![]() ![]() She entered Ellis Island in 1926 on a six-month tourist visa and, after moving back to New York by way of Chicago and Los Angeles, permanently settled in the U.S. Ayn Rand: Russian Novelist - Classical liberal darling Ayn Rand, author of “The Fountainhead” and “Atlas Shrugged,” hails from St.With the help of author Barry Moreno and his book “ Ellis Island’s Famous Immigrants,” let’s take a look at some of the creators, thinkers, and doers who saw the four domed towers of the Ellis Island Immigration Station - and, of course, the torch of Lady Liberty - before they saw anything else in America. They are direct contributors to what we now consider American literature, food, art, and culture. Like most individuals can trace their roots back to the historic island, America as a whole can trace its roots back to these foreign-born leaders. ![]() there, it’s rather unsurprising that many celebrities entered the country through its gates. When you think about the sheer magnitude of people who applied for admission to the U.S. ![]() citizens are directly related to at least one person who passed through Ellis Island. ![]() In fact, it has been estimated that roughly 40 percent of all current U.S. During the over 60 years that Ellis Island served as an immigrant station for those looking for a promising new place to call home, it welcomed several million new Americans to the country. ![]()
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