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The following is a '''list of ]s''' who are famous, have made significant contributions to the ] ] or ] ]ally, ]ally or ]ally, or have appeared in the ] numerous times |
The following is a '''list of ]s''' who are famous, have made significant contributions to the ] ] or ] ]ally, ]ally or ]ally, or have appeared in the ] numerous times. | ||
See also a ], a list of Americans descended from Taiwanese people. 98% of the population of ] is of ] descent, so there is some overlap between the two lists. | |||
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===Surnames A-C=== | ===Surnames A-C=== | ||
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* ] - eccentric | * ] - eccentric | ||
* ] (邱澤堃) - founder of ] | * ] (邱澤堃) - founder of ] | ||
* ] - former beauty queen hailing from Hong Kong | |||
* ] - adult film actress | * ] - adult film actress | ||
* ] - contemporary theater director | * ] - contemporary theater director | ||
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* ] - Co-founder, Chairman and CEO of ] Ltd | * ] - Co-founder, Chairman and CEO of ] Ltd | ||
* ] - singer "Kelis, born to a Puerto Rican and Chinese mother and African-American father, began her singing aspirations as a child with the Girl's Choir of Harlem." | * ] - singer "Kelis, born to a Puerto Rican and Chinese mother and African-American father, began her singing aspirations as a child with the Girl's Choir of Harlem." | ||
* ] - former figure skater, sister of Michelle Kwan | |||
* ] (關穎珊) - figure skater | * ] (關穎珊) - figure skater | ||
* ] (關南施) - first Chinese-born star in Western cinema | * ] (關南施) - first Chinese-born star in Western cinema | ||
===Surnames L-M=== | ===Surnames L-M=== | ||
* ] - former beauty queen hailing from Hong Kong | |||
* ] - ], ] actor | * ] - ], ] actor | ||
* ] -actor, son of ] | * ] -actor, son of ] | ||
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*] (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''<ref>'''Ling''' - "The Committee of 100, an organization composed of elite Chinese Americans, accepted Lisa Ling as one of its members in 2004"</ref> | *] (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''<ref>'''Ling''' - "The Committee of 100, an organization composed of elite Chinese Americans, accepted Lisa Ling as one of its members in 2004"</ref> | ||
* ] - writer, a speechwriter of ] * | * ] - writer, a speechwriter of ] * | ||
*] (1968 - ) film/television actress (''Charlie's Angels'', ''Kill Bill'')<ref name="Liu1">{{cite news | last =Hamamoto| first =Ben| coauthors=| title =O’Donnell Apologizes for ‘Ching-Chang-Chong’ Joke| pages=| publisher =Nichi Bei Times|date=] | url =http://www.nichibeitimes.com/articles/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1166726773&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1| accessdate =2006-12-22 }}</ref> |
*] (1968 - ) film/television actress (''Charlie's Angels'', ''Kill Bill'')<ref name="Liu1">{{cite news | last =Hamamoto| first =Ben| coauthors=| title =O’Donnell Apologizes for ‘Ching-Chang-Chong’ Joke| pages=| publisher =Nichi Bei Times| date =] | url =http://www.nichibeitimes.com/articles/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1166726773&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1| accessdate =2006-12-22 }}</ref> | ||
* ] - overseas student leader | * ] - overseas student leader | ||
* ] - Hong Kong singer | * ] - Hong Kong singer | ||
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===Surnames N-V=== | ===Surnames N-V=== | ||
* ] - actress who played the title character in Nickelodeon's The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo | * ] - Chinese Malaysian actress who played the title character in Nickelodeon's The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo | ||
* ] (伍佩琴) - baseball executive | * ] (伍佩琴) - baseball executive | ||
⚫ | * ] - Hong Kong actress | ||
* ] - Taiwanese pop star * | * ] - Taiwanese pop star * | ||
* ] (貝聿銘) - |
* ] (貝聿銘) - architect, designed the Louvre Pyramid | ||
* ] (仇雲波) - martial artist | * ] (仇雲波) - martial artist | ||
* ] a.k.a. Madame Chiang Kai-Shek | * ] a.k.a. Madame Chiang Kai-Shek | ||
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* ] - best-selling author | * ] - best-selling author | ||
* ] - Grammy and Oscar award winning composer; recipient of the prestigious Grawemeyer Award for his opera Marco Polo | * ] - Grammy and Oscar award winning composer; recipient of the prestigious Grawemeyer Award for his opera Marco Polo | ||
* ] (唐錫毅) - ] VJ. | |||
* ] - judge | * ] - judge | ||
* ] - mathematician | * ] - mathematician | ||
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* ] - actress * | * ] - actress * | ||
* ] - 1976 Nobel laureate, Physics | * ] - 1976 Nobel laureate, Physics | ||
* ] - actress, "]", "]", "]", "]", "]", former ] (first non-Caucasian winner) * | * ] - actress, "]", "]", "]", "]", "]", former ] (first non-Caucasian winner) * | ||
* ] - actress | * ] - actress | ||
* ] - Television news anchor, WPIX-TV | * ] - Television news anchor, WPIX-TV | ||
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* ] (吳仙標) - former ] and ] of ], current president of the 80-20 Initiative | * ] (吳仙標) - former ] and ] of ], current president of the 80-20 Initiative | ||
* ] (吳健雄)- female scientist | * ] (吳健雄)- female scientist | ||
* ] - first and only Chinese American U.S. Representative, Democrat from ] | |||
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* ] (吳彥祖) - Hong Kong-based Chinese American actor. | ||
* ] - science-fiction artist | * ] - science-fiction artist | ||
* ] - human rights activist | * ] - human rights activist | ||
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* ] (楊振寧) - 1957 Nobel laureate in Physics | * ] (楊振寧) - 1957 Nobel laureate in Physics | ||
* ] (楊祖佑) - chancellor, ] | * ] (楊祖佑) - chancellor, ] | ||
* ] - writer, media/business consultant, |
* ] - writer, media/business consultant, Asian American culture columnist for the ] | ||
* ] (楊致遠) - founder of ] * | * ] (楊致遠) - founder of ] * | ||
* ] (楊紫燁) Filmmaker, Editor | * ] (楊紫燁) Filmmaker, Editor | ||
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* ] (容闳) - first Chinese and Asian to obtain a degree from an American college (]) | * ] (容闳) - first Chinese and Asian to obtain a degree from an American college (]) | ||
* ] (謝漢蘭) - community activist and writer | * ] (謝漢蘭) - community activist and writer | ||
==Notes== | |||
*Whether Taiwanese Americans are considered Chinese American is a controversial political issue.{{fact}} Asterisks (<nowiki>*</nowiki>) indicate persons whose families have had ties to Taiwan. See also ] and ]. | |||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== |
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The following is a list of Chinese Americans who are famous, have made significant contributions to the American culture or society politically, artistically or scientifically, or have appeared in the news numerous times.
See also a List of Taiwanese Americans, a list of Americans descended from Taiwanese people. 98% of the population of Taiwan is of Chinese descent, so there is some overlap between the two lists.
Surnames A-C
- Jin Au-yeung - rapper
- Bette Bao Lord (包柏漪) - writer, novelist
- Norman Bay - former U.S. Attorney
- Tyson Beckford - male supermodel and actor
- Chang and Eng Bunker - Siamese twins pioneer immigrants
- Flora Chan - Hong Kong singer/actress
- Jaycee Chan - Hong Kong singer, son of Jackie Chan
- Johnny Chan - Professional Poker Player
- Eileen Chang - writer
- Iris Chang (張純如) - writer *
- Jeff Chang - journalist, hip-hop historian
- Lan Samantha Chang - writer; director of the Iowa Writer's Workshop
- Michael Chang - youngest male tennis player to win a Grand Slam tournament
- Min Chueh Chang (張明覺) - co-inventor of the birth control pill.
- Elaine Chao - Secretary of Labor *
- Rosalind Chao - actor
- Joan Chen - actress, director
- Julie Chen - newsreader on The Early Show and host of Big Brother
- Steve Chen - computer scientist, supercomputer designer, Cray
- Chi Cheng - bassist to alternative metal band, Deftones
- Anna Chen Chennault (陳香梅) - author, journalist, notable in American public life; also, wife of Claire Chennault, of the Flying Tigers
- Shiing-Shen Chern - mathematician
- Leroy Chiao - NASA astronaut
- Maj. Arthur Chin (陳瑞鈿) - WW II pilot and fighter ace
- Denny Chin - federal judge, Southern District of New York
- Frank Chin (趙健秀) - novelist, playwright, and essayist
- Chin Lin Sou - community leader
- Tiffany Chin (陳婷婷) - figure skater
- Vincent Chin - victim of racial crime
- Alex Chiu - eccentric
- Ben Chiu (邱澤堃) - founder of KillerApp.com
- Mandy Cho - former beauty queen hailing from Hong Kong
- Annabel Chong - adult film actress
- Ping Chong - contemporary theater director
- Amy Chow (周婉儀) - gymnast and Olympic medal winner
- China Chow - actress, model (father is Chinese-American)
- Norm Chow (周友賢) - Tennessee Titans offensive coordinator
- Wen Tsing Chow (周文俊) - missile guidance scientist, digital computer pioneer
- David Chu (朱欽騏) - fashion designer and founder of Nautica *
- David S. C. Chu - United States Undersecretary of Defense for Readiness.
- Julie Chu - Olympics hockey player
- Paul C. W. Chu (朱經武) - physicist, superconductivity
- Steven Chu - 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics, first Asian-American to run one of the 16 national laboratories operated by the Department of Energy (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
- Kam Fong Chun, actor
- Connie Chung - TV news anchor, the second woman ever to anchor a national news program
- Fan Chung - mathematician
Surnames D-K
- Hiram L. Fong - former Republican U.S. Senator from Hawaii
- Matthew K. Fong - former Republican state treasurer of California
- Ben Fong-Torres (方振豪) - journalist, Rolling Stone
- Mark Foo - professional surfer
- Dr. David Ho (何大一) - AIDS researcher
- Haing S. Ngor - Chinese Cambodian actor; won an Oscar for Best Supporting actor in The Killing Fields
- Kelly Hu - actress
- Jen-Hsun Huang (黃仁勳) - cofounder, CEO, Nvidia
- William Hung - of American Idol fame
- James Hong, actor
- Maxine Hong Kingston - writer, novelist
- James Wong Howe (黃宗霑) - two-time Academy Award winning cinematographer
- David Henry Hwang (黃哲倫) - playwright
- Rupert Jee - owner of the Hello Deli next to the Ed Sullivan Theatre; has made numerous appearances on The Late Show with David Letterman
- Gish Jen - writer, novelist
- Ha Jin - novelist, winner of the National Book Award for "Waiting"
- Andrea Jung (鍾彬嫻)- CEO, Avon products
- Archie Kao - Actor and model
- Min Kao - Co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Garmin Ltd
- Kelis - singer "Kelis, born to a Puerto Rican and Chinese mother and African-American father, began her singing aspirations as a child with the Girl's Choir of Harlem."
- Karen Kwan - former figure skater, sister of Michelle Kwan
- Michelle Kwan (關穎珊) - figure skater
- Nancy Kwan (關南施) - first Chinese-born star in Western cinema website
Surnames L-M
- Tiffany Lam - former beauty queen hailing from Hong Kong
- Bruce Lee - martial artist, kung fu actor
- Brandon Lee -actor, son of Bruce Lee
- CoCo Lee - singer
- Gus Lee (李健孫) - writer
- Harry Lee, Sheriff of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.
- Henry C. Lee - forensic scientist
- Jason Scott Lee (李截) - actor
- Tsung-dao Lee (李政道) - 1957 Nobel laureate in Physics
- Wen Ho Lee (李文和) - nuclear physicist, accused spy (acquitted) *
- Lena Li - Playboy model *
- Jet Li (李連杰) - action movie actor
- Annie Lin - singer-songwriter
- Carol Lin - news anchor
- Maya Lin (林瓔) - architect (Vietnam Veterans Memorial)
- Sam Chu Lin - journalist, one of the first Asian Americans on network TV news
- T. Y. Lin - civil engineer (bridgebuilder)
- Bai Ling - actress
- 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
- Eric Liu - writer, a speechwriter of Bill Clinton *
- Lucy Liu (1968 - ) film/television actress (Charlie's Angels, Kill Bill)
- Liu Yong-chuan - overseas student leader
- Justin Lo - Hong Kong singer
- Gary Locke - former Democratic Governor of Washington
- John Lone (尊龍) - actor, most notable for his role as Pu Yi in The Last Emperor
- David Wong Louie - writer
- Edward Lu - NASA astronaut
- Lue Gim Gong - In 1888, he invented an orange, which is still grown in Florida, that survives cold weather
- Keye Luke - actor
- Adeline Yen Mah (馬嚴君玲) - author and physician
- Yo-Yo Ma (馬友友) - cellist
- Benny Mao (毛道彰) - singer-songwriter
- Dawn Xiana Moon - singer-songwriter, model, writer
Surnames N-V
- Irene Ng - Chinese Malaysian actress who played the title character in Nickelodeon's The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo
- Kim Ng (伍佩琴) - baseball executive
- Melissa Ng - Hong Kong actress
- Wilber Pan - Taiwanese pop star *
- I. M. Pei (貝聿銘) - architect, designed the Louvre Pyramid
- Robin Shou (仇雲波) - martial artist
- Soong Mei-Ling a.k.a. Madame Chiang Kai-Shek
- Anna Sui - fashion designer
- Kobe Tai - adult film actress *
- Vivienne Tam (譚燕玉) - fashion designer
- Amy Tan - best-selling author
- Tan Dun - Grammy and Oscar award winning composer; recipient of the prestigious Grawemeyer Award for his opera Marco Polo
- Thomas Tang - judge
- Terence Tao - mathematician
- Vienna Teng - singer-songwriter
- Chang-lin Tien - professor, former chancellor UC Berkeley
- Jennifer Tilly - actress (born in California)
- Meg Tilly - actress *
- Samuel C. C. Ting - 1976 Nobel laureate, Physics
- Chuti Tiu - actress, "Desire", "24", "Dragnet", "Beautiful", "The Specials", former America's Junior Miss (first non-Caucasian winner) *
- Lauren Tom - actress
- Kaity Tong - Television news anchor, WPIX-TV
- Ming Tsai (蔡明)- chef and restaurateur (Blue Ginger); host of Emmy Award winning television show "East Meets West"
- Daniel Chee Tsui - 1998 Nobel prize, Physics
Surnames W-Z
- An Wang - computer engineer and inventor; co-founder of Wang Laboratories
- Charles Wang (王嘉廉) - founder, CEO, chairman, Computer Associates
- Chien-Ming Wang (王建民) - pitcher of the New York Yankees, #40 *
- Lili Wang - murdered at her university
- Garrett Wang (王以瞻) - actor in Star Trek: Voyager
- Lee-Hom Wang (王力宏) - Taiwanese pop singer *
- Taylor Wang - first ethnic Chinese scientist to go into space, 1985 on space shuttle Challenger
- Vera Wang - fashion designer
- Wayne Wang - Hollywood director
- Pei-Yuan Wei - creator of ViolaWWW
- Ming-Na Wen - Macanese-born actress
- Anna May Wong - first female Asian-American star of the screen
- B. D. Wong (黃榮亮) - actor in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, winner of a Tony Award for M Butterfly
- Helen Wong - Model and actress
- Jade Snow Wong - writer
- Russell Wong (王盛德) - actor
- Timothy C. Wong (黃宗泰) - Sinologist, translator, and literary theorist
- Victor Wong (黃自強) - Hollywood actor
- Shien Biau Woo (吳仙標) - former attorney general and lieutenant governor of Delaware, current president of the 80-20 Initiative
- Chien-Shiung Wu (吳健雄)- female scientist
- David Wu - first and only Chinese American U.S. Representative, Democrat from Oregon
- Daniel Wu (吳彥祖) - Hong Kong-based Chinese American actor.
- Frank Wu - science-fiction artist
- Harry Wu - human rights activist
- Kiko Wu - adult model and actress
- Martin Yan - host of Yan Can Cook
- Chen Ning Yang (楊振寧) - 1957 Nobel laureate in Physics
- Henry Yang (楊祖佑) - chancellor, UC Santa Barbara
- Jeff Yang - writer, media/business consultant, Asian American culture columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle
- Jerry Yang (楊致遠) - founder of Yahoo! *
- Ruby Yang (楊紫燁) Filmmaker, Editor
- Welly Yang - actor and artist *
- Shing-Tung Yau (丘成桐) - mathematician
- James Yee - Army Captain formerly charged with sedition
- Laurence Yep (叶祥添)- author of children's books
- Katherine Young (郑珣) - world's oldest user of the Internet
- Kaila Yu (于丽萍) - model and singer *
- Anthony Yuen - journalist
- Judy Yung - writer
- Yung Wing (容闳) - first Chinese and Asian to obtain a degree from an American college (Yale University)
- Helen Zia (謝漢蘭) - community activist and writer
Footnotes
- Ling - "The Committee of 100, an organization composed of elite Chinese Americans, accepted Lisa Ling as one of its members in 2004"
- Hamamoto, Ben (2006-12-21). "O'Donnell Apologizes for 'Ching-Chang-Chong' Joke". Nichi Bei Times. Retrieved 2006-12-22.
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