List of Taiwanese Americans
This is a list of notable Taiwanese Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Taiwanese American or must have references showing they are Taiwanese American and are notable.
List
Art and design
- Malan Breton, fashion designer
- Wenlan Chia, fashion designer
- Doug Chiang, movie designer and artist
- Han Hsiang-ning, artist
- James Jean, artist
- Jen Kao, fashion designer
- Yu Tsai, photographer and America's Next Top Model creative consultant
- Alexander Wang, fashion designer
- Jason Wu, fashion designer
- Luly Yang, fashion designer
- Nymphia Wind, winner of RuPaul's Drag Race season 16 and fashion designer
Business
- Fred Chang, founder of Newegg
- Morris Chang, founder of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
- Sam Chang, New York hotel developer
- Wayne Chang, founder of Crashlytics, entrepreneur, angel investor, film producer, and philanthropist
- Albert Chao, CEO and co-founder of Westlake Chemical
- Allen Chao, founder of Watson Pharmaceuticals
- Eva Chen, co-founder and CEO of Trend Micro
- Pehong Chen, founder of Gain Technology and Broadvision
- Steve Chen, founder and CEO of Galactic Computing
- Steve Chen, co-founder of YouTube
- Chen Wen-Chi, billionaire president and CEO of VIA Technologies, husband to HTC co-founder Cher Wang
- Albert Cheng, Interim President of Amazon Studios
- Andrew Cherng, founder of Chinese fast food restaurant chain Panda Express
- Ben Chiu, founder of KillerApp.com acquired by CNET
- Yu-kai Chou, gamification expert, entrepreneur and developer of Octalysis
- David Chu, co-founder of Nautica, clothing company
- James Chu, founder, CEO and chairman of ViewSonic
- John Chuang, co-founder and CEO of Aquent
- Victor Ho, co-founder and CEO of FiveStars
- Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com, online shoe store
- Jameson Hsu, co-founder and CEO of Mochi Media
- Jensen Huang, CEO and co-founder of Nvidia
- Robert T. Huang, founder of SYNNEX
- Min H. Kao, co-founder of Garmin, billionaire
- Kai-Fu Lee, President of Google China
- Alfred Lin, venture capitalist at Sequoia Capital
- Dan Lin, Hollywood film producer and former Senior Vice President at Warner Bros. Pictures
- Ivan Linn, CEO and founder of Folks
- Teresa H. Meng, co-founder of Qualcomm Atheros
- Ellen Pao, lawyer and former chief executive officer of Reddit.
- Danny Pang, private equity manager, accused of running a Ponzi scheme
- Will Shu, co-founder and CEO of Deliveroo
- Lisa Su, CEO and president of Advanced Micro Devices
- David Sun, co-founder of Kingston Technologies, billionaire
- Janie Tsao, co-founder of Linksys
- Victor Tsao, co-founder of Linksys
- Greg Tseng, co-founder and CEO of Tagged
- John Tu, Taiwanese American co-founder of Kingston Technologies, billionaire
- Tien Tzuo, co-founder and CEO of Zuora
- William Wang, co-founder and CEO of Vizio
- Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo!, billionaire
- Bing Yeh, founder of Silicon Storage Technology and Greenliant Systems
Entertainment
- Lilan Bowden – actress
- Christina Chang – actress
- Louis Ozawa Changchien – actor; 1/2 Taiwanese
- Arvin Chen – film director and screenwriter
- Ian Chen – actor
- Lynn Chen – actress
- Jay Chern – film director and screenwriter
- Rosalie Chiang - actress, writer
- Tim Chiou – actor
- Jon M. Chu – film director
- Roger Fan – actor
- Ted Fu – founding member of Wong Fu Productions
- Peter Ho – actor
- Janet Hsieh – model and television personality
- Stephanie Hsu – actress
- George Hu – actor
- Eddie Huang – chef, television producer and presenter
- Tina Huang – actress
- Elaine Kao – actress
- Christine Ko – actress
- Michelle Krusiec – actress
- Katrina Law – actress; 1/2 Taiwanese
- Georgia Lee – film director and screenwriter
- Erin Li – film director and screenwriter
- James Hiroyuki Liao – actor
- Annie Lin – musician and attorney
- Dan Lin – film and TV producer
- Justin Lin – film director
- Kelly Lin – actress and model
- Stephanie Lin – television journalist and beauty queen
- Dyana Liu – actress
- Lucy Liu – actress
- Andy On – actor
- Bertha Bay-Sa Pan – film director, screenwriter and producer
- Will Pan – singer-songwriter
- Ivan Shaw – actor
- Fang-Yi Sheu – modern dancer
- Timothy Tau – film director and screenwriter
- Will Tiao – actor and producer
- Albert Tsai – actor
- Jessika Van – actress and singer
- Garrett Wang – actor
- Wang Leehom – singer-songwriter and actor
- Anya Wu – actress and singer
- Constance Wu – actress
- Kevin Wu – YouTuber and actor
- Camille Chen – actress and director
- Hsu Wei-ning - actress
- Raymond Wu – professional poker player
- Vanness Wu – singer and actor
- Alan Yang – producer, screenwriter and director
- Hudson Yang – actor
- Jenny Yang – comedian
- Welly Yang – actor, writer and singer
- Kelvin Yu – actor and writer
Journalism
- Ailsa Chang, journalist and news host for National Public Radio
- Emily Chang, journalist and anchor; host of Bloomberg TV's Bloomberg Technology
- Iris Chang, journalist, author of The Rape of Nanking and other books of Chinese history
- Jeff Chang, journalist, hip-hop historian
- Laura Chang, science editor, The New York Times
- Christine Chen, journalist and anchor
- Connie Chung, journalist and anchor; second woman ever to anchor a national news program
- Patty Hou, former news and fashion anchor, current entertainment anchor in Taiwan
- Laura Ling, journalist
- Lisa Ling, journalist
- Henry Liu, aka Chiang Nan, writer and journalist
- Kristie Lu Stout, journalist and news anchor for CNN International
- Jeff Yang, journalist, author and father of actor Hudson Yang
Literature
- Lan Samantha Chang, fiction writer; director of the Iowa Writer's Workshop
- Ted Chiang, fiction writer, author of Story of Your Life
- Jennifer Chow, novelist, fiction writer, author of The 228 Legacy
- Frankie Gaw, cookbook writer
- Vanessa Hua, journalist, writer, author of Deceit and Other Possibilities
- Eddie Huang, author of the memoirs Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir and Double Cup Love: On the Trail of Family, Food, and Broken Hearts in China.
- Ed Lin, novelist, fiction writer, author of This Is A Bust
- Francie Lin, novelist, fiction writer, author of The Foreigner
- Grace Lin, children's book writer and illustrator
- Tao Lin, fiction writer
- Eric Liu, writer, speechwriter for Bill Clinton
- Henry Liu, aka Chiang Nan, writer and journalist
- Timothy Tau, fiction writer
- Shawna Yang Ryan, novelist, fiction writer, author of Green Island and Water Ghosts
- Esmé Weijun Wang, writer, author of The Collected Schizophrenias
- Julie Wu, novelist, fiction writer, author of The Third Son
- Charles Yu, novelist, fiction writer
Music
- Jason Chen, singer
- Robert Chen, violinist, Concertmaster of Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Andrew Chou, member of hip-hop group Machi based in Taiwan
- Peter Ho, singer
- Evonne Hsu, pop singer based in Taiwan
- Stanley Huang, singer based in Taiwan
- Miss Ko, singer-songwriter and rapper
- Gary Kuo, violinist and composer
- Chihchun Chi-sun Lee, composer
- Cho-Liang Lin, violinist
- Joseph Lin, first violinist for Juilliard String Quartet
- Richard Lin, violinist
- Amber Josephine Liu, singer and rapper from South Korean girl group f(x)
- Jerry Lo, singer-songwriter based in Taiwan
- Allen Ma, rapper from South Korean boy group Cravity
- Anthony Neely, singer
- Will Pan, pop singer based in Taiwan
- Fan-Wei Qi, pop singer based in Taiwan
- David Tao, singer-songwriter
- Vienna Teng, singer-songwriter
- Mark Tuan, rapper of South Korean boy group GOT7
- Lara Veronin, vocalist of Taiwanese group Nan Quan Ma Ma
- Dawen Wang, singer-songwriter
- Joanna Wang, singer-songwriter
- Leehom Wang, singer-songwriter based in Taiwan
- Vanness Wu, member of boyband F4 based in Taiwan
- Sophia Yan, pianist
- Cindy Yen, singer-songwriter
- Charlie Yin, producer-performer known as Giraffage
Politics, law and government
- Elisa Chan, San Antonio City Councilor
- Ling Ling Chang, California State Senator
- Angie Chen Button, Member of the Texas House of Representatives
- Lily Lee Chen, former mayor of Monterey Park, California
- Raymond Chen, United States Circuit Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- Jim Cheng, former Virginia Secretary of Commerce
- Iwen Chu, New York State Senator
- Kansen Chu, California State Assemblyman, San Jose City Councilor, Berryessa Union School District Board member
- Mary Anne Franks, president of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative and expert on the intersection of civil rights and technology
- Mia Gregerson, Member of the Washington House of Representatives and former member of the SeaTac City Council
- James Ho, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, former Solicitor General of Texas
- Tony Hwang, Member of the Connecticut State Senate, former member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
- John Liu, Member of the New York State Senate, former Comptroller of New York City and member of the New York City Council
- Jimmy Meng, U.S. Representative and father of Grace Meng
- Yuh-Line Niou, New York State Assemblywoman
- Heidi Shyu, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
- Timothy Tau Hsieh, Law Professor & Attorney
- Katy Tang, San Francisco Supervisor, District 4
- Chiling Tong, president and CEO of The National Asian Pacific Islander American Chamber of Commerce & Entrepreneurship
- Tim Wu, legal scholar, official in the Biden Administration tasked with Technology and Competition policy
- Yiaway Yeh, mayor of Palo Alto, California
- Ervin Yen, Oklahoma State Senator
- Ellen Young, former member of the New York State Assembly
Science and education
- Yuan Chang, co-discovered Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus and Merkel cell polyomavirus
- Steve Chen, computer scientist, supercomputer designer, Cray
- Yet-Ming Chiang, materials scientist, professor at MIT, co-founder of American Superconductor, A123 Systems, Desktop Metal
- Hong-Yee Chiu, astrophysicist
- Paul C. W. Chu, physicist, superconductivity
- Steven Chu, 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics, first Asian-American to run one of the 16 national laboratories operated by the Department of Energy, Secretary of Energy of the United States from 2009 to 2013
- Fan Chung, mathematician
- David Ho, AIDS researcher, 1996 Times Person of the Year
- Feng-hsiung Hsu, principal designer of the IBM Deep Blue chess machine
- Chenming Hu, developer of FinFET, National Medal of Technology and Innovation winner
- C.-T. James Huang, linguist
- Henry C. Lee, forensic scientist
- Wen Ho Lee, nuclear physicist, wrongly accused for espionage and then acquitted
- Yuan Tseh Lee, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Professor Emeritus University of California at Berkeley
- Jen Sheen, biologist
- Chang-Lin Tien, former Chancellor of the University of California at Berkeley
- Samuel Ting, Nobel Prize in Physics in 1976
- Sam Wang, neuroscientist and author
- Pei-Yuan Wei, creator of ViolaWWW
- Chi-Huey Wong, biochemist; 2014 Wolf Prize in Chemistry winner for his expertise in bioorganic and synthetic chemistry, especially in carbohydrate chemistry and chemical biology
- Alan Ming-ta Wu, molecular biologist and immunologist
- Henry T. Yang, chancellor, UC Santa Barbara
- Yang Yang, physicist, solar cells. Professor at UCLA. Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, Materials Research Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, and Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers.
- Andrew Chi-Chih Yao, winner of the Turing Award; prominent computer scientist and computational theorist
- Horng-Tzer Yau, mathematician
- Nai-Chang Yeh, physicist specializing in condensed matter physics; Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science; Fellow, American Physical Society
- Soon Yu, international speaker, consultant, and adjunct professor at Parsons School of Design
- Yuan T. Lee, Nobel Prize laureate
Sports
- Joy Burke, professional basketball player
- Corbin Carroll, professional baseball player
- Michael Chang, International Tennis Hall of Fame member; youngest male tennis player to win a Grand Slam tournament
- Richard Chang, retired basketball player
- Karen Chen, figure skater, 2017 U.S. national champion.
- Stuart Fairchild, professional baseball player
- Tora Harris, high jumper; also of African-American descent
- Ariel Hsing, youngest U.S. table tennis national champion
- Jerry Hsu, professional skateboarder
- Jason Jung, tennis player on ATP Tour; also won the gold medal at the 2017 Summer Universiade.
- Vania King, tennis player on WTA Tour
- Candie Kung, golf player in the LPGA
- Alexander Massialas, foil fencer
- Janet Lee, tennis player on WTA Tour
- Jeremy Lin, first Taiwanese-American player in the NBA
- Joseph Lin, professional basketball player. Younger brother of Jeremy Lin
- Howard Shu, badminton player
- Kevin Tan, 2008 Olympic Games men's gymnastics bronze medalist
- Chien-Ming Wang, professional MLB pitcher, won 19 games with New York Yankees both in 2006 and 2007.
- Timothy Wang, table tennis player
Other
- Richard Chen, celebrity chef
- Hank Chien, world champion of Donkey Kong
- Arthur Chu, Jeopardy! contestant
- Tammy and Victor Jih, winners of the 14th season of The Amazing Race
- Crystal Lee, beauty queen; Miss California 2013; Miss America 2014 first runner-up; Miss Chinatown USA 2010; Miss California Outstanding Teen 2008
- Wayne Lo, American school shooter
- Ai-jen Poo, labor activist, president of the National Domestic Workers Alliance
- Jian Tan, Buddhist monk and current abbot of the Chung Tai Zen Center of Houston
- Nancy Wang Yuen, sociologist