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Asian of the Century was a centurial issue of the 20th century held by American AsianWeek magazine and CNN in 1999 that features and profiles Asian persons who have topped their respective fields. Those people featured are considered as "The person who contributed most to the betterment of Asia in the past 100 years'". [ 1 ]
View history; Tools. Tools. move to ... Pages in category "Lists of Asian people" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... Wikipedia® is a ...
Firsts by Asian-Americans in various fields have historically marked footholds, often leading to more widespread cultural change. The shorthand phrase for them is "breaking the color barrier". [ 4 ] One commonly cited example is that of Wataru Misaka , who became the first person of color, [ 5 ] and the first Asian-American, to be a National ...
Asians have been the recipients of all six award categories: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace, and Economics. The first Asian recipient, Rabindranath Tagore, was awarded the Literature Prize in 1913. In 1930, C. V. Raman became the first Asian recipient of a Nobel Prize in one of the sciences. The most Nobel Prizes ...
Shien Biau Woo became the first Asian American statewide officer in the Northeast, when he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Delaware in 1984. Leana Wen, prominent Asian American and public health leader, currently Commissioner of Health in Baltimore. David Wu, first Taiwanese American U.S. Representative (D-OR) Lily Wu, mayor of Wichita, Kansas
This is a category for Asian people of note in Asian history in the 20th century. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
This is a list of Asian American writers, authors, and poets who have Wikipedia pages. ... and poets who have Wikipedia pages. Their works are considered part of ...
View history; Tools. Tools. move to ... Pages in category "Warriors of Asia" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. ... Wikipedia® is a ...