– Albert Einstein – Fled Nazi Germany in 1933 due to rising anti-Semitism and moved to the United States. –
– Freddie Mercury – Born in Zanzibar, fled to the UK with his family during the Zanzibar Revolution. –
– Marlene Dietrich – Left Nazi Germany for the US, opposing Hitler's regime. –
– Madeleine Albright – Escaped Czechoslovakia as a child during the Nazi occupation and later Soviet control. –
– Gloria Estefan – Left Cuba with her family following the Cuban Revolution. –
– Victor Hugo – Exiled from France due to political opposition to Napoleon III. –
– Salman Rushdie – Went into hiding after receiving death threats over his book The Satanic Verses. –
– Sigmund Freud – Escaped Austria after the Nazi annexation, relocating to the UK. –
– M.I.A. (Mathangi Arulpragasam) – Fled Sri Lanka during the civil war and sought refuge in the UK. –
- Thich Nhat Hanh – Vietnamese monk exiled for his peace activism during the Vietnam War.