in Russia, moved to the U.S. at the age of 3 becoming a citizen at the age of 8 in 1928.^[12][13]
• Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte – Born in Azerbaijan and raised between there, Armenia and the United States. Became a U.S. citizen in 1997.^[14]
• W. H. Auden – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1946.^[15]
• Isaac Bashevis Singer
• Vicki Baum – Born and raised in Austria. Became a U.S. citizen in 1938.
• Saul Bellow – Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 1941.
• Helena Blavatsky – Born and raised in Russia (modern day Ukraine). Became a U.S. citizen in 1878^[16]
• Joseph Brodsky - Born and raised in the Soviet Union (modern day Russia). Became a U.S. citizen in 1977.
• Carlos Castaneda – Born in Peru. Became a U.S. citizen in 1957.
• James Clavell – Born and raised in Australia. Became a U.S. citizen in 1963.
• Bernard Cornwell
• Ève Curie – Born and raised in France before becoming an American citizen in 1958
• Junot Díaz
• Anu Garg – Born in India. Became a U.S. citizen in 2008.^[17]
• Olga Grushin - Born and raised in Russia. Became an American citizen in 2002.
• Claude McKay – Born in Jamaica. Became a U.S. citizen in 1940.
• Walter Mehring
• Vladimir Nabokov – Born and raised in Russia. Became a U.S. citizen in 1945.
• Otto Plath
• Ayn Rand – Born and raised in Russia. Became a U.S. citizen in 1931.^[18]
• David Rakoff - Born in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2003.
• Erich Maria Remarque – Born and raised in Germany. Immigrated to the U.S. in 1939 and became a citizen in 1947.^[19]
• Elie Wiesel
• Frances Wright - Born in Scotland. Became a U.S. citizen in 1825.

Business[edit]

Education[edit]

• Benjamin Akande
• Dieter Cunz - Born and raised in the German Empire (modern day Germany). Became a U.S. citizen in 1944.
• Lorraine Eden
• Jaime Escalante

Entrepreneur[edit]

• Steve Chen
• Jawed Karim
• Iqbal Quadir – Born and raised in Bangladesh. Became a U.S. citizen later in life.

Fashion[edit]

Fashion designer[edit]

• Oleg Cassini
• Tan France – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became an American citizen in 2020.^[20]
• Diane von Fürstenberg
• Carolina Herrera – Born in Venezuela. Became an American citizen in 2009.^[21]
• Oscar de la Renta
• Ferdinando Sarmi - Born in Italy. Became a U.S. citizen in 1959.

Models[edit]

• Heidi Albertsen – Born and raised in Denmark. Became a U.S. citizen in 2016.^[22]
• Camila Alves – Born in Brazil. Became a U.S. citizen in 2015.^[23]
• Alessandra Ambrosio - Born and raised in Brazil. She became a U.S. Citizen in 2020.^[24]

• Moran Atias – Born and raised in Israel. Became a U.S. citizen in 2017.
• Xenia Deli
• Heidi Klum – Born and raised in Germany. Became a U.S. citizen in 2008.^[25][26]
• Karolína Kurková – Born and raised in Czechoslovakia (modern day Czech Republic). Later became a naturalized U.S. citizen.^[27]
• China Machado
• Paulina Porizkova
• Claudia Romani - Born and raised in Italy. Became a U.S. citizen in 2019.
• Anne Vyalitsyna – Born and raised in Russia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2013.^[28]

Inventors[edit]

• Itzhak Bentov – Born and raised in Czechoslovakia (modern day Slovakia). Became a U.S. citizen in 1962.^[29]
• George Garrett – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1902.
• Alexander Graham Bell - Born in Scotland. Became a U.S. Citizen in 1882.
• Leo Gerstenzang - Born in Poland. Became a U.S. citizen in 1919.
• James Hillier – Born in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 1945.
• Francis F. Lee – Born and raised in China. Became an American citizen in 1954.
• Fritz Karl Preikschat – Born and raised in Germany. Became a U.S. citizen in 1962.
• Nikola Tesla – Born in the Austrian Empire (modern day Croatia) to a family from Serbia. Became a U.S. citizen in 1891.^[30]
• Arthur Wynne

Media tycoons[edit]

• Rupert Murdoch

Real estate[edit]

• Mark Taper
• Frederick Trump - Born in the Kingdom of Bavaria (Modern day Germany). Became a U.S. citizen in 1892.

Crime figures[edit]

• Ralph Capone
• Frank Costello – Born in Italy. Became a U.S. citizen in 1925.
• Tommy Lucchese
• Patrick Nee
• William Obront
• Santo Sorge
• William Tocco

Entertainment[edit]

Actors[edit]

• Michael Allinson – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1964 after immigrating there in 1958.^[31]
• Robbie Amell – Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2020.^[32]
• Desi Arnaz
• Dan Aykroyd
• Conrad Bain – Born and raised in Canada. Became an American citizen in 1946.
• Christian Bale
• Jamie Bamber
• John Barrowman
• Brian Bedford
• Demián Bichir
• Diego Boneta
• 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.^[33]
• 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.^[34]
• Humberto Castro – Born in Mexico. Became a U.S. citizen in 2011.
• Maxwell Caulfield – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became an American citizen in 1991.^[35]
• 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.^[36]
• Alec Craig – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1939.^[37]
• Daniel Craig - Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became an American citizen in 2019.^[38]
• Hume Cronyn
• Alan Cumming – Born and raised in the United Kingdom specifically Scotland. Became an American citizen in 2008.^[39]
• Helmut Dantine – Born and Raised in Austria. Became a U.S. citizen in 1944.^[40]
• 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.^[41]
• James Finlayson – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1942.^[42]
• Errol Flynn – Born and raised in Australia. Became an American citizen in 1942.^[43]
• Glenn Ford – Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 1939.^[44]
• 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.^[45]
• Lev Gorn
• Cary Grant – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became an American citizen in 1942.^[46]
• Jason Gray-Stanford – Born and raised in Canada. Became an American citizen in 2019.^[47]
• Mickey Hargitay
• Anthony Hopkins – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 2000.^[48]
• 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.^[49]
• 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.^[50]
• 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.^[51]
• Bela Lugosi – Born and raised in Hungary. Became an American citizen in 1931.^[52]
• Keye Luke - Born in China. Became a U.S. citizen in 1943.
• Patrick Macnee
• James Mason
• Peter Mayhew – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became an American citizen in 2005.^[53]
• David McCallum – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1999.^[54]
• Eric McCormack – Born and raised in Canada. Received U.S. citizenship in 1999.^[55]
• Roddy McDowall – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Got U.S. citizenship in 1949.^[56]
• Kevin McKidd – Born and raised in the United Kingdom specifically Scotland. Got U.S. citizenship in 2015.^[57]
• Julian McMahon
• Peter McRobbie
• Alfred Molina – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 2004.^[58]
• Liam Neeson – Born and raised in the United Kingdom specifically Northern Ireland. Became a U.S. citizen in 2009.^[59]
• Leslie Nielsen
• Soon-Tek Oh
• Jason O'Mara – Born and raised in Ireland. Earned American citizenship in 2009.^[60]
• 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.^[61][62]
• Hal Ozsan
• Nathan Parsons
• Barry Pepper
• Walter Pidgeon – Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 1943.^[63]
• Jürgen Prochnow – Born and raised in Germany. Became an American citizen in 2004.^[64]
• Ke Huy Quan
• Anthony Quinn – Born in Mexico to Irish immigrants. Became a U.S. citizen in 1947.^[65]
• 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.^[66]
• Paul Rodriguez
• Tristan Rogers
• José Ruben - Born and raised in France. Became a U.S. citizen in 1920.
• Sabu
• Horatio Sanz – Born in Chile. Became an American citizen in 2018.^[67]
• Martin Short
• Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Sebastian Stan – Born in Romania. Became a U.S. citizen in 2002.
• James Stephenson
• Lee Strasberg
• Gregg Sulkin – Born in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 2018.^[68]
• Francis L. Sullivan
• Carlos Valdes
• Steve Valentine
• Goran Višnjić
• Arnold Vosloo – Born and raised in South Africa becoming a naturalized U.S. Citizen in 1988.

Actresses[edit]

• Christine Adams – Born and raised in England before becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2019.^[69]
• Neile Adams
• Anna Maria Alberghetti – Born in Italy. Became a U.S. citizen in 1961.^[70]
• Malin Akerman – Born in Sweden, raised in Canada becoming a naturalized U.S. Citizen in 2018.^[71]
• Ana Alicia
• Pamela Anderson – Born and raised in Canada became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2004.^[72]
• Fernanda Andrade
• Evelyn Ankers – Became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1946 after growing up between South America and Europe.
• Gabrielle Anwar – Became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2008.^[73]
• 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.^[74]
• Jacinda Barrett – Born in Australia. Became an American citizen in 2009.^[75]
• Wendy Barrie – Became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1942.^[76]
• Mischa Barton
• 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.^[77]
• Catherine Bell
• Alma Beltran
• Ingrid Bergman – Born in Sweden. Became a U.S. citizen in 1945.^[78]
• Emily Blunt – Born and raised in the United Kingdom before becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2015.^[79]
• Sônia Braga – Born in Brazil. Became a U.S. citizen in 2003.^[80]
• 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.^[81]
• 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.^[82]
• 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.^[83]
• 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.^[84]
• 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.^[85]
• Samantha Eggar
• Alice Eve - Born and raised in the United Kingdom specifically England. Became a U.S. citizen in 2017.^[86]
• Geraldine Fitzgerald – Born and raised in Ireland becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1955.^[87]
• 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.^[88]
• Eva Gabor
• Zsa Zsa Gabor
• Greta Garbo – Born and raised in Sweden. Became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1951.^[89]
• Greer Garson – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a naturalized U.S. Citizen in 1951.^[90]
• Judy Geeson
• Melissa George - Born and raised in Australia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2008.^[91]
• Jessalyn Gilsig
• Shenae Grimes – Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2019.^[92]
• Emily Hampshire – Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2014.^[93]
• Joanna Hausmann
• Salma Hayek
• Tricia Helfer – Born in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2011.^[94]
• Zulay Henao
• Sitara Hewitt
• Claire Holt – Born and raised in Australia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2019.^[95]
• Milla Jovovich
• Caroline Lagerfelt
• Stana Katic
• Violet Kemble-Cooper
• Diane Kruger – Born and raised in West Germany. Became a U.S. citizen in 2013.^[96]
• Mila Kunis
• 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.^[97]
• Kathleen Lockhart
• Celia Lovsky
• Camilla Luddington
• Ida Lupino – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1948.^[98]
• Nola Luxford
• Sheila MacRae – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1959.^[99]
• 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.^{[100][101][102]}
• Kristine Miller – Born in Argentina. Became a U.S. citizen in 1942.^[103]
• Juliet Mills – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1975.^[104]
• 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.^[105]
• 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.^[106][107]
• Maureen O'Sullivan – Born in Ireland. Became a U.S. citizen in 1947.^[108]
• 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.^[109]
• Bar Paly – Born in Russia raised in Israel. Became a U.S. citizen in 2016.^[110]
• Katina Paxinou - Born in Greece. Became a U.S. citizen in 1951.
• Mary Pickford
• Christina Pickles
• Sasha Pieterse
• Nathalia Ramos – Born in Spain. Became a U.S. citizen in 2016.^[111]
• Italia Ricci – Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2020.^[112]
• Natasha Richardson
• Lyda Roberti
• Olesya Rulin
• Elena Satine
• Caterina Scorsone
• Izabella Scorupco – Born in Poland, raised in Sweden. Became a U.S. citizen in 2014.^[113]
• Jane Seymour – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became an American citizen in 2005.^[114]
• Norma Shearer
• Jean Simmons – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1956.^[115]
• 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.^{[116][117][118]}
• 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.^[119]
• Tracey Ullman – Born in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 2006.^[120]
• Angélica Vale – Born and raised in Mexico. Became a U.S. citizen in 2016.^[121]
• Diana Van der Vlis
• Nia Vardalos
• Sofía Vergara – Born and raised in Colombia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2014.^[122][123]
• Vanessa Villela – Born in Mexico. Became a U.S. citizen in 2017.^[124]
• Sonya Walger – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 2013.^[125]
• Rachel Weisz – Born in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 2011.^[126]
• May Whitty
• Fay Wray – Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 1933.

Comedians[edit]

• 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.^[127]
• Selma Diamond
• Bob Hope
• Tyler Labine
• Yakov Smirnoff - Born in the Soviet Union (modern day Ukraine). Became a U.S. citizen in 1986.

Dancers[edit]

• Mikhail Baryshnikov – Born and raised in Soviet Union (modern day Latvia). Became a U.S. citizen in 1986.^[128]
• Artem Chigvintsev – Born in The Soviet Union (modern day Russia). Became a U.S. citizen in 2014.^[129]
• Maksim Chmerkovskiy
• Valentin Chmerkovskiy
• Sasha Farber – Born in Russia, grew up in Australia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2020.^[130]
• Gonzalo Garcia – Born in Spain. Became a U.S. citizen in 2017.^[131]
• 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.^[132]
• Gleb Savchenko
• Christine Shevchenko
• Emma Slater – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 2020.^[133]
• 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.^[134]
• Louis Van Amstel – Born and raised in The Netherlands. Became a U.S. citizen in 1999.^[135]

Directors[edit]

• 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.^[136]
• John Farrow – Born in Australia. Became a U.S. citizen in 1947.^[137]
• Alejandro Gómez Monteverde
• Alfred Hitchcock - Born and raised in England. Became a U.S. citizen in 1955.
• Anatole Litvak
• Otto Preminger
• Gottfried Reinhardt
• Alik Sakharov

Producers[edit]

• Dino De Laurentiis – Born and raised in Italy. Became a U.S. citizen in 1986.^[138]
• 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[edit]

• Alberto Del Rio – Born in Mexico. Became a U.S. citizen in 2018.^[139]

Law enforcement[edit]

• Joaquín "Jack" García
• John Timoney

Media figures[edit]

Social media[edit]

• Hila Klein – Born in Israel. Became a U.S. citizen in 2019.^[140][141]

Television[edit]

• 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.^[142]
• David Frum
• Brad Goreski
• Yolanda Hadid – Born and raised in The Netherlands. Became a U.S. citizen in 2013.^[143]
• Peter Jennings
• Alex Trebek – Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 1998.^[144]
• Laura Trevelyan
• Richard Wolffe

Military[edit]

• 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.^[145]
• 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[edit]

• Lina Abarbanell
• Josh Beech – Born in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 2019.^[146]
• 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.^[147][148]
• 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.^[149]
• Yma Sumac – Born and raised in Peru. Became an American citizen in 1955.
• Pinar Toprak
• Alex Van Halen
• Eddie Van Halen

Singers[edit]

• Paul Anka – Born in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 1990.^[150]
• Alex Boyé – Born and raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 2012.^[151]
• Camila Cabello – Born in Cuba. Became an American citizen in 2008.^[152]
• 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.^[153]
• John Lydon – Born in the United kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 2013.^[154]
• Dave Matthews – Born and raised in South Africa. Became an American citizen in 1980.^[155]
• Alanis Morissette – Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2005.^[156]
• 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.^[157]
• Yoo Seung-jun – Born and raised in South Korea. Became a U.S. citizen in 2002.
• Keith Urban
• Neil Young

Composers[edit]

• 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[edit]

• 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[edit]

Activists[edit]

• Rushan Abbas
• Carlos Arredondo – Born in Costa Rica. Became a U.S. citizen in 2006.^[158]
• Greta Beer – Born in Romania. Became a U.S. citizen in 1956.^[159]
• 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[edit]

• Zbigniew Brzezinski – Born in Poland. Became a U.S. citizen in 1958.^[160]

Political science[edit]

• Yascha Mounk
• Adam Ulam

Politicians[edit]

• 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.^[161][162]
• 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.^[163]
• 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.^[164]
• 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.^[165]
• 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.^[166][167]
• Leland Yee

Religious figures[edit]

• 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[edit]

Astronomy[edit]

• Bart Bok – Born and raised in The Netherland. Became a U.S. citizen in 1938.^[168]
• 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[edit]

• Ivet Bahar
• Salvador Luria – Born and raised in Italy. Became a U.S. citizen in 1947.
• Gökhan S. Hotamisligil
• Ahmet Yıldız

Chemistry[edit]

• Nihat Berker
• Albert Chan
• Basudeb DasSarma - Born in India (modern day Bangladesh). Became a U.S. citizen in 1972.
• Aziz Sancar

Economics[edit]

• 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[edit]

• 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.^[169]
• 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[edit]

• 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[edit]

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

Meteorology[edit]

• James Murdoch Austin – Born and raised in New Zealand. Became a U.S. citizen in 1946.^[170]

Philosophy[edit]

• Hannah Arendt
• Max Black – Born in Azerbaijan raised in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1948.

Physics[edit]

• 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.^[171]
• Yuri Orlov – Born and raised in the Soviet Union (modern day Russia). Became a U.S. citizen in 1993.^[172]
• 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[edit]

• 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[edit]

American football[edit]

• Morten Andersen
• Gunther Cunningham – Born in Germany. Became a U.S. citizen in 2010.^[173]
• L. P. Ladouceur – Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2019.^[174]
• 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.^[175]
• Jan Stenerud

Athletics[edit]

• Abdihakem Abdirahman – Born in Somalia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2000.^[176]
• 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.
• Paul Chelimo – Born in Kenya. Became a U.S. citizen in 2014 while serving in the U.S. army.^[177]
• 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
• Weini Kelati – Born in Eritrea. Became a U.S. citizen in 2021.^[178]
• 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.^[179]
• 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
• Nadia Prasad – Born in France. Became a U.S. citizen in 2000.^[180]
• Stanisława Walasiewicz - Born in the Russian Empire (modern day Poland). Became a U.S. citizen in 1947.
• Futsum Zeinasellassie - Born in Eritrea. Became a U.S. citizen in 2016.

Baseball[edit]

• Jason Bay – Born in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2009.^[181]
• Orlando Cabrera – Born in Colombia. Became an American citizen in 2011.^[182]
• Robinson Canó – Born and raised in The Dominican Republic. Became a U.S. citizen in 2012.^[183]
• Carlos Carrasco – Born and raised in Venezuela. Became a U.S. citizen in 2016.^[184]
• Aroldis Chapman – Born in Cuba. Became a U.S. citizen in 2016.^[185]
• Eduardo Escobar – Born and raised in Venezuela. Became a U.S. citizen in 2023.^[186]
• Yunel Escobar – Born and raised in Cuba. Became a U.S. citizen in 2017.^[187]
• José Fernández – Born in Cuba. Became a U.S. citizen in 2015.^[188][189]
• Ozzie Guillén – Born and raised in Venezuela. Became a U.S. citizen in 2006.^[190]
• Félix Hernández – Born in Venezuela. Became a U.S. citizen in 2018.^[191]
• José Iglesias – Born in Cuba. Became an American citizen in 2018.^[192]
• Leonys Martín – Born and raised in Cuba. Became a U.S. citizen in 2018.^[193]
• 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.^[194][195]
• Eddie Pérez – Born and raised in Venezuela. Became a U.S. citizen in 2014.^[196][197]
• Tony Pérez – Born and raised in Cuba. Became a U.S. citizen in 1971.^[198]
• 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.^[199]
• Albert Pujols – Born in the Dominican Republic. Became a U.S. citizen in 2007.^[200]
• Hanley Ramírez – Born and raised in the Dominican Republic. Became a U.S. citizen in 2019.^[201]
• Manny Ramirez – Born in the Dominican Republic. Became a U.S. citizen in 2004.^[202]
• Mariano Rivera – Born and raised in Panama. Became a U.S. citizen in 2015.^[203]
• 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.^[204]
• Fernando Valenzuela – Born and raised in Mexico. Became a U.S. citizen in 2015.^[205]

Basketball[edit]

• Kristine Anigwe – Born in the United Kingdom to parents from Nigeria. Became a U.S. citizen in 2014.^[206]
• Geno Auriemma – Born in Italy. Became an American citizen in 1994.^[207]
• Hank Beenders
• Rolando Blackman
• Bohdan Blyzniuk
• Brandon Clarke
• James Donaldson
• Patrick Ewing
• Adonal Foyle - Born and raised in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Became a U.S. citizen in 2007.^[208]
• Olga Firsova – Born in the Soviet Union (modern day Ukraine). Became a U.S. citizen in 2008.^[209]
• 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.^[210]
• Enes Kanter Freedom - Born in Switzerland raised in Turkey. Became a U.S. citizen in 2021.^[211]
• Andrei Kirilenko – Born and raised in Russia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2011.^[212]
• 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.^[213]
• Juan Ignacio Sánchez
• Goran Suton - Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Became a U.S. citizen in 2006.^[214]
• Mychal Thompson
• Tristan Thompson - Born and raised in Canada. Became an American citizen in 2020.^[215]

Boxing[edit]

• Eduardo Garcia
• Kid Kaplan
• Dmitry Salita

Climbing[edit]

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

Figure skating[edit]

• Rafael Arutyunyan – Born and raised in the Soviet Union (modern day Georgia). Became a U.S. citizen in 2019.^[216][217]
• 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
• Sergei Magerovski
• 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[edit]

• Tommy Armour – Born and raised in the United Kingdom specifically Scotland. Became a U.S. citizen in 1942.^[218]
• 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.^[219]
• Annika Sörenstam - Born and raised in Sweden. Became a U.S. citizen in 2006.^[220]

Gymnastics[edit]

• Svetlana Boginskaya
• Nadia Comăneci – Born and raised in Romania. Became a U.S. citizen in 2001.^[221]
• 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.^[222][223]
• 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[edit]

• 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.^[224]
• 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.^[225]
• Wayne Gretzky
• Arthur Kaliyev
• Tom Karalis - Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen following Ice Hockey retirement.^[226]
• Darius Kasparaitis
• Ian Laperrière – Born and raised in Canada. Became an American citizen in 2011.^[227]
• Claude Lemieux – Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2009.^[228]
• Mario Lemieux
• Joel Quenneville - Born and raised in Canada. Became an American citizen in 2011.^[229]
• Chico Resch
• Ulf Samuelsson
• Joe Thornton - Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2009.
• Bryan Trottier

Mixed martial arts[edit]

• Rafael dos Anjos – Born and raised in Brazil. Became a U.S. citizen in 2019.^[230]
• Andrei Arlovski
• Vitor Belfort – Born and raised in Brazil. Became a U.S. citizen in 2018.^[231]
• 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.^[232]
• Kamaru Usman
• Sodiq Yusuff – Born in Nigeria. Became a U.S. citizen in 2020.

Motor sports[edit]

• 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[edit]

• Takudzwa Ngwenya

Skateboarding[edit]

• Letícia Bufoni – Born and raised in Brazil. Became a U.S. citizen in 2021.^[233]
• Bob Burnquist

Soccer / association football[edit]

• 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.^[234]
• Vlatko Andonovski – Born in modern-day North Macedonia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2015.^[235]
• Hadji Barry – Born and raised in Guinea. Became a U.S. citizen in 2018.^[236]
• 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.^[237]
• 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.^[238]
• Kekuta Manneh – Born in Gambia. Became an American citizen in 2016.^[239]
• 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.^[240]
• 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.^[241]
• 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.^[242]
• Kia Zolgharnain – Born in Iran. Became a U.S. citizen in 1994.

Swimming[edit]

• 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.^[243]
• 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[edit]

• Alex Bogomolov Jr.
• Kevin Curren – Born and raised in South Africa. Became a U.S. citizen 1985.^[244]
• Mariaan de Swardt – Born and raised in South Africa. Became a U.S. citizen in 2006.
• Amer Delić
• 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.^[245]
• Liezel Huber – Born in South Africa. Became a U.S. citizen in 2007.^[246]
• Anna Kournikova – Born in Russia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2010.^[247][248]
• Johan Kriek – Born in South Africa. Became a U.S. citizen in 1982.
• Denis Kudla
• Varvara Lepchenko – Born in The Soviet Union (modern day Uzbekistan). Became an American citizen in 2012.^[249]
• Ivan Lendl – Born and raised in Czechoslovakia (modern day Czech Republic). Became a U.S. citizen in 1992.^[250]
• Tetiana Luzhanska
• Molla Mallory
• 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
• 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[edit]

• Bojana Todorović

Weightlifting[edit]

• Mike Karchut
• Richard Tom
• Walter Zagurski

Winter Sports[edit]

• Kaillie Humphries - Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2022.

Wrestling[edit]

• 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
• Becky Lynch - Born and raised in Irland. Became a U.S. citizen in 2024.

References[edit]

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