List of Asian Americans

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Academia

Science

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Steven Chu

Arts/architecture/design

Business and industry

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Indra Nooyi

Entertainment

Actors and filmmakers

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Aziz Ansari
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Dante Basco
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John Cho
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James Hong
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Kelly Hu
Ken Jeong Ken Jeong by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Ken Jeong
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Mindy Kaling
Nancy Kwan Nancy Kwan in Honeymoon Hotel.jpg
Nancy Kwan
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Bruce Lee
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Will Yun Lee
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Ken Leung
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Justin Lin
Lucy Liu Lucy Liu Cannes 2008.jpg
Lucy Liu
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Pat Morita
Kumail Nanjiani Kumail Nanjiani 2019.jpg
Kumail Nanjiani
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Sandra Oh
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Keanu Reeves
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Rob Schneider
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Brenda Song
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George Takei
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Steven Yeun

Choreographers and dancers

Music

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Paul Anka
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Joe Hahn
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Norah Jones
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Bruno Mars
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Allan Pineda
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Mike Shinoda


Groups/bands

Reality TV participants

Fashion

Culinary

Law

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Lance Ito
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Fred Korematsu

Literature

Military

Individuals

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Eric Shinseki

Foreign military service

News/media/journalism

Politics

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Daniel Akaka
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Tammy Duckworth
Nikki Haley Nikki Haley official photo.jpg
Nikki Haley
Kamala Harris Kamala Harris Vice Presidential Portrait.jpg
Kamala Harris
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Daniel Inouye
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Bobby Jindal
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Andrew Yang

Religion

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Rabbi Angela Warnick Buchdahl

Space

This section is a list of astronauts of Asian ancestry who are, by birth or naturalization, American citizens. Sorted by first space flight, then by NASA Astronaut Group (if applicable).

Contents

No.ImageName
Birth date		AncestryBirthCommentMissions (Launch date)
1 Ellison Shoji Onizuka (NASA).jpg Ellison Onizuka
June 24, 1946		Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States Selected in 1978 to NASA Astronaut Group 8. First Asian American and first Japanese American in space. Died on the Challenger. STS-51-C  (January 24, 1985)
STS-51-L (January 28, 1986)
2 Taylor Wang - full.jpg Taylor Gun-Jin Wang
June 16, 1940		 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Republic of China First person of Chinese ancestry and first Chinese American in space. STS-51-B (April 29, 1985)
3 Changdiaz.jpg Franklin Chang-Diaz
April 5, 1950		 Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1889-1912).svg Qing dynasty Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Selected in 1980 to NASA Astronaut Group 9. Joint record holder, since 2002 (with Jerry L. Ross, set two months earlier that year), for most spaceflights by a human. STS-61-C (January 12, 1986)
STS-34 (October 18, 1989)
STS-46 (July 31, 1992)
STS-60 (February 3, 1994)
STS-75 (February 22, 1996)
STS-91 (June 2, 1998)
STS-111 (June 5, 2002)
4 DR- EUGENE TRINH.jpg Eugene Trinh
September 14, 1950		Flag of South Vietnam.svg  South Vietnam First Vietnamese American in space. STS-50 (June 25, 1992)
5 Leroy Chiao Astronaut.jpg Leroy Chiao
August 28, 1960		 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Selected in 1990 to NASA Astronaut Group 13. Served on ISS Expedition 10. STS-65 (July 8, 1994)
STS-72 (January 11, 1996)
STS-92 (October 11, 2000)
Soyuz TMA-5 (October 14, 2004)
6 Edward Tsang Lu.jpg Ed Lu
July 1, 1963		Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Selected in 1994 to NASA Astronaut Group 15. Served on ISS Expedition 7. STS-84 (May 15, 1997)
STS-106 (September 8, 2000)
Soyuz TMA-2 (April 6, 2003)
7 Kalpana Chawla, NASA photo portrait in orange suit.jpg Kalpana Chawla
March 17, 1962		Flag of India.svg  India Selected in 1994 to NASA Astronaut Group 15. First Indian American in space. Died on the Columbia. STS-87 (November 19, 1997)
STS-107 (January 16, 2003)
8 Mark Polansky.jpg Mark L. Polansky
June 2, 1956		Flag of South Korea.svg  Republic of Korea Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Selected in 1996 to NASA Astronaut Group 16. First Korean American in space. STS-98 (February 7, 2001)
STS-116 (December 9, 2006)
STS-127 (July 15, 2009)
9 Daniel Tani.jpg Daniel M. Tani
February 1, 1961		Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Selected in 1996 to NASA Astronaut Group 16. Served on ISS Expedition 16. STS-108 (December 5, 2001)
STS-120 (October 23, 2007)
STS-122 (February 7, 2008)
10 Sunita Williams.jpg Sunita Williams
September 19, 1965		Flag of India.svg  India Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Selected in 1998 to NASA Astronaut Group 17. Served on ISS Expedition 14/15 and Expedition 32/33. Second female commander of ISS. STS-116/117 (December 9, 2006)
Soyuz TMA-05M (July 15, 2012)
11 Astronaut Kjell Lindgren Official Photo.jpg Kjell N. Lindgren
January 23, 1973		 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 		Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan Selected in 2009 to NASA Astronaut Group 20. Served on ISS Expedition 44. Soyuz TMA-17M (July 22, 2015)
SpaceX Crew-4 (April 27, 2022)
12 Sirisha Bandla
1988		Flag of India.svg  India Indian American sub-orbital, sub-Kármán line, space tourist. Virgin Galactic Unity 22 (July 11, 2021)
13 Raja Chari portrait.jpg Raja Chari
June 24, 1977		Flag of India.svg  India Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Selected in 2017 to NASA Astronaut Group 22. SpaceX Crew-3 (November 11, 2021)
14 Jonny Kim portrait.jpg Jonny Kim
February 5, 1984		Flag of South Korea.svg  Republic of Korea Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Selected in 2017 to NASA Astronaut Group 22.

Sports

Other

See also

Footnotes

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