List of Hmong Americans
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of famous Hmong 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 |
| | Hmong |
| Hungarian |
| Indian | Iranian |
| Irish | Italian |
| Israeli |
| 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 |
- Dia Cha, author, professor and anthropologist, St. Cloud State University, Minnesota.
- Kazoua Kong-Thao, became the third Hmong American elected to the St. Paul School Board
- Paul Lo, first Hmong American elected to the Merced City School District Board of Board of Trustee
- Neng Lee, former Eau Claire City Councilman.
- Choua Lee, first Hmong American elected to public office it the United States, and served one term on the. Paul School Board
- Lormong Lo, former Omaha City Councilman.
- Houa Vue Moua, author and community activist
- Mai Neng Moua, writer
- Mee Moua, Minnesota State Senator [1]
- Vang Pao, General
- Brenda Song (1988 - ) Disney channel actress/teen star[2]
- Cy Thao, Minnesota State Representative
- Neal Thao, St. Paul Public School Board member, first elected in 1995
- Chai Vang, multiple murderer
- Ka Vang, writer
- Shwah Vang, first Hmong American elected to the Madison Metropolitan School District Board
- Tony Vang, first Hmong American elected to the Fresno Unified School District Board of Trustee
- Thomas Vue, is one of four Hmong Americans elected to Eau Claire City Council
- Blong Xiong, first Asian American and Hmong American to serve on the Fresno City Council (2006)[3]
- Joe Bee Xiong, was the first Hmong American elected to public office in the state of Wisconsin, serving two terms as Eau Claire City Councilman
- Saidang Xiong, member of the Eau Claire City Council, elected in 2002
- Blong Yang, Minnesota State Higher Education
- Ya Yang, Marathon County Supervisor (Wausau, Wisconsin)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ [1] "Voters on St. Paul's East Side have elected the country's first Hmong-American legislator."
- ^ [2] "For me, the Hmong people, we don’t have a written history. It’s all been word of mouth. We don’t have anything written down. All I have are stories that my grandma tells me, that my grandpa tells me, that my uncle tells me."
- ^ [3] "Latinos Help Elect First Hmong City Council Member in California"
