Amy Tan

Amy Tan

female, 57 years old
INFP, The Kitchen God's Wife, PBS, Los Angeles Times, San José State University alumni, Literary Editor…Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat, Asian American, ChineseAmerican, American
Amy Tan is an American writer whose works explore mother-daughter relationships and what it means to grow up as a first generation Asian American....
Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee

male, deceased (1973)
martial artist, jeet kune do, kung fu, enter the dragon, Chinese actor, martial arts…Chinese Jeet Kune Do practitioner, chinese, American film actor, Asian American sportspeople, Chinese nationalism
Bruce Lee (November 27, 1940 - July 20, 1973) was a martial artist, philosopher, instructor, and martial arts actor widely regarded as the most...
Maxine Hong Kingston

Maxine Hong Kingston

female, 69 years old (Stockton, California)
protest against the war in Iraq, University of California, Berkeley alumni, Protests against the 2003 Iraq war, National Humanities Medal, The Fifth Book of Peace, commemorative quarter…ChineseAmerican
Maxine Hong Kingston is an American writer. She was born as Maxine Ting Ting Hong to a laundry house owner in Stockton, California. She was the...
Wen Ho Lee

Wen Ho Lee

male, 69 years old
black market, American, Clinton administration controversy, taiwanese, University of California, chinese…Asian American, ChineseAmerican, Taiwanese American
Wen Ho Lee (born December 21, 1939) is a Taiwanese-born American scientist who worked for the University of California at the Los Alamos National...
Michael Chang

Michael Chang

male, 37 years old
tennis player, Tennis strategy, grand slam, Pinyin, American Christian, Chinese Christian…Chinese heritage, Asian American sportspeople, ChineseAmerican, American
Michael Te-Pei Chang (張德培; Pinyin: Zhāng Dépéi; born February 22 1972, in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA) is an American former professional tennis pl...
Vincent Chin

Vincent Chin

male, deceased (1982)
racial hatred, Asian American, pan-ethnic Asian American movement, racially motivated violence in the United States, manslaughter, ChineseAmerican history…Asian American issues, ChineseAmerican, American
Vincent Chin (1955 - June 23, 1982) was a Chinese American industrial draftsman murdered in 1982 in the United States, in the Detroit, Michigan...
Joan Chen

Joan Chen

female, 48 years old
Asian American, Filmmaker, film actor, From San Francisco, chinese, From Shanghai…ChineseAmerican, Overseas Chinese, American
Joan Chen Chong (Mandarin Pinyin: Chén Chōng; Cantonese: 陳沖/Chan Chung; Cantonese IPA: ; Jyutping: can4 cung1; Yale: chan4 chung1) (born as Chen C...

Lisa See

female
writer, ChineseAmerican, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, On Gold Mountain, Dragon Bones
Ms. See's new novel once again delves into forgotten history. Peony in Love takes place in 17th-century China in the Yangzi River delta. It's based...
Iris Chang

Iris Chang

female, deceased (2004)
suicide by firearm in the United States, from Princeton, New Jersey, nanking massacre, American, Johns Hopkins University alumni, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign alumni…Taiwanese American, ChineseAmerican
Iris Shun-Ru Chang (March 28, 1968 - November 9, 2004) was an American historian and journalist. She was best known for her best-selling 1997...
Leland Yee

Leland Yee

male
University of Hawaii alumni, Speaker pro tempore, University of California, Berkeley alumni, politician, From San Francisco, chinese…Chinese language, Asian American, ChineseAmerican
Leland Yee (born 1948 in China) is a California State Senator in District 8. Yee's district includes the western half of San Francisco and parts of...