User:Kingsif/List of artists and entertainers depicted in The American Library (2018)
People notable for art or entertainment 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacita Abad | 
|
Philippines | |
| Chris Abani | .jpg)
|
Nigeria | |
| Joseph Abboud | United States | Syria | |
| Barkhad Abdi | 
|
Somalia | |
| Paula Abdul | 
|
United States | Syria Canada |
| Virgil Abloh | .jpg)
|
United States | Ghana |
| F. Murray Abraham | 
|
United States | Syria Italy |
| Marina Abramović | .jpg)
|
present-day Serbia | |
| Diana Abu-Jaber | United States | Jordan | |
| Chinua Achebe | 
|
Nigeria | |
| Reem Acra | 
|
Lebanon | |
| Louis Adamic | 
|
present-day Slovenia | |
| Amy Adams | .jpg)
|
Italy | |
| Maud Adams | 
|
Sweden | |
| Cynthia Addai-Robinson | 
|
United Kingdom | |
| Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | 
|
Nigeria | |
| Bernard Adler | United States | Germany | |
| Uzo Aduba | .jpg)
|
United States | Nigeria |
| Dianna Agron | _(cropped).jpg)
|
United States | present-day Ukraine present-day Latvia |
| Liaquat Ahamed | Kenya | ||
| Mequitta Ahuja | United States | India | |
| Gbenga Akinnagbe | 
|
United States | Nigeria |
| Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje | 
|
United Kingdom | Nigeria |
| Samuel Akinyah | Ghana | ||
| Rabih Alameddine | _(cropped).jpg)
|
Jordan | |
| Daniel Alarcón | 
|
Peru | |
| Jessica Alba | .jpg)
|
United States | Mexico |
| Anni Albers | present-day Germany | ||
| Josef Albers | 
|
present-day Germany | |
| Sholem Aleichem | 
|
present-day Ukraine | |
| Grant Aleksander | United States | Poland | |
| Pico Alexander | United States | Poland | |
| Tatyana Ali | .jpg)
|
United States | Trinidad and Tobago Panama |
| Woody Allen | 
|
United States | Russia Austria |
| Isabel Allende | .JPG)
|
Peru | |
| Laz Alonso | 
|
United States | Cuba |
| Herb Alpert | 
|
United States | Romania present-day Ukraine |
| Charles Alston | 
|
United States | United States (North Carolina) |
| Julia Alvarez | .jpg)
|
United States | Dominican Republic |
| Camila Alves | 
|
Brazil | |
| Nawras Alzubaidy | Iraq | ||
| Sana Amanat | .jpg)
|
United States | Pakistan |
| Christiane Amanpour | .jpg)
|
United Kingdom | |
| Alessandra Ambrosio | 
|
Brazil | |
| Aml Ameen | .jpg)
|
United Kingdom | |
| Ghada Amer | 
|
Egypt | |
| Amerie | 
|
United States | South Korea |
| Daniele Amfitheatrof | Russia | ||
| Wally Amos | .jpg)
|
United States | |
| Rudolfo Anaya | .jpg)
|
United States | |
| Benny Andrews | United States | United States (Georgia) | |
| Chet Anekwe | 
|
Nigeria | |
| Heather Angel | 
|
United Kingdom | |
| Maya Angelou | .jpg)
|
United States | United States (North Carolina) |
| Boris Anisfeld | 
|
present-day Moldova | |
| Jennifer Aniston | 
|
United States | Greece |
| Paul Anka | 
|
Canada | |
| Ann-Margret | 
|
Sweden | |
| Odette Annable | 
|
United States | Colombia Cuba |
| Nonso Anozie | .jpg)
|
United Kingdom | |
| Aziz Ansari | 
|
United States | India |
| George Antheil | United States | Germany | |
| Michael Anthony | 
|
United States | Poland |
| Mary Antin | 
|
present-day Belarus | |
| Vinessa Antoine | Canada | ||
| Richard Anuszkiewicz | United States | Poland | |
| Devon Aoki | .jpg)
|
United States | Japan |
| Apl.de.ap | 
|
Philippines | |
| Sergio Aragonés | 
|
Spain | |
| Richard Arbib | 
|
United States | Egypt |
| Alexander Archipenko | 
|
present-day Ukraine | |
| Alan Arkin | .jpg)
|
United States | Russia present-day France |
| Desi Arnaz | 
|
Cuba | |
| Felix Arndt | 
|
United States | Switzerland Spain |
| Will Arnett | 
|
Canada | |
| Boris Aronson | 
|
present-day Ukraine | |
| Rudolph Aronson | United States | Germany | |
| David Arquette | 
|
United States | present-day Ukraine |
| Rosanna Arquette | 
|
United States | present-day Ukraine |
| Richard Artschwager | 
|
United States | present-day Germany present-day Poland present-day Russia present-day Lithuania Ukraine |
| Ruth Asawa | United States | Japan | |
| Emil Ascher | Germany | ||
| Isaac Asimov | 
|
Russia | |
| Leon Askin | 
|
Austria | |
| Reza Aslan | 
|
Iran | |
| Ed Asner | 
|
United States | Russia |
| Fred Astaire | 
|
United States | Austria present-day Germany |
| W. H. Auden | 
|
United Kingdom | |
| Mischa Auer | 
|
Russia | |
| Richard Avedon | 
|
United States | Russia |
| Dan Aykroyd | 
|
Canada | |
| Max Azria | 
|
Tunisia | |
| Yigal Azrouël | 
|
Israel | |
| Lauren Bacall | 
|
United States | Romania present-day Belarus |
| Morena Baccarin | 
|
Brazil | |
| Peter Bacho | United States | Philippines | |
| Max Albin Bachofen | Switzerland | ||
| Olga Baclanova | 
|
Russia | |
| Joan Baez | ,_March_2016.jpg)
|
United States | Mexico United Kingdom |
| Ross Bagdasarian | 
|
United States | Armenia |
| Ross Bagdasarian Jr. | United States | Armenia | |
| Scott Baio | 
|
United States | Italy |
| Simon Baker | 
|
Australia | |
| Georges Baklanoff | 
|
Latvia | |
| George Balanchine | .jpg)
|
Russia | |
| John Baldessari | .jpg)
|
United States | Italy Denmark |
| Christian Bale | 
|
United Kingdom | South Africa United Kingdom |
| Liz Balmaseda | Cuba | ||
| Bambadjan Bamba | Côte d'Ivoire | ||
| Anne Bancroft | 
|
United States | Italy |
| John Banner | 
|
present-day Austria | |
| Christine Baranski | 
|
United States | Poland |
| Gary Barber | South Africa | ||
| John Barry | 
|
United Kingdom | |
| Uta Barth | Germany | ||
| Mischa Barton | 
|
United Kingdom | |
| Mikhail Baryshnikov | 
|
Latvia | Russia |
| Basia | 
|
Poland | |
| Jean-Michel Basquiat | 
|
United States | Haiti |
| Elaine Bass | United States | Hungary | |
| Saul Bass | 
|
United States | Lithuania Russia |
| Harold Bauer | 
|
United Kingdom | |
| Steven Bauer | 
|
Cuba | |
| Dave Bautista | 
|
United States | Philippines |
| Michael Bay | 
|
United States | Russia |
| Ishmael Beah | 
|
Sierra Leone | |
| Frank Beard | United States | ||
| Romare Bearden | 
|
United States | United States (North Carolina) |
| Garcelle Beauvais | 
|
Haiti | |
| Glenn Beck | _(cropped).jpg)
|
United States | |
| Harry Belafonte | 
|
United States | Jamaica |
| Sidor Belarsky | Ukraine | ||
| Leon Belasco | 
|
present-day Ukraine | |
| Jules Belkin | United States | Russia | |
| Mike Belkin | United States | Russia | |
| Kristen Bell | .jpg)
|
United States | Germany Poland |
| Maria Bello | .jpg)
|
United States | Italy |
| Saul Bellow | .jpg)
|
Canada | present-day Lithuania present-day Latvia |
| Ludwig Bemelmans | present-day Italy | ||
| Brian Benben | 
|
United States | Austria |
| Benny Benjamin | United States | United States (Alabama) | |
| Jack Benny | 
|
United States | Poland Lithuania |
| Herman Bergdorf (Bergdorf Goodman) | .jpg)
|
France | |
| Tom Bergeron | 
|
United States | Canada |
| Maria Bergson | 
|
Austria | |
| Irving Berlin | File:Irving Berlin (1888-1989) circa 1940.jpg | Russia | |
| Emile Berliner | 
|
present-day Germany | |
| Carlos Bernard | .jpg)
|
United States | Spain |
| Lucian Bernhard | 
|
Germany | |
| Elmer Bernstein | 
|
United States | Ukraine |
| Leonard Bernstein | 
|
United States | present-day Ukraine |
| Harry Bertoia | 
|
Italy | |
| Otto Bettmann | 
|
Germany | |
| Jeff Bewkes | 
|
United States | Germany |
| Leon Bibb | 
|
United States | United States (Alabama) |
| August Biehle | United States | Germany | |
| John Bielenberg | Germany | ||
| Albert Bierstadt | 
|
present-day Germany | |
Joe Bihari
|
United States | Hungary present-day Slovakia | |
| Theodore Bikel | _(cropped).jpg)
|
Austria | |
| Nadia Bjorlin | 
|
United States | Sweden Iran |
| Ben Black | United Kingdom | ||
| Edwin Black | 
|
United States | Poland |
| Michael Blackson | 
|
Ghana | |
| Rubén Blades | 
|
Panama | |
| William Peter Blatty | 
|
United States | Lebanon |
| Alexis Bledel | 
|
United States | Argentina |
| Yasmine Bleeth | 
|
United States | Algeria Germany |
| Ernest Bloch | .jpg)
|
Switzerland | |
| Hyman Bloom | present-day Latvia | ||
| Marc Blucas | 
|
United States | Poland |
| Joseph Blumenthal | United States | Germany | |
| Peter Bogdanovich | 
|
United States | present-day Syria Austria |
| Varujan Boghosian | 
|
United States | Armenia |
| Ettore Boiardi | Italy | ||
Edward William Bok
|
|
Netherlands | |
| Richard Boleslawski | 
|
Poland | |
| Adolph Bolm | 
|
Russia | |
| Ilya Bolotowsky | 
|
Russia | |
| Michael Bolton | 
|
United States | Russia United Kingdom |
| Jon Bon Jovi | .jpg)
|
United States | Italy Slovakia Lithuania Poland Russia Switzerland |
| Lilian Bond | 
|
United Kingdom | |
| Sonny Bono | .jpg)
|
United States | Italy |
| Irène Bordoni | 
|
France (Corsica) | |
| Maria Borges | 
|
Angola | |
| Alex Borstein | .jpg)
|
United States | Hungary |
| Johnny Yong Bosch | 
|
United States | South Korea |
| Amar Bose | 
|
United States | India |
| Fernando Botero | 
|
Colombia | |
| Daniel Boulud | France | ||
| Louise Bourgeois | France | ||
| Carol Bove | Switzerland | ||
| Sônia Braga | Brazil | ||
| Edmund Braham | United Kingdom | ||
| Lesley-Ann Brandt | South Africa | ||
| Cindy Breakspeare | Canada | Jamaica | |
| Marcel Breuer | present-day Hungary | ||
| Jordana Brewster | Panama | United Kingdom Brazil | |
| Peter Brimelow | United Kingdom | ||
| Alexey Brodovitch | present-day Belarus | ||
| Joseph Brodsky | present-day Russia | ||
| Adrien Brody | United States | Hungary | |
| Charles Bronson | United States | Lithuania | |
| Gwendolyn Brooks | United States | United States (Kansas) | |
| Pierce Brosnan | Ireland | ||
| Brother Theodore | present-day Germany | ||
| Claude Brown | United States | United States (South Carolina) | |
| Georg Stanford Brown | Cuba | ||
| Jackson Browne | Germany | ||
| Robert Brownjohn | United States | United Kingdom | |
| Tania Bruguera | Cuba | ||
| Cindy Bruna | France | ||
| Yul Brynner | Russia | ||
| Mika Brzezinski | United States | ||
| Leslie Buck | present-day Ukraine | ||
| William F. Buckley Jr. | United States | Canada | |
| Henry Buehman | Germany | ||
| Akosua Busia | Ghana | ||
| Charles Bukowski | present-day Germany | ||
| NoViolet Bulawayo | Zimbabwe | ||
| Carlos Bulosan | Philippines | ||
| Gisele Bündchen | Brazil | ||
| Sam Burckhardt | Switzerland | ||
| David Burliuk | present-day Ukraine | ||
| Charles Burnett | United States | ||
| George Burns | United States | Austria Poland | |
| Will Burtin | Germany | ||
| Jean Butler | United States | Ireland | |
| Xu Bing | 
|
China |
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Notes
References
- ^ "The American Library: Names". The American Library. Retrieved 2021-08-21.