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List of Asian Americans

December 02, 2023

Notable Asian Americans include:

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Academia edit

Science edit

Further information: Asian Americans in science and technology
 
Steven Chu

Arts/architecture/design edit

Business and industry edit

 
Indra Nooyi

Entertainment edit

Actors and filmmakers edit

 
Aziz Ansari
 
Dante Basco
 
John Cho
 
Jamie Chung
 
James Hong
 
Kelly Hu
 
Ken Jeong
 
Mindy Kaling
 
Nancy Kwan
 
Bruce Lee
 
Will Yun Lee
 
Ken Leung
 
Justin Lin
 
Lucy Liu
 
Pat Morita
 
Kumail Nanjiani
 
Sandra Oh
 
Keanu Reeves
 
Rob Schneider
 
Brenda Song
 
George Takei
 
Steven Yeun

Choreographers and dancers edit

Music edit

 
Paul Anka
 
Joe Hahn
 
Norah Jones
 
Bruno Mars
 
Allan Pineda
 
Mike Shinoda

Groups/bands edit

Reality TV participants edit

Fashion edit

Culinary edit

  • David Chang, founder of the Momofuku restaurant group and in multiple television shows
  • Joyce Chen, popularized northern-style Chinese cuisine in the United States
  • Cecilia Chiang (江孫芸), founder of the Mandarin Restaurant. Chiang's son, Philip Chiang, is the co-founder of restaurant chain P. F. Chang's China Bistro
  • Roy Choi, creator of the gourmet Korean taco truck, Kogi
  • Cristeta Comerford, White House Executive Chef, won with Bobby Flay in an Iron Chef America challenge
  • Soleil Ho, chef, food writer, host of podcast "The Racist Sandwich", and restaurant critic
  • Eddie Huang, chef and author of Fresh Off the Boat
  • Madhur Jaffrey, James Beard award-winning food and travel writer, and television personality
  • Padma Lakshmi, cookbook author and host of Top Chef and Host of "Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi"
  • Francis Lam, host of The Splendid Table and food journalist
  • Emily Kim, creator and host of popular YouTube channel Maangchi, teaching Korean cooking
  • Melissa Miranda, James Beard Award semifinalist chef of Filipino restaurant Musang in Seattle
  • Niki Nakayama, chef and owner of Michelin-starred n/naka restaurant
  • Mutsuko Soma, James Beard Award semifinalist chef specializing in handmade soba, owner of Kamonegi in Seattle
  • Jet Tila, celebrity chef and restaurateur and guest on “Cutthroat Kitchen”
  • Roy Yamaguchi, owner of Roy's Restaurants
  • Martin Yan, chef and food writer, hosted his award-winning PBS-TV cooking show Yan Can Cook since 1982
  • Jennifer Yee, award-winning, James Beard, nominated pastry chef
  • Molly Yeh, cookbook author and blogger

Law edit

For a list of Asian Americans who are or have served as judges, see List of Asian American jurists.
 
Lance Ito
 
Fred Korematsu

Literature edit

See also: List of Asian-American writers

Military edit

See also: Military History of Asian Americans

Individuals edit

 
Eric Shinseki

Foreign military service edit

News/media/journalism edit

Politics edit

 
Daniel Akaka
 
Tammy Duckworth
 
Nikki Haley
 
Kamala Harris
 
Daniel Inouye
 
Bobby Jindal
 
Andrew Yang

Religion edit

 
Rabbi Angela Warnick Buchdahl

Space edit

This section is a list of astronauts of Asian ancestry who are, by birth or naturalization, American citizens.

No. Image Name
Birth date 		Ancestry Birth Comment Missions (Launch date)
1   Ellison Onizuka
June 24, 1946 		  Japan   United States First Japanese American in space. Died on the Challenger. STS-51-C (January 24, 1985)
STS-51-L (January 28, 1986)
2   Taylor Gun-Jin Wang
June 16, 1940 		  Republic of China First Chinese American astronaut in space. STS-51-B (April 29, 1985)
3   Franklin Chang-Diaz
April 5, 1950 		  Costa Rica STS-61-C (January 12, 1986)
STS-34 (October 18, 1989)
STS-46 (July 31, 1992)
STS-60 (February 3, 1994)
STS-75 (February 22, 1996)
STS-91 (June 2, 1998)
STS-111 (June 5, 2002)
4   Eugene Trinh
September 14, 1950 		  South Vietnam First Vietnamese American in space. STS-50 (June 25, 1992)
5   Leroy Chiao
August 28, 1960 		  Taiwan   United States Served on ISS Expedition 10. STS-65 (July 8, 1994)
STS-72 (January 11, 1996)
STS-92 (October 11, 2000)
Soyuz TMA-5 (October 14, 2004)
6   Ed Lu
July 1, 1963 		  United States Served on ISS Expedition 7. STS-84 (May 15, 1997)
STS-106 (September 8, 2000)
Soyuz TMA-2 (April 6, 2003)
7   Kalpana Chawla
March 17, 1962 		  India First Indian American in space. Died on the Columbia. STS-87 (November 19, 1997)
STS-107 (January 16, 2003)
8   Mark L. Polansky
June 2, 1956 		  South Korea   United States First Korean American in space STS-98 (February 7, 2001)
STS-116 (December 9, 2006)
STS-127 (July 15, 2009)
9   Daniel M. Tani
February 1, 1961 		  Japan   United States Served on ISS Expedition 16. STS-108 (December 5, 2001)
STS-120 (October 23, 2007)
STS-122 (February 7, 2008)
10   Sunita Williams
September 19, 1965 		  India   United States Served on ISS Expedition 14/15 and Expedition 32/33. Second female commander of ISS. STS-116/117 (December 9, 2006)
Soyuz TMA-05M (July 15, 2012)
Boeing Starliner-1 (future flight)
11   Kjell N. Lindgren
January 23, 1973 		  Taiwan
  United States 		  Taiwan Selected in 2009 to NASA Astronaut Group 20. He launched to the International Space Station as part of Expedition 44 in June 2015 with Soyuz TMA-17M. Soyuz TMA-17M (July 22, 2015)
SpaceX Crew-4 (April 27, 2022)
12 Sirisha Bandla
1988 		  India Second Indian-born woman to fly to space Virgin Galactic Unity 22 (July 11, 2021)
13   Raja Chari
June 24, 1977 		  India   United States Selected in 2017 to NASA Astronaut Group 22. SpaceX Crew-3 (November 11, 2021)
14   Jonny Kim
February 5, 1984 		  South Korea   United States Selected in 2017 to NASA Astronaut Group 22.

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Footnotes edit

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Notable Asian Americans include This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources Contents 1 Academia 1 1 Science 2 Arts architecture design 3 Business and industry 4 Entertainment 4 1 Actors and filmmakers 4 2 Choreographers and dancers 4 3 Music 4 3 1 Groups bands 4 4 Reality TV participants 5 Fashion 6 Culinary 7 Law 8 Literature 9 Military 9 1 Individuals 9 1 1 Foreign military service 10 News media journalism 11 Politics 12 Religion 13 Space 14 Sports 15 Other 16 See also 17 FootnotesAcademia editManjul Bhargava mathematician Raj Chetty professor of economics Leon O Chua computer scientist S I Hayakawa professor of English president of San Francisco State University and U S Senator Sumiko Hennessy professor of social work Hao Huang Frankel Chair of Music ethnomusicologist Scripps College Jaegwon Kim professor of philosophy Jagdish Natwarlal Bhagwati professor of economics Eswar Prasad economist Raghuram Rajan economist and an international academician Amartya Sen economist and philosopher Jim Toy gay activist amp educator S R Srinivasa Varadhan NYU mathematician Ocean Vuong writer poet professor Thomas Zacharia computational material sciences Astrid S Tuminez Utah Valley University President Conrado Gempesaw Former President St John s UniversityScience edit Further information Asian Americans in science and technology nbsp Steven ChuSubrahmanyan 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 June Huh mathematician 2022 Fields Medal winner Michio Kaku theoretical physicist 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 Syukuro Manabe 2021 Nobel Laureate in Physics Shuji Nakamura 2014 Nobel Laureate in Physics Yoichiro Nambu 2008 Nobel laureate in Physics Santa J Ono former President University of Cincinnati immunologist and vision scientist current President of University of Michigan Charles J Pedersen 1987 Nobel laureate in Chemistry Ching W Tang inventor of the organic light emitting diode and the hetero junction organic photovoltaic cell 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 Arts architecture design editFazlur Rahman Khan a Bangladeshi American structural engineer and architect who was considered the Einstein of structural engeering he was the designer of the Willis Tower and John Hancock Center Salma Arastu artist Rina Banerjee artist David Choe artist Dhairya Dand inventor and artist George Fan video game designer Plants vs Zombies Maya Lin architect designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Seong Moy artist and printmaker Jane Ng 3D environmental artist Yatin Patel photographer and artist Gyo Obata architect designed the National Air and Space Museum IM Pei renowned architect designed the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Louvre Pyramid Mimi So jewelry designer Manick Sorcar animator artist 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 Chanel Miller artist Yu kai Chou gamification designer and pioneerBusiness and industry edit nbsp Indra NooyiRevathi Advaithi CEO of Flex company Parag Agrawal CEO of Twitter Hiroaki Aoki founder of Benihana Nikesh Arora CEO of Palo Alto Networks Ramani Ayer chairman and CEO of The Hartford Financial Services Group Somen Banerjee founder of Chippendales Ajay Banga president and CEO of MasterCard Manoj Bhargava billionaire founder and CEO of 5 hour Energy Sabeer Bhatia co founder of Hotmail Baiju Bhatt co founder of Robinhood Aneel Bhusri CEO of Workday Sanjit Biswas co founder of Cisco Meraki Amar Bose billionaire chairman and founder of Bose Corporation Do Won Chang billionaire co founder of Forever 21 Fred Chang Taiwanese American billionaire founder and CEO of Newegg Roger H Chen founder of 99 Ranch Market Sam Chang founder and CEO of McSam Hotel Group one of largest hotel developers in New York City Albert Chao billionaire co founder and CEO of Westlake Chemical largest producer LDPE plastic in the US Allen Chao founder of Watson Pharmaceuticals Jay Chaudhry CEO and founder of Zscaler Christine Chen founder and CEO of Chen Communications John S Chen executive chairman and CEO of BlackBerry Limited former CEO of Sybase Eva Chen co founder and CEO of Trend Micro Perry Chen founder and CEO of Kickstarter Steve Chen co founder of YouTube Tim Chen co founder and CEO of NerdWallet Chen Wen ch i billionaire president and CEO of VIA Technologies husband of Cher Wang co founder of HTC Andrew Cherng billionaire co founder of Panda Express Peggy Cherng billionaire co founder of Panda Express David Chu co founder of Nautica James Chu founder of ViewSonic Alfred Chuang founder and CEO of BEA Systems Francisco D Souza former CEO of Cognizant Weili Dai billionaire and co founder Bharat Desai billionaire co founder of Syntel Shar Dubey CEO of Match Group Tan Hock Eng CEO of Broadcom and highest earning CEO in the US in 2017 Amrapali Gan CEO of OnlyFans Vishal Garg businessman CEO of Better com Rajat Gupta former Worldwide Managing Director chief executive of McKinsey amp Company Daniel Ha co founder of Disqus David T Hon founder of Dahon Ming Hsieh billionaire and philanthropist founder of Cogent Systems acquired by 3M Tony Hsieh CEO of Zappos internet entrepreneur and venture capitalist Jen Hsun Huang billionaire co founder and CEO of NVIDIA Robert T Huang founder of Synnex Shelly Hwang co founder of Pinkberry Kai Huang co founder and CEO of Guitar Hero and RedOctane Subrah Iyar co founder of Cisco Webex David Ji co founder of Apex Digital Andrea Jung retired chairman and CEO of Avon Products Johnny Kan founder of Kan s Restaurant Justin Kan cofounder of Twitch Min Kao billionaire co founder of Garmin John Kapoor billionaire founder of Insys Jawed Karim co founder of YouTube Farooq Kathwari CEO of Ethan Allen company Shahid Khan billionaire president of Flex N Gate Corp owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars Tony Khan CEO and co founder of All Elite Wrestling Vinod Khosla billionaire co founding CEO of Sun Microsystems and general partner of venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield amp Byers Hoang Kieu billionaire Vietnamese American owner of Shanghai RAAS Blood Products Jeong H Kim co founder and CEO Yurie Systems sold to Lucent for 1 1 billion James Kim billionaire founder and executive chairman of Amkor Technology George Kurian CEO of NetApp Arvind Krishna CEO of IBM David Lam founder of Lam Research Brian Lee co founder of LegalZoom The Honest Company and ShoeDazzle David Lee founder of Jamison Services largest real estate private office landlord in the country Kai Fu Lee founding president of Google China Noel Lee founder of Monster Cable Thai Lee billionaire Thai born Korean American co founder and CEO of SHI International Corp largest woman owned business in the US Christine Liang president and founder of ASI Corp Kenneth Lin co founder of Credit Karma Eric Ly co founder of LinkedIn founder of Presdo Match Kumar Malavalli co founder of Brocade Communications Systems Sandeep Mathrani CEO of WeWork Sanjay Mehrotra co founder of SanDisk president and CEO of Micron Technology Apoorva Mehta co founder of Instacart Ivan Menezes CEO of Diageo Teresa H Meng founder of Atheros Communications acquired by Qualcomm and formed Qualcomm Atheros Neal Mohan CEO of YouTube Moon Kook jin founder of Kahr Arms manufacturer of the Desert Eagle Bobby Murphy billionaire co founder of Snapchat Satya Nadella CEO of Microsoft Laxman Narasimhan Designated CEO of Starbucks Shantanu Narayen CEO of Adobe Systems Indra Nooyi chairman and CEO of PepsiCo Dinesh Paliwal CEO of Harman International Ellen Pao former CEO of Reddit James Park co founder and CEO of Fitbit Vikram Pandit president and CEO of Citigroup Sundar Pichai CEO of Google Christine Poon former vice chairman of Johnson amp Johnson and worldwide chairman of J amp J s Pharmaceuticals Group Ritu Raj founder of Wag Hotels Raj Rajaratnam billionaire founder of Galleon Group Vivek Ranadive founder of TIBCO Software and owner of Sacramento Kings Punit Renjen CEO of Deloitte Steve Sanghi founder chairman and CEO of Microchip Technology Niraj Shah billionaire co founder and CEO of Wayfair Ram Shriram billionaire co founder of Junglee com and early investor in Google John J Sie founder of Starz Inc Ben Silbermann billionaire co founder and CEO of Pinterest Pradeep Sindhu founder of Juniper Networks Patrick Soon Shiong billionaire surgeon and founder of Abraxis BioScience and owner of the Los Angeles Times K R Sridhar founder and CEO of Bloom Energy Lisa Su president and CEO of Advanced Micro Devices Raj Subramaniam president and CEO of FedEx Anjali Sud CEO of Vimeo David Sun billionaire Taiwanese American co founder of Kingston Technology Rajeev Suri CEO of Nokia Sehat Sutardja CEO of Marvell Technology Group Sonia Syngal CEO of Gap Inc Lip Bu Tan president and CEO of Cadence Design Systems Wayne Ting CEO of Lime Janie Tsao co founder of Linksys Victor Tsao co founder of Linksys Greg Tseng co founder of Tagged Kevin Tsujihara chairman and CEO of Warner Bros John Tu billionaire Taiwanese American co founder of Kingston Technologies Jayshree Ullal CEO of Arista Networks Romesh T Wadhwani billionaire founder of Symphony Technology Group An Wang founder of Wang Laboratories Charles B Wang co founder and former CEO of Computer Associates International Inc Niniane Wang technology executive Roger Wang billionaire founder chairman of Golden Eagle International Group William Wang billionaire Taiwanese American co founder and CEO of Vizio Padmasree Warrior CEO of Fable and former CTO of Cisco and Motorola Andrea Wong president and CEO of Lifetime Networks Yishan Wong former CEO of Reddit 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 billionaire and co founder and former CEO of Yahoo Bing Yeh co founder of Silicon Storage Technology acquired by Microchip Technology and Greenliant Systems Gideon Yu co owner of San Francisco 49ers and former CFO of Facebook and YouTube Eric S Yuan billionaire founder and CEO of Zoom Video Communications founding engineer at Webex Ranked No 1 of Top CEOs in 2018 of a large company on Glassdoor Min Zhu co founder and former president and chief technical officer of WebEx Sheila Lirio Marcelo founder and former CEO and chairwoman of Care com Entertainment editRuben A Aquino animation director supervising animator for Walt Disney Animation Studios Chang and Eng Bunker the source for the term Siamese Twins Ping Chong theater director choreographer video and installation artist Shin Lim close up magician Alain Nu mentalist magicianActors and filmmakers edit nbsp Aziz Ansari nbsp Dante Basco nbsp John Cho nbsp Jamie Chung nbsp James Hong nbsp Kelly Hu nbsp Ken Jeong nbsp Mindy Kaling nbsp Nancy Kwan nbsp Bruce Lee nbsp Will Yun Lee nbsp Ken Leung nbsp Justin Lin nbsp Lucy Liu nbsp Pat Morita nbsp Kumail Nanjiani nbsp Sandra Oh nbsp Keanu Reeves nbsp Rob Schneider nbsp Brenda Song nbsp George Takei nbsp Steven YeunKeiko Agena actress Gilmore Girls Philip Ahn actor often considered the first Korean American in Hollywood Asa Akira pornographic actress Aubrey Anderson Emmons actress Modern Family Aziz Ansari actor and comedian Human Giant and Parks and Recreation Television series Funny People and I Love You Man Films Lulu Antariksa actress Devon Aoki actress and model Tsuru Aoki 1892 1961 actress Gregg Araki filmmaker Mysterious Skin The Doom Generation Geoffrey Arend actor Body of Proof Ashley Argota actress True Jackson VP Reiko Aylesworth actress 24 Chloe Bennet nee Wang actress Agents of S H I E L D singer 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 Ross Butler actor Eric Byler filmmaker Steve Byrne comedian and actor Dean Cain actor David Callaham screenwriter producer Tia Carrere actress and singer Relic Hunter Wayne s World and Wayne s World 2 Christina Chang actress Katie Chang actress The Bling Ring Wah Chang prop designer famous for designing the original Star Trek communicator and phasers Rosalind Chao actress Francois Chau actor Joan Chen actress director Lynn Chen actress Tina Chen actress Karin Anna Cheung actress Richard Chew Academy Award winning film editor Ronny Chieng comedian and actor The Daily Show Arden Cho actress Teen Wolf YouTuber model singer Henry Cho comedian John Cho actor FlashForward Selfie Better Luck Tomorrow Harold amp Kumar Go to White Castle Star Trek 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 Eugene Cordero actor Billy Crawford actor host television Destin Daniel Cretton film director screenwriter producer editor Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Darren Criss actor and singer Tom Cross Academy Award winning film editor for Whiplash Jake Cuenca actor model 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 Ivan Dorschner actor model James Duval actor Dayyan Eng director writer producer Bus 44 Waiting Alone Inseparable Yvonne Elliman singer Roger Fan actor Nargis Fakhri actress and model Raja Fenske actor Janina Gavankar actress Kimiko Glenn actress Griffin Gluck actor Mark Paul Gosselaar actor Saved by the Bell and NYPD Blue Cynthia Gouw actress Star Trek V The Final Frontier Rene Gube writer and actor 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 Steven Ho stuntman stunt coordinator fight choreographer James Hong actor James Wong Howe 1899 1976 two time Academy Award winning cinematographer Tiffany Ann Hsu actress Kelly Hu actress Tina Huang stage and television actress Vanessa Anne Hudgens actress and singer David Henry Hwang Tony winning playwright Robert Ito classic movie actor Ken Jeong comedian actor physician The Hangover and Community 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 amp Furious Tim Kang actor The Mentalist Ravi Kapoor actor Crossing Jordan Archie Kao actor Power Rangers Lost Galaxy and CSI Janice Kawaye voice actress Dai Sil Kim Gibson documentary filmmaker Daniel Dae Kim actor Lost and Hawaii Five 0 Randall Duk Kim actor Matthew Yang King actor and voice actor Zach King internet personality Hayley Kiyoko actress Alex Ko actor and filmmaker Billy Elliot the Musical and The Yellow Dress Jo Koy comedian Shin Koyamada actor The Last Samurai and Wendy Wu Homecoming Warrior Lance Krall actor and comedian Michelle Krusiec actress 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 and director Brokeback Mountain Hulk Eat Drink Man Woman Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Bobby Lee comedian and actor MADtv and Reservation Dogs and Tiger Belly Podcast and Bad Friends Podcast 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 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Everything Before Us Shannon Lee actress daughter of Bruce Lee Lee Tung Foo Vaudeville performer and actor Will Yun Lee actor Witchblade and Bionic Woman Ken Leung actor Lost Shanghai Kiss and Star Wars The Force Awakens Matthew Libatique Oscar nominated cinematographer Tiffany Limos actress Justin Lin filmmaker The Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift Fast amp Furious Fast Five Fast amp Furious 6 Tao Lin novelist and poet Bai Ling actress Julia Ling actress Chuck Lucy Liu Chinese American actress 1 Mako 1933 2006 Academy Award and Tony Award nominated actor founder of East West Players Aasif Mandvi actor and comedian The Daily Show Dhar Mann entrepreneur and YouTube personality Marie Matiko actress Young Mazino actor Beef Nobu McCarthy 1934 2002 actress Mei Melancon actress writer and producer Charles Melton actor Sam Milby actor singer Hasan Minhaj actor comedian TV host Vanessa Minnillo Shay Mitchell actress Matthew Moy comedian actor artist Robert A Nakamura pioneering filmmaker teacher co founder of Visual Communications VC Aparna Nancherla actress Kumail Nanjiani comedian and actor Franklin amp Bash Minae Noji actress General Hospital 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 Olivia Munn actress model and television personality 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 Qui Nguyen playwright television writer and screenwriter Steve Nguyen film producer Julia Nickson actress Eva Noblezada actress singer Rahsaan Noor actor and filmmaker Bengali Beauty Dennis Oh model actor Sandra Oh actress Grey s Anatomy 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 Ashley Park actress Emily in Paris Joy Ride 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 amp 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 Ke Huy Quan Academy Award winning actor Everything Everywhere All at Once 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 Zenobia Shroff actress and comedienne Harry Shum Jr actor Shannyn Sossamon actress Brenda Song actress Sonja Sohn actress The Wire Jack Soo actor Booboo Stewart actor Jiaoying Summers comedian and actress 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 Brian Tee actor Chicago Med 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 Kelly Marie Tran Star Wars actress Thalia Tran actress 2 Thuy Trang actress Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 1973 2001 Daisuke Tsuji actor Miyoshi Umeki Oscar winning actress and singer Jenna Ushkowitz actress Dilshad Vadsaria actress Greek Daya Vaidya actress Bee Vang actor Lalaine Vergara Paras actress and singer Lizzie McGuire Garrett Wang 王以瞻 actor on Star Trek Voyager Lulu Wang filmmaker Wayne Wang film director The Joy Luck Club Miriam Weeks pornographic actress Ming Na Wen actress ER Stargate Universe and As the World Turns Ali Wong comedian and actress Anna May Wong 1905 1961 actress BD Wong Tony Award winning actor Oz and Law and Order Special Victims Unit Freddie Wong filmmaker musician VFX artist podcaster and competitive gamer Jimmy Wong actor and musician Russell Wong 王盛德 actor Victor Wong 黃自強 Hollywood actor Alice Wu filmmaker Constance Wu Taiwanese American actress Fresh Off the Boat and Crazy Rich Asians Daniel Wu actor director and producer Into the Badlands and Europa Report Kevin Wu YouTube personality Leonard Wu actor Patti Yasutake actress Steven Yeun actor The Walking Dead Aaron Yoo actor 21 and Everything Before Us Keone Young actor and voice actor Jessica Yu Oscar winning film director Kelvin Yu actor and writer Ron Yuan actor and voice actor Rick Yune actorChoreographers and dancers edit Stella Abrera ballerina Dana Tai Soon Burgess cultural figure choreographer performance artist Carrie Ann Inaba dancer choreographer Michio Itō choreographer Sono Osato 1919 2018 ballerinaMusic edit nbsp Paul Anka nbsp Joe Hahn nbsp Norah Jones nbsp Bruno Mars nbsp Allan Pineda nbsp Mike ShinodaJhene Aiko singer songwriter Toshiko Akiyoshi jazz pianist composer arranger and bandleader Nadia Ali member of music group iiO Tatyana Ali Indo Trinidadian singer and actress Paul Anka singer songwriter Steve Aoki electro house musician record producer and the founder of Dim Mak Records Sameer Bhattacharya guitarist in the Texas alternative rock band Flyleaf Michelle Branch singer songwriter Robert Campman hip hop artist Angelin Chang Grammy Award winning pianist and renown music professor Jeff Chang music critic and historian of hip hop culture Tim Chantarangsu rapper comedian and videographer China Mac rapper and activist Peter Chung rapper and producer Jocelyn Enriquez Dia Frampton former Meg amp Dia singer Ming Freeman keyboardist pianist Lisa Furukawa Japanese American folk singer songwriter and pianist Midori Gotō classical violinist and recipient of the Avery Fisher Prize Joseph Hahn DJ in Linkin Park Kirk Hammett lead guitarist of Metallica Matt Heafy 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 Hao Huang pianist pianist and professor at Scripps College William Hung contestant from American Idol Tiffany Hwang Korean American member of girl group SNSD Ramon Ibanga Jr hip hop producer Enrique Iglesias mother Isabel Preysler is Filipino James Iha formerly the guitarist of The Smashing Pumpkins Vijay Iyer pianist Jon Jang jazz pianist composer and bandleader Clarence Jey Grammy Billboard credited songwriter record producer MC Jin pioneer in the Asian American hip hop scene 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 Keshi lofi hiphop R amp B alternative singer songwriter producer instrumentalist Dennis Kim underground rapper and spoken word artist Eli Kim member of South Korean boy group U KISS Raja Kumari singer rapper and songwriter Sunny Lee Korean American member of girl group SNSD Amber Josephine Liu member of South Korean girl group f x Nora Lum rapper known as Awkwafina Yo Yo Ma renowned cellist Baiyu singer songwriter Bruno Mars singer songwriter music producer Nancy McDonie member of girl group Momoland Zubin Mehta conductor New York Philharmonic Orchestra Nicki Minaj Indo Trinidadian rap artist 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 Martin Nievera singer songwriter and TV host Justin Nozuka singer songwriter Karen O singer of Yeah Yeah Yeahs Kero One hip hop MC and producer Seiji Ozawa Boston Symphony Conductor Will Pan singer songwriter Jay Park Korean American singer rapper bboy amp actor Also famous in South Korea as the former leader of South Korean boyband 2 pm Jonathan Park rapper and actor Lena Park composer singer songwriter 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 A R Rahman Grammy Award winning composer arranger songwriter and music producer Larry Ramos guitarist banjo player and vocalist with the 1960s American pop band the Association Mike Relm scratch video DJ who has toured with the Blue Man Group Olivia Rodrigo singer songwriter and actress Amerie Mi Marie Rogers R amp B pop singer Kelis Rogers R amp B singer Nicole Scherzinger singer and former member of The Pussycat Dolls Laura Shigihara singer songwriter and programmer Shing02 recording artist known as Shingo Annen Mike Shinoda co founder of Linkin Park Shaffer Chimere Smith R amp B singer songwriter and actor Raje Shwari singer Michael Stevenson rapper Vienna Teng folk and pop singer songwriter Kim Thayil guitarist for Grammy Award winning rock group Soundgarden Mark Tuan member of South Korean boyband Got7 Hikaru Utada Japanese American singer songwriter active in both Japan and United States her single Devil Inside topped the U S Billboard Dance Chart Alex and Eddie Van Halen members of rock band Van Halen whose mother was of Indonesian ancestry Casandra Ventura R amp B singer Only Won rapper beatboxer actor filmmaker first bilingual Chinese American rapper Kevin Woo member of South Korean boy group U KISS Vanness Wu singer songwriter amp rapper Catalina Yue Chinese Japanese American pop singer songwriter Brandon Jermaine Yun rapper and former radio personality Joanna Wang singer songwriter Leehom Wang Taiwanese American singer songwriter record producer and actor Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson singer songwriter Shawn Wasabi producer and electronic instrument designerGroups bands edit Aziatix R amp B pop soul hip hop group Blue Scholars Far East Movement first Asian American group to be in the Top 10 in Mainstream Pop charts Fort Minor IAMMEDIC KeyKool amp DJ Rhettmatic pioneer Asian American hip hop group Mountain Brothers hip hop group Paperdoll indie band from NYC fronted by Asian American Teresa Lee The Slants first all Asian American dance rock band victors in a major U S Supreme Court caseReality TV participants edit Natalie Anderson The Amazing Race contestant and Survivor San Juan del Sur winner Nadiya Anderson The Amazing Race and Survivor San Juan del Sur contestant Raj Bhakta The Apprentice 2 contestant Yau Man Chan Survivor Fiji contestant Jamie Chung house mate on MTV s The Real World San Diego Catherine Giudici The Bachelor season 17 winner Christine Ha MasterChef season 3 winner Angelica Hale America s Got Talent season 12 runner up Maria Ho The Amazing Race 15 contestant Ken Hoang Survivor Gabon contestant James Holzhauer Jeopardy champion Holzhauer s grandmother was Japanese 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 Zach King The Amazing Race 28 Kristen Kish Top Chef season 11 winner Yul Kwon Survivor Cook Islands winner Kodi Lee America s Got Talent season 14 winner 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 James Sun The Apprentice 6 runner up Tila Tequila A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila star Jasmine Trias American Idol season 3 finalist Elyse Umemoto Survivor South Pacific contestant Kevin Wu The Amazing Race 17 contestant Albert Tsai American actor Ian Chen American actorFashion editTyson Beckford model and actor Malan Breton fashion designer Richard Chai fashion designer Angel Chang fashion designer Wenlan Chia fashion designer Doug Chiang movie design and fashion designer Monika Chiang fashion designer Jimmy Choo fashion designer and founder of Jimmy Choo Ltd 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 Joe Allen Hong fashion designer for Neiman Marcus Chanel Iman supermodel with Korean and African American descent Jen Kao fashion designer Naeem Khan fashion designer Derek Lam fashion designer Humberto Leon and Carol Lim fashion designers and retailers Phillip Lim fashion designer Monique Lhuillier fashion designer Jay Manuel creative director and make up artist Kelsey Merritt fashion model Josie Natori fashion designer Jeff Ng fashion designer and creator of Staple Design Mary Ping fashion designer Cynthia Sakai fashion designer Kimora Lee Simmons supermodel with Japanese and African American descent Peter Som fashion designer Anna Sui fashion designer Vivienne Tam fashion designer Chrissy Teigen model TV host Alexander Wang fashion designer Vera Wang fashion designer Jason Wu fashion designer Luly Yang fashion designer Prabal Gurung fashion designerCulinary editDavid Chang founder of the Momofuku restaurant group and in multiple television shows Joyce Chen popularized northern style Chinese cuisine in the United States Cecilia Chiang 江孫芸 founder of the Mandarin Restaurant Chiang s son Philip Chiang is the co founder of restaurant chain P F Chang s China Bistro Roy Choi creator of the gourmet Korean taco truck Kogi Cristeta Comerford White House Executive Chef won with Bobby Flay in an Iron Chef America challenge Soleil Ho chef food writer host of podcast The Racist Sandwich and restaurant critic Eddie Huang chef and author of Fresh Off the Boat Madhur Jaffrey James Beard award winning food and travel writer and television personality Padma Lakshmi cookbook author and host of Top Chef and Host of Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi Francis Lam host of The Splendid Table and food journalist Emily Kim creator and host of popular YouTube channel Maangchi teaching Korean cooking Melissa Miranda James Beard Award semifinalist chef of Filipino restaurant Musang in Seattle Niki Nakayama chef and owner of Michelin starred n naka restaurant Mutsuko Soma James Beard Award semifinalist chef specializing in handmade soba owner of Kamonegi in Seattle Jet Tila celebrity chef and restaurateur and guest on Cutthroat Kitchen Roy Yamaguchi owner of Roy s Restaurants Martin Yan chef and food writer hosted his award winning PBS TV cooking show Yan Can Cook since 1982 Jennifer Yee award winning James Beard nominated pastry chef Molly Yeh cookbook author and bloggerLaw editFor a list of Asian Americans who are or have served as judges see List of Asian American jurists nbsp Lance Ito nbsp Fred KorematsuPreeta D Bansal Solicitor General for the State of New York 1999 2002 Norman Bay 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 prominent litigator and former Managing Partner of Irell amp Manella Viet D Dinh United States Assistant Attorney General and a key drafter of what became the USA PATRIOT Act Heather Fong chief of police of San Francisco Police Department and the first Asian American woman to head a major metropolitan police department Noel Francisco 47th Solicitor General of the United States Judge James C Ho lawyer Juris Doctor of Texas general judge on Texas appeal amp for Texas judge weddings permition Robert K Hur U S Attorney for the District of Maryland 2018 2021 Todd Kim first Solicitor General for the District of Columbia Harold Hongju Koh dean of Yale Law School July 1 2004 March 23 2009 Arsalan Iftikhar international human rights lawyer founder of TheMuslimGuy Lance Ito judge in the OJ Simpson trial Yuri Kochiyama civil rights activist Fred Korematsu prominent resister of Japanese American internment Carol Lam U S Attorney for the Southern District of California 2002 2007 David Lat attorney and blogger for the sites Underneath Their Robes and Above the Law William F Lee co managing partner of the international law firm of WilmerHale Jessie K Liu current U S Attorney for the District of Columbia Dale Minami attorney who helped reverse Fred Korematsu s criminal conviction Paul Tanaka former mayor of Gardena California and undersheriff of the Los Angeles County Sheriff s Department Rachel Paulose 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 Simon Tam author activist and founder of The Slants litigant in Matal v Tam Mary Tape desegregation activist who fought for Chinese Americans access to education notably in the case Tape v Hurley in 1885 Frank H Wu distinguished professor and chancellor amp dean of UC Hastings dean of Wayne State University Law School Bruce Yamashita attorney and U S Marine Corps officer who worked to expose racial discrimination within the Corps Debra Wong Yang U S Attorney for the Central District of California and the first Asian American female to serve as a U S Attorney Minoru Yasui World War II era lawyer who fought the legality of the incarceration of Japanese Americans during the war Posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015 3 Literature editSee also List of Asian American writers Alfredo Alcala Filipino comic book artist Peter Bacho author of the American Book Award winning novel Cebu Lynda Barry cartoonist of partial Filipino descent most known for Ernie Pook s Comeek and Marlys published in Salon com and other independent papers Carlos Bulosan author America Is In the Heart 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 Cherry Chevapravatdumrong writer Family Guy Frank Chin 趙健秀 novelist playwright and essayist Kah Kyung Cho philosopher at SUNY University Amy Chua writer and Harvard professor 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 Larry Hama comic book writer for Marvel DC IDW Publishing creator of G I Joe filecards Tanuja Desai Hidier author of Born Confused David Henry Hwang 黃哲倫 playwright Lawson Fusao Inada poet winner of the American Book Award and former poet laureate of Oregon Gish Jen writer novelist Ha Jin novelist winner of the National Book Award for Waiting Cynthia Kadohata author of children s books recipient of the Newbery Medal 2005 and National Book Award for Young People s Literature 2013 Rafael Kayanan Comics artist TV writer and master level instructor in Sayoc Kali Jaegwon Kim philosopher at Brown University Maxine Hong Kingston writer novelist recipient of the 2008 National Book Foundation s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters Jean Kwok writer novelist Jhumpa Lahiri Pulitzer Prize winning author 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 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 Janice Mirikitani former poet laureate for San Francisco 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 4 Saumitra Saxena award winning poet in the modern Indian history Graduated from Indian Institute of Technology and received his PhD from the 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 Eileen Tabios poet Ronald Takaki was an academic historian ethnographer and author and recipient of the Anisfield Wolf Book Award in 1994 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 Raees Warsi notable poet author and TV anchor Michi Weglyn author and recipient of the Anisfield Wolf Book Award in 1977 Jade Snow Wong writer Shawn Wong novelist Americanese and Homebase Timothy C Wong 黃宗泰 sinologist translator and literary theorist Hisaye Yamamoto short story writer recipient of the American Book Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1986 Karen Tei Yamashita author and playwright recipient of the 2021 National Book Foundation s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters Gene Luen Yang graphic novelist Taro Yashima author of children s books recipient of the 1955 Children s Book Award Laurence Yep 叶祥添 author of children s books Charles Yu novelist and winner of the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction Connie Young Yu writer and historian Judy Yung writerMilitary editSee also Military History of Asian Americans Individuals edit nbsp Eric ShinsekiLeandro Aragoncillo gunnery sergeant U S Marine Corps Convicted of spying against the United States Government Raquel C Bono rear admiral lower half U S Navy Command Surgeon United States Pacific Command 5 6 7 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 8 9 10 Ming Chang rear admiral upper half U S Navy retired Department of Navy Inspector General 1987 1990 11 12 13 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 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 5 14 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 15 16 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 17 18 19 20 Kwang Ping Hsu Captain U S Coast Guard First first foreign born graduate from the United States Coast Guard Academy Daniel Inouye captain U S Army Senator from Hawaii Medal of Honor recipient World War II Theodore Kanamine United States Army brigadier general Terry Teruo Kawamura sergeant first class U S Army Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient in Vietnam War Andrew Kim former head of CIA s Korea Mission Center 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 21 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 22 23 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 24 Viet Luong major general U S Army First Vietnam born general officer 25 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 Michael K Nagata lieutenant general U S Army 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 Paul M Nakasone U S Army four star general 3rd commander of the United States Cyber Command and 18th director of the National Security Agency Joe M Nishimoto private first class U S Army Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient in World War II Jose B Nisperos 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 26 27 28 first Asian American lieutenant general 29 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 update Filipino American general officer 30 31 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 update Highest ranked Asian American As of October 2009 update 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 update 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 Ted T Tanouye technical sergeant U S Army Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient in World War II Sue Mi Terry CIA intelligence analyst specializing in East Asia 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 32 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 33 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 WWIIForeign military service edit 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 AuthorNews media journalism editGuy Aoki founder of Media Action Network for Asian Americans Ben Calhoun radio journalist at This American Life Cher Calvin News Anchor Jeff Chang journalist hip hop historian Laura Chang science editor The New York Times Christine Chen Emmy Award winning journalist and news anchor Julie Chen Moonves newsreader on The Early Show and host of Big Brother Lanhee Chen American policy expert academic and CNN political commentator 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 Cynthia Gouw award winning television and radio reporter anchor Sanjay Gupta CNN senior medical correspondent Joseph Heco 1837 1897 fisherman writer first to publish a Japanese language newspaper Ching He Huang cooking show host Philip Jaisohn journalist activist the first Korean to become a naturalized citizen of the United States Pedram Javaheri meteorologist for CNN International amp HLN JT Tran featured dating advice columnist for LA Weekly 34 and Baller Magazine 35 Michiko Kakutani Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times literary critic and author K Connie Kang first female Korean American journalist wrote for Los Angeles Times Ken Kashiwahara first Asian American network news anchor Emmy winning television journalist 36 Guy Kawasaki author Apple evangelist Mina Kimes journalist ESPN commentator Gobind Behari Lal science journalist and the first Asian American Pulitzer prize winner Euna Lee journalist Jennifer 8 Lee journalist The New York Times K W Lee journalist founder of the Korean American Journalists Association Young Jean Lee playwright director and filmmaker 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 documentarian for CNN Richard Lui news anchor of MSNBC 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 Scott Sassa former President of NBC West Coast Sharon Tay journalist 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 37 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 Doualy Xaykaothao award winning Hmong American radio journalist 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 Al Young journalist first Asian American sportswriter in U S Mainland at metro daily newspaper with Bridgeport CT Post Telegram in 1970 Anthony Yuen journalist Fareed Zakaria editor of Newsweek host of Fareed Zakaria GPS on CNNPolitics edit nbsp Daniel Akaka nbsp Tammy Duckworth nbsp Nikki Haley nbsp Kamala Harris nbsp Daniel Inouye nbsp Bobby Jindal nbsp Andrew YangDaniel Akaka 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 38 Kumar Barve became the first Indian American in U S history elected to a state legislative body in 1990 Rob Bonta California Attorney General 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 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 Stephanie Chang first Asian American woman to serve in the Michigan Legislature current State senator representing Michigan s 1st District David L Chew 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 39 John Chiang 33rd California State Treasurer 31st California State Controller and former California Board of Equalization Upendra J Chivukula became the first Asian American elected to the New Jersey General Assembly in 2002 Judy Chu first Chinese American woman elected to the U S Congress U S House of Representatives from California s 27th district Steven Chu 12th United States Secretary of Energy from 2009 to 2013 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 Mervyn Dymally representative from California Hiram Fong became the first Asian American elected to the U S Senate in 1959 Allan Fung of Chinese descent First Asian American elected as Mayor in Rhode Island prominent lawyer Dr Josh Green Lt Governor politician of Hawaii and Hawaii doctor Nikki Haley of Indian descent was the governor of South Carolina and first Asian American woman governor Colleen Hanabusa Congresswoman from Hawaii Bruce Harrell Mayor of Seattle Harry B Harris Jr ambassador and diplomat Kamala Harris 49th Vice President of the United States and the first Asian female African American Vice President and Attorney General of California Foung Hawj 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 junior United States senator from Hawaii Mike Honda 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 from 2014 to 2022 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 Indian American former governor of Louisiana Justin Jones Tennessee state representative Scott Kawasaki Alaska State Senator Jane Kim Korean American politician and first Korean American elected official in San Francisco Sung Kim ambassador amp diplomat Young Kim member of the United States House of Representatives R CA Padma Kuppa first Indian immigrant and Hindu in the Michigan Legislature current member of Michigan s House of Representatives representing Michigan s 41st district 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 and to serve as Maryland Secretary of State Ted Lieu member of the United States House of Representatives D CA Gary Locke 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 Kinjiro Matsudaira mayor of Edmonston Maryland in 1927 and 1943 Bob Matsui Representative from California Doris Matsui Congresswoman from California Jimmy Meng became the first Asian American elected to the New York State Legislature in 2004 Aruna Miller first South Asian woman elected lieutenant governor in the United States in 2023 and the 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 Secretary of Transportation serving until 2006 Also mayor of San Jose California from 1971 to 1975 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 Aftab Pureval Mayor of Cincinnati Sean Reyes current U S attorney general of Utah Eunice Sato became the first Asian American female mayor of a major American city Long Beach California in 1980 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 Michelle Steel member of the United States House of Representatives R CA Marilyn Strickland member of the United States House of Representatives D WA Saghir Tahir served as a New Hampshire State Representative Only elected Muslim in the Republican Party Mark Takano U S congressman Sheng Thao mayor of Oakland California first Hmong American mayor of a major U S city Jill Tokuda U S Representative from Hawaii William Tong Connecticut Attorney General Van Tran 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 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 David Wu first Taiwanese American U S Representative D OR Michelle Wu first female Asian American Boston City Councilor first Boston City Councilor of Chinese descent and first Asian American to be Mayor of Boston Andrew Yang first Asian American man to run for President of the United States as a Democrat for 2020 United States presidential election Kimberly Yee became Arizona s first Asian American woman to serve as a member of the Arizona State Legislature 40 41 Religion edit nbsp Rabbi Angela Warnick BuchdahlAngela Warnick Buchdahl born 1972 rabbi Randolph Roque Calvo 7th Bishop of Reno mixed Chamorro Filipino and Spanish Francis Chan 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 Bhante Dharmawara Buddhist monk and teacher who helped resettle thousands of Cambodian refugees in the US and founded the first Cambodian Buddhist temple in USA Gerrit W Gong Apostle Quorum of the 12 Apostles The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints Ruben Habito Filipino Zen Master of the Sanbō Kyōdan lineage and founder of Maria Kannon Zen Center in Dallas Texas Jian Tan Buddhist monk and current abbot of the Chung Tai Zen Center of Houston Hae Jong Kim elected Bishop of United Methodist Church in 1992 Seyoon Kim biblical scholar at Fuller Theological Seminary Jakusho Kwong American Chinese Zen Master of Shunryu Suzuki lineage founder and head abbot of Sonoma Mountain Zen Center Sang Hyun Lee theologian at Princeton Theological Seminary Dominic Mai Thanh Lương auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange Chieko Okazaki Relief Society General Presidency Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints First person of color to serve on general boards of the church Served on the Young Women Primary and Relief Society General Boards in Salt Lake City Utah From Hawaiʻi Andrew S Park teaches at United Theological Seminary in Trotwood Ohio Peter C Phan American Catholic theologian who is a native of Vietnam Shi Yan Ming 34th generation Shaolin monk and founder of the USA Shaolin Temple Oscar A Solis first Filipino American Roman Catholic bishop in the United States C S Song 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 Su Bong Korean American Zen Master from Kwan Um School of Zen and the designated heir of Seung Sahn s lineage Kenneth K Tanaka scholar author translator and ordained Jōdo Shinshu priest Thich Thien An Buddhist monk meditation teacher and founder of International Buddhist Meditation Center in Los Angeles California Ignatius C Wang first Chinese American to become a bishop in the Catholic Church Amos Yong professor of systematic theology at Regent University Jimmy Yu Guo Gu or 果谷 Chan teacher of Sheng Yen lineage Associate Professor of Religion at Florida State University and founder of Tallahassee Chan Center in Tallahassee Florida Space editThis section is a list of astronauts of Asian ancestry who are by birth or naturalization American citizens No Image NameBirth date Ancestry Birth Comment Missions Launch date 1 nbsp Ellison OnizukaJune 24 1946 nbsp Japan nbsp United States First Japanese American in space Died on the Challenger STS 51 C January 24 1985 STS 51 L January 28 1986 2 nbsp Taylor Gun Jin WangJune 16 1940 nbsp Republic of China First Chinese American astronaut in space STS 51 B April 29 1985 3 nbsp Franklin Chang DiazApril 5 1950 nbsp Costa Rica STS 61 C January 12 1986 STS 34 October 18 1989 STS 46 July 31 1992 STS 60 February 3 1994 STS 75 February 22 1996 STS 91 June 2 1998 STS 111 June 5 2002 4 nbsp Eugene TrinhSeptember 14 1950 nbsp South Vietnam First Vietnamese American in space STS 50 June 25 1992 5 nbsp Leroy ChiaoAugust 28 1960 nbsp Taiwan nbsp United States Served on ISS Expedition 10 STS 65 July 8 1994 STS 72 January 11 1996 STS 92 October 11 2000 Soyuz TMA 5 October 14 2004 6 nbsp Ed LuJuly 1 1963 nbsp United States Served on ISS Expedition 7 STS 84 May 15 1997 STS 106 September 8 2000 Soyuz TMA 2 April 6 2003 7 nbsp Kalpana ChawlaMarch 17 1962 nbsp India First Indian American in space Died on the Columbia STS 87 November 19 1997 STS 107 January 16 2003 8 nbsp Mark L PolanskyJune 2 1956 nbsp South Korea nbsp United States First Korean American in space STS 98 February 7 2001 STS 116 December 9 2006 STS 127 July 15 2009 9 nbsp Daniel M TaniFebruary 1 1961 nbsp Japan nbsp United States Served on ISS Expedition 16 STS 108 December 5 2001 STS 120 October 23 2007 STS 122 February 7 2008 10 nbsp Sunita WilliamsSeptember 19 1965 nbsp India nbsp United States Served on ISS Expedition 14 15 and Expedition 32 33 Second female commander of ISS STS 116 117 December 9 2006 Soyuz TMA 05M July 15 2012 Boeing Starliner 1 future flight 11 nbsp Kjell N LindgrenJanuary 23 1973 nbsp Taiwan nbsp United States nbsp Taiwan Selected in 2009 to NASA Astronaut Group 20 He launched to the International Space Station as part of Expedition 44 in June 2015 with Soyuz TMA 17M Soyuz TMA 17M July 22 2015 SpaceX Crew 4 April 27 2022 12 Sirisha Bandla1988 nbsp India Second Indian born woman to fly to space Virgin Galactic Unity 22 July 11 2021 13 nbsp Raja ChariJune 24 1977 nbsp India nbsp United States Selected in 2017 to NASA Astronaut Group 22 SpaceX Crew 3 November 11 2021 14 nbsp Jonny KimFebruary 5 1984 nbsp South Korea nbsp United States Selected in 2017 to NASA Astronaut Group 22 Sports editBenny Agbayani former outfielder for New York Mets Colorado Rockies Kansas City Royals and Chiba Lotte Marines Nathan Adrian swimmer multiple Olympic medalist Bobby Balcena first Asian American player in MLB 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 Corbin Carroll Outfielder for Arizona Diamondbacks Johnny Chan professional poker player Michael Chang won tennis French Open in 1989 Nathan Chen American figure skater and Olympic gold medalist Brandon Chillar American football linebacker for the Green Bay Packers Tiffany Chin won the US Figure Skating Championship in 1985 Simon Cho short track speed skater Olympic medalist Amy Chow won gold and silver medals in gymnastics during the 1996 Olympics Norm Chow former head coach of the Hawaii football team and former offensive coordinator for the Tennessee Titans after helping lead USC to several NCAA championships as the offensive coordinator there Currently the offensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Wildcats of the XFL Julie Chu Olympics hockey player Clarissa Chun 2 time Olympic Women s freestyle 48 kg 105 5 lbs wrestler Patrick Chung 2 time Super Bowl champion NFL player of Chinese Jamaican heritage with New England Patriots Jordan Clarkson Filipino American NBA player 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 Alex Compton basketball coach Tim Cone basketball coach Emily Cross fencer Olympic medalist 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 Bill Demong Nordic combined skier Olympic medalist Kris Dim IFBB professional bodybuilder Victoria Draves first Asian American to earn a gold medal in the Olympics winning both the 1948 platform and springboard events Mathew Dumba Canadian ice hockey defenseman for the Minnesota Wild Tommy Edman Major League Baseball player Mark Foo professional surfer Rickie Fowler golfer Catherine Fox swimmer double Olympic champion 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 Eileen Gu Olympic skier who competes for China Satoshi Hirayama baseball player Derek Ho professional surfer Maria Ho professional poker player Steven Ho martial artist Ken Hoang professional gamer Ivana Hong American gymnast Ariel Hsing youngest American U S table tennis national champion in history 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 Danielle Kang professional golfer Masako Katsura professional carom billiards player Evelyn Kawamoto won two Olympic bronze medals in swimming in 1952 42 Anthony Kim American professional golfer and part of the winning USA team in the 2008 Ryder Cup Chloe Kim American snowboarder and Olympic gold medalist 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 Younghoe Koo current NFL kicker for the Atlanta Falcons Michelle Kwan won nine national championships and five world titles as well as two Olympic medals silver in 1998 bronze in 2002 in figure skating Iris Kyle professional bodybuilder Kyle Larson American professional stock car racing driver Cung Le UFC mma fighter former Strikeforce middleweight champion Jeanette Lee pool player Sammy Lee 1920 2016 became the first Asian American man to earn an Olympic gold medal when he won in platform diving in both 1948 and 1952 Sunisa Lee won the 2020 Olympics all around gymnastics gold medal Jeremy Lin Taiwanese American point guard for the Beijing Ducks and 2019 NBA champion Tim Lincecum 2 time Cy Young Award winning pitcher for the San Francisco Giants Alysa Liu figure skater Mike Lum Major League Baseball player Mike Magpayo current men s basketball head coach at UC Riverside first Asian American to serve in this role at an NCAA Division I school Alexander Massialas fencer Olympic medalist Kalei Mau volleyball player Wataru Misaka broke the NBA color barrier in the 1947 48 season when he played for the New York Knicks Yul Moldauer artistic gymnast Collin Morikawa golfer who won the 2020 PGA Championship and 2021 Open Championship Mirai Nagasu women s singles figure skating champion in 2008 and an Olympic bronze medalist 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 Kim Ng current general manager of the Miami Marlins first woman to serve in that role in any of the Big Four professional leagues of North America Dat Nguyen was an All American linebacker at Texas A amp 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 Naomi Osaka Japanese American tennis champion Yoshinobu Oyakawa former world record holder and 1952 Olympic gold medalist in the 100 meter backstroke Tommy Pham Major League Baseball player Rajeev Ram tennis player Olympic medalist Dave Roberts former Major League Baseball player 2004 World Series champion and current manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers Jason Robertson left winger for the Dallas Stars in the National Hockey League Kyla Ross 2012 Olympic gold medalist gymnast numerous World Championships medalist and NCAA champion Addison Russell Filipino American Baseball Player and 2016 World Series Champion Harold Sakata won a weightlifting silver medal in the 1948 Olympics Eric Sato won a 1988 Olympic gold medal in volleyball Liane Sato won a 1992 Olympic bronze medal in volleyball Xander Schauffele PGA Tour Golfer Olympic Gold Medalist Alex Shibutani figure skater Olympic medalist Maia Shibutani figure skater Olympic medalist Dave Shoji former head coach of the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball team and the winningest head coach in NCAA Division I Women s Volleyball History Erik Shoji volleyball player Olympic medalist Kawika Shoji volleyball player Olympic medalist Vijay Singh professional golfer Wesley So chess grandmaster Erik Spoelstra head coach of the Miami Heat Filipino mother 43 Kurt Suzuki Major League Baseball player Kevin Tan American gymnast and part of the bronze medal winning team in the 2008 Beijing Olympics Sonya Thomas one of the world s top competitive eaters Brandon Vera UFC fighter Shane Victorino former Major League Baseball player and 2x World Series Champion 2008 2013 Anthony Volpe Shortstop for the New York Yankees Ed Wang became the first fully Chinese American selected in the NFL Draft when drafted by the Buffalo Bills Hines Ward was the MVP of Super Bowl XL while playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers Michelle Waterson Gomez MMA fighter Michelle Wie golfer Kolten Wong Major League Baseball player Tiger Woods golfer of Chinese Thai Caucasian African American and Native American descent self described as Cablinasian a syllabic abbreviation he coined from Caucasian Black American Indian and Asian Kristi Yamaguchi won three national figure skating championships two world titles and the 1992 Olympic gold medal Tabitha Yim American gymnast Wally Yonamine multisport athlete played for the San Francisco 49ers 1947 Yomiuri Giants 1951 1960 Chunichi Dragons 1961 1962 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