20 june 2011
Albert Einstein, physicist.
Home country: Germany
His name has practically become synonymous with "genius," and almost anyone on the street can name Einstein's most famous discovery, his theory of relativity -- even if they can't explain what it is. Hitler's rise to power forced the professor to flee his native Germany in 1933 and accept a teaching post at Princeton, where he stayed until his death in 1955.
Home country: Tibet.
The Political and Spiritual leader of Tibet has been living outside his homeland since the Chinese army brutally put down a nationalist uprising in 1959. The Dalai Lama turned the northern Indian city of Dharamsala into his home base for his travels around the world preaching compassion, forgiveness and tolerance.
Home country: Germany
He's best known for serving as America's top diplomat, but the man who negotiated the end to the Vietnam War and helped send Nixon to China was actually born overseas. A teenage Heinz Alfred Kissinger and his family fled Nazi persecution in 1938.
Home country: Austria
The father of psychoanalysis, Freud is probably best known for his work on the unconscious (hence the term "Freudian slip,") and a short-lived belief in the healing powers of cocaine. He spent most of his life in Vienna, as part of the city's rich pre-Nazi Jewish intellectual community, but was forced to flee in 1938. His four sisters died in concentration camps.
Home country: Czechoslovakia
The first woman to head the State Department was born in Prague. Albright's parents converted from Judaism to Roman Catholicism before they fled to London ahead of World War II. Albright even starred as a child refugee in a wartime film aimed at promoting sympathy for all war refugees in London.
Home country: Romania.
As a member of the Romanian Olympic Team, Comaneci won worldwide acclaim when she became the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 at the 1976 summer games. She went on to win five more medals over the course of her Olympic career, but later defected to the West in the waning days of the Communist regime. Post-retirement, Comaneci has been active with the Muscular Dystrophy Association and the Special Olympics (and even took a turn on Donald Trump's Celebrity Apprentice).
Home country: Romania.
Born to a Romanian Jewish family, Wiesel survived the horrors of Auschwitz in World War II and eventually settled in the U.S. His memoir Night, about his time in the camp, has been translated into more than 30 languages, and his work as an activist for peace and forgiveness earned him the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize.
Famous refugees of the world
On World Refugee Day, we take a look at personalities forced out of their countries, who went on to make it big on the global stage.
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| Dr Sanjay Kumar Cardiac Cardiothoracic Heart Surgeon India |
Home country: Germany
His name has practically become synonymous with "genius," and almost anyone on the street can name Einstein's most famous discovery, his theory of relativity -- even if they can't explain what it is. Hitler's rise to power forced the professor to flee his native Germany in 1933 and accept a teaching post at Princeton, where he stayed until his death in 1955.
The Dalai Lama, religious leader.
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| Dr Sanjay Kumar Cardiac Cardiothoracic Heart Surgeon India |
The Political and Spiritual leader of Tibet has been living outside his homeland since the Chinese army brutally put down a nationalist uprising in 1959. The Dalai Lama turned the northern Indian city of Dharamsala into his home base for his travels around the world preaching compassion, forgiveness and tolerance.
Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State.
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| Dr Sanjay Kumar Cardiac Cardiothoracic Heart Surgeon India |
He's best known for serving as America's top diplomat, but the man who negotiated the end to the Vietnam War and helped send Nixon to China was actually born overseas. A teenage Heinz Alfred Kissinger and his family fled Nazi persecution in 1938.
Sigmund Freud, psychoanalyst.
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| Dr Sanjay Kumar Cardiac Cardiothoracic Heart Surgeon India |
The father of psychoanalysis, Freud is probably best known for his work on the unconscious (hence the term "Freudian slip,") and a short-lived belief in the healing powers of cocaine. He spent most of his life in Vienna, as part of the city's rich pre-Nazi Jewish intellectual community, but was forced to flee in 1938. His four sisters died in concentration camps.
Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State.
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| Dr Sanjay Kumar Cardiac Cardiothoracic Heart Surgeon India |
The first woman to head the State Department was born in Prague. Albright's parents converted from Judaism to Roman Catholicism before they fled to London ahead of World War II. Albright even starred as a child refugee in a wartime film aimed at promoting sympathy for all war refugees in London.
Nadia Comaneci, Olympic gymnast.
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| Dr Sanjay Kumar Cardiac Cardiothoracic Heart Surgeon India |
As a member of the Romanian Olympic Team, Comaneci won worldwide acclaim when she became the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 at the 1976 summer games. She went on to win five more medals over the course of her Olympic career, but later defected to the West in the waning days of the Communist regime. Post-retirement, Comaneci has been active with the Muscular Dystrophy Association and the Special Olympics (and even took a turn on Donald Trump's Celebrity Apprentice).
Elie Wiesel, author.
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| Dr Sanjay Kumar Cardiac Cardiothoracic Heart Surgeon India |
Born to a Romanian Jewish family, Wiesel survived the horrors of Auschwitz in World War II and eventually settled in the U.S. His memoir Night, about his time in the camp, has been translated into more than 30 languages, and his work as an activist for peace and forgiveness earned him the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize.
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