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Hoan Huynh – Illinois State Representative (Democratic), first ever Vietnamese-American elected in Illinois state history; Tyler Diep – California State Assemblyman (Republican) Jerome Cochran – Tennessee State Representative (Republican), first Vietnamese-American elected to the Tennessee legislature
Vietnamese emigrants to the United States (260 P) Pages in category "American people of Vietnamese descent" The following 108 pages are in this category, out of 108 total.
Vietnamese Americans (Vietnamese: Người Mỹ gốc Việt) are Americans of Vietnamese ancestry. [5] They constitute a major part of all overseas Vietnamese . As of 2023, over 2.3 million people of Vietnamese descent live in the United States , making them one of the largest Asian American ethnic groups. [ 6 ]
Le Van Cong, Vietnamese sports powerlifter and the first Vietnamese athlete to win a gold medal in the history of the Summer Paralympics. Lee Nguyen, professional soccer player; Ly Hoang Nam, first Vietnamese tennis player to win a Grand Slam trophy. Marcel Nguyen, German Vietnamese gymnast. Men Nguyen, professional poker player [14]
Those who have seen Tom Cruise's 1989 movie "Born on the Fourth of July" may recognize this name — Vietnam veteran and antiwar activist Ron Kovic is the man Cruise portrayed.
Vietnamese Americans are the only Asian American group of whom the majority lean Republican, according to the Pew Research Center. Fifty-one percent identify more strongly with the GOP, compared ...
Van Tran, elected a Republican member of the California State Assembly and is the first Vietnamese American to serve in any state legislature in 2004. Usha Vance, first Indian and Telugu American to be the Second Lady of the United States. Hubert Vo, Vietnamese immigrant, became the first Vietnamese American elected to the Texas Legislature in ...
The majority of Americans can’t name a single famous Asian American, according to a recent survey. The most common answers besides "I can't think of one" was Jackie Chan, who's not American, and ...