Dry goods merchant Levi StraussCame to the U.S. from Germany in 1847. Stole all the credit for (immigrant from Russia) Jacob W. Davis's invention of the modern riveted blue jean. |
Merchant marine sailor Saul BellowCame to the U.S. from Canada in 1924; Nobel Prize in Literature 1976. |
Avid gardener I. M. PeiCame to the U.S. from China in 1935; liked pyramids; Pritzker Prize 1983. |
Poodle lover Thomas MannCame to the U.S. from Germany in 1938; Couldn't express an idea in fewer than 900 pages; Nobel Prize in Literature 1929. |