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Hazel Ying Lee (李月英) – first Chinese American woman to earn a pilot's license; flew for the United States Army Air Forces during World War II as a Woman Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) Kurt Lee – Major, US Marine Corps.; first Asian American Marine Corps officer, Navy Cross recipient [7] [8]
Afong Moy was the first known female Chinese immigrant to the United States. [6] [7] In 1834, Moy was brought from her hometown of Guangzhou to New York City by traders Nathaniel and Frederick Carne, and exhibited as "The Chinese Lady".
On the other hand, most who have Chinese ancestors who came to the Philippines prior to 1898 usually have multiple-syllable Chinese surnames such as Gokongwei, Ongpin, Pempengco, Yuchengco, Teehankee, and Yaptinchay among such others. These were originally full Chinese names which were transliterated in Spanish orthography and adopted as surnames.
Surnames were largely introduced to Thai culture only by the 1913 Surname Act. [19] The law does not allow one to create any surname that is duplicated with any existing surnames. [ 20 ] Under Thai law, only one family can create any given surname: any two people of the same surname must be related, and it is very rare for two people to share ...
Chinese surnames have a history of over 3,000 years. Chinese mythology, however, reaches back further to the legendary figure Fuxi (with the surname Feng), who was said to have established the system of Chinese surnames to distinguish different families and prevent marriage of people with the same family names. [8]
This category page lists notable citizens of the United States of Chinese ethnic or national origin or descent, whether partial or full. The main article for this category is Chinese Americans . See also: List of Chinese Americans
Lists of East Asian surnames include common Chinese, Japanese, and Korean surnames, or family names. List of common Chinese surnames List of common Japanese surnames
China Mary was a pseudo name given to multiple Chinese women who immigrated to the United States in the 19th century. [1] Among the early Chinese immigrants, many Chinese women were uniformly called "China Mary." Because local people didn't want to remember their names, or to Americans, all Chinese women were the same.