List of Taiwanese Americans
Encyclopedia
This is a list of notable Taiwanese Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Taiwanese American or must have references showing they are Taiwanese American and are notable. Whether Taiwanese Americans should also be called Chinese Americans is a subject of some controversy
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To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Taiwanese American or must have references showing they are Taiwanese American and are notable. Whether Taiwanese Americans should also be called Chinese Americans is a subject of some controversy
Political status of Taiwan
The controversy regarding the political status of Taiwan hinges on whether Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu should remain effectively independent as territory of the Republic of China , become unified with the territories now governed by the People's Republic of China , or formally declare...
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Art and design
- Doug ChiangDoug ChiangDoug Chiang is an American film designer and artist. He was born in Taipei, Taiwan in 1962 and grew up in the United States.Chiang studied film at UCLA and industrial design at the College for Creative Studies. During the late 1980s he worked at various production studios including Rhythm and Hues...
, movie designer and artist - Christine WangChristine WangCristine Wang is a Taiwan-born American architect, new media curator, art critic, and founder of the Wang Museum of Technology.Originally from Taipei, Taiwan, she moved to New York City in 1971, first to Queens, then Great Neck, Long Island...
, architect, curator, artist, founder of Wang Museum of Technology - Jason WuJason WuJason Wu is a Manhattan-based Taiwanese American fashion designer.-Biography:Born in Taiwan, Wu moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at age nine and attended Eaglebrook School in Deerfield, Massachusetts and Loomis Chaffee, in Windsor ,Connecticut. He learned how to sew by designing and...
, fashion designer - Alexander WangAlexander Wang (designer)Alexander Wang is a Taiwanese-American fashion designer.At age 18, he moved to New York to attend Parsons The New School for Design to study fashion design. After dropping out in his sophomore year, he launched his first women's ready-to-wear collection in 2007...
, fashion designer
Business
- Sam ChangSam Chang-Background:A native of Taiwan, Chang dropped out of high school to help his parents manage a Los Angeles hotel.Prior to becoming a developer in New York, Chang operated hotels and restaurants in the suburbs of Baltimore, Maryland. His first New York project was in 1997.-Business:Chang is the...
, New York hotel developer - Steve Chen, founder and CEO of Galactic Computing
- Steve ChenSteve Chen (YouTube)Steven Shih "Steve" Chen is a Chinese Taiwanese American and a co-founder and previous Chief Technology Officer of the popular video sharing website YouTube.- Early years and education :...
, co-founder of YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos.... - David ChuDavid Chu (designer)David Chu, born Chu Hsin-chi in 1955, is a Taiwanese American fashion designer best known as the founder of Nautica, a men's designer outerwear company.-Early life and education:...
, co-founder of Nautica, clothing company - Tony HsiehTony HsiehTony Hsieh is the CEO of online shoe and clothing shop Zappos.com. Prior to joining Zappos, Hsieh co-founded and sold the internet advertising network LinkExchange to Microsoft in 1999 for $265 million.-Early life:...
, CEO of Zappos.comZappos.comZappos.com is an online shoe and apparel shop currently based in Henderson, Nevada.In July 2009, the company announced it would be acquired by Amazon.com in an all-stock deal worth about $1.2 billion. Since its founding in 1999, Zappos has grown to be the largest online shoe store.-Inception:Zappos...
, online shoe store - Jameson HsuJameson HsuJameson Hsu is the CEO and co-founder of Mochi Media, a technology company that builds tools and services for content developers and distributors. Prior to Mochi Media, Hsu co-founded the award-winning interactive advertising agency, WDDG....
, co-founder and CEO of Mochi MediaMochi MediaMochi Media is the world's largest browser-based games network, with more than 140 million monthly active users and 15,000 games on nearly 40,000 publisher websites. Mochi Media's game development products and services enable developers to track usage analytics, distribute their games to thousands... - Jen-Hsun HuangJen-Hsun HuangJen-Hsun "Jensen" Huang is a Taiwanese American entrepreneur and businessman. A native of Taiwan, he grew up in Oregon, graduating from Oregon State University before moving to California where he graduated from Stanford University. He co-founded the graphics-processor company Nvidia and serves...
, co-founder and CEO of NVIDIANVIDIANvidia is an American global technology company based in Santa Clara, California. Nvidia is best known for its graphics processors . Nvidia and chief rival AMD Graphics Techonologies have dominated the high performance GPU market, pushing other manufacturers to smaller, niche roles...
, computer graphics card company - Min H. KaoMin KaoMin H. Kao is the co-founder of Garmin Corporation with Gary Burrell. As of January 2010, his personal wealth was estimated at $1.6 billion.-Biography:He was born in 1949 in a small town in Taiwan called Jhushan in Nantou....
, co-founder of GarminGarminGarmin Ltd. , incorporated in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, is the parent company of a group of companies founded in 1989 by Gary Burrell and Min Kao , that develops consumer, aviation, and marine technologies for the Global Positioning System...
, billionaire - Kai-Fu Lee, President of Google ChinaGoogle ChinaGoogle China is a subsidiary of Google, Inc., the world's largest Internet search engine company. Google China ranks as the number 2 search engine in the People's Republic of China, after Baidu...
- Dan LinDan LinDan Lin is an American film producer and CEO of Lin Pictures, a filmed entertainment production company that he formed in January 2008. In September 2008, he was honoured as one of Variety's "10 producers to watch."-Early Life:...
, former Senior Vice President at Warner Bros. Pictures - John TuJohn Tu-Biography:John Tu was born in Chongquing, China and grew up in Taiwan. He studied electrical engineering at Technische Hochschule Darmstadt in Germany, then moved to California....
, co-founder Kingston Technologies, billionaire - Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo!Yahoo!Yahoo! Inc. is an American multinational internet corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, United States. The company is perhaps best known for its web portal, search engine , Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Groups, Yahoo! Answers, advertising, online mapping ,...
, billionaire - Ben ChiuBen ChiuBenjamin Chiu is the founder of KillerApp.com, a popular comparison shopping site for computers and consumer electronics that was acquired by CNET Networks Inc...
, founder of KillerApp.com acquired by CNETCNETCNET is a tech media website that publishes news articles, blogs, and podcasts on technology and consumer electronics. Originally founded in 1994 by Halsey Minor and Shelby Bonnie, it was the flagship brand of CNET Networks and became a brand of CBS Interactive through CNET Networks' acquisition... - Allen ChaoAllen ChaoAllen Chao, Ph.D. is the Founder and former Chairman of Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and served as Chief Executive Officer from 1984 to 2008. After emigrating to the United States from Taiwan, Dr. Chao received a Ph.D. in industrial pharmaceuticals from Purdue University in 1973. Dr...
, founder of Watson Pharmaceuticals, which had 1.2 billion in sales in 2002.
Entertainment
- Louis Ozawa ChangchienLouis Ozawa ChangchienLouis Ozawa Changchien is an American actor. He is best known for his role in the 2010 film Predators.-Early life:...
, actor; he is 1/2 Taiwanese - Roger FanRoger FanRoger Fan is an American actor of film, theatre and episodic television best known for his collaborations with Justin Lin and his appearances in the films Annapolis and Better Luck Tomorrow....
, actor - Janet HsiehJanet HsiehJanet Hsieh is a Taiwanese American television show host and model based in Taipei, Taiwan. Janet is the host for the Discovery Travel and Living channel hit program Fun Taiwan...
, model and travel host of Fun Taiwan - George HuGeorge HuGeorge Hu was born on 24 July 1982 in New York City, New York. He is an American-born actor of Taiwanese descent based in Taiwan. He is managed by First Media Corporation . In 2009, he became a member of the music band "Wu Hu Jiang" , co-working with leader Benji, Bo Yan, Shao Xiang and Si Wei...
, actor based in Taiwan - Frank Hwang, YouTube celebrity
- Ang LeeAng LeeAng Lee is a Taiwanese film director. Lee has directed a diverse set of films such as Eat Drink Man Woman , Sense and Sensibility , Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon , Hulk , and Brokeback Mountain , for which he won an Academy...
, film director - Justin Lin, film director
- Lucy LiuLucy LiuLucy Alexis Liu is an American actress and film producer. She became known for playing the role of the vicious and ill-mannered Ling Woo in the television series Ally McBeal , and has also appeared in several Hollywood films including Charlie's Angels, Chicago, Kill Bill, and Kung Fu Panda.-Early...
, actress - Ivan ShawIvan ShawIvan Shaw is a Taiwanese American actor who made his daytime debut in December 2002, playing young Henry Chen in the ABC daytime show All My Children....
, actor - Fang-Yi SheuFang-Yi SheuFang-Yi Sheu , a native of Taiwan and now living in New York City, was the principal dancer of the Martha Graham Dance Company. She founded LAFA & Artists Dance Company with choreographer Bulareyaung Pagarlava in May 2007....
, principal dancer of the Martha GrahamMartha GrahamMartha Graham was an American modern dancer and choreographer whose influence on dance has been compared with the influence Picasso had on modern visual arts, Stravinsky had on music, or Frank Lloyd Wright had on architecture.She danced and choreographed for over seventy years...
Dance Company - Will TiaoWill TiaoWill Tiao is a Taiwanese American actor and producer. Born and raised in Manhattan, Kansas, he worked in the field of international politics before entering the Hollywood scene. Tiao was a cello performance major at the University of Michigan before transferring to Tufts University, where he...
, actor and producer - Kevin Wu, YouTube celebrity
- Raymond WuRaymond WuRaymond Wu Shao Kang is a Taiwanese American professional poker player who currently resides in Taipei, Taiwan. Wu is a member of Team PokerStars Pro Asia.-Poker career:...
, well-known professional pokerPokerPoker is a family of card games that share betting rules and usually hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bet sizes, and how many rounds of betting are allowed.In most modern poker...
player - Welly YangWelly YangWellington Yang is an Taiwanese American actor, playwright, and singer.-Biography:Yang was born in New York City. His parents emigrated from Taiwan in 1969. His mother returned to Taipei in 1991 to direct foreign affairs for the Democratic Progressive Party...
, actor, playwright, and singer - Leehom Wang, singer, actor, and songwritter
Journalism
- Jeff ChangJeff Chang (journalist)Jeff Chang is an American journalist and music critic on hip hop music and culture. His 2005 book, Can't Stop Won't Stop, which chronicles the early hip hop scene, won an American Book Award in 2005...
, journalist, hip-hop historian - Laura ChangLaura ChangLaura Chang is an American journalist who has been the science editor of The New York Times since 2004. Previously, she had been assistant science editor beginning in 1998, then deputy science editor....
, science editor, The New York TimesThe New York TimesThe New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization... - Christine ChenChristine ChenChristine L. Chen is an American journalist who has been an anchor and reporter for several U.S. television news networks. She is an Emmy Award winner, and is presently the managing partner of Chen Communications,a marketing communications consulting group based in Seattle, Washington, and creator...
, journalist and anchor - Connie ChungConnie ChungConnie Chung, full name: Constance Yu-Hwa Chung Povich is an American journalist who has been an anchor and reporter for the U.S. television news networks NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, and MSNBC. Some of her more famous interview subjects include Claus von Bülow and U.S...
, journalist and anchor - Laura LingLaura LingLaura G. Ling is an American journalist, working for Current TV as a correspondent and vice president of its Vanguard Journalism Unit, which produces the Vanguard TV series. She is the sister of Lisa Ling, who is a special correspondent for The Oprah Winfrey Show, National Geographic Explorer,...
, journalist (Mother was Taiwanese; sister of Lisa Ling) - Lisa LingLisa LingLisa J. Ling is a Chinese American journalist, best known for her role as a co-host of ABC's The View , host of National Geographic Explorer, reporter on Channel One News, and special correspondent for the Oprah Winfrey Show and CNN. She is the older sister of journalist Laura Ling.-Early...
, journalist (Mother was Taiwanese; sister of Laura Ling) - Patty HouPatty HouPatty Hou is a former news anchor in Taiwan who is best known for her beauty and her relationship with Taiwanese R&B singer Jay Chou. She subsequently hosted an entertainment program on Azio TV and has just published a book, Patty's About Love...
, former news and fashion anchor, current entertainment anchor in Taiwan - Chiang NanChiang NanHenry Liu , often known by his pen name Chiang Nan , was a writer and journalist from Taiwan, Republic of China...
, newspaper editor
Literature
- Tao LinTao LinTao Lin is an American writer. He was born of Taiwanese parents and grew up on the East Coast of the USA.He is the author of two novels, Eeeee Eee Eeee and Richard Yates ; a novella, Shoplifting from American Apparel ; a short story collection, Bed ; and two poetry collections, you are a little...
, writer - Eric LiuEric LiuEric P. Liu is an American writer living in Seattle, Washington.- Life and career :He was born in Poughkeepsie, New York to Chinese parents whose immigrated from Taiwan. He is a graduate of Yale University, where he was in Skull and Bones, and Harvard Law School and is a former lecturer at...
, writer, a speechwriter of Bill ClintonBill ClintonWilliam Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation... - Lan Samantha ChangLan Samantha ChangLan Samantha Chang , born 1965, is an American writer of novels and short stories. She is Professor of English at the University of Iowa and Director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop- Life and career :...
, writer; director of the Iowa Writer's Workshop
Music
- Jason Chen, singer
- Robert ChenRobert ChenRobert Chen is a Taiwanese-born violinist who currently serves as the Concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Professor of Violin at Roosevelt University...
, violinist, ConcertmasterConcertmasterThe concertmaster/mistress is the spalla or leader, of the first violin section of an orchestra. In the UK, the term commonly used is leader...
of Chicago Symphony OrchestraChicago Symphony OrchestraThe Chicago Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Chicago, Illinois. It is one of the five American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five". Founded in 1891, the Symphony makes its home at Orchestra Hall in Chicago and plays a summer season at the Ravinia Festival... - Andrew ChouAndrew ChouAndrew Chou is the youngest member of the Taiwanese hip-hop group Machi. He graduated early at age 17 from high school in 2008. While Andrew does not predominantly read or speak Chinese, his efforts have endeared him to the hearts of female adolescents, and has become one of the most popular...
, member of hip-hop group MachiMachi (hip hop group)Machi is a Taiwanese Hip hop group that has nine active members, with two additional members on a hiatus from group activities.-Current:*Jeff, Huang Li Cheng *Stan, Huang Li Xing *Jae Chong*Andrew, Zhou Li Ming *Nicky, Li Jiu Zhe...
based in Taiwan - Connie ChungConnie ChungConnie Chung, full name: Constance Yu-Hwa Chung Povich is an American journalist who has been an anchor and reporter for the U.S. television news networks NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, and MSNBC. Some of her more famous interview subjects include Claus von Bülow and U.S...
, TV news anchor, the second woman ever to anchor a national news program - Evonne HsuEvonne HsuEvonne Hsu, also known as Hsu Hui-hsin was born 5 December 1979, in Longview, Texas, United States. She is a Taiwanese American Golden Melody Awards Mandopop singer...
, pop singer based in Taiwan - Stanley HuangStanley HuangStanley Huang is a Taiwanese American singer. Huang grew up in California and first started out in the boyband L.A. Boyz with older brother, Jeff Huang and cousin Steven Lin.-Musical Career :...
, singer based in Taiwan - Chihchun Chi-sun LeeChihchun Chi-sun LeeChihchun Chi-sun Lee is a composer of contemporary classical music. Dr. Lee is originally from Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and is currently on the faculty of the University of South Florida, in Tampa, USA, She received a doctoral degree from the University of Michigan, two masters’ degrees from Ohio...
, composer - Cho-Liang LinCho-Liang LinCho-Liang Lin , born in Hsinchu, Taiwan, is a Taiwanese American violinist who is renowned for his appearances as a soloist with major orchestras. "Musical America" named him its "Instrumentalist of the Year" in 2000...
, violinist - Victor Lin, pianist
- Amber Liu (singer)Amber Liu (singer)Amber Josephine Liu , better known mononymously as Amber, is a singer active in South Korea that holds dual citizenship in South Korea and The United States. She is of Taiwanese descent. Her parents are from Tainan City,Taiwan. She is a member of SM Entertainment's quintet pop girl group f...
, singer/rapper from Korean pop group f(x) (band)F(x) (band)f is a five member South Korean girl group formed by SM Entertainment in 2009. The name is a play on the mathematical notation for function, and when input with different 'x', there can be many different outcomes. f strives to be the kind of girl group that can change and adapt to many situations.... - Jerry LoJerry LoJerry Lo also known as DJ Jerry, is a singer , songwriter and The Hard Trance DJ , who was very popular in Taiwan in the 1990s. He was one of the first American born Taiwanese singers to become famous in Taiwan, along with the L.A. Boyz...
, singer-songwriter based in Taiwan - Wilber PanWilber PanWilber Pan also known as Will Pan was born on 6 August 1980. He is an American-born Taiwanese Mandopop singer, rapper and actor, who started his career as a host of Channel V programs.-Biography:...
, pop singer based in Taiwan - Fan-Wei Qi, pop singer based in Taiwan
- Vienna TengVienna TengCynthia Yih Shih , better known by her stage name Vienna Teng, is a Taiwanese American pianist and singer-songwriter based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Teng has released four studio albums: Waking Hour , Warm Strangers , Dreaming Through the Noise , and Inland Territory...
, singer-songwriter - Lara VeroninLara VeroninLara Veronin , also known as Lara Liang, is a Russian-Taiwanese-American musician, currently signed by JVR . She grew up in Southern California and moved to Taiwan when she was a teenager. She graduated from Taipei American School in 2006. She was the lead female vocalist in the Taiwanese band Nan...
, vocalist of Taiwanese group Nan Quan Ma Ma - Leehom Wang, pop singer-songwriter based in Taiwan
- Vanness WuVanness WuVan Ness Wu is a American actor, singer, director, producer based in Asia. He was born on August 7, 1978 in Santa Monica, California and worked as a telemarketer before moving to Taiwan...
, member of boyband F4F4 (band)F4 is a Taiwanese boy band. The group began in the Taiwanese drama Meteor Garden as F4 with members Jerry Yan, Vanness Wu, Ken Chu, and Vic Chou...
based in Taiwan - Sophia YanSophia YanSophia Yan born in Queens, New York, is an American classical pianist.Yan is prizewinner of the International Concert Alliance Competition and a laureate of the International Young Artist Piano Competition in Washington, D.C...
, pianist - Jason Yang, electric violinist
Politics, law and government
- Elaine ChaoElaine ChaoElaine Lan Chao served as the 24th United States Secretary of Labor in the Cabinet of President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009. She was the first Asian Pacific American woman and first Chinese American to be appointed to a President's cabinet in American history. Chao was the only cabinet...
, United States Secretary of LaborUnited States Secretary of LaborThe United States Secretary of Labor is the head of the Department of Labor who exercises control over the department and enforces and suggests laws involving unions, the workplace, and all other issues involving any form of business-person controversies....
in the George W. BushGeorge W. BushGeorge Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
Administration - John ChiangJohn ChiangJohn Chiang Hsiao-yen , formerly surnamed Chang , is a Kuomintang politician in Taiwan.-Biography:He and his twin brother, Winston Chang, both illegitimate, were born the sons of Chiang Ching-kuo and his mistress Chang Ya-juo in Guilin amid the Sino-Japanese War...
California State Controller - John LiuJohn LiuJohn Chun Liu is a New York City elected official, currently serving as New York City Comptroller. Liu previously served on the New York City Council representing District 20...
, first Asian American City Councilman of New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, and currently serving as New York City ComptrollerNew York City ComptrollerThe Office of Comptroller of New York City is the chief fiscal officer and chief auditing officer of the city. The comptroller is elected, citywide, to a four-year term and can hold office for three consecutive terms. The current comptroller is Democrat John Liu, formerly a member of the New York... - David WuDavid WuDavid Wu is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 1999 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party.The district includes most of Portland west of the Willamette River, as well as all of Yamhill, Columbia, Clatsop, and Washington Counties...
, first and only Taiwanese American U.S. Representative, Democrat from OregonOregonOregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern... - Sherman WuSherman WuSherman Hsiu-huang Wu was a Chinese American social activist and a former professor, whose experiences at Northwestern University brought the issue of discrimination against Asian Americans to the fore. The general condemnation of the prejudice exhibited against him presaged later actions in the...
, civil rights activist and scientist
Science and education
- Steve Chen, computer scientist, supercomputer designer, Cray
- Paul C. W. Chu, physicist, superconductivity
- Steven ChuSteven ChuSteven Chu is an American physicist and the 12th United States Secretary of Energy. Chu is known for his research at Bell Labs in cooling and trapping of atoms with laser light, which won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1997, along with his scientific colleagues Claude Cohen-Tannoudji and...
, 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics, first Asian-American to run one of the 16 national laboratories operated by the Department of Energy (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), current Secretary of Energy of the United States - Fan ChungFan ChungFan Rong K Chung Graham , known professionally as Fan Chung, is a mathematician who works mainly in the areas of spectral graph theory, extremal graph theory and random graphs, in particular...
, mathematician - David Ho, AIDSAIDSAcquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
researcher, TimeTime (magazine)Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...
's Person of the YearPerson of the YearPerson of the Year is an annual issue of the United States newsmagazine Time that features and profiles a person, couple, group, idea, place, or machine that "for better or for worse, ...has done the most to influence the events of the year."- History :The tradition of selecting a Man of the Year... - Henry C. Lee, forensic scientist
- Yuan Tseh Lee, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Professor Emeritus University of California at Berkeley (He was Taiwanese American until 1994 when he renounced his American citizenship to become the President of Academia SinicaAcademia SinicaThe Academia Sinica , headquartered in the Nangang District of Taipei, is the national academy of Taiwan. It supports research activities in a wide variety of disciplines, ranging from mathematical and physical sciences, to life sciences, and to humanities and social sciences.Academia Sinica has...
) - Chang-Lin TienChang-Lin TienChang-lin Tien was a Chinese American professor of mechanical engineering and university administrator. He was the seventh Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley , the first Asian to head a major university in the United States.-Early years:Born in Huangpi, Wuhan, China, Tien and...
, former Chancellor of the University of California at Berkeley - Sam Wang (neuroscientist)Sam Wang (neuroscientist)Sam Sheng-Hung Wang is an American professor, neuroscientist and author. He co-wrote the book, Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys But Never Forget How to Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Life, with Sandra Aamodt...
, neuroscientist and author - Pei-Yuan WeiPei-Yuan WeiPei-Yuan Wei is the creator of ViolaWWW, the first popular graphical web browser.Pei-Yuan Wei was born in Taiwan. He graduated from Berkeley High School in 1986 and received his higher education at the University of California, Berkeley.-Controversy:...
, creator of ViolaWWWViolaWWWViolaWWW, first developed in the early 1990s, for Unix and the X Windowing System, was the first popular web browser which, until Mosaic, was the most frequently used web browser for access to the World Wide Web... - Henry T. YangHenry T. YangHenry Tzu-Yow Yang was named the fifth chancellor of the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1994. He was formerly the Neil A. Armstrong Distinguished Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University, where he also served as the dean of engineering for ten years...
, chancellor, UC Santa BarbaraUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraThe University of California, Santa Barbara, commonly known as UCSB or UC Santa Barbara, is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus is located on a site in Goleta, California, from Santa Barbara and northwest of Los... - Andrew Chi-Chih Yao, a winner of the Turing AwardTuring AwardThe Turing Award, in full The ACM A.M. Turing Award, is an annual award given by the Association for Computing Machinery to "an individual selected for contributions of a technical nature made to the computing community. The contributions should be of lasting and major technical importance to the...
, a prominent computer scientist and computational theorist. - Nai-Chang YehNai-Chang YehProfessor Nai-Chang Yeh is a world renowned physicist specialized in experimental condensed matter physics.Her research emphasis is the fundamental physical properties of strongly correlated electronic systems. She is best known for her work on a variety of superconductors, magnetic materials, and...
, a world class physicist specialized in condensed matter physicsCondensed matter physicsCondensed matter physics deals with the physical properties of condensed phases of matter. These properties appear when a number of atoms at the supramolecular and macromolecular scale interact strongly and adhere to each other or are otherwise highly concentrated in a system. The most familiar...
. Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of ScienceAmerican Association for the Advancement of ScienceThe American Association for the Advancement of Science is an international non-profit organization with the stated goals of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsibility, and supporting scientific education and science outreach for the...
; Fellow, American Physical SocietyAmerican Physical SocietyThe American Physical Society is the world's second largest organization of physicists, behind the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. The Society publishes more than a dozen scientific journals, including the world renowned Physical Review and Physical Review Letters, and organizes more than 20...
. - Li-Huei Tsai, HHMI Investigator and Professor of MIT specialized in brain development and Alzheimer disease.
Sports
- Jeremy LinJeremy LinJeremy Shu-How Lin is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association...
, first Taiwanese American in NBA - Chien-Ming WangChien-Ming WangChien-Ming Wang is a Taiwanese Major League Baseball pitcher. He was initially signed as an amateur free agent by the New York Yankees for the 2000 season, and played for the Staten Island Yankees...
, Major League Baseball player currently playing for the Washington NationalsWashington NationalsThe Washington Nationals are a professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C. The Nationals are a member of the Eastern Division of the National League of Major League Baseball . The team moved into the newly built Nationals Park in 2008, after playing their first three seasons in RFK Stadium... - Michael ChangMichael ChangMichael Te-Pei Chang is a former American professional tennis player. He is best remembered for becoming the youngest-ever male player to win a Grand Slam singles title when he won the French Open in 1989 at the age of 17....
, International Tennis Hall of FameInternational Tennis Hall of FameThe International Tennis Hall of Fame is located in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. The hall of fame and honors players and contributors to the sport of tennis and includes a museum, grass tennis courts, an indoor tennis facility, and a court tennis facility.-History:The hall of fame and...
member; youngest male tennis player to win a Grand Slam tournament - Tora HarrisTora HarrisTora Harris is an American high jumper.He won bronze medals at the 2001 Summer Universiade and the 2006 IAAF World Cup.His personal best jump is 2.33 metres, achieved in June 2006 in Indianapolis.-Achievements:-References:*...
, high jumper; also of African-American descent - Vania KingVania KingVania King is a Taiwanese American female tennis player. King won both the 2010 Wimbledon Women's Doubles and 2010 US Open Women's Doubles titles with Kazakh partner Yaroslava Shvedova....
, tennis player on WTA Tour - Kevin TanKevin Tan-Early life:Tan was born in Fremont, California in 1981 to immigrants from Taiwan. He graduated from Mission San Jose High School, Class of 2000.He is of Chinese descent. His Chinese and legal name is Kai Wen and that is the name he uses in international competition...
, 2008 Beijing Olympics bronze medallist US Gymnastics Team - Andy WangAndy WangAndrew P. Wang is a Taiwanese-American mixed martial artist, currently competing in the lightweight division. Wang received his Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt from Egan Inoue and is a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu instructor at the Taiwan Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Taipei...
, Mixed-Martial Artist, participant of The Ultimate Fighter 5The Ultimate Fighter 5The Ultimate Fighter 5 was the fifth season of the Ultimate Fighting Championship produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter...
Other
- TammyTammy JihTamara Tien-Jan "Tammy" Jih is an American lawyer and contestant on the 14th season of The Amazing Race, an American reality television game show. She and her brother, Victor Jih, were the winners of the competition.-Early life and career:...
and Victor JihVictor JihVictor Hao-jan Jih is an American lawyer and contestant on the 14th season of The Amazing Race, a reality television game show produced by CBS. He and his sister, Tammy Jih, were the winners of the competition and one million dollar grand prize....
, winners of the 14th seasonThe Amazing Race 14The Amazing Race 14 is the fourteenth installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 14 featured 11 teams of two, with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world....
of The Amazing RaceThe Amazing RaceThe Amazing Race is a reality television game show in which teams of two people, who have some form of a preexisting personal relationship, race around the world in competition with other teams... - Hubert Chang, claimed to be the third co-founder of Google
- Cindy Chiang, contestant on the 19th seasonThe Amazing Race 19The Amazing Race 19 is the nineteenth installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 19 features several teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world. The 19th season premiered on September 25, 2011.The nineteenth cycle started on...
of The Amazing RaceThe Amazing RaceThe Amazing Race is a reality television game show in which teams of two people, who have some form of a preexisting personal relationship, race around the world in competition with other teams... - Andrew Hsu, co-founder of World Children's Organization (WCO)
- Bill Lee, son-in-law of Al GoreAl GoreAlbert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....
- Wen Ho LeeWen Ho LeeDr. Wen Ho Lee is a Taiwan-born Taiwanese American scientist who worked for the University of California at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. He created simulations of nuclear explosions for the purposes of scientific inquiry, as well as for improving the safety and reliability of the US nuclear...
, nuclear physicist, wrongly accused for espionage and then acquitted - Wayne LoWayne LoWayne Lo is a Taiwanese-American murderer who perpetrated the shooting at Simon's Rock College of Bard on December 14, 1992 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He killed one student and a professor, and wounded four people before he surrendered to police...
, American school shooter - Tim Soo, creator of Invisible Instruments
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