Singaporean Americans are
Americans
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of
Singaporean
Singaporeans, or the Singaporean people, refers to citizens or people who identify with the sovereign island city-state of Singapore. Singapore is a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-lingual country. Singaporeans of Chinese, Malay, India ...
descent.
There is a small community of Singaporeans in the United States, consisting largely of expatriate professionals from
Singapore
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and their families as well as
international students
International students, or foreign students, are students who undertake all or part of their tertiary education in a country other than their own and move to that country for the purpose of studying.
In 2019, there were over 6 million internati ...
. The bulk of Singaporeans in the United States reside in metropolitan areas along a coastline, with the highest population located within the corridor connecting Boston, New York and Washington DC.
On the West Coast, most Singaporean Americans live within several hundred miles of Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area.
The next highest concentrations are in Texas, followed by an enclave by the Great Lakes, near Chicago and Ann Arbor.
Singaporeans in Chicago
Singaporeans have been coming to the Chicago area for work and school since the late 1960s. While a small number of families have settled permanently, the majority of Chicago's Singaporeans remain for short periods on visas as students or professionals. While the number of Singaporeans has fluctuated over time, community leaders estimated that between 200 and 300 Singaporeans lived in Chicago in 2000.
The Singaporean community in Chicago is close and well organized. Chicago Singaporeans come together for two major celebrations every year, the
Chinese New Year
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and
Singapore National Day. Food plays a central role in these events and is culturally important for Singaporeans, who spend a lot of time and effort to obtain authentic food.
Top 10 U.S. metropolitan areas with large Singaporean Americans population
Notable people
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Ng Chin Han
Ng, ng, or NG may refer to:
* Ng (name) (黄 伍 吳), a surname of Chinese origin
Arts and entertainment
* N-Gage (disambiguation), a handheld gaming system
* Naked Giants, Seattle rock band
* '' Spirit Hunter: NG'', a video game
Businesses ...
– Hollywood actor
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Ronny Chieng
Ronny Xin Yi Chieng (; born 21 November 1985) is a Malaysian comedian and actor. He is currently a senior correspondent on Comedy Central's ''The Daily Show'' and the creator and star of the ABC Australia sitcom '' Ronny Chieng: International St ...
– Comedian and actor
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Ross Butler – Actor
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Neeraj Khemlani
Neeraj Khemlani is a Singaporean-born American serving as the co-president of CBS News and CBS Television Stations.
Early life
Khemlani was born in Singapore with Indian ancestry and was raised in New York City. He graduated with an undergradua ...
– Co-president of
CBS News
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and
CBS Television Stations
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Shin Lim
Liang-Shun Lim (born September 25, 1991), known professionally as Shin Lim, is a Canadian-American magician, recognized for his use of card manipulation and sleight of hand. He is known for elaborate close-up card magic routines, during which ...
– Magician
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Boon Thau Loo
Boon Thau Loo is a Singaporean-American computer scientist, college administrator, and technology entrepreneur. He is currently the RCA professor in the Computer and Information Science department at the University of Pennsylvania where he leads a ...
– Academic administrator,
University of Pennsylvania
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Corrinne May
Corrinne May (born Corrinne Foo May Ying; 19 January 1973) is a Los Angeles-based Singaporean musician, singer, and songwriter.
Life and career
She graduated from the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, and began her career as a sin ...
– Musician, singer and songwriter
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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
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Sharon Tay
Sharon Tay (born October 15, 1966) is an American journalist and former host of two programs on the MSNBC network and formerly a news reporter for KCBS-TV and KCAL-TV in Los Angeles before being laid off in 2020 after 13 years with the networks. – Journalist
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Michael Yani
Michael Yani (born December 31, 1980) is a former American tennis player. He turned professional in 2003.
Yani is 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) and 75 kg (165 lb). He resides in Honolulu, Hawaii. After attending on a tennis scholarshi ...
– Tennis player
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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 kno ...
– Actress, musician and writer
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Daniel Chong
Daniel Chong (born November 19, 1978) is an American animator, storyboard artist, writer, director, and producer. He is best known as the creator of Cartoon Network's ''We Bare Bears'' (2015–2019). He also directed, wrote and executive produce ...
– Animator, writer, director, producer and the creator of
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network (often abbreviated as CN) is an American cable television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. It is a part of The Cartoon Network, Inc., a division that also has the broadcasting and production activities of Boomerang, Car ...
's
We Bare Bears
''We Bare Bears'' is an American animated sitcom created by Daniel Chong for Cartoon Network. The show follows three bear brothers, Grizzly, Panda, and Ice Bear, and their awkward attempts at integrating with the human world in the San Francisc ...
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Stuart Tay - Murder victim
See also
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Singapore–United States relations
References
{{Singaporeans abroad and their descendants
Asian-American society
Southeast Asian American
Singaporean emigrants to the United States
Singaporean diaspora