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People notable for sport whose names are depicted on books of, and lives are profiled as part of, Yinka Shonibare's The American Library installation art.[1] The artwork features 3,200 people who are immigrants, or descendants of recent immigrants, to the United States, or migrants of the Great Migration, and who have significantly contributed to American culture. Many of these people have overcome discrimination, and/or have worked with a focus on the topic of immigration. Some have anti-immigration views.

Name Image Country of birth Country/ies of origin
Senda Berenson Abbott Lithuania
Abdihakem Abdirahman Somalia
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar United States Trinidad and Tobago
Sid Abel Canada
José Abreu Cuba
Emmanuel Acho United States Nigeria
Sam Acho United States Nigeria
Kenny Adeleke Nigeria
Freddy Adu Ghana
Victor Aiyewa United States Nigeria
Morolake Akinosun Nigeria
Josh Akognon United States Nigeria
Ozzie Albies Netherlands (Curaçao)
Lev Alburt Russia
José Altuve Venezuela
Alexi Amarista Venezuela
Al-Farouq Aminu United States Nigeria
Alade Aminu United States Nigeria
Morten Andersen Denmark
Gary Anderson South Africa
Mario Andretti present-day Croatia
Obed Ariri Nigeria
Maurice Ashley Jamaica
Nnamdi Asomugha United States Nigeria
Charles Atlas Italy
Red Auerbach United States present-day Belarus
Remi Ayodele United States Nigeria
Tony Azevedo Brazil
Shirley Babashoff United States Russia
Carlos Balderas United States Mexico
Chris Banjo United States Nigeria
Benny Bass present-day Ukraine
Scout Bassett China
Tanith Belbin White Canada
Laszlo Bellak Hungary
Yogi Berra United States Italy
Vladine Biosse Cabo Verde
George Blanda United States present-day Czech Republic
Bert Blyleven Netherlands
Xander Bogaerts Netherlands (Aruba)
Manute Bol present-day South Sudan
Hillary Bor Kenya
Elizabeth Bourland Costa Rica
Martin Brodeur Canada
Pavel Bure Russia
Bob Burnquist Brazil
Foluke Gunderson[a] Canada

Notes

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  1. ^ Listed with maiden name Akinradewo

References

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  1. ^ "The American Library: Names". The American Library. Retrieved 2021-08-21.


Category:Immigrants to the United States