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This is a list of Filipino Americans who have made significant contributions to the American culture, politics, or society. It also includes those with notable mentions in the American media.

To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Filipino American or must have references showing they are Filipino American and are notable.

Contents 1 List 1.1 Arts and letters 1.1.1 Dance 1.1.1.1 Dance solo 1.1.1.2 Dance group members 1.1.2 Education 1.1.3 Graphic arts 1.1.4 Visual Art 1.1.5 History 1.1.6 Journalism 1.1.7 Law 1.1.8 Literature 1.1.9 Theater 1.2 Business 1.3 Culinary arts 1.4 Engineering and technology 1.5 Fashion and pageantry 1.5.1 Fashion 1.6 Health science 1.7 Labor 1.8 Military 1.9 Politics 1.10 Religion 1.11 Sports 1.11.1 Baseball 1.11.2 Basketball 1.11.3 Contact sports/martial arts 1.11.4 Cycling, Road and Track 1.11.5 American football 1.11.6 Golf 1.11.7 Poker 1.11.8 Skateboarding 1.11.9 Soccer 1.11.10 Winter Sports - Figure Skating 1.11.11 Winter Sports - Short Track (SpeedSkating) 1.11.12 Stacking 1.11.13 Tennis 1.11.14 Volleyball 1.11.15 Water sports 1.11.16 Wrestlers 1.12 Television and film 1.12.1 Disc jockeys 1.12.2 Music 1.12.2.1 Musicians 1.12.2.2 Musical groups 1.12.3 Reality show 1.12.4 Internet 1.13 Other 2 References

List

Arts and letters

Dance

Dance solo

• Cheryl Burke – professional dancer, participant in Dancing with the Stars^[1]
• Napoleon D'umo – hip hop choreographer on So You Think You Can Dance since season four and supervising choreographer for America's Best Dance Crew
• Cris Judd – choreographer
• Charles Klapow – choreographer (High School Musical, 2, 3, The Ice Tour & The Cheetah Girls 2)

Dance group members

• Ryan "Ryanimay" Conferido
• Dominic "D-Trix" Sandoval

Education

• Jose B. Cruz, Jr., PhD – Distinguished Professor of Engineering at the Ohio State University
• Ruth Elynia S. Mabanglo, PhD – Professor of Philippine Literature at the University of Hawaii at Manoa; received Presidential Citation for Meritorious Teaching in 1996^[2]
• Kevin Nadal, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor of Psychology at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice; author of Filipino American Psychology: A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice; has delivered lectures at over 100 colleges and universities in the United States^[3]
• Baldomero Olivera, Ph.D. – Distinguished Professor of Biology at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah; first Fil-Am member of the United States National Academy of Sciences; 2007 Harvard University Scientist of the Year awardee.^[4]
• Rhacel Parrenas, Ph.D. – Professor of American Studies and Sociology at Brown University. World-renowned academic, has delivered lectures at over 100 colleges and universities in Asia, Europe, and the Americas.
• E. San Juan, Jr., Ph.D. from Harvard – writer; Professor of American Studies

Graphic arts

• Alfredo Alcala – Filipino comic book artist.^[5]
• Lynda Barry – Filipino mestizo comic strip cartoonist and novelist; created prototype for TV hit series The Simpsons^[6]
• Ernie Chan – comic book artist/inker for Marvel Comics and DC Comics.
• Don Figueroa - comic book artist for IDW Publishing and Dreamwave Entertainment, working on various Transformers titles.
• Rafael Kayanan – comic book artist and master level instructor in Sayoc Kali.
• Nick Manabat – creator of Cybernary, comic book artist for Wildstorm Productions
• Kenn Navarro – animator of cartoon Happy Tree Friends
• Whilce Portacio – created Bishop of the X-Men, co-founder of Image Comics.
• Romeo Tanghal – comic book artist.
• Tony De Zuniga – co-creator of Jonah Hex
• Van Partible – creator of Johnny Bravo

Visual Art

• Alfonso Ossorio
• Paul Pfeiffer – was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1966, but spent most of his childhood in the Philippines. Pfeiffer relocated to New York in 1990, where he attended Hunter College and the Whitney Independent Study Program. Pfeiffer is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, most notably becoming the inaugural recipient of The Bucksbaum Award given by the Whitney Museum of American Art (2000).^[7]
• Leo Valledor(1936–1989) – Painter who pioneered the Hard-edge painting style.

History

• Dorothy Cordova – Activist, professor, Co-founder of the Filipino American National Historical Society.
• Fred Cordova – Author of "Filipinos: Forgotten Asian Americans"; co-founder of the Filipino American National Historical Society.
• Alex S. Fabros, Jr. – Historian, professor, retired U.S. Army officer; Documentaries: “Filipino Americans: Discovering their Past for the Future”,^[8] "Unsung Heroes"; historian, "Filipinas Magazine";^[9] and winner of New American Media's "Ethnic Pulitzer Prize".^[10][11]

Journalism

• Byron Acohido – 1997 Pulitzer Prize awardee;^[12] prose novelist.
• Dani Dumuk Aguila – University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts alumnus from Bauang, La Union who became the first non-white member of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) to receive the coveted "Ink Bottle Pin Award" in June 1992^[13]
• Natasha Brown - News Anchor for KYW in Philadelphia
• Isabel Preysler – journalist, television host, socialite and mother of Enrique Inglesias
• Cher Calvin - News anchor for KTLA Chanel 5 Los Angeles
• Howard G. Chua-Eoan – News Director for Time magazine
• Delfin F. Cruz – Publisher, Philippines Mail, 1931-1995^[14]
• Veronica De La Cruz – CNN News anchor
• George Estrada – Humboldt State University professor of journalism; author of "I Have Tasted the Sweet Mangoes of Cebu"; former reporter with Oakland Tribune and Associated Press; columnist with the Philippine Times of Las Vegas.
• Kristine Johnson – anchor for WCBS-TV New York
• Claire Leka – former CNN Business reporter
• Michelle Malkin – guest/commentator on FOX News and author
• Jean Martirez – News anchor for KTTV Fox 11 in Los Angeles
• Cheryl Diaz Meyer – 2004 Pulitzer Prize Winner^[15][16]
• Libertito Pelayo – publisher and editor-in-chief of the Filipino Reporter newspaper.
• Maria Quiban – Weather meteorologist & news anchor for KTTV/KCOP-TV in Los Angeles
• Victoria Recaño – correspondent, correspondent on such programs as The Insider and Inside Edition.
• Frances Rivera – journalist and television news anchor for Boston's NBC affiliate WHDH.
• Corky Trinidad – He was the Honolulu Star Bulletin Editorial cartoonist from 1939 until death in 2009
• Jose Antonio Vargas – 2007 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Journalism for his work with the Washington Post.^[17]
• Mona Lisa Yuchengco – founder of Filipinas magazine.

Law

• Simeon R. Acoba, Jr., JD – 2000-2010 Associate Justice on the Hawaii State Supreme Court^[18]
• Kiwi Camara – Filipino American attorney, who in 2001, became the youngest person to enter Harvard Law School; graduated magna cum laude in 2004; earlier graduated with a computer science degree Summa Cum Laude from Hawaii Pacific University in Honolulu
• Tani Cantil-Sakauye – Filipino-American Chief Justice of California

Literature

• Peter Bacho – author of the American Book Award winning novel Cebu
• Evangeline Canonizado Buell – author, 25 Chickens and a Pig for a Bride: Growing Up in a Filipino Immigrant Family^[19]
• Carlos Bulosan – author, America Is in the Heart.^[20]
• Regie Cabico – notable slam poet and performer.^[21]
• Dianne de Las Casas – author and award-winning storyteller^[22]
• Melissa de la Cruz – author of teen lit series The Au Pairs, The Ashleys, and Blue Bloods
• Vince Gotera – poet and editor of the North American Review
• Jessica Hagedorn – playwright and author, novels include Dogeaters, The Gangster of Love, Dream Jungle
• Tess Uriza Holthe – author of When the Elephants Dance
• Ma. Luisa Aguilar Igloria – award-winning poet
• R. Zamora Linmark – Author of Rolling the R's
• Aimee Nezhukumatathil – award-winning poet and professor
• Barbara Jane Reyes – poet
• Al Robles – Activist and Poet, author of Rappin' With Ten Thousand Carabaos in the Dark
• Randy Romero – Writer
• Eileen Tabios – poet.
• Alex Tizon – Pulitzer Prize Winner.
• Jose Garcia Villa – poet, writer, generationalist; pre-Beat Generation influence.

Theater

• Jose Llana – broadway actor, Drama Desk Award Winner.
• Deedee Magno – cast member, national touring and San Francisco cast of Wicked; former mouseketeer
• 'Ralph Peña, is a founding member and the current artistic director of Ma-Yi Theater Company, an Obie Award winning Asian American theatre group based in New York City. As a playwright, his works include Flipzoids.

Business

• Diosdado Banatao – Silicon Valley engineer and businessman
• Caterina Fake - half-filipino co-founder of Flickr and Hunch.^[23]
• Eddie Flores Jr. - president and co-founder of L&L Hawaiian Barbecue^[24]
• Pearlasia Gamboa - Greengold Ray, investment and banking fraud, former president of micronation of Melchizedek
• Josie Natori – founder, The Natori Company
• Loida Nicolas-Lewis – chairman and CEO of TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc.
• Peter Valdes – Co-founder, Tivoli Systems Inc. (an IBM Company).
• Fritz Friedman - Senior Vice President, Worldwide Publicity Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Sony Pictures) and former State Commissioner for Asian Americans under former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. ^[25]

Culinary arts

• Cristeta Comerford – first woman executive chef at the White House. She worked as an assistant chef for 10 years. After a ten-month search, she was appointed by First Lady Laura Bush on August 14, 2005.

Engineering and technology

• Geronimo Tanap, Ph.D. – Filipino physicist working at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center studying global warming in the Arctic; discovered recurring polynya in the Cosmonaut Sea, south of the Indian Ocean.^{[26][27][28][29]}
• Josefino Comiso, Ph.D. – physics expert at NASA^{[26][27][28][29]}
• Angelita Albano Castro Kelly – space mission engineer at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration^{[30][31][32][33][34]}
• Marc Loinaz, Ph.D. – Stanford University alumnus and inventor who holds six U.S. patents for his inventions; recipient of 1998 Best Paper Award from the IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits.^[35]

Fashion and pageantry

Fashion

• Sonya Balmores – Miss Hawaii Teen USA 2004
• Angela Perez Baraquio – Miss America 2001
• Celita de Castro – Miss Hawaii USA 1977^[36]
• Melissa Dungao – Miss New Jersey Teen USA 1998^[37]
• Brianna Godshalk – Miss Georgia Outstanding Teen 2009^[38][39]
• Riza Santos – Miss Earth Canada 2006, Miss World Canada 2011
• Krista Arrieta Kleiner – Binibining Pilipinas 2010 representing the Philippines in Miss International beauty pageant, Actress, Martial Artist, Singer, Dancer and Composer^[40]
• Vanessa Minnillo – Miss Teen USA 1998, Actress, Television Host
• Ashley Sagisi Moser – Miss Hawaii Teen USA 2009^[41]
• Aureana Tseu – Miss Hawaii USA 2009; Miss Hawaii Filipina 2003; Ed Hardy/Christian Audigier spokesmodel^[42]
• Robyn Watkins – Miss Oklahoma USA 2006
• Aileen Jan Valdehueza Yap – Miss USA International 2009^[43]

Health science

• Fe del Mundo, MD – First Asian and female student at Harvard Medical School
• Maria P. P. Root – Psychologist
• Mariano Yogore (1921–2006) – Professor and head of Institute of Public Health.

Labor

• Philip Vera Cruz – co-founder of the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, which later merged with the National Farm Workers Association to become the United Farm Workers; vice-president of the United Farm Workers

Military

• Jesse Aliganga – Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps. Killed in action during 1998 embassy bombing in Nairobi, Kenya
• Jose Calugas – Captain, U.S. Army. Medal of Honor recipient, World War II
• John R. D’Araujo Jr. – Major General, U.S. Army, retired. First Filipino American to be promoted to Major General; former Director of the Army National Guard Bureau. Former Director of the Recovery Division for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)^[44][45][46]
• Rudolph Davila – First Lieutenant, U.S. Army. Medal of Honor recipient, World War II
• Oscar Hilman – Brigadier General, U.S. Army, retired.^{[47][48][49][50]}
• Eleanor Mariano – Rear Admiral (Lower Half), U.S. Navy, retired. First Filipino American to be promoted to a flag officer rank; former White House physician
• José B. Nísperos – first Asian Medal of Honor recipient.
• Eldon Regua – Major General, U.S. Army Reserve. Commanding General, 75th Division (BCTD); only non-retired^[update] Filipino American general officer^[51][52]
• Edward Soriano – Lieutenant General U.S. Army, retired. Former Commanding General of I Corps
• Ramon S. Subejano – Private First Class, U.S. Army. Silver Star recipient, World War II
• Benigno G. Tabora – Sergeant Major, U.S. Army. Purple Heart recipient, World War II
• Antonio Taguba – Major General, U.S. Army, retired. Author of the Taguba Report
• Telesforo Trinidad – Fireman Second Class, U.S. Navy. Only Asian American naval recipient of the Medal of Honor
• Eleanor Valentin – Rear Admiral (Lower Half), Medical Corps, U.S. Navy. Commander, Naval Medical Support Command^[53]

Politics

• Peter Aduja – State Legislature, Hawaii.
• Larry Asera, first Filipino American elected to a city council in the continental United States (1973)^[54]
• Steve Austria, a Republican congressman from Beavercreek, Ohio.^[55]
• Thelma Buchholdt became the first Filipina American state legislator (1974), and the only Filipino American elected to office from a constituency with less than 3% Asian American voters and less than 1% Filipino American voters (1974, 1976, 1978, 1980).
• Christopher Cabaldon – Mayor of West Sacramento, California, born in 1965.
• Benjamin J. Cayetano – First Filipino American governor in the U.S., Hawaii.
• John Ensign – U.S. Senator from Nevada, great grandmother is from the Philippines^[56]
• Jose Esteves – Former Mayor of Milpitas, California. Assumed office in 2002; served as a member of the City Council from 1998 to 2002.
• Tony Fulton; member of Nebraska State Legislature.
• Mike Guingona – Council Member and Former Mayor of Daly City, California.
• Rolando Lavarro, Jr. – First Filipino American Councilman-at-Large, Jersey City, New Jersey 2011.^[57]
• Benjamin Menor – First Filipino American State Legislator, Hawaii, 1962.^[58]
• Mona Pasquil - in November 2009, became the first woman to serve as acting lieutenant governor of California^[59][60]
• Valerie Santos - Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development of Washington D.C.^[61]
• Bobby Scott – U.S. Congressman (D. Va.), maternal grandmother is Filipina.
• Michele J. Sison – US ambassador to the United Arab Emirates.
• Kris Valderrama – Member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing the 26th District.
• Ron Villanueva – Member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 21st District. A former member of the Coast Guard Reserves, he is also an alumnus of Old Dominion University.

Religion

• Oscar A. Solis – First Filipino American Roman Catholic bishop in the United States.
• Bruce Reyes-Chow – The first Filipino American head of a major denomination in the U.S. (mother is American-born Filipino), was elected to a two-year term as Moderator of the 218th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) on June 21, 2008.^[62]

Sports

Baseball

• Chris Aguila – Florida Marlins outfielder (Filipino father).
• Benny Agbayani – New York Mets, Colorado Rockies, Kansas City Royals outfielder.
• Bobby Balcena – Cincinnati Reds outfielder.
• Jason Bartlett – San Diego Padres shortstop. (Filipina mother)
• Bobby Chouinard – Baltimore Orioles pitcher.
• Geno Espineli – San Francisco Giants pitcher
• Tim Lincecum – San Francisco Giants pitcher (Filipina mother, Rebecca Asis, is the daughter of Filipino immigrants)^[63]
• Shane Victorino, Philadelphia Phillies outfielder.
• Brandon Villafuerte – San Diego Padres pitcher

Basketball

• Jimmy Alapag – former NCAA guard, California State University, San Bernardino
• Joe Devance – former NCAA center, UTEP Miners
• Denver Lopez – former NCAA guard, California State University, Fullerton
• Eric Menk – former NCAA forward, Lake Superior State University
• Leilani Mitchell – New York Liberty guard, University of Idaho (With Filipino ancestry)
• Gabe Norwood – former NCAA guard, George Mason Patriots
• Greg Oden – Portland Trail Blazers center (Filipino great-grandfather)
• Dorian Peña – former NCAA forward, Coppin State University
• Rafi Reavis – former NCAA center, Coppin State University
• Nate Robinson – Oklahoma Thunder guard.^[64]
• Andy Seigle – former NCAA forward, New Orleans
• Danny Seigle – former NCAA forward, Wagner
• Erik Spoelstra – Miami Heat head coach (Filipino mother)
• Raymond Townsend – Golden State Warriors, San Diego Clippers and UCLA Bruins, guard
• Kelly Williams – former NCAA guard, Oakland Golden Grizzlies
• Chris Ross – former NCAA guard, Marshall Thundering Herd
• Josh Urbiztondo – former NCAA guard, Fresno Pacific University

Contact sports/martial arts

• Arianny Celeste – UFC's octagon girl and model
• Glenn Donaire – Nonito Donaire's older brother, also a boxer in the flyweight and junior flyweight classes.
• Nonito Donaire – Current IBF & IBO World Flyweight (112 lbs.) Champion.
• Adriano Directo Emperado – one of five martial artists who developed the Kajukenbo self-defense system
• Andrew Ganigan – former boxing lightweight contender.
• Dan Inosanto – Head of Bruce Lee's JKD, Head of Lacoste / Inosanto FMA.
• Richard Bustillo – Jeet Kune Do Concepts and Filipino Martial Arts.
• Tito Jones – MMA fighter^[65]
• Ana Julaton – Boxer^[66][67]
• Robbie Lawler – MMA fighter (Strikeforce)
• Troy Mandaloniz – MMA fighter (UFC)
• Mark Muñoz – MMA fighter (UFC)
• Phillipe Nover – is a Filipino American mixed martial artist. He is best known for making it to the finals of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir.
• Shane Del Rosario – Undefeated MMA Fighter (Strikeforce).
• Jesus Salud - 1989 WBA super bantamweight champion
• Brandon Vera – also known as the Truth, a Filipino-American mixed martial arts fighter currently fighting in the UFC.
• Brian Viloria – US Olympic boxer, former WBC light-flyweight champion.

Cycling, Road and Track

American football

• Eugene Amano – NFL offensive guard/center, Tennessee Titans.
• Tedy Lacap Bruschi – NFL All-Pro linebacker, New England Patriots.
• Matt Castelo – NFL linebacker, Seattle Seahawks.
• Aaron Francisco – Carolina Panthers^[68]
• Roman Gabriel – former NFL quarterback, Los Angeles Rams.
• Jordan Norwood – wide receiver, Penn State Nittany Lions.
• Chris Rix – former quarterback, Florida State Seminoles (Filipino mother).
• Chris Gocong – linebacker, Cleveland Browns.
• Steve Slaton – runningback, Miami Dolphins
• Jordon Dizon – Linebacker, Detroit Lions
• Doug Baldwin – wide receiver, Seattle Seahawks
• Eric Norwood – defensive end linebacker, University of South Carolina, Carolina Panthers (1/4 Filipino)

Golf

• Jason Day pro golfer PGA
• Dorothy Delasin professional golfer, LPGA
• Jennifer Rosales professional golfer

Poker

• Noli Francisco
• Toto Leonidas

Skateboarding

• Willy Santos – a professional skateboarder.
• Sean Malto winner of street league 2011
• Aldrin Garcia – holds the highest Ollie at 45 inches as of February 2011.

Soccer

• Joshua Alcala – American born Hispanic/Filipino soccer player.^[69] Has played in the United States Soccer Leagues D1 & D2.
• Henry Brauner – has played in the USL Premier Development League and the Philippines national team.
• Nate Burkey Played NCAA soccer for Virginia Commonwealth University and 2011 Philippine national football team.
• Anton del Rosario – American born. Played NCAA soccer for Skyline College, Notre Dame de Namur University, and Philippine national football team member since 2005.
• Natasha Kai – American soccer player and member of the United States women's national soccer team.
• Nick Rimando – Filipino, Mexican American soccer player who currently plays for Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer.^[70]
• Tiffany Roberts – American soccer player and former member of the United States Women's National Soccer Team (Filipino mother).^[71]

Winter Sports - Figure Skating

• Tai Babilonia – Olympic figure skater (African American mother; Filipino and Hopi-Indian father)
• Elizabeth Punsalan – U.S. Olympic figure skater (pairs/ice dancing) (Filipino father)
• Amanda Evora – U.S. Olympic figure skater (pairs/ice dancing)^[72]

Winter Sports - Short Track (SpeedSkating)

• J.R. Celski – a 2010 Winter Olympics short track speed skating bronze medalist^[73] and five-time world champion medalist.

Stacking

• Steven Purugganan – Three time sport stacking world champion.

Tennis

• Cecil Mamiit
• Lilia Osterloh

Volleyball

• Liz Masakayan - Professional Beach volleyball^[74]

Water sports

• Natalie Coughlin – Olympic swimmer, gold medalist. (Filipina mother)^[75]
• Victoria Manalo Draves – diver who was first woman to win two gold medals in springboard diving at the 1948 Olympics in London.
• Sunny Garcia – surfing world champion, surfing legend.
• Malia Jones – surfing model, People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People.

Wrestlers

• David Bautista – WWE performer going by the name of "Batista". He has won five heavyweight titles. (Filipino father, Greek mother)
• Benny Cuntapay – also known by his ring alias B-Boy. Performer in CZW or Combat Zone Wrestling
• T. J. Perkins – also known by his ring aliases Pinoy Boy and Puma

Television and film

• Neile Adams – actress
• Sean Michael Afable - actor (Akeelah and the Bee)
• Nicole Anderson - actress (Jonas and Jonas L.A.)
• Ashley Argota – actress (True Jackson, VP and Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures)
• Christina Chang – actress, CSI: Miami, Private Practice, No Ordinary Family
• Alley Baggett – model, actress.
• Steffiana de la Cruz – model, actress.
• Brandon Baker – actor (Johnny Tsunami and Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board)
• Lauren Young – actress
• Tippy Dos Santos – singer, actress
• Kimee Balmilero – member of the American version of Hi-5, a children's musical group^[76]
• Dante Basco – actor, dancer, rapper, poet
• Darion Basco – actor, director, producer
• Derek Basco - actor
• Cris Judd – actor, dancer, choreographer and former husband of Jennifer Lopez, lead dancer of Michael Jackson and work with different singers, appeared in Unfabulous, Eve, Half and Half, and Everybody Loves Raymond
• Dion Basco - actor
• Buzz Belmondo – comedian/actor/writer, (Baywatch, Out Of This World)
• Joy Bisco – Filipino American actress
• Eileen Boylan – actress (South of Nowhere, General Hospital).
• Q. Allan Brocka – director, producer, actor, best known for directing the film Eating Out and its sequel.
• Cher Calvin – actress, news anchor (KTLA Morning News), Miss New York first runner up
• Wendy Calio – actress, dancer, singer (Imagination Movers)
• Jade Villalon – actress, singer and songwriter
• Louie del Carmen – story artist, Dreamworks Animation; storyboard artist, Disney Channel's Kim Possible, Nickelodeon's Invader Zim (2001) and The Mighty B! (2008)
• Ronnie del Carmen – story supervisor, Finding Nemo; storyboard artist, Batman: The Animated Series
• T.V. Carpio – actress
• Tia Carrere – actress
• Phoebe Cates – actress.^[77]
• Pia Clemente – The first Filipino to be nominated for a competitive Academy Award for the live action short, "Our Time Is Up". (2004)
• Emy Coligado – actress, (Piama, Francis' wife, Malcolm in the Middle).
• Michael Copon – actor (Blue Ranger in Power Rangers Time Force, Bring It On: In It to Win It)
• Rik Cordero - director
• Darren Criss - actor
• Annie Cruz – adult film star.
• Christina Cuenca - Miss Louisiana USA 2006; actress
• Jake Cuenca – current actor in the Philippines
• Mark Dacascos – actor and martial arts expert
• Marpessa Dawn - actress^[78]
• Gigi Dement - Oscar winning producer for "God of Love" as Best Live Action Short Film http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/214107/showbiz/short-film-produced-by-3-fil-ams-wins-oscar-award
• Dean Devlin – screenwriter and producer of many films including Independence Day, Godzilla and Stargate, also occasional actor^[79]
• Mar Elepano– filmmaker, production supervisor of the John C. Hench Lab, Division of Animation and Digital Arts, USC School of Cinematic Arts
• Allen Evangelista – actor (The Secret Life of the American Teenager)
• Ava Fabian – actress, model
• Roshon Fegan - actor (Camp Rock)
• Von Flores – actor
• Joel de la Fuente – actor
• Irish Fullerton – actress, singer
• Ginger Gonzaga - half Filipino actress, singer, stand up comedian and Internet TV host The Morning After
• Melissa Howard – actress-comedienne, MTV Real World New Orleans cast.
• Vanessa Hudgens - half Filipino actress, singer, dancer and television star (High School Musical).
• Stella Hudgens - half Filipino actress
• Diana Lee Inosanto - actress, stuntwoman, film director (The Sensei).
• Tessa Keller, model and reality television personality
• Abigail Kintanar – actress, host, reality show vixen. VH1's CelebReality Star "Red Oyster"^[80]
• Kevin Kleinberg –actor, (Green Ranger in Power Rangers Time Force;).
• Jo Koy - stand-up comedian
• Lalaine – TV star, Lizzie McGuire.^[81]
• Liza Lapira – actress (Crazy Stupid Love, 21, Fast and Furious, NCIS, Traffic Light)
• Sharon Leal – half-Filipino, half African American actress (Boston Public, Dreamgirls, Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?)
• Brandon Lee – Homosexual pornography actor
• Reggie Lee – actor
• Kaylani Lei – adult film star
• Matthew Libatique – cinematographer (Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, Inside Man and Iron Man)
• Tiffany Limos – actress
• Elita Loresca – Meteorologist (KNBC Channel 4, Los Angeles)
• BarBara Luna – actress
• Camille Mana – actress (One on One)
• Alec Mapa – actor and comedian (Half & Half).
• Anna Maria Perez de Taglé – actress (Hannah Montana, Camp Rock, Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam, the 2009 remake of Fame), former Star Search contestant; granddaughter of Filipina singer, Sylvia La Torre.
• Marie Matiko – actress ("Art of War")
• Sabrine Maui – adult film star.
• Steven R. McQueen – actor (The Vampire Diaries)
• Madison Michele – actress and television host (host of Animal Planet's King of the Jungle)
• Vanessa Minillo – MTV Veejay and former Miss Teen USA
• Mimi Miyagi (née Melody Damayo)– adult film star, former candidate for Governor of Nevada
• Paolo Montalban – actor (Mortal Kombat: Conquest), model
• Rex Navarrete – comedian, voice actor in Myx channel's cartoon "The Nutshack"
• Belinda Panelo - MTV VJ
• Van Partible – creator/director/writer of cartoon series Johnny Bravo
• Nia Peeples – actress
• Lou Diamond Philips – actor
• Victoria Recaño – correspondent (The Insider), actress (CSI: Miami)
• Ernie Reyes, Jr. – actor, martial artist
• Jelynn Rodriguez – actress ("The Drop")
• Jason Rogel – actor (Splinterheads, Swamp Shark, The Great State of Georgia)
• Tura Satana – actress ("Varla" in Russ Meyer's 1965 cult film, "Faster, Pussycat, Kill, Kil!). "Satana's father was a silent movie actor of Japanese and Filipino descent, and her mother was a circus performer of American Indian (Cheyenne) and Scots-Irish background.
• Rob Schneider – Saturday Night Live performer, actor, comedian
• Shannyn Sossamon – actress (40 Days and 40 Nights, A Knight's Tale)
• Charmane Star – adult film star
• Hailee Steinfeld – actress (True Grit)
• Chuti Tiu – actress (Desire, 24, Dragnet, Beautiful, The Specials)
• Tamlyn Tomita – actress (The Joy Luck Club (film), The Karate Kid, Part II, Quantum Leap (TV series), Glee (TV series))
• Hervé Villechaize – actor (Tattoo from Fantasy Island)
• Charlyne Yi – actress (Knocked Up, Paper Heart)
• Leilani Dowding – model, TV personality

Disc jockeys

• DJ Babu (Chris Oroc) – DJ of the World Famous Beat Junkies & member of the Hip Hop Group Dilated Peoples. Hails from Oxnard, CA.
• Mix Master Mike (Michael Schwartz) – Beastie Boys DJ, founding member of the Invisibl Skratch Piklz; winner of 1992 and 1993 DMC World DJ Championships (Rocksteady DJ's) and winner of the 1992 New Music Seminar/Supermen Inc. DJ Battle for World Supremacy. Appears in the documentary film Scratch.
• DJ Qbert (Richard Quitevis) – SF Bay Area Hip-Hop DJ and pioneering Turntablist. Founding member of the Invisibl Skratch Piklz; winner of 1991 (solo) 1992 (Rocksteady DJ's), 1993, (Dreamteam) DMC World DJ Championships. Featured in the movie Hang the DJ. Appears in the documentary film Modulations and the documentary Scratch. Created animated pop film "Wave Twisters"
• DJ Riddler (Rich Pangilinan) – DJ at WKTU in New York, Sirius Satellite Radio, record producer, remixer and member of the group MYNT
• DJ Virman (Virman Coquia) of the group Far East Movement
• Laidback Luke (Lucas Cornelis van Scheppingen)a Dutch DJ, producer. He was voted #46 on DJ Mag's Top 100 DJ list in 2008, before jumping to #27 in 2009 and jumping up 10 places in 2010.

Music

Musicians

• Ruthie Alcaide – MTV Real World Hawaii cast
• James Baluyut – lead guitarist for the rock band +/- and once played with older brother Richard for Versus.
• Richard Baluyut – lead singer for band Versus
• Joe Bataan – Latin soul legend.
• Noah Bernardo – Drummer - P.O.D.
• Eugene F. Castillo – conductor, born in Hollywood, CA, is now the Music Director of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, Cultural Center of the Philippines
• Billy Crawford – R&B, pop and soul singer.
• Jenn Cuneta – singer, sung Come Rain, Come Shine
• Sugar Pie DeSanto – popular rhythm and blues songstress of the 1950s and 1960s.
• Leah Dizon – model, singer, actress, and TV personality in Japan.
• Kate Earl – singer, songwriter.
• Bobby Enriquez – "The Wild Man," prodigious Jazz Pianist
• Jocelyn Enriquez – techno and house singer of "Do You Miss Me?"
• Jerome Fontamillas – Switchfoot guitarist and keyboardist
• Carlo Gimenez – lead guitarist of the Meg & Dia Band.
• Christopher Guanlao – drummer/songwriter for Silversun Pickups
• Kirk Hammett – lead guitarist for Metallica (Filipina mother)
• Billy Hinsche – lead guitarist for Dino, Desi & Billy
• Chad Hugo – music producer and musician; one-half of The Neptunes.
• Illmind – hip hop producer.
• Enrique Iglesias – a Spanish pop music singer-songwriter.
• Anthony Improgo– Drummer of the Band Metro Station
• Mike Inez – Bassist of Alice in Chains
• Rachael Lampa – Christian singer.
• Reynaldo Lapuz – American Idol 7 Contestant
• Arian Leviste – Electronic music artist, record producer and DJ
• Allan Pineda Lindo – Known as Apl.D.Ap. Member of the Hip-hop Group The Black Eyed Peas
• Sara Lumholdt – was a member of the Swedish quartet A*Teens
• Bruno Mars – Half Filipino/Half Puerto-Rican; R&B Singer
• Travis McCoy – Gym Class Heroes singer; Haitian/Italian/Limerick Irish/Filipino/Native American
• Neal McCoy – country music singer.
• Robert Menard – musician, keyboards in popular band Teen Wolf.
• Maile Misajon – singer of Eden's Crush.
• Sophia Montecarlo – singer, model, a "Born Diva", grand finalist.
• Jared Palomar – bassist, and pianist of the band Augustana
• Dan Layus – lead singer, guitarist of the band Augustana
• Dustin Perfetto – rapper, audio engineer best known for his song "I Gott Grapes".
• Jaya Ramsey – freestyle artist
• Amber Rowley – singer.
• Joey Santiago – lead guitarist of the Pixies, credited by Kurt Cobain as influential to his music, albums include the classic Surfer Rosa and Doolittle. Later formed a band "The Martinis" with his wife.
• Matthew Santos – rock and folk singer-songwriter, musician and painter, father of part-Filipino descent.
• Nicole Scherzinger – lead singer for the Pussycat Dolls. (Filipino father, Hawaiian/Russian mother)
• Nick Vasallo – as a composer, his work has encompassed a variety of genres and projects. Most notably with his post-metal group Antagony,^[82] film music career,^[83] and concert music works. Vasallo is a recipient of the 2010/2011 President's $21k Dissertation-Year Fellowship, the first Arts student to ever receive the honor.^[84]
• Cassie Ventura – known as Cassie (born August 26, 1986 in New London, Connecticut), R&B and pop singer, model, and actress.
• Jade Villalon –singer, actress.
• Jasmine Villegas – R&B pop singer, half-Mexican & half-Filipino.

Musical groups

• One Vo1ce – All-Filipina girl R&B/OPM singing group from the San Francisco Bay Area
• Blue Scholars – Geo, MC of the duo, is Filipino-American
• Death Angel – Thrash Metal band.
• Kai – San Francisco Bay Area boy band
• Moonpools & Caterpillars – Filipino American rock band based in California in the 1990s
• My American Heart – Rock band.
• Native Guns – Bambu and Kiwi of the LA hip hop group.
• Legaci – Filipino-American R&B band from the San Francisco Bay Area, California, formed in 1997. They are currently the backup singers for Canadian Pop-R&B singer Justin Bieber on the My World Tour.

Reality show

• Brad Estrin – American Idol contestant (season 1).
• Jordan Segundo – singer, American Idol semi-finalist (Season 2).
• Jasmine Trias – American Idol contestant (Season 3).
• Camile Velasco – American Idol contestant (Season 3).
• Guji Lorenzana – alternative rock, pop rock solo artist, American Idol contestant (Season 3).
• Melinda Lira – American Idol contestant (season 4).
• Jose Penala – American Idol contestant (season 5).
• Dominic Briones "Big Brother" contestant (season 13).
• A.J. Tabaldo – American Idol contestant (season 6).
• Reynaldo Lapuz – American Idol contestant (Season 7).
• Ramiele Malubay – American Idol contestant (Season 7).
• Thia Megia – American Idol contestant (Season 10).
• James Paul Ancheta – The Fashion Show contestant and fashion designer^[85][86]
• Madeleine Aseron – contestant on NBC's Momma's Boys^[87]
• Leah Cohen – contestant on Top Chef (Season 5)^[88]
• Charmaine Hunt – contestant on The Apprentice season 5^[89]
• Sam Khurana – contestant (Team Geniuses) on Treasure Hunters. Half-Indian and half-Filipino.^[90]
• Manila Luzon – drag performer and runner-up on RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 3)
• Sandra McCoy – actress, former contestant in Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll.
• Asia Nitollano – Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll winner; daughter of Joe Bataan.
• Ongina – Drag queen and spokesperson for MAC Cosmetics^[91]
• Josie Smith-Malave – contestant on the show Top Chef contestant (Season 2).
• Greggy Soriano – Casted as "Greggy" Cake Boss: Next Great Baker on TLC and "Greggy, the Self Proclaimed 'Gaysian'" Beauty and the Geek contestant (Season 5) on The CW Network.^{[92][93][94][95][96]}
• Dale Talde – Top Chef contestant (Season 4).
• Claire Unabia – America's Next Top Model Cycle 10 contestant.
• Jaizon Plaga – Top 20 contestant on AOL Cambio's web-reailty show series On the Spot Johnny Wright (music manager)'s Quest to Form the Next Supergroup.^{[97][98][99][100]}

Internet

• Christine Gambito – an American Internet personality, actress, and comedian; she maintains one of the most-subscribed-to channels on YouTube. Also appointed Ambassador of Philippine tourism

Other

• Leandro Aragoncillo – former FBI intelligence analyst and retired Gunnery Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps who was charged with espionage and leaking classified information against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
• Thomas Beatie – Filipino father,^[101] female-to-male transgender man who is legally male and married as a male. Beatie had chest reconstruction and testosterone therapy but kept his female reproductive organs intact.^[102] He is notable for having had had several pregnancies since becoming physically male.
• Andrew Cunanan – Half-Italian, half-Filipino American gay alleged spree killer during the mid-1990s; allegedly murdered several of his lovers, including the Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace. Father was a retired United States Navy from the Philippines.
• Rozita Villanueva Lee – daughter of Eugenio Villanueva, who immigrated from Pangasinan to Hawaii as part of the recruited labor force for the Hawaii plantations, has been described as one of the top ten successful Filipinos abroad.^[103] She has served as National Vice Chair of the National Federation of Filipino American Associations and in a number of other prominent positions of responsibility.^[104][105] On September 16, 2010, the White House announced her appointment as a member of the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.^[106]
• Christina Marie Williams – (1985–1998) murdered child.^[107][108]

References