List of Asian Americans

Notable Asian Americans include:

Academia

Science
Steven Chu

Arts/architecture/design

Business and industry
Indra Nooyi

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
  • 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
  • Carrie Ann Inaba, dancer, choreographer
  • Michio Itō, choreographer
  • Sono Osato (1919–2018), ballerina

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
  • 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
  • Lynja, chef behind "Cooking with Lynja" YouTube channel
  • Emily Kim, creator and host of popular YouTube channel Maangchi, teaching Korean cooking
  • Melissa Miranda, James Beard Award semifinalist chef of Filipino restaurant Musang in Seattle
  • Niki Nakayama, chef and owner of Michelin-starred n/naka 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

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		  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 and Expedition 32/33. Second female commander of ISS. STS-116/117 (December 9, 2006)
Soyuz TMA-05M (July 15, 2012)
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 Jonny Kim
February 5, 1984		  Republic of Korea  United States Selected in 2017 to NASA Astronaut Group 22.

Sports

Other
  • Seung-Hui Cho – mass murderer
  • Frank Chu – professional protester
  • Andrew Cunanan - spree killer
  • Melissa Doi – September 11 victim
  • Edsel Ford Fong – waiter known for his rudeness
  • Chol Soo Lee – man falsely accused of killing Chinatown gang leader
  • Wayne Lo – mass murderer
  • Charles Ng – serial killer
  • Hiu Lui Ng – Chinese immigrant who died in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody
  • Betty Ong – flight attendant killed in the September 11 attacks
  • Bei Bei Shuai – woman charged with attempted murder after her suicide attempt resulted in the death of her fetus
  • Chai Vang – mass murderer
  • Zhe Zeng – banker killed in the September 11 attacks
  • Eddy Zheng – youth counselor

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