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Notable Asian Americans
The following is a list of Asian Americans whose achievements were outstanding
and their contributions to history were unique. Many more could be listed, but
we only mentioned the more frequently asked personalities.
| Michael Chang |
Tennis Player; won 6 majors, won the French Open, 1989; was ranked #2 in the world in 1996.
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| Steven Chu |
Nobel Prize Winner in physics, 1997. |
| Connie Chung |
ABC News Correspondent; won three Emmy awards; joined CNN cable network for primetime anchor in 2002.
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| David Ho |
Medical Scientist; named Time Man of the Year, 1996; found an AIDS treatment to be used in the first weeks of infection. |
| Michelle Kwan |
Figure Skater; world champion. |
| Sammy Lee |
Athlete, Physician; the first American-born Asian to win an Olympic gold medal in platform diving,1948.
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| Tsung-Dao Lee |
Scientist, Physicist; won the Nobel Prize in physics with Chen Ning Yang,1957.
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| Yuan T. Lee |
Chemist; shared the Nobel Prize for chemistry with Dudley R. Herschbach, 1986.
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| Yama Lin |
Architect; designers of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. |
| Yo-Yo Ma |
Cellist; Winner of 1998 Best Classical Album Grammy Award. |
| Ellison Onizuka |
Astronaut, NASA; participated in mission STS 51-L, Challenger, 1985.
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| Amy Tan |
Author of Joy Luck Club and other books. |
| Chang-Lin Tien |
Educator; former Chancellor of UC Berkeley. |
| Samuel Ting |
Novel Prize Winner in Physics, 1976. |
| Tiger Woods |
Golfer; won 6 majors, won the Masters 1997; the Masters and Grand Slam, 2001; and currently ranked 1 in PGA.
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| Kristi Yamaguchi |
Figure Skater; Olympic Gold Medallist, 1992. |
| Jerry Yang |
Co-founder of Yahoo.com, 1994. |
Revised by
Wenwen Zhang, APRC Librarian, 04/05
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