List of Asian Americans

Notable Asian Americans include:

Academia

Science

Steven Chu

Arts/architecture/design

Business and industry

Indra Nooyi

Entertainment

Further information: Asian Americans in arts and entertainment
  • Ruben A. Aquino, animation director, supervising animator for Walt Disney Animation Studios
  • Chang and Eng Bunker, source for the term "Siamese Twins"
  • Ping Chong, theater director, choreographer, video and installation artist
  • David Koh, documentary film producer and director
  • Shin Lim, close-up magician
  • Alain Nu, mentalist, magician

Actors and filmmakers

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

Choreographers and dancers

  • Stella Abrera, ballerina
  • Dana Tai Soon Burgess, cultural figure, choreographer, performance artist
  • George Lee (dancer), New York City Ballet's first Asian dancer
  • Carrie Ann Inaba, dancer, choreographer
  • Michio Itō, choreographer
  • Sean Lew, dancer, choreographer
  • Kinjaz, dance group
  • Sono Osato (1919–2018), ballerina
  • Brian Puspos, dancer, choreographer
  • Ken San Jose, dancer, choreographer
  • Bailey Sok, dancer, choreographer

Music

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

Groups/bands

  • Aziatix, R&B, pop, soul, hip hop group
  • Blue Scholars
  • Far East Movement, first Asian-American group to be in the Top 10 in Mainstream Pop charts
  • Fort Minor
  • IAMMEDIC
  • KeyKool & DJ Rhettmatic, pioneer Asian American hip hop group
  • Mountain Brothers, hip hop group
  • Paperdoll, indie band from NYC fronted by Asian American Teresa Lee
  • The Slants, first all Asian American dance rock band/victors in a major U.S. Supreme Court case

Reality TV participants

Fashion

  • Tyson Beckford, model and actor
  • Malan Breton, fashion designer
  • Richard Chai, fashion designer
  • Angel Chang, fashion designer
  • Wenlan Chia, fashion designer
  • Doug Chiang, movie design and fashion designer
  • Monika Chiang, fashion designer
  • Jimmy Choo, fashion designer and founder of Jimmy Choo Ltd
  • Doo-Ri Chung, fashion designer
  • Chloe Dao, fashion designer and winner of Project Runway (season 2)
  • Diana Eng, fashion designer and contestant on Project Runway (season 2)
  • Karenina Sunny Halim, model
  • Joe Allen Hong, fashion designer for Neiman Marcus
  • Chanel Iman, supermodel with Korean and African American descent
  • Jen Kao, fashion designer
  • Naeem Khan, fashion designer
  • Derek Lam, fashion designer
  • Humberto Leon and Carol Lim, fashion designers and retailers
  • Phillip Lim, fashion designer
  • Monique Lhuillier, fashion designer
  • Jay Manuel, creative director and make-up artist
  • Kelsey Merritt, fashion model
  • Josie Natori, fashion designer
  • Jeff Ng, fashion designer and creator of Staple Design
  • Mary Ping, fashion designer
  • Cynthia Sakai, fashion designer
  • Kimora Lee Simmons, supermodel with Japanese and African American descent
  • Peter Som, fashion designer
  • Anna Sui, fashion designer
  • Vivienne Tam, fashion designer
  • Chrissy Teigen, model, TV host
  • Alexander Wang, fashion designer
  • Vera Wang, fashion designer
  • Jason Wu, fashion designer
  • Luly Yang, fashion designer
  • Prabal Gurung, fashion designer

Culinary

  • Danielle Chang, founder of Lucky Rice culinary event and producer and presenter of Lucky Chow on PBS
  • David Chang, founder of the Momofuku restaurant group and in multiple television shows
  • Joyce Chen, popularized northern-style Chinese cuisine in the United States
  • Cecilia Chiang (江孫芸), founder of the Mandarin Restaurant. Chiang's son, Philip Chiang, is the co-founder of restaurant chain P. F. Chang's China Bistro
  • Roy Choi, creator of the gourmet Korean taco truck, Kogi
  • Cristeta Comerford, White House Executive Chef, won with Bobby Flay in an Iron Chef America challenge
  • Soleil Ho, chef, food writer, host of podcast "The Racist Sandwich", and restaurant critic
  • Eddie Huang, chef and author of Fresh Off the Boat
  • Madhur Jaffrey, James Beard award-winning food and travel writer, and television personality
  • Padma Lakshmi, cookbook author and host of Top Chef and Host of "Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi"
  • Francis Lam, host of The Splendid Table and food journalist
  • Andrew Le (chef), Chef, Hale ‘Aina Award for the "Restaurateur of the Year" in 2017 James Beard Foundation Award semifinalist in 2023 and 2024
  • Lynja, chef behind "Cooking with Lynja" YouTube channel
  • Emily Kim, creator and host of popular YouTube channel Maangchi, teaching Korean cooking
  • Masako Morishita, James Beard Foundation's 2024 Emerging Chef
  • Melissa Miranda, James Beard Award semifinalist chef of Filipino restaurant Musang in Seattle
  • Niki Nakayama, chef and owner of Michelin-starred n/naka restaurant
  • Tam Pham, MICHELIN Guide Florida 2024 Young Chef Award Winner and owner of a Michelin Bib Gourmand restaurant
  • Mutsuko Soma, James Beard Award semifinalist chef specializing in handmade soba, owner of Kamonegi in Seattle
  • Jet Tila, celebrity chef and restaurateur and guest on “Cutthroat Kitchen”
  • Roy Yamaguchi, owner of Roy's Restaurants
  • Martin Yan, chef and food writer, hosted his award-winning PBS-TV cooking show Yan Can Cook since 1982
  • Jennifer Yee, award-winning, James Beard, nominated pastry chef
  • Molly Yeh, cookbook author and blogger

Law

Lance Ito
Fred Korematsu

Literature

Military

See also: Military History of Asian Americans

Individuals

Eric Shinseki
  • Leandro Aragoncillo – gunnery sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps. Convicted of spying against the United States Government
  • Raquel C. Bono – rear admiral (lower half), U.S. Navy. Command Surgeon, United States Pacific Command[5][6][7]
  • Jose Calugas – captain, U.S. Army. Medal of Honor recipient, World War II
  • Joseph Caravalho – brigadier general, U.S. Army. Commanding General, Brooke Army Medical Center[8][9][10]
  • Ming Chang – rear admiral (upper half), U.S. Navy, retired. Department of Navy Inspector General, 1987–1990[11][12][13]
  • Dan Choi – first lieutenant, U.S. Army. Gay rights advocate.
  • David S. C. Chu – captain, U.S. Army. Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (2001–2008), President/CEO of the Institute for Defense Analyses
  • Gordon Pai'ea Chung-Hoon – rear admiral (upper half), U.S. Navy. First Asian American citizen graduate from United States Naval Academy; first Asian American flag officer
  • Anatolio B. Cruz – rear admiral (lower half), U.S. Navy. Deputy Commander, United States Fourth Fleet[5][14]
  • Susan Ahn Cuddy – lieutenant, U.S. Navy. First female Gunnery Officer in the navy
  • John R. D'Araujo Jr. – major general, U.S. Army. First Filipino American to be promoted to a general officer rank. Former Director of the Army National Guard Bureau. Former Director of the Recovery Division for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).[15][16]
  • Rudolph Davila – first lieutenant, U.S. Army. Medal of Honor Recipient, World War II
  • John Liu Fugh – major general, U.S. Army, retired. First Chinese American officer to be promoted to a general officer rank in the United States Army; first Chinese American to serve as Judge Advocate General of the Army
  • Barney F. Hajiro – private, U.S. Army. Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
  • Harry B. Harris Jr. – admiral, U.S. Navy. First Asian American to achieve the rank of a four-star admiral
  • Mikio Hasemoto – private, U.S. Army. Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
  • Joe Hayashi – private, U.S. Army. Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
  • Shizuya Hayashi – private, U.S. Army. Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
  • Oscar Hilman – brigadier general, U.S. Army, retired.[17][18][19][20]
  • Kwang-Ping Hsu – Captain, U.S. Coast Guard. First first foreign-born graduate from the United States Coast Guard Academy
  • Daniel Inouye – captain, U.S. Army. Senator from Hawaii, Medal of Honor recipient World War II
  • Theodore Kanamine – United States Army brigadier general
  • Terry Teruo Kawamura – sergeant first class, U.S. Army. Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient in Vietnam War
  • Andrew Kim – former head of CIA's Korea Mission Center
  • Young-Oak Kim – colonel, U.S. Army. First ethnic minority to lead a U.S. Army Battalion
  • Yeiki Kobashigawa – second lieutenant, U.S. Army. Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
  • Wah Kau Kong – second lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Corps. First Chinese American fighter pilot
  • Alice K. Kurashige – captain, U.S. Marine Corps. First Japanese American woman to be commissioned in the United States Marine Corps[21]
  • Robert T. Kuroda – staff sergeant, U.S. Army. Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
  • Ben Kuroki – technical sergeant, U.S. Army Air Corps. Only Japanese American Army Air Force pilot to fly combat missions in the Pacific theater in World War II
  • Hazel Ying Lee (李月英) – civilian, Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP). First Chinese American woman to earn a pilot's license; flew for the United States Army Air Forces during World War II
  • Kurt Lee – major, US Marine Corps. First Asian American marine corps officer, Navy Cross recipient[22][23]
  • Brian L. Losey – rear admiral (lower half), U.S. Navy. Navy SEAL, and Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, Africa (SOCAFRICA); Japanese American and first Asian American SEAL flag officer[24]
  • Viet Luong – major general, U.S. Army. First Vietnam-born general officer.[25]
  • Eleanor Mariano – rear admiral (lower half), U.S. Navy, retired. First Filipino American to be promoted to a flag officer rank. Former White House physician
  • Susan K. Mashiko – major general, U.S. Air Force
  • Roy Matsumoto – master sergeant, U.S. Army. Member of Merrill's Marauders, and an inductee of the U.S. Army Rangers Hall Of Fame and the Military Intelligence Corps Hall of Fame
  • Spark Matsunaga – captain, U.S. Army. Senator from Hawaii, 1977–1990
  • Hiroshi Miyamura – staff sergeant, U.S. Army. Medal of Honor recipient in Korean War
  • Kenneth P. Moritsugu – rear admiral (upper half), U.S. Public Health Service. Former acting Surgeon General of the United States
  • Kaoru Moto – private first class, U.S. Army. Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
  • Sadao Munemori – private first class, U.S. Army. Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
  • Kiyoshi K. Muranaga – private first class, U.S. Army. Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
  • Michael K. Nagata – lieutenant general, U.S. Army
  • Masato Nakae – private first class, U.S. Army. Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
  • Shinyei Nakamine – private, U.S. Army. Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
  • William K. Nakamura – private first class, U.S. Army. Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
  • Paul M. Nakasone – U.S. Army four-star general, 3rd commander of the United States Cyber Command and 18th director of the National Security Agency
  • Huan Nguyen – rear admiral, U.S. Navy. First Vietnamese American naval flag officer.
  • Joe M. Nishimoto – private first class, U.S. Army. Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
  • José B. Nísperos – private, U.S. Army. First Asian American Medal of Honor recipient
  • Allan M. Ohata – captain, U.S. Army. Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
  • Fred Ohr – captain, U.S. Army Air Corps. To date, only Korean American fighter ace
  • James K. Okubo – technician fifth grade, U.S. Army. Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
  • Yukio Okutsu – technical sergeant, U.S. Army. Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
  • Allen K. Ono – lieutenant general, U.S. Army, retired. First Japanese American lieutenant general;[26][27][28] first Asian American lieutenant general[29]
  • Frank H. Ono – private first class, U.S. Army. Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
  • Kazuo Otani – staff sergeant, U.S. Army. Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
  • Quang X. Pham – major, U.S. Marine Corps; first Vietnamese American naval aviator
  • Joseph Pierce – corporal, 14th Connecticut Infantry Regiment. Served during the American Civil War
  • Coral Wong Pietsch – brigadier general, U.S. Army Reserve, retired. First female Asian American general officer in the US Army.
  • Eldon Regua – major general, U.S. Army Reserve. Commanding General, 75th Division (BCTD). Only non-retired Filipino American general officer.[30][31]
  • George T. Sakato – private, U.S. Army. Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
  • Eric Shinseki – general, U.S. Army, retired. Chief of Staff of the United States Army, 1999–2003; Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 2009–present (As of October 2009). Highest-ranked Asian American, As of October 2009, to have served in the United States military
  • Elmelindo Rodrigues Smith – sergeant first class, U.S. Army. Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient in Vietnam War
  • Edward Soriano – lieutenant general, U.S. Army, retired. Former Commanding General of I Corps. Highest ranked Filipino American, As of October 2009, to have served in the United States military
  • Ramon S. Subejano – private first class, U.S. Army. Silver Star recipient in World War II
  • Benigno G. Tabora – sergeant major, U.S. Army. Purple Heart recipient, World War II
  • Antonio Taguba – major general, U.S. Army, retired. Author of the Taguba Report
  • Ted T. Tanouye – technical sergeant, U.S. Army. Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
  • Sue Mi Terry – CIA intelligence analyst specializing in East Asia
  • Bhagat Singh Thind – private, U.S. Army. Enlisted in Army during World War I, was an acting Sergeant during training, honorably discharged at the end of the war.[32]
  • Telesforo Trinidad – fireman second class, U.S. Navy. Only Asian American naval recipient of the Medal of Honor
  • Eleanor Valentin – rear admiral (lower half), Medical Corps, U.S. Navy. Commander, Naval Medical Support Command[33]
  • Francis B. Wai – captain, U.S. Army. Only Chinese American to have been awarded the Medal of Honor
  • Ehren Watada – first lieutenant, U.S. Army. First officer Operation Iraqi Freedom objector
  • Mun Charn Wong – lieutenant colonel, U.S. Air Force. Pilot, World War II
  • Ted Wong – major general, U.S. Army. 26th chief of the U.S. Army Dental Corps
  • Bruce Yamashita – captain, U.S. Marine Corps Reserves, retired. Worked to expose racial discrimination
  • Xiong Yan – captain, U.S. Army. Chaplain, former Chinese dissident
  • Rodney James Takashi Yano – sergeant first class, U.S. Army. Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient in Vietnam War
  • James Yee – captain, U.S. Army. Muslim Chaplain previously charged with Sedition
  • John C. Young – colonel, U.S. Army, combat liaison officer, CBI, WWII

Foreign military service

News/media/journalism

Politics

Daniel Akaka
Tammy Duckworth
Nikki Haley
Kamala Harris
Daniel Inouye
Bobby Jindal
Andrew Yang
Main article: Asian Americans in politics

Religion

Rabbi Angela Warnick Buchdahl
  • Angela Warnick Buchdahl (born 1972), rabbi
  • Randolph Roque Calvo, 7th Bishop of Reno, mixed Chamorro, Filipino, and Spanish.
  • Francis Chan, American preacher. He is the former teaching pastor of Cornerstone Community Church in Simi Valley, California, a Christian church he and his wife started in 1994.
  • Bruce Reyes-Chow, first American-born Asian American to be elected moderator of the 2.2-million-member Presbyterian Church (USA) in 2008.
  • Bhante Dharmawara, Buddhist monk and teacher who helped resettle thousands of Cambodian refugees in the US and founded the first Cambodian Buddhist temple in USA.
  • Gerrit W. Gong, Apostle, Quorum of the 12 Apostles, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
  • Ruben Habito, Filipino Zen Master of the Sanbō Kyōdan lineage and founder of Maria Kannon Zen Center in Dallas, Texas.
  • Jian Tan, Buddhist monk and current abbot of the Chung Tai Zen Center of Houston.
  • Hae Jong Kim, elected Bishop of United Methodist Church in 1992.
  • Seyoon Kim, biblical scholar at Fuller Theological Seminary.
  • Jakusho Kwong, American Chinese Zen Master of Shunryu Suzuki lineage, founder and head abbot of Sonoma Mountain Zen Center.
  • Sang Hyun Lee, theologian at Princeton Theological Seminary.
  • Dominic Mai Thanh Lương, auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange.
  • Chieko Okazaki, Relief Society General Presidency, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. First person of color to serve on general boards of the church. Served on the Young Women, Primary, and Relief Society General Boards in Salt Lake City, Utah. (From Hawaiʻi).
  • Andrew S. Park, teaches at United Theological Seminary in Trotwood, Ohio.
  • Peter C. Phan, American Catholic theologian who is a native of Vietnam.
  • Shi Yan Ming, 34th generation Shaolin monk and founder of the USA Shaolin Temple.
  • Oscar A. Solis, first Filipino American Roman Catholic bishop in the United States.
  • C. S. Song, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Theology and Asian Cultures at the Pacific School of Religion and acting minister at the Formosan United Methodist Church in San Leandro, California.
  • Su Bong, Korean American Zen Master from Kwan Um School of Zen and the designated heir of Seung Sahn's lineage.
  • Kenneth K. Tanaka, scholar, author, translator and ordained Jōdo Shinshū priest.
  • Thích Thiên-Ân, Buddhist monk, meditation teacher and founder of International Buddhist Meditation Center in Los Angeles, California.
  • Ignatius C. Wang, first Chinese American to become a bishop in the Catholic Church.
  • Amos Yong, professor of systematic theology at Regent University.
  • Jimmy Yu (Guo Gu or 果谷), Chan teacher of Sheng Yen lineage, associate professor of religion at Florida State University and founder of Tallahassee Chan Center in Tallahassee, Florida.

Space

This section is a list of astronauts of Asian ancestry who are, by birth or naturalization, American citizens. Sorted by first space flight, then by NASA Astronaut Group (if applicable).

No. Image Name
Birth date 		Ancestry Birth Comment Missions (Launch date)
1 Ellison Onizuka
June 24, 1946 		Japan United States Selected in 1978 to NASA Astronaut Group 8. First Asian American and first Japanese American in space. Died on the Challenger. STS-51-C (January 24, 1985)
STS-51-L (January 28, 1986)
2 Taylor Gun-Jin Wang
June 16, 1940 		Taiwan Republic of China First person of Chinese ancestry and first Chinese American in space. STS-51-B (April 29, 1985)
3 Franklin Chang-Diaz
April 5, 1950 		Qing dynasty Qing dynasty  Costa Rica  Costa Rica Selected in 1980 to NASA Astronaut Group 9. Joint record holder, since 2002 (with Jerry L. Ross, set two months earlier that year), for most spaceflights by a human. STS-61-C (January 12, 1986)
STS-34 (October 18, 1989)
STS-46 (July 31, 1992)
STS-60 (February 3, 1994)
STS-75 (February 22, 1996)
STS-91 (June 2, 1998)
STS-111 (June 5, 2002)
4 Eugene Trinh
September 14, 1950 		South Vietnam First Vietnamese American in space. STS-50 (June 25, 1992)
5 Leroy Chiao
August 28, 1960 		Taiwan Taiwan  United States Selected in 1990 to NASA Astronaut Group 13. Served on ISS Expedition 10. STS-65 (July 8, 1994)
STS-72 (January 11, 1996)
STS-92 (October 11, 2000)
Soyuz TMA-5 (October 14, 2004)
6 Ed Lu
July 1, 1963 		Taiwan Republic of China  United States Selected in 1994 to NASA Astronaut Group 15. Served on ISS Expedition 7. STS-84 (May 15, 1997)
STS-106 (September 8, 2000)
Soyuz TMA-2 (April 6, 2003)
7 Kalpana Chawla
March 17, 1962 		 India Selected in 1994 to NASA Astronaut Group 15. First Indian American in space. Died on the Columbia. STS-87 (November 19, 1997)
STS-107 (January 16, 2003)
8 Mark L. Polansky
June 2, 1956 		 Republic of Korea  United States Selected in 1996 to NASA Astronaut Group 16. First Korean American in space. STS-98 (February 7, 2001)
STS-116 (December 9, 2006)
STS-127 (July 15, 2009)
9 Daniel M. Tani
February 1, 1961 		 Japan  United States Selected in 1996 to NASA Astronaut Group 16. Served on ISS Expedition 16. STS-108 (December 5, 2001)
STS-120 (October 23, 2007)
STS-122 (February 7, 2008)
10 Sunita Williams
September 19, 1965 		 India  United States Selected in 1998 to NASA Astronaut Group 17. Served on ISS Expedition 14/15, Expedition 32/33 and Expedition 71/72. Second female commander of ISS. First female astronaut to fly on an orbital spacecraft's maiden flight, i.e., Boeing Starliner. STS-116/117 (December 9, 2006)
Soyuz TMA-05M (July 15, 2012)
Starliner Crewed Flight Test/SpaceX Crew-9 (June 5, 2024)
11 Kjell N. Lindgren
January 23, 1973 		Taiwan Taiwan
 United States 		Taiwan Taiwan Selected in 2009 to NASA Astronaut Group 20. Served on ISS Expedition 44. Soyuz TMA-17M (July 22, 2015)
SpaceX Crew-4 (April 27, 2022)
12 Sirisha Bandla
1988 		 India Indian American sub-orbital, sub-Kármán line, space tourist. Virgin Galactic Unity 22 (July 11, 2021)
13 Raja Chari
June 24, 1977 		 India  United States Selected in 2017 to NASA Astronaut Group 22. SpaceX Crew-3 (November 11, 2021)
14 Andy Sadhwani
1988 		 India  United States Principal Propulsion Engineer at SpaceX United States Galactic 07 (June 8, 2024)[39][40]
15 Ephraim Rabin
? 		 Israel  United States Businessman United States Blue Origin NS-26 (August 29, 2024)
16 Eiman Jahangir
August 5, 1980 		 Iran  United States Associate professor United States Blue Origin NS-26 (August 29, 2024)
3 Tushar Shah  India  United States a MIT graduate and Particle Physicist United States Blue Origin NS-30
(February 25, 2025)[41]
17 Jonny Kim
February 5, 1984 		 Republic of Korea  United States Selected in 2017 to NASA Astronaut Group 22. Russia Soyuz MS-27 (April 8, 2025)
71 Amanda Nguyễn
October 10, 1991 		 Vietnam  United States First Vietnamese American and southeast Asian American woman astronaut. Blue Origin NS-31 (April 14, 2025)

Sports

Further information: Asian Americans in sports
  • Benny Agbayani – former outfielder for New York Mets, Colorado Rockies, Kansas City Royals, and Chiba Lotte Marines
  • Nathan Adrian – swimmer, multiple Olympic medalist
  • Bobby Balcena – first Asian American player in MLB
  • David Bautista – WWE performer going by the name "Batista"
  • Mohini Bhardwaj – American gymnast and 2004 Olympic silver medalist in the gymnastics team competition
  • Raj Bhavsar – 2008 Olympic bronze medalist in the gymnastics team competition
  • Tedy Bruschi – American football linebacker for the New England Patriots
  • Corbin Carroll – outfielder for Arizona Diamondbacks
  • Johnny Chan – professional poker player
  • Michael Chang – won tennis' French Open in 1989
  • Kaitlyn Chen – professional basketball player
  • Nathan Chen – American figure skater and Olympic gold medalist
  • Brandon Chillar – American football linebacker for the Green Bay Packers
  • Tiffany Chin – won the US Figure Skating Championship in 1985
  • Simon Cho – short track speed skater, Olympic medalist
  • Amy Chow – won gold and silver medals in gymnastics during the 1996 Olympics
  • Norm Chow – former head coach of the Hawaii football team and former offensive coordinator for the Tennessee Titans after helping lead USC to several NCAA championships as the offensive coordinator there. Currently the offensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Wildcats of the XFL.
  • Julie Chu – Olympics hockey player
  • Clarissa Chun – 2 time Olympic Women's freestyle 48 kg (105.5 lbs) wrestler
  • Patrick Chung – 2-time Super Bowl champion, NFL player of Chinese Jamaican heritage with New England Patriots
  • Jordan Clarkson – Filipino American NBA player
  • Bryan Clay – won the decathlon gold medal in the 2008 Olympics, the silver medal in the 2004 Olympics, and was the sport's 2005 world champion
  • Alex Compton – basketball coach
  • Tim Cone – basketball coach
  • Emily Cross – fencer, Olympic medalist
  • Natalie Coughlin – Olympic gold medalist in swimming
  • Johnny Damon – 2 time All-Star MLB outfielder currently a free agent
  • Sean Davis – soccer player
  • Toby Dawson – won a 2006 Olympic bronze medal in Men's Freestyle skiing
  • Bill Demong – Nordic combined skier, Olympic medalist
  • Kris Dim – IFBB professional bodybuilder
  • Victoria Draves – first Asian American to earn a gold medal in the Olympics, winning both the 1948 platform and springboard events
  • Mathew Dumba – Canadian ice hockey defenseman for the Minnesota Wild.
  • Tommy Edman – Major League Baseball player
  • Mark Foo – professional surfer
  • Rickie Fowler – golfer
  • Catherine Fox – swimmer, double Olympic champion
  • Sunny Garcia – Hawaiian-American Professional Surfer and 2000 ASP World Champion.
  • Miki Gorman (1935–2015) – two-time winner of both the Boston and New York City marathons; former American and unofficial world record holder in the marathon
  • Alexi Grewal – Gold medalist in 1984 Summer Olympics in cycling
  • Eileen Gu – Olympic skier who competes for China
  • Satoshi Hirayama – baseball player
  • Derek Ho – professional surfer
  • Maria Ho – professional poker player
  • Steven Ho – martial artist
  • Ken Hoang – professional gamer
  • Ivana Hong – American gymnast
  • Ariel Hsing – youngest American U.S. table tennis national champion in history
  • Jerry Hsu – Taiwanese-American Professional Skateboarder
  • Kanoa Igarashi – Professional Surfer and Olympic Silver Medalist. First surfer of Asian descent to qualify for the World Surf League.
  • Rena Inoue – first place in the 2004 and 2006 U.S. Figure Skating Championships (pairs)
  • Travis Ishikawa – free agent first baseman
  • Haley Ishimatsu – American platform diver and member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic team
  • Natasha Kai – American soccer player and part of the gold medal-winning team in the 2008 Beijing Olympics
  • Danielle Kang – professional golfer
  • Masako Katsura – professional carom billiards player
  • Evelyn Kawamoto – won two Olympic bronze medals in swimming in 1952.[42]
  • Lee Kiefer – won two Olympic gold medals in women's foil fencing (also first American to win gold), mother is Filipina.
  • Anthony Kim – American professional golfer and part of the winning USA team in the 2008 Ryder Cup
  • Chloe Kim – American snowboarder and Olympic gold medalist
  • Kei Kobayashi – Japanese American Professional Surfer
  • Ford Konno – former world record holder, two-time Olympic gold medalist, two-time Olympic silver medalist in swimming (1952 and 1956)
  • Tommy Kono (1930–2016) – former world record holder, two-time Olympic gold medalist and Olympic silver medalist in weightlifting (1952, 1956, and 1960)
  • Younghoe Koo – current NFL kicker for the Atlanta Falcons
  • Eric Koston – Thai-American Professional Skateboarder
  • Michelle Kwan – won nine national championships and five world titles, as well as two Olympic medals (silver in 1998, bronze in 2002) in figure skating
  • Iris Kyle – professional bodybuilder
  • Kyle Larson – American professional stock car racing driver
  • Cung Le – UFC mma fighter / former Strikeforce middleweight champion
  • Jeanette Lee – pool player
  • Sammy Lee (1920–2016) – became the first Asian American man to earn an Olympic gold medal, when he won in platform diving in both 1948 and 1952
  • Sunisa Lee – won the 2020 Olympics all-around gymnastics gold medal
  • Xaivian Lee – college basketball player
  • Jeremy Lin – Taiwanese American point guard for the Beijing Ducks and 2019 NBA champion.
  • Tim Lincecum – 2 time Cy Young Award-winning pitcher for the San Francisco Giants
  • Alysa Liu – figure skater and winner of the 2025 world title
  • Mike Lum – Major League Baseball player
  • Mike Magpayo – current men's basketball head coach at UC Riverside; first Asian American to serve in this role at an NCAA Division I school
  • Alexander Massialas – fencer, Olympic medalist
  • Kalei Mau – volleyball player
  • Wataru Misaka – broke the NBA color barrier in the 1947–48 season, when he played for the New York Knicks
  • Yul Moldauer – artistic gymnast
  • Collin Morikawa – golfer who won the 2020 PGA Championship and 2021 Open Championship
  • Mirai Nagasu – women's singles figure skating champion in 2008 and an Olympic bronze medalist
  • Haruki Nakamura – Free Safety of the Carolina Panthers
  • Hikaru Nakamura – became the youngest American ever to earn the titles of National Master (age 10) and International Grandmaster (age 15) in chess
  • Paeng Nepomuceno – won in almost every major international bowling championships
  • Kim Ng – current general manager of the Miami Marlins; first woman to serve in that role in any of the "Big Four" professional leagues of North America
  • Dat Nguyen – All-American linebacker at Texas A&M University and later became the first Vietnamese American in the National Football League
  • Apolo Anton Ohno – won eight Olympic medals in short-track speed skating (two gold) in 2002, 2006, and 2010 as well as a world cup championship
  • Naomi Osaka – Japanese-American tennis champion
  • Yoshinobu Oyakawa – former world record holder and 1952 Olympic gold medalist in the 100-meter backstroke
  • Tommy Pham – Major League Baseball player
  • Rajeev Ram – tennis player, Olympic medalist
  • Kalani Robb – Hawaiian American Professional Surfer
  • Dave Roberts – former Major League Baseball player, 2004 World Series champion, and current manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
  • Jason Robertson – left winger for the Dallas Stars in the National Hockey League
  • Kyla Ross – 2012 Olympic gold medalist gymnast, numerous World Championships medalist, and NCAA champion
  • Addison Russell – Filipino-American Baseball Player, and 2016 World Series Champion
  • Harold Sakata – won a weightlifting silver medal in the 1948 Olympics
  • Eric Sato – won a 1988 Olympic gold medal in volleyball
  • Liane Sato – won a 1992 Olympic bronze medal in volleyball
  • Xander Schauffele - PGA Tour Golfer, Olympic Gold Medalist
  • Alex Shibutani – figure skater, Olympic medalist
  • Maia Shibutani – figure skater, Olympic medalist
  • Dave Shoji – former head coach of the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball team and the winningest head coach in NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball History.
  • Erik Shoji – volleyball player, Olympic medalist
  • Kawika Shoji – volleyball player, Olympic medalist
  • Vijay Singh – professional golfer
  • Wesley So – chess grandmaster
  • Daewon Song – Professional Skateboarder
  • Erik Spoelstra – head coach of the Miami Heat; Filipino mother[43]
  • Kurt Suzuki – Major League Baseball player
  • Kevin Tan – American gymnast and part of the bronze medal-winning team in the 2008 Beijing Olympics
  • Sonya Thomas – one of the world's top competitive eaters
  • Brandon Vera – UFC fighter
  • Shane Victorino – former Major League Baseball player, and 2x World Series Champion (2008, 2013).
  • Anthony Volpe – shortstop for the New York Yankees
  • Ed Wang – became the first fully Chinese-American selected in the NFL Draft when drafted by the Buffalo Bills
  • Hines Ward – was the MVP of Super Bowl XL while playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers
  • Michelle Waterson-Gomez – MMA fighter
  • Michelle Wie – golfer
  • Kolten Wong – Major League Baseball player
  • Tiger Woods – golfer of Chinese, Thai, Caucasian, African American, and Native American descent; self described as "Cablinasian" (a syllabic abbreviation he coined from Caucasian, Black, American Indian, and Asian)
  • Kristi Yamaguchi – won three national figure skating championships, two world titles, and the 1992 Olympic gold medal
  • Tabitha Yim – American gymnast
  • Wally Yonamine – multisport athlete, played for the San Francisco 49ers (1947), Yomiuri Giants (1951–1960), Chunichi Dragons (1961–1962), and manager of the Chunichi Dragons (1972–1977). Only American to be admitted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame.
  • Al Young – world champion race car driver
  • Jennifer Yu – U.S. women's chess champion in 2019 and 2022
  • Caroline Zhang – American figure skater and 2007 Junior World Champion

Criminals

  • Steve Banerjee – convicted arsonist, racketeer, and murderer, and co-founder of Chippendales
  • Seung-Hui Cho – mass murderer
  • Andrew Cunanan – spree killer
  • Chol Soo Lee – man falsely accused of killing Chinatown gang leader
  • Wayne Lo – mass murderer
  • Charles Ng – serial killer
  • Bei Bei Shuai – woman charged with attempted murder after her suicide attempt resulted in the death of her fetus
  • Chai Vang – mass murderer

Other

See also

Footnotes

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