David Choe, Artist
Maya Lin, architect, designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Seong Moy, artist and printmaker
Gyo Obata, architect, designed the National Air and Space Museum
IM Pei, renowend architect, designed the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Louvre Pyramid
Mimi So, jewelry designer
Minoru Yamasaki, architect, designed the World Trade Center
Vern Yip, interior designer, appeared on TLC's Trading Spaces and HGTV's Deserving Design and Design Star
Business and industry
Ramani Ayer, chairman and CEO of The Hartford Financial Services Group
Sabeer Bhatia, co-founder of Hotmail
Amar Bose, chairman and founder of Bose Corporation
Christine Chen, founder and CEO of Chen Communications
John S. Chen, chairman, chief executive officer, and president of Sybase
Steve Chen, co-founder of YouTube
Alfred Chuang, founder and CEO of BEA Systems
Weili Dai, billionaire and co-founder
Bharat Desai, founder of Syntel
Perry Chen, founder and CEO of Kickstarter
Jen-Hsun Huang, co-founder of NVIDIA
David Ji, co-founder of Apex Digital
Andrea Jung, chairman and CEO of Avon Products
Johnny Kan, founder of Kan's Restaurant
Jawed Karim, co-founder of YouTube
Shahid Khan, president of Flex-N-Gate Corp.
Vinod Khosla, co-founding CEO of Sun Microsystems and general partner of venture capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers
David Lam, founder of Lam Research
Christine Liang, president and founder of ASI Corp.
Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft
Shantanu Narayen, CEO of Adobe Systems
Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo
Vikram Pandit, president and CEO of Citigroup
Ram Shriram, co-founder of Junglee.com
Patrick Soon-Shiong, surgeon and founder Abraxis BioScience
Sehat Sutardja, CEO of Marvell Technology Group
Janie Tsao, co-founder of Linksys
John Tu, Taiwanese American co-founder of Kingston Technologies, billionaire
An Wang, founder of Wang Laboratories
Charles B. Wang, co-founder and former CEO of Computer Associates International, Inc.
Andrea Wong, president and CEO of Lifetime Networks
Sheryl WuDunn, won Pulitzer Prize at The New York Times in 1990; currently, an investment banker
Jeff Yang, co-founded A Magazine in 1989 and is a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle.
Jerry Yang, Taiwanese American internet entrepreneur, engineer, the co-founder and former CEO of Yahoo! Inc
Min Zhu, co-founder and former president and chief technical officer of WebEx.
Chang and Eng Bunker (the source for the term "Siamese Twins")
Dana Tai Soon Burgess, cultural figure, choreographer, performance artist
Michio Itō, choreographer
Actors and filmmakers
Keiko Agena, actress, Gilmore Girls
Aziz Ansari, actor and Comedian, Human Giant and Parks and Recreation: Television Shows Funny People and I Love You, Man: Films
Tsuru Aoki (1892–1961), actress
Geoffrey Arend, actor, Body of Proof
Ashley Argota, actress, True Jackson, VP
Reiko Aylesworth, actress, 24
Chloe Bennet (née Wang), actress Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Mayim Bialik, neuroscientist and actress, The Big Bang Theory and Blossom
Kayla Blake, actress
Moon Bloodgood, actress
Johnny Yong Bosch, actor
Dante Basco, actor, poet, dancer, Hook, The Debut, Biker Boyz, and Take The Lead
Dion Basco, actor, The Debut, Biker Boyz, and City Guys
Eric Byler, filmmaker
Dean Cain, actor
Tia Carrere, actress and singer, Relic Hunter, Wayne's World, and Wayne's World 2
Christina Chang, actress
Wah Chang prop designer – famous for designing the original Star Trek communicator and phasers
François Chau, actor.
Camille Chen, actress
Joan Chen, actress, director
Tina Chen, actress
Karin Anna Cheung, actress
Henry Cho, comedian
John Cho, actor, FlashForward, Selfie (TV series), Better Luck Tomorrow, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, Star Trek (film)
Margaret Cho, actress and comedian
Kenneth Choi, actor
Justin Chon, actor
Kelsey Chow, actress
Jamie Chung, actress
Peter Chung, animator, Aeon Flux
Michael Copon, actor
Darren Criss, actor and singer
Mark Dacascos, actor, of the Crying Freeman and the "Chairman" from Iron Chef America
Noureen DeWulf, actress, Starred in an Academy Award-winning short film
James Duval, actor
Roger Fan, actor
Nargis Fakhri, actress and model
Raja Fenske, actor
Janina Gavankar, actress
Cellin Gluck, filmmaker, producer
Griffin Gluck, actor
Mark-Paul Gosselaar, actor, Saved by the Bell and NYPD Blue
Todd Haberkorn, voice actor
Kayo Hatta (1958–2005), filmmaker
Sessue Hayakawa (1889–1973), Academy Award nominated actor
Daniel Henney actor in South Korea, X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Ryan Higa YouTube personality
Gina Hiraizumi, actress, singer
Steven Ho, stuntman, stunt coordinator, fight choreographer
James Hong, actor
James Wong Howe (1899–1976), two-time-Academy Award-winning cinematographer
Kelly Hu, actress
Vanessa Anne Hudgens, actress and singer
David Henry Hwang, Tony-winning playwright
Ken Jeong, comedian, actor, physician, "The Hangover" and "Community"
Dwayne Johnson, Samoan-descent professional wrestler and actor, Fast & Furious 6
Malese Jow actress and singer
Rodney Kageyama, actor
Mindy Kaling, actress, writer, producer, "The Office"
Michael Kang, filmmaker
Sung Kang, actor, Better Luck Tomorrow and Fast & Furious
Tim Kang, actor, The Mentalist"
Ravi Kapoor, actor, Crossing Jordan
Archie Kao, actor, Power Rangers Lost Galaxy and CSI
Janice Kawaye, voice actress
Daniel Dae Kim, actor, Lost and Hawaii Five-0
Randall Duk Kim, actor
Yunjin Kim, actress, Lost
Shin Koyamada, actor, The Last Samurai and Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior
Lance Krall, actor and comedian
Nancy Kwan, actress
Jennie Kwan, actress, California Dreams
Liza Lapira, actress
Cung Le, kickboxer, martial artist, and actor
Sharon Leal, actress, Guiding Light and Boston Public
Ang Lee, filmmaker & director, "Brokeback Mountain", "Hulk", "Eat Drink Man Woman", "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon"
Bobby Lee, comedian, MADtv
Brandon Lee (1965-1993), actor, son of Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee (1940–1973), martial arts superstar
Chris Chan Lee, filmmaker
C.S. Lee, actor, Dexter
James Kyson Lee, actor, Heroes
Jason Scott Lee, actor
Ki Hong Lee, actor, The Maze Runner (film), Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Everything Before Us
Moon Lee graphic artist, credited with creating the Geisha Look, and popular actor from the eighties into the nineties
Shannon Lee, actress, daughter of Bruce Lee
Lee Tung Foo, Vaudeville performer & actor
Will Yun Lee, actor, Witchblade and Bionic Woman
Ken Leung, actor, Lost, Shanghai Kiss, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Justin Lin, filmmaker, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Fast & Furious, Fast Five, Fast & Furious 6
Tao Lin, novelist & poet
Bai Ling, actress
Julia Ling, actress, Chuck
Lucy Liu Chinese/American actress
Mako (1933–2006) Academy Award and Tony Award nominated actor, founder of East West Players
Aasif Mandvi, actor and comedian, The Daily Show
Marie Matiko, actress
Nobu McCarthy (1934–2002), actress
Mei Melancon, actress, writer and producer
Kumail Nanjiani, comedian and actor, Franklin & Bash
Minae Noji, actress, General Hospital
Ming-Na Wen, actress ER, Stargate Universe, and As the World Turns
Vanessa Minnillo
Paolo Montalban, actor of Filipino descent
Pat Morita (1932–2005) comedian and Academy Award nominated actor best known for work on Happy Days and The Karate Kid
Robert A. Nakamura, pioneering filmmaker, teacher, co-founder of Visual Communications (VC)
Dr. Haing S. Ngor (1940–1996) won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1985.
Dustin Nguyen, actor, 21 Jump Street and V.I.P.
Steve Nguyen, film producer
Julia Nickson, actress
Masi Oka, actor
Yuji Okumoto, actor, The Karate Kid Part II and Johnny Tsunami, writer and producer
Lisa Onodera, film producer
Maulik Pancholy, actor, Weeds and 30 Rock
Grace Park, actress, Battlestar Galactica, Edgemont, and Hawaii Five-0
Linda Park, actress, Star Trek: Enterprise
Randall Park, actor, comedian, and writer, Fresh Off The Boat, The Interview, and Everything Before Us
Steve Park, actor and comedian
Janel Parrish, actress and singer
Kal Penn, actor, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Dat Phan comedian, winner of the first season of Last Comic Standing
Ryan Potter, actor
Danny Pudi, actor, Community
Lou Diamond Phillips actor
Lindsay Price, actress
Maggie Q, actress
Jonathan Ke Quan, actor
Sendhil Ramamurthy, actor, Heroes
Navi Rawat, actress, Numbers and The O.C.
Keanu Reeves, actor and philanthropist
Ernie Reyes Jr., actor and martial arts expert
Rob Schneider, actor and comedian
Parry Shen, actor
Sheetal Sheth, actress
James Shigeta, actor
Sab Shimono, actor
Harry Shum Jr., actor
Shannyn Sossamon, actress
Brenda Song, actress
Sonja Sohn, actress, The Wire
Pat Suzuki, actress and singer
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa actor
Faran Tahir, actor
George Takei actor of Star Trek fame, LGBT activist
Chris Tashima, actor, Academy Award-winning filmmaker
Jennifer Tilly – actress (born in California)
Meg Tilly – actress
Chuti Tiu – actress, Desire, 24, Dragnet, Beautiful, The Specials, former America's Junior Miss (first non-White winner)
Tamlyn Tomita, actress
Lauren Tom, voice actress
Thuy Trang, actress, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1973–2001)
Miyoshi Umeki, Oscar-winning actress and singer
Jenna Ushkowitz, actress
Dilshad Vadsaria, actress, Greek
Daya Vaidya, actress
Kelly Vitz- actress on Sky High and Nancy Drew
Garrett Wang (王以瞻) – actor in Star Trek: Voyager
Lulu Wang, filmmaker
Bartholomew Wang, actor
Wayne Wang, film director, The Joy Luck Club
B.D. Wong, Tony Award-winning actor, Oz and Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
Anna May Wong (1905–1961), actress
Russell Wong (王盛德) – actor
Victor Wong (黃自強) – Hollywood actor
Constance Wu, Taiwanese American actress, Fresh Off The Boat
Daniel Wu, actor, director and producer, Into the Badlands (TV series) and Europa Report
Steven Yeun - actor, The Walking Dead (TV series)
Aaron Yoo, actor, 21 (2008 film) and Everything Before Us
Jessica Yu, Oscar-winning film director
MC Jin, a pioneer in the Asian-American hip-hop scene
Laith Al-Saadi, Classic rock-R&B guitarist, singer-songwriter, and contestant from NBC's The Voice season 10
Toshiko Akiyoshi, jazz pianist, composer/arranger, and bandleader
Nadia Ali, member of music group iiO
Steve Aoki electro house, musician, record producer and the founder of Dim Mak Records.
Sameer Bhattacharya, a guitarist in the Texas alternative rock band Flyleaf
Robert Campman, hip hop artist
Zac Carper, lead vocalist and guitarist for Los Angeles skate punk band FIDLAR
Angelin Chang, a Grammy Award-winning pianist and renown music professor
Jeff Chang, a music critic and historian of hip-hop culture
Tim Chantarangsu, rapper, comedian, and videographer
Steven Chen of The Airborne Toxic Event
Kenny Choi of Daphne Loves Derby
Peter Chung, rapper and producer
Jocelyn Enriquez
Dia Frampton, former Meg & Dia singer
Meg Frampton, former Meg & Dia singer
Ming Freeman, keyboardist/pianist
Lisa Furukawa, Japanese-American folk singer, songwriter, and pianist
Matt Heafy, a guitarist and vocal of band Trivium.
Nichkhun Horvejkul, member of South Korean boy group 2PM
Magdalen Hsu-Li, out bisexual Chinese American singer-songwriter recording artist, poet and artist.
Chad Hugo, musician and producer, member of The Neptunes and N.E.R.D.
William Hung is a contestant from American Idol
Tiffany Hwang, Korean American member of girl group SNSD.
A. R. Rahman, Grammy Award-winning composer/arranger, songwriter, and music producer
Ramon Ibanga, Jr., hip hop producer
Enrique Iglesias, whose mother, Isabel Preysler, is Filipino
James Iha, formerly the guitarist of The Smashing Pumpkins
Jon Jang, jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader
Norah Jones, Musician, Grammy Award winner, daughter of Ravi Shankar.
Jessica Jung, Korean American member of girl group SNSD.
Krystal Jung, member of South Korean girl group f(x)
Nicole Jung, member of South Korean girl group KARA
Scott Jung, (Also known as The Magnificent Butcher) hip hop producer, rapper
Tony Kanal, Two-time Grammy Award winner, bass player for No Doubt.
Michael Kang (musician), mandolin player, violinist, and vocalist for String Cheese Incident, is South Korean.
Jeff Kashiwa, smooth jazz saxophonist
Natalise Kalea, Burmese-Chinese singer
Dennis Kim, underground rapper and spoken word artist
Eli Kim, member of South Korean boy group U-KISS
Amber Josephine Liu, member of South Korean girl group f(x)
Nora Lum, rapper known as Awkwafina
Yo-Yo Ma, renowned cellist
Baiyu, singer and songwriter
Bruno Mars, singer-songwriter music producer
Zubin Mehta, Conductor, New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Mingus, jazz double bassist, composer, band leader
Daniel Nakamura, hip hop producer and founder of 75 Ark
Eric Nam, Korean-American singer, active in South Korea under B2M Entertainment.
Justin Nozuka, singer and songwriter
Karen O, singer of Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Kero One, hip hop MC and producer
Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Conductor
Jay Park, a Korean-American singer, rapper, bboy & actor. Also famous in South Korea as the former leader of South Korean boyband 2PM.
Jonathan Park, rapper and actor
Jay Park, singer, dancer, rapper, b-boy, music producer, songwriter, model, choreographer and actor
Mike Park was the singer of Skankin Pickle and currently runs Asian Man Records
Allan Pineda (Lindo) of The Black Eyed Peas
Richard Quitevis, turntablist and composer
Mike Relm is a scratch video DJ who has toured with the Blue Man Group
Amerie Mi Marie Rogers, R&B/pop singer
Kelis Rogers, R&B singer
Nicole Scherzinger, singer and former member of The Pussycat Dolls.
Mike Shinoda and Joseph Hahn are successful Asian Americans in the popular rap rock band Linkin Park.
Shaffer Chimere Smith, R&B singer, songwriter, and actor.
Michael Stevenson, rapper
Vienna Teng, folk and pop singer-songwriter
Kim Thayil, Guitarist for Grammy Award-winning rock group Soundgarden
Hikaru Utada, Japanese-American singer-songwriter active in both Japan and United States; her single Devil Inside topped the U.S. Billboard Dance Chart.
Casandra Ventura, an R&B singer
Kevin Woo, member of South Korean boy group U-KISS
Catalina Yue, Chinese-Japanese-American pop singer-songwriter
Brandon Jermaine Yun, rapper and former radio personality
Mark Tuan, Taiwanese-American member of South Korean boy band Got7.
Leehom Wang, Taiwanese American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor
Groups/bands
Aziatix, R&B, pop, soul, hip hop group
Blue Scholars
Far East Movement, the first Asian-American group to be in the Top 10 in Mainstream Pop charts
Fort Minor
IAMMEDIC
Mountain Brothers, hip hop group
Paperdoll (band), Indie band from NYC fronted by Asian American Teresa Lee.
Royal Pirates, Korean-American rock band.
The Slants, first all Asian American dance rock band.
Ruthie Alcaide – house mate on MTV's The Real World: Hawaii.
Raj Bhakta – The Apprentice 2 contestant
Yau-Man Chan – Survivor: Fiji contestant
Gina Choe – America's Next Top Modelcycle 6 contestant. Placed 9th.
Christine Ha – MasterChef season 3 winner
Charmaine Hunt – The Apprentice 5 contestant
Hung Huynh – Top Chef (season 3) winner
Jabbawockeez – Winners of America's Best Dance Crew (Season 1)
Tammy and Victor Jih – winners of The Amazing Race 14
Bruce Kanegai – Survivor: Panama contestant
Kristen Kish – Top Chef (season 11) winner
Yul Kwon – Survivor: Cook Islands winner
Becky Lee – Survivor: Cook Islands contestant
Ivana Ma – The Apprentice 2 contestant
Sanjaya Malakar – American Idol (season 6) finalist
Poreotics – Winners of America's Best Dance Crew (season 5)
Quest Crew – Winners of America's Best Dance Crew (Season 3)
Jessica Sanchez – American Idol (season 11) runner up
Sheena Sakai – America's Next Top Modelcycle 11 contestant
Jordan Segundo – American Idol (season 2) semi-finalist
James Sun – The Apprentice 6 runner-up
AJ Tabaldo – American Idol (season 6) semi-finalist
Tila Tequila – A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila star
Jasmine Trias – American Idol (season 3) finalist
Ming Tsai (蔡明) – chef and restaurateur (Blue Ginger); host of Emmy Award-winning television show East Meets West
April Wilkner – America's Next Top Modelcycle 2 contestant. Placed fourth.
Jeff Ng, fashion designer and creator of Staple Design
Doo-Ri Chung, fashion designer
Chloe Dao, fashion designer and winner of Project Runway (season 2)
Diana Eng, fashion designer and contestant on Project Runway (season 2)
Karenina Sunny Halim, model
Chanel Iman, supermodel with Korean and African American descent
Derek Lam, fashion designer
Phillip Lim, fashion designer
Jimmy Choo fashion designer and founder of Jimmy Choo Ltd
Monique Lhuillier, fashion designer
Josie Natori, fashion designer
Kimora Lee Simmons, supermodel with Japanese and African American descent
Peter Som, fashion designer
Anna Sui, fashion designer
Vivienne Tam, fashion designer
Rafé Totengco, fashion designer
Alexander Wang, fashion designer
Vera Wang, fashion designer
Cristeta Comerford, White House Executive Chef, won with Bobby Flay in an Iron Chef America challenge
Preeta D. Bansal was the Solicitor General for the State of New York (1999–2002).
Norman Bay was the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico (2000–2002), and the first Chinese-American to hold such a U.S. Attorney position.
Morgan Chu is a prominent litigator and former Managing Partner of Irell & Manella.
Viet D. Dinh was a United States Assistant Attorney General and a key drafter of what became the USA PATRIOT Act.
Heather Fong is the first Asian American woman to head a major metropolitan police department (San Francisco, California).
Todd Kim is the first Solicitor General for the District of Columbia.
Harold Hongju Koh is dean of Yale Law School.
Arsalan Iftikhar International human rights lawyer. Founder of TheMuslimGuy
Lance Ito was the judge in the OJ Simpson trial.
Fred Korematsu was a prominent resister of Japanese American internment.
Carol Lam was the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California (2002–2007)
David Lat is an attorney and blogger for the sites "Underneath Their Robes" and "Above the Law."
William F. Lee is Co-Managing Partner of the international law firm of WilmerHale.
Dale Minami is an attorney who helped reverse Fred Korematsu's criminal conviction.
Rachel Paulose is the U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota. She is the first Indian American woman, the youngest attorney, and the first woman in Minnesota to hold this post.
Frank H. Wu is dean of Wayne State University Law School.
Bruce Yamashita is an attorney and U.S. Marine Corps officer who worked to expose racial discrimination within the Corps.
Debra Wong Yang was the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, and is the first Asian American female to serve as a U.S. Attorney.
John Yoo served in the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel and was a drafter of what later became known as the "torture memo."
Alfredo Alcala – Filipino comic book artist.
Peter Bacho, author of the American Book Award-winning novel Cebu
Lynda Barry – mestiza cartoonist, most known for Ernie Pook's Comeek and Marlys, published in Salon.com and other independent papers; she created the prototype for what would become the cartoon hit series, The Simpsons
Carlos Bulosan – author, "America Is In the Heart."
Raees Warsi Notable poet, author and TV anchor
Regie Cabico – notable slam poet and performer.
Jorge Cham, author of PhD Comics
Ernie Chan – comic book artist/inker for Marvel Comics and DC Comics.
Eileen Chang – writer
Lan Samantha Chang – writer; director of the Iowa Writer's Workshop
Frank Chin (趙健秀) – novelist, playwright, and essayist
Kah Kyung Cho – philosopher at SUNY University
Melissa de la Cruz – author of teen lit series Au Pairs, The Ashleys and Blue Bloods
Tony DeZuniga – co-creator of Jonah Hex
Ben Fee – writer and labor organizer
Don Figueroa – comic book artist for IDW Publishing and Dreamwave Entertainment, working on various Transformers titles.
Tanuja Desai Hidier, author of Born Confused
David Henry Hwang (黃哲倫) – playwright
Gish Jen – writer, novelist
Ha Jin – novelist, winner of the National Book Award for "Waiting"
Rafael Kayanan – comic book artist and master level instructor in Sayoc Kali.
Maxine Hong Kingston – writer, novelist
Jean Kwok – writer, novelist
Jhumpa Lahiri, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
Paul Lai, - scholar, writer
Gus Lee (李健孫) – writer
Jim Lee – DC Comics writer, artist, editor and publisher
Huping Ling- history professor, award-winning author, Executive Editor for the Journal of Asian American Studies
Bette Bao Lord (包柏漪) – writer, novelist
David Wong Louie – writer
Jaegwon Kim – philosopher at Brown University
Adeline Yen Mah (馬嚴君玲) – author and physician
Nick Manabat – creator of Cybernary, comic book artist for Wildstorm Productions
Gary R. Mar – philosopher at Stony Brook University
William Marr (馬為義, 非馬) – Engineer, poet, translator, and artist
Kenn Navarro – animator of cartoon Happy Tree Friends
Aimee Nezhukumatathil – award-winning poet and professor
Han Ong – playwright and author; recipient of MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant.
Pai Hsien-yung: Chinese Muslim writer
Linda Sue Park, American-born author; winner of the 2002 Newbery Medal for A Single Shard
Whilce Portacio – created Bishop of the X-Men, co-founder of Image Comics.
Randy Romero – Writer
Albert Saijo, poet
Saumitra Saxena, award-winning poet in the modern Indian history. Graduated from Indian Institutue of Technology and received his Phd. from University of Illinois at Chicago.
Lisa See – writer
T. K. Seung – philosopher and literary critic at University of Texas, Austin
Kamila Shamsie Award-winning novelist of books such as Salt and Saffron and Broken Verses.
Stephen Hong Sohn, literary critic and the founder of Asian American Literature Fans
Eileen Tabios – poet.
Ronald Takaki was an academic, historian, ethnographer and author.
Amy Tan best-selling author of The Joy Luck Club, The Bonesetter's Daughter, The Kitchen God's Wife, etc.
Romeo Tanghal – comic book artist.
Bryan Thao Worra – Award-winning Lao American writer, 1st Lao American NEA Fellow in Literature.
Alex Tizon – Pulitzer Prize Winner.
Dr. Abraham Verghese noted Doctor and Author; In My Own Country and My Tennis Partner
Jose Garcia Villa – poet, writer, generationalist; pre-Beat Generation influence.
Jade Snow Wong – writer
Shawn Wong – novelist, "Americanese" and "Homebase"
Timothy C. Wong (黃宗泰) – sinologist, translator, and literary theorist
Gene Luen Yang – graphic novelist
Laurence Yep (叶祥添)- author of children's books
Judy Yung – writer
Jesse Aliganga – Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps. Killed in action during 1998 embassy bombing in Nairobi, Kenya
Leandro Aragoncillo – Gunnery Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps. Convicted of spying against the United States Government
Sudip Bose – Major, U.S. Army. Bronze Star recipient who served as a physician on the front lines in Iraq for nearly 15 months.
Raquel C. Bono – Rear Admiral (Lower Half), U.S. Navy. Command Surgeon, United States Pacific Command
Jose Calugas – Captain, U.S. Army. Medal of Honor recipient, World War II
Joseph Caravalho – Brigadier General, U.S. Army. Commanding General, Brooke Army Medical Center
Ming Chang – Rear Admiral (Upper Half), U.S. Navy, retired. Department of Navy Inspector General, 1987–1990
Dan Choi – First Lieutenant, U.S. Army. Gay rights advocate.
David S. C. Chu – Captain, U.S. Army. Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (2001–2008), President/CEO of the Institute for Defense Analyses
John M. Cho - Brigadier General, U.S. Army. First Korean American general officer; former commander, Western Regional Medical Command
Gordon Pai'ea Chung-Hoon – Rear Admiral (Upper Half), U.S. Navy. First Asian American citizen graduate from United States Naval Academy; first Asian American flag officer
Anatolio B. Cruz – Rear Admiral (Lower Half), U.S. Navy. Deputy Commander, United States Fourth Fleet
Susan Ahn Cuddy – Lieutenant, U.S. Navy. First female Gunnery Officer in the navy
John R. D’Araujo Jr. – Major General, U.S. Army. First Filipino American to be promoted to a general officer rank. Former Director of the Army National Guard Bureau. Former Director of the Recovery Division for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Rudolph Davila – First Lieutenant, U.S. Army. Medal of Honor Recipient, World War II
John Liu Fugh – Major General, U.S. Army, retired. First Chinese American officer to be promoted to a general officer rank in the United States Army; first Chinese American to serve as Judge Advocate General of the Army
Barney F. Hajiro – Private, U.S. Army. Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
Harry B. Harris Jr. – Admiral, U.S. Navy. First Asian American to achieve the rank of a four-star admiral.
Mikio Hasemoto – Private, U.S. Army. Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
Joe Hayashi – Private, U.S. Army. Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
Shizuya Hayashi – Private, U.S. Army. Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
Oscar Hilman – Brigadier General, U.S. Army, retired.
Daniel Inouye – Captain, U.S. Army. Senator from Hawaii, Medal of Honor recipient World War II
Terry Teruo Kawamura – Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army. Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient in Vietnam War
Young-Oak Kim – Colonel, U.S. Army. First ethnic minority to lead a U.S. Army Battalion
Yeiki Kobashigawa – Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army. Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
Wah Kau Kong – Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Corps. First Chinese American fighter pilot
Alice K. Kurashige – Captain, U.S. Marine Corps. First Japanese American woman to be commissioned in the United States Marine Corps
Robert T. Kuroda – Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army. Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
Ben Kuroki – Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Corps. Only Japanese American Army Air Force pilot to fly combat missions in the Pacific theater in World War II
Hazel Ying Lee (李月英) – Civilian, Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP). First Chinese American woman to earn a pilot's license; flew for the United States Army Air Forces during World War II
Kurt Lee – Major, US Marine Corps. First Asian American marine corps officer, Navy Cross recipient
Brian L. Losey – Rear Admiral (Lower Half), U.S. Navy. Navy SEAL, and Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, Africa (SOCAFRICA); Japanese American and first Asian American SEAL flag officer
Viet Luong - Brigadier General, U.S. Army. First Vietnam-born general officer.
Ron J. Maclaren – Rear Admiral (Lower Half), U.S. Navy. Director, Joint Contingency Acquisition Support Office; Filipino American
Eleanor Mariano – Rear Admiral (Lower Half), U.S. Navy, retired. First Filipino American to be promoted to a flag officer rank. Former White House physician
Susan K. Mashiko – Major General, U.S. Air Force
Roy Matsumoto – Master sergeant, U.S. Army. Member of Merrill's Marauders, and an inductee of the U.S. Army Rangers Hall Of Fame and the Military Intelligence Corps Hall of Fame
Spark Matsunaga – Captain, U.S. Army. Senator from Hawaii, 1977–1990
Hiroshi Miyamura – Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army. Medal of Honor recipient in Korean War
Kenneth P. Moritsugu – Rear Admiral (Upper Half), U.S. Public Health Service. Former acting Surgeon General of the United States
Kaoru Moto – Private First Class, U.S. Army. Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
Sadao Munemori – Private First Class, U.S. Army. Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
Kiyoshi K. Muranaga – Private First Class, U.S. Army. Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
Masato Nakae – Private First Class, U.S. Army. Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
Shinyei Nakamine – Private, U.S. Army. Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
William K. Nakamura – Private First Class, U.S. Army. Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
Joe M. Nishimoto – Private First Class, U.S. Army. Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
José B. Nísperos – Private, U.S. Army. First Asian American Medal of Honor recipient
Allan M. Ohata – Captain, U.S. Army. Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
Fred Ohr – Captain, U.S. Army Air Corps. To date, only Korean American fighter ace
James K. Okubo – Technician Fifth Grade, U.S. Army. Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
Yukio Okutsu – Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army. Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
Allen K. Ono – Lieutenant General, U.S. Army, retired. First Japanese American Lieutenant General; first Asian American Lieutenant General
Frank H. Ono – Private First Class, U.S. Army. Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
Kazuo Otani – Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army. Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
Quang X. Pham – Major, U.S. Marine Corps. First Vietnamese American naval aviator.
Coral Wong Pietsch – Brigadier General, U.S. Army Reserve, retired. First female Asian American general officer in the US Army.
Eldon Regua – Major General, U.S. Army Reserve. Commanding General, 75th Division(BCTD). Only non-retired Filipino American general officer.
Joe Roche – Specialist, U.S. Army. Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran and political commentator
George T. Sakato – Private, U.S. Army. Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
Eric Shinseki – General, U.S. Army, retired. Chief of Staff of the United States Army, 1999–2003; Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 2009–Present (As of October 2009). Highest ranked Asian American, As of October 2009, to have served in the United States military
Elmelindo Rodrigues Smith – Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army. Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient in Vietnam War
Edward Soriano – Lieutenant General, U.S. Army, retired. Former Commanding General of I Corps. Highest ranked Filipino American, As of October 2009, to have served in the United States military
Ramon S. Subejano – Private First Class, U.S. Army. Silver Star recipient in World War II
Benigno G. Tabora – Sergeant Major, U.S. Army. Purple Heart recipient, World War II
Antonio Taguba – Major General, U.S. Army, retired. Author of the Taguba Report
Peter M. Tan – Colonel, U.S. Army. DIMA Dental Corps Chief, Liaison to the Army Dental Corps Chief, Office of the Surgeon General; Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon; Past-President, American Dental Society of Anesthesiology
Ted T. Tanouye – Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army. Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
Bhagat Singh Thind – Private, U.S. Army. Enlisted in Army during World War I, was an acting Sergeant during training, honorably discharged at the end of the war.
Telesforo Trinidad – Fireman Second Class, U.S. Navy. Only Asian American naval recipient of the Medal of Honor
Eleanor Valentin – Rear Admiral (Lower Half), Medical Corps, U.S. Navy. Commander, Naval Medical Support Command
Francis B. Wai – Captain, U.S. Army. Only Chinese American to have been awarded the Medal of Honor
Ehren Watada – First Lieutenant, U.S. Army. First officer Operation Iraqi Freedom objector
Mun Charn Wong – Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Air Force. Pilot, World War II
Ted Wong – Major General, U.S. Army. 26th chief of the U.S. Army Dental Corps
Bruce Yamashita – Captain, U.S. Marine Corps Reserves, retired. Worked to expose racial discrimination
Xiong Yan – Captain, U.S. Army. Chaplain, former Chinese dissident
Rodney James Takashi Yano – Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army. Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient in Vietnam War
James Yee – Captain, U.S. Army. Muslim Chaplain previously charged with Sedition
John C. Young - Colonel, U.S. Army, Combat Liaison Officer, CBI, WWII
Arthur Chin (陳瑞鈿) – Major, National Revolutionary Army. World War II pilot and fighter ace with Canton Provincial Air Force
Ma Dunjing – Major General, National Revolutionary Army. Chinese Muslim immigrated to Los Angeles in the United States after retirement in 1950
Ma Hongkui – Lieutenant General, National Revolutionary Army. Chinese Muslim immigrated to Los Angeles in the United States after retirement in 1950
Nobuaki Iwatake – Conscript, Imperial Japanese Army.
Nguyễn Ngọc Loan – Brigadier General, Army of the Republic of Vietnam. Subject of Eddie Adam's photograph
Vang Pao, – Major General, Royal Lao Army. Hmong Leader, commander of CIA-supported Hmong forces during the Laotian Civil War
Ngo Quang Truong – Lieutenant General, Army of the Republic of Vietnam. Author
1st & 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiments – segregated units predominately Filipino American units of World War II5217th Reconnaissance Battalion – Unit which drew soldiers from the 1st and 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiments for armed reconnaissance in the Philippines, and assisted resistance efforts
442nd Regimental Combat Team – Highly decorated Asian American unit of World War II
Military Intelligence Service – Unit primarily composed of Japanese-American linguists during World War II
Philippine Scouts – Segregated Filipino American Army units from 1901 to 1946
12th Infantry Division – Division composed of Regular Army and Philippine Scouts soldiers from 1921 to 1947
26th Cavalry Regiment – Last U.S. cavalry regiment to engage in horse-mounted warfare
USS Rizal – Interwar period destroyer with a primarily Filipino American crew
Guy Aoki - founder of Media Action Network for Asian Americans
Ben Calhoun - Radio journalist at This American Life
Christine Chen - Emmy Award-winning journalist and news anchor
Jeff Chang – journalist, hip-hop historian
Laura Chang – science editor, The New York Times
Julie Chen – newsreader on The Early Show and host of Big Brother
Anna Chen Chennault (陳香梅) – journalist, notable in American public life; also, wife of Claire Chennault - of the Flying Tigers
Kiran Chetry – television news anchor
Connie Chung - anchor and journalist, 2 Emmy Awards for Best Interviewer
Ann Curry - anchor and correspondent for NBC News and The Today Show
Veronica De La Cruz – CNN News anchor
Sanjay Gupta - CNN senior medical correspondent
Joseph Heco (1837–1897) - fisherman, writer, first to publish a Japanese language newspaper
Rico Hizon - BBC news anchor
Ching He Huang - cooking show host
JT Tran - featured dating advice columnist for LA Weekly and Baller Magazine
Michiko Kakutani - New York Times literary critic and author
Ken Kashiwahara - first Asian American network news anchor, Emmy-winning television journalist
Guy Kawasaki - author, Apple evangelist
Gobind Behari Lal - science journalist and the first Asian American Pulitzer prize winner
Euna Lee - journalist
Jennifer 8. Lee – journalist, The New York Times
Carol Lin – news anchor
Sam Chu Lin – journalist, one of the first Asian Americans on network TV news
Lisa Ling (凌志慧) - journalist, known for her role as a co-host of ABC's The View and host of National Geographic Ultimate Explorer
Michelle Malkin – Fox News Reporter and author
Vinita Nair - current anchor of World News Now and America This Morning on ABC.
Kent Ninomiya - anchor, reporter, news executive
Uma Pemmaraju - Fox News Channel senior news anchor
Dith Pran - photojournalist. The Killing Fields was based on his life.
Aneesh Raman - CNN Middle East correspondent
Shihab Rattansi - CNN International Anchor
Scott Sassa - former President of NBC West Coast
Iva Toguri (1916–2006) - radio broadcaster who has been nicknamed "Tokyo Rose"
Kaity Tong – television news anchor, WPIX-TV
Lin Sue Cooney news anchor 12 News
Ben Fong-Torres (方振豪) – journalist, Rolling Stone
Stephanie Trong - journalist, former Executive Editor, Jane Magazine; current Executive Editor Nylon Magazine
Ali Velshi - CNN business anchor
Zain Verjee - CNN anchor
Michael Yamashita - president/CEO and publisher of Bay Area Reporter
John Yang (journalist) - Peabody Award-winning news correspondent and commentator for NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams - Today (NBC program) - and MSNBC
Jeff Yang – writer, media/business consultant, Asian American culture columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle
Anthony Yuen – journalist
Fareed Zakaria - editor of Newsweek, host of Fareed Zakaria GPS on CNN
Daniel Akaka was elected to the U.S. Senate from Hawaii in 1990.
George Ariyoshi became the first Asian American governor in the United States when he was elected Governor of Hawaii in 1974.
Larry Asera, first Filipino American elected in the continental United States
Kumar Barve became the first Indian-American in U.S. history elected to a state legislative body in 1990 and currently serves as the Majority Leader of the Maryland House of Delegates.
Thelma Buchholdt became the first Filipina American legislator and the first Filipino American legislator elected to office outside of Hawaii in 1974. She was elected by a constituency which was less than 1% Asian American, and served four terms in the Alaska state legislature.
Anh "Joseph" Cao became the first Vietnamese American Congressman as a Representative for Louisiana in 2008.
Ben Cayetano was elected Governor of Hawaii in 1994.
Elaine Chao became the first Asian American woman and the first Chinese American in the U.S. Cabinet when George W. Bush appointed her Secretary of Labor in 2001.
David S. Chang first Korean-American to chair a major state political party
David L. Chew was appointed the White House Staff Secretary by President Ronald Reagan in 1985. It is the highest position in the Executive Office of the President held by an Asian American.
Upendra J. Chivukula became the first Asian American elected to the New Jersey General Assembly in 2002.
Sada Cumber First United States Ambassador to the OIC
Charles Djou – Major, U.S. Army. Former Congressman from Hawaii.
Tammy Duckworth – Major, U.S. Army. Former Assistant Secretary of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. First Asian American woman elected to Congress in Illinois.
Hiram Fong became the first Asian American elected to the U.S. Senate in 1959.
Nikki Haley, of Indian descent, is the governor of South Carolina and first Asian American woman governor.
Colleen Hanabusa, Congresswoman from Hawaii
Kamala Harris, Attorney General of California, first Asian/female/African American attorney general in the United States
Foung Hawj, a pioneer Hmong broadcaster, was elected to Minnesota State Senate in 2012 with support from the Sierra Club and a broad multicultural network.
Mazie Hirono, former lieutenant governor of State of Hawaii, currently Congresswomen from Hawaii
Mike Honda a U.S. Congressman from California's 15th congressional district, became the highest-ranking Asian American member of the Democratic National Committee, as the party's Vice Chair in 2005.
David Ige, governor of Hawaii since 2014
Daniel Inouye became the first Japanese American elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1959. In 1962, he became the first Japanese American elected to the U.S. Senate. From 2010 until his death in 2012, he was the President pro tempore of the United States Senate and third in the United States presidential line of succession.
Bobby Jindal is an Indian American, currently serving as governor of Louisiana.
Jane Kim is a Korean American politician and first Korean American elected official in San Francisco
Tony Lam became the first Vietnamese American elected to office when he was elected to the Westminster, California city council in 1992.
Susan C. Lee first Asian American elected to Maryland State Senate.
Gary Locke was elected the first Asian American governor in the mainland United States in November 1996 and became Governor of Washington in January 1997.
John Liu became the first Asian American elected to the New York City Council (representing Flushing, Queens) in 2001.
Doris Matsui, Congresswoman from California
Jimmy Meng became the first Asian American elected to the New York State Legislature in 2004.
Aruna Miller first Indian American woman elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 2010.
Norman Mineta became the first Asian American in the U.S. Cabinet when Bill Clinton appointed him Secretary of Commerce in 2000, serving in that post until 2001, when George W. Bush appointed him to another Cabinet post (Secretary of Transportation), serving until 2006.
Patsy Takemoto Mink became the first Asian American woman to serve in Congress, as a representative of Hawaii in 1964; she ended up serving 12 terms.
Mee Moua became the first Hmong American elected to any state legislature. A Democrat representing St. Paul's East Side, she is the highest ranking Hmong American elected official in the United States in 2002.
Dalip Singh Saund became the first Asian immigrant elected to the U.S. Congress upon his election to the House of Representatives in 1956.
Sichan Siv - former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Economic and Social Council and the author of Golden Bones.
Saghir Tahir Served as a New Hampshire State Representative. Only elected Muslim in the Republican Party.
Van Tran was elected a Republican member of the California State Assembly and is the first Vietnamese American to serve in any state legislature in 2004.
Hubert Vo, a Vietnamese immigrant, became the first Vietnamese American elected to the Texas Legislature in 2004.
Shien Biau Woo became the first Asian American statewide officer in the Northeast, when he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Delaware in 1984.
Leana Wen, prominent Asian American and public health leader, currently Commissioner of Health in Baltimore.
Michelle Wu first female Asian American Boston City Councilor and first Boston City Councilor of Chinese descent.
Kimberly Yee became Arizona's first Asian American woman to serve as a member of the Arizona State Legislature.
Randolph Roque Calvo, 7th Bishop of Reno, mixed Chamorro, Filipino, and Spanish
Francis Chan is an American preacher. He is the former teaching pastor of Cornerstone Community Church in Simi Valley, California, a Christian church he and his wife started in 1994.
Bruce Reyes-Chow – First American-born Asian American to be elected moderator of the 2.2-million-member Presbyterian Church (USA) in 2008.
Hae Jong Kim elected Bishop of United Methodist Church in 1992.
Seyoon Kim is a biblical scholar at Fuller Theological Seminary.
Sang Hyun Lee is a theologian at Princeton Theological Seminary.
Dominic Mai Thanh Lương, auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange
Andrew S. Park teaches at United Theological Seminary in Trotwood, Ohio.
Peter C. Phan is an American Catholic theologian who is a native of Vietnam.
Oscar A. Solis – First Filipino American Roman Catholic bishop in the United States.
C. S. Song is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Theology and Asian Cultures at the Pacific School of Religion and acting minister at the Formosan United Methodist Church in San Leandro, California.
Ignatius C. Wang – First Chinese American to become a bishop in the Catholic Church.
Amos Yong is a professor of systematic theology at Regent University.
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, 1983 Nobel laureate in Physics.
Min Chueh Chang, Co-inventor of the combined oral contraceptive pill.
Shiing-Shen Chern, mathematician and winner of the 1983 Wolf Prize for his work in differential geometry.
Steven Chu, Nobel laureate in Physics in 1997 for research on cooling and trapping atoms using laser light and former United States Secretary of Energy.
David D. Ho, HIV/AIDS researcher
Har Gobind Khorana, shared the Nobel laureate in “Physiology or Medicine” in 1968 for work in genetics and protein synthesis.
Tsung-Dao Lee, received the 1957 Nobel Laureate in Physics for work in particle physics along with Chen Ning Yang.
Yuan T. Lee, 1986 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry
Shuji Nakamura, 2014 Nobel Laureate in Physics
Yoichiro Nambu, 2008 Nobel laureate in Physics
Santa J. Ono, President, University of Cincinnati, immunologist and vision scientist
Charles J. Pedersen, 1987 Nobel laureate in Chemistry.
Ching W. Tang, inventor of the organic light-emitting diode(OLED) and the hetero-junction organic photovoltaic cell (OPV). Winner of the 2011 Wolf Prize in Chemistry.
Terence Tao, mathematician, 2006 Fields Medal winner.
Samuel C.C. Ting, 1976 Nobel laureate in physics for discovering the existence of a new particle called j/psi.
Roger Y. Tsien, 2008 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, for the discovery of the green fluorescent protein.
Daniel Tsui, 1998 Nobel laureate in Physics for contributions to the discovery of the fractional Quantum Hall effect.
Chien-Shiung Wu, winner of the 1978 Wolf Prize in Physics. First woman to be elected president of American Physical Society.
Chen Ning Yang, received the 1957 Nobel Laureate in Physics for work in particle physics along with Tsung-Dao Lee.
Shing-Tung Yau, mathematician, 1982 Fields Medal winner.
This section is a list of astronauts of Asian ancestry who are, by birth or naturalization, American citizens.
Cung Le – UFC mma fighter / former Strikeforce middleweight champion
Benny Agbayani – former outfielder for New York Mets, Colorado Rockies, Kansas City Royals, and Chiba Lotte Marines
David Bautista – WWE performer going by the name "Batista."
Mohini Bhardwaj – American gymnast and 2004 Olympic silver medalist in the gymnastics team competition.
Raj Bhavsar – 2008 Olympic bronze medalist in the gymnastics team competition.
Tedy Bruschi – American football linebacker for the New England Patriots
Johnny Chan – professional Poker Player
Michael Chang – won tennis' French Open in 1989.
Tiffany Chin – won the US Figure Skating Championship in 1985.
Amy Chow – won gold and silver medals in gymnastics during the 1996 Olympics.
Norm Chow – is the currently offensive coordinator for the Tennessee Titans after helping lead USC to several NCAA championships as the offensive coordinator there.
Julie Chu – Olympics hockey player
Clarissa Chun – 2 time Olympic Women's freestyle 48 kg (105.5 lbs) wrestler
Brandon Chillar – American football linebacker for the Green Bay Packers.
Bryan Clay – won the decathlon gold medal in the 2008 Olympics, the silver medal in the 2004 Olympics, and was the sport's 2005 world champion.
Natalie Coughlin – Olympic gold medalist in swimming.
Johnny Damon – 2 time All-Star MLB outfielder currently a free agent.
Toby Dawson – won a 2006 Olympic bronze medal in Men’s Freestyle Skiing.
Kris Dim - an IFBB professional bodybuilder.
Victoria Draves – won gold medals in the 1948 platform and springboard events.
Mark Foo – professional surfer
Miki Gorman (1935–2015), two-time winner of both the Boston and New York City marathons; former American and unofficial world record holder in the marathon
Alexi Grewal – Gold Medalist in 1984 Summer Olympics in cycling
Steven Ho – Martial Artist
Ivana Hong – American gymnast
Rena Inoue – first place in the 2004 and 2006 U.S. Figure Skating Championships (pairs).
Travis Ishikawa – Free Agent first baseman.
Haley Ishimatsu American platform diver and member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic team.
Natasha Kai American soccer player and part of the gold medal-winning team in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Evelyn Kawamoto won two Olympic bronze medals in swimming in 1952.
Anthony Kim American professional golfer and part of the winning USA team in the 2008 Ryder Cup
Ford Konno former world record holder, two-time Olympic gold medalist, two-time Olympic silver medalist in swimming (1952 and 1956).
Tommy Kono (1930-2016), former world record holder, two-time Olympic gold medalist and Olympic silver medalist in weightlifting (1952, 1956, and 1960).
Michelle Kwan has won nine national championships and five world titles, as well as two Olympic medals (silver in 1998, bronze in 2002).
Jeanette Lee pool player
Sammy Lee (1920-2016), became the first Asian American to earn an Olympic Gold Medal, when he won in platform diving in both 1948 and 1952.
Jeremy Lin – Taiwanese American point guard for the Charlotte Hornets
Tim Lincecum – 2 time Cy Young Award-winning pitcher for the San Francisco Giants.
Wataru Misaka broke the NBA color barrier in the 1947–48 season, when he played for the New York Knicks.
Mirai Nagasu, won the singles title at the 2008 U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
Haruki Nakamura Free Safety of the Carolina Panthers
Hikaru Nakamura became the youngest American ever to earn the titles of National Master (age 10) and International Grandmaster (age 15) in chess.
Paeng Nepomuceno – won in almost every major international bowling championships
Dat Nguyen was an All-American linebacker at Texas A&M University and later became the first Vietnamese American in the National Football League.
Apolo Anton Ohno won eight Olympic medals in short-track speed skating (two gold) in 2002, 2006, and 2010 as well as a world cup championship.
Yoshinobu Oyakawa former world record holder and 1952 Olympic gold medalist in the 100-meter backstroke.
Harold Sakata won a weightlifting silver medal in the 1948 Olympics
Eric Sato won an 1988 Olympic gold medal in volleyball
Liane Sato won an 1992 Olympic bronze medal in volleyball
Vijay Singh – Professional Golfer
Eric Spoelstra head coach of the Miami Heat
Kevin Tan American gymnast and part of the bronze medal-winning team in the 2008 Beijing Olympics
Sonya Thomas is one of the world's top competitive eaters.
Brandon Vera UFC fighter
Hines Ward was the MVP of Super Bowl XL while playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Ed Wang became the first fully Chinese-American selected in the NFL Draft when drafted by the Buffalo Bills.
Michelle Wie, golfer
Tiger Woods, golfer of Thai descent
Kristi Yamaguchi won three national figureskating championships, two world titles, and the 1992 Olympic Gold medal.
Tabitha Yim American gymnast
Al Young (dragster driver), world champion race car driver.
Caroline Zhang American figure skater and 2007 Junior World Champion.
Mathew Dumba, Canadian ice hockey defenceman for the Minnesota Wild.
