List of Korean Americans

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This is a list of famous Korean Americans.

Lists of
famous Americans
by U.S. state
by ethnicity:
African American
Albanian | Arab
Armenian | Australian
Austrian | Bahamian
Bangladeshi | Belgian
Brazilian | Bulgarian
Cajun
Cambodian | Chinese
Croatian | Cuban
Danish | Dutch
English | Estonian
Filipino | Finnish
French
German | Greek
Hapas | Hmong
Hungarian
Indian | Iranian
Irish | Italian
Jamaican | Japanese
Jewish | Korean
Laotian
Louisiana Creole
Mexican
Muslim
Native American
Native Hawaiian
Norwegian | Polish
Portuguese | Romanian
Russian | Salvadoran
Scots-Irish | Scottish
Swedish | Swiss
Taiwanese | Ukrainian
Vietnamese | Welsh

Contents

[edit] Art and design

[edit] Business & Economics

  • Wendy Lee Gramm, economics professor, former chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and wife of former Senator Phil Gramm
  • Sung Won Sohn, CEO and President of Hanmi Financial Corporation, former Chief Economist of Wells Fargo & Co.
  • Jason Chon, CEO of Locus Telecommunications, Leader of the Board, former International Sales Manager for Samsung Electronics.
  • Lucas Roh, CEO and Founder of Hostway Corporation
  • Dow Kim, Executive Vice President and President of Investment Banking and Global Markets (Merrill Lynch)

[edit] Entertainment

[edit] Journalism

[edit] Literature

[edit] Medicine and Public Health

[edit] Music

[edit] Politics and government

[edit] Religion

[edit] Science and technology

[edit] Sports

[edit] Other

  • Philip Jaisohn, first Korean to become an American citizen; first Korean American to receive an American medical degree
  • Young-Oak Kim, first Asian American colonel to command a U.S. battalion
  • Sho Yano, child prodigy
  • Sonya Thomas, top-ranked competitive eater
  • Sung-Min Yung, child pornographer and cannibal
  • Steve Yi, ASUCI Shuttle Driver (2005 - Present)

[edit] References

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Lela Lee - [1] "I am Korean American. My parents immigrated and I was born here. I was actually the only daughter to be born in the U.S. I grew up in a suburb of Los Angeles, an hour east of Los Angeles. When I grew up, there were probably two other Asian families and we were made fun of. They would say, "Oh are you Chinese?" And I would say, "No." And they would say, "Are you Japanese?" And I would say, "No." And they would say, "Well, what are you then?" I would say, "I'm Korean" and they would say, "Where is that?" My parents were probably part of the first influx of Koreans to come to the U.S. at that time in the early 70s."
  2. ^ Bobby Lee - [2] "Korean King of Comedy: Bobby Lee"
  3. ^ Sung-Hi Lee - [3] "Korean hottie Sung Hi Lee"
  4. ^ [4] "The Korean classical piano trio “Ahn Trio,”"
  5. ^ [5] "Half Korean, half African-American, Amerie has lived all over the world..."
  6. ^ [6] "Meanwhile, under the subtitle “Becoming a World-Famous Violinist,” the unit also pays tribute to Korean-American violinist Sarah Chang..."
  7. ^ [7] "Hahn, a Korean American..."
  8. ^ [8] "Korean-American sensation Crystal Kay, are among Japan's best and most established..."
  9. ^ [9]
  10. ^ [10] "And for aspiring Korean American artists..."
  11. ^ [11] "Yet with Lena Park, and a selected number of Korean artists..."
  12. ^ [12]
  13. ^ [13] "For Emerging Korean-American Singer Susie Suh, Songs are Like Tattoos"
  14. ^ Jeanette Lee - [14] "As a first generation Korean American, Jeanette was raised in a bilingual household which stressed both Korean traditional values and the American ideal of opportunity."

[edit] External links

  • Arirang - Interactive history of Korean Americans.
  • KoreAm Journal - News, stories, and issues of Korean Americans nationwide.
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