List of Ellis Island immigrants
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Below is a list of Ellis Island immigrants who attained success, distinction or notoriety in America:
- Author Louis Adamic (Slovenia)
- Gangster Joe Adonis (Italy)
- Novelist Isaac Asimov (Russia)
- Bodybuilder Charles Atlas (Italy)
- Actor and director Monty Banks (Italy)
- Former New York City mayor Abraham Beame (England)
- Author and illustrator Ludwig Bemelmans (Austria)
- Composer Irving Berlin (Russia)
- Chef Ettore Boiardi (Chef Boyardee) (Italy)
- Gangster Joseph Bonanno (Italy)
- Singer and actress Irène Bordoni (Corsica, France)
- Actor Joseph Calleia (Malta)
- Congressman Louis Capozzoli (Italy)
- Film director Frank Capra (Italy)
- Restaurateur Caesar Cardini (Italy)
- Ice cream entrepreneur Tom Carvel (Greece)
- Exiled political leader Cipriano Castro (Venezuela)
- Actress Claudette Colbert (France)
- Musician and bandleader Xavier Cugat (Spain via Cuba)
- San Francisco mayor George Christopher (Greece)
- Actor Karl Dane (Denmark)
- Trade unionist Ellen Dawson (Scotland)
- Accordionist Pietro Deiro (Italy)
- Actor Reginald Denny (England)
- Actress Lya De Putti (Hungary)
- Historical writer Max I. Dimont (Finland)
- Actor Brian Donlevy (Ireland)
- Composer Vernon Duke (Russia)
- Cosmetologist Max Factor (Poland)
- Actor Leslie Fenton (England)
- Writer Frank Fenton (England)
- Priest Father Flanagan (Ireland)
- Jurist Felix Frankfurter (Austria)
- Comedian Bob Hope (England)
- Painter Arshile Gorky (Armenia)
- Actor Cary Grant (England)
- Convicted murderer Bruno Richard Hauptmann (Germany)
- Nutrition and diet guru Gayelord Hauser (Germany)
- Pop singer and actor Dick Haymes (Argentina)
- Bishop Franciszek Hodur (Poland)
- Concert pianist Vladimir Horowitz (Russia)
- Journalist and politician Stojan Hristov (Bulgaria)
- Politician Vincent R. Impellitteri (Italy)
- Gymnast Sven Johnson (Sweden)
- Pop singer and actor Al Jolson (Lithuania)
- Aviator Hubert Julian (Trinidad and Tobago)
- Tin Pan Alley lyricist Gus Kahn (Germany)
- Billionaire John Kluge (Germany)
- Wrestler Dan Kolov (Bulgaria)
- Harpsichordist Wanda Landowska (Poland)
- Gangster Lucky Luciano (Italy)
- Actor Béla Lugosi (Hungary)
- Restaurateur George Mardikian (Armenia)
- Haagen Dazs ice cream founders Reuben and Rose Mattus (Poland and England)
- Tenor and opera singer John McCormack (Ireland)
- Harlem Renaissance poet and novelist Claude McKay (Jamaica)
- World Champion Boxer Mike McTigue (Ireland)
- First immigrant inspected at Ellis Island Annie Moore (Ireland)
- Actor Matt Moore (Ireland)
- Actor Owen Moore (Ireland)
- Actor Tom Moore (Ireland)
- Actor Antonio Moreno (Spain)
- Actor Alan Mowbray (England)
- New Age writer and lecturer Dr. Joseph Murphy (author) (Ireland)
- Dancing studio legend Arthur Murray (Poland)
- Cinematographer Nicholas Musuraca (Italy)
- Actress Pola Negri (Poland)
- Actress Anna Q. Nilsson (Sweden)
- Lawyer Louis Nizer (England)
- Actress Rafaela Ottiano (Italy)
- Lyricist Mitchell Parish (Russia)
- Vaudeville and radio comedian Joe Penner (Hungary)
- Opera singer Ezio Pinza (Italy)
- Dancer Pearl Primus (Trinidad)
- Psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich (Austria)
- Admiral Hyman G. Rickover (Poland)
- Actor Edward G. Robinson (Romania)
- Football coach Knute Rockne (Norway)
- Novelist Ole Rolvaag (Norway)
- Imposter and restaurateur Michael Romanoff (Lithuania)
- Pianist Arthur Rubinstein (Poland)
- Comedian Sig Ruman (Germany)
- US Congressman Dalip Singh Saund (India)
- Futurist Peter Schwartz (Hungary)
- Painter Ben Shahn (Lithuania)
- Boxer Battling Siki (Senegal)
- Film executive Spyros Skouras (Greece)
- Painter Joseph Stella (Italy)
- World War II sergeant and war hero Michael Strank (Slovakia)
- Director and actor Erich von Stroheim (Austria)
- Composer Jule Styne (England)
- Singer Yma Sumac (Peru)
- Singer Arthur Tracy (Russia)
- The Trapp Family Singers (Austria)
- Actor Rudolph Valentino (Italy)
- Social Innovator and Spiritual Leader Dr. Abraham Vereide (Norway)
- Olympic swimming medalist and actor Johnny Weissmuller (Austria-Hungary)
- Author and biographer Frances Winwar (Italy)
- Novelist Anzia Yezierska (Poland)
- Comedian and violinist Henny Youngman (England)
- First president of Ghana and founding member of A.U Kwame Nkrumah (Ghana)
- Last alien detained at Ellis Island Arne Peterssen (Norway)
