Representative Sample of Immigrants

from Philip Greenspun
Four immigrants to the U.S. who were selected at random:

Publix shopper Lionel Messi

Came to Miami from Argentina/Barcelona in 2023; enjoys wearing Adidas sneakers and kicking soccer balls.

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Heavy drinker John von Neumann

Came to the U.S. from Hungary in 1930; liked to play games and had fun with explosives and computers.

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Amateur lepidopterist Vladimir Nabokov

Came to the U.S. from Russia in 1940; supporter of the Vietnam War and Richard Nixon; wrote a screenplay for Peter Sellers.

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Circus trapeze artist Alexander Kartveli

Came to the U.S. from Georgia in 1927; chief designer of the P-47 Thunderbolt (15,683 produced), F-84, and F-105 ('Thud').

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