List of Taiwanese Americans
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This is a list of prominent Taiwanese Americans.
- Chien-Chi Chang (張乾琦), photographer
- Fred Chang, founder of Newegg.com
- Iris Chang (張純如), author of The Rape of Nanking
- Elaine Chao (趙小蘭), United States Secretary of Labor in the George W. Bush Administration
- Robert Chen (陳慕融), violinist, Concertmaster of Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Steve Chen (陳世卿), Co-Founder of YouTube
- Steve Chen, founder and CEO of Galactic Computing
- Doug Chiang, movie designer and artist
- Ben Chiu (邱澤堃), founder of KillerApp.com
- David Chu (朱欽騏), co-founder of Nautica, clothing company
- James Chu, founder of ViewSonic, computer monitor company
- Connie Chung, successful Journalist and television anchor
- David Ho, AIDS researcher, Time's Person of the Year [1]
- Evonne Hsu (許慧欣), pop singer
- Roy Chung (鍾翔宇), Hacker, Violinist, Rapper, and Pianist
- Jen-Hsun Huang (黃仁勳), co-founder and CEO of Nvidia, computer graphics card company
- Flo Jalin, glamor model
- Min H. Kao (高民環), co-founder of Garmin, that develops consumer and aviation technologies for the Global Positioning System
- Ang Lee (李安), film director of Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and Hulk [2]
- Wen Ho Lee (李文和), nuclear physicist, accused spy (acquitted)
- Lena Li, Playboy model
- Justin Lin (林詣彬), film director of Better Luck Tomorrow, Annapolis and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift [3]
- Cho-Liang Lin (林昭亮), violinist
- Eric Liu, writer, a speechwriter of Bill Clinton
- Jerry Lo (羅百吉), singer/songwriter
- Chiang Nan (江南), writer
- Fang-Yi Sheu (許芳宜), principal dancer of the Martha Graham Dance Company
- Kobe Tai, adult film actress
- Vienna Teng (史逸欣), singer/songwriter
- Chien-Ming Wang (王建民) - pitcher of the New York Yankees, #40
- Lee-Hom Wang (王力宏), Taiwanese pop singer
- David Wu (吳振偉), first and only Taiwanese American U.S. Representative, Democrat from Oregon
- Sophia Yan, musician
- Jerry Yang (楊致遠), computer scientist, co-founder of Yahoo!
- Welly Yang, actor and artist
- Kaila Yu (于丽萍), model and singer
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ David Ho Biography (2005), retrieved August 29, 2006.
- ^ IMDb Profile (2006), retrieved September 1, 2006.
- ^ MTV Biography "Taiwanese writer/director raised in the O.C." (2006), retrieved September 2, 2006.