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Gary Locke, elected the first Asian American governor in the mainland United States in November 1996 and became Governor of Washington in January 1997. John Liu, became the first Asian American elected to the New York City Council (representing Flushing, Queens) in 2001. Kinjiro Matsudaira, mayor of Edmonston, Maryland, in 1927 and 1943
He is the first Asian-American head coach in any of the four major North American sports leagues. [90] [91] 2010: Rich Cho becomes the first Asian-American general manager of an NBA team, the Portland Trail Blazers. [92] 2019: Jeremy Lin becomes the first Asian-American NBA Champion. [93]
Early Asian American actors such as Sessue Hayakawa, Anna May Wong, and Bruce Lee encountered a movie-making culture and industry that wanted to cast them as caricatures. Some, like actress Merle Oberon, hid their ethnicity to avoid discrimination by Hollywood's racist laws. Asian Americans are rapidly gaining access to the American mainstream. [2]
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 ...
Cho, of Pittsburgh, is nationally recognized for her cookie portraits of forgotten and famous Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and has drawn social media attention for her tributes to Yeoh ...
Hazel Ying Lee (李月英) – first Chinese American woman to earn a pilot's license; flew for the United States Army Air Forces during World War II as a Woman Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) Kurt Lee – Major, US Marine Corps.; first Asian American Marine Corps officer, Navy Cross recipient [7] [8]
Christine Gambito – American Internet personality, actress, and comedian; maintains one of the most-subscribed-to channels on YouTube; also appointed Ambassador of Philippine tourism; Anthony Padilla – famous YouTube celebrity; he is one half of the comedy duo Smosh and is one of the most subscribed YouTubers on YouTube
Stephanie Murphy (born Đặng Thị Ngọc Dung) – first Vietnamese-American Congresswoman representing Florida's 7th congressional district [36] (Democratic) Jacqueline Nguyen – U.S. circuit judge; first Vietnamese-American federal judge; [37] first Asian-American woman to sit on the federal appellate court [38]