This is a list of notable

Chinese American Chinese Americans are Americans of Han Chinese ancestry. Chinese Americans constitute a subgroup of East Asian Americans which also constitute a subgroup of Asian Americans. Many Chinese Americans along with their ancestors trace lineage from ...

s, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants who have made exceptional contributions to various facets of American society. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Chinese American or must have references showing they are Chinese American and are notable.

Arts

Dance

Goh Choo San Goh Choo San (; 14 September 1948 – 28 November 1987) was a Singaporean ballet dancer and choreographer whose decade-long association with The Washington Ballet brought that company international acclaim. Childhood The son of Goh Kim Lok (1904 ...

(吴诸珊) – ballet dancer and choreographer *

Shen Wei Shen Wei () is a Chinese-American choreographer, painter, and director who resides in New York City. Widely recognized for his defining vision of an intercultural and interdisciplinary mode of movement-based performance, Shen Wei creates origin ...

(沈伟) – dancer, choreographer and visual artist; MacArthur fellow * Fang-Yi Sheu (許芳宜) – principal dancer of the

Martha Graham Martha Graham (May 11, 1894 – April 1, 1991) was an American modern dancer and choreographer. Her style, the Graham technique, reshaped American dance and is still taught worldwide. Graham danced and taught for over seventy years. She wa ...

Dance Company

Fashion design

Malan Breton Malan Breton (born 16 June 1973) is a Taiwanese-born, fashion designer. He is known for his work as a film, and music video director, as a columnist, costume designer, popular musician, television, film producer, Goodwill Ambassador to Taiwan, ...

(马兰·布莱顿) –

fashion designer Fashion is a form of self-expression and autonomy at a particular period and place and in a specific context, of clothing, footwear, lifestyle, accessories, makeup, hairstyle, and body posture. The term implies a look defined by the fashion in ...

Luly Yang Luly Yang is a Taiwanese-American fashion designer. She is also a creative artist and an internationally recognized fashion designer. Yang has her own couture fashion (Luly Yang Couture) in Seattle and her designs have earned her plenty of local a ...

– fashion designer *

Angel Chang Angel Chang is an American fashion designer and early pioneer in the cross-over between fashion and technology. She received the Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation Award and Cartier Women's Initiative Award in 2007. The revival of endangered trad ...

– fashion designer * Monika Chiang – fashion designer * Wenlan Chia (賈雯蘭) – fashion designer *

Doug Chiang Doug Chiang (; born 16 February 1962) is an American film designer and artist. He currently serves as vice president and executive creative director of Lucasfilm. Early life Chiang was born in Taipei, Taiwan. His dad had gone to Michigan in th ...

(江道格) – movie designer and artist * David Chu (朱欽騏) – co-founder of clothing company

Nautica Nautica is an American apparel brand of Authentic Brands Group featuring primarily men's, women's, children's apparel and accessories, as well as home, watches, and fragrance. Nautica was founded in 1983 by clothing designer David Chu and a par ...

Diana Eng Diana Eng (born in Jacksonville, Florida) is a Chinese-American fashion designer, author and fashion technologist based in New York. She is best known as contestant on the second season of the reality television program ''Project Runway''. Eng ...

– fashion designer *

Joe Allen Hong Joe Allen Hong (November 28, 1930 – February 28, 2004) was an American fashion designer. Hong was born in El Paso, Texas to immigrant parents—a Chinese father, Joseph Hong, and a Mexican mother, Refugio (Ruth) Pedrueza Lugo. His family moved ...

– fashion designer for

Neiman Marcus Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. is an American integrated luxury retailer headquartered in Dallas, Texas, which owns Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, Horchow, and Last Call. Since September 2021, NMG has been owned by a group of investment compani ...

* Jen Kao – fashion designer *

Jonathan Koon Jonathan Koon is a Chinese American entrepreneur, artist, and fashion designer who became a self-made millionaire at the age of 16. Early career Koon was born in 1983 in the Borough of Queens in New York City, the only child of immigrant par ...

– fashion designer, business entrepreneur *

Derek Lam Derek Lam (born 1967) is an American fashion designer. In addition to designing his own line, Lam was Tod's creative director for ready-to-wear and accessories from 2005 until 2010. Read full biography Background Lam was born in San Francisco, C ...

– fashion designer *

Phillip Lim Phillip Lim (born September 16, 1973, as Pheng Lim) is an American fashion designer of Chinese descent whose parents immigrated to America from Thailand during the Cambodian genocide. Lim co-founded and worked at the Los Angeles-based fashion labe ...

– fashion designer *

Peter Mui Peter Kan Mui (April 29, 1953 – August 18, 2009) was a Chinese-American fashion designer. He was known most for his brand YellowMan, which was a successful high-end tattoo clothing brand. The last recorded revenue for the brand was $12 million ...

– fashion designer, actor, and musician *

Mary Ping Mary Ping (born 1978) is an American fashion designer based in New York City. She is best known for her conceptual label "Slow and Steady Wins the Race" (founded in New York in 2001-2), although she has also designed under her own label. Biograph ...

– fashion designer *

Peter Som Peter Som (born 1970) is a Chinese American fashion designer. He was creative director for Bill Bass and creative consultant for Tommy Hilfiger, where he designed the women’s wear collection, prior to founding his eponymous label. Born and rai ...

– fashion designer *

Anna Sui Anna Sui (; born August 4, 1964) is an American fashion designer. She was named one of the "Top 5 Fashion Icons of the Decade", and in 2009 earned the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America (C ...

(蕭志美) – fashion designer *

Vivienne Tam Vivienne Tam (, born 28 November 1957) is a fashion designer based in New York City. She was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, and moved to Hong Kong at the age of three. She attended the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Tam's fashion brand ...

(谭燕玉) – fashion designer *

Yeohlee Teng Yeohlee Teng is an American fashion designer originally from Malaysia and of Chinese heritage. She received the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for fashion design in 2004. Her work has been displayed at the Metropolitan Museu ...

– fashion designer * Alexander Wang (王大仁) – fashion designer *

Kaisik Wong Kaisik Wong (1950 – 1990) was a Chinese-American fashion designer. He was best known for his patchwork vest, which was plagiarized for Balenciaga's Spring/Summer 2002 collection. Wong emerged from San Francisco wearable art movement in the ...

– fashion designer *

Vera Wang Vera Ellen Wang (; born June 27, 1949) is an American fashion designer. Early life Vera Ellen Wang was born June 27, 1949 in New York City to Chinese parents who emigrated to the United States in the mid-1940s. Her mother, Florence Wu (Wu ...

(王薇薇) – fashion designer *

Jason Wu Jason Wu (; born September 27, 1982) is a Taiwanese-Canadian artist and fashion designer based in New York City. Born in Taiwan and raised in Vancouver, he studied fashion design at Parsons School of Design, and trained under Narciso Rodrigu ...

(吳季剛) – fashion designer *

Joe Zee Joe Zee (born November 23, 1968) is a Hong Kong-born Canadian fashion stylist, journalist, and producer, known for ''Entertainment Tonight'' (1981), ''FABLife'' (2015) and ''Celebrity Style Story'' (2012). Zee served as creative director of ''Elle' ...

– creative director of ''

Elle ''Elle'' (stylized ''ELLE'') is a worldwide women's magazine of French origin that offers a mix of fashion and beauty content, together with culture, society and lifestyle. The title means "she" or "her" in French. ''Elle'' is considered the w ...

'' magazine; host of fashion TV series ''All on the Line''

Literature

Bette Bao Lord Bette Bao Lord (Chinese: 包柏漪, Pinyin: Bāo Bóyì; born November 3, 1938) is a Chinese-born American writer and civic activist for human rights and democracy. Early life Lord was born as Bette Bao in Shanghai, China. With her mother and fath ...

(包柏漪) – writer, novelist *

Eileen Chang Eileen Chang ( zh, t=張愛玲, s=张爱玲, first=t, w=Chang1 Ai4-ling2, p=Zhāng Àilíng；September 30, 1920 – September 8, 1995), also known as Chang Ai-ling or Zhang Ailing, or by her pen name Liang Jing (梁京), was a Chinese-born Am ...

(张爱玲, a.k.a. 张煐) – writer *

Kang-i Sun Chang Kang-i Sun Chang (born Sun K'ang-i, ; 21 February 1944), is a Chinese-born American sinologist. She is a scholar of classical Chinese literature. She is the inaugural Malcolm G. Chace Professor, and former chair of the Department of East Asian La ...

(孫康宜) – writer and literary scholar *

Lan Samantha Chang Lan Samantha Chang (張嵐; pinyin: Zhāng Lán) is an American writer of novels and short stories. Life Lan Samantha Chang was born in Appleton, Wisconsin, and attended Yale University, where she earned her bachelor's degree in East Asian ...

– writer; director of the Iowa Writer's Workshop *

Victoria Chang Victoria Chang is an American poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who crea ...

– poet, children's writer, and essayist *

Ted Chiang Ted Chiang (born 1967) is an American science fiction writer. His work has won four Nebula awards, four Hugo awards, the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and six Locus awards. His short story "Story of Your Life" was the basis of the ...

(姜峯楠) – speculative fiction writer *

Frank Chin Frank Chin (born February 25, 1940) is an American author and playwright. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of Asian-American theatre. Life and career Frank Chin was born in Berkeley, California on February 25, 1940; until the age of s ...

(趙健秀) – novelist, playwright, and essayist *

Marilyn Chin Marilyn Chin (陈美玲) is a prominent Chinese American poet, writer, activist, and feminist, as well as an editor and Professor of English. She is well-represented in major canonical anthologies and textbooks and her work is taught all over the ...

(陈美玲) – poet *

Ben Fee Ben Fee (张恨棠/木云) (September 3, 1908 – July 3, 1978) was an American writer and labor organizer who rose to prominence in the Chinatowns of San Francisco and New York in the mid-twentieth century. He was president of the Chinese Workers ...

(张恨棠/木云) – writer and labor organizer *

David Henry Hwang David Henry Hwang (born August 11, 1957) is an American playwright, librettist, screenwriter, and theater professor at Columbia University in New York City. He has won three Obie Awards for his plays '' FOB'', '' Golden Child'', and '' Yellow ...

(黃哲倫) – playwright *

Gish Jen Gish Jen (born Lillian Jen; () August 12, 1955) is a contemporary American writer and speaker.Matsukawa, Yuko"MELUS interview: Gish Jen" ''MELUS'', Vol. 18, 1993 Early life and education Gish Jen is a second-generation Chinese American. Her pa ...

(任璧蓮) – writer, novelist *

Ha Jin Jin Xuefei (; born February 21, 1956) is a Chinese-American poet and novelist using the pen name Ha Jin (). ''Ha'' comes from his favorite city, Harbin. His poetry is associated with the Misty Poetry movement. Early life Ha Jin was born in L ...

(哈金) – novelist, winner of the National Book Award for ''Waiting'' *

Maxine Hong Kingston Maxine Hong Kingston (; born Maxine Ting Ting Hong;Huntley, E. D. (2001). ''Maxine Hong Kingston: A Critical Companion'', p. 1. October 27, 1940) is an American novelist. She is a Professor Emerita at the University of California, Berkeley, wher ...

– novelist, ''

The Woman Warrior ''The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts'' is a book written by Chinese American author Maxine Hong Kingston and published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1976. The book blends autobiography with old Chinese Folklore, folktales. ''The Woma ...

'' *

R. F. Kuang Rebecca F. Kuang is a Chinese-American fantasy writer. Her first novel, ''The Poppy War'', was released in 2018, followed by the sequels ''The Dragon Republic'' in 2019 and ''The Burning God'' in 2020. Kuang released a stand-alone novel, ''Babe ...

(匡灵秀) – fantasy novelist, ''

The Poppy War ''The Poppy War'' is a 2018 novel by R. F. Kuang, published by Harper Voyager. ''The Poppy War'', a grimdark fantasy, draws its plot and politics from mid-20th-century China, with the conflict in the novel based on the Second Sino-Japanese War, ...

'' *

Jean Kwok Jean Kwok is the award-winning, ''New York Times'' and international bestselling Chinese American author of the novels ''Girl in Translation'', ''Mambo in Chinatown,'' and ''Searching for Sylvie Lee'', which was chosen as ''The Today Show'' Read ...

– writer, novelist *

Edward Michael Law-Yone Edward Michael Law-Yone (, nicknamed Ed Law-Yone; February 5, 1911 – June 27, 1980) was a Burmese journalist and official of Burma and then of the Burmese government-in-exile, as well as an author. He was born in Kamaing, Myitkyina Distric ...

– writer, journalist; father of

Wendy Law-Yone Wendy Law-Yone (; born 1947) is the critically acclaimed Burmese-born American author of ''A Daughter's Memoir of Burma'' (Columbia University Press, 2014), ''Golden Parasol'' (Chatto & Windus, 2013), ''The Road to Wanting'' (Chatto & Windus, 2010 ...

– writer * Gus Lee (李健孫) – writer *

Carolyn Lei-Lanilau Carolyn Leilani Yu Zhen Lau (aka Carolyn Lau) (born 1946 Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American poet. Biography Lei-Lanilau is Hawaiian of Hakka ancestry. She graduated from San Francisco State University with an M.A. in English. She also studied Chin ...

– writer *

Yiyun Li Yiyun Li (born November 4, 1972) is a Chinese-born writer and professor in the United States. Her short stories and novels have won several awards, including the PEN/Hemingway Award and Guardian First Book Award for ''A Thousand Years of Good Pra ...

(李翊雲) – winner of the 2006 PEN/Hemingway Award *

Ed Lin Ed Lin is a Taiwanese-American writer, actor and novelist. He is the first author to win three Asian American Literary Awards. His first novel, ''Waylaid'' (2002) won a Members' Choice Award at the Asian American Literary Awards and also a Boo ...

(林景南) – writer, first author to win three

Asian American Literary Awards The Asian American Literary Awards are a set of annual awards that have been presented by The Asian American Writers' Workshop since 1998. The awards include a set of honors for excellence in fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by a panel of l ...

Tao Lin Tao Lin (; born July 2, 1983) is an American novelist, poet, essayist, short-story writer, and artist. He has published four novels, a novella, two books of poetry, a collection of short stories, and a memoir, as well as an extensive assortment of ...

(林韜) – writer *

Eric Liu Eric P. Liu (born 1968) is an American writer, former civil servant, and founder of Citizen University, a non-profit organization promoting civics education and awareness. Liu served as Deputy Assistant to President Clinton for Domestic Polic ...

(劉柏川) – author and speechwriter for former US President

Bill Clinton William Jefferson Clinton ( né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and agai ...

Malinda Lo Malinda Lo is an American writer of young adult novels including ''Ash'', ''Huntress'', ''Adaptation'', ''Inheritance,'' ''A Line in the Dark'', and '' Last Night at the Telegraph Club''. She also does research on diversity in young adult literat ...

– writer, young adult novels, ''

Ash Ash or ashes are the solid remnants of fires. Specifically, ''ash'' refers to all non-aqueous, non- gaseous residues that remain after something burns. In analytical chemistry, to analyse the mineral and metal content of chemical samples, ash ...

'' *

David Wong Louie David Wong Louie (; December 20, 1954 – September 19, 2018) was a Chinese-American novelist and short story writer. Life and career Born in Rockville Centre, New York, Louie graduated from East Meadow High School in 1973, as "one of the fe ...

(雷祖威) – writer *

Marie Lu Marie Lu (born 陸希未) is a Chinese-American young adult author. She is best known for the ''Legend'' series, novels set in a dystopian and militarized future, as well as the Young Elites series, the Warcross series, and ''Batman: Nightwalker' ...

(陸希未) – writer *

Ling Ma Ling Ma is a Chinese American novelist and assistant professor of practice in the Arts at the University of Chicago. Her first book, ''Severance'', won a 2018 Kirkus Prize and was listed as a ''New York Times'' Notable Book of 2018 and shortliste ...

– writer,

Severance Severance may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Severance'' (film), a 2006 British horror film * ''Severance'' (novel), a 2018 novel by Ling Ma *''Severance'', a 2006 short-story collection by Robert Olen Butler * ''Severance'' (TV series), a ...

Adeline Yen Mah Adeline Yen Mah () is a Chinese-American author and physician. She grew up in Tianjin, Shanghai and Hong Kong, and is known for her autobiography ''Falling Leaves''. She is married to Professor Robert A. Mah with whom she has a daughter, and a s ...

(馬嚴君玲) – author and physician * William Marr (馬為義,非馬) – engineer, poet, translator, and artist *

Chanel Miller Chanel Elisabeth Miller (born June 12, 1992) is an American writer and artist based in San Francisco, California and New York City. She was known anonymously after she was sexually assaulted on the campus of Stanford University in 2015 by Broc ...

– artist and author of '' Know My Name'' *

Anchee Min Anchee Min (; born January 14, 1957, in Shanghai, China) is a Chinese-American author who lives in San Francisco and Shanghai. Min has published two memoirs, '' Red Azalea'' and ''The Cooked Seed: A Memoir'', and six historical novels. Her fict ...

(閔安琪) – author, '' Red Azalea'' *

Celeste Ng Celeste Ng ( ) (born July 30, 1980) is an American writer and novelist. She has released many short stories that have been published in a variety of literary journals. Ng's first novel, '' Everything I Never Told You'', released on June 26, 20 ...

(伍綺詩) – writer, novelist *

Lisa See Lisa See (born 18th February 1955) is an American writer and novelist. Her books include ''On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family'' (1995), a detailed account of See's family history, and the novels '' Flower N ...

– writer *

Sui Sin Far Sui Sin Far (, born Edith Maude Eaton; 15 March 1865 – 7 April 1914) was an author known for her writing about Chinese people in North America and the Chinese American experience. "Sui Sin Far", the pen name under which most of her work was pu ...

(水仙花) – late 19th/early 20th century Chinese-English American author and journalist *

Amy Tan Amy Ruth Tan (born on February 19, 1952) is an American author known for the novel '' The Joy Luck Club,'' which was adapted into a film of the same name, as well as other novels, short story collections, and children's books. Tan has written ...

(譚恩美) – best-selling author, '' The Joy Luck Club'' *

Timothy Tau Timothy Tau (born Timothy Tau Hsieh ( ); Chinese: 謝韜; pinyin: Xiè Tāo) is a Taiwanese-American writer, engineer, attorney, law professor and filmmaker. Tau won the 2011 ''Hyphen magazine, Hyphen'' Asian American Writers' Workshop Short St ...

(謝韜) – writer, novelist, screenwriter, film director *

Jade Snow Wong Jade Snow Wong () (January 21, 1922 – March 16, 2006) was a Chinese American ceramic artist and author of two memoirs. She was given the English name of Constance, also being known as Connie Wong Ong. Early life Wong was born on January 2 ...

(黃玉雪) – writer *

Shawn Wong Shawn K. Wong is a Chinese American author and scholar. He has served as the Professor of English, Director of the University Honors Program (2003–06), Chair of the Department of English (1997–2002), and Director of the Creative Writing Program ...

– novelist, ''Homebase'', ''American Knees''; writer; professor *

Timothy C. Wong Timothy C. Wong (born 24 January 1941), is a Sinological translator and literary theorist of traditional Chinese fictional narratives and the Chinese efforts to Westernize and politicize their modern counterparts into what everyone now equates ...

(黃宗泰) – sinologist, translator, and literary theorist * Xu Xi (許素細) – English language novelist based in Hong Kong *

Geling Yan Geling Yan (; born 16 November 1958) is a Chinese-American author and screenwriter. Early life Yan was born in Shanghai, China in 1958. She is the second child of Yan Dunxun and Jia Lin. She has an elder brother Yan Geping (严歌平). Her fath ...

(严歌苓) – novelist and screenwriter *

Gene Luen Yang Gene Luen Yang (Chinese Traditional: 楊謹倫, Simplified: 杨谨伦, Pinyin: ''Yáng Jǐnlún''; born August 9, 1973) is an American cartoonist. He is a frequent lecturer on the subjects of graphic novels and comics, at comic book conventions a ...

(楊謹倫) – graphic novelist, whose book ''

American Born Chinese American-born Chinese are the subset of Chinese Americans who were born in the US. The term may also refer to: * ''ABC'' (Jin album), a Cantonese language album by Chinese American rapper Jin, the name of which is the colloquially used acronym of ...

'' was the first graphic novel to be nominated for a National Book Award *

Laurence Yep Laurence Michael Yep (; born June 14, 1948) is an American writer. He is known for his children's books, having won the Newbery Medal, Newbery Honor twice for his ''Golden Mountain'' series. In 2005, he received the biennial Laura Ingalls Wilder ...

(叶祥添) – two-time winner of the

Newbery Honor Newbery is a surname. People *Chantelle Newbery (born 1977), Australian Olympic diver *David Newbery (born 1943), British economist *Eduardo Newbery (1878–1908), Argentine odontologist and aerostat pilot *Francis Newbery (disambiguation), seve ...

Connie Young Yu Connie Young Yu (born June 19, 1941) is a Chinese American writer, activist, historian, and lecturer. She has written and contributed to many articles and books, notably including ''Profiles in Excellence: Peninsula Chinese Americans'', ''China ...

– writer, historian, lecturer, and 2016 "Woman of the Year" California Senate District 13 *

Judy Yung Judy Yung (1946 – December 14, 2020) was professor emerita in American Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She specialized in oral history, women's history, and Asian American history. She died on December 14, 2020 in San Fran ...

– writer *

Kat Zhang Kat Zhang (born 1 April 1991) is an American award-winning author of young adult and middle grade literature. She has also written two picture books, ''Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao'' and ''Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon''. Her first trilogy, '' ...

– author of young adult and middle grade novels * Jenny Zhang – essayist, poet, novelist * Jenny Tinghui Zhang – novelist

Theater

Ping Chong Ping may refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Ping, a domesticated Chinese duck in the illustrated book '' The Story about Ping'', first published in 1933 * Ping, a minor character in ''Seinfeld'', an NBC sitcom * Ping, a c ...

(張家平) – contemporary theater director *

Dan Kwong Dan Kwong is an American performance artist, writer, teacher and visual artist. He has been presenting his solo performances since 1989, often drawing upon his own life experiences to explore personal, historical, and social issues. His works ...

– playwright *

BD Wong Bradley Darryl Wong (born October 24, 1960) is an American actor. Wong won a Tony Award for his performance as Song Liling in ''M. Butterfly'', becoming the only actor in Broadway history to receive the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Crit ...

– Tony Award-winning actor, ''

M Butterfly ''M. Butterfly'' is a play by David Henry Hwang. The story, while entwined with that of the opera ''Madama Butterfly'', is based most directly on the relationship between French diplomat Bernard Boursicot and Shi Pei Pu, a Peking opera singer. T ...

'', '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''

Visual arts

Ernie Chan Ernesto Chan (July 27, 1940 – May 16, 2012), born and sometimes credited as Ernie Chua, was a

Filipino Filipino may refer to: * Something from or related to the Philippines ** Filipino language, standardized variety of 'Tagalog', the national language and one of the official languages of the Philippines. ** Filipinos, people who are citizens of th ...

Americans, American comics artist, known for work published by Marvel Comics and DC Comics, including many Marvel issues of series featurin ...

– comic book artist/inker for

Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Co ...

and

DC Comics DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with thei ...

. *

Ching Ho Cheng Ching Ho Cheng (December 26, 1946 – May 25, 1989) was a contemporary artist who lived and painted in New York City during the 1970s and 1980s. His work consists of four distinct periods: Psychedelics, Gouache, Torn Works and the Alchemical Serie ...

– artist * Alan Chin – artist *

Mel Chin Mel Chin (born 1951 in Houston, Texas, USA) is a conceptual art, conceptual visual artist. Motivated largely by political, cultural, and social circumstances, Chin works in a variety of art media to calculate meaning in modern life. Chin places art ...

– artist *

Cai Guo-Qiang Cai Guo-Qiang (; born 8 December 1957) is a Chinese artist who currently lives and works in New York City and New Jersey. Biography Cai Guo-Qiang was born in 1957 in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China. His father, Cai Ruiqin, was a calligrapher ...

(蔡國強) – artist and gunpowder works designer * Han Hsiang-ning (韓湘寧) – artist *

James Wong Howe Wong Tung Jim, A.S.C. (; August 28, 1899 – July 12, 1976), known professionally as James Wong Howe (Houghto), was a Chinese-born American cinematographer who worked on over 130 films. During the 1930s and 1940s, he was one of the most soug ...

(黃宗霑) – nominated for ten Academy Awards for cinematography, won twice (1955, 1963) *

Maya Lin Maya Ying Lin (born October 5, 1959) is an American designer and sculptor. In 1981, while an undergraduate at Yale University, she achieved national recognition when she won a national design competition for the planned Vietnam Veterans Memoria ...

(林瓔) – architect (

Vietnam Veterans Memorial The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a U.S. national memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring service members of the U.S. armed forces who served in the Vietnam War. The site is dominated by two black granite walls engraved with the names of those s ...

) *

Reagan Louie Reagan Louie (born 1951, San Francisco, California) is an American photographer and artist whose photography and installations explore cross-cultural identity and global transformation in Asia and in Asian communities in the United States. His ...

– American photographer * Seong Moy – painter and printmaker *

I. M. Pei Ieoh Ming Pei
– website of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners ( ; ; April 26, 1917 – May 16, 2019) was ...

(貝聿銘) – architect, designed the

Louvre Pyramid The Louvre Pyramid (Pyramide du Louvre) is a large glass and metal structure designed by the Chinese-American architect I. M. Pei. The pyramid is in the main courtyard ( Cour Napoléon) of the Louvre Palace in Paris, surrounded by three smalle ...

Mimi So Mimi So is a New York City-based American jewelry designer, known for a "distinctive and definitive fashion vibe" and a large celebrity clientele. Her company was founded as a partnership with luxury conglomerate Richemont, which subsequently so ...

– jewelry designer *

May Sun May Sun (born 1954) is a Los Angeles-based artist known primarily for her public art projects. Sun works in the mediums of sculpture, mixed media, photography and installation. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. She wa ...

– artist, public art *

Fan Tchunpi Fan Tchunpi or Fang Junbi (; 1898–1986), was a Chinese artist known for her brush-and-ink paintings in the traditional '' guóhuà'' style. Trained in Western painting techniques while living in France, her work is known for its combination of E ...

– painter, ceramicist *

Frank Wong Frank Wong (born September 22, 1932) is a San Francisco, California artist who creates miniature dioramas that depict the San Francisco Chinatown of Wong's youth during the 1930s and 1940s. His works include his grandmother's kitchen, the family' ...

– dioramist *

Tyrus Wong Tyrus Wong (October 25, 1910 – December 30, 2016) was a Chinese-born American artist. He was a painter, animator, calligrapher, muralist, ceramicist, lithographer and kite maker, as well as a set designer and storyboard artist. One of the mos ...

(黃齊耀) – artist * Frank Wu – science-fiction illustrator *

Xu Bing Xu Bing (; born 1955) is a Chinese artist who served as vice-president of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. He is known for his printmaking skills and installation art, as well as his creative artistic use of language, words, and text and how t ...

– artist

Business

Financial

Gerald Chan Gerald L. Chan (; born 1950/1951) is an American billionaire and the brother of fellow billionaire Ronnie Chan. They run the Hang Lung Group. Early life and education Gerald Chan is the son of T.H. Chan. He received a bachelor of science and a ...

– billionaire, son of

T.H. Chan Chan Tseng-hsi (; 1923 – March 8, 1986) was a Chinese entrepreneur who founded the Hong Kong-based real estate company Hang Lung Group. Born and raised in Guangdong, China, Chan moved to the British Hong Kong in the 1940s because of the Chines ...

* Tim Chen – co-founder and CEO of

NerdWallet NerdWallet is an American personal finance company, founded in 2009 by Tim Chen and Jacob Gibson. It has a website and app that earns money by promoting financial products to its users. History NerdWallet was founded in August 2009 by Tim Chen ...

Yan Huo Yan Huo(Chinese:霍焱) (born 1968) is managing partner and chief investment officer of Capula Investment Management. Prior to co-founding Capula in 2005, Yan spent most of his professional career at JPMorgan, where he worked in its derivatives r ...

– co-founder of

Capula Investment Management Capula Investment Management LLP is a British hedge fund, the fourth largest in Europe, with assets under management (AUM) of about $23 billion as of H2 2020. Location It is headquartered at 7 Clarges Street, in Mayfair, London with affiliat ...

, 8th largest hedge fund in Europe by assets *

Alfred Lin Alfred Lin is an American venture capitalist at Sequoia Capital.Arrington, Michae"Alfred Lin Has The Midas Touch: The Man With $2 Billion In Acquisitions Under His Belt" ''TechCrunch'', July 28, 2009. Lin was the COO, CFO, and Chairman of Zappos. ...

(林君叡) – venture capitalist at

Sequoia Capital Sequoia Capital is an American venture capital firm. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, and specializes in seed stage, early stage, and growth stage investments in private companies across technology sectors. , Sequoia's total a ...

* Ken Lin – founder and CEO of

Credit Karma Credit Karma is an American multinational personal finance company founded in 2007, which has been a brand of Intuit since December 2020. It is best known as a free credit and financial management platform, but its features also include monitor ...

* Norman Liu – CEO and president of

GECAS GECAS (GE Capital Aviation Services) was an Irish–American commercial aviation financing and leasing company. AerCap acquired the company from GE Capital on November 1, 2021. GECAS was the largest commercial airline leasing/financing company in ...

(2008–2015) *

Look Tin Eli Look Tin Eli (1870–1919) (Chinese: 陸潤卿, Lù Rùnqīng; also Luk Tin-Sun, Look Tin Sing) was a Chinese-American businessman, born in Mendocino, California, who achieved much success in San Francisco's Chinatown, especially after the 1906 ...

(陸潤卿) – co-founder of the Canton Bank of San Francisco (1907-1926) and one of the prime movers in the rebuilding of Chinatown after the 1906 quake *

Li Lu Li Lu (born April 6, 1966) is a Chinese-born American value investor, businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder and chairman of Himalaya Capital Management. Prior to emigrating to America, he was one of the student leaders of the 198 ...

– hedge fund manager and founder and chairman of Himalaya Capital Management * Lou Pai – CEO of Enron Xcelerator, a venture capital division of

Enron Enron Corporation was an American energy, commodities, and services company based in Houston, Texas. It was founded by Kenneth Lay in 1985 as a merger between Lay's Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth, both relatively small regional companies. ...

Donald Tang Donald Tang is an American businessman. He is the founder of Tang Media Partners and Global Road Entertainment. Tang is the former vice chairman of Bear Stearns and former chairman of Bear Stearns Asia. Early life Tang was born in Shanghai, China ...

– former vice-chairman of

Bear Stearns The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. was a New York-based global investment bank, securities trading and brokerage firm that failed in 2008 as part of the global financial crisis and recession, and was subsequently sold to JPMorgan Chase. The compa ...

Oscar Tang Oscar Liu-Chien Tang () is a Chinese-born American financier who co-founded Reich & Tang, an asset management firm. Tang was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2005. Prior to this, he was appointed to the New York Sta ...

(唐騮千) – financier and philanthropist *

Gerald Tsai Gerald Tsai Jr. (; March 10, 1929 – July 9, 2008) was a billionaire investor and philanthropist who helped build Fidelity Investments into a mutual fund powerhouse. After starting Fidelity Investments' first publicly sold aggressive growth fund ...

– financier, former chairman and CEO of

Primerica Primerica, Inc. (NYSE: PRI) is a company that provides insurance, investment and financial services to middle income families in the United States and Canada. Primerica is the parent company of National Benefit Life Insurance Company, Prime ...

* Mun Charn Wong – former executive of

Transamerica Corporation The Transamerica Corporation is an American holding company for various life insurance companies and investment firms operating primarily in the United States, offering life and supplemental health insurance, investments, and retirement services. ...

* Peng Zhao – CEO of Citadel Securities

Food

* Roger H. Chen (陳河源) – founder of Tawa Supermarket Inc., also known as

99 Ranch Market 99 Ranch Market () is an American supermarket chain owned by Tawa Supermarket Inc., which is based in Buena Park, California. 99 Ranch has 54 stores (as of June 2021), primarily in California, with other stores in Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Ne ...

Andrew Cherng Andrew Cherng (; pronounced ''Chur-ng''; born April 1948) is a Chinese-born American billionaire restaurateur. He is the founder and chairman of Panda Restaurant Group, based in Rosemead, California. He is the co-founder and chief executive offi ...

(程正昌) – co-founder of

Panda Express Panda Express is an American fast food restaurant chain that serves American Chinese cuisine. With over 2,200 locations, it is the largest Asian-segment restaurant chain in the United States, where it was founded, and is mainly located in North ...

, billionaire * Bob Chinn – owner of Bob Chinn's Crab House, highest grossing restaurant in America *

Johnny Kan Johnny Kan (1906–1972) was a Chinese American restaurateur in Chinatown, San Francisco, ca 1950–1970. He was the owner of Johnny Kan's restaurant, which opened in 1953, and published a book on Cantonese cuisine, ''Eight Immortal Flavors'', whic ...

– founder of Kan's Restaurant * Ping Tom (譚繼平) – Chicago-based food industry businessman; uncle of

Lauren Tom Lauren Tom (born August 4, 1961) is an American actress. Her roles include Lena St. Clair in '' The Joy Luck Club'', Julie in the NBC sitcom ''Friends'', Dot in the final season of ''Grace Under Fire'', and the voices for Amy Wong in ''Futurama'' ...

Industrial

Albert Chao Westlake Corporation is an international manufacturer and supplier of petrochemicals, polymers and fabricated building products, which are fundamental to various consumer and industrial markets. The company was founded by Ting Tsung Chao in 1986. ...

– co-founder of

Westlake Chemical Westlake Corporation is an international manufacturer and supplier of petrochemicals, polymers and fabricated building products, which are fundamental to various consumer and industrial markets. The company was founded by Ting Tsung Chao in 1986. ...

Allen Chao Allen Y. Chao is a Taiwanese-American businessman who founded Watson Pharmaceuticals and served as chief executive officer from 1984 to 2008 and chairman. Born in Shanghai, he spent his childhood in Taiwan. Chao went to Taipei Medical College, w ...

– founder of

Allergan, plc Allergan plc is an American, Irish-domiciled pharmaceutical company that acquires, develops, manufactures and markets brand name drugs and medical devices in the areas of medical aesthetics, eye care, central nervous system, and gastroenterology. ...

pharmaceutical and medical device co. * David T. Hon – founder and CEO of

Dahon Dahon is the world's largest manufacturer of folding bicycles with a two-thirds marketshare in 2006. The company was founded in 1982 by David T. Hon, a former laser physicist, and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, with assembly facto ...

bicycle co. * Noel Lee – founder and CEO of

Monster Cable Monster Inc. is an American company that manufactures and markets about 6,000 products, but is best known for audio and video cables. It also produces speakers, headphones, power strips, mobile accessories and audio devices for automobiles. The c ...

* Cyrus Tang – scrap metal and furniture magnate

Internet

Fred Chang Fred Chang (Chinese: 張法俊, born 1956/57) is a Taiwanese-born American entrepreneur. He is the founder of Newegg, an online computer hardware and software store. He debuted on the Forbes' 2014 global list of billionaires and holds the positi ...

– founder of

Newegg Newegg Commerce, Inc. is an American online retailer of items including computer hardware and consumer electronics. It is based in City of Industry, California. It is majority-owned by Liaison Interactive, a multinational technology company. Hi ...

, billionaire *

Pehong Chen Pehong Chen (; born 1957) is a Taiwanese-American businessman who co-founded Gain Technology with his Ph.D. advisor Michael A. Harrison and went on to found BroadVision. He currently serves as chairman of the board, president and chief executiv ...

– founder of Gain Technology and

Broadvision BroadVision is an international software vendor of self-service web applications for enterprise social software, electronic commerce, enterprise portals, and customer relationship management. The company provides applications to businesses. In ...

Perry Chen Perry Chen is an American artist and entrepreneur known for being the creator and principal founder of Kickstarter, PBC, the online funding platform for creative projects. He came up with the idea for Kickstarter in 2001 and launched it in 2009 a ...

– co-founder of

Kickstarter Kickstarter is an American public benefit corporation based in Brooklyn, New York, that maintains a global crowdfunding platform focused on creativity. The company's stated mission is to "help bring creative projects to life". As of July 2021, ...

Steve Chen Steve Chen (; born August 25, 1978) is a Taiwanese-American Internet entrepreneur who is one of the co-founders and previous chief technology officer of the video-sharing website YouTube. After having co-founded the company AVOS Systems, Inc. a ...

– co-founder of

YouTube YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by ...

Ben Chiu Benjamin "Ben" Chiu (; born December 27, 1970) is a Taiwanese-American and Canadian computer programmer and internet entrepreneur. He is the founder of killerapp.com, a popular comparison shopping site for computers and consumer electronics th ...

– founder of KillerApp.com *

Tracy Chou Tracy Chou (born 1987) is a software engineer and advocate for diversity in technology related fields. She previously worked at Pinterest and Quora with internship experience at Rocket Fuel, Google, and Facebook. She is best known for raising t ...

– ''Project Include,'' former

Pinterest Pinterest is an American image sharing and social media service designed to enable saving and discovery of information (specifically "ideas") on the internet using images, and on a smaller scale, animated GIFs and videos, in the form of pinboard ...

and

Quora Quora () is a social question-and-answer website based in Mountain View, California. It was founded on June 25, 2009, and made available to the public on June 21, 2010. Users can collaborate by editing questions and commenting on answers that ...

engineer *

Daniel Ha Daniel Ha is the co-founder and CEO of blog comment platform Disqus. Ha started Disqus with co-founder Jason Yan, a typical nobody and a classmate he had known since the 7th grade, in 2007 while attending University of California, Davis to study ...

– co-founder of

Disqus Disqus () is an American blog comment hosting service for web sites and online communities that use a networked platform. The company's platform includes various features, such as social integration, social networking, user profiles, spam and ...

Tony Hsieh Anthony Hsieh ( ; December 12, 1973November 27, 2020) was an American internet entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He retired as the CEO of the online shoe and clothing company Zappos in August 2020 after 21 years. Prior to joining Zappos, Hs ...

(謝家華) – CEO of

Zappos.com Zappos.com is an American online shoe and clothing retailer based in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. The company was founded in 1999 by Nick Swinmurn and launched under the domain name Shoesite.com. In July 2009, Amazon acquired Zappos in an ...

, online shoe store * Jameson Hsu – co-founder and CEO of

Mochi Media Mochi Media was a browser-based games network, with more than 140 million monthly active users and 15,000 games on nearly 40,000 publisher websites. Mochi Media's products included tools for Flash-based web developers to display in-game advertis ...

Justin Kan Justin Kan (born July 16, 1983) is an American internet entrepreneur and investor. He is the co-founder of live video platforms Justin.tv and Twitch, as well as the mobile social video application Socialcam. He is also the cofounder and former ...

– co-founder

Twitch Twitch may refer to: Biology * Muscle contraction ** Convulsion, rapid and repeated muscle contraction and relaxation ** Fasciculation, a small, local, involuntary muscle contraction ** Myoclonic twitch, a jerk usually caused by sudden muscle con ...

Kai-Fu Lee Kai-Fu Lee (; born December 3, 1961) is a Taiwanese computer scientist, businessman, and writer. He is currently based in Beijing, China. Lee developed a speaker-independent, continuous speech recognition system as his Ph.D. thesis at Carnegie ...

– founding president of

Google China Google China is a subsidiary of Google. A popular search engine, most services offered by Google China were blocked by the Great Firewall in the People's Republic of China. In 2010, searching via all Google search sites, including Google Mobil ...

Ellen Pao Ellen Kangourou Pao (born 1970) is an American investor and former CEO of social media company Reddit. Pao first became known in 2012 for filing a failed gender discrimination suit against her employer, venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins, a ...

: Reddit's CEO from 2014 to 2015, filed gender and race discrimination lawsuit against Perkins and lost *

Ben Silbermann Ben Silbermann (born July 14, 1982) is an American Internet entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and executive chairman of Pinterest, a visual discovery engine. which lets users organize images, links, recipes and other things. Early life Silberm ...

– co-founder and CEO of

, billionaire * Greg Tseng – co-founder and CEO of

Tagged Tagged may refer to: * Tagged (website), a social discovery website * Tagged (web series), an American teen psychological thriller web series {{disambiguation ...

Yishan Wong Yishan Wong () is an American engineer and entrepreneur who was CEO of Reddit from March 2012 until his resignation in November 2014. With Niniane Wang he is also co-founder of the Mountain View coworking space Sunfire Offices, and an advisor ...

– CEO of

Reddit Reddit (; stylized in all lowercase as reddit) is an American social news aggregation, content rating, and discussion website. Registered users (commonly referred to as "Redditors") submit content to the site such as links, text posts, images ...

(2012–2014); director of engineering of

Facebook Facebook is an online social media and social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin M ...

(2005–2010) *

Jerry Yang Jerry Chih-Yuan Yang (born November 6, 1968) is a Taiwanese-American billionaire computer programmer, internet entrepreneur, and venture capitalist. He is the co-founder and former CEO of Yahoo! Inc. As of February 2022, Yang has a net worth ...

– co-founder of

NASDAQ-100 The Nasdaq-100 (^NDX) is a stock market index made up of 101 equity securities issued by 100 of the largest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. It is a modified capitalization-weighted index. The stocks' weights in the in ...

component

Yahoo! Yahoo! (, styled yahoo''!'' in its logo) is an American web services provider. It is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California and operated by the namesake company Yahoo Inc., which is 90% owned by investment funds managed by Apollo Global Man ...

, billionaire *

David Yu David Yu (born 6 November 1967) is the former chief executive officer of Internet betting exchange Betfair and a tech investor. Education and early career Yu studied computer science at UC Berkeley and Stanford. He moved to London from California i ...

– high tech investor and CEO of

Betfair Betfair is a British Gambling, gambling company which operates the world's largest online betting exchange. Its product offering also includes sports betting, online casino, online poker, and online bingo. Founded in 2000, the business is split ...

(2006–2011)

Technology

John S. Chen John S. Chen (; born July 1, 1955) is a Hong Kong-American businessman serving as executive chairman and chief executive officer of BlackBerry Ltd. Previously, he served as the chief executive officer and president of Sybase, a software vendor s ...

– CEO of

BlackBerry The blackberry is an edible fruit produced by many species in the genus ''Rubus'' in the family Rosaceae, hybrids among these species within the subgenus ''Rubus'', and hybrids between the subgenera ''Rubus'' and ''Idaeobatus''. The taxonomy of ...

; former CEO of

Sybase Sybase, Inc. was an enterprise software and services company. The company produced software to manage and analyze information in relational databases, with facilities located in California and Massachusetts. Sybase was acquired by SAP in 2010; ...

– founder and CEO of Galactic Computing *

James Chu James Chu is an American businessman who founded ViewSonic, one of the largest brands in computer monitors. Chu was born October 23, 1957. His father was enlisted in the Nationalist Air Force, and his mother was a housewife. He is the fifth of ...

– founder, CEO and chairman of ViewSonic, one of the largest computer monitor brands *

Alfred Chuang Alfred S. Chuang () is an American business technology executive and venture capitalist. He is the former CEO of BEA Systems. In 2020, he founded Race Capital, a venture fund. Early life and education A native of Hong Kong, Chuang graduated fr ...

– co-founder

BEA Systems BEA Systems, Inc. was a company that specialized in enterprise infrastructure software products which was wholly acquired by Oracle Corporation on April 29, 2008. History BEA began as a software company, founded in 1995 and headquartered in ...

(acquired by

Oracle An oracle is a person or agency considered to provide wise and insightful counsel or prophetic predictions, most notably including precognition of the future, inspired by deities. As such, it is a form of divination. Description The word '' ...

for $8.5 billion in 2008) *

Weili Dai Weili Dai () is a Chinese-born American businesswoman. She is the co-founder, former director, and former president of Marvell Technology Group. Dai is a successful female entrepreneur, and is the only female co-founder of a major semiconductor ...

– co-founder of

Marvell Technology Group Marvell Technology, Inc. is an American company, headquartered in Santa Clara, California, which develops and produces semiconductors and related technology. Founded in 1995, the company had more than 6,000 employees as of 2021, with over 10,00 ...

Ping Fu Ping Fu (born 1958) is a Chinese-American entrepreneur. She is the co-founder of 3D software development company Geomagic, and was its chief executive officer until February 2013 when the company was acquired by 3D Systems Inc. , she is the Vic ...

(傅苹) – co-founder of

Geomagic Geomagic is the professional engineering software brand of 3D Systems. The brand began when Geomagic Inc., a software company based in Morrisville, North Carolina, was acquired by 3D Systems in February 2013 and combined with that company's othe ...

Ming Hsieh Ming Hsieh (; born 1956) is a billionaire Chinese-born American entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the founder of Cogent Systems in 1990. In 2011, he founded a genetic testing technology company. According to ''Forbes'' magazine, his estim ...

(謝明) – co-founder

Cogent Systems Cogent Systems, Inc. is a manufacturer of automated fingerprint identification systems (AFIS). On January 20, 2006, the City of Pasadena (CA) announces Cogent Systems' impending relocation from South Pasadena to Pasadena. On August 30, 2010 3M ...

(sold to 3M in 2009 for $930 million) *

Kai Huang RedOctane, Inc. was an American electronic entertainment company best known for producing the ''Guitar Hero'' series, beginning in November 2005. RedOctane became a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision in 2006. In February 2010, Activision clos ...

– co-founder of ''

Guitar Hero ''Guitar Hero'' is a series of music rhythm game video games first released in November 2005, in which players use a guitar-shaped game controller to simulate playing primarily lead, bass guitar, and rhythm guitar across numerous songs. Player ...

'' franchise *

Jensen Huang Jen-Hsun "Jensen" Huang (; born February 17, 1963) is a Taiwanese American billionaire business magnate, electrical engineer, and the co-founder, current president and CEO of Nvidia Corporation. Early years and education Huang was born in Tai ...

– co-founder and CEO of NASDAQ-100 component

NVIDIA Nvidia CorporationOfficially written as NVIDIA and stylized in its logo as VIDIA with the lowercase "n" the same height as the uppercase "VIDIA"; formerly stylized as VIDIA with a large italicized lowercase "n" on products from the mid 1990s to ...

* Robert T. Huang – founder of

Fortune 500 The ''Fortune'' 500 is an annual list compiled and published by ''Fortune'' magazine that ranks 500 of the largest United States corporations by total revenue for their respective fiscal years. The list includes publicly held companies, along ...

company

Synnex Synnex was an American multinational corporation that provides information technology (IT) services to businesses. It merged with competitor Tech Data to form TD Synnex. It was founded in 1980 by Robert T. Huang and based in Fremont, Cali ...

* Min Kao (高民環) – co-founder of

Garmin Garmin Ltd. (shortened to Garmin, stylized as GARMIN, and formerly known as ProNav) is an American, Swiss-domiciled multinational technology company founded in 1989 by Gary Burrell and Min Kao in Lenexa, Kansas, United States, with headquart ...

, billionaire *

David Lam David See-chai Lam, (; July 25, 1923November 22, 2010) was a Hong Kong-born Canadian banker, businessman, investor, philanthropist, and politician. From 1988 to 1995, Lam was the 25th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, and he was the firs ...

– founder of NASDAQ-100 component

Lam Research Lam Research Corporation is an American supplier of wafer fabrication equipment and related services to the semiconductor industry. Its products are used primarily in front-end wafer processing, which involves the steps that create the active c ...

Patrick Soon-Shiong Patrick Soon-Shiong (born July 29, 1952) is a Chinese-South African transplant surgeon, billionaire businessman, bioscientist, and media proprietor. He is the inventor of the drug Abraxane, which became known for its efficacy against lung, brea ...

– founder of

Abraxis BioScience Abraxis BioScience was a global biopharmaceutical, and nano-medicine company that developed treatments for critically ill patients. It had over 2000 employees worldwide in 2007. Abraxis's portfolio included the world's first protein-based nanopa ...

and

NantHealth NantHealth is one of the constituent companies of NantWorks, which is controlled by Patrick Soon-Shiong. With headquarters in Morrisville, North Carolina, Morrisville, North Carolina, the firm is focused on developing and marketing a range of he ...

, billionaire *

Lisa Su Lisa Su (; born 7 November 1969) is a Taiwanese-American business executive and electrical engineer, who is the president, chief executive officer and chair of AMD. Early in her career, Su worked at Texas Instruments, IBM, and Freescale Semic ...

(蘇姿豐) – CEO and president of NASDAQ-100 component

Advanced Micro Devices Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Santa Clara, California, that develops computer processors and related technologies for business and consumer markets. While it initially manufact ...

* David Sun – co-founder and COO of

Kingston Technologies Kingston Technology Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, sells and supports flash memory products, other computer-related memory products, as well as the HyperX gaming division ...

, billionaire *

Sehat Sutardja Sehat Sutardja (Se-hát Su-ta_ra ; born c. 1961 in Jakarta, Indonesia) is the co-founder of Marvell Technology Group; formerly chief executive officer and a director. Marvell is involved with industry segments including data storage, mobile and sm ...

– co-founder of

Lip-Bu Tan Lip-Bu Tan (born November 12, 1959) is a Malaysian-born American executive and entrepreneur presently the executive chairman of Cadence Design Systems and Chairman of Walden International, a venture capital firm. Early life and education Born ...

– president and CEO of

Cadence Design Systems Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (stylized as cādence), headquartered in San Jose, California, is an American multinational corporation, multinational computational software company, founded in 1988 by the merger of SDA Systems and ECAD, Inc. The co ...

Victor Tsao The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * Victor (1951 film), ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * Victor (1993 film), ...

– co-founder of

Linksys Linksys is an American brand of data networking hardware products mainly sold to home users and small businesses. It was founded in 1988 by the couple Victor and Janie Tsao, both Taiwanese immigrants to the United States. Linksys products incl ...

(sold to

Cisco Systems Cisco Systems, Inc., commonly known as Cisco, is an American-based multinational corporation, multinational digital communications technology conglomerate (company), conglomerate corporation headquartered in San Jose, California. Cisco develo ...

for $500 million) *

John Tu John Tu (; born August 12, 1941) is a Chinese-American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He is the co-founder of Kingston Technology. Early life John Tu was born in Chongqing, China. He was the son of an official in China's Nationalist ...

– co-founder of Kingston Technologies, billionaire *

An Wang An Wang (; February 7, 1920 – March 24, 1990) was a Chinese–American computer engineer and inventor, and cofounder of computer company Wang Laboratories, which was known primarily for its dedicated word processing machines. Wang was an impo ...

(王安) – co-founder of

Wang Laboratories Wang Laboratories was a US computer company founded in 1951 by An Wang and G. Y. Chu. The company was successively headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts (1954–1963), Tewksbury, Massachusetts (1963–1976), and finally in Lowell, Massachusett ...

(sold in 1999 for $1.5 billion) *

Charles Wang Charles B. Wang (; August 19, 1944 – October 21, 2018) was a Chinese-American businessman and philanthropist, who was a co-founder and CEO of Computer Associates International, Inc. (later renamed CA Technologies). He was a minority owner (and ...

(王嘉廉) – founder of

CA Technologies CA Technologies, formerly known as CA, Inc. and Computer Associates International, Inc., is an American multinational corporation headquartered in New York City. It is primarily known for its business-to-business (B2B) software with a product po ...

, owner of the

New York Islanders The New York Islanders (colloquially known as the Isles) are a professional ice hockey team based in Elmont, New York. The Islanders compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference ( ...

William Wang William Wang () is a Taiwanese American billionaire entrepreneur, and the founder and CEO of Vizio. Early life Wang was born in Taipei, Taiwan, moved to Hawaii, United States at the age of 12, and then to California at the age of 14. He atten ...

– founder and CEO of

Vizio Vizio Inc. (stylized as VIZIO) is an American publicly traded company that designs and sells televisions, sound bars, viewer data, and advertising. The company was founded in 2002 and is based in Irvine, California.Lawton, Christopher, Iwatani K ...

Ken Xie Ken Xie () is an American billionaire businessman who founded Systems Integration Solutions (SIS), NetScreen, and Fortinet. He is CEO of Fortinet, a cybersecurity firm based in Silicon Valley. Xie was previously the CEO of NetScreen, which was ac ...

– founder of

Fortinet Fortinet is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. The company develops and sells cybersecurity solutions, such as physical firewalls, antivirus software, intrusion prevention systems, and endpoint secur ...

and

NetScreen NetScreen Technologies was an American technology company that was acquired by Juniper Networks for US$4 billion stock for stock in 2004. NetScreen Technologies developed ASIC-based Internet security systems and appliances that delivered high per ...

(acquired by

Juniper Networks Juniper Networks, Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. The company develops and markets networking products, including routers, switches, network management software, network security products, ...

in 2004 for $4 billion) *

Bing Yeh Bing Yeh (; born c. 1950) is a Taiwanese-American electrical engineer and business executive. Biography Yeh was born in Taiwan and came to the United States in 1976. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in physics from National Taiwan University. ...

– founder of

Silicon Storage Technology Microchip Technology Inc. is a publicly-listed American corporation that manufactures microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP integrated circuits. Its products include microcontrollers ( PIC, dsPIC, AVR and SAM), Serial EEPROM d ...

and

Greenliant Systems Greenliant Systems is an American manufacturer of NAND flash memory-based solid state storage and controller semiconductors for embedded systems and datacenter products. Greenliant is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with offices in Nor ...

Eric Yuan Eric S. Yuan (; born 20 February 1970) is a Chinese-American billionaire businessman, engineer, and the chief executive officer and founder of Zoom Video Communications, of which he owns 22%. Early life Yuan is the son of geology engineers. He ...

, founder and CEO of

Zoom Zoom may refer to: Technology Computing * Zoom (software), videoconferencing application * Page zooming, the ability to magnify or shrink a portion of a page on a computer display * Zooming user interface, a graphical interface allowing for image ...

* Min Zhu – co-founder of

WebEx Webex by Cisco is an American company that develops and sells web conferencing, videoconferencing and contact center as a service applications. It was founded as WebEx in 1995 and taken over by Cisco Systems in 2007. Its headquarters are in San ...

(sold to Cisco Systems for $3.2 billion)

Other

Sam Chang Sam Chang (Chinese name: Shen Leong Chang) is a Taiwanese-American businessman and developer in New York City. Background A native of Taiwan, Chang dropped out of high school to help his parents manage a Los Angeles hotel. Prior to becoming a d ...

– New York real estate and hotel developer *

James S.C. Chao James Si-Cheng Chao (; born December 29, 1927) is a Chinese-American businessman. He is the founder of the Foremost Group, a New York-based shipping, trading, and finance enterprise. He is Elaine Chao's father, and Senator Mitch McConnell's fathe ...

– New York

shipping magnate A business magnate, also known as a tycoon, is a person who has achieved immense wealth through the ownership of multiple lines of enterprise. The term characteristically refers to a powerful entrepreneur or investor who controls, through perso ...

and father of

Elaine Chao Elaine Lan Chao (born March 26, 1953) is an American businesswoman and former government official. A member of the Republican Party, she served as the 18th United States secretary of transportation in the Trump administration from 2017 to 2021, ...

* John Chuang – co-founder and CEO of staffing consultancy

Aquent Aquent is a staffing company specializing in placing temporary employees in marketing and creative industries. According to Staffing Industry Analysts, it is among the "largest marketing/creative staffing firms in the United States". Aquent also o ...

* Lew Hing – shipping, hotel, and canning tycoon *

Andrea Jung Andrea Jung (鍾彬嫻, pinyin: Zhōng Bīnxián, jyutping: zung1 ban1 haa4) (born 1958) is a Canadian-American executive, non-profit leader, and prominent women's-issues supporter based in New York City. In April 2014, she became president and ...

(鍾彬嫻) – Chair of Avon

Entertainment

Stephen Chao Stephen Chao (born August 9, 1955) is an American internet entrepreneur, television producer, and media executive. He has worked as the president of Fox Television, an independent television producer, president of USA Network, and co-founder of ...

– media executive *

Dan Lin Dan Lin (; born April 8, 1973) is a Taiwanese-American film producer. He is the founder and CEO of Rideback (formerly Lin Pictures until 2018), a film and television production company that he formed in 2008 that has a first-look deal at Uni ...

–

Hollywood Hollywood usually refers to: * Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California * Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States Hollywood may also refer to: Places United States * Hollywood District (disambiguation) * Hollywood, ...

film producer and former SVP at

Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Warner Bros. or abbreviated as WB) is an American film and entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California, and a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Di ...

Mynette Louie Mynette Louie is an American film producer of Chinese descent. She was nominated for a Primetime Emmy and Critics Choice Award in 2018 for HBO's ''The Tale'', won the 2015 Independent Spirit Awards John Cassavetes Award for ''Land Ho!'', and won ...

– producer and co-founder of

Gamechanger Films Gamechanger Films is an American company that finances independent films directed by women. History Gamechanger Films was founded in 2013 by Julie Parker Benello, Dan Cogan, Geralyn Dreyfous, Wendy Ettinger. Mynette Louie was the President, De ...

John J. Sie John J. Sie is a Chinese-American businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder and chairman of Starz Entertainment Group LLC. Early life Born in Nanjing, China, Sie and his family escaped from Mainland China during the Chinese Civil War ...

– founder of

Starz Inc. Starz Entertainment LLC., (doing business as Starz Inc., and founded as Encore Movie Group in 1991) is an American entertainment company that owns U.S. pay television channels, including the namesake Starz network, and a media distribution comp ...

Andrea Wong Andrea Wong is an American businesswoman who serves on the boards of Liberty Media Corporation, Qurate Retail Group, Hudson Pacific Properties, Roblox, and Oaktree Acquisition Corp II. She is also a Trustee of the Royal Academy of Arts. She forme ...

– president of International Production for

Sony Pictures Television Sony Pictures Television Inc. (abbreviated as SPT) is an American television production and distribution studio. Based at the Sony Pictures Studios complex in Culver City, it is a division of Sony Entertainment's unit Sony Pictures Entertainm ...

and president of International for

Sony Pictures Entertainment Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Sony Pictures or SPE, and formerly known as Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc.) is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment studio conglomerate that produces, ac ...

Actors

Awkwafina Nora Lum (born June 2, 1988), known professionally as Awkwafina, is an American actress, rapper, and comedian who rose to prominence in 2012 when her rap song "My Vag" became popular on YouTube. She then released her debut album, ''Yellow Ran ...

(林家珍) – actress and rapper *

Tyson Beckford Tyson Beckford (born December 19, 1970) is an American model and actor best known as a Ralph Lauren Polo model. He was also the host of both seasons of the Bravo program '' Make Me a Supermodel''. Beckford has been described as one of the most s ...

– model and actor * Ross Butler - actor *

Chloe Bennet Chloé Wang (; born April 18, 1992), known professionally as Chloe Bennet, is an American actress and singer. She starred as Daisy Johnson/Quake in the ABC superhero drama series '' Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' (2013–2020). Early life ...

(汪可盈) – actress and singer * T. V. Carpio – actress and singer *

Tina Huang Tina Huang, born on October 28, 1981,Di Lauro, Janet. "trask master". ''Soap Opera Digest''. January 31, 2022, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 30-33 is an American stage and television actress of Taiwanese descent known for her recurring roles in ''Rizzoli & ...

— stage, television actress *

Tia Carrere Althea Rae Duhinio Janairo (born January 2, 1967), known professionally as Tia Carrere (), is an American actress, singer and former model who got her first big break as a regular on the daytime soap opera '' General Hospital''. Carrere played C ...

– actress, singer *

Flora Chan Flora Chan Wai-shan (Traditional Chinese:陳慧珊, born May 30, 1970 in Hong Kong), is an American actress active primarily in Hong Kong television and film. Along with Maggie Cheung Ho-yee, Kenix Kwok, Jessica Hsuan, and Ada Choi, she is kno ...

(陳慧珊) – actress *

JuJu Chan JuJu Chan Szeto (; born Juliana Chan; 2 February) also known as JuJu Chan (), is a Hong Kong-born American actress, martial artist, singer, and writer. Chan pursued martial arts at a young age, an interest she kept up with into adulthood. She s ...

– actress *

Michael Paul Chan Michael Paul Chan (born June 26, 1950) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Lieutenant Michael Tao on the TNT series ''The Closer'' and '' Major Crimes''. He also acted in ''U.S. Marshals'', playing an assassin. Biography Chan ...

- actor *

Emily Chang Emily Chang may refer to: * Emily Chang (actress) (born 1980), American actress * Emily Chang (journalist) Emily Hsiu-Ching Chang (; born August 11, 1980) is an American journalist, executive producer, and author. Chang was the anchor and execut ...

- actress *

Louis Ozawa Changchien Louis Ozawa Changchien (born October 11, 1975) is an American actor best known for his role in the films ''Predators'' ( 2010) and '' The Bourne Legacy'' (2012). Early life and education Changchien was born in Queens, New York and raised in New Y ...

– actor *

Rosalind Chao Rosalind Chao (; born September 23, 1957) is an American actress. Chao's best-known roles have been Soon-Lee Klinger in the mid-1980s CBS show ''AfterMASH'', Rose Hsu Jordan in the 1993 movie ''The Joy Luck Club (film), The Joy Luck Club'', the ...

– actress *

Zoë Chao Zoë Carroll Chao (born September 19, 1985) is an American television and stage actress and screenwriter, principally known for her role as Isobel in ''Strangers'', and Zoe in '' The Afterparty''. Early life Chao was born in Providence, Rhode I ...

– actress and writer *

Fala Chen Fala Chen (; born 24 February 1982) is a Chinese American actress. She is known for her roles in Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film ''Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings'' and HBO miniseries ''Irma Vep'' and ''The Undoing''. Che ...

– actress *

Hank Chen Hank Chen (born November 1, 1989) is an American actor and comedian best known for ''Life-Size 2'' and Robin Williams's final theatrical release, ''The Angriest Man in Brooklyn''. Early life Born as Henry Chen in Silver Spring, Maryland to Ta ...

– actor and comedian *

Joan Chen Joan Chen (born April 26, 1961) is a Chinese-American actress and film director. In China, she performed in the 1979 film and came to the attention of American audiences for her performance in the 1987 film ''The Last Emperor''. She is also ...

(陳冲) – actress, ''

The Last Emperor ''The Last Emperor'' ( it, L'ultimo imperatore) is a 1987 epic biographical drama film about the life of Puyi, the final Emperor of China. It is directed by Bernardo Bertolucci from a screenplay he co-wrote with Mark Peploe, which was adapted ...

'', director *

Lynn Chen Lynn Chen () is a Taiwanese-American actress and singer. She is best known for playing Vivian Shing in the film ''Saving Face (2004 film), Saving Face'', a role for which she won the "Outstanding Newcomer Award" at the 2006 Asian Excellence Awar ...

– actress, '' Saving Face'' *

Kevin Cheng Kevin Cheng Ka-wing (born 15 August 1969) is a Hong Kong American actor and singer who is currently under the management of the Hong Kong television network Television Broadcasts Limited, TVB. Cheng rose to fame in late 2004 after playing his fir ...

(鄭嘉穎) – actor and singer *

Cheng Pei-pei Cheng Pei-pei (born 6 January 1946) is a Chinese actress, who is considered cinema's first female action hero. She is known for her performance in the 1966 King Hu ''wuxia'' film ''Come Drink with Me'', as well as her portrayal of Jade Fox in t ...

(鄭佩佩) – actress, known for films

Come Drink with Me ''Come Drink with Me'' ( zh, t=大醉俠, l=Great Drunken Hero, p=Dà Zuì Xiá) is a 1966 Hong Kong ''wuxia'' film produced by Shaw Brothers Studio and directed by King Hu. Set during the Ming Dynasty, it stars Cheng Pei-pei, Yueh Hua and Ch ...

and

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'' is a 2000 wuxia film directed by Ang Lee and written for the screen by Wang Hui-ling, James Schamus, and Tsai Kuo-jung . The film features a cast of actors of Chinese people, Chinese ethnicity, including Ch ...

Karin Anna Cheung Karin Anna Cheung (born November 2, 1974) is an American actress, singer, songwriter, and artist. Early life and education Cheung was born on November 2, 1974 in Los Angeles, California. In 1998, she graduated from California State Universit ...

– actress, Angela, in

Quentin Lee Quentin Lee (; born 1971) is a Hong Kong-born Canadian-American film writer, director, and producer. He is most notable for the television series ''Comedy InvAsian'' and feature films ''The People I've Slept With'' (2009), ''Ethan Mao'' (2004), ...

's feature film ''

The People I've Slept With ''The People I've Slept With'' is a 2009 American sex comedy film directed by Quentin Lee. Plot Angela Yang ( Karin Anna Cheung) is a young woman who enjoys sex and has had a number of partners. As mementos, she photographs her lovers and gives ...

'' (2009) *

Feodor Chin Feodor Chin is an American actor, producer, writer and director. Chin starred as the antagonist "Benny" in Juwan Chung's ''Baby'' opposite David Huynh, the protagonist. ''Baby'' won a Special Jury Award for Best Feature Length Film, Narrative at t ...

– actor, writer, director *

Lori Tan Chinn Lori Tan Chinn is an American actress and comedian. She was a recurring character in the Netflix series ''Orange Is the New Black'' and currently stars as Awkwafina, Awkwafina's Grandma on Comedy Central's ''Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens'' (2020 ...

– actress *

Annabel Chong Grace Quek (), known professionally as Annabel Chong, is a Singaporean former pornographic actress who became famous after starring in an adult film that was promoted as '' The World's Biggest Gang Bang''. The film was commercially successful a ...

– adult film actress * Peter Chong – film and stage actor *

China Chow China Eiko Chow (born 15 April 1974) is a British-born American actress and model. Life Chow was born in London to restaurateur Michael Chow and his wife, model/designer Tina Chow (). Her paternal grandfather was the Peking Opera's Zhou Xinf ...

– actress, model *

Kelsey Chow Kelsey Asbille Chow (born September 9, 1991) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Mikayla in the Disney XD sitcom ''Pair of Kings'', and as Monica Long in the TV Series ''Yellowstone''. From 2005 to 2009, she had a recurring role ...

– actress *

Michaela Conlin Michaela Conlin (born June 9, 1978) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Angela Montenegro on the Fox crime procedural comedy-drama ''Bones'' which she played from 2005 to 2017. She also known for her recurring roles in th ...

– actress *

Auliʻi Cravalho Chloe Auliʻi Cravalho (; born November 22, 2000) is an American actress and singer who made her acting debut as the voice of the titular character in the 2016 Disney 3D computer-animated musical feature film '' Moana''. She went on to star in ...

– actress and singer *

Tiffany Espensen Tiffany Espensen (born February 10, 1999) is an American actress. She began her career as a child actress, before becoming known for her teenaged roles, such as Piper in the 2011 Nickelodeon series ''Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures'' and Beli ...

- actress *

Roger Fan Roger Fan (born August 11, 1972) is a Taiwanese-American film, theater, and television actor best known for his collaborations with Justin Lin and his appearances in the films '' Annapolis'', '' Finishing the Game'' and '' Better Luck Tomorrow''. ...

– actor *

James Hong James Hong (; born February 22, 1929) is an American actor, producer and director. He has worked in numerous productions in American media since the 1950s, portraying a variety of roles. With more than 650 film and television credits as of 20 ...

– actor and director *

George Hu George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd Presiden ...

(胡宇威) – actor *

Kelly Hu Kelly Ann Hu (born February 13, 1968 ) is an American actress, voice artist, former fashion model and beauty queen who was Miss Teen USA 1985 and Miss Hawaii USA 1993. Hu starred as Dr. Rae Chang on the American television soap opera '' Sunset ...

– actress *

Madison Hu Madison Hu (born June 2, 2002) is an American actress. She is known for playing the role of Frankie Wong on the Disney Channel series ''Bizaardvark'', and for her previous recurring role as Marci on the Disney Channel series '' Best Friends Whe ...

– actress, ''

Bizaardvark ''Bizaardvark'' is an American comedy television series created by Kyle Stegina and Josh Lehrman that premiered on Disney Channel on June 24, 2016. The series ran for three seasons consisting of 63 episodes, airing its final episode on April 13, ...

'' *

Celina Jade Celina Jade (born Celina Horan; 10 June 1985) is a Hong Kong-American actress, singer, songwriter, model, and martial artist. She is nominated as one of four the greatest beauties in Hong Kong SAR besides Carol Cheng, Lydia Shum and Amy Yip. She ...

– actress, singer and martial artist *

Malese Jow Elizabeth Melise Jow, known professionally as Malese Jow and Melise, is an American actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Geena Fabiano on the Nickelodeon sitcom ''Unfabulous'', Lucy Stone on the Nickelodeon musical sitcom ''Big Time ...

– actress and singer on ''

Unfabulous ''Unfabulous'' is an American teen sitcom that aired on Nickelodeon. The series is about an "unfabulous" middle schooler named Addie Singer, played by Emma Roberts. The show, which premiered on September 12, 2004, was one of the most-watched prog ...

'' and ''

The Vampire Diaries ''The Vampire Diaries'' is an American supernatural fiction, supernatural teen drama television series developed by Kevin Williamson (screenwriter), Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, based on the The Vampire Diaries (novel series), book series ...

'' *

Archie Kao Archie David Kao (born December 14, 1969) is an American actor and producer. He is best known to American audiences for series regulars roles on ''Chicago P.D.'', ''Power Rangers Lost Galaxy'' as well as long-running hit ''CSI: Crime Scene Inve ...

– actor and model *

Lawrence Kao Lawrence Kao is an American actor, best known for his roles as Tommy Wah in the Netflix series ''Wu Assassins'', Donnie Lu in the Fox series '' Sleepy Hollow'', Van in the CW series '' The Originals'' and Tim in the AMC series, '' The Walking D ...

- actor *

Matthew Yang King Matthew Yang King is an American television, film, stage and voice actor. He is known for recurring role appearances on '' Riverdale'', '' Powers'', '' 24'', ''Strong Medicine'', and ''Numbers''. He created the webseries ''World of Steam'' and has ...

- actor *

Michelle Krusiec Michelle Jacqueline Krusiec (born Ya-Huei Yang; ; October 2, 1974) is an American actress, writer and producer. Early life Krusiec was born in 1974 in Taiwan. She was adopted at age five and raised in America by her father's elder sister, who ha ...

– actress *

Nancy Kwan Nancy Kwan Ka-shen (; born May 19, 1939) is a Chinese-American actress, philanthropist, and former dancer. In addition to her personality and looks, her career was benefited by Hollywood's casting of more Asian roles in the 1960s, especially in ...

– first Chinese-born star in Western cinema *

Brandon Lee Brandon Bruce Lee (February 1, 1965 – March 31, 1993) was an American actor and martial artist. Establishing himself as a rising action star in the early 1990s, he landed his breakthrough role as Eric Draven in the dark fantasy film ''The ...

(李國豪) – actor, son of Bruce Lee *

Bruce Lee Bruce Lee (; born Lee Jun-fan, ; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was a Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy drawing from different combat disciplines that ...

(李小龍) –

kung fu Chinese martial arts, often called by the umbrella terms kung fu (; ), kuoshu () or wushu (), are multiple fighting styles that have developed over the centuries in Greater China. These fighting styles are often classified according to common ...

actor, son of

Lee Hoi-chuen Lee Moon-shuen (; 4 February 1901 – 7 February 1965) known professionally as Lee Hoi-chuen, was a Chinese opera singer and film actor in Hong Kong. He was the father of Bruce Lee, the father-in-law of Linda Lee Cadwell, and also the paternal g ...

Jason Scott Lee Jason Scott Lee (; born November 19, 1966) is an American actor and martial artist. He played Mowgli in Disney's 1994 live-action adaptation of ''The Jungle Book'' and Bruce Lee in the 1993 martial arts film '' Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story''. He ...

– actor * Michelle Lee – actress, martial artist and stuntwoman *

Peyton Elizabeth Lee Peyton Elizabeth Lee (born May 22, 2004) is an American actress. She is known for playing the title role on the Disney Channel comedy-drama series ''Andi Mack'' and the title character of '' Doogie Kameāloha, M.D.'' on Disney+. Career Prior t ...

- actress *

Shannon Lee Shannon Emery Lee Keasler (born April 19, 1969) is an American actress and businesswoman. She is the only living child of martial artist Bruce Lee and retired martial arts teacher Linda Lee Cadwell, the granddaughter of Cantonese opera singer L ...

(李香凝) – actress, and daughter of Bruce Lee *

Kaylani Lei Kaylani Lei (born Ashley Spalding) is an American pornographic actress. Early life Lei is of Chinese and Filipino descent. Career Lei danced at the Olympic Garden in Las Vegas prior to her porn career. She is a former contract performer for ...

– pornographic actress *

Al Leong Albert Leong (born September 30, 1952), also known as Al "Ka Bong" Leong, is an American stuntman and actor. Characterized by his martial arts skills (including Northern Shaolin Kung Fu, Tae Kwon Do, Kali, and Jujutsu), long wavy hair, and a pro ...

- actor and stuntman *

Ken Leung Kenneth Leung (; born January 21, 1970) is an American actor. His roles include Sang in '' Rush Hour'', Miles Straume in '' Lost'', Admiral Statura in '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'', and Eric Tao in HBO's ''Industry''. Early life Leung was ...

– actor, ''

Lost Lost may refer to getting lost, or to: Geography *Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland * Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cycling trail in Florida, US History *Abbreviation of lost work, any work which is known to have bee ...

'', '' X-Men: The Last Stand'' *

Telly Leung Telly Leung is an American actor, director, singer and songwriter. He is known for his work in musical theatre on Broadway and for his role as Wes, a member of the Dalton Academy Warblers on the Fox comedy-drama series ''Glee''. In 2011, he starre ...

- actor and singer *

James Hiroyuki Liao James Hiroyuki Liao (born February 6, 1976) is an American actor. Liao is known for his television roles as Roland Glenn in the Fox serial drama ''Prison Break'' (2008); Jay Lee in the CBS, and later A&E, police procedural series ''Unforgettable ...

– actor *

Julia Ling Julia Ling, born Xiao Wei Lin, is an American actress. Her television work includes recurring roles on NBC series such as '' ER'', ''Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip'', and as a series regular on ''Chuck''. Early life and education Ling was born ...

(林小微) – actress, ''

Chuck Chuck is a masculine given name or a nickname for Charles or Charlie. It may refer to: People Arts and entertainment * Chuck Alaimo, American saxophonist, leader of the Chuck Alaimo Quartet * Chuck Barris (1929–2017), American TV producer * ...

'' * Dyana Liu – actress *

Lucy Liu Lucy Alexis Liu is an American actress. Her accolades include winning a Critics' Choice Television Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Seoul International Drama Award, in addition to nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award. Liu has star ...

(刘玉玲) – actress, ''

Charlie's Angels ''Charlie's Angels'' is an American crime drama television series that aired on ABC from September 22, 1976, to June 24, 1981, producing five seasons and 115 episodes. The series was created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts and was produced by Aa ...

'', ''

Kill Bill ''Kill Bill: Volume 1'' is a 2003 American martial arts film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It stars Uma Thurman as the Bride, who swears revenge on a team of assassins (Lucy Liu, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, and Vivica A. Fox) an ...

'' *

Liu Yifei Crystal Liu (born An Feng; August 25, 1987), better known by her stage name Liu Yifei (), is a Chinese-American actress, singer, and model. She has appeared multiple times on ''Forbes'' China Celebrity 100 list and was named one of the New Four D ...

– actress and singer *

John Lone John Lone (; jyutping: zyun1 lung4; born October 13, 1952) is an American actor. He starred as Pu Yi in the Academy Award-winning film ''The Last Emperor'' (1987), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. A veteran o ...

– actor, most notable for his role as

Pu Yi Aisin-Gioro Puyi (; 7 February 1906 – 17 October 1967), courtesy name Yaozhi (曜之), was the last emperor of China as the eleventh and final Qing dynasty monarch. He became emperor at the age of two in 1908, but was forced to abdicate on 1 ...

in ''

'' *

Jodi Long Jodi Long is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Madama on '' Cafe Americain'' (1993–1994), and Ok Cha on '' Sullivan and Son'' (2012–2014), and her role in ''Patty Hearst'' (1988). She won Best Supporting Actress at the Day ...

– actress *

Keye Luke Keye Luke (, Cantonese Cantonese ( zh, t=廣東話, s=广东话, first=t, cy=Gwóngdūng wá) is a language within the Chinese (Sinitic) branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Cant ...

– actor *

Tzi Ma Tzi Ma (;) is a Hong Kong-American actor. He is well known for his roles in television shows, such as ''The Man in the High Castle'' and '' 24'', and films, such as ''Dante's Peak'', ''Rush Hour'', ''Rush Hour 3'', ''Arrival'', '' The Farewell' ...

(馬泰) – actor *

Byron Mann Byron Mann is a Hong Kong-American actor of film and television. His best-known roles include Ryu in ''Street Fighter'', Silver Lion in ''The Man with the Iron Fists'', Wing Chau in ''The Big Short'', Admiral Augusto Nguyen on ''The Expanse'', ...

– actor, notable for playing the role of Ryu in ''

Street Fighter , commonly abbreviated as ''SF'' or スト (''Suto''), is a Japanese media franchise centered on a series of fighting video and arcade games developed and published by Capcom. The first game in the series was released in 1987, followed by six ...

'' *

Marie Matiko Marie Matiko (born September 12, 1970) is an American actress. Early life Marie Matiko is of Chinese, Japanese and Filipino descent, born in Los Angeles County and grew up in Huntington Beach. She grew up wanting to become a concert pianist. I ...

– actress *

Meiling Melançon Meiling Melançon (born March 3, 1980), also known as Mei Melançon ( ja, 明依), is an American actress, screenwriter and former fashion model. She has appeared in major feature films as well as indie productions, television shows, and more ...

– actress *

Matthew Moy Matthew James Moy (born February 3, 1984) is an American actor and artist. He co-starred as Han Lee on the CBS sitcom ''2 Broke Girls'' and provides the voice of Lars Barriga on ''Steven Universe'' and ''Steven Universe Future''. Early life an ...

– actor, ''

2 Broke Girls ''2 Broke Girls'' (stylized ''2 Broke Girl$'') is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS from September 19, 2011, to April 17, 2017. The series was produced for Warner Bros. Television and created by Michael Patrick King and Whitney Cumm ...

'', most notable for the voice of Lars Barriga (''

Steven Universe ''Steven Universe'' is an American animated series, animated television series created by Rebecca Sugar for Cartoon Network. It tells the coming-of-age story of a young boy, Steven Universe (character), Steven Universe (Zach Callison), who li ...

'') *

Olivia Munn Lisa Olivia Munn (born July 3, 1980) is an American actress and former television host. After an internship at a news station in Tulsa, she moved to Los Angeles where she began her professional career as a television host for the gaming network ...

– actress, model and television personality *

Irene Ng Sze Irene Ng () (born July 28, 1974) is an American actress, teacher, banker and founder and director of Mencius Mandarin Preschool in Greenwich, Connecticut. She is best known for her role as Shelby Woo in ''The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo''. ...

– actress, played the title character in Nickelodeon's ''The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo'' *

Melissa Ng Melissa Ng Mei-hang (born 5 May 1972) is a retired American Hong Kong television actress born in China. She had been under contract to the television station TVB since 1996 after coming second in the Miss Chinese International Pageant, retiring f ...

– actress *

Haing S. Ngor Haing Somnang Ngor ( Khmer: ហាំង សំណាង ង៉ោ; ; March 22, 1940 – February 25, 1996) was a Cambodian American gynecologist, obstetrician, actor and author. He is best remembered for winning the Academy Award for Best Suppor ...

– actor; won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in ''

The Killing Fields A killing field is a concept in military science. Killing field may also refer to: * Killing Fields, a number of sites in Cambodia where collectively more than a million people were killed and buried by the Khmer Rouge regime, during its rule of ...

'' *

Julia Nickson-Soul Julia Nickson is a Singaporean–American actress. She first came to the attention of audiences in the United States in the Sylvester Stallone film '' Rambo: First Blood Part II''. She appeared in the 2004 film '' Ethan Mao'' and in the 2008 in ...

– actress, most notable for playing the role of Co-Bao in '' Rambo: First Blood Part II'' *

Jimmy Ouyang Jimmy O. Yang (; born June 11, 1987) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, and writer. As an actor, he is best known for starring as Jian-Yang in the HBO comedy series ''Silicon Valley'', as Dr. Chan Kaifang in the Netflix comedy series ''Sp ...

(歐陽萬成) – actor, writer and comedian *

Will Pan Wilber Pan (; born 6 August 1980), also known as Will Pan, is a Taiwanese-American singer, songwriter, rapper, actor and entrepreneur. He started his career as a host of Channel V programs. In 2011, Pan was awarded Best Actor for ''Endless Lo ...

(潘瑋柏) – singer and songwriter *

Janel Parrish Janel Meilani Parrish Long (born October 30, 1988) is an American actress and singer. She starred as Mona Vanderwaal in the mystery-drama television series ''Pretty Little Liars'' (2010–2017) and its spinoff '' Pretty Little Liars: The Perfecti ...

– actress and singer *

Ke Huy Quan Ke Huy Quan (born August 20, 1971), also known as Jonathan Ke Quan (), is a Vietnam-born American actor and stunt choreographer. Quan played Short Round in ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' (1984) and Data in ''The Goonies'' (1985)''.' ...

– actor and stunt choreographer; played

Short Round This is a list of characters in the Indiana Jones (franchise), ''Indiana Jones'' series. Introduced in ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' Indiana Jones Indiana Jones (character), Dr. Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr. (Harrison Ford), the titular chara ...

in ''

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' is a 1984 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg. It is the second installment in the ''Indiana Jones'' franchise, and a prequel to the 1981 film ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'', fea ...

'' *

Chester See Chester See (born Chester Lionel Watch April 20, 1983) is an American YouTuber, singer and actor. He is best known for his YouTube videos, which have garnered over 207 million views, as of September 2017. He appeared as Stacee Jaxx in ''Rock of ...

– YouTube personality, musician, and Broadway actor. *

Ivan Shaw Ivan Shaw is a Taiwanese-American actor who made his daytime debut in December 2002, playing young Henry Chin in the ABC daytime show '' All My Children''. Early life and education Shaw moved from Taipei, Taiwan at age 4 to Upland, California whe ...

– actor *

Freda Foh Shen Freda Foh Shen (born April 25, 1948) is an American actress. She is best known for the voice of Fa Li in the 1998 Disney animated film ''Mulan'' and its 2004 direct-to-video sequel ''Mulan II'', and for playing Anne Lee on '' 9-1-1'' (2019-prese ...

- actress *

Parry Shen Parry Shen (born June 26, 1973) is an American actor, author, screenwriter, and producer. Shen's first major acting role was in '' Better Luck Tomorrow'' as Ben Manibag, the film's leading character. He also starred in another Asian American film, ...

– actor *

Robin Shou Shou Wan-por (, born July 17, 1960), known professionally as Robin Shou, is a Hong Kong-American actor, martial artist and stuntman. He is known for roles such as Liu Kang in the ''Mortal Kombat'' film series (1995 and 1997), Gobei in ''Beverly ...

(仇雲波) – actor, stuntman, martial artist *

Harry Shum, Jr. Harry Shum Jr. (born April 28, 1982) is an American actor, dancer, choreographer, and singer. He is best known for his roles as Mike Chang on the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox television series ''Glee (TV series), Glee'' (2009–15), List of Grey ...

(岑勇康) – actor, dancer, and singer in ''

Glee Glee means delight, a form of happiness. Glee may also refer to: * Glee (music), a type of English choral music * ''Glee'' (TV series), an American musical comedy-drama TV series, and related media created by Ryan Murphy * ''Glee'' (Bran Van 30 ...

'' and ''

Shadowhunters ''Shadowhunters'', also known as ''Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments'', is an American supernatural drama television series developed by Ed Decter, based on the book series ''The Mortal Instruments'' written by Cassandra Clare. It premiered ...

'' *

Soo Yong Soo Yong, (, originally Young Hee (楊喜); October 31, 1903 – October 29, 1984) was a Chinese-American actress. She acted in twenty-three Hollywood films and numerous television shows, mostly in supporting roles. Among them were ''The Good E ...

(岑勇) – Hollywood and television actress. *

Kaiji Tang Kaiji Tang (pronounced "Kai-jee"; born January 25, 1984) is a Chinese voice actor who is based in Los Angeles. Biography Tang was born in Shanghai, China on January 25, 1984. He graduated from the University of California, Riverside with a deg ...

(唐凯吉) – voice actor *

Will Tiao Will Tiao (born October 31, 1973) is a Taiwanese-American actor, producer, and real estate broker and investor. Early life Tiao was born and raised in Manhattan, Kansas. Tiao graduated from Manhattan High School. Education Tiao majored in ...

(刁毓能) – actor and producer *

Jennifer Tilly Jennifer Tilly (born Jennifer Ellen Chan; September 16, 1958) is an American–Canadian actress and poker player. Known for her distinctive voice and comedic timing, she has been nominated for an Academy Award, two MTV Movie Awards and three Sat ...

– actress, ''

Bound Bound or bounds may refer to: Mathematics * Bound variable * Upper and lower bounds, observed limits of mathematical functions Physics * Bound state, a particle that has a tendency to remain localized in one or more regions of space Geography *B ...

'' (born in

California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...

) *

Meg Tilly Meg Tilly (born Margaret Elizabeth Chan on February 14, 1960) is an American-Canadian actress and writer. For her role in the 1985 film '' Agnes of God'', she won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting ...

– actress *

Chuti Tiu Chuti Tiu is an American actress of Filipino and Chinese descent. She was Miss Illinois in 1994. Early life Tiu was raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Filipino immigrants. Her father is of Chinese origin and her mother is Filipina-Spanish. Her p ...

– actress, ''

Desire Desires are states of mind that are expressed by terms like "wanting", "wishing", "longing" or "craving". A great variety of features is commonly associated with desires. They are seen as propositional attitudes towards conceivable states of aff ...

'', '' 24'', '' Dragnet'', ''

Beautiful Beautiful, an adjective used to describe things as possessing beauty, may refer to: Film and theater * ''Beautiful'' (2000 film), an American film directed by Sally Field * ''Beautiful'' (2008 film), a South Korean film directed by Juhn Jai-h ...

'', ''

The Specials The Specials, also known as The Special AKA, are an English Two-tone (music genre), 2 tone and ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry. After some early changes, the first stable lineup of the group consisted of Terry Hall (singer), Terr ...

''; former

America's Junior Miss Distinguished Young Women, formerly known as America's Junior Miss, is a national non-profit organization that provides scholarship opportunities to high school senior girls. Depending on the schedule of the various state and local programs, youn ...

(first non-Caucasian winner) *

Kiana Tom Kiana Tom (born March 14, 1965) is an American television host, fitness expert, model, author, former actress, and businesswoman. She is best known as the hostess and creator of ''Kiana's Flex Appeal'' on ESPN. Life and Career Kiana Tom's name a ...

– actress, television host, and exercise instructor *

– actress, '' The Joy Luck Club'', "Julie" on ''

Friends ''Friends'' is an American television sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting ten seasons. With an ensemble cast starring Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa ...

'' *

Jessika Van Jessika Van is an American actress, singer-songwriter, pianist and dancer. Van is most known for playing "Becca," the ringleader of the Asians or the Asian mafia in Season 2 and Season 3 of MTV's '' Awkward.'' She also played Kim, a Hong Kong Po ...

– actress, singer, portrays "Becca" on MTV's ''

Awkward Awkward may refer to: * Awkwardness or embarrassment, an emotional state of intense discomfort with people * ''Awkward'' (TV series), an American teen comedy series * ''Awkward'' (album), a 2001 album by Ty * ''Awkward'', a 1999 graphic novel by ...

'' *

Garrett Wang Garrett Richard Wang () (; born December 15, 1968) is an American actor. Wang is known for his role in '' Star Trek: Voyager'' as Ensign Harry Kim. Early life Wang was born in Riverside, California, to Taiwanese immigrant parents. He has one si ...

– actor in '' Star Trek: Voyager'' *

Ming-Na Wen Ming-Na Wen (; born November 20, 1963) is an American actress and model. She voiced Mulan in the animated film ''Mulan'' and its sequel, portrayed Melinda May / The Cavalry in '' Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' (2013–2020), and Fennec Sha ...

(溫明娜) – Macanese-born actress, '' ER'', ''

Mulan Hua Mulan () is a legendary folk heroine from the Northern and Southern dynasties era (4th to 6th century CE) of Chinese history. According to legend, Mulan took her aged father's place in the conscription for the army by disguising herself as ...

'' *

Anna May Wong Wong Liu Tsong (January 3, 1905 – February 3, 1961), known professionally as Anna May Wong, was an American actress, considered the first Chinese-American movie star in Hollywood, as well as the first Chinese-American actress to gain intern ...

(黃柳霜) – first female Asian-American star of the screen *

Grace Wong Grace Wong Kwan-hing (born 5 May 1986) is a Hong Kong television actress and singer formerly contracted to TVB. She is best known for her role as Fa Man in the martial arts television drama '' A Fist Within Four Walls''. Early life Grace Wong ...

(王君馨) – actress * Michael Wong (王敏德) – actor *

Russell Wong Russell Wong (; born March 1, 1963) is an American actor of film and television. He was one of the first actors of Chinese descent to hold a leading role in a primetime American television series, portraying Jian-Wa with Chi Muoi Lo portraying W ...

(王盛德) – actor * Victor Wong (黃自強) – actor *

Constance Wu Constance Wu (born March 22, 1982) is an American actress. Wu was included on ''Time'' magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2017. She has earned several accolades, including nominations for a Golden Globe Award, fo ...

(吳恬敏) – actress *

Daniel Wu Daniel Ng Neh-Tsu (, born September 30, 1974) is an American actor, director and producer based in Hong Kong. He is known as a "flexible and distinctive" leading actor in the Chinese language film industry. Since his film debut in 1998, he has ...

– actor *

Jade Wu Jade Wu (born January 5, 1953) Chinese-American actress, playwright, producer, director, and editor who was born in Japan. She is the granddaughter of actor and director, Yuanlong Wang, who is known for his work in Hong Kong, China, and Taiwan ...

– actress, screenwriter, director *

Kevin Wu Kevin Wu (born June 12, 1990) is an American former YouTuber best known under the username KevJumba. The ''San Francisco Chronicles Jeff Yang has noted that Wu is not a comedian in the conventional sense but that by "just talking eis, well, ...

(吳凱文) –

star, once #1 all-time most subscribed comedian *

Leonard Wu Leonard Wu is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Orus in the Netflix television drama series ''Marco Polo'' (2016), Shiwei Chen in the drama television series '' Bosch'' (2018), Kinuba in the action film '' Alita: Battle Angel'' (2019 ...

– actor, producer and writer *

Bowen Yang Bowen Yang ( zh, link=no, 楊伯文; born November 6, 1990) is an Australian-born American actor, comedian, podcaster, and writer based in New York City. He co-hosts a comedy pop-culture podcast, '' Las Culturistas,'' with Matt Rogers. Since Sep ...

– actor and writer, ''

Saturday Night Live ''Saturday Night Live'' (often abbreviated to ''SNL'') is an American late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC and Peacock. Michaels currently serves a ...

'' *

Welly Yang Welly may refer to: * Wellington boot, protective boot popularized by the first Duke of Wellington * A nickname for the city of Wellington, New Zealand, and: ** Wellington Phoenix FC Wellington Phoenix Football Club is a professional assoc ...

– actor and artist *

Michelle Ye Michelle Ye or Ye Xuan (born 14 February 1980) is a Chinese actress and producer. She is best known for her roles in, ''Eternal Happiness'', ''Triumph in the Skies'', and ''Lost in the Chamber of Love''. Her most notable role was in the 2009 f ...

(葉璇) – actress *

Kelvin Han Yee Kelvin Han Yee (born June 14, 1961, San Francisco, California) is an American actor who has appeared in numerous films such as '' Destroyer'', ''Milk'' (as Gordon Lau), '' Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star'' (as Vietnamese Crime Boss), '' Lucky Yo ...

– actor *

Gwendoline Yeo Gwendoline See-Hian Yeo (; born 10 July 1977) is a Singaporean actress, musician and writer best known for her roles as Dr. Kelly Lee on ''General Hospital'', Xiao-Mei on ''Desperate Housewives'' and Sun Fu in ''Broken Trail''. She is also known ...

– musician and actress *

Keone Young Keone Joseph Young is an American actor. He is best known for his television roles as Dr. Michael Kwan in ''Kay O'Brien'' (1986), Mr. Wu in '' Deadwood'' (2004–2006) and as the dual roles of Judge Robert Chong and Mr. Wan in ''The Young and th ...

– actor *

Eugenia Yuan Eugenia Yuan is an American actress and former rhythmic gymnast who has won a Hong Kong Film Award. Early life On January 22, 1976, Yuan was born in Inglewood, Los Angeles county, California. Yuan's mother is Cheng Pei-pei, an actress who ...

(原麗淇) – actress and daughter of

Catalina Yue Catalina Yue (born May 19 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter, actress, model, producer, and businesswoman. A former Miss Universe Canada delegate, she is of Indonesian, Chinese, Japanese, and English ancestry. Known fo ...

– actress, singer, model *

Victor Sen Yung Sen Yung, later known professionally as Victor Sen Young (born Sen Yew Cheung; October 18, 1914 – c. November 9, 1980); one source lists his given name as Victor Cheung Young with the birth year 1915)) was an American character actor, best kn ...

– actor, portrayed Hop Sing in ''

Bonanza ''Bonanza'' is an American Western television series that ran on NBC from September 13, 1959, to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 432 episodes, ''Bonanza'' is NBC's longest-running western, the second-longest-running western series on U ...

'' * Nan Zhang (张楠) – actress, ''Gossip Girl''

Directors

Arvin Chen Arvin Chen (born 26 November 1978) is a Taiwanese-American director and screenwriter. He is best known for his film ''Au Revoir Taipei.'' Early life Chen was born and raised in the United States. His parents were immigrants from Taiwan. He was ...

– director and screenwriter *

Tze Chun Tze Chun (born Tze-ngo Chun ) is an Cinema of the United States, American film and TV producer, director, writer, and comic book publisher. He was born in Chicago and raised outside of Boston, and graduated from Milton Academy in 1998. He recei ...

– writer, director *

Esther Eng Esther Eng ( – January 25, 1970), born Ng Kam-ha, was a Cantonese–American film director and the first female director to direct Chinese-language films in the United States. Eng made four feature films in America, and five in Hong Kong.Wei, 20 ...

– director *

Dayyan Eng Dayyan Eng, known as Wu Shixian in China (), born in Taiwan in 1975, is a Chinese-American filmmaker of Chinese, English, and Persian ancestry, who grew up in three continents. He studied film arts at the University of Washington and transferred t ...

- writer, producer, director *

Ang Lee Ang Lee (; born October 23, 1954) is a Taiwanese filmmaker. Born in Pingtung County of southern Taiwan, Lee was educated in Taiwan and later in the United States. During his filmmaking career, he has received international critical and popula ...

– Academy Award-winning director *

(李孟熙) – Canadian / American director, known for gay Asian stories *

Justin Lin Justin Lin (, born October 11, 1971) is a Taiwanese Americans, Taiwanese-American film director. His films have grossed US$2.3 billion worldwide as of March 2017. He is best known for his directorial work on ''Better Luck Tomorrow'' (2002), the ...

– director, ''

Better Luck Tomorrow ''Better Luck Tomorrow'' is a 2002 American crime film, crime-Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Justin Lin. The film is about Asian American overachievers who become bored with their lives and enter a world of petty crime and ma ...

'', '' The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift'', ''

Fast & Furious ''Fast & Furious'' (also known as ''The Fast and the Furious'') is a media franchise centered on a series of action films that are largely concerned with street racing, heists, spies, and family. The franchise also includes short films, a t ...

'' *

Freida Lee Mock Freida Lee Mock is an Academy Award-winning American filmmaker, director, screenwriter and producer. She is a co-founder of the American Film Foundation with Terry Sanders. Her documentary, '' Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision'' (1994) won an Acad ...

– Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and co-founder of the

American Film Foundation The American Film Foundation is a production company based in Southern California. The foundation is headed by Terry Sanders and Freida Lee Mock who have combined to create more than 60 documentary and feature films. They have won multiple awards ...

David Ren David Ren (born Yi Ren; November 5, 1986) is a Chinese-American film co-director, writer, and producer. Biography David Ren was born in Shanghai, China, and grew up in Queens, New York City. He started to study acting at the Neighborhood Play ...

– film director, ''

Shanghai Kiss ''Shanghai Kiss'' is a 2007 direct-to-DVD film directed by Kern Konwiser and David Ren. It was released on DVD on October 9, 2007. Hayden Panettiere won the Feature Film Award at the Newport Beach Film Festival for her role as Adelaide. Liam Liu ...

'' *

– writer and director *

Wayne Wang Wayne Wang (; born January 12, 1949) is a Hong Kong Americans, Hong Kong–American Film director, director, Film producer, producer, and screenwriter. Considered a pioneer of Asian-American cinema, he was one of the first Chinese Americans, ...

–

director Director may refer to: Literature * ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine * ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker * ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty Music * Director (band), an Irish rock band * ''Di ...

; won the Golden Shell *

Ruby Yang A ruby is a pinkish red to blood-red colored gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum ( aluminium oxide). Ruby is one of the most popular traditional jewelry gems and is very durable. Other varieties of gem-quality corundum are called sap ...

– film director *

Jessica Yu Jessica Lingmin Yu (born February 14, 1966) is an American film director, writer, producer, and editor. She has directed documentary films, dramatic films, and television shows. Yu won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject in ...

– Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker; film and television director

Musicians

Jin Au-yeung Jin Au-Yeung (; born June 4, 1982), known professionally as MC Jin, is an American rapper, songwriter, actor and comedian of Chinese descent. Jin is notable for being the first Asian American solo rapper to be signed to a major record label ...

– rapper, songwriter, actor *

Carmit Bachar Carmit Maile Bachar ( he, כרמית בכר; born September 4, 1974), known professionally as Carmit, is an American singer, dancer, model, actress and showgirl. She is a member of the Pussycat Dolls. She is married to longtime partner Kevin Whita ...

– singer and member of the

Pussycat Dolls Pussycat or Pussy Cat may refer to: * Cat, a domestic feline Music Bands * Pussycat (band), a Dutch country and pop group * The Pussycats, a 1960s Norwegian rock band * The Pussycats, a group signed to Kama Sutra Records Albums * ''Pussy Cats'', ...

* Baiyu – singer, songwriter, actress,

mtvU MTVU (formerly stylized as MtvU and mtvU) is an American digital cable TV channel owned by the MTV Entertainment Group, a unit of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. The channel was first known as VH1 Uno from 2000 to ...

VJ *

Jaycee Chan Jaycee Joming Chan (, born 3 December 1982), known professionally as Jaycee Chan, is an American singer and actor. In 2004, he released his first Mandarin CD album in Hong Kong. He later went to Taiwan to continue his music career. He is the son of ...

– Hong Kong singer-songwriter, actor *

Robert Chen Robert Chen () is a Taiwanese-born violinist who is the Concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He received Bachelor's and Master's of Music degrees from the Juilliard School, where he studied with Dorothy DeLay and Masao Kawasaki. Ca ...

– violinist,

concertmaster The concertmaster (from the German ''Konzertmeister''), first chair (U.S.) or leader (U.K.) is the principal first violin player in an orchestra (or clarinet in a concert band). After the conductor, the concertmaster is the second-most signifi ...

Chicago Symphony Orchestra The Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) was founded by Theodore Thomas in 1891. The ensemble makes its home at Orchestra Hall in Chicago and plays a summer season at the Ravinia Festival. The music director is Riccardo Muti, who began his tenure ...

* Chi Cheng – bassist of alternative metal band,

Deftones Deftones is an American alternative metal band formed in Sacramento, California in 1988. They were formed by Chino Moreno (vocals, guitar), Stephen Carpenter (guitar), Abe Cunningham (drums), and Dominic Garcia (bass). During their first five ...

Andrew Chou Andrew Chou Li-Ming (born May 7, 1990), known by his stage name Younger Brother Machi, is an American songwriter, DJ, and music producer. 2002 - 06: Career beginnings and Machi In 2004 he released his first solo album entitled "Oh My!". The album ...

– member of hip-hop group Machi *

Dawen Dawen Wang (), known as Dawen, is an American singer and songwriter. He first gained prominence when he won Kollaboration Acoustic 4. Dawen's first single "Wake Up", deals with Asian American stereotypes and prejudice towards minorities, and is ...

– singer, songwriter *

Leah Dizon Leah Donna Dizon (born September 24, 1986) is an American singer, model and media personality.Khalil Fong Khalil Fong (Chinese: 方大同; born 14 July 1983) is a Hong Kong-based American singer-songwriter and producer. The biographical film La Bamba, about the life and career of Ritchie Valens, greatly influenced Fong's decision to become a mu ...

– singer, songwriter *

Nichkhun Nichkhun Buck Horvejkul ( th, นิชคุณ หรเวชกุล; ; born June 24, 1988), better known mononymously as Nichkhun ( ko, 닉쿤), is a Thai American singer, songwriter, rapper, actor and model who is currently based in Sout ...

Buck Horvejkul – singer and rapper member of the K-pop group, 2PM *

Hao Huang (pianist) (Tseng) Hao Huang (黄俊豪) is a Hakka Chinese American concert pianist, published scholar, narrator, playwright, composer and the Bessie and Cecil Frankel Endowed Chair in Music at Scripps College. Huang has performed in over two dozen count ...

, composer, writer and professor at

Scripps College Scripps College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts Women's colleges in the United States, women's college in Claremont, California. It was founded as a member of the Claremont Colleges in 1 ...

Lucia Hwong Lucia Hwong is an American composer and instrumentalist. She has created music for theater, film, television, dance and the concert stage. Biography Hwong was born in Hawaii and raised in Los Angeles, California. Her grandmother was a grande dam ...

– composer, musician, known for ethereal music and

pipa The pipa, pípá, or p'i-p'a () is a traditional Chinese musical instrument, belonging to the plucked category of instruments. Sometimes called the "Chinese lute", the instrument has a pear-shaped wooden body with a varying number of frets rang ...

(Chinese lute) *

Jon Jang Jon Jang (; born March 11, 1954) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader. Of Chinese ancestry, he specializes in music which combines elements of jazz and Asian musics, and is known for musical works exploring international as we ...

– jazz pianist, composer, band leader *

Kelis Kelis Rogers-Mora (; born August 21, 1979), known mononymously as Kelis, is an American singer, songwriter and a professionally trained chef. At age 14, she was admitted to New York's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Perform ...

– singer 1/4 Chinese *

Fei Xiang Fei Xiang (born Bart Hsiao Luan Phillips, known as Kris Phillips; ) is a Taiwanese American pop icon and musical singer who was one of the biggest popular music acts in China during the 1980s. Early life Born to an American father and a Chines ...

(费翔) – a.k.a. Kris Phillips, pop singer and theater actor *

Larissa Lam Larissa Lam is a singer, songwriter, Chinese American talk show host, music executive, filmmaker, and producer from Diamond Bar, California. She won the 2015 Hollywood Music in Media Award in the Best Dance Song category for her song "I Feel Al ...

– singer-songwriter, television host, music executive, film director *

Chihchun Chi-sun Lee Chihchun Chi-sun Lee (, born 1970) is a composer of contemporary classical music. Dr. Lee is originally from Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and is currently an invited professor of composition at Ewha Womans University, in Seoul, Korea, She received a doct ...

– composer *

CoCo Lee Coco Lee (; born Ferren Lee, 17 January 1975) is a Hong Kong-American singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actress. Lee's career began in Hong Kong and then expanded to Taiwan. Her single, "Do You Want My Love" also entered the US m ...

– singer *

Dai-Keong Lee Dai-Keong Lee (September 2, 1915 – December 1, 2005) was an American composer. His Symphony No. 2 was runner up for the 1952 Pulitzer Prize for Music. He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and studied with Roger Sessions at Princeton University ...

– composer *

Cho-Liang Lin Cho-Liang Lin (Lin Cho-liang, , born January 29, 1960), born in Hsinchu, Taiwan, is an American violinist who is renowned for his appearances as a soloist with major orchestras. Musical America named him its "Instrumentalist of the Year" in 200 ...

– violinist *

Jenny Lin Jenny Lin is a Taiwanese-born American pianist. Life She was born in Taiwan, and raised in Austria and the United States. She began her piano studies at the age of 4. At age 10, she was accepted into the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna, Aust ...

– pianist * Joseph Lin – first violinist for

Juilliard String Quartet The Juilliard String Quartet is a classical music string quartet founded in 1946 at the Juilliard School in New York by William Schuman. Since its inception, it has been the quartet-in-residence at the Juilliard School. It has received numerous ...

* Amber Liu – rapper and singer of K-pop group

f(x) F, or f, is the sixth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ef'' (pronounced ), and the plural is ''efs''. Hist ...

Kate Liu Kate Liu (born May 23, 1994 in Singapore) is a Singaporean American classical pianist. On October 20, 2015 she won the third prize (bronze medal), the audience favorite award, and the Polish Radio Award for the best performance of a mazurka in th ...

– classical pianist *

Justin Lo Justin Lo (, stage name ; born 1 July 1976) is a Hong Kong American singer-songwriter, actor and record producer working in Hong Kong. Biography Lo was born in Syracuse, New York, and moved to Hong Kong with his parents when he was two years ...

– Hong Kong singer-songwriter, actor *

Zhou Long Zhou Long (; born July 8, 1953) is a Chinese American composer. He won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Music. Biography Zhou Long was born in Beijing, China. Born into an artistic family, he began studying piano from an early age. Due to the artist ...

– winner of the 2011

Pulitzer Prize for Music The Pulitzer Prize for Music is one of seven Pulitzer Prizes awarded annually in Letters, Drama, and Music. It was first given in 1943. Joseph Pulitzer arranged for a music scholarship to be awarded each year, and this was eventually converted i ...

Yo-Yo Ma Yo-Yo Ma (''Chinese'': 馬友友 ''Ma Yo Yo''; born October 7, 1955) is an American cellist. Born in Paris to Chinese parents and educated in New York City, he was a child prodigy, performing from the age of four and a half. He graduated from ...

(馬友友) – cellist *

Charles Mingus Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz upright bassist, pianist, composer, bandleader, and author. A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered to be one of the greatest jazz musicians and ...

– jazz double bassist, composer, band leader *

Chino Moreno Chino Moreno (born Camillo Wong Moreno, June 20, 1973) is an American musician who is best known as the lead vocalist, primary lyricist and contributing guitarist of the metal band Deftones. He is also a member of the side-project groups Team Sl ...

– vocalist and guitarist of

Fats Navarro Theodore "Fats" Navarro (September 24, 1923 – July 6, 1950) was an American jazz trumpet player. He was a pioneer of the bebop style of jazz improvisation in the 1940s. He had a strong stylistic influence on many other players, including Cl ...

– jazz trumpeter *

Ne-Yo Shaffer Chimere Smith (born October 18, 1979), known professionally as Ne-Yo, is an American singer, songwriter, actor, dancer, and record producer. He gained fame for his songwriting abilities when he penned Mario's 2004 hit " Let Me Love You ...

– R&B artist, 1/4 Chinese *

Richard On O.A.R. (short for Of A Revolution) is an American rock band, founded in 1996 in Rockville, Maryland. The band consists of lead vocalist/guitarist Marc Roberge, drummer Chris Culos, guitarist Richard On, bassist Benj Gershman, saxophonist/guitar ...

– guitarist-songwriter for rock band

O.A.R. O.A.R. (short for Of A Revolution) is an American rock band, founded in 1996 in Rockville, Maryland. The band consists of lead vocalist/guitarist Marc Roberge, drummer Chris Culos, guitarist Richard On, bassist Benj Gershman, saxophonist/guitar ...

– singer-songwriter, rapper and actor *

Saweetie Diamonté Quiava Valentin Harper (born July 2, 1993), known professionally as Saweetie (), is an American rapper. After the release of her debut single "Icy Grl" in 2017, she was signed to her then-manager Max Gousse's record label Artistry Wo ...

– rapper *

Bright Sheng Bright Sheng (Chinese: 盛宗亮 pinyin: ''Shèng Zōngliàng''; born December 6, 1955) is a Chinese-born American composer, pianist and conductor. Sheng has earned many honors for his music and compositions, including a MacArthur Fellowship in ...

– composer, conductor, and pianist * Shunza – singer * Vienna Teng – singer-songwriter * Kenneth Tse – classical saxophonist * Sam Tsui – YouTube singer * Mark Tuan – Taiwanese rapper of K-pop group Got7 (band), Got7 * Lara Veronin – vocalist * Wang Leehom – singer-songwriter, record producer, actor and film director * Joanna Wang – singer * Fresh Kid Ice, Chris Wong Won ("Fresh Kid Ice", 'The Chinaman") – Chinese Trinidadian rapper, member of 2 Live Crew * Only Won – rapper, actor, martial artist, producer of Finding Cleveland * Vanness Wu – actor, singer, director, producer * Sophia Yan – classical pianist *

– singer, songwriter, model * Nancy Zhou – violin player

Other

* Chang and Eng Bunker (暹羅雙胞胎) – Siamese twins, pioneer immigrants * Ken Hom – chef, author and British television show presenter * Steven Ho (martial artist), Steven Ho – martial artist and stunt man * Janet Hsieh – model and travel host of ''Fun Taiwan'' * Eddie Huang (黃頤銘) – writer, celebrity TV chef * William Hung – musician of ''American Idol'' fame * Carrie Ann Inaba – judge on Dancing with the Stars * Rupert Jee – owner of the Hello Deli next to the Ed Sullivan Theater; regular on ''Late Show with David Letterman'' * Miranda Kwok – screenwriter * Shin Lim (林申) – close-up magician * Afong Moy – "The Chinese Lady," pioneer immigrant * May Pang (庞凤仪) – personal assistant and arts producer for John Lennon and Yoko Ono, romantic partner with Lennon. * Ming Tsai – chef and restaurateur (Blue Ginger); host of Emmy Award-winning television show ''East Meets West'' *

– choreographer, stage designer * Kristina Wong (黄君儀) – comedian * Martin Yan – chef, host of ''Yan Can Cook'' * Janet Yang (杨燕子) - film producer * Vern Yip – interior designer and TV host

Journalism and news media

* Ben Calhoun – radio journalist with ''This American Life'' * Melissa Chan – journalist with ''ABC News'' (2002-2004) and ''Al Jazeera America'' (2013-2016) * Sewell Chan – journalist, ''The New York Times'' * Emily Chang (journalist), Emily Chang – journalist from CNN * Iris Chang (張純如) – historian and journalist, ''Thread of the Silkworm'' and ''The Rape of Nanking'' * Jeff Chang (journalist), Jeff Chang – journalist, hip-hop historian * Laura Chang – science editor, ''The New York Times'' * Adrian Chen – investigative journalism, investigative journalist, staff writer at ''The New Yorker'' * Christine Chen – journalist and anchor * Julie Chen – newsreader on ''The Early Show'' and host of ''Big Brother (franchise), Big Brother'' * Anna Chen Chennault (陳香梅) – journalist, spouse of Claire Chennault, of the Flying Tigers * Ron Chew – former editor ''International Examiner'', founding member of Seattle Chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association * Howard G. Chua-Eoan – news director, ''Time'' magazine * Connie Chung – became the second woman to co-anchor a major network national news broadcast * Veronica De La Cruz – journalist, NBC News (2010–2014); alternating anchor on both ''Early Today'' on NBC and ''First Look'' on MSNBC * Ben Fong-Torres (方振豪) – journalist, ''Rolling Stone'' * Cindy Hsu – news reporter at WCBS-TV in New York City * Weijia Jiang (姜偉嘉) - White House correspondent, CBS News * Jennifer 8. Lee (李競) – journalist, ''The New York Times'' * Melissa Lee (journalist), Melissa Lee – Emmy award-winning journalist, CNBC, NBC News, MSNBC, Bloomberg Television, CNN Financial News * Portia Li (李秀蘭) – journalist *Dion Lim (journalist), Dion Lim – Emmy Awards, Emmy Award winning journalist * Carol Lin – news anchor * Sam Chu Lin (趙帝恩) – journalist, one of the first Asian Americans on network TV news * Laura Ling – journalist, sister of Lisa Ling * Lisa Ling (凌志慧) (1973- ) – journalist, known for her role as a co-host of ABC's ''The View'' and host of ''National Geographic Ultimate Explorer'' * Betty Liu – news anchor, ''Bloomberg Television'' * Richard Lui – news anchor of ''MSNBC'' * Henry Liu, Chiang Nan (江南) – newspaper editor * Kaity Tong – news anchor for ''WPIX-TV'' in New York City * Edward Wong – journalist, former writer for ''The New York Times'' * Sheryl WuDunn – Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and author * Jeff Yang – columnist for ''The Wall Street Journal'' * John Yang (journalist), John Yang – Peabody Award winning news correspondent and commentator for ''NBC Nightly News'' with Brian Williams, ''Today (NBC program), Today'', and MSNBC * Angela Yee - radio personality at Power 105.1FM * Anthony Yuen (阮次山) – journalist

Military

* Danny Chen (陳宇暉) – Private (rank), Private, United States Army Infantryman, was found shot to death after being racially harassed and beaten by his fellow soldiers in Afghanistan * Arthur Chin (陳瑞鈿) – World War II pilot and Flying ace, fighter ace with Canton Provincial Air Force, National Revolutionary Army * Larry Wu-tai Chin (金无怠) – CIA and Army translator and intelligence analyst 1944–1981, spy for China. * David S. C. Chu – United States Army Captain (United States O-3), Captain (retired), Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (2001–2008), president/CEO of the Institute for Defense Analyses * Gordon Pai'ea Chung-Hoon – United States Navy Rear admiral (United States), Rear Admiral (Upper Half) * John Fugh, John Liu Fugh – first Chinese American officer to be promoted to the rank of Major general (United States), major general in the United States Army; first Chinese American to serve as Judge Advocate General's Corps, United States Army, Judge Advocate General of the Army * Wah Kau Kong – United States Air Force Second Lieutenant#United States, Second Lieutenant, first Chinese American fighter pilot * Hazel Ying Lee (李月英) – first Chinese American woman to earn a pilot's license; flew for the United States Army Air Forces during World War II as a Women Airforce Service Pilots, Woman Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) * Kurt Lee – Major, US Marine Corps.; first Asian American Marine Corps officer, Navy Cross recipient * Coral Wong Pietsch – United States Army Reserve Brigadier general (United States), Brigadier General, first female Asian American general officer * Suzanne Vares-Lum (born 1967 - United States Army Major-General, served in Iraq War * Francis B. Wai – United States Army Captain (United States O-3), Captain, only Chinese American to have been awarded the Medal of Honor * Mun Charn Wong – United States Air Force Lieutenant colonel (United States), Lieutenant Colonel, friend of Wah Kau Kong * Ted Wong (general), Ted Wong – United States Army Major General, Chief of the Army Medical Department (United States)#Dental Corps (DC), U.S. Army Dental Corps (2011–2014) * Xiong Yan (dissident), Xiong Yan – student leader during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 and now a chaplain in the United States Army * James Yee – United States Army Captain (United States O-3), Captain and chaplain, formerly charged with sedition; author of the memoir ''For God and Country: Faith and Patriotism Under Fire'' * Jonathan A. Yuen – United States Navy Rear Admiral and commander of Naval Supply Systems Command * Fang Wong – National Commander of American Legion, The American Legion (2011–2012)

Politics and government

National politics

(赵小兰) – former Secretary of Transportation (2017-2021) and former Secretary of Labor (2001–2009) (Republican) * Lanhee Chen (陳仁宜) – conservative government policy academic, policy director in Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign (Republican), news media political commentator * Steven Chu (朱棣文) – physicist, former Secretary of Energy (2009–2013), winner of 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics for research in laser cooling (Democratic) * Nancy-Ann DeParle – Director of the White House Office of Health Reform (Democratic) * Gary Locke (骆家辉) – United States Ambassador to China (2011–2014); United States Secretary of Commerce (2009–2011); Governor of Washington (1997–2005), first and only Chinese American to serve as a Governor (United States), state governor (Democratic) * Chris Lu (卢沛宁) – Assistant to former President Barack Obama and White House Cabinet Secretary, Cabinet Secretary (Democratic) * Tina Tchen (陈远美) – Chief of Staff to the First Lady of the United States, director of Office of Public Liaison during Obama administration (Democratic) * Andrew Yang (杨安泽) – 2020 presidential candidate

Congress

* Daniel Akaka – former United States Senate, US Senator from Hawaii; first Native Hawaiian US Senator; Democrat * Judy Chu (趙美心) – first Chinese-American woman to serve as United States House of Representatives, US Representative (2009–present); Democrat * Charles Djou (周永康) – US Representative from Hawaii (2010–2011); Republican * Hiram L. Fong (鄺友良) – former US Senator from Hawaii; first US Senator of Chinese ancestry; Republican * Ted Lieu (劉雲平) – Democrat representing the 33rd District of California * Grace Meng (孟昭文) – Democrat representing the 22nd District of New York (state), New York * David Wu (吳振偉) – first Taiwanese American US Representative, Democrat from Oregon

Local and state

* Wilma Chan – first Asian American California State Assembly Majority Leader (2002–2004); Democrat * John Chiang (California politician), John Chiang – California State Controller (2007–present); Democrat * Margaret Chin – member of the New York City Council representing Chinatown, Manhattan, Chinatown * David Chiu (politician), David Chiu – Democrat representing the California's 17th State Assembly district, 17th Assembly District, California State Assembly * March Fong Eu – former Secretary of State of California (1975–1994), elected in 1974, she won reelection four times; United States Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia (1994–1996); Democrat * Matt Fong, Matthew K. Fong – California State Treasurer (1995–1999), adoptive son of March Fong Eu; Republican * Allan Fung – Mayor of Cranston, Rhode Island; Republican * Tony Hwang – State Representative of the Connecticut General Assembly; Republican * Ed Jew – former member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors; Democrat * Peter Koo – member of the New York City Council representing Flushing, Queens * Ed Lee (politician), Ed Lee – Mayor of San Francisco (2011–2017) * Harry Lee (sheriff), Harry Lee – longtime Sheriffs in the United States, sheriff of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana; first elected in 1979, he was re-elected six times and served 27 and a half years (Democratic) * Susan C. Lee – Senator, Maryland Senate of Maryland General Assembly;first Asian American elected to Maryland Senate and first Chinese American elected to Maryland House of Delegates and Maryland General Assembly. * John Liu – New York City Comptroller (2010–2013) * Alex Wan – member of the Atlanta City Council, first openly gay and first Asian American member * Shien Biau Woo (吳仙標) – Lieutenant Governor of Delaware (1985–1989), current president of the 80-20 Initiative; Democrat * Michelle Wu (吳弭) – elected Mayor of Boston * Leland Yee (wikt:余, 余wikt:胤, 胤wikt:良, 良) – former California State Assemblyman, current California State Senate, California State Senator * Yiaway Yeh – mayor of Palo Alto, California; first Chinese American to hold the office * Mae Yih – Oregon House of Representatives, Oregon State Representative (1977–1983), Oregon State Senate, Oregon State Senator (1983–2003), first Chinese American to serve in a State legislature (United States), state senate; Democrat

Law and judiciary

* Norman Bay – former United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico (2000–2001); first Chinese American United States Attorney * Denny Chin – judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (1994–present), first Asian American appointed as a United States district court judge outside of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Ninth Circuit * Ming Chin – Associate Justice, Supreme Court of California * Morgan Chu (朱欽文) – Partner, Chair of Litigation, former Co-Managing Partner of Irell & Manella; former president (2014–15) and board member (2009–15) of Harvard Board of Overseers * Amy Chua – professor of law; author of ''Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother'' * Mary Anne Franks – professor of law, author of ''The Cult of the Constitution'', president of Cyber Civil Rights Initiative * Dolly M. Gee – federal district judge, United States District Court for the Central District of California * Joyce Kennard – Associate Justice, Supreme Court of California * George H. King – federal district judge, United States District Court for the Central District of California * William F. Lee – co-managing partner of WilmerHale and fellow of the Harvard Corporation * Ronald Lew – federal district judge, United States District Court for the Central District of California; first Chinese-American federal judge outside of Hawaii * Goodwin Liu – Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California * Brian Sun – trial lawyer * Thomas Tang – judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; first Chinese American United States federal judge, federal judge * Jan C. Ting (丁景安) – professor of law; expert on immigration, national security, and taxation; 2006 Republican candidate for Senate (DE) * Qian Julie Wang (王乾) – Lawyer and memoirist * Delbert Wong – judge

Community and civil rights

* Grace Lee Boggs (陳玉平) – community activist in African-American community; leftist writer * Chin Lin Sou – community leader * Hung Wai Ching – community leader and businessman * Goo Kim Fui (古今辉) – President, United Chinese Society in Hawaii, 1892–1898; played an instrumental role in uniting the Chinese and fighting for their rights during the anti-Chinese agitation in Hawaii in the 1880s * Charles Goodall Lee – first licensed Chinese American dentist in the United States, financier of Chinese American Citizens Alliance in Oakland Chinatown, spouse of Clara Elizabeth Chan Lee * Clara Elizabeth Chan Lee – first Chinese American woman voter in the United States * Mabel Ping-Hua Lee – Chinese advocate for women's suffrage in the United States, community organizer in New York City's Chinatown, and leader of the First Chinese Baptist Church in Chinatown. * Wong Chin Foo (王清福) – 19th-century civil rights activist and journalist * United States v. Wong Kim Ark, Wong Kim Ark (黃金德) – his lawsuit established the principle of citizenship by virtue of birth on US soil * Harry Wu (吴弘达) – human rights activist, focuses on Laogai prison camps and human rights in China * Sherman Wu – civil rights activist, famous racial discrimination incident by university fraternity * Xiao Qiang (萧强) – MacArthur Fellowship for human rights activism, publisher of China Digital Times covering rights and censorship in China, journalism professor * John C. Young (容兆珍) – San Francisco Chinatown leader * Helen Zia (謝漢蘭) – community activist and writer

Science and academia

Nobel Prize

*Chen Ning Yang (楊振寧) – 1957 Nobel laureate, Physics, Yang–Mills theory *Tsung-dao Lee (李政道) – 1957 Nobel laureate, Physics * Samuel C. C. Ting (丁肇中) – 1976 Nobel laureate, Physics * Yuan T. Lee (李远哲) – 1986 Nobel Prize, Chemistry * Steven Chu (朱棣文) – 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics, US Secretary of Energy (2009) * Daniel Chee Tsui (崔琦) – 1998 Nobel laureate, Physics * Roger Y. Tsien (錢永健) – 2008 Nobel laureate, chemistry * Charles K. Kao (高锟) – 2009 Nobel laureate in Physics who pioneered the development and use of fiber optics in telecommunications

Mathematics award winners

* Terence Tao, Terence Chi-Shen Tao (陶哲軒) – Fields Medal (2006), Clay Research Award (2003), Crafoord Prize (2012) * Shing-Tung Yau (丘成桐) – Fields Medal (1982), Wolf Prize (2010), Crafoord Prize (1994) * Andrew Yao (姚期智) – Turing Award (2000) * Shiing-Shen Chern (陳省身) – Wolf Prize (1983) * Wei Zhang (mathematician), Wei Zhang (张伟) – Clay Research Award (2019) * Xinyi Yuan (袁新意) – Clay Research Award (2008)

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; known as the "father of organic electronics" *Roger Y. Tsien (錢永健) – 2008 Nobel laureate, chemistry * Peidong Yang – chemist; founding member of the scientific advisory board at Nanosys, a nanomaterials company; co-founder of Alphabet Energy * Xiaowei Zhuang – Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and of Physics at Harvard University, member of National Academy of Sciences, MacArthur Fellows Program, MacArthur Fellow (2003) *Zhijian Chen (陈志坚) - Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He is best known for his discovery of mechanisms by which nucleic acids trigger innate and autoimmune responses from the interior of a cell, work for which he received the 2019 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences. *Xiaoliang Sunney Xie (谢晓亮) - biochemist, considered a founding father of single-molecule biophysical chemistry and single-molecule enzymology

Computer science

* Danqi Chen (陈丹琦) – AI professor at Princeton University working in Natural language processing, PhD from Stanford University, former student of Andrew Yao * Jianlin Cheng (程建林) – computer and data scientist; Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of Missouri, Columbia * Wen Tsing Chow (周文俊) – missile guidance scientist, digital computer pioneer * Leon O. Chua, Leon Chua – professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley * Feng-hsiung Hsu (許峰雄) – IBM developer of IBM Deep Blue, Deep Blue, which beat World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov in 1997 * Fei-Fei Li (李飞飞) – AI researcher, Stanford University professor * Kai Li – Princeton University * Ming C. Lin – former Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,Faculty Honors: Ming C. Lin
Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, retrieved 2011-02-04. now at U. Maryland. * Andrew Ng (吴恩达) – AI researcher and entrepreneur: Google Brain, Baidu research, Coursera, Stanford University professor * Carol E. Reiley: entrepreneur in health, robotics and AI, Andrew Ng's wife * Pei-Yuan Wei (魏培源) – creator of ViolaWWW * Wen-mei Hwu – professor at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign specializing in compiler design, computer architecture, computer microarchitecture, and parallel processing * Andrew Yao (姚期智) – 2000 Turing Award recipient, Yao's principle, former professor at Princeton University * Frances Yao (储枫) – computer scientist, researcher in computational geometry and combinatorial algorithms; wife of Andrew Yao * Yuanyuan Zhou – Princeton University PhD, currently UC San Diego

Engineering

* Huajian Gao – Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Engineering at Brown University * Tung Hua Lin (林同驊) – professor (Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, UCLA), aerospace and structural engineer * Tung-Yen Lin (林同棪) – (University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley) structural engineer who was the pioneer of standardizing the use of prestressed concrete, founded T. Y. Lin International * Lee Yuk-Wing (李郁榮) – Professor of Electrical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mathematics

* Terence Tao, Terence Chi-Shen Tao (陶哲軒) – child genius, Fields Medal winner (2006), professor (UCLA), MacArthur Fellows Program, MacArthur Fellow (2006), Crafoord Prize (2012), Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics (2014). He is the youngest participant to date in the International Mathematical Olympiad, first competing at the age of ten; in 1986, 1987, and 1988, he won a bronze, silver, and gold medal. He remains the youngest winner of each of the three medals in the Olympiad's history, winning the gold medal shortly after his thirteenth birthday. Tao received graduated from university at the age of 16 obtaining his bachelor's and master's degrees, received his PhD at the age of 20. *Lenhard Ng – child prodigy who was once thought to be the "smartest kid in America". At age 10, he earned a perfect score of 800 on the math portion of what is now called the SAT, a feat considered to be a “remarkable achievement” when a high school junior or senior did it. Ng is a professor of mathematics at Duke University. *Jeffrey Yi-Lin Forrest (林益) – professor of mathematics, systems science, economics, and finance at Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, Slippery Rock campus) *Wei Zhang (mathematician), Wei Zhang (张伟) – Professor of Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology * Sun-Yung Alice Chang (张圣容) – professor of mathematics and former chair of the department at Princeton University * Chen Wen-chen (陈文成) – professor of math at Carnegie Mellon, victim of Taiwan KMT persecution of dissidents (see White Terror (Taiwan), White Terror) * Shiing-Shen Chern (陳省身) – Wolf Prize in Mathematics, Wolf Prize, considered one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century; worked on differential geometry and topology; known for Chern–Simons theory, Chern-Simons theory, Chern-Weil theory, Chern classes * Chia-Kun Chu (朱家琨) – applied mathematician, Fu Foundation Professor Emeritus of Applied Mathematics at Columbia University * Chia-Chiao Lin (林家翹) – applied mathematician *Tian Gang (田刚) – Princeton University professor emeritus, student of S.T. Yau * Paul Tseng – applied mathematician, professor at the Department of Mathematics at the University of Washington in Seattle * Paul C. Yang (杨建平) – Princeton University, husband of Alice Chang * Shing-Tung Yau (丘成桐) – Fields Medal winner (1982); MacArthur Fellows Program, MacArthur Fellow (1984), Crafoord Prize (1994), National Medal of Science (1997), Wolf Prize (2010) * Yitang Zhang – mathematician, known for establishing the first finite bound on gaps between prime numbers *Stephen Shing-Toung Yau – Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago *Mu-Tao Wang (王慕道) – Professor of Mathematics at Columbia University, received a PhD in Mathematics in 1998 from Harvard University

Medicine and biosciences

* Priscilla Chan (陈Priscilla) – Harvard-graduated pediatrician, Chan-Zuckerberg foundation * Min Chueh Chang (張明覺) – co-inventor of the combined oral contraceptive pill, first birth control pill; made significant contributions to the development of in vitro fertilisation * Gilbert Chu (朱築文) – biochemist and Professor of Medicine (Oncology) and Biochemistry at the Stanford Medical School; older brother of Steven Chu * Yuan-Cheng Fung (馮元楨) – founder of modern biomechanics * Lue Gim Gong (呂金功) – horticulturalist * David Ho (scientist), David Ho – scientific researcher and the Irene Diamond professor at Rockefeller University in New York City * Alice S. Huang – virologist * Lin He (biologist), Lin He – biochemist, received the MacArthur Fellowship in 2009 * Yuet Wai Kan – pioneer of using DNA to diagnose human diseases, research enabled the Human Genome Project, recipient of Lasker Foundation award in 1991 * Henry C. Lee – forensic scientist * Sandra Lee (dermatologist), Sandra Lee – dermatologist and Internet celebrity as "Dr. Pimple Popper"; now star of the TLC (TV network), TLC series ''Dr. Pimple Popper (TV series), Dr. Pimple Popper'' * Ching Chun Li – population geneticist and human geneticist * Choh Hao Li (李卓皓) – biochemist, discovered growth hormone, beta-endorphin and isolated luteinizing hormone * Min Chiu Li – first scientist to use chemotherapy to cure widely metastatic, malignant cancer * Anna Chao Pai – geneticist * Joe Hin Tjio – cytogeneticist, first person to recognize the normal number of human chromosomes * Chang Yi Wang – immunologist; NYIPLA Inventor of the Year Award in 2007 for her work on UBITh peptide immunogens * James C. Wang – discovered DNA topoisomerases * Sam Wang (neuroscientist), Sam Wang, neuroscientist and author * Shih-Chun Wang – neuroscientist and pharmacology professor * Xiaodong Wang (biochemist), Xiaodong Wang, biochemist best known for his work with cytochrome c, won the 2000 Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry, and 2006 Shaw Prize recipient * Leana Wen (温麟衍) – physician; director of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Planned Parenthood, Health Commissioner of Baltimore, author * David T. Wong – discovered drug Fluoxetine and atomoxetine, duloxetine and dapoxetine * Flossie Wong-Staal – virologist and AIDS researcher * Junying Yu – stem cell biologist; recognized as one of the 2007 "Persons of the Year" by ''TIME magazine, TIME'' magazine * Kang Zhang – ophthalmologist at the Institute for Genomic Medicine, University of California, San Diego known for his work on lanosterol

Physics

* Sow-Hsin Chen – nuclear physicist * Alfred Y. Cho – the "father of molecular beam epitaxy" and co-inventor of quantum cascade lasers * Paul C. W. Chu (朱經武) – physicist, superconductivity * Qian Xuesen (钱学森) – professor of aeronautics, a founder of NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, exiled to China * Frank Shu – professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley and University of California; San Diego and 2009 Shaw Prize recipient * Chien-Shiung Wu (吳健雄) – Manhattan Project scientist; considerable contribution to Nobel Prize work by Tsung-dao Lee * Nai-Chang Yeh – physicist specialized in condensed matter physics; Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science; Fellow, American Physical Society * Shoucheng Zhang – Stanford physicist * Chen Ning Yang (楊振寧) – 1957 Nobel laureate, Physics, Yang–Mills theory * Tsung-dao Lee (李政道) – 1957 Nobel laureate, Physics * Samuel C. C. Ting (丁肇中) – 1976 Nobel laureate, Physics * Steven Chu (朱棣文) – 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics, US Secretary of Energy (2009) * Daniel Chee Tsui (崔琦) – 1998 Nobel laureate, Physics * Charles K. Kao (高锟) – 2009 Nobel laureate in Physics who pioneered the development and use of fiber optics in telecommunications * Xiaoxing Xi (郗小星) – Physicist at Temple University]

Economics, Finance, Statistics, OR

*Anthony Chan (economist), Anthony Chan – chief economist, JPMorgan Chase; former economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and economics professor at the University of Dayton *Gregory Chow (鄒至莊) – Class of 1913 Professor of Political Economy at Princeton University, known for Chow test *Jianqing Fan (范剑青) – professor of finance and statistics at Princeton University *William C. Hsiao (萧庆伦) – economist, professor at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health *Ann Lee (professor), Ann Lee (李淯) – professor, author and commentator on global economics and finance issues *Bin Yu (郁彬) – Chancellor's Professor in the Departments of Statistics and of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences at University of California, Berkeley

Social sciences

* Angela Duckworth, Angela Lee Duckworth – professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, MacArthur Fellow; wrote ''Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance'' *Peter Kwong (academic), Peter Kwong – professor of Asian American studies at Hunter College and professor of sociology in the City University of New York system *Yu Xie – Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor of Sociology at Princeton University; known for applying quantitative data science methods to sociology as well as Chinese studies

Humanities

* Wing-tsit Chan (陳榮捷) – professor in Chinese philosophy, wrote influential translations * Him Mark Lai (麥禮謙) – professor of Chinese American studies * Lin Yutang (林語堂) – Hokkien Chinese writer * Huping Ling (令狐萍) – professor of History at Truman State University, author * Liu Kwang-ching (劉廣京) – Historian of late imperial China; University of California, Davis. * Betty Lee Sung (宋李瑞芳) – former professor of Asian-American Studies at City College of New York; 'leading authority' on Chinese Americans * Andrew Lih (酈安治) – associate professor of Journalism at American University * Teng Ssu-yu (鄧嗣禹) – Historian of late imperial China, at University of Indiana. * Tim Wu (吳修銘) – professor at Columbia Law School, in 2014 ran to become the first Chinese-American Lieutenant Governor of New York, lieutenant governor of New York State but lost. * C.K. Yang (sociologist), C.K. Yang (楊慶堃) – Sociologist at University of Pittsburgh. * Yang Lien-sheng (楊聯陞) – Sinologist. Harvard University. * Yu Ying-shih (余英時) – Historian of China; Harvard, Yale, and Princeton Universities. * Zhao Yuanren (Yuen Ren Chao) (趙元任) – Linguist at Harvard and University of California, Berkeley.

University administration

* Jim Chen – professor and former dean at the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law * Stephen Z.D. Cheng – Professor and former Dean in the College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering at the University of Akron, member of National Academic of Engineering * David Jung-Kuang Chiu – former Director of Asian Studies and Dean of University Advisement, Hofstra University * Way Kuo – President and University Distinguished Professor of the City University of Hong Kong, University Distinguished Professor and former Dean of Engineering at the University of Tennessee * Robert C. T. Lee (李崇道) – former president of National Chung Hsing University, veterinarian and brother of Tsung-dao Lee * Chang-Lin Tien – Chancellor of University of California, Berkeley (1990–1997) * Frank H. Wu – Chancellor and Dean of the University of California, Hastings College of the Law (2010–2015) * Henry T. Yang – Chancellor of University of California, Santa Barbara, UC Santa Barbara

Earth Sciences

* Sherry Chen (hydrologist), Sherry Chen (陈霞芬) – Hydrologist working for National Weather Service

Sports

* Nathan Adrian (倪家骏) – Olympic medal winner, swimming * Shayna Baszler – professional wrestler and mixed martial artist * Johnny Chan (poker player), Johnny Chan (陳金海, 陳強尼) – professional poker player * Michael Chang (張德培) – youngest male tennis player to win a Grand Slam tournament * Ray Chang (baseball), Ray Chang – baseball player * Karen Chen (陳楷雯) – figure skater * Nathan Chen (陳巍) – figure skater, 2022 Olympic gold medalist * Tiffany Chin (陳婷婷) – figure skater and 1985 U.S. national champion * Brian Ching (程拜仁) – soccer player for Houston Dynamo and the United States men's national soccer team, United States national team * Mark Chung – first American-Chinese soccer player to play for the United States national team * Patrick Chung – Strong Safety for the New England Patriots * Amy Chow (周婉儀) – gymnast and Olympic medal winner * Norm Chow (周友賢) – UCLA Bruins offensive coordinator * Julie Chu (朱慧雯) – Olympic medal winner, ice hockey * Mark Foo – professional surfer * Christina Gao (高昊) – figure skater * Chau Giang – poker player * Eileen Gu (谷爱凌) – Free style skier and Olympic gold medalist * Rudy Gunawan (郭宏源) – badminton player * Tony Gunawan (吳俊明) – badminton player * Ivana Hong – gymnastics * Jerry Hsu – skateboarder * Michelle Jin (米歇尔·金) - professional bodybuilder * John Juanda – poker player * Phillip King (tennis), Phillip King – tennis player, brother of Vania King * Vania King – tennis player who won both the 2010 Wimbledon Women's Doubles and 2010 US Open Women's Doubles titles * Karen Kwan – former figure skater, sister of Michelle Kwan * Michelle Kwan (關穎珊) – Olympic medal winner, figure skating * Alice Lee (chess player), Alice Lee – chess player, FIDE Master * Jeremy Lin (林書豪) – professional basketball player, NBA (NY Knicks, Toronto Raptors, etc.), Linsanity * Corrie Lothrop – gymnastics * Tyson Mao – speedcuber * Kim Ng (伍佩琴) – Major League Baseball executive * Catrina (wrestler), Karlee Perez – professional wrestler known as Catrina and the WWE as Maxine (Chinese ancestry) * Chuck Sun – professional Motocross racer * Kevin Tan (谭凯文) – Olympic medal winner, gymnastics * Ed Wang – professional American football player * Lisa Wang – rhythmic gymnastics * Kevin Wong – professional beach volleyball player and Olympian * Raymond Wu (吳紹綱) – professional poker player * Don Yee – sports agent * Al Young (dragster driver), Al Young – World Champion drag racer * Jennifer Yu (chess player), Jennifer Yu (于潤荷) – U.S. women's chess champion in 2019 and 2022 * Caroline Zhang (张圆圆) – figure skater

Other

Astronauts

* Leroy Chiao – NASA astronaut * Kjell N. Lindgren – NASA astronaut * Edward Lu – NASA astronaut * Taylor Wang – first ethnic Chinese scientist to go into space, in 1985 on space shuttle ''Challenger''

Gang leaders and criminals

* Wing Yeung Chan – leader of New York Ghost Shadows street gang * Raymond Kwok Chow (周國祥) – also known as "Shrimp Boy", mobster, leader of the San Francisco chapter of Chinese Freemasons and San Francisco Chinatown * Peter Chong (criminal), Peter Chong (莊炳強) – leader of San Francisco area Wo Hop To gang * David Chou (周文偉) – perpetrator of 2022 2022 Laguna Woods shooting#Accused, Laguna Woods church shooting * Mock Duck (世荣模拟) – New York Chinatown mobster, leader of the Hip Sing Tong * Johnny Eng, Johnny "Onionhead" Eng (伍少衡) – leader of New York Flying Dragons (gang), Flying Dragons street gang * Joe Fong – founder of San Francisco Chung Ching Yee (Joe Boys) street gang * Katrina Leung (陈文英) – Double agent for both U.S. and China * Wayne Lo (駱文) – murderer who perpetrated the shooting at Simon's Rock College of Bard on December 14, 1992 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts * Danny Pang (financier), Danny Pang – private equity manager, accused of running a Ponzi scheme * Little Pete (馮正初) – San Francisco Chinatown mobster * Elliot Rodger – of mixed English and Malaysian Chinese descent who perpetrated the 2014 Isla Vista shootings * Ming Sen Shiue (薛明升) – committed notorious 1980 murder, rape, stalking * Stephen Tse – leader of Boston Ping On street gang

Crime victims

* Bow Kum – her murder was the precipitating event for infamous New York Tong war * Murder of Vincent Chin, Vincent Jen Chin (陳果仁) – beaten to death in 1982 racial hate incident by two White men considered by Chinese-American advocacy groups to be miscarriage of American justice * Wenjian Liu – first Chinese American officer in the New York City Police Department to 2014 killings of NYPD officers#Wenjian Liu, die in the line of duty in 2014 * Betty Ong (鄧月薇) – flight attendant on American Airlines Flight 11, alerted ground crews and kept the world informed of the hijacking in progress

Religious leaders

* Francis Chan – preacher, founder of Cornerstone Community Church in Simi Valley, CA * Chow Leung – Baptist missionary in Chicago, Chinese school founder, co-author of Chinese Fables and Folk Stories * Gerrit W. Gong – Member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints * Jian Tan (見曇) – Buddhist monk and current abbot of the Chung Tai Zen Center of Houston * Jakusho Kwong – Zen Buddhist Master of Shunryu Suzuki lineage, founder and head abbot of Sonoma Mountain Zen Center * Jacqueline Mates-Muchin – world's first Chinese-American rabbi * Ignatius C. Wang – Archdiocese of San Francisco, Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (2002–2009) * Shi Yan Ming (釋延明) – 34th generation Shaolin monk and founder of the USA Shaolin Temple * 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

Other

* Bei Bei Shuai (帅贝贝) – Prosecuted for murder and foeticide, feticide due to a pregnancy loss after a suicide attempt.

References

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