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ENTERTAINMENT Keiko Agena, actress, Gilmore Girls Philip Ahn, actor often considered the first Korean American in Hollywood Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, actress, Modern Family Aziz Ansari, actor and comedian, Human Giant and Parks and Recreation: Television series Funny People and I Love You, Man: Films Lulu Antariksa, actress Devon Aoki, actress and model Gregg Araki, filmmaker, Mysterious Skin, The Doom Generation Geoffrey Arend, actor, Body of Proof Ashley Argota, actress, True Jackson, VP Reiko Aylesworth, actress Chloe Bennet (née Wang), actress, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. singer Kayla Blake, actress Moon Bloodgood, actress Johnny Yong Bosch, actor Dante Basco, actor, poet, dancer, Hook, The Debut, Biker Boyz and Take the Lead Dion Basco, actor, The Debut, Biker Boyz and City Guys Ross Butler, actor Eric Byler, filmmaker Steve Byrne, comedian and actor Dean Cain, actor David Callaham, screenwriter, producer Tia Carrere, actress and singer, Relic Hunter, Wayne's World and Wayne's World 2 Christina Chang, actress Katie Chang, actress, The Bling Ring Wah Chang, prop designer, famous for designing the original Star Trek communicator and phasers Rosalind Chao, actress François Chau, actor Joan Chen, actress, director Lynn Chen, actress Tina Chen, actress Karin Anna Cheung, actress Richard Chew, Academy Award-winning film editor Ronny Chieng, comedian and actor, The Daily Show Arden Cho, actress (Teen Wolf), YouTuber, model, singer Henry Cho, comedian John Cho, actor, FlashForward, Selfie, Better Luck Tomorrow, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, Star Trek Margaret Cho, actress and comedian Kenneth Choi, actor Justin Chon, actor Kelsey Chow, actress Jamie Chung, actress Peter Chung, animator, Aeon Flux Michael Copon, actor Eugene Cordero, actor Billy Crawford, actor, host television Destin Daniel Cretton, film director, screenwriter, producer, editor (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) Darren Criss, actor and singer Tom Cross, Academy Award-winning film editor (for Whiplash) Jake Cuenca, actor, model Mark Dacascos, actor, of the Crying Freeman and the "Chairman" from Iron Chef America Noureen DeWulf, actress, Starred in an Academy Award-winning short film Ivan Dorschner, actor, model James Duval, actor Dayyan Eng, director, writer, producer (Bus 44, Waiting Alone, Inseparable) Yvonne Elliman, singer Roger Fan, actor Nargis Fakhri, actress and model Raja Fenske, actor Janina Gavankar, actress Kimiko Glenn, actress Griffin Gluck, actor Mark-Paul Gosselaar, actor, Saved by the Bell and NYPD Blue Cynthia Gouw, actress, Star Trek V-The Final Frontier Rene Gube, writer and actor Todd Haberkorn, voice actor Daniel Henney, actor in South Korea, X-Men Origins: Wolverine Ryan Higa, YouTube personality Steven Ho, stuntman, stunt coordinator, fight choreographer James Hong, actor Tiffany Ann Hsu, actress Kelly Hu, actress Tina Huang, stage and television actress Vanessa Anne Hudgens, actress and singer David Henry Hwang, Tony-winning playwright Robert Ito, classic movie actor Ken Jeong, comedian, actor, physician, The Hangover and Community Malese Jow, actress and singer Rodney Kageyama, actor Mindy Kaling, actress, writer, producer, The Office Michael Kang, filmmaker Sung Kang, actor, Better Luck Tomorrow and Fast & Furious Tim Kang, actor, The Mentalist Ravi Kapoor, actor, Crossing Jordan Archie Kao, actor, Power Rangers Lost Galaxy and CSI Janice Kawaye, voice actress Dai Sil Kim-Gibson, documentary filmmaker Daniel Dae Kim, actor, Lost and Hawaii Five-0 Randall Duk Kim, actor Matthew Yang King, actor and voice actor Zach King, internet personality Hayley Kiyoko, actress Alex Ko, actor and filmmaker, Billy Elliot the Musical and The Yellow Dress Jo Koy, comedian Shin Koyamada, actor, The Last Samurai and Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior Lance Krall, actor and comedian Michelle Krusiec, actress Nancy Kwan, actress Jennie Kwan, actress, California Dreams Liza Lapira, actress Cung Le, kickboxer, martial artist, and actor Sharon Leal, actress, Guiding Light and Boston Public Ang Lee, filmmaker and director, Brokeback Mountain, Hulk, Eat Drink Man Woman, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Bobby Lee, comedian and actor, MADtv and Reservation Dogs and Tiger Belly Podcast and Bad Friends Podcast Chris Chan Lee, filmmaker C. S. Lee, actor, Dexter James Kyson Lee, actor, Heroes Greta Lee, actor, TV: Morning Show, Girls, Russian Doll, High Maintenance, New Girl, Wayward Pines. Film: Past Lives. Broadway: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and La Bête Jason Scott Lee, actor Ki Hong Lee, actor, The Maze Runner, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Everything Before Us Shannon Lee, actress, daughter of Bruce Lee Lee Tung Foo, Vaudeville performer and actor Will Yun Lee, actor, Witchblade and Bionic Woman Ken Leung, actor, Lost, Shanghai Kiss and Star Wars: The Force Awakens Matthew Libatique, Oscar-nominated cinematographer Tiffany Limos, actress Justin Lin, filmmaker, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Fast & Furious, Fast Five, Fast & Furious 6 Tao Lin, novelist and poet Bai Ling, actress Julia Ling, actress, Chuck Lucy Liu, Chinese/American actress Aasif Mandvi, actor and comedian, The Daily Show Dhar Mann, entrepreneur and YouTube personality Marie Matiko, actress Mei Melancon, actress, writer and producer Charles Melton, actor Sam Milby, actor singer Hasan Minhaj, actor, comedian, TV host Vanessa Minnillo Shay Mitchell, actress Matthew Moy, comedian, actor, artist Robert A. Nakamura, pioneering filmmaker, teacher, co-founder of Visual Communications (VC) Aparna Nancherla, actress Kumail Nanjiani, comedian and actor, Franklin & Bash Minae Noji, actress, General Hospital Paolo Montalban, actor of Filipino descent Olivia Munn, actress, model and television personality Dustin Nguyen, actor, 21 Jump Street and V.I.P. Qui Nguyen, playwright, television writer, and screenwriter Steve Nguyen, film producer Julia Nickson, actress Eva Noblezada, actress, singer Rahsaan Noor, actor and filmmaker, Bengali Beauty Sandra Oh, actress, Grey's Anatomy Masi Oka, actor Yuji Okumoto, actor, The Karate Kid Part II and Johnny Tsunami, writer and producer Lisa Onodera, film producer Maulik Pancholy, actor, Weeds and 30 Rock Grace Park, actress, Battlestar Galactica, Edgemont, and Hawaii Five-0 Linda Park, actress, Star Trek: Enterprise Randall Park, actor, comedian and writer, Fresh Off the Boat, The Interview and Everything Before Us Steve Park, actor and comedian Janel Parrish, actress and singer Kal Penn, actor, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle Dat Phan, comedian, winner of the first season of Last Comic Standing Ryan Potter, actor Danny Pudi, actor, Community Lou Diamond Phillips, actor Lindsay Price, actress Maggie Q, actress Ke Huy Quan, actor Sendhil Ramamurthy, actor, Heroes Navi Rawat, actress, Numbers and The O.C. Keanu Reeves, actor and philanthropist Ernie Reyes Jr., actor and martial arts expert Rob Schneider, actor and comedian Parry Shen, actor Sheetal Sheth, actress James Shigeta, actor Sab Shimono, actor Zenobia Shroff, actress and comedienne Harry Shum Jr., actor Shannyn Sossamon, actress Brenda Song, actress Sonja Sohn, actress, The Wire Jack Soo, actor Booboo Stewart, actor Jiaoying Summers, comedian and actress Pat Suzuki, actress and singer Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, actor Faran Tahir, actor George Takei, actor of Star Trek fame, LGBT activist Chris Tashima, actor, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Brian Tee, actor, Chicago Med Jennifer Tilly, actress (born in California) Meg Tilly, actress Chuti Tiu, actress, Desire, 24, Dragnet, Beautiful, The Specials, former America's Junior Miss (first non-White winner) Tamlyn Tomita, actress Lauren Tom, voice actress Kelly Marie Tran, Star Wars actress Thalia Tran, actress Daisuke Tsuji, actor Miyoshi Umeki, Oscar-winning actress and singer Jenna Ushkowitz, actress Dilshad Vadsaria, actress, Greek Daya Vaidya, actress Bee Vang, actor Lalaine Vergara-Paras, actress and singer, Lizzie McGuire Garrett Wang (王以瞻), actor on Star Trek: Voyager Lulu Wang, filmmaker Wayne Wang, film director, The Joy Luck Club Ming-Na Wen, actress ER, Stargate Universe and As the World Turns Ali Wong, comedian and actress BD Wong, Tony Award-winning actor, Oz and Law and Order: Special Victims Unit Freddie Wong, filmmaker, musician, VFX artist, podcaster, and competitive gamer Jimmy Wong, actor and musician Russell Wong (王盛德), actor Victor Wong (黃自強), Hollywood actor Alice Wu, filmmaker Constance Wu, Taiwanese American actress, Fresh Off the Boat and Crazy Rich Asians Daniel Wu, actor, director and producer, Into the Badlands and Europa Report Kevin Wu, YouTube personality Leonard Wu, actor Steven Yeun, actor, The Walking Dead Aaron Yoo, actor, 21 and Everything Before Us Keone Young, actor and voice actor Jessica Yu, Oscar-winning film director Kelvin Yu, actor and writer Ron Yuan, actor and voice actor Rick Yune, actor MUSIC Mike Shinoda Keshi, lofi, hiphop, R&B, alternative, singer/songwriter/producer/instrumentalist Jhené Aiko, singer-songwriter Toshiko Akiyoshi, jazz pianist, composer/arranger, and bandleader Nadia Ali, member of music group iiO Tatyana Ali, Indo-Trinidadian singer and actress Paul Anka, singer-songwriter Steve Aoki electro house, musician, record producer and the founder of Dim Mak Records Sameer Bhattacharya, guitarist in the Texas alternative rock band Flyleaf Michelle Branch, singer-songwriter Robert Campman, hip hop artist Angelin Chang, Grammy Award-winning pianist and renown music professor Jeff Chang, music critic and historian of hip-hop culture Tim Chantarangsu, rapper, comedian, and videographer China Mac, rapper and activist Peter Chung, rapper and producer Jocelyn Enriquez Dia Frampton, former Meg & Dia singer Ming Freeman, keyboardist/pianist Lisa Furukawa, Japanese-American folk singer, songwriter, and pianist Midori Gotō, classical violinist and recipient of the Avery Fisher Prize Sameer Gadhia, lead singer of Young the Giant Joseph Hahn, DJ in Linkin Park Kirk Hammett, lead guitarist of Metallica Matt Heafy, guitarist and vocal of band Trivium Nichkhun Horvejkul, member of South Korean boy group 2PM Magdalen Hsu-Li, out bisexual Chinese American singer-songwriter recording artist, poet and artist. Chad Hugo, musician and producer, member of The Neptunes and N.E.R.D. Hao Huang (pianist), pianist and professor at Scripps College William Hung, contestant from American Idol Tiffany Hwang, Korean American member of girl group SNSD. Ramon Ibanga, Jr., hip hop producer Enrique Iglesias, mother, Isabel Preysler, is Filipino James Iha, formerly the guitarist of The Smashing Pumpkins Vijay Iyer, pianist Jon Jang, jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader Clarence Jey, Grammy, Billboard credited songwriter, record producer MC Jin, pioneer in the Asian-American hip-hop scene Norah Jones, musician, Grammy Award winner, daughter of Ravi Shankar. Jessica Jung, Korean American member of girl group SNSD. Krystal Jung, member of South Korean girl group f(x) Nicole Jung, member of South Korean girl group KARA Scott Jung, (Also known as The Magnificent Butcher) hip hop producer, rapper Tony Kanal, Two-time Grammy Award winner, bass player for No Doubt. Michael Kang (musician), mandolin player, violinist, and vocalist for String Cheese Incident, is South Korean. Jeff Kashiwa, smooth jazz saxophonist Natalise Kalea, Burmese-Chinese singer Dennis Kim, underground rapper and spoken word artist Eli Kim, member of South Korean boy group U-KISS Siddhartha Khosla, lead singer of Goldspot Raja Kumari, singer, rapper and songwriter Sunny Lee, Korean American member of girl group SNSD Amber Josephine Liu, member of South Korean girl group f(x) Nora Lum, rapper known as Awkwafina Yo-Yo Ma, renowned cellist Baiyu, singer-songwriter Bruno Mars, singer-songwriter music producer Nancy McDonie, member of girl group Momoland Zubin Mehta, conductor, New York Philharmonic Orchestra Nicki Minaj, Indo-Trinidadian rap artist Charles Mingus, jazz double bassist, composer, band leader Daniel Nakamura, hip hop producer and founder of 75 Ark Eric Nam, Korean-American singer, active in South Korea under B2M Entertainment. Martin Nievera, singer-songwriter and TV host Justin Nozuka, singer-songwriter Karen O, singer of Yeah Yeah Yeahs Kero One, hip hop MC and producer Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Conductor Will Pan, singer-songwriter Jay Park, Korean-American singer, rapper, bboy & actor. Also famous in South Korea as the former leader of South Korean boyband 2 pm. Jonathan Park, rapper and actor Lena Park, composer, singer-songwriter Mike Park, was the singer of Skankin Pickle and currently runs Asian Man Records Allan Pineda (Lindo) of The Black Eyed Peas Richard Quitevis, turntablist and composer A. R. Rahman, Grammy Award-winning composer/arranger, songwriter, and music producer Larry Ramos, guitarist, banjo player, and vocalist with the 1960s American pop band the Association. Mike Relm, scratch video DJ who has toured with the Blue Man Group Olivia Rodrigo, singer-songwriter and actress Amerie Mi Marie Rogers, R&B/pop singer Kelis Rogers, R&B singer Nicole Scherzinger, singer and former member of The Pussycat Dolls. Laura Shigihara, singer, songwriter, and programmer Shing02, recording artist known as Shingo Annen Mike Shinoda co-founder of Linkin Park Shaffer Chimere Smith, R&B singer-songwriter, and actor Rajé Shwari, singer Michael Stevenson, rapper Vienna Teng, folk and pop singer-songwriter Kim Thayil, guitarist for Grammy Award-winning rock group Soundgarden Mark Tuan, member of South Korean boyband Got7 Hikaru Utada, Japanese-American singer-songwriter active in both Japan and United States; her single Devil Inside topped the U.S. Billboard Dance Chart. Alex and Eddie Van Halen, members of rock band Van Halen, whose mother was of Indonesian ancestry Casandra Ventura, R&B singer Only Won, rapper, beatboxer, actor, filmmaker (first bilingual Chinese American rapper) Kevin Woo, member of South Korean boy group U-KISS Vanness Wu, singer-songwriter & rapper Catalina Yue, Chinese-Japanese-American pop singer-songwriter Brandon Jermaine Yun, rapper and former radio personality Joanna Wang, singer-songwriter Leehom Wang, Taiwanese American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson, singer-songwriter Shawn Wasabi, producer and electronic instrument designer 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 Royal Pirates, Korean-American rock band The Slants, first all Asian American dance rock band/victors in a major Cary Joji Fukunaga (film director of No Time to Die — the newest James Bond movie) Hiro Narita (cinematographer) Carrie Ann Inaba (Dancing With The Stars)
BROADWAY Ann Harada Lea Salonga Jenna Ushkowitz Ruthie Ann Miles Marc delaCruz Telly Leung Adrian Budhu Andi Meyer Carla Ching Cathy Ang Chay Yew Christine Toy Johnson Christopher Chen Conrad Ricamora Dawn Akemi Saito Diep Tran EJ Zimmerman Elena Chang Emika Abe Eric Ting Francis Jue James Seol Kate Rigg Ken Savage Kit Yan Lauren Yee Leilani Chan Leslie Ishii Lily Tung Crystal Liz Casasola Lloyd Suh Macy Jocelyn Adrales Kisicki May Adrales Mei Ann Teo Midori Francis Moses Goods Nandita Shenoy Natasha Sinha Olivia Oguma Ova Saopeng Paolo Montalban Pun Bandhu Qui Ngyuen Ralph B. Peña Randy Wong-Westbrooke Raymond J. Lee Rick Shiomi Sam Tanabe Seema Sueko Snehal Desai Sophia Skiles Tammy Hailiʻōpua Baker Thom Sesma Torange Yeghiazarian Young Jean Lee Stephanie Jae Park Adam Jacobs Aaron Albano Naomi Kakuk Eva Noblezada Alyssa Fox
MUSIC Mike Shinoda Keshi, lofi, hiphop, R&B, alternative, singer/songwriter/producer/instrumentalist Jhené Aiko, singer-songwriter Toshiko Akiyoshi, jazz pianist, composer/arranger, and bandleader Nadia Ali, member of music group iiO Tatyana Ali, Indo-Trinidadian singer and actress Paul Anka, singer-songwriter Steve Aoki electro house, musician, record producer and the founder of Dim Mak Records Sameer Bhattacharya, guitarist in the Texas alternative rock band Flyleaf Michelle Branch, singer-songwriter Robert Campman, hip hop artist Angelin Chang, Grammy Award-winning pianist and renown music professor Jeff Chang, music critic and historian of hip-hop culture Tim Chantarangsu, rapper, comedian, and videographer China Mac, rapper and activist Peter Chung, rapper and producer Jocelyn Enriquez Dia Frampton, former Meg & Dia singer Ming Freeman, keyboardist/pianist Lisa Furukawa, Japanese-American folk singer, songwriter, and pianist Midori Gotō, classical violinist and recipient of the Avery Fisher Prize Sameer Gadhia, lead singer of Young the Giant Joseph Hahn, DJ in Linkin Park Kirk Hammett, lead guitarist of Metallica Matt Heafy, guitarist and vocal of band Trivium Nichkhun Horvejkul, member of South Korean boy group 2PM Magdalen Hsu-Li, out bisexual Chinese American singer-songwriter recording artist, poet and artist. Chad Hugo, musician and producer, member of The Neptunes and N.E.R.D. Hao Huang (pianist), pianist and professor at Scripps College William Hung, contestant from American Idol Tiffany Hwang, Korean American member of girl group SNSD. Ramon Ibanga, Jr., hip hop producer Enrique Iglesias, mother, Isabel Preysler, is Filipino James Iha, formerly the guitarist of The Smashing Pumpkins Vijay Iyer, pianist Jon Jang, jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader Clarence Jey, Grammy, Billboard credited songwriter, record producer MC Jin, pioneer in the Asian-American hip-hop scene Norah Jones, musician, Grammy Award winner, daughter of Ravi Shankar. Jessica Jung, Korean American member of girl group SNSD. Krystal Jung, member of South Korean girl group f(x) Nicole Jung, member of South Korean girl group KARA Scott Jung, (Also known as The Magnificent Butcher) hip hop producer, rapper Israel Kamakawiwoʻole (musician) Tony Kanal, Two-time Grammy Award winner, bass player for No Doubt. Michael Kang (musician), mandolin player, violinist, and vocalist for String Cheese Incident, is South Korean. Jeff Kashiwa, smooth jazz saxophonist Natalise Kalea, Burmese-Chinese singer Dennis Kim, underground rapper and spoken word artist Eli Kim, member of South Korean boy group U-KISS Siddhartha Khosla, lead singer of Goldspot Raja Kumari, singer, rapper and songwriter Sunny Lee, Korean American member of girl group SNSD Amber Josephine Liu, member of South Korean girl group f(x) Nora Lum, rapper known as Awkwafina Yo-Yo Ma, renowned cellist Baiyu, singer-songwriter Bruno Mars, singer-songwriter music producer Nancy McDonie, member of girl group Momoland Zubin Mehta, conductor, New York Philharmonic Orchestra Nicki Minaj, Indo-Trinidadian rap artist Charles Mingus, jazz double bassist, composer, band leader Daniel Nakamura, hip hop producer and founder of 75 Ark Eric Nam, Korean-American singer, active in South Korea under B2M Entertainment. Martin Nievera, singer-songwriter and TV host Justin Nozuka, singer-songwriter Karen O, singer of Yeah Yeah Yeahs Kero One, hip hop MC and producer Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Conductor Will Pan, singer-songwriter Jay Park, Korean-American singer, rapper, bboy & actor. Also famous in South Korea as the former leader of South Korean boyband 2 pm. Jonathan Park, rapper and actor Lena Park, composer, singer-songwriter Mike Park, was the singer of Skankin Pickle and currently runs Asian Man Records Allan Pineda (Lindo) of The Black Eyed Peas Richard Quitevis, turntablist and composer A. R. Rahman, Grammy Award-winning composer/arranger, songwriter, and music producer Larry Ramos, guitarist, banjo player, and vocalist with the 1960s American pop band the Association. Mike Relm, scratch video DJ who has toured with the Blue Man Group Olivia Rodrigo, singer-songwriter and actress Amerie Mi Marie Rogers, R&B/pop singer Kelis Rogers, R&B singer Nicole Scherzinger, singer and former member of The Pussycat Dolls. Laura Shigihara, singer, songwriter, and programmer Shing02, recording artist known as Shingo Annen Mike Shinoda co-founder of Linkin Park Shaffer Chimere Smith, R&B singer-songwriter, and actor Rajé Shwari, singer Michael Stevenson, rapper Vienna Teng, folk and pop singer-songwriter Kim Thayil, guitarist for Grammy Award-winning rock group Soundgarden Mark Tuan, member of South Korean boyband Got7 Tyga (Rapper) Hikaru Utada, Japanese-American singer-songwriter active in both Japan and United States; her single Devil Inside topped the U.S. Billboard Dance Chart. Alex and Eddie Van Halen, members of rock band Van Halen, whose mother was of Indonesian ancestry Casandra Ventura, R&B singer Only Won, rapper, beatboxer, actor, filmmaker (first bilingual Chinese American rapper) Kevin Woo, member of South Korean boy group U-KISS Vanness Wu, singer-songwriter & rapper Catalina Yue, Chinese-Japanese-American pop singer-songwriter Brandon Jermaine Yun, rapper and former radio personality Joanna Wang, singer-songwriter Leehom Wang, Taiwanese American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson, singer-songwriter Shawn Wasabi, producer and electronic instrument designer 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 Royal Pirates, Korean-American rock band The Slants, first all Asian American dance rock band/victors in a major
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY Revathi Advaithi, CEO of Flex (company) Parag Agrawal, CEO of Twitter Hiroaki Aoki, founder of Benihana Nikesh Arora, CEO of Palo Alto Networks Ramani Ayer, chairman and CEO of The Hartford Financial Services Group Nandita Bakhshi, CEO of Bank of the West Somen Banerjee, founder of Chippendales Ajay Banga, president and CEO of MasterCard Manoj Bhargava, billionaire founder and CEO of 5-hour Energy Sabeer Bhatia, co-founder of Hotmail Baiju Bhatt, co-founder of Robinhood Aneel Bhusri, CEO of Workday Aman Bhutani, CEO of GoDaddy Sanjit Biswas, co-founder of Cisco Meraki Amar Bose, billionaire chairman and founder of Bose Corporation Do Won Chang, billionaire co-founder of Forever 21 Fred Chang, Taiwanese American billionaire founder and CEO of Newegg Roger H. Chen, founder of 99 Ranch Market Sam Chang, founder and CEO of McSam Hotel Group, one of largest hotel developers in New York City Albert Chao, billionaire co-founder and CEO of Westlake Chemical, largest producer LDPE plastic in the US Allen Chao, founder of Watson Pharmaceuticals Jay Chaudhry, CEO and founder of Zscaler Christine Chen, founder and CEO of Chen Communications John S. Chen, executive chairman and CEO of BlackBerry Limited, former CEO of Sybase Eva Chen, co-founder and CEO of Trend Micro Perry Chen, founder and CEO of Kickstarter Steve Chen, co-founder of YouTube Tim Chen, co-founder and CEO of NerdWallet Chen Wen-ch'i, billionaire president and CEO of VIA Technologies, husband of Cher Wang, co-founder of HTC Andrew Cherng, billionaire co-founder of Panda Express Peggy Cherng, billionaire co-founder of Panda Express David Chu, co-founder of Nautica James Chu, founder of ViewSonic Alfred Chuang, founder and CEO of BEA Systems Francisco D'Souza, former CEO of Cognizant Weili Dai, billionaire and co-founder Bharat Desai, billionaire co-founder of Syntel Shar Dubey, CEO of Match Group Tan Hock Eng, CEO of Broadcom, and highest earning CEO in the US in 2017 Amrapali Gan, CEO of OnlyFans Sunil Garg, CEO of Citibank Vishal Garg (businessman), CEO of Better.com Rajat Gupta, former Worldwide Managing Director (chief executive) of McKinsey & Company Daniel Ha, co-founder of Disqus David T. Hon, founder of Dahon Ming Hsieh, billionaire and philanthropist founder of Cogent Systems acquired by 3M Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos , internet entrepreneur and venture capitalist Jen-Hsun Huang, billionaire co-founder and CEO of NVIDIA Robert T. Huang, founder of Synnex Shelly Hwang, co-founder of Pinkberry Kai Huang, co-founder and CEO of Guitar Hero and RedOctane Subrah Iyar, co-founder of Cisco Webex David Ji, co-founder of Apex Digital Andrea Jung, retired chairman and CEO of Avon Products Johnny Kan, founder of Kan's Restaurant Justin Kan, cofounder of Twitch Min Kao, billionaire co-founder of Garmin John Kapoor, billionaire founder of Insys Jawed Karim, co-founder of YouTube Farooq Kathwari, CEO of Ethan Allen (company) Shahid Khan, billionaire president of Flex-N-Gate Corp., owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars Tony Khan, CEO and co-founder of All Elite Wrestling Vinod Khosla, billionaire co-founding CEO of Sun Microsystems and general partner of venture capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers Hoang Kieu, billionaire Vietnamese-American owner of Shanghai RAAS Blood Products Jeong H. Kim, co-founder and CEO, Yurie Systems (sold to Lucent for $1.1 billion) James Kim, billionaire founder and executive chairman of Amkor Technology George Kurian, CEO of NetApp Arvind Krishna, CEO of IBM David Lam, founder of Lam Research Brian Lee, co-founder of LegalZoom, The Honest Company and ShoeDazzle David Lee, founder of Jamison Services, largest real estate private office landlord in the country Kai-Fu Lee, founding president of Google China Noel Lee, founder of Monster Cable Thai Lee, billionaire Thai-born Korean American co-founder and CEO of SHI International Corp , largest woman-owned business in the US Christine Liang, president and founder of ASI Corp. Kenneth Lin, co-founder of Credit Karma Eric Ly, co-founder of LinkedIn, founder of Presdo Match Kumar Malavalli, co-founder of Brocade Communications Systems Sandeep Mathrani, CEO of WeWork Milind Mehere, CEO and co-founder of Yieldstreet Sanjay Mehrotra, co-founder of SanDisk, president and CEO of Micron Technology Apoorva Mehta, co-founder of Instacart Ivan Menezes, CEO of Diageo Teresa H. Meng, founder of Atheros Communications acquired by Qualcomm and formed Qualcomm Atheros Neal Mohan, CEO of YouTube Moon Kook-jin, founder of Kahr Arms, manufacturer of the Desert Eagle Bobby Murphy, billionaire co-founder of Snapchat Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft Laxman Narasimhan, Designated CEO of Starbucks Shantanu Narayen, CEO of Adobe Systems Indra Nooyi, chairman and CEO of PepsiCo Dinesh Paliwal, CEO of Harman International Milind Pant, CEO of Amway Ellen Pao, former CEO of Reddit James Park, co-founder and CEO of Fitbit Vikram Pandit, president and CEO of Citigroup Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google Christine Poon, former vice chairman of Johnson & Johnson and worldwide chairman of J&J's Pharmaceuticals Group Raghu Raghuram, CEO of VMware Ritu Raj, founder of Wag Hotels Raj Rajaratnam, billionaire founder of Galleon Group Vivek Ranadivé, founder of TIBCO Software and owner of Sacramento Kings Punit Renjen, CEO of Deloitte Steve Sanghi, founder, chairman and CEO of Microchip Technology Vivek Sankaran, CEO of Albertsons Rohan Seth, co-founder of Clubhouse (app) Niraj Shah, billionaire co-founder and CEO of Wayfair Ram Shriram, billionaire co-founder of Junglee.com and early investor in Google John J. Sie, founder of Starz Inc. Ben Silbermann, billionaire co-founder and CEO of Pinterest Pradeep Sindhu, founder of Juniper Networks Sumit Singh, CEO of Chewy (company) Patrick Soon-Shiong, billionaire surgeon and founder of Abraxis BioScience and owner of the Los Angeles Times K. R. Sridhar, founder and CEO of Bloom Energy Lisa Su, president and CEO of Advanced Micro Devices Raj Subramaniam, president and CEO of FedEx Anjali Sud, CEO of Vimeo David Sun, billionaire Taiwanese American co-founder of Kingston Technology Rajeev Suri, CEO of Nokia Sehat Sutardja, CEO of Marvell Technology Group Sonia Syngal, CEO of Gap Inc. Lip-Bu Tan, president and CEO of Cadence Design Systems Wayne Ting, CEO of Lime Janie Tsao, co-founder of Linksys Victor Tsao, co-founder of Linksys Greg Tseng, co-founder of Tagged Kevin Tsujihara, chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. John Tu, billionaire Taiwanese American co-founder of Kingston Technologies Jayshree Ullal, CEO of Arista Networks Romesh T. Wadhwani, billionaire founder of Symphony Technology Group An Wang, founder of Wang Laboratories Charles B. Wang, co-founder and former CEO of Computer Associates International, Inc. Niniane Wang, technology executive Roger Wang, billionaire founder chairman of Golden Eagle International Group William Wang, billionaire Taiwanese American co-founder and CEO of Vizio Padmasree Warrior, CEO of Fable and former CTO of Cisco and Motorola Andrea Wong, president and CEO of Lifetime Networks Yishan Wong, former CEO of Reddit Sheryl WuDunn, won Pulitzer Prize at The New York Times in 1990; currently, an investment banker Jeff Yang, co-founded A Magazine in 1989 and is a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle. Jerry Yang, Taiwanese American billionaire and co-founder and former CEO of Yahoo! Bing Yeh, co-founder of Silicon Storage Technology, acquired by Microchip Technology and Greenliant Systems Gideon Yu, co-owner of San Francisco 49ers and former CFO of Facebook and YouTube Eric S. Yuan, billionaire founder and CEO of Zoom Video Communications, founding engineer at Webex, Ranked No. 1 of Top CEOs in 2018 of a large company on Glassdoor Min Zhu, co-founder and former president and chief technical officer of WebEx. Sheila Lirio Marcelo, founder and former CEO and chairwoman of Care.com. Ajay Bhatt (co-inventor of the USB) Josephine Santiago-Bond (NASA Advanced Engineering Development Branch leader) Don Chang (founder of Forever 21) Pehong Chen (Gain Technology founder) Steven Chen (co-founder of YouTube) Andrew Cherng (co-founder of Panda Express) Peggy Cherng (co-founder of Panda Express) James Chu (founder of ViewSonic) Morgan Chu (famous IP attorney) Tony Hsieh (former Zappos CEO and founder of LinkExchange) Frank Jao (prominent California businessman) Guy Kawasaki (tech entrepreneur and author) Vinod Khosla (co-founder of Sun Microsystems) Jeong H. Kim (tech entrepreneur) Steve Y. Kim (tech entrepreneur) Lata Krishnan (tech entrepreneur) Alfred Lin (venture capitalist & COO/CFO of Zappos.com) William Mow (former CEO of Bugle Boy Industries) Ted Ngoy (entrepreneur known as the “The Donut King”) Amanda Nguyen (CEO and founder of Rise Up) Bill Nguyen (tech entrepreneur) Mai Nguyen (co-founder of the Asian American Farmers Alliance) Indra Nooyi (Pepsico CEO) Scott Oki (former SVP of Microsoft) Jennifer O’Neal (former co-head of Blizzard Entertainment/Activision) Christine Poon (former VC of Johnson & Johnson board) David Sun (co-founder of Kingston Technology) Janie Tsao (co-founder of Linksys) Vic Tsao (co-founder of Linksys) John Tu (co-founder of Kingston Technology) Andrea Wong (TV executive and entrepreneur) Jerry Yang (co-founder of Yahoo!) Eric S. Yuan (founder of Zoom)
LITERATURE Alfredo Alcala – Filipino comic book artist. Peter Bacho – author of the American Book Award-winning novel Cebu Lynda Barry – cartoonist of partial Filipino descent, most known for Ernie Pook's Comeek and Marlys, published in Salon.com and other independent papers. Carlos Bulosan – author, "America Is In the Heart." Regie Cabico – notable slam poet and performer Jorge Cham – author of PhD Comics Ernie Chan – comic book artist/inker for Marvel Comics and DC Comics. Eileen Chang – writer Lan Samantha Chang – writer; director of the Iowa Writer's Workshop Cherry Chevapravatdumrong – writer, Family Guy Frank Chin (趙健秀) – novelist, playwright, and essayist Kah Kyung Cho – philosopher at SUNY University Amy Chua – writer and Harvard professor Melissa de la Cruz – author of teen lit series Au Pairs, The Ashleys and Blue Bloods Tony DeZuniga – co-creator of Jonah Hex Ben Fee – writer and labor organizer Don Figueroa – comic book artist for IDW Publishing and Dreamwave Entertainment, working on various Transformers titles. Larry Hama – comic book writer for Marvel, DC, IDW Publishing, creator of G.I. Joe filecards. Tanuja Desai Hidier – author of Born Confused David Henry Hwang (黃哲倫) – playwright Lawson Fusao Inada - poet, winner of the American Book Award and former poet laureate of Oregon Gish Jen – writer, novelist Ha Jin – novelist, winner of the National Book Award for "Waiting" Cynthia Kadohata - author of children's books, recipient of the Newbery Medal (2005) and National Book Award for Young People's Literature (2013) Rafael Kayanan – Comics artist, TV writer and master level instructor in Sayoc Kali. Jaegwon Kim – philosopher at Brown University Maxine Hong Kingston – writer, novelist, recipient of the 2008 National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters Jean Kwok – writer, novelist Jhumpa Lahiri – Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gus Lee (李健孫) – writer Jim Lee – DC Comics writer, artist, editor and publisher Huping Ling – history professor, award-winning author, Executive Editor for the Journal of Asian American Studies Bette Bao Lord (包柏漪) – writer, novelist David Wong Louie – writer Adeline Yen Mah (馬嚴君玲) – author and physician Nick Manabat – creator of Cybernary, comic book artist for Wildstorm Productions Gary R. Mar – philosopher at Stony Brook University William Marr (馬為義, 非馬) – engineer, poet, translator, and artist Janice Mirikitani - former poet laureate for San Francisco Kenn Navarro – animator of cartoon Happy Tree Friends Aimee Nezhukumatathil – award-winning poet and professor Han Ong – playwright and author; recipient of MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant. Pai Hsien-yung – Chinese Muslim writer Linda Sue Park – American-born author; winner of the 2002 Newbery Medal for A Single Shard Whilce Portacio – created Bishop of the X-Men, co-founder of Image Comics. Randy Romero – writer Albert Saijo – poet[4] Saumitra Saxena – award-winning poet in the modern Indian history. Graduated from Indian Institute of Technology and received his PhD from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Lisa See – writer T. K. Seung – philosopher and literary critic at University of Texas, Austin Kamila Shamsie – award-winning novelist of books such as Salt and Saffron and Broken Verses. Eileen Tabios – poet. Ronald Takaki – was an academic, historian, ethnographer and author and recipient of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in 1994 Amy Tan – best-selling author of The Joy Luck Club, The Bonesetter's Daughter, The Kitchen God's Wife, etc. Romeo Tanghal – comic book artist. Bryan Thao Worra – award-winning Lao American writer, 1st Lao American NEA Fellow in Literature. Alex Tizon – Pulitzer Prize winner. Dr. Abraham Verghese – noted Doctor and Author; In My Own Country and My Tennis Partner Jose Garcia Villa – poet, writer, generationalist; pre-Beat Generation influence. Raees Warsi – notable poet, author and TV anchor Michi Weglyn - author and recipient of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in 1977 Jade Snow Wong – writer Shawn Wong – novelist, "Americanese" and "Homebase" Timothy C. Wong (黃宗泰) – sinologist, translator, and literary theorist Hisaye Yamamoto - short story writer, recipient of the American Book Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1986 Karen Tei Yamashita - author and playwright, recipient of the 2021 National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters Gene Luen Yang – graphic novelist Taro Yashima - author of children's books, recipient of the 1955 Children's Book Award Laurence Yep (叶祥添) – author of children's books Charles Yu - novelist and winner of the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction Connie Young Yu – writer and historian Judy Yung – writer Grace Lee Boggs (author) Ronnie del Carmen (animation writer) Iris Chang (history author) Eva Chen (author and fashion editor) Joyce Chen (author and chef) Connie Chung (journalist and reporter) Michiko Kakutani (literary critic) Maxine Hong Kingston (author) Robert Kiyosaki (author and entrepreneur) Jhumpa Lahiri (author and essayist) Chang-Rae Lee (novelist and professor) Erika Lee (author) Gus Lee (author and ethicist) Helie Lee (Author and activist) Lisa Ling (journalist and author) John Okada (novelist) Sun Yung Shin (author and poet) Amy Tan (writer) Laurence Yep (children’s author) Chloé Shao (screenwriter)
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 Johnny Chan – professional poker player Michael Chang – won tennis' French Open in 1989 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 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 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 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 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 Ford Konno – former world record holder, two-time Olympic gold medalist, two-time Olympic silver medalist in swimming (1952 and 1956) Younghoe Koo – current NFL kicker for the Atlanta Falcons 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 Sunisa Lee – won the 2020 Olympics all-around gymnastics gold medal 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 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 – was an 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 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 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 Erik Spoelstra – head coach of the Miami Heat; Filipino mother[49] 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). 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
CULINARY 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 Emily Kim, creator and host of popular YouTube channel Maangchi, teaching Korean cooking Niki Nakayama, chef and owner of Michelin-starred n/naka restaurant Jet Tila, celebrity chef and restaurateur and guest on “Cutthroat Kitchen” Ming Asai (蔡明), chef and restaurateur (Blue Ginger); host of Emmy Award-winning television show East Meets West 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
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
ARTS/ARCHITECUTRE/DESIGN Fazlur Rahman Khan, a Bangladeshi-American structural engineer and architect, who was considered the "Einstein of structural engeering", he was the designer of the Willis Tower and John Hancock Center Salma Arastu, artist Rina Banerjee, artist David Choe, artist Dhairya Dand, inventor and artist George Fan, video game designer, Plants vs. Zombies Maya Lin, architect, designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Seong Moy, artist and printmaker Jane Ng, 3D environmental artist Yatin Patel, photographer and artist Gyo Obata, architect, designed the National Air and Space Museum IM Pei, renowned architect, designed the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Louvre Pyramid Mimi So, jewelry designer Manick Sorcar, animator, artist Minoru Yamasaki, architect, designed the World Trade Center Vern Yip, interior designer, appeared on TLC's Trading Spaces and HGTV's Deserving Design and Design Star Chanel Miller, artist Yu-kai Chou, gamification designer and pioneer C.W. Kim I M Pei Jim Lee (comic artist) Min Jin Lee (Korean American author) Miné Okubo (artist and writer) Allen Say (illustrator and author) Tyrus Wong (painter, animator, and storyboard artist) Zarina (artist and printmaker)
ACADEMIA Manjul Bhargava, mathematician Raj Chetty, professor of economics Leon O. Chua, computer scientist S. I. Hayakawa, professor of English, president of San Francisco State University, and U.S. Senator Sumiko Hennessy, professor of social work Hao Huang, Frankel Chair of Music, ethnomusicologist, Scripps College Jaegwon Kim, professor of philosophy Jagdish Natwarlal Bhagwati, professor of economics Eswar Prasad, economist Raghuram Rajan, economist and an international academician Amartya Sen, economist and philosopher Jim Toy, gay activist & educator S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan, NYU mathematician Ocean Vuong, writer, poet, professor Thomas Zacharia, computational material sciences Astrid S. Tuminez, Utah Valley University, President Conrado Gempesaw, Former President, St. John's University