List of Chinese Americans
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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:
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
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- Rachel Anderson - the coolest of them all
- Yung Kanuma - ugly man of the ugly tribe
- Steph Hunt - almost cooler than Yung Kanuma
- Dashulahanihan Wakanonohano - Nobel Prize in the dumness catagory and the guy with the longest name ever
- Randall Clark - the Chinese person who changed their name the most dramatically from Chang Nung Wung Fung Chhu Nu to Randall Clark! Congrratulations
- Dad - he is cool
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 [2] "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."
- Michelle Kwan (關穎珊) - figure skater [3]
- Nancy Kwan (關南施) - first Chinese-born star in Western cinema website
Surnames L-M
- Bruce Lee - martial artist, kung fu actor
- Brandon Lee -actor
- 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[1]
- Eric Liu - writer, a speechwriter of Bill Clinton *
- Lucy Liu - actress
- Liu Yong-chuan - overseas student leader
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Notes
- Whether Taiwanese Americans are consider Chinese American is a controversial political issue.[citation needed] Asterisks (*) indicate persons whose families have had ties to Taiwan. See also Taiwanese American and List of Taiwanese Americans.