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First Asian American woman elected to Congress in Illinois. Mervyn Dymally, representative from California; Hiram Fong became the first Asian American elected to the U.S. Senate in 1959. Allan Fung, of Chinese descent, First Asian-American elected as Mayor in Rhode Island, prominent lawyer.
Phoa Keng Hek (Chinese: 潘景赫), social activist, founding president of Tiong Hoa Hwe Koan, and one of the founders of Institut Teknologi Bandung. Soe Hok Gie (Chinese: 史朱义), activist. Thung Sin Nio (Chinese: 汤新娘), women's rights activist, physician, economist and politician. Yap Thiam Hien (Chinese: 叶添兴), human rights lawyer.
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]
The following is a list of notable Chinese Filipinos (Filipinos of Chinese descent). [1] [2] López family of Iloilo, is a wealthy and influential Filipino family of business magnates, media proprietors, politicians, and philanthropists descended from Filipino-Chinese merchant Basílio López (c. 1800–c. 1875). Tommy Abuel (born 1942), actor ...
As Jasmine Cho started her baking business, she decided to share famous Asian American, Pacific Islander stories in portrait cookies. One baker's sweet way of sharing the history of notable Asian ...
The following are partial lists of the Forbes list of Chinese billionaires (converted into USD) and is based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets compiled and published by Forbes magazine in 2022. [1] In 2022 China had 607 billionaires which put the country second in the world, after the United States (735). [2]
The world average of female top executives [1] is 8 percent. Thailand has the highest proportion of female CEOs in the world, with 30 percent of companies employing female CEOs, followed by the People's Republic of China, with 19 percent. [2]
World Rank Name Age Country Worth (USD) Residence 27 Prajogo Pangestu: 79 Indonesia 43.3 billion Indonesia 66 Low Tuck Kwong: 75 Indonesia 27.4 billion Indonesia 71 ...