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 Jack Hsu, storyboard artist, animator, graphic novelist 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, 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"James Chu." 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 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 Debby Soo, CEO of OpenTable 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"Ted Fu." http://taiwaneseamerican.org/census2010/photo.php 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 Megan Lawless – actress 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 Wayne Lin - violinist 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 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 (mother was Taiwanese; sister of Lisa Ling) Lisa Ling, journalist (mother was Taiwanese; sister of Laura Ling) 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 Anthony Yuen, print and broadcast journalist
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 (the basis for the TV show of the same name) 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 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"Jason Chen". 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
+Politics and government NameBirthdateNotability 198554th Mayor of Boston 1953‡18th U.S. Secretary of Transportation, 24th U.S. Secretary of Labor 1975Co-Chair of the Forward Party 1955‡U.S. Representative for Oregon 1978 Member of Amtrak and Social Security Advisory Board 197419th United States Trade Representative 1969U.S. Representative from California 1970‡City Attorney of San Francisco 1975U.S. Representative from New York 1962California State Treasurer 1966U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor 1969Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor 1965California State Senate Member 1954‡Oklahoma Senate Member 1970Maryland Department of Labor Secretary 1983‡New York State Assembly Member 1967‡New York State Senate Member 1970California Supreme Court Justice 1966Judge of the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit 1973‡Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 1973U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia 1973Attorney General of Connecticut 197113th Vice President of the Republic of China 1978Member of the Legislative Yuan‡ Born in Taiwan
Elisa Chan, San Antonio City Councilor Ling Ling Chang, California State Senator Angie Chen Button, Member of the Texas House of Representatives (R) 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 (D) 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 (R) John Liu, Member of the New York State Senate, former Comptroller of New York City and member of the New York City Council (D) Jimmy Meng, U.S. Representative (D-NY) and father of Grace Meng Yuh-Line Niou, New York State Assemblywoman Heidi Shyu, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering 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 (D)
Science and education Yuan Chang, co-discovered Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) 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 (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), 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