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== Notable Chinese Americans == {{Main list|List of Chinese Americans}} * [[Jensen Huang]] (ι»δ»ε³) β co-founder and CEO of [[Nvidia]] * [[Lisa Su]] (θε§Ώθ±) β CEO and president of [[Advanced Micro Devices]] * [[John Tu]] β co-founder of Kingston Technologies, billionaire * [[David Sun (businessman)|David Sun]] β co-founder and COO of [[Kingston Technologies]], billionaire * [[Ken Xie]] β founder of Systems Integration Solutions (SIS), [[NetScreen]], and [[Fortinet]], billionaire * [[Iris Chang]] (28 March 1968 β 9 November 2004), historian, her publishings included: ''[[Thread of the Silkworm]]'' (1995), ''[[The Rape of Nanking (book)|The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War Two]]'' (1997) * [[Steve Chen]] β co-founder of [[YouTube]] * [[Charles Kuen Kao]], physicist, winner of Nobel Prize in Physics in 2009 for the work on fiber optics, using laser to transmit digital data through glass fiber. * [[Bruce Lee]], martial artist and actor, founder of [[Jeet Kune Do]]. * [[Anna May Wong]], considered the first Chinese American film star in Hollywood. * [[Coco Lee|CoCo Lee]], singer, songwriter and actress, the first Asian American singer performed at the Oscars and the first Asian American singer to have album released globally with [[Just No Other Way]]. * [[Tsung-Dao Lee]], physicist, won the Nobel Prize in Physics (1957) with [[Yang Chen-Ning]] for their work on the violation of the parity law in weak interactions. * [[Jeremy Shu-How Lin]], professional basketball player, played in NBA for several years and a [[Harvard University|Harvard]] graduate. * [[Gary Locke]], politician and diplomat, the 10th United States ambassador to China (2011β2014), 21st Governor of Washington (1997β2005) and served in the Obama administration as United States Secretary of Commerce (2009β11). * [[Ben Ming]], New Hampshire State Representative and first Chinese-American elected to the [[New Hampshire General Court]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-12 |title=Hollis state representative says he's first Chinese-American in New Hampshire State House |url=https://www.wmur.com/article/chinese-american-new-hampshire-state-house-121122/42209900 |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=WMUR |language=en}}</ref> * [[Amy Ruth Tan]], writer, author of [[The Joy Luck Club (novel)|The Joy Luck Club]]. * [[Samuel Chao Chung Ting]], physicist, one of the two winners of Nobel Prize in Physics in 1976 for the work on the discovery of J/Ο meson. * [[Shane Chen]], inventor and entrepreneur based in Camas, WA USA. He is best known for inventing the self-balancing hoverboard. * [[Daniel Chee Tsui]], physicist, one of the winners of Nobel Prize in Physics in 1998 for the work on the discovery of a new form of quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations. * [[Charles B. Wang]], businessman, a co-founder and CEO of Computer Associates International, Inc. (later renamed to CA Technologies). * [[Chien-Shiung Wu]], physicist who was called by scientists, "The First Lady of Physics" for her experimental discovery of parity violation in weak interaction proposed by Chen-Ning Yang and Tsung-Dao Lee, both of whom won Nobel Prize. She also made the crucial study that showed the problem with Xenon in nuclear reactors for the [[Manhattan Project]]. Her work was not publicly recognized except by top scientists until 1978 when she was given the Wolf Prize. * [[Michelle Wu]], first Asian-American mayor of Boston, born in the U.S.. * [[Andrew Yang]], entrepreneur, politician, lawyer, and [[2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries|2020 Democratic presidential candidate]]. * [[Jerry Yang]] β co-founder of [[Yahoo!]], billionaire * [[Shing-Tung Yau]], mathematician, who won the Fields Medal in 1982 before becoming an American citizen in 1990. * [[Eric Yuan]], billionaire businessman and founder of [[Zoom Video Communications]]. {{gallery |File:Shiing-Shen Chern.jpg|[[Shiing-Shen Chern]], Wolf Prize winner, considered one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century |File:Steven Chu alternate portrait.jpg|[[Steven Chu]], Nobel prize winner in physics, 1997 and former [[United States Secretary of Energy]] |File:Ttao2006.jpg|[[Terence Tao]], child prodigy, won [[Fields medal]], 2006 |File:Ching W Tang.jpg|[[Ching W. Tang]], inventor of the [[organic light-emitting diode]] (OLED) and the hetero-junction organic photovoltaic cell (OPV); winner of the 2011 [[Wolf Prize in Chemistry]] |File:Roger Tsien-press conference Dec 07th, 2008-2.jpg|[[Roger Y. Tsien]], Nobel prize winner in chemistry, 2009 |File:Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997) in 1963 - Restoration.jpg|[[Chien-Shiung Wu]], pioneer of [[particle physics]] and paved the way for the [[Standard Model]] |File:Bruce Lee as Kato 1967.jpg|[[Bruce Lee]], famed actor, director and martial artist |File:I.M. Pei.JPG|[[I. M. Pei]], architect behind the pyramid of the [[Louvre]], which is its main attraction; also designed the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] museum }}
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