List of Ellis Island immigrants facts for kids
Ellis Island was the gateway for over 20 million immigrants to the United States as the nation's busiest immigrant inspection station for over sixty years from 1892 until 1954. The island, in Upper New York Bay, was greatly expanded with land reclamation between 1892 and 1934. Before that, the much smaller original island was the site of Fort Gibson and later a naval magazine. The island was made part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument in 1965 and has hosted a museum of immigration since 1990.
Below is a list of Ellis Island immigrants who attained notability in the United States.
| Date | Name | Country | Profession | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | Louis Adamic |  Slovenia |
Author | |
| 1909 | Joe Adonis |  Italy |
Mobster | |
| 1902 | Theodore Anagnostopoulos |  Greece |
Father of U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew | |
| 1923 | Isaac Asimov |  Russia |
Science fiction writer | |
| 1903 | Charles Atlas | Italy |
Bodybuilder | |
| 1920 | Mischa Auer | Russia |
Actor | |
| 1914 | Monty Banks | Italy |
Actor, director | |
| 1906 | Abraham Beame |  England |
Politician, Mayor of New York City | |
| 1914 | Ludwig Bemelmans |  Austria |
Author, illustrator | |
| 1893 | Irving Berlin | Russia |
Composer, lyricist | |
| 1914 | Ettore Boiardi | Italy |
Chef ("Chef Boyardee") | |
| 1908 | Joseph Bonanno | Italy |
Mobster, head of Bonanno crime family | |
| 1907 | Irène Bordoni |  France |
Actor, singer | |
| 1922 | George Brent |  Ireland |
Actor | |
| 1917 | Joseph Calleia |  Malta |
Actor, singer | |
| 1906 | Louis Capozzoli | Italy |
Member, U.S. House of Representatives | |
| 1903 | Frank Capra | Italy |
Film director, producer, writer | |
| 1913 | Caesar Cardini | Italy |
Restaurateur, chef, created Caesar salad | |
| 1911 | Tom Carvel | Greece |
Businessman, created Carvel ice cream | |
| 1913 | Cipriano Castro |  Venezuela |
Politician, military leader, President of Venezuela | |
| 1911 | George Christopher | Greece |
Politician, Mayor of San Francisco | |
| 1914 | Stoyan Christowe |  Bulgaria |
Journalist, politician | |
| 1906 | Claudette Colbert | France |
Actor | |
| 1920 | Ronald Colman | England |
Actor | |
| 1915 | Xavier Cugat |  Spain/ Cuba |
Bandleader | |
| 1919 | Lilly Daché | France |
Milliner, fashion designer | |
| 1916 | Karl Dane |  Denmark |
Actor, comedian | |
| 1921 | Ellen Dawson |  Scotland |
Political activist, trade unionist | |
| 1907 | Pietro Deiro | Italy |
Accordionist | |
| 1912 | Reginald Denny | England |
Actor, aviator | |
| 1926 | Lya De Putti |  Hungary |
Actor | |
| 1929 | Max Dimont |  Finland |
Historian, author | |
| 1921 | Vernon Duke | Russia |
Composer | |
| 1906 | Max Factor |  Poland |
Cosmetologist, founder, Max Factor & Company | |
| 1909 | Frank Fenton | England |
Writer | |
| 1909 | Leslie Fenton | England |
Actor, director | |
| 1904 | Edward J. Flanagan | Ireland |
Priest, founder, Boys Town | |
| 1894 | Felix Frankfurter | Austria |
Jurist, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court | |
| 1895 | Kahlil Gibran |  Lebanon |
Writer | |
| 1916 | Leon Gilmour | Russia |
Artist, printmaker | |
| 1920 | Arshile Gorky |  Armenia |
Painter | |
| 1920 | Cary Grant | England |
Actor | |
| 1905 | Cecilia Greenstone | Poland |
Social worker | |
| 1923 | Richard Hauptmann |  Germany |
Convicted murderer | |
| 1911 | Gayelord Hauser | Germany |
Nutritionist, self-help author | |
| 1907 | Sidney Hillman | Russia |
Trade union leader | |
| 1892 | Franciszek Hodur | Poland |
Bishop, founder, Polish National Catholic Church | |
| 1908 | Bob Hope | England |
Comedian | |
| 1928 | Vladimir Horowitz | Russia |
Concert pianist | |
| Sol Hurok | Russia |
Impresario | ||
| 1901 | Vincent R. Impellitteri | Italy |
Politician, Mayor of New York City | |
| Sven Johnson |  Sweden |
Gymnast | ||
| 1894 | Al Jolson |  Lithuania |
Singer, actor, comedian | |
| 1921 | Hubert Julian |  Trinidad and Tobago |
Aviator | |
| 1890 | Gus Kahn | Germany |
Tin Pan Alley lyricist | |
| 1913 | Elia Kazan |  Turkey |
Director, writer, actor | |
| 1912 | Ruby Keeler |  Canada |
Actor, dancer, singer | |
| 1922 | John Kluge | Germany |
Entrepreneur, one-time richest person in the U.S. | |
| 1909 | Dan Kolov | Bulgaria |
Wrestler | |
| 1912 | Eva Kotchever | Poland |
Writer, founder of the Eve's Hangout in New York | |
| 1941 | Wanda Landowska | Poland |
Harpsichordist | |
| 1906 | Lucky Luciano | Italy |
Mobster, boss of Genovese crime family | |
| 1921 | Bela Lugosi | Hungary |
Actor, portrayed Count Dracula | |
| 1922 | George Mardikian | Armenia |
Restaurateur | |
| 1912 | Morris Markin | Russia |
Businessman, founder, Checker Cab Company | |
| 1920 | Ross Martin | Poland |
Actor | |
| 1921 | Reuben Mattus | Poland |
Founder, Häagen-Dazs | |
| 1921 | Rose Mattus | England |
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| John McCormack | Ireland |
Singer, tenor and opera | ||
| 1912 | Claude McKay |  Jamaica |
Harlem Renaissance poet and writer | |
| 1912 | Mike McTigue | Ireland |
Boxing champion | |
| 1892 | Annie Moore | Ireland |
First immigrant inspected at Ellis Island | |
| 1896 | Joe Moore | Ireland |
Actor | |
| 1896 | Matt Moore | Ireland |
Actor, director | |
| 1896 | Owen Moore | Ireland |
Actor | |
| 1896 | Tom Moore | Ireland |
Actor, director | |
| 1901 | Antonio Moreno | Spain |
Actor, director | |
| 1923 | Alan Mowbray | England |
Actor | |
| 1922 | Joseph Murphy | Ireland |
New Thought author and minister | |
| 1897 | Arthur Murray | Poland |
Dancer, businessman | |
| 1907 | Nicholas Musuraca | Italy |
Cinematographer | |
| 1941 | Pola Negri | Poland |
Actor | |
| 1901 | Pauline Newman | Lithuania |
Labor activist | |
| 1905 | Anna Q. Nilsson | Sweden |
Actor | |
| 1904 | Louis Nizer | England |
Trial lawyer | |
| 1894 | Warner Oland | Sweden |
Actor | |
| 1910 | Rafaela Ottiano | Italy |
Actor | |
| 1922 | George Papashvily |  Georgia |
Writer, sculptor | |
| 1901 | Mitchell Parish | Russia |
Lyricist | |
| Joe Penner | Hungary |
Vaudeville and radio comedian | ||
| 1942 | Ezio Pinza | Italy |
Opera singer | |
| 1921 | Pearl Primus | Trinidad and Tobago |
Dancer, choreographer | |
| 1926 | Ayn Rand | Russia |
Novelist, philosopher | |
| 1904 | Hyman G. Rickover | Poland |
U.S. Navy Admiral | |
| 1904 | Edward G. Robinson |  Romania |
Actor | |
| 1893 | Knute Rockne |  Norway |
Football coach | |
| 1898 | Ole Edvart Rølvaag | Norway |
Novelist, professor | |
| 1900 | Michael Romanoff | Lithuania |
Restaurateur, conman, actor | |
| 1908 | Henry Roth | Poland |
Novelist | |
| 1908 | Onorio Ruotolo | Italy |
Sculptor, poet | |
| Arthur Rubinstein | Poland |
Pianist | ||
| 1924 | Sig Ruman | Germany |
Comedian | |
| Dalip Singh Saund |  India |
Politician, U.S. Congressman | ||
| 1924 | John H. Secondari | Italy |
Author, television producer | |
| 1906 | Ben Shahn | Lithuania |
Painter | |
| Battling Siki |  Senegal |
Boxer | ||
| 1919 | Igor Sikorsky | Russia |
Aviation pioneer | |
| 1910 | Spyros Skouras | Greece |
Film executive | |
| 1896 | Joseph Stella | Italy |
Painter | |
| Michael Strank |  Slovakia |
U.S. Marine Corps sergeant, Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima | ||
| 1909 | Erich von Stroheim | Austria |
Director, actor, producer | |
| 1914 | Jule Styne | England |
Composer | |
| 1946 | Yma Sumac |  Peru |
Singer | |
| 1906 | Arthur Tracy | Russia |
Singer, actor | |
| 1938 | Maria von Trapp | Austria |
Singer, matriarch of Trapp Family Singers | |
| 1936 | Pauline Trigère | France |
Fashion designer | |
| 1913 | Rudolph Valentino | Italy |
Actor | |
| 1905 | Abraham Vereide | Norway |
Minister, founder, Goodwill Industries | |
| 1905 | Johnny Weissmuller | Austria-Hungary | Swimmer, Olympic medalist, actor | |
| 1907 | Frances Winwar | Italy |
Biographer, translator, writer | |
| 1893 | Anzia Yezierska | Poland |
Novelist | |
| Henny Youngman | England |
Comedian, violinist |
See also
- Lists of Americans
- List of naturalized American citizens
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