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This is a list of notable
Chinese Americans , including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants who have made exceptional contributions to various facets of American society.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Chinese American or must have references showing they are Chinese American and are notable.
Arts
Dance
Fashion design
Literature
Bette Bao Lord (包柏漪) – writer, novelist
Eileen Chang (张爱玲, a.k.a. 张煐) – writer
Kang-i Sun Chang (孫康宜) – writer and literary scholar
Lan Samantha Chang – writer; director of the Iowa Writer's Workshop
Victoria Chang – poet, children's writer, and essayist
Ted Chiang (姜峯楠) – speculative fiction writer
Frank Chin (趙健秀) – novelist, playwright, and essayist
Marilyn Chin (陈美玲) – poet
Ben Fee (张恨棠/木云) – writer and labor organizer
David Henry Hwang (黃哲倫) – playwright
Gish Jen (任璧蓮) – writer, novelist
Ha Jin (哈金) – novelist, winner of the National Book Award for Waiting
Maxine Hong Kingston – novelist,
The Woman Warrior
R. F. Kuang (匡灵秀) – fantasy novelist,
The Poppy War
Jean Kwok – writer, novelist
Edward Michael Law-Yone – writer, journalist; father of
Wendy Law-Yone
Wendy Law-Yone – writer
Gus Lee (李健孫) – writer
Carolyn Lei-Lanilau – writer
Yiyun Li (李翊雲) – winner of the 2006 PEN/Hemingway Award
Ed Lin (林景南) – writer, first author to win three
Asian American Literary Awards
[1]
Tao Lin (林韜) – writer
Eric Liu (劉柏川) – author and speechwriter for former US President
Bill Clinton
[2]
Malinda Lo – writer, young adult novels,
Ash
David Wong Louie (雷祖威) – writer
Marie Lu (陸希未) – writer
Ling Ma – writer,
Severance
Adeline Yen Mah (馬嚴君玲) – author and physician
William Marr (馬為義,非馬) – engineer, poet, translator, and artist
Chanel Miller – artist and author of
Know My Name
Anchee Min (閔安琪) – author,
Red Azalea
Celeste Ng (伍綺詩) – writer, novelist
Lisa See – writer
Sui Sin Far (水仙花) – late 19th/early 20th century Chinese-English American author and journalist
Amy Tan (譚恩美) – best-selling author,
The Joy Luck Club
Timothy Tau (謝韜) – writer, novelist, screenwriter, film director
Jade Snow Wong (黃玉雪) – writer
Shawn Wong – novelist, Homebase , American Knees ; writer; professor
Timothy C. Wong (黃宗泰) – sinologist, translator, and literary theorist
Xu Xi (許素細) – English language novelist based in Hong Kong
Geling Yan (严歌苓) – novelist and screenwriter
Gene Luen Yang (楊謹倫) – graphic novelist, whose book
American Born Chinese was the first graphic novel to be nominated for a National Book Award
Laurence Yep (叶祥添) – two-time winner of the
Newbery Honor
Connie Young Yu – writer, historian, lecturer, and 2016 "Woman of the Year" California Senate District 13
Judy Yung – writer
Kat Zhang – author of young adult and middle grade novels
Jenny Zhang – essayist, poet, novelist
Jenny Tinghui Zhang – novelist
Theater
Visual arts
Business
Financial
Food
Industrial
Internet
Technology
Other
Entertainment
Actors
Awkwafina (林家珍) – actress and rapper
Tyson Beckford – model and actor
Ross Butler - actor
Chloe Bennet (汪可盈) – actress and singer
T. V. Carpio – actress and singer
Tina Huang — stage, television actress
Tia Carrere – actress, singer
Flora Chan (陳慧珊) – actress
JuJu Chan – actress
Michael Paul Chan - actor
Emily Chang - actress
Louis Ozawa Changchien – actor
Rosalind Chao – actress
Zoë Chao – actress and writer
Fala Chen – actress
Hank Chen – actor and comedian
Joan Chen (陳冲) – actress,
The Last Emperor , director
Lynn Chen – actress,
Saving Face
Kevin Cheng (鄭嘉穎) – actor and singer
Cheng Pei-pei (鄭佩佩) – actress, known for films
Come Drink with Me and
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Karin Anna Cheung – actress, Angela, in
Quentin Lee 's feature film
The People I've Slept With (2009)
Feodor Chin – actor, writer, director
Lori Tan Chinn – actress
Annabel Chong – adult film actress
Peter Chong – film and stage actor
China Chow – actress, model
Kelsey Chow – actress
Michaela Conlin – actress
Auliʻi Cravalho – actress and singer
Tiffany Espensen - actress
Roger Fan – actor
James Hong – actor and director
George Hu (胡宇威) – actor
Kelly Hu – actress
Madison Hu – actress,
Bizaardvark
Celina Jade – actress, singer and martial artist
Malese Jow – actress and singer on
Unfabulous and
The Vampire Diaries
Archie Kao – actor and model
Lawrence Kao - actor
Matthew Yang King - actor
Michelle Krusiec – actress
Nancy Kwan – first Chinese-born star in Western cinema
[4]
Brandon Lee (李國豪) – actor, son of Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee (李小龍) –
kung fu actor, son of
Lee Hoi-chuen
Jason Scott Lee – actor
Michelle Lee – actress, martial artist and stuntwoman
Peyton Elizabeth Lee - actress
Shannon Lee (李香凝) – actress, and daughter of Bruce Lee
Kaylani Lei – pornographic actress
Al Leong - actor and stuntman
Ken Leung – actor,
Lost ,
X-Men: The Last Stand
Telly Leung - actor and singer
James Hiroyuki Liao – actor
Julia Ling (林小微) – actress,
Chuck
Dyana Liu – actress
Lucy Liu (刘玉玲) – actress,
Charlie's Angels ,
Kill Bill
Liu Yifei – actress and singer
John Lone – actor, most notable for his role as
Puyi in
The Last Emperor
Jodi Long – actress
Keye Luke – actor
Tzi Ma (馬泰) – actor
Byron Mann – actor, notable for playing the role of Ryu in
Street Fighter
Marie Matiko – actress
Meiling Melançon – actress
Matthew Moy – actor,
2 Broke Girls , most notable for the voice of Lars Barriga (
Steven Universe )
Olivia Munn – actress, model and television personality
Irene Ng – actress, played the title character in Nickelodeon's The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo
Melissa Ng – actress
Haing S. Ngor – actor; won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in
The Killing Fields
Julia Nickson-Soul – actress, most notable for playing the role of Co-Bao in
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Jimmy Ouyang (歐陽萬成) – actor, writer and comedian
Will Pan (潘瑋柏) – singer and songwriter
Janel Parrish – actress and singer
Ke Huy Quan – actor and stunt choreographer; played
Short Round in
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Chester See – YouTube personality, musician, and Broadway actor.
Ivan Shaw – actor
Freda Foh Shen - actress
Parry Shen – actor
Robin Shou (仇雲波) – actor, stuntman, martial artist
Harry Shum, Jr. (岑勇康) – actor, dancer, and singer in
Glee and
Shadowhunters
Soo Yong (岑勇) – Hollywood and television actress.
Kaiji Tang (唐凯吉) – voice actor
Will Tiao (刁毓能) – actor and producer
Jennifer Tilly – actress,
Bound (born in
California )
Meg Tilly – actress
Chuti Tiu – actress,
Desire ,
24 ,
Dragnet ,
Beautiful ,
The Specials ; former
America's Junior Miss (first non-Caucasian winner)
Kiana Tom – actress, television host, and exercise instructor
Lauren Tom – actress,
The Joy Luck Club , "Julie" on
Friends
Jessika Van – actress, singer, portrays "Becca" on MTV's
Awkward
Garrett Wang – actor in
Star Trek: Voyager
Ming-Na Wen (溫明娜) –
Macanese -born actress,
ER ,
Mulan
Samantha Win - actress, martial artist, stuntwoman and wushu taolu athlete
Anna May Wong (黃柳霜) – first female Asian-American star of the screen
Grace Wong (王君馨) – actress
Michael Wong (王敏德) – actor
Russell Wong (王盛德) – actor
Victor Wong (黃自強) – actor
Constance Wu (吳恬敏) – actress
Daniel Wu – actor
Jade Wu – actress, screenwriter, director
Kevin Wu (吳凱文) –
YouTube star, once #1 all-time most subscribed comedian
Leonard Wu – actor, producer and writer
Bowen Yang – actor and writer,
Saturday Night Live
Welly Yang – actor and artist
Michelle Ye (葉璇) – actress
Kelvin Han Yee – actor
Gwendoline Yeo – musician and actress
Keone Young – actor
Eugenia Yuan (原麗淇) – actress and daughter of
Cheng Pei-pei
Catalina Yue – actress, singer, model
Victor Sen Yung – actor, portrayed
Hop Sing in
Bonanza
Nan Zhang (张楠) – actress, Gossip Girl
Directors
Musicians
Jin Au-yeung – rapper, songwriter, actor
Carmit Bachar – singer and member of the
Pussycat Dolls
Baiyu – singer, songwriter, actress,
mtvU VJ
Foxy Brown – rapper
Jaycee Chan – Hong Kong singer-songwriter, actor
Robert Chen – violinist,
concertmaster of
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chi Cheng – bassist of alternative metal band,
Deftones
Andrew Chou – member of hip-hop group
Machi
Dawen – singer, songwriter
Leah Dizon – model and singer
Khalil Fong – singer, songwriter
Nichkhun Buck Horvejkul – singer and rapper member of the K-pop group,
2PM
Hao Huang (pianist) , composer, writer and professor at
Scripps College
Lucia Hwong – composer, musician, known for ethereal music and
pipa (Chinese lute)
Jon Jang – jazz pianist, composer, band leader
Kelis – singer
[5] 1/4 Chinese
Fei Xiang (费翔) – a.k.a. Kris Phillips, pop singer and theater actor
Larissa Lam – singer-songwriter, television host, music executive, film director
Chihchun Chi-sun Lee – composer
CoCo Lee – singer
Dai-Keong Lee – composer
Cho-Liang Lin – violinist
Jenny Lin – pianist
Joseph Lin – first violinist for
Juilliard String Quartet
Amber Liu – rapper and singer of K-pop group
f(x)
Kate Liu – classical pianist
Justin Lo – Hong Kong singer-songwriter, actor
Zhou Long – winner of the 2011
Pulitzer Prize for Music
Yo-Yo Ma (馬友友) – cellist
Charles Mingus – jazz double bassist, composer, band leader
Chino Moreno – vocalist and guitarist of
Deftones
Fats Navarro – jazz trumpeter
Ne-Yo –
R&B artist, 1/4 Chinese
Richard On – guitarist-songwriter for rock band
O.A.R.
Will Pan – singer-songwriter, rapper and actor
Saweetie – rapper
[6]
Bright Sheng – composer, conductor, and pianist
Shunza – singer
Vienna Teng – singer-songwriter
Kenneth Tse – classical saxophonist
Sam Tsui – YouTube singer
Mark Tuan – Taiwanese rapper of K-pop group
Got7
Lara Veronin – vocalist
Wang Leehom – singer-songwriter, record producer, actor and film director
Joanna Wang – singer
Chris Wong Won ("Fresh Kid Ice", 'The Chinaman") – Chinese Trinidadian rapper, member of
2 Live Crew
Only Won – rapper, actor, martial artist, producer of
Finding Cleveland
Vanness Wu – actor, singer, director, producer
Sophia Yan –
classical pianist
Catalina Yue – singer, songwriter, model
Nancy Zhou – violin player
Other
Journalism and news media
Ben Calhoun – radio journalist with
This American Life
Melissa Chan – journalist with
ABC News (2002-2004) and
Al Jazeera America (2013-2016)
Sewell Chan – journalist,
The New York Times
Emily Chang – journalist from
CNN
Iris Chang (張純如) – historian and journalist, Thread of the Silkworm and The Rape of Nanking
Jeff Chang – journalist, hip-hop historian
Laura Chang – science editor,
The New York Times
William Y. Chang – founder of the Chinese-American Times newspaper
Adrian Chen –
investigative journalist , staff writer at
The New Yorker
Christine Chen – journalist and anchor
Julie Chen – newsreader on
The Early Show and host of
Big Brother
Anna Chen Chennault (陳香梅) – journalist, spouse of
Claire Chennault , of the
Flying Tigers
Ron Chew – former editor
International Examiner , founding member of Seattle Chapter of the
Asian American Journalists Association
Howard G. Chua-Eoan – news director, Time magazine
Connie Chung – became the second woman to co-anchor a major network national news broadcast
Veronica De La Cruz – journalist,
NBC News (2010–2014); alternating anchor on both Early Today on NBC and First Look on
MSNBC
Ben Fong-Torres (方振豪) – journalist,
Rolling Stone
Cindy Hsu –
news reporter at
WCBS-TV in
New York City
Weijia Jiang (姜偉嘉) -
White House correspondent,
CBS News
Jennifer 8. Lee (李競) – journalist,
The New York Times
Melissa Lee – Emmy award-winning journalist,
CNBC ,
NBC News ,
MSNBC ,
Bloomberg Television ,
CNN Financial News
Portia Li (李秀蘭) – journalist
Dion Lim –
Emmy Award winning journalist
Carol Lin – news anchor
Sam Chu Lin (趙帝恩) – journalist, one of the first Asian Americans on network TV news
Laura Ling – journalist, sister of
Lisa Ling
Lisa Ling (凌志慧) (1973- ) – journalist, known for her role as a co-host of ABC's The View and host of National Geographic Ultimate Explorer
Betty Liu – news anchor, Bloomberg Television
Richard Lui – news anchor of
MSNBC
Chiang Nan (江南) – newspaper editor
Kaity Tong – news anchor for
WPIX-TV in
New York City
Edward Wong – journalist, former writer for
The New York Times
Sheryl WuDunn – Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and author
Jeff Yang – columnist for
The Wall Street Journal
John Yang –
Peabody Award winning news correspondent and commentator for NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams,
Today , and
MSNBC
Angela Yee - radio personality at Power 105.1FM
Anthony Yuen (阮次山) – journalist
Military
Danny Chen (陳宇暉) –
Private ,
United States Army
Infantryman , was found shot to death after being racially harassed and beaten by his fellow soldiers in Afghanistan
Arthur Chin (陳瑞鈿) –
World War II pilot and
fighter ace with Canton Provincial Air Force,
National Revolutionary Army
Larry Wu-tai Chin (金无怠) – CIA and Army translator and intelligence analyst 1944–1981, spy for China.
David S. C. Chu – United States Army
Captain (retired),
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (2001–2008), president/
CEO of the
Institute for Defense Analyses
Gordon Pai'ea Chung-Hoon –
United States Navy
Rear Admiral (Upper Half)
John Liu Fugh – first Chinese American officer to be promoted to the rank of
major general in the United States Army; first Chinese American to serve as
Judge Advocate General of the Army
Lau Sing Kee - United States Army; for heroism in World War I he became the first Chinese American to be awarded the
Distinguished Service Cross , the military's second highest award for valor.
Wah Kau Kong –
United States Air Force
Second Lieutenant , first Chinese American
fighter pilot
Hazel Ying Lee (李月英) – first Chinese American woman to earn a
pilot's license ; flew for the
United States Army Air Forces during
World War II as a
Woman Airforce Service Pilot (WASP)
Kurt Lee – Major, US Marine Corps.; first Asian American Marine Corps officer,
Navy Cross recipient
[7]
[8]
Coral Wong Pietsch –
United States Army Reserve
Brigadier General , first female Asian American general officer
Suzanne Vares-Lum (born 1967 - United States Army Major-General, served in
Iraq War
Francis B. Wai – United States Army
Captain , only Chinese American to have been awarded the
Medal of Honor
Mun Charn Wong – United States Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel , friend of
Wah Kau Kong
Ted Wong – United States Army Major General, Chief of the
U.S. Army Dental Corps (2011–2014)
Xiong Yan – student leader during the
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 and now a
chaplain in the United States Army
James Yee – United States Army
Captain and
chaplain , formerly charged with
sedition ; author of the memoir For God and Country: Faith and Patriotism Under Fire
Jonathan A. Yuen – United States Navy Rear Admiral and commander of
Naval Supply Systems Command
Fang Wong – National Commander of
The American Legion (2011–2012)
Politics and government
National politics
Congress
Local and state
Wilma Chan – first
Asian American California State Assembly Majority Leader (2002–2004); Democrat
John Chiang – California State Controller (2007–present); Democrat
Margaret Chin – member of the
New York City Council representing
Chinatown
David Chiu – Democrat representing the
17th Assembly District ,
California State Assembly
March Fong Eu – former
Secretary of State of California (1975–1994), elected in 1974, she won reelection four times;
United States Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia (1994–1996); Democrat
Matthew K. Fong –
California State Treasurer (1995–1999), adoptive son of
March Fong Eu ; Republican
Allan Fung – Mayor of
Cranston, Rhode Island ; Republican
Tony Hwang – State Representative of the Connecticut General Assembly; Republican
Ed Jew – former member of the
San Francisco Board of Supervisors ; Democrat
Peter Koo – member of the
New York City Council representing
Flushing, Queens
Ed Lee – Mayor of
San Francisco (2011–2017)
Harry Lee – longtime
sheriff of
Jefferson Parish, Louisiana ; first elected in 1979, he was re-elected six times and served 27 and a half years (Democratic)
Susan C. Lee – Senator, Maryland Senate of Maryland General Assembly;first Asian American elected to Maryland Senate and first Chinese American elected to Maryland House of Delegates and Maryland General Assembly.
John Liu –
New York City Comptroller (2010–2013)
Alex Wan – member of the
Atlanta City Council , first openly gay and first
Asian American member
Shien Biau Woo (吳仙標) –
Lieutenant Governor of Delaware (1985–1989), current president of the
80-20 Initiative ; Democrat
Michelle Wu (吳弭) – elected
Mayor of Boston
Leland Yee (
余
胤
良 ) – former
California State Assemblyman , current
California State Senator
Yiaway Yeh – mayor of
Palo Alto, California ; first Chinese American to hold the office
[9]
Mae Yih –
Oregon State Representative (1977–1983),
Oregon State Senator (1983–2003), first Chinese American to serve in a
state senate ; Democrat
Law and judiciary
Norman Bay – former
United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico (2000–2001); first Chinese American
United States Attorney
Denny Chin – judge of the
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (1994–present), first Asian American appointed as a
United States district court judge outside of the
Ninth Circuit
Ming Chin – Associate Justice,
Supreme Court of California
Morgan Chu (朱欽文) – Partner, Chair of Litigation, former Co-Managing Partner of
Irell & Manella ; former president (2014–15) and board member (2009–15) of Harvard Board of Overseers
Amy Chua – professor of law; author of
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
Mary Anne Franks – professor of law, author of The Cult of the Constitution , president of
Cyber Civil Rights Initiative
Dolly M. Gee – federal district judge,
United States District Court for the Central District of California
Joyce Kennard – Associate Justice,
Supreme Court of California
George H. King – federal district judge, United States District Court for the Central District of California
William F. Lee – co-managing partner of
WilmerHale and fellow of the
Harvard Corporation
Ronald Lew – federal district judge,
United States District Court for the Central District of California ; first Chinese-American federal judge outside of Hawaii
Goodwin Liu – Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California
Brian Sun – trial lawyer
Thomas Tang – judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ; first Chinese American
federal judge
Jan C. Ting (丁景安) – professor of law; expert on immigration, national security, and taxation; 2006 Republican candidate for Senate (DE)
Qian Julie Wang (王乾) – Lawyer and memoirist
Delbert Wong – judge
Community and civil rights
Grace Lee Boggs (陳玉平) – community activist in African-American community; leftist writer
Chin Lin Sou – community leader
Hung Wai Ching – community leader and businessman
Goo Kim Fui (古今辉) – President,
United Chinese Society in Hawaii, 1892–1898; played an instrumental role in uniting the Chinese and fighting for their rights during the anti-Chinese agitation in Hawaii in the 1880s
Charles Goodall Lee – first licensed Chinese American dentist in the United States, financier of
Chinese American Citizens Alliance in Oakland Chinatown, spouse of Clara Elizabeth Chan Lee
Clara Elizabeth Chan Lee – first Chinese American woman voter in the United States
Mabel Ping-Hua Lee – Chinese advocate for women's suffrage in the United States, community organizer in New York City's Chinatown, and leader of the First Chinese Baptist Church in Chinatown.
Wong Chin Foo (王清福) – 19th-century civil rights activist and journalist
Wong Kim Ark (黃金德) – his lawsuit established the principle of citizenship by virtue of birth on US soil
Harry Wu (吴弘达) – human rights activist, focuses on Laogai prison camps and
human rights in China
Sherman Wu – civil rights activist, famous racial discrimination incident by university fraternity
Xiao Qiang (萧强) –
MacArthur Fellowship for human rights activism, publisher of
China Digital Times covering rights and censorship in China, journalism professor
John C. Young (容兆珍) – San Francisco Chinatown leader
Helen Zia (謝漢蘭) – community activist and writer
Science and academia
Nobel Prize
Mathematics award winners
Chemistry
Computer science
Danqi Chen (陈丹琦) – AI professor at
Princeton University working in
Natural language processing , PhD from
Stanford University , former student of
Andrew Yao
[11]
Jianlin Cheng (程建林) – computer and data scientist; Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of Missouri, Columbia
Wen Tsing Chow (周文俊) – missile guidance scientist, digital computer pioneer
Leon Chua – professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley
Feng-hsiung Hsu (許峰雄) –
IBM developer of
Deep Blue , which beat World Chess Champion
Garry Kasparov in 1997
Fei-Fei Li (李飞飞) – AI researcher, Stanford University professor
Kai Li – Princeton University
Ming C. Lin – former
Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ,
[12]
[13] now at U. Maryland.
Andrew Ng (吴恩达) – AI researcher and entrepreneur: Google Brain, Baidu research, Coursera, Stanford University professor
Carol E. Reiley : entrepreneur in health, robotics and AI, Andrew Ng's wife
Pei-Yuan Wei (魏培源) – creator of
ViolaWWW
Wen-mei Hwu – professor at
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign specializing in compiler design, computer architecture, computer microarchitecture, and parallel processing
Andrew Yao (姚期智) – 2000
Turing Award recipient,
Yao's principle , former professor at
Princeton University
Frances Yao (储枫) – computer scientist, researcher in computational geometry and combinatorial algorithms; wife of Andrew Yao
Yuanyuan Zhou – Princeton University PhD, currently UC San Diego
Engineering
Mathematics
Terence Chi-Shen Tao (陶哲軒) – child genius,
Fields Medal winner (2006), professor (UCLA),
MacArthur Fellow (2006),
Crafoord Prize (2012),
Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics (2014). He is the youngest participant to date in the
International Mathematical Olympiad , first competing at the age of ten; in 1986, 1987, and 1988, he won a bronze, silver, and gold medal. He remains the youngest winner of each of the three medals in the Olympiad's history, winning the gold medal shortly after his thirteenth birthday. Tao received graduated from university at the age of 16 obtaining his bachelor's and master's degrees, received his PhD at the age of 20.
Lenhard Ng – child prodigy who was once thought to be the "smartest kid in America". At age 10, he earned a perfect score of 800 on the math portion of what is now called the
SAT , a feat considered to be a “remarkable achievement” when a high school junior or senior did it. Ng is a professor of mathematics at
Duke University .
Jeffrey Yi-Lin Forrest (林益) – professor of mathematics, systems science, economics, and finance at Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (
Slippery Rock campus)
Wei Zhang (张伟) – Professor of Mathematics at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sun-Yung Alice Chang (张圣容) – professor of mathematics and former chair of the department at
Princeton University
Chen Wen-chen (陈文成) – professor of math at
Carnegie Mellon , victim of Taiwan
KMT persecution of dissidents (see
White Terror )
Shiing-Shen Chern (陳省身) –
Wolf Prize , considered one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century; worked on differential geometry and topology; known for
Chern-Simons theory ,
Chern-Weil theory ,
Chern classes
Chia-Kun Chu (朱家琨) – applied mathematician, Fu Foundation Professor Emeritus of Applied Mathematics at
Columbia University
[14]
[15]
Chia-Chiao Lin (林家翹) – applied mathematician
Tian Gang (田刚) –
Princeton University professor emeritus, student of S.T. Yau
Paul Tseng – applied mathematician, professor at the Department of Mathematics at the University of Washington in Seattle
Paul C. Yang (杨建平) –
Princeton University , husband of Alice Chang
Shing-Tung Yau (丘成桐) –
Fields Medal winner (1982);
MacArthur Fellow (1984),
Crafoord Prize (1994),
National Medal of Science (1997),
Wolf Prize (2010)
Yitang Zhang – mathematician, known for establishing the first finite bound on gaps between prime numbers
Stephen Shing-Toung Yau – Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the
University of Illinois at Chicago
Mu-Tao Wang (王慕道) – Professor of Mathematics at
Columbia University , received a PhD in Mathematics in 1998 from Harvard University
Medicine and biosciences
Priscilla Chan (陈Priscilla) –
Harvard -graduated pediatrician, Chan-Zuckerberg foundation
Min Chueh Chang (張明覺) – co-inventor of the
first birth control pill ; made significant contributions to the development of
in vitro fertilisation
Gilbert Chu (朱築文) – biochemist and Professor of Medicine (Oncology) and Biochemistry at the Stanford Medical School; older brother of
Steven Chu
Yuan-Cheng Fung (馮元楨) – founder of modern biomechanics
Lue Gim Gong (呂金功) – horticulturalist
David Ho – scientific researcher and the
Irene Diamond professor at
Rockefeller University in New York City
Alice S. Huang – virologist
Lin He – biochemist, received the
MacArthur Fellowship in 2009
Yuet Wai Kan – pioneer of using DNA to diagnose human diseases, research enabled the
Human Genome Project , recipient of Lasker Foundation award in 1991
[16]
Henry C. Lee – forensic scientist
Sandra Lee – dermatologist and Internet celebrity as "Dr. Pimple Popper"; now star of the
TLC series
Dr. Pimple Popper
Ching Chun Li –
population geneticist and human geneticist
Choh Hao Li (李卓皓) – biochemist, discovered
growth hormone ,
beta-endorphin and isolated
luteinizing hormone
Min Chiu Li – first scientist to use chemotherapy to cure widely metastatic, malignant cancer
Anna Chao Pai – geneticist
Joe Hin Tjio – cytogeneticist, first person to recognize the normal number of human chromosomes
[17]
Chang Yi Wang – immunologist; NYIPLA Inventor of the Year Award in 2007 for her work on UBITh peptide immunogens
James C. Wang – discovered DNA
topoisomerases
[18]
Sam Wang , neuroscientist and author
Shih-Chun Wang – neuroscientist and pharmacology professor
Xiaodong Wang , biochemist best known for his work with
cytochrome c , won the 2000
Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry , and 2006
Shaw Prize recipient
[19]
Leana Wen (温麟衍) – physician; director of
Planned Parenthood , Health Commissioner of Baltimore, author
David T. Wong – discovered drug
Fluoxetine and
atomoxetine ,
duloxetine and
dapoxetine
[20]
[21]
[22]
Flossie Wong-Staal – virologist and AIDS researcher
Junying Yu –
stem cell biologist; recognized as one of the 2007 "Persons of the Year" by
TIME magazine
[23]
Kang Zhang – ophthalmologist at the Institute for Genomic Medicine,
University of California, San Diego known for his work on
lanosterol
Physics
Sow-Hsin Chen – nuclear physicist
Alfred Y. Cho – the "father of
molecular beam epitaxy " and co-inventor of
quantum cascade lasers
Paul C. W. Chu (朱經武) – physicist, superconductivity
Qian Xuesen (钱学森) – professor of aeronautics, a founder of NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory , exiled to China
Frank Shu – professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley and University of California; San Diego and 2009 Shaw Prize recipient
[24]
Chien-Shiung Wu (吳健雄) –
Manhattan Project scientist; considerable contribution to Nobel Prize work by Tsung-dao Lee
Nai-Chang Yeh – physicist specialized in
condensed matter physics ; Fellow,
American Association for the Advancement of Science ; Fellow,
American Physical Society
Shoucheng Zhang – Stanford physicist
Chen Ning Yang (楊振寧) – 1957 Nobel laureate, Physics,
Yang–Mills theory
Tsung-dao Lee (李政道) – 1957 Nobel laureate, Physics
Samuel C. C. Ting (丁肇中) – 1976 Nobel laureate, Physics
Steven Chu (朱棣文) – 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics, US Secretary of Energy (2009)
Daniel Chee Tsui (崔琦) – 1998 Nobel laureate, Physics
Charles K. Kao (高锟) – 2009 Nobel laureate in Physics who pioneered the development and use of fiber optics in telecommunications
Xiaoxing Xi (郗小星) – Physicist at
Temple University
Economics, Finance, Statistics, OR
Social sciences
Humanities
University administration
Earth Sciences
Sports
Nathan Adrian (倪家骏) – Olympic medal winner, swimming
Shayna Baszler – professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
Johnny Chan (陳金海, 陳強尼) – professional poker player
Michael Chang (張德培) – youngest male tennis player to win a Grand Slam tournament
Ray Chang – baseball player
Karen Chen (陳楷雯) – figure skater
Nathan Chen (陳巍) – figure skater, 2022 Olympic gold medalist
Tiffany Chin (陳婷婷) – figure skater and 1985 U.S. national champion
Brian Ching (程拜仁) – soccer player for
Houston Dynamo and the
United States national team
William Kwai-sun Chow -
martial arts instructor
Mark Chung – first American-Chinese soccer player to play for the United States national team
Patrick Chung – Strong Safety for the New England Patriots
Amy Chow (周婉儀) – gymnast and Olympic medal winner
Norm Chow (周友賢) –
UCLA Bruins offensive coordinator
Julie Chu (朱慧雯) – Olympic medal winner, ice hockey
Mark Foo – professional surfer
Christina Gao (高昊) – figure skater
Chau Giang – poker player
Eileen Gu (谷爱凌) – Free style skier and Olympic gold medalist
Rudy Gunawan (郭宏源) – badminton player
Tony Gunawan (吳俊明) – badminton player
Ivana Hong – gymnastics
Jerry Hsu – skateboarder
Michelle Jin (米歇尔·金) - professional bodybuilder
John Juanda – poker player
Phillip King – tennis player, brother of
Vania King
Vania King – tennis player who won both the 2010 Wimbledon Women's Doubles and 2010 US Open Women's Doubles titles
Jonathan Klinsmann – soccer goalkeeper for
LA Galaxy
Theodore Ku-DiPietro – soccer player
Karen Kwan – former figure skater, sister of Michelle Kwan
Michelle Kwan (關穎珊) – Olympic medal winner, figure skating
[31]
Alice Lee – chess player,
FIDE Master
Jeremy Lin (林書豪) – professional basketball player, NBA (NY Knicks, Toronto Raptors, etc.), Linsanity
Corrie Lothrop – gymnastics
Tyson Mao – speedcuber
Kim Ng (伍佩琴) –
Major League Baseball executive
Karlee Perez – professional wrestler known as Catrina and the WWE as Maxine (Chinese ancestry)
Chuck Sun – professional
Motocross racer
Kevin Tan (谭凯文) – Olympic medal winner, gymnastics
Ed Wang – professional American football player
Lisa Wang – rhythmic gymnastics
Kevin Wong – professional beach volleyball player and Olympian
Raymond Wu (吳紹綱) – professional
poker player
Don Yee – sports agent
Al Young – World Champion drag racer
Jennifer Yu (于潤荷) – U.S. women's chess champion in 2019 and 2022
Caroline Zhang (张圆圆) – figure skater
Rose Zhang - professional golfer on the
LPGA Tour
Other
Astronauts
Gang leaders and criminals
Crime victims
Religious leaders
Other
Bei Bei Shuai (帅贝贝) – Prosecuted for murder and
feticide due to a pregnancy loss after a suicide attempt.
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