List of Filipino Americans

List

Arts and letters

Dance

• Bruno Mars – singer
• Stella Abrera – ballet dancer
• Cheryl Burke – ballroom dancer, participant in Dancing with the Stars
• Ryan "Ryanimay" Conferido – member of Quest Crew and alumnus of So You Think You Can Dance
• Jeffrey Cirio – ballet dancer
• Napoleon D'umo – hip-hop choreographer on So You Think You Can Dance since season four and supervising choreographer for America's Best Dance Crew
• Angelica Generosa – ballet dancer
• Cris Judd – choreographer
• Charles Klapow – choreographer for all three High School Musical films, The Ice Tour, and The Cheetah Girls 2
• Brian Puspos – choreographer
• Dominic "D-Trix" Sandoval – member of Quest Crew and alumnus of So You Think You Can Dance
• Ken San Jose – street dancer and singer
• Sophia Laforteza - singer, dancer, and member of girl group Katseye

Education

• Jeremy Castro Baguyos, M.Mus. – Professor of Music at the University of Nebraska Omaha and Principal Bass of the Des Moines Metro Opera Summer Music Festival Orchestra
• Jose B. Cruz, Jr., Ph.D. – Distinguished Professor of Engineering, Ohio State University
• Conrado Gempesaw, Ph.D. – 17th President, St. John's University, New York City
• Ruth Elynia S. Mabanglo, Ph.D. – Professor of Philippine Literature, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Presidential Citation for Meritorious Teaching, 1996
• Kevin Nadal, Ph.D. – Professor of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice; author, Filipino American Psychology: A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice; former president of Asian American Psychological Association
• Baldomero Olivera, Ph.D. – Distinguished Professor of Biology, University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah; first Filipino American member of the United States National Academy of Sciences; 2007 Harvard University Scientist of the Year
• Rhacel Parrenas, Ph.D. – Professor of American Studies and Sociology at Brown University
• Talitha Espiritu, Ph.D. – Associate Professor of English at Wheaton College
• E. San Juan, Jr., Ph.D. – Fellow, W.E.B. Du Bois Institute, Harvard University
• Craig Abaya. – Director of Digital Media & Entertainment Programs, San Francisco State University, 2000–2014
• Trinity Ordona, Ph.D. – Professor of American Studies, City College of San Francisco, 2001–present
• Vivian M. Vasquez, Ph.D. – Multi-award-winning Professor of Education at American University in Washington, D.C.
• Leon O. Chua, Ph.D. – Contributor to both the nonlinear circuit theory and cellular neural network theory, and professor of electrical engineering and computer science at University of California at Berkeley and Purdue University
• Raymundo Favila, Ph.D. – Mathematician contributing to stratifiable congruences and geometric inequalities
• Robyn Rodriguez, Ph.D. –Professor and Chair of the Department of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Davis
• Catherine Ceniza Choy, Ph.D. – Professor of Ethnic Studies at University of California, Berkeley
• Vicente L. Rafael, Ph.D. – Professor of Southeast Asian history at Cornell University
• Eleuterio F. Timbol Jr, Ph.D.- Sloan Award for Excellence in Teaching Science and Mathematics 2024, New York City. Empire State Excellence in Teaching Award 2022, New York Co-Founder, The International Association of Multicultural and Filipino American Educators, Inc America's Finest Teacher Award-Ulirang Guro 2015 New York City

Graphic arts

• Alfredo Alcala – comic book artist
• Lynda Barry – Filipino mestizo comic strip cartoonist and novelist; created prototype for TV hit series The Simpsons
• Don Figueroa – comic book artist for IDW Publishing and Dreamwave Entertainment, worked on various Transformers titles
• Rafael Kayanan – comic book artist and master level instructor in Sayoc Kali
• Nick Manabat – creator of Cybernary, comic book artist for Wildstorm Productions
• Van Partible – creator of Johnny Bravo
• Whilce Portacio – created Bishop of the X-Men, co-founder of Image Comics
• Romeo Tanghal – comic book artist
• Malia Dollaga – graphic artist
• Leo Zulueta – tattoo artist
• Tony DeZuniga – co-creator of Jonah Hex

Visual art

• Terry Acebo Davis – first Filipino American to exhibit art at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco's Samsung Hall
• Michael Janis – glass artist, a director of the Washington Glass School
• Manuel Ocampo – painter, fuses Baroque religious iconography with inspirations from punk subculture
• Alfonso Ossorio – abstract expressionism artist
• Mail Order Brides/M.O.B. – artist trio of Eliza Barrios, Reanne Estrada, and Jenifer Wofford
• Nelfa Querubin – ceramic artist
• Lordy Rodriguez – contemporary artist who uses cartography and maps
• Stephanie Syjuco – conceptual artist; assistant professor at University of California, Berkeley
• Joseph Santos – contemporary artist, watercolorist
• Leo Valledor – painter who pioneered the Hard-edge painting style
• Carlos Villa – visual artist, curator, professor at California State University, Sacramento and San Francisco Art Institute
• Jenifer K. Wofford – member of Mail Order Brides, curator, assistant professor at University of San Francisco and University of California, Berkeley

History

• Belinda Aquino – author, professor, women's and civil rights activist, founder of the Center for Philippine Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
• Dorothy Cordova – activist, professor, co-founder of the Filipino American National Historical Society
• Fred Cordova – author, Filipinos: Forgotten Asian Americans; co-founder, Filipino American National Historical Society
• Dawn Mabalon – activist, author

Journalism

• Byron Acohido – 1997 Pulitzer Prize in Beat Reporting, Seattle Times
• Audrey Asistio - NBC Bay Area KNTV news anchor
• Leah Borromeo – journalist and documentary filmmaker
• Natasha Brown – anchor, KYW in Philadelphia
• Cher Calvin – anchor, KTLA Channel 5 Los Angeles
• Katherine Creag – reporter, WNBC in New York City
• Ernabel Demillo – TV host
• Veronica De La Cruz – MSNBC news anchor
• Rovilson Fernandez – TV host, model, editor
• Emil Guillermo – journalist, writer, and broadcaster; first Filipino American to anchor a regularly scheduled national news program, NPR's All Things Considered, May 1989
• Cassidy Hubbarth – ESPN Anchor
• Noel Izon – documentary filmmaker
• Kristine Johnson – anchor, WCBS-TV New York
• Lloyd LaCuesta – television journalist, KTVU South Bay bureau chief
• David Lat – legal commentator and author, founder of Above the Law news website
• Pat Loika – Comic podcaster
• Elita Loresca – former NBC4 and current KTRK-TV Los Angeles weathercaster and meteorologist
• Michelle Malkin – commentator on FOX News, author
• Jean Martirez – anchor for KTTV Fox 11 in Los Angeles
• Cheryl Diaz Meyer – 2004 Pulitzer Prize winner
• Libertito Pelayo – publisher and editor-in-chief, Filipino Reporter
• Maria Quiban – meteorologist and news anchor, KTTV/KCOP-TV in Los Angeles
• Elaine Quijano – correspondent at CBS News, formerly with CNN
• Victoria Recaño – correspondent on such programs as The Insider and Inside Edition
• Maria Ressa – Nobel Peace Prize laureate, journalist, author and co-founder of Rappler
• Frances Rivera – journalist, television news anchor for WHDH Boston, WPIX New York and NBC News
• Anne Quito – architecture and design critic for Quartz
• Alex Tizon – 1997 Pulitzer Prize in Investigative Reporting, Seattle Times; author of Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self
• Corky Trinidad – Honolulu Star Bulletin editorial cartoonist
• Jia Tolentino – essayist and staff writer for The New Yorker
• Pablo S. Torre – sportswriter and columnist for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine
• Jose Antonio Vargas – 2008 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Journalism for his work with the Washington Post; DREAM Act advocate; undocumented immigrant
• Mona Lisa Yuchengco – founder, Filipinas magazine
• Tony Cabrera - Morning anchor for ABC7 Eyewitness News 'in Los Angeles
• Irene Cruz - Weekend morning anchor and general assignment reporter for ABC7 Eyewitness News in Los Angeles
• Melissa Mecija - 10News This Morning weekday anchor in San Diego
• Shanna Mendiola - Emmy Award-winning meteorologist' for NBC4 in Los Angeles

Law

• Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. – former Associate Justice, Hawaii State Supreme Court
• Kiwi Camara – attorney; youngest person to enter Harvard Law School
• Tani Cantil-Sakauye – Chief Justice of California
• George Conway – attorney, Founder of the Lincoln Project
• Noel Francisco – 47th Solicitor General of the United States
• Dale Ho – U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• Mario Ramil – former Associate Justice, Hawaii State Supreme Court
• Sean Reyes – Utah Attorney General

Literature

• Maria Amapola Cabase – author of the Royal Palm Literary Award winning novel Coming Home, singer, actress
• Peter Bacho – author of the American Book Award winning novel Cebu
• Cecilia Manguerra Brainard – author of When the Rainbow Goddess Wept
• Carlos Bulosan – author of America Is in the Heart
• Regie Cabico – Slam poet and performer
• Elaine Castillo – author, America Is Not the Heart
• Gilbert Luis R. Centina III – novelist and award-winning poet
• Melissa de la Cruz – author of teen lit series The Au Pairs, The Ashleys, and Blue Bloods
• Alex Gilvarry – author of From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant and Eastman Was Here
• Vince Gotera – poet and editor of the North American Review
• Jessica Hagedorn – playwright and author, Dogeaters, The Gangster of Love, Dream Jungle
• Tess Uriza Holthe – author of When the Elephants Dance
• Ma. Luisa Aguilar Igloria – award-winning poet
• Erin Entrada Kelly – author of the Newbery Medal winning novel Hello, Universe
• R. Zamora Linmark – author of Rolling the R's
• Aimee Nezhukumatathil – award-winning poet and professor
• Barbara Jane Reyes – poet
• Al Robles – activist and poet, author of Rappin' With Ten Thousand Carabaos in the Dark
• Randy Romero – writer
• Eileen Tabios – poet
• Lysley Tenorio – author of Monstress
• Alex Tizon – author of Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
• Jose Garcia Villa – poet, writer, generationalist; pre-Beat Generation influence

Theatre

• Joan Almedilla – Broadway actor
• Jon Jon Briones – Broadway, West End and television actor
• Laurie Cadevida – Broadway actress
• Ali Ewoldt – Broadway actress, first woman of color to play lead role of Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway
• Van Ferro – BroadwayWorld award-winning actor from Chicago
• Arielle Jacobs – Broadway actor and singer
• Jose Llana – Broadway actor, Drama Desk Award winner
• Robert Lopez – composer, Tony Award winner, writer of "Let It Go" from the movie Frozen
• Deedee Magno Hall – cast member, national touring and San Francisco cast of Wicked
• Paolo Montalban – Broadway and television actor
• Eva Noblezada – Broadway and West End actress
• Conrad Ricamora – Broadway singer and actor
• George Salazar – Broadway actor
• Lea Salonga – Broadway and West End actress; Tony, Olivier, Drama Desk, and OCC Award winner

Business

• Diosdado Banatao – Silicon Valley engineer and businessman
• Caterina Fake – half-Filipino co-founder of Flickr and Hunch
• Bobby Murphy – co-founder of Snapchat
• Josie Natori – founder of The Natori Company
• Loida Nicolas-Lewis – chairman and CEO of TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc.
• Peter Valdes – co-founder of Tivoli Systems Inc.
• Sheila Lirio Marcelo – entrepreneur and founder of Care.com
• DJ Rose – full name Roslynn Alba Cobarrubias, founder of mydiveo, helped launch Myspace
• Jennifer Rubio – co-founder and President of Away
• Jeremiah Abraham – founder and CEO of Tremendous Communications, advocate for Asian and Asian American visibility in Hollywood

Culinary arts

• Amy Besa and Romy Dorotan – activists and co-owners of Filipino restaurant Purple Yam in Brooklyn, New York, 2014 IACP Jane Grigson Award winners for their book Memories of Philippine Kitchens
• Cristeta Comerford – first woman executive chef at the White House
• Tom Cunanan – James Beard Award-winning chef of Filipino restaurant Bad Saint in Washington, D.C.
• Melissa Miranda – James Beard Award semifinalist chef of Filipino restaurant Musang in Seattle
• Aaron Verzosa – James Beard Award finalist chef of Filipino American restaurant Archipelago in Seattle
• Paul Qui – James Beard Award-winning chef and winner of Top Chef: Texas
• Dale Talde – Top Chef: Chicago and Top Chef: All Stars contestant and owner of the restaurant Talde in Brooklyn, New York
• Alvin Cailan – chef and host of First We Feast's The Burger Show
• Carlo Lamagna – chef and owner of Magna's Kusina, one of the Food & Wine Best New Chefs of 2021

Education

• Astrid S. Tuminez – first female president of Utah Valley University
• Flora Arca Mata – first Filipino-American Teacher in California
• Kristoffer Toribio – first Filipino-American President of the International Association for College Admission Counseling.

Fashion and pageantry

Fashion

• Anna Bayle - Fashion Model, First Asian woman to achieve supermodel status
• Monique Lhuillier – Hollywood fashion designer
• Kelsey Merritt – fashion model, first Filipino woman to ever walk in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
• Josie Natori – Hollywood fashion designer
• Geena Rocero – transgender fashion model and activist, founder of the Gender Proud organization
• Leeann Tweeden – model, television personality

Pageants

• R'Bonney Gabriel - Miss USA 2022 - Miss Universe 2022
• Sonya Balmores – Miss Hawaii Teen USA 2004
• Angela Perez Baraquio – Miss America 2001
• Ginger Conejero – Miss Philippines-Air 2006, television host/reporter
• Alice Dixson – Binibining Pilipinas-International 1986, actress and model
• Ki'ilani Arruda – Miss Teen USA 2020
• Laura Dunlap – Miss Philippines Earth 2003
• Jamie Herrell – Miss Earth 2014 and Miss Philippines Earth 2014
• Kristina Janolo – Miss Florida 2011
• Krista Kleiner – Binibining Pilipinas-International 2010, actress, martial artist, singer, dancer and composer
• Christi McGarry – Binibining Pilipinas-Intercontinental 2015
• Katarina Rodriguez – Miss World Philippines 2018, model, athlete
• Vanessa Minnillo – Miss Teen USA 1998, actress and television host
• Robyn Watkins – Miss Oklahoma USA 2006
• Patricia Tumulak – Miss Philippines-Fire 2009
• Megan Young – Miss World 2013, Miss World Philippines 2013, actress, model, television host and VJ
• Audra Mari – Miss North Dakota Teen USA 2011, Miss Teen USA 2011 First Runner-Up, Miss North Dakota USA 2014, Miss USA 2014 First Runner-Up, Miss World America 2016, Miss World 2016 Top 11 Finalist
• Maureen Montagne – The Miss Globe 2021, Miss Arizona USA 2015 and model
• Chelsea Hardin – Miss Hawaii USA 2016 and Miss USA 2016 First Runner-Up
• Kimberly "Kim" Layne – Miss Idaho USA 2020 and Miss USA 2020 First Runner-Up
• Jenny Ramp – Miss Philippines Earth 2022
• R'Bonney Gabriel – Fashion designer, model crowned Miss Texas USA 2022, Miss USA 2022, first Filipino-American Miss USA, and Miss Universe 2022
• Katrina Dimaranan – Miss Supranational 2018 1st Runner Up, Miss Universe Philippines Tourism 2021, model, actress, and television personality

Health science

• Fe del Mundo, MD – first Asian and female student at Harvard Medical School
• Kevin Nadal, Ph.D. – Associate Professor of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York City; author, Filipino American Psychology: A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice
• Maria P. P. Root – psychologist
• Mariano Yogore – Professor and Head of Institute of Public Health

Labor

• Larry Itliong – Co-founder of the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, assistant director of the United Farm Workers, co-leader of the Delano grape strike
• Philip Vera Cruz – Co-founder, Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, which later became the United Farm Workers; Vice-president, United Farm Workers

Military

• Antonio A. Aguto Jr. – Lieutenant General, U.S. Army, Commanding General of First Army
• Babette Bolivar – Rear Admiral (Lower Half), U.S. Navy; Women Divers Hall of Fame inductee
• Raquel C. Bono – Rear Admiral (Lower Half), U.S. Navy; Command Surgeon, United States Pacific Command
• Brian Bulatao – Captain, U.S. Army, 75th Ranger Regiment; CIA Chief Operations Officer; Under Secretary of State for Management
• Jose Calugas – Captain, U.S. Army; Medal of Honor recipient, World War II
• Cary C. Chun – Brigadier General, U.S. Air Force, first U.S. Air Force General Officer of Filipino descent; Commander, 50th Space Wing, Schriever Air Force Base
• Anatolio B. Cruz – Rear Admiral (Lower Half), U.S. Navy. Former Deputy Commander, United States Fourth Fleet
• Rudolph Davila – First Lieutenant, U.S. Army. Medal of Honor recipient, World War II
• Leonard Dollaga – Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy, Commander, Submarine Group 7 and Commander, Task Force 74 and Task Force 54
• Florence Finch – Seaman second class, U.S. Coast Guard; Medal of Freedom recipient for actions during the occupation of the Philippine Islands in World War II
• Oscar Hilman – Brigadier General, U.S. Army; Commanding General of 81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team
• Eleanor Mariano – Rear Admiral (Lower Half), U.S. Navy, first Filipino American to be promoted to a flag officer rank; former White House physician
• Victorino Mercado – Rear Admiral (Lower Half), U.S. Navy; Director of Maritime Operations of U.S. Pacific Fleet; Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans and Capabilities; first Filipino American Surface Warfare Officer to achieve flag rank
• José B. Nísperos – Private, U.S. Army, first Asian Medal of Honor recipient
• Ronald Ravelo – Captain, U.S. Navy, first Filipino American commander of an aircraft carrier
• Eldon Regua – Major General, U.S. Army Reserve; Commanding General, 75th Division (BCTD)
• Edward Soriano – Lieutenant General, U.S. Army, commanding General of I Corps
• Ramon S. Subejano – Private First Class, U.S. Army, Silver Star recipient, World War II
• Benigno G. Tabora – Sergeant Major, U.S. Army, Purple Heart recipient, World War II
• Antonio Taguba – Major General, U.S. Army, principal author of the US Army 15-6 Report of Abuse of Prisoners in Iraq
• Telesforo Trinidad – Fireman Second Class, U.S. Navy, only Asian American Naval Recipient of the Medal of Honor
• Eleanor Valentin – Rear Admiral (Lower Half), Medical Corps, U.S. Navy, Commander, Naval Medical Support

Politics

• Peter Aduja – State Legislature, Hawaii; first Filipino American elected in the United States
• Dennis Apuan – former member of the Colorado House of Representatives
• Larry Asera – First Filipino American elected to a city council in the continental United States
• Steve Austria – Former Republican congressman from Beavercreek, Ohio
• Rob Bonta – First Filipino American California State Legislator, first Filipino American Attorney General of California
• Thelma Buchholdt – First female Filipino American state legislator ; first Asian American to be elected President of the National Order of Women Legislators
• Brian Bulatao – Former CIA Chief Operations Officer, former Under Secretary of State for Management
• Christopher Cabaldon – Mayor of West Sacramento, California, born in 1965
• Romeo Munoz Cachola – former member of the Hawaii House of Representatives
• Jessica Caloza – first Filipina member of the California State Assembly
• Benjamin J. Cayetano – First Filipino American governor in the U.S., for the state of Hawaii
• Vicky Cayetano – Former First Lady of Hawaii
• TJ Cox – Former U.S. House of Representatives of California, his mother is Filipino
• John Ensign – Former U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative from Nevada; his great-grandmother is from the Philippines
• Jose Esteves – Former Mayor of Milpitas, California
• Tony Fulton – member of Nebraska State Legislature
• Sonny Ganaden – member of the Hawaii House of Representatives
• Mike Guingona – Council Member and Former Mayor of Daly City, California
• Greggor Ilagan – member of the Hawaii House of Representatives
• Lorraine Rodero Inouye – Hawaii state senator, former Mayor of Hawaii County and the first Filipino-American woman to serve as mayor of a U.S. County
• Ysabel Jurado – member of the Los Angeles City Council
• Donna Mercado Kim – Hawaii state senator, former President of the Hawaii Senate
• Trish La Chica – Filipino American State Legislator, Hawaii, 2023.
• Rolando Lavarro, Jr. – Jersey City council president, elected to city council in 2011.
• Marvin Lim, member of the Georgia House of Representatives
• Joey Manahan – former member of the Honolulu City Council, Vice Speaker of the Hawaii House of Representatives
• John W. Marshall, Virginia Secretary of Public Safety and Director of the U.S. Marshals Service, his mother is of Filipino descent
• Thurgood Marshall, Jr. – White House senior staff member during the Clinton Administration, his mother is of Filipino descent
• Rose Martinez – Filipino American State Legislator, Hawaii, 2022.
• Benjamin Menor – Filipino American State Legislator and Judge, Hawaii, 1962
• Jeff Moneda – City Manager of Foster City, California.
• Mona Pasquil – in November 2009, became the first woman to serve as acting lieutenant governor of California
• David Pendleton – former Minority Floor Leader, Hawaii House of Representatives
• Sean David Reyes – Utah Attorney General and first ethnic minority elected to state office in Utah; father is Filipino, father's first cousin was 7th President of the Philippines, Ramon Magsaysay
• Joy San Buenaventura – Member of the Hawaii Senate and former member of Hawaii House of Representatives
• Bobby Scott – U.S. Representative from Virginia, maternal grandfather is Filipino
• Michele J. Sison – Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
• Peter J. Urscheler – Mayor of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, and a first-generation Filipino American honored among the Ten Outstanding Young Americans by JCI USA in 2019.
• Kris Valderrama – Member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing the 26th District
• Ron Villanueva – Member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 21st District; former member of the Coast Guard Reserves

Religion

• Ruben Habito, Filipino Zen Master of the Sanbō Kyōdan lineage and founder of Maria Kannon Zen Center in Dallas, Texas
• Oscar A. Solis – First Filipino American Roman Catholic bishop in the United States, 10th Bishop of Salt Lake City
• Bruce Reyes-Chow – The first Filipino American head of a major denomination in the US, as Moderator of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
• Jonathan Santos Ferriol – well known evangelist and one of the bishop of Pentecostal Missionary Church of Christ base in Los Angeles, California

Sports

• Doug Baldwin – former NFL player, Super Bowl champion
• Tedy Bruschi – former NFL player, three-time Super Bowl champion
• Camryn Bynum - NFL safety for the Minnesota Vikings
• Jordan Clarkson – NBA player
• Kihei Clark – College basketball player
• Boogie Ellis – basketball player
• Roman Gabriel – former NFL quarterback, MVP
• Jalen Green – basketball player
• Andrei Iosivas - NFL wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals
• Tim Lincecum – former MLB pitcher, World Series champion, Cy Young Award winner
• Jared McCain – NBA player
• Jason Myers – American professional football placekicker for the Seattle Seahawks
• Jason Robertson – NHL player for the Dallas Stars
• Nicholas Robertson – NHL player for the Toronto Maple Leafs
• Raymond Sarmiento – tennis player
• Erik Spoelstra – NBA head coach
• Anthony Volpe – MLB player for New York Yankees
• Jimmy Alapag – former PBA player and assistant coach for Stockton Kings

Television and film

• Ruthie Alcaide – MTV The Real World: Hawaii cast
• Benjamin Alves – actor
• Kaye Abad – actress
• Craig Abaya – film producer/director, musician, educator, and photographer
• Neile Adams – actress
• Gerald Anderson – actor, model
• Nicole Gale Anderson – actress
• Siena Agudong – actress
• Ruben Aquino – Disney animator
• Ashley Argota – actress, singer, musician
• Cecilio Asuncion – director, host, producer, filmmaker, and executive
• Jon Jon Augustavo – award-winning filmmaker and music video director
• Alley Baggett – model, actress
• Brandon Baker – actor
• Kimee Balmilero – member of the American version of Hi-5, a children's musical group
• Roxanne Barcelo – actress, model, singer
• Dante Basco – actor, dancer, rapper, poet
• Dion Basco – actor
• Ella Jay Basco – actress
• Jacob Batalon – actor
• Dave Bautista – mixed martial artist, wrestler, actor
• Eric Bauza – Canadian-born actor
• Paris Berelc – actress
• Joy Bisco – actress
• Leann Bowen – writer
• Billy Crawford
• Jameson Blake – actor, dancer and television personality
• Nida Blanca - actress
• Eileen Boylan – actress
• Q. Allan Brocka – director, producer, actor
• Cher Calvin – actress, news anchor, Miss New York first runner up
• Donita Rose – actress
• Jade Villalon – actress, singer-songwriter
• Louie del Carmen – story artist, DreamWorks Animation; storyboard artist
• Ronnie del Carmen – story supervisor, Finding Nemo; storyboard artist, Batman: The Animated Series
• T.V. Carpio – actress
• Tia Carrere – actress and singer
• Phoebe Cates – actress
• Christina Chang – actress
• Pia Clemente – first Filipino to be nominated for a competitive Academy Award
• Emy Coligado – actress
• Max Collins – actress and model
• Michael Copon – actor
• Eugene Cordero – actor
• Rik Cordero – director
• Darren Criss – actor/singer, mother is an immigrant from the Philippines
• Christina Cuenca – Miss Louisiana USA 2006; actress
• Jake Cuenca – actor and soccer player
• Mark Dacascos – actor and martial arts expert
• Charles Michael Davis – actor and model
• Marpessa Dawn – actress
• Billy Dec – Emmy Award-winning actor/producer
• Dean Devlin – screenwriter and producer, also occasional actor
• Ivan Dorschner – actor, model and former Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Clash of 2010 5TH big placer
• Tippy Dos Santos – singer, actress
• Kyle Echarri – singer-songwriter, The Voice Kids
• Andi Eigenmann – actress
• Mar Elepano – filmmaker, production supervisor of the John C. Hench Lab, Division of Animation and Digital Arts, USC School of Cinematic Arts
• Tommy Esguerra – actor, model and former Pinoy Big Brother 737 2015 2nd big placer
• Matt Evans – actor
• Ava Fabian – actress, model
• Roshon Fegan – actor
• Von Flores – actor
• Joel de la Fuente – actor
• Karen Gaviola – television producer and director
• Charles Gemora – Hollywood makeup artist
• Baron Geisler – actor, businessman, model, resource speaker, amateur artist and aspiring poet
• Raymond Gutierrez – actor and model, gay twin brother of Richard Gutierrez
• Richard Gutierrez – actor and model
• Deedee Magno Hall – actress and singer
• Melissa Howard – actress-comedienne, MTV Real World New Orleans cast
• Vanessa Hudgens – half-Filipino actress, singer, dancer and television star
• Stella Hudgens – half-Filipino actress
• Dan Inosanto – actor, martial arts instructor who is best known as a training partner of Bruce Lee
• Diana Lee Inosanto – actress, stuntwoman, film director
• Cris Judd – actor, dancer, choreographer, former husband of Jennifer Lopez, lead dancer for Michael Jackson
• Tessa Keller, model and reality television personality
• Abigail Kintanar – actress, host
• Jo Koy – stand-up comedian
• Jennie Kwan – actress
• Tony Labrusca – actor, model and singer
• Boom Labrusca – actor, model
• Lalaine – television actor.
• Liza Lapira – actress
• Kris Lawrence – singer
• Sharon Leal – half-Filipino, half-African American actress
• Reggie Lee – actor
• Matthew Libatique – cinematographer
• Xian Lim – actor and model
• Tiffany Limos – actress
• BarBara Luna – actress
• Manila Luzon – drag queen, recording artist, comedian, and reality television personality
• Tara Macken – actress
• Camille Mana – actress
• Edu Manzano – actor and politician
• Luis Manzano – model and television host
• Alec Mapa – actor and comedian
• Jessica Marasigan – actress, model, beauty queen and former Pinoy Big Brother 737 2015 housemate
• Anna Maria Perez de Taglé – actress
• Ayra Mariano – actress and model
• Bruno Mars – singer and dancer
• Marie Matiko – actress
• Caitlin McHugh – actress and model
• Chad McQueen – actor, producer, martial artist, race car driver
• Steven R. McQueen – actor
• H.P. Mendoza – filmmaker, musician
• Sam Milby – actor, model
• Cymphonique Miller – singer and actress
• Vanessa Minnillo – MTV VJ and former Miss Teen USA
• Jewel Mische – actress and model
• Derrick Monasterio – actor, singer and dancer
• Paolo Montalban – actor, model
• Troy Montero – actor
• Sofia Moran – actress, singer/recording artist
• Rex Navarrete – comedian, voice actor in Myx channel's cartoon The Nutshack
• True O'Brien – actress
• Jazz Ocampo – actress and commercial model
• Belinda Panelo – MTV VJ
• Angelica Panganiban – actress and comedienne
• Van Partible – creator/director/writer of cartoon series Johnny Bravo
• Jennifer Paz – actress, voice of Lapis Lazuli
• Nia Peeples – actress and singer
• Lou Diamond Phillips – actor
• Charee Pineda – actress and politician
• Stef Prescott – actress and model
• Malia Pyles – actress
• Jay R – R&B singer
• Shelby Rabara – actress, dancer
• Sue Ramirez – Filipino actress, whose father is an American citizen
• Victoria Recaño – correspondent, actress
• Sheryn Regis – singer, actress
• Ernie Reyes Jr. – actor, martial artist
• Ernie Reyes Sr. – actor, martial artist, fight choreographer
• Conrad Ricamora – singer and actor
• Jackie Rice – actress
• Alden Richards – actor, singer
• Melissa Ricks – actress
• Tom Rodriguez – actor and former Pinoy Big Brother: Double Up housemate
• Jelynn Rodriguez – actress
• Olivia Rodrigo – singer
• Vincent Rodriguez III – actor
• Jason Rogel – actor
• Tura Satana – actress, father was a silent movie actor of Japanese and Filipino descent
• Rob Schneider – Saturday Night Live performer, actor, comedian
• Nicole Scherzinger – singer, actress
• Steven Silva – actor, model
• Pepe Smith — late rock star
• Liza Soberano – actress, model
• Paul Soriano – film director and producer
• Shannyn Sossamon – actress
• Hailee Steinfeld – actress, singer
• George Sunga – TV Producer and Writer, Three's Company, The Jeffersons
• Jon Timmons – actor, model, television personality
• Chuti Tiu – actress
• G. Toengi – actress, singer
• Whitney Tyson – actress and comedienne
• Michelle Vergara Moore – actress
• Jillian Ward – actress, singer and model
• Marsha Garces Williams – film producer, mother of Zelda Williams, Filipino father
• Zelda Williams – actress, Filipino grandfather, daughter of Robin Williams and Marsha Garces Williams
• Lo Mutuc – actress
• Megan Young – actress, beauty queen, crowned as Miss World 2013, sister of Lauren Young
• Lauren Young – actress, sister of Megan Young

Reality show

• Leah Cohen – contestant on Top Chef
• Angelica Hale – contestant on America's Got Talent (season 12)
• Charmaine Hunt – contestant on The Apprentice season 5
• Melody Lacayanga – So You Think You Can Dance contestant.
• Ongina – drag queen, contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race, former contestant in RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, and spokesperson for MAC Cosmetics
• Manila Luzon – drag performer and runner-up on RuPaul's Drag Race, former contestant in RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.
• Jiggly Caliente – drag performer, contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race, former contestant in RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, and judge on Drag Race Philippines.
• Sandra McCoy – actress, former contestant in Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll.
• Asia Nitollano – Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll winner; daughter of Joe Bataan.
• Ellona Santiago – FOX The X Factor U.S. finalist.
• Josie Smith-Malave – contestant on the show Top Chef contestant.
• Greggy Soriano – cast as "Greggy" Cake Boss: Next Great Baker on TLC and "Greggy, the Self Proclaimed 'Gaysian'" Beauty and the Geek contestant on The CW Network.
• Amy Vachal – NBC The Voice U.S. finalist.

Internet

• 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
• Wil Dasovich – television personality, commercial model, celebrity endorser and famous YouTube vlogger. He won the Shorty Awards for Vlogger of the Year.
• Bretman Rock – US-based Filipino internet personality and beauty influencer; he stars in his own reality TV show on MTV
• Michael Reeves – A tech and comedy YouTuber currently streaming under the American media collective known as OfflineTV.
• Valkyrae – YouTube streamer and co-owner of lifestyle and gaming org 100 Thieves. One of the most-watched female streamers.
• Guava Juice - Filipino-American YouTuber, content creator, writer, and actor known for challenge vlogs, DIYs, experiments, and founding channel Wassabi Productions
• Jason Lustina - Founder and creator of SoCal Filipinos. A large social media network focused on the Filipino American experience which has now branched into other areas like Northern California, Arizona, Chicago, DMV, Tri-State and additional communities including D*Kababayan, Bahaghari, Filipino Heritage Nights and AfroKababayan.
• Alex Burriss - Filipino-American YouTuber, content creator, writer, and actor known for challenge vlogs, DIYs, experiments, and founding channel Wassabi Productions
• Sneako - American videographer, political commentator and social media personality.

Music

Disc jockeys

• DJ Babu – disc jockey of the World Famous Beat Junkies and member of the hip hop group Dilated Peoples. Hails from Oxnard, California.
• Mix Master Mike – Beastie Boys disc jockey, founding member of the Invisibl Skratch Piklz; winner of 1992 and 1993 DMC World DJ Championships and winner of the 1992 New Music Seminar/Supermen Inc. DJ Battle for World Supremacy. Appears in the documentary film Scratch.
• DJ Qbert – San Francisco Bay Area hip-hop disc jockey and pioneering turntablist. Founding member of the Invisibl Skratch Piklz; winner of 1991 1992, 1993, DMC World DJ Championships. Featured in the movie Hang the DJ. Appears in the documentary films Modulations and Scratch. Created animated pop film Wave Twisters
• DJ Riddler – disc jockey at WKTU in New York, Sirius Satellite Radio, record producer, remixer and member of the group MYNT
• DJ Virman of the group Far East Movement
• DJ Bonics – disc jockey of rapper Wiz Khalifa

Rock music

• Craig Abaya – award-winning songwriter, singer, musician, recording artist and producer
• Noah Bernardo – drummer – P.O.D.
• Melina Duterte – musician better known by her stage name Jay Som
• Jerome Fontamillas – Switchfoot guitarist and keyboardist
• Lowell George – songwriter, singer and slide guitarist of the rock band Little Feat
• Christopher Guanlao – drummer/songwriter for Silversun Pickups
• Kirk Hammett – lead guitarist for Metallica '
• Candace Lazarou – singer-songwriter for Body Double '
• Haley Heynderickx – singer-songwriter from Portland, Oregon
• Anthony Improgo – drummer of the Band Metro Station
• Mike Inez – bassist of Alice in Chains
• Dan Layus – lead singer, guitarist of the band Augustana
• Jared Palomar – bassist, and pianist of the band Augustana
• Arnel Pineda – vocalist of the band Journey
• Joey Santiago – lead guitarist of the Pixies, credited by Kurt Cobain as influential to his music, albums include the classic Surfer Rosa and Doolittle. Later formed a band "The Martinis" with his wife
• Matthew Santos – rock and folk singer-songwriter, musician and painter, father of part-Filipino descent
• Walter Tolentino – guitarist for the band Survivor

Pop music

• Leah Dizon – model, singer, actress, and TV personality in Japan
• Enrique Iglesias – half-Filipino, half-Spanish pop music singer-songwriter
• Bruno Mars – half-Filipino, quarter-Puerto Rican, Hungarian-Ukrainian Jewish, singer
• Olivia Rodrigo – half-Filipina, quarter Irish and German, singer-songwriter, actress
• Sophia Laforteza - singer, dancer, and member of girl group Katseye
• Maile Misajon – singer of Eden's Crush
• Bella Poarch – singer, TikTok star
• Larry Ramos – guitarist, banjo player, and vocalist with the American pop band the Association and the New Christy Minstrels.
• Nicole Scherzinger – lead singer for the Pussycat Dolls.
• Jasmine V – singer
• Jocelyn Enriquez – singer, 90's pop diva, Christian vocalist
• J. Rey Soul - singer, vocalist of the band Black Eyed Peas

American Idol Contestants

• Reynaldo Lapuz – American Idol contestant.
• Guji Lorenzana – alternative rock, pop rock solo artist, American Idol contestant.
• Ramiele Malubay – American Idol contestant.
• Thia Megia – American Idol contestant.
• Jessica Sanchez – American Idol contestant; Father is Mexican, Mother is Filipina, finished as the Runner-Up.
• Jasmine Trias – American Idol contestant, finished in 3rd place.
• Camile Velasco – American Idol contestant, finished in 9th place.
• Malaya Watson – American Idol contestant, finished in 8th place.

Rap, hip hop

• DJ Qbert – turntablist, composer, producer
• Apl.de.ap - rapper, member of Black Eyed Peas
• Danny Brown – rapper who is half African American and half Filipino.
• Guapdad 4000 – rapper of African-American and Filipino descent
• Chad Hugo – music producer and musician; one-half of The Neptunes.
• Ruby Ibarra – rapper, music producer, and spoken word artist
• Allan Pineda Lindo – known as apl.de.ap. Member of the Grammy Award-winning hip-hop group The Black Eyed Peas
• Maliibu Miitch – rapper of African-American, Vietnamese and Filipino descent
• Travis McCoy – Gym Class Heroes singer; Haitian/Italian/Irish/Filipino/Native American
• Saweetie – rapper who is half African-American and half Filipino-Chinese
• Cassie Ventura – known as Cassie, R&B and pop singer, model, and actress.
• Dominic Fike – rapper who is half African American and half Filipino.
• Antwon – rapper of mixed African American and Filipino descent
• Dok2 - Korean Filipino rapper

Music producers

• Chazwick Bradley Bundick – American recording artist and producer also known as Toro y Moi
• Illmind – hip hop producer
• Irv Gotti - Hip-Hop Producer
• Arian Leviste – electronic music artist, record producer and disc jockey
• Shawn Wasabi – record producer
• Cha Cha Malone – music producer
• Chris "Flict" Aparri - LA-based Grammy nominated, platinum record producer, songwriter, artist DJ & musical director.

R&B

• Sugar Pie DeSanto – born as Umpeylia Marsema Balinton, Filipino-American rhythm and blues singer of the 1950s and 1960s
• Billy Crawford – R&B, pop and soul singer
• Asia Cruise - R&B singer
• H.E.R. – R&B
• Adrian Marcel – R&B singer, songwriter, and rapper from Oakland, California. Who is half African American and half Filipino

Jazz

• Bobby Enriquez – "The Wild Man", prodigious pianist
• Bob Parlocha – saxophonist and longtime host of a syndicated nightly jazz radio program
• Danny Barcelona – jazz drummer, part of Louis Armstrong's All-Stars from 1958 onward

International world music

• Joe Bataan – Latin soul legend

Classical music

• Manuel Kabajar Cabase – composer, arranger, conductor, multi-instrumentalist, movie musical director, Halad Museum Inductee
• Evelyn Mandac – soprano opera singer and winner of the Metropolitan Opera Auditions.
• Eugene F. Castillo – conductor, born in Hollywood, CA, is now the music director of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, Cultural Center of the Philippines

Composers

• Craig Abaya – award-winning songwriter, singer, musician. Collaborator with JoAnne Lorenzana and DJ Qbert. Same person as the filmmaker and photographer.
• Nilo Alcala – the first Filipino-American composer recipient of the prestigious Copland House Residency Award.
• Robert Lopez – composer, first Filipino American Oscar recipient; recipient of a Grammy Award, Emmy Award and a Tony Award; twelfth individual to achieve an EGOT

Other / miscellaneous genres

• Amapola Cabase – singer, actor, producer, TV Host of "Amapola Presents Show" KEMO-TV San Francisco, California
• Kriesha Chu – K-Pop singer based in South Korea
• Frankie Cosmos – singer-songwriter
• Kate Earl – singer-songwriter
• Jocelyn Enriquez – techno and house singer of "Do You Miss Me?"
• Carlo Gimenez – lead guitarist for Dia Frampton
• Billy Hinsche – lead guitarist for Dino, Desi & Billy
• Rachael Lampa – Christian singer
• Gerard Damien Long – known as Hodgy Beats; member of the hip-hop collective OFWGKTA and the duo MellowHype, rapper and producer.
• Neal McCoy – country music singer.
• Sophia Montecarlo – singer, model, a "Born Diva", grand finalist
• Jaya Ramsey – freestyle artist
• Ana Roxanne – experimental musician and singer
• Steve Lacy – American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer. Member of music group: The Internet.

Musical groups

• One Vo1ce – All-Filipina girl R&B/OPM singing group from the San Francisco Bay Area
• Blue Scholars – Geo aka. Prometheus Brown, MC of the duo, is Filipino-American
• Death Angel – thrash metal band
• Kai – San Francisco Bay Area boy band
• Moonpools & Caterpillars – Filipino American rock band based in California in the 1990s
• My American Heart – rock band
• The Rocky Fellers – group was composed of four Filipino brothers and their father. Their hit song: "Killer Joe" reached No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1963.
• Legaci – Filipino-American R&B band from the San Francisco Bay Area, California, formed in 1997. They are were the backup singers for Canadian Pop-R&B singer Justin Bieber on the My World Tour.
• Q-York – Filipino-American hip hop record production duo composed of Flava Matikz and Knowa Lazarus.

Other

• Leandro Aragoncillo – former FBI intelligence analyst and retired Gunnery Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps who was charged with espionage and leaking classified information against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
• Thomas Beatie – Filipino father, female-to-male transgender man who is legally male and married as a male. Beatie had chest reconstruction and testosterone therapy but kept his female reproductive organs intact. He is notable for having had had several pregnancies since becoming physically male.
• Helen Agcaoili Summers Brown, also known as Auntie Helen, a teacher, librarian, and founder of the Pilipino American Reading Room and Library. She was born in Manila to a Filipino mother and an Anglo father, and moved to America after her graduation from Manila Central High School.
• Andrew Cunanan – half-Italian, half-Filipino American gay alleged spree killer during the mid-1990s; allegedly murdered several of his lovers, including the Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace. Father was a retired United States Navy from the Philippines.
• Ralph Deleon – convicted of conspiracy to support terrorism.
• Pearlasia Gamboa – controversial business woman successfully sued by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
• Asia Jackson – American actress, YouTuber, and activist
• Christina Marie Williams – murdered child.
• Wesley So – chess grandmaster, World Fischer Random Chess Champion, and 3-time and the current U.S. Chess Champion.