Name Occupation Other nationalities Description Year of emigration Year of relinquishment Federal Register
| Adamkus, Valdas ! Valdas Adamkus | Politician | Lithuania | A longtime resident of Chicago, he renounced U.S. citizenship in 1998 to become the President of Lithuania. [1] | ? | 1998 | 0 !No |
| Arison, Ted ! Ted Arison | Businessperson | Israel | Born in the British Mandate of Palestine, Arison moved to the U.S. in 1952, where he founded Carnival Cruise Lines. He renounced his U.S. citizenship in 1990 to return to the land of his birth, which by then had become the State of Israel. [2] [3] | 1990 | 1990 | Too early |
| Arudou, Debito ! Debito Arudou | Activist | Japan | Born David Christopher Aldwinckle in Geneva, New York, he gave up his U.S. citizenship in 2002 after becoming a citizen of Japan. [4] | 1991 | 2002 | 2002Q3 !Q3 2002 [5] |
| Barak-Erez, Daphne ! Daphne Barak Erez | Judge | Israel | Barak-Erez was born to Israeli parents in the U.S., and later returned to Israel with them, where she grew up and attended Tel Aviv University. She was named a justice of the Supreme Court of Israel in 2012, which required her to give up any foreign citizenship she held. [6] [7] | ? | 2012 | 2012Q2 !Q2 2012 [8] |
| Bilzerian, Adam ! Adam Bilzerian | Other | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Bilzerian, a writer and professional poker player, is a native of Tampa, Florida and the son of corporate takeover specialist Paul Bilzerian. Dissatisfied with the U.S. government's treatment of his father during his arrest and trial for market manipulation in the early 1990s and subsequent bankruptcy proceedings throughout the 2000s, and concerned over the direction of the country during the presidency of George W. Bush, Bilzerian emigrated from the United States and sought citizenship in Saint Kitts and Nevis. [9] [10] | 2007 | 2008 | 0 !No |
| Browder, Bill ! Bill Browder | Financier | United Kingdom | Born in Princeton, New Jersey in 1965, Browder emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1989. [11] He founded Hermitage Capital Management there in Guernsey in 1996. [12] He became a British citizen in 1997. [11] He would go on to become one of the world's 100 highest-paid traders in 2007, earning an estimated £150 million that year. [13] | 1989 | 1998 | 1998Q3 !Q3 1998 [14] |
| Brown-Burke, Angela ! Angela Brown-Burke | Politician | Jamaica | Born in Jamaica, Brown-Burke moved to the U.S. in 1986 and naturalized as a U.S. citizen in 1995, but two years later decided to return to Jamaica. [15] She got involved in Kingston local politics with the People's National Party in the 2000s. [16] She moved from local to national politics in January 2012 with her appointment as Deputy President of the Senate of Jamaica, and renounced her U.S. citizenship to take up the position. [15] | 1997 | 2012 | 2012Q2 !Q2 2012 [8] |
| Brynner, Yul ! Yul Brynner | Actor | Switzerland | Russian-born film and stage actor; held dual Swiss and U.S. citizenship until 1965, when he renounced his American citizenship [17][ unreliable source?] for tax reasons; he had lost his tax exemption as an American resident abroad by working too long in the United States and would have been bankrupted by what he owed in taxes and penalties. [18] | ? | 1965 | Too early |
| Callas, Maria ! Maria Callas | Musician | Greece | Opera singer born in New York City in 1923. She renounced U.S. citizenship in 1966 at the American Embassy in Paris in order to resume her ancestral Greek citizenship. [19] | 1937 | 1966 | Too early |
| Cate, Vincent ! Vincent Cate | Other | Mozambique | Encryption expert based in Anguilla since 1994; renounced his United States citizenship in 1998, in his words, "to be free from the silly U.S. laws on crypto". [20] [21] | 1994 | 1998 | 0 !No |
| Chan, Jaycee ! Jaycee Chan | Actor | People's Republic of China | Born in Los Angeles in 1982 to Jackie Chan and Lin Feng-Jiao, Chan spent most of his childhood in Hong Kong. He attended college in the U.S., but dropped out to return to Hong Kong. [22] He made his entertainment industry debut there in 2004. [23] He renounced his U.S. citizenship in 2009 and became a PRC citizen, earning him praise in Chinese media for bucking the trend of Chinese actors obtaining Singaporean or other foreign passports. [24] | 2003 | 2009 | 0 !No |
| Chan-Palay, Victoria ! Victoria Chan-Palay | Scholar | Switzerland | A native of Singapore, Chan-Palay studied at Smith University in Massachusetts, graduating in 1965. She and then-husband Sanford Palay did seminal research in neuroscience in the 1970s; however, they later divorced. Chan-Palay moved to Switzerland and became a member of the faculty of the University of Zurich in 1989. [25] [26] | 1989 | 2012 | 2012Q3 !Q3 2012 [27] |
| Chi, Cheng ! Chi Cheng | Athlete
Politician | Republic of China | A native of Hsinchu, Taiwan, she won a bronze medal for the ROC team at the 1968 Summer Olympics. She naturalized as a U.S. citizen after marrying an American and living in the U.S., but returned to Taiwan in the 1970s. In 2009, President Ma Ying-jeou invited her to take up a policy advisor position in his government, which required her to give up U.S. citizenship. [28] | 1970s | 2009 | 2009Q4 !Q4 2009 [29] |
| Conde, Bruce ! Bruce Conde | Other | Yemen | A native of San Juan Capistrano, California, Conde went to Lebanon to study Arabic at the American University of Beirut in 1950, and eventually ended up in the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen, where in 1956 he renounced his U.S. citizenship to become an information officer in the government of Ahmad bin Yahya. [30] After the Royalists lost the North Yemen Civil War, he fled to Spain and then Morocco, where he died a stateless man in 1992. [31] | 1950 | 1956 | Too early |
| Davis, Garry ! Garry Davis | Activist | None ! None | World War II veteran and peace activist. He renounced his United States citizenship in 1948 in Paris in order to become a "citizen of the world", and created the first " World Passport". [32] | ? | 1948 | Too early |
| Dingman, Michael D. ! Michael D. Dingman | Businessperson | The Bahamas | Dingman was born in Connecticut in 1931. [33] He moved to The Bahamas in 1964. He renounced U.S. citizenship on June 20, 1994 to become a citizen of The Bahamas. [34] [35] | 1964 | 1994 | Too early |
| Dorrance, John, III !John Dorrance III | Businessperson | Ireland | Businessman and grandson of Campbell Soups founder John Dorrance; renounced his U.S. citizenship in the 1990s, purportedly to avoid capital gains taxes. [36] | ? | 1990s | Too early |
| Elizabeth, Princess of Yugoslavia ! Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia | Royalty | Serbia | A native of Belgrade, Princess Elizabeth lived in the U.S. during her marriage to American clothier Howard Oxenberg, with whom she had a daughter, American actress Catherine Oxenberg. She moved to London after her marriage to Oxenberg ended, and married Briton Neil Balfour. [37] Now living in Serbia, she is a political activist and one-time candidate for the presidency of Serbia. She renounced U.S. citizenship in 2012 and is listed in the Federal Register under her civil name Elizabeth Karageorgevic. [6] | 1960s | 2012 | 2012Q2 !Q2 2012 [8] |
| Eronat, Friedhelm ! Friedhelm Eronat | Businessperson | United Kingdom | German-born oil businessman [38] | ? | 2003 | 2004Q3 !Q3 2004 [39] |
| Fischer, Stanley ! Stanley Fischer | Scholar | Israel | Fischer was born in Northern Rhodesia (today Zambia), and spent his early years there and in Southern Rhodesia (today Zimbabwe). He came to the United States in the 1960s to study economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. [40] He thought about making aliyah to Israel in the 1970s, but instead chose to remain in the U.S. [41] In January 2005, Fischer was approached by Ariel Sharon and Benjamin Netanyahu and offered the position of governor of the Bank of Israel. [42] He took Israeli citizenship and renounced his U.S. citizenship in order to qualify for the job. [43] | 2005 | 2005 | 0 !No |
| Gilliam, Terry ! Terry Gilliam | Director | United Kingdom | In 1968, Gilliam obtained British citizenship, then held dual American and British citizenship for the next 38 years. In January 2006 he renounced his American citizenship, describing the George W. Bush administration as having created an environment "scarily similar to the Orwellian nightmare" of his 1985 film Brazil. [44] [45] | 1960s | 2006 | 2006Q1 !Q1 2006 [46] |
| Gogulski, Mike ! Mike Gogulski | Activist | None ! None | Gogulski, a political activist born in Phoenix, Arizona, moved to Eastern Europe in 2004 and then renounced his U.S. citizenship in 2008 in Slovakia without obtaining any other. [47] [48] | 2004 | 2008 | 2010Q4 !Q4 2010 [49] |
| Green, Ronald ! Ronald Green | Politician | Dominica | Green, a United Workers' Party politician, has been involved in Dominican politics since the 1990s. He renounced his U.S. citizenship to qualify for the 2009 election. [50] [51] | ? | 2009 | 2010Q3 !Q3 2010 [52] |
| Hamdi, Yaser Esam ! Yaser Esam Hamdi | Other | Saudi Arabia | Hamdi was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to Saudi parents, and moved to Saudi Arabia with them as a child. [53] He was captured in Afghanistan in 2001 and detained as a purported "illegal enemy combatant." In 2004, he was released and deported to Saudi Arabia after agreeing to renounce his U.S. citizenship. [54] | 1980s | 2004 | 2004Q4 !Q4 2004 [55] |
| Han, Ye-seul ! Han Ye-seul | Actor | South Korea | Han Ye-seul is the stage name of Leslie Kim, an actress born to Korean immigrant parents in southern California in 1981. She graduated from Cerritos College and then emigrated to South Korea, where she made her debut as a model in 2001. [56] [57] She renounced her U.S. citizenship in 2004 in order to take South Korean citizenship. [58] | 2001 | 2004 | 0 !No |
| Hayles, Ian ! Ian Hayles | Politician | Jamaica | Born in Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica, Hayles emigrated to the U.S. in the 1980s at age 13 with his family, and returned to Jamaica in 2000. He was elected to the Parliament of Jamaica in the September 2007 election, and renounced his U.S. citizenship the following month. [59] [60] | 2000 | 2007 | 2007Q4 !Q4 2007 [61] |
| Hite, Shere ! Shere Hite | Scholar | Germany | German sex educator and feminist studies scholar. She renounced her U.S. citizenship in 1995 and became a German citizen. [62] | ? | 1995 | Too early |
| Hovannisian, Raffi ! Raffi Hovannisian | Politician | Armenia | Hovannisyan was born in Brentwood, California to Armenian American parents. [63] He moved to Armenia in 1989, and applied for citizenship there in 1991, which would require him to give up all foreign citizenships upon approval. However, the processing of his application was delayed for nearly a decade; in 2001, Hovannisyan forced the issue by renouncing his U.S. citizenship even without his Armenian citizenship approved, becoming stateless. President Robert Kocharyan then gave in to pressure and issued a decree granting Armenian citizenship to him. [64] | 1989 | 2001 | 2002Q3 !Q3 2002 [5] |
| Hsiao, Bi-Khim ! Hsiao Bi-khim | Politician | Republic of China | Born in Japan in 1971 to a Taiwanese father and an American mother, she did her secondary and tertiary education in the U.S., where she became involved with the Democratic Progressive Party. In 1996, she moved back to Taiwan to become the party's Director of International Affairs. She renounced citizenship in the early 2000s in order to take up legislative office in Taiwan. [65] [66] | 1996 | 2000s | 2002Q2 !Q2 2002 [67] |
| Huston, John ! John Huston | Director | Ireland | Nevada, Missouri-born film director, screenwriter, and actor. He emigrated to Ireland in 1952 in disgust over the activities of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, and renounced U.S. citizenship in 1964 to become an Irish citizen. [68] [69] | 1952 | 1964 | Too early |
| Ilves, Toomas Hendrik ! Toomas Hendrik Ilves | Politician | Estonia | Born in Sweden to Estonian émigré parents, Ilves grew up in New Jersey and naturalized as a U.S. citizen.[ when?] He renounced his U.S. citizenship and emigrated to Estonia shortly after it regained its independence with the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and went on to become the President of Estonia. [70] [71] | 1990s | 1990s | Too early |
| Jacobs, Jane ! Jane Jacobs | Activist | Canada | Canadian writer and political activist. She became a Canadian citizen in 1974, and she "later told writer James Howard Kunstler that dual citizenship was not possible at the time, implying that her U.S. citizenship was lost." [72] | ? | 1974 | Too early |
| Jeffers, Alexis ! Alexis Jeffers | Politician | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Jeffers grew up on Nevis before coming to the United States to attend Broward College and Florida Atlantic University in Florida. In 2009, Saint Kitts and Nevis' new National Assembly Elections Act mandated that all candidates for elections swear at the time of their nomination that they lacked citizenship in any other country; Jeffers renounced his U.S. citizenship so he could stand in the January 2010 general election. [73] | ? | 2009 | 2009Q4 !Q4 2009 [29] |
| Jolley, Thomas ! Thomas Jolley | Activist | None ! None | Born in Greensboro, North Carolina, Jolley went to Canada in 1967 during the Vietnam War and renounced U.S. citizenship after receiving a draft notice. He later returned to the U.S., but the Immigration and Naturalization Service began deportation proceedings against him. In 1971, the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that Jolley was deportable. [74] [75] | 1967 | 1967 | Too early |
| Kahane, Meir ! Meir Kahane | Politician | Israel | Emigrated to Israel in 1971; founder of the Jewish Defence League and the political party Kach, member of the Knesset on the Kach party list from the 1984 election. [76] Renounced U.S. citizenship in September 1988, but expressed a desire to regain his U.S. citizenship just a month later, after his party was barred from the 1988 election. [77] | 1971 | 1988 | Too early |
| Karzai, Mahmud ! Mahmud Karzai | Politician
Businessman | Afghanistan | The brother of Afghan president Hamid Karzai, he naturalized as a U.S. citizen but then moved back to Afghanistan in 2001 to pursue business opportunities. He renounced his U.S. citizenship in January 2013 in order to launch his political career in Afghanistan; he did not specify what position he would seek, though he stated he would not be a candidate in the 2014 presidential election. [78] | 2001 | 2013 | * |
| Keene, Donald ! Donald Keene | Scholar | Japan | Born in 1922 in New York City, Keene was a professor at Columbia University, where he taught for over five decades. He later retired from Columbia University, and moved to Japan in 2011 as a demonstration of his support for the country in the aftermath of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. He obtained Japanese citizenship on March 8th, 2012, which required him to relinquish his U.S. citizenship as a condition. [79] [80] | 2011 | 2012 | 0 !No |
| Keneally, Kristina ! Kristina Keneally | Politician | Australia | Born in 1968 in Las Vegas, Nevada and raised in Whitehouse, Ohio, Keneally emigrated to Australia with her husband in 1994, and became a citizen there in 1999. She gave up U.S. citizenship to enter Australian politics, and went on to become 42nd Premier of New South Wales. [81] [82] | 1994 | 2002 | 2002Q4 !Q4 2002 [83] |
| Kuczynski, Pedro Pablo ! Pedro Pablo Kuczynski | Politician | Peru | Kuczynski naturalized as a U.S. citizen in 1982. [84] He renounced his U.S. citizenship to run in the 2011 Peruvian presidential election. [85] | ? | 2011 | 0 !No |
| Labarge, Margaret Wade ! Margaret Wade Labarge | Scholar | Canada | Historian and author; emigrated to Canada in 1940. [86] | 1940 | ? | Too early |
| Lange, Oskar R. ! Oskar R. Lange | Diplomat
Economist | Poland | Naturalized U.S. citizen born in Poland; renounced his citizenship in 1945 to take up a position as Poland's ambassador to the U.S., in a case believed to be the first of its kind in diplomatic history. [87] | ? | 1945 | Too early |
| Lee, Robert ! Robert Lee | Other | Ghana | A native of South Carolina, Lee and his wife Sara emigrated to Ghana in 1956 and set up a dental practice, at the head of a wave of African Americans moving to the country to participate in nation-building as its independence neared. [88] He naturalized as a Ghanaian citizen in 1963, renouncing his U.S. citizenship in the process. He remained in Ghana until his death in 2010. [89] [90] | 1956 | 1963 | Too early |
| Lee, Seung-Jun ! Lee Seung-Jun | Athlete | South Korea | Born Eric Lee Sandrin in 1978 to a Korean American mother, he grew up in the Pacific Northwest. [91] His basketball career took him all over the world, including to teams in Luxembourg, Brazil, and Singapore. [91] [92] He eventually followed his younger brother to South Korea, and naturalized as a citizen there in 2009 so he could represent his new country at the Asian Games the following year. [93] | 2000s | 2009 | 2009Q3 !Q3 2009 [94] |
| Lee, Yuan T. ! Yuan T. Lee | Scholar | Republic of China | Taiwanese Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate; born in Taiwan, naturalized as a U.S. citizen, but later renounced when he returned to Taiwan to take up a position with the Academia Sinica in 1994. [95] | 1994 | 1994 | Too early |
| Li, Jet ! Jet Li | Actor | People's Republic of China (birth)
Singapore (naturalization) | Beijing-born film actor and martial artist. He moved to Singapore in 2007 for his children's schooling. [96] He renounced U.S. citizenship in 2009 to naturalize as a citizen of Singapore. [97] | ? | 2009 | 2009Q1 !Q1 2009 [98] |
| Lin, Ruey-Shiung ! Lin Ruey-shiung | Politician | Republic of China | A native of Tainan, Taiwan, Lin received a Doctorate of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University in the 1970s and remained in the U.S. until 1985. He renounced his citizenship in November 2011 to run as James Soong's VP on the People First Party ticket in the 2012 election. [99] | 1985 | 2011 | 2012Q1 !Q1 2012 [100] |
| Dov Lipman ! Dov Lipman | Politician | Israel | A former resident of Silver Spring, Maryland, Lipman renounced his U.S. citizenship to be eligible to serve in the Israeli Knesset. [101] | ? | 2013 | Too early |
| Marie Chantal of Greece, Crown Princess ! Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece | Royalty | Greece | Born 1968 in London, Marie-Chantal inherited U.S. citizenship from her father, DFS co-founder Robert Warren Miller. She spent her childhood in Hong Kong and Paris, and moved to the United States in 1992 to enroll at New York University and to be closer to her future husband, Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, who was attending Georgetown University at the time. She withdrew from NYU to marry Pavlos in 1995, and then moved to London with him in 2002. [102] [103] | 2002 | 2011 | 2011Q2 !Q2 2011 [104] |
| Menuhin, Yehudi ! Yehudi Menuhin | Musician | Switzerland
United Kingdom | Menuhin, a world-famous violinist, was born in New York City in 1916, but lived and worked in Europe for most of his life. [105] He obtained honorary Swiss citizenship in 1970, and British citizenship in 1985, in both cases without relinquishing U.S. citizenship. [105] [106] However, he renounced U.S. citizenship on April 7, 1994, according to State Department records. [34] [107] He died in Germany in 1999. [105] | ? | 1994 | Too early |
| Missick, Akierra ! Akierra Missick | Politician | Turks and Caicos Islands | Missick was born in the U.S.; she did her primary education in the Turks and Caicos Islands before returning to the U.S. briefly to attend high school at MAST Academy in Florida, and then moved to the United Kingdom for further studies. [108] After her graduation, she moved back to the Turks and Caicos Islands, where she became a member of the Progressive National Party and later a candidate for the Leeward Constituency. She renounced her U.S. citizenship on October 25, 2012 to be eligible to run in the 2012 general election. [109] | 1990s | 2012 | * (too recent) |
| Mitchell, Keith ! Keith Mitchell | Politician | Grenada | Mitchell was born in Grenada. He naturalized as a U.S. citizen in January 1984. [110] A member of the New National Party, he became the Prime Minister of Grenada in 1995. The U.S. State Department made a determination in 2001 that Mitchell had relinquished his U.S. citizenship by becoming PM in 1995. [111] | ? | 1995 | 2001Q4 !Q4 2001 [112] |
| Mobius, Mark ! Mark Mobius | Financier | Germany | Investor and emerging markets fund manager. Born a U.S. citizen, Mobius was entitled to German citizenship by descent. He renounced his U.S. citizenship and became a German citizen. [35] | ? | ? | Too early |
| Nam, Chris ! Chris Nam | Politician
Businessperson | South Korea | Nam was born in Uiseong, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea in 1954. He moved to Southern California in 1982, and in 1988 founded New Star Realty, which would grow to become one of the largest real estate agencies serving the Korean American community. [113] He was elected president of the Federation of Korean Associations, USA in 2009. [114] He moved back to South Korea and gave up his U.S. citizenship in 2011 to pursue political ambitions with South Korea's Grand National Party (now Saenuri Party). [115] | 2011 | 2011 | 2012Q2 !Q2 2012 [8] |
| Noel, Henry ! Henry Martyn Noel | Activist | None ! None | Princeton, New Jersey native who served as an ambulance driver in World War II. Concerned by a "climax of nationalism" in the United States, he renounced his citizenship while working in France in 1948 and moved to Allied-occupied Germany, where he took a job as a construction worker and lived on German rations. [116] Fellow renunciant Garry Davis would later mention Noel's actions as inspiration for his own renunciation. [117] | 1940s | 1948 | Too early |
| Noor, Queen ! Queen Noor of Jordan | Royalty | Jordan | Born Lisa Halaby in Washington, D.C. in 1951, she became a Jordanian citizen upon her marriage to King Hussein of Jordan in 1978. She claims she automatically lost American citizenship by obtaining Jordanian citizenship, but that she did not renounce it. [118] | 1978 | 1978 | Too early |
| Okaikoi, Victor ! Victor Okaikoi | Politician | Ghana | Okaikoi, a former Ghana Army captain, renounced his U.S. citizenship in August 2012 in order to run in the Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2012 as a candidate for the Odododiodoo constituency of the Accra Metropolis District. [119] [120] | ? | 2012 | 0 !No |
| O'Neill, Oona ! Oona O'Neill | Other | United Kingdom | Daughter of American playwright Eugene O'Neill. Emigrated from the U.S. to the United Kingdom in 1952 to join her husband Charlie Chaplin after he was accused of "Communist sympathies" and denied re-entry to the U.S. that year; renounced U.S. citizenship to become a British subject in 1954. [121] | 1952 | 1954 | Too early |
| Oren, Michael ! Michael Oren | Diplomat
Historian | Israel | Oren was born in New York in 1955 and raised in New Jersey. He emigrated to Israel in 1979, where he went on to become a historian, military officer and diplomat. He relinquished his U.S. citizenship in 2009 upon taking up his new position as Israel's ambassador to the United States. [122] [123] | 1979 | 2009 | 2009Q3 !Q3 2009 [94] |
| Papandreou, Andreas ! Andreas Papandreou | Politician | Greece | A naturalized U.S. citizen, he renounced in 1964 to run in the Greek legislative election, 1964, and went on to become the Prime Minister of Greece. [124] | ? | 1964 | Too early |
| Pinder, Ryan ! Ryan Pinder | Politician | The Bahamas | Bahamian politician; renounced U.S. citizenship derived at birth from his American mother in February 2010. [125] | ? | 2010 | 2010Q1 !Q1 2010 [126] |
| Pirinski, Georgi, Jr. ! Georgi Pirinski, Jr. | Politician | Bulgaria | Born in New York City to immigrant parents in 1948, but left the country with them for Bulgaria when they were expelled in 1953; renounced U.S. citizenship in 1974, although political opponents have questioned the validity of his renunciation. [127] | 1953 | 1974 | Too early |
| Pitroda, Sam ! Sam Pitroda | Politician | India | Renounced U.S. citizenship to take up a position in Rajiv Gandhi's government as science and later technology adviser in the 1980s. [128] | ? | 1980s | Too early |
| Pollard, Jonathan ! Jonathan Pollard | Spy | Israel | American-born civilian intelligence analyst turned Israeli spy currently serving a life sentence. Pollard gained Israeli citizenship and renounced his United States citizenship. In the event he remains on good behavior, he will be paroled and deported to Israel in 2015. [129] [130] | 2015 | ? | 0 !No |
| Reed, Cathy ! Cathy Reed | Athlete | Japan | Reed was a dual citizen of Japan and the United States until she turned 22. Japanese law required those who are dual citizens at birth to renounce one citizenship or the other, so she chose Japanese citizenship at the age of 22 in order to continue to represent Japan in ice dancing. [131] | ? | 2009 | 0 !No |
| Rich, Denise ! Denise Eisenberg Rich | Other | Austria | U.S.-born Austrian songwriter and socialite. Moved to London and renounced citizenship to be closer to her husband and family, according to her lawyer. She is listed in the Federal Register under her maiden name Denise Eisenberg. [132] | ? | 2011 | 2012Q1 !Q1 2012 [100] |
| Robinson, Shahine ! Shahine Robinson | Politician | Jamaica | Born in Jamaica, Robinson lived in the U.S. intermittently from 1978 to 2001. She naturalized as a U.S. citizen in 2006, while a sitting member of the Parliament of Jamaica. In 2010, she was removed from her seat by court order, but then renounced her U.S. citizenship and won her seat back in a by-election. [133] [134] She is listed in the Federal Register under her maiden name Shahine Fakhourie. | 2001 | 2011 | 2011Q3 !Q3 2011 [135] |
| Roengpithya, Viphandh ! Viphandh Roengpithya | Scholar
Businessperson | Thailand | Roengpithya was born in Bangkok, and studied there and in London before coming to the U.S. in the late 1960s, where he worked in integrated circuit design. He returned to Thailand when his mother fell ill, and chose to make his return permanent. [136] He founded the Asian University of Thailand in Chonburi Province in 1993. [137] According to State Department records, he relinquished his U.S. citizenship the following year. [34] | ? | 1994 | Too early |
| Saverin, Eduardo ! Eduardo Saverin | Businessperson | Brazil | A native of Brazil, Saverin moved to the U.S. as a boy in 1992 and became a U.S. citizen in 1996. While attending Harvard University, he played a role in the founding of Facebook. He moved to Singapore in 2009, and renounced his U.S. citizenship in September 2011. [138] [139] | 2009 | 2011 | 2012Q1 !Q1 2012 [100] |
| Schakron, Yolanda ! Yolanda Schakron | Politician | Belize | Born in Guatemala, Schakron became a naturalized U.S. citizen at age 15 along with her parents, but later returned to her parents' native Belize, thus holding dual citizenship. She renounced her U.S. citizenship in February 2012 in order to run as a People's United Party legislative candidate in the election the following month. [140] | ? | 2012 | 0 !No |
| Shi, Yigong ! Yigong Shi | Scholar | People's Republic of China | Shi, a graduate of Tsinghua University in Beijing, went to U.S. for his Ph.D studies at Johns Hopkins University in the 1990s, and naturalized as a U.S. citizen. In 2003, he took up a professorial position at Tsinghua. In 2008, he moved back to China full-time, and the following year became Dean of Tsinghua's School of Life Sciences. He renounced his U.S. citizenship in 2011. [141] [142] | 2008 | 2011 | 2011Q3 !Q3 2011 [135] |
| Slater, Joel ! Joel Slater | Activist | None ! None | Waterloo, Iowa native who renounced U.S. citizenship in 1987 in Perth, Australia in protest over the foreign policy of the Ronald Reagan administration, in particular the 1986 bombing of Libya. [143] | 1987 | 1987 | Too early |
| Smith, Edward !Edward Smith | Politician | Turks and Caicos Islands | Edward Smith was born in the Turks and Caicos Islands, but lived in the United States for 28 years and obtained citizenship there before returning to his birthplace. He became a member of the People's Progressive Party and later a candidate for the Cheshire Hall/Richmond Hill constituency. He renounced his U.S. citizenship to be eligible to run in the Turks and Caicos Islands general election, 2012. [144] | ? | 2012 | * (too recent) |
| Stern, Michael ! Michael Stern | Politician | Jamaica | Stern was elected to the Parliament of Jamaica in 2007. In 2009 it came to light that he was a dual citizen of the United States and Jamaica and thus not eligible to sit in Parliament; he then renounced his U.S. citizenship and won back his seat in a by-election. [145] [146] [147] | ? | 2009 | 0 !No |
| Templeton, John Marks ! Sir John Marks Templeton | Financier | United Kingdom
The Bahamas | "Templeton renounced his U.S. citizenship in 1968, thus avoiding U.S. income taxes." [148] He held dual naturalized Bahamian and British citizenship and lived in the Bahamas until his death in 2008. | ? | 1968 | Too early |
| Tupper, Earl ! Earl Tupper | Businessperson | Costa Rica | Businessman and inventor of Tupperware. In 1958, shortly after selling his company and divorcing his wife, he bought an island off Costa Rica and renounced his U.S. citizenship to avoid taxes. [149] | ? | 1958 | Too early |
| Vaz, Daryl ! Daryl Vaz | Politician | Jamaica | Born in Jamaica to a Puerto Rican mother, Vaz was elected to the Parliament of Jamaica while still holding U.S. citizenship. He renounced it in 2008 after a challenge to his eligibility. [150] [151] | ? | 2008 | 0 !No |
| Walker, Danville ! Danville Walker | Politician | Jamaica | Walker grew up in Kingston, Jamaica, and served as Jamaica's Director of Elections and Commissioner of Customs. He renounced his U.S. citizenship to run as a Jamaica Labour Party candidate in the 2011 election. [152] [153] | ? | 2011 | 0 !No |
| Wentz, Myron W. ! Myron W. Wentz | Businessperson | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Founder of USANA Health Sciences. [154] | ? | ? | 0 !No |
| Whitney, Dorothy Payne ! Dorothy Payne Whitney | Activist | United Kingdom | New York City-born social activist; moved to the United Kingdom and then renounced U.S. citizenship in 1935. [155] | ? | 1935 | Too early |
| Wilfred, Harmon ! Harmon Wilfred | Activist
Businessman | None | A Denver-area real estate businessman who lost money in the savings and loan crisis, Wilfred alleged corruption and malfeasance in the Resolution Trust Corporation's sale of one of his properties at a low price to a private company which immediately turned around and sold it at a 150% profit. [156] Frustrated by fruitless efforts to act as a whistleblower, Wilfred emigrated to Canada and then New Zealand, where he renounced his U.S. citizenship in 2005. [157] He has applied for New Zealand citizenship, but continues to face immigration difficulties in his new country of residence. [158] [159] | 1990s | 2005 | 2005Q3 !Q3 2005 [160] |
| Winkler, Robin ! Robin Winkler | Activist | Republic of China | Born in the U.S. in 1954, Winkler emigrated to Taiwan in 1977. He renounced U.S. citizenship to naturalize as a Republic of China citizen in 2003. A lawyer and environmental activist, he is involved with the Green Party Taiwan, though due to constitutional limitations he is not eligible to run as a legislative candidate until 10 years after naturalizing. [161] [162] | 1977 | 2003 | 0 !No |
| Wovschin, Flora ! Flora Wovschin | Spy | USSR | Soviet spy who later renounced her American citizenship. [163] | ? | ? | Too early |
| Wright, Gary ! Gary Wright | Activist
Politician | Canada | A native of Lacey, Washington, Wright became involved with opposition to the Vietnam War in the mid-1960s; his activities with Students for a Democratic Society caused the U.S. State Department to revoke his passport. He emigrated to Canada in 1968, renounced his U.S. citizenship, and became a Canadian citizen in 1974. He would go on to become mayor of New Denver, British Columbia. [164] [165] | 1968 | 1974 | Too early |
| Yang, Nicholas ! Nicholas Yang | Businessperson | Republic of China
People's Republic of China
( Hong Kong) | Yang was born in Taiwan. He graduated from the California Institute of Technology in 1977 and worked for a few years in the U.S. before moving to Hong Kong in 1983. He renounced his U.S. citizenship in May 2012 in preparation for taking up a position as the head of the Hong Kong government's newly-created Technology and Communications Bureau. [166] | 1983 | 2012 | 0 !No |
| Yushchenko, Kateryna ! Kateryna Yushchenko | Politician | Ukraine | Born Catherine Claire Chumachenko; wife of the former President of Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko. She became a Ukrainian citizen in March 2005. [167] Under Ukrainian law, this required her to renounce her prior U.S. citizenship within two years; however, she did not sign the Oath of Renunciation until August 2007, several months past the deadline. [168] | 1998 | 2007 | 0 !No |
| Yuen, Erica ! Erica Yuen | Actor
Politician | People's Republic of China
( Hong Kong) | Yuen was born in Hong Kong. She renounced U.S. citizenship in 2012 in order to take part in the Legislative Council election in September that year. [169] In July 2012, she stated on Facebook that she had received her Certificate of Loss of Nationality from the Consulate General of the United States, Hong Kong.[ citation needed] | ? | 2012 | 0 !No |
| Zucca, Rita ! Rita Zucca | Other | Italy | Born in New York City, she emigrated to her parents' native Italy in 1938, and renounced her U.S. citizenship in 1941 to save her family's property from expropriation by Mussolini's government. Best known for her role as an " Axis Sally", reading English-language radio broadcasts aimed at U.S. soldiers during World War II. [170] | 1938 | 1941 | Too early |
| Zvarych, Roman ! Roman Zvarych | Politician | Ukraine | Moved to Ukraine in 1992. Founding member of the Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists. Renounced U.S. citizenship in 1993; naturalized as a Ukrainian citizen in 1995. Later became Minister of Justice under Viktor Yushchenko. [171] | 1992 | 1993 | Too early |
| Zwack, Peter ! Péter Zwack | Diplomat | Hungary | Born in Hungary in 1927, Zwack came to the United States with his family in 1948. He returned to Hungary in 1988. After the end of Communist rule, he was named Hungarian ambassador to the United States. He renounced his United States citizenship in 1990 to take up that post. [172] | 1988 | 1990 | Too early |
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