President Donald Trumpsigned an executive order on Friday that has extreme repercussions for refugees across the world.
There are over 21 million refugees worldwide, according to the latestUNHRCfigures.
Steve Jobs, for example, was the biologicalson of a Syrian migrant.
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Here, we rounded up 15 people you definitely know, but might not have known are refugees.
And that started them on a new life path.
To be clear, not every refugee has to become famous to “deserve” asylum.
“My blood is boiling right now!”
Alek Wek
Top model Alek Wek is a former refugee from Sudan.
“Dead bodies filled the landscape.”
Iman
Supermodel Iman and her familyfled Somaliain 1972 after a dangerous coup.
The family moved to Kenya, where the young beauty was discovered and began her now-famous career path.
She was two years old when she left.
Kissinger was 15 years old at the time.
Marlene Dietrich
The classic Hollywood star began her career in Germany in the 1920s.
Sheleft the countryin 1930 for Hollywood as the Nazis gained power.
She became an American citizen and performed for Allied troops during World War II.
This order would end that tradition, and discriminate against those fleeing a brutal civil war in Syria."
Sigmund Freud
The famous psychoanalystleft Austriafor London with his wife after the Nazi invasion.
Update 1/31/17: A previous version of this article stated that Wyclef Jean is a refugee from Haiti.
He is an immigrant, not a refugee.
