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Gary Locke, elected the first Asian American governor in the mainland United States in November 1996 and became Governor of Washington in January 1997. John Liu, became the first Asian American elected to the New York City Council (representing Flushing, Queens) in 2001. Kinjiro Matsudaira, mayor of Edmonston, Maryland, in 1927 and 1943
He is the first Asian-American head coach in any of the four major North American sports leagues. [90] [91] 2010: Rich Cho becomes the first Asian-American general manager of an NBA team, the Portland Trail Blazers. [92] 2019: Jeremy Lin becomes the first Asian-American NBA Champion. [93]
Since 1957, 41 Asian Americans have been elected as U.S. Representatives and 9 as U.S. Senators. Hawaii was the first of four states to send an Asian American to the Senate (1959) and Illinois is the most recent state to elect a senator of similar descent for the first time (2016).
Kurt Lee – Major, US Marine Corps.; first Asian American Marine Corps officer, Navy Cross recipient [7] [8] Coral Wong Pietsch – United States Army Reserve Brigadier General, first female Asian American general officer; Suzanne Vares-Lum (born 1967 - United States Army Major-General, served in Iraq War
The majority of Americans can’t name a single famous Asian American, according to a recent survey. And for the fourth year in a row, the most common answer besides "I can't think of one" was the ...
Youngest Asian American to be nominated for Best Supporting Actress (age 14). 2020 Youn Yuh-jung: Minari: Soon-ja Won First South Korean actor to be nominated and win an Academy Award. 2022 Hong Chau / The Whale: Liz Nominated Vietnamese descent. First time two Asian American actresses nominated in the same year. Stephanie Hsu / Everything ...
More than 1 in 4 Americans are unable to name a famous Asian American, according to a study released Tuesday.
This is a list of Asian American writers, authors, and poets who have Wikipedia pages. Their works are considered part of Asian American literature. A–D.