List of Filipino-Americans
Encyclopedia
This is a list of Filipino American
s who have made significant contributions to the American
culture
, politics
, or society
. It also includes those with notable mentions in the American media.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Filipino American or must have references showing they are Filipino American and are notable.
s who have made significant contributions to the American
culture
, politics
, or society
. It also includes those with notable mentions in the American media.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Filipino American or must have references showing they are Filipino American and are notable.
s who have made significant contributions to the American
culture
, politics
, or society
. It also includes those with notable mentions in the American media.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Filipino American or must have references showing they are Filipino American and are notable.
Filipino American
Filipino Americans are Americans of Filipino ancestry. Filipino Americans, often shortened to "Fil-Ams", or "Pinoy",Filipinos in what is now the United States were first documented in the 16th century, with small settlements beginning in the 18th century...
s who have made significant contributions to the American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
culture
Culture
Culture is a term that has many different inter-related meanings. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions...
, politics
Politics
Politics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the...
, or society
Society
A society, or a human society, is a group of people related to each other through persistent relations, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or virtual territory, subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations...
. It also includes those with notable mentions in the American media.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Filipino American or must have references showing they are Filipino American and are notable.
Dance solo
- Cheryl BurkeCheryl BurkeCheryl Stephanie Burke is a professional dancer. She is best known for being one of the professional dancers on ABC's Dancing with the Stars, where she was the first woman to win the show and the first person to win twice ....
– professional dancer, participant in Dancing with the Stars - Napoleon D'umo – hip hop choreographer on So You Think You Can Dance since season four and supervising choreographer for America's Best Dance CrewAmerica's Best Dance CrewAmerica's Best Dance Crew, often abbreviated as ABDC, is an American competitive dance reality television series that features street dance crews from the United States and around the world. It is produced by American Idol judge Randy Jackson and airs on MTV...
- Cris JuddCris JuddCristan Leenon "Cris" Judd is an American actor and choreographer known for his brief marriage to Jennifer Lopez. He hails from Abilene, Texas.-Early years:...
– choreographer - Charles KlapowCharles KlapowCharles "Chucky" Klapow is an American choreographer and dance instructor who has performed and choreographed for various performers and several television and stage productions. He is also known for his teachings of the mental approach to dance...
– choreographer (High School MusicalHigh School MusicalHigh School Musical is a 2006 American television film, first in the High School Musical film franchise. Upon its release on January 20, 2006, it became the most successful film that Disney Channel Original Movie ever produced, with a television sequel High School Musical 2 released in 2007 and...
, 2, 3, The Ice Tour & The Cheetah Girls 2The Cheetah Girls 2The Cheetah Girls 2 is the 2006 sequel to the Disney Channel Original Movie, The Cheetah Girls. Its premiere received the highest ratings of all Disney Channel Movies at its time, a total of over 8.1 million viewers, beating the premiere ratings of High School Musical , and beating previous highest...
) - Daniel "Cloud" Campos – MadonnaMadonna (entertainer)Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
's back-up dancer and has appeared on her music videos Hung UpHung Up"Hung Up" is a song by American singer-songwriter Madonna. It was written and produced in collaboration with Stuart Price, and released as the first single from her tenth studio album, Confessions on a Dance Floor. Initially used in a number of television advertisements and serials, the song was...
and SorrySorry* "Sorry," an expression of regret or condolence* Sorry! , a board game* Sorry! , the board game remade electronically* Sorry! , a 1980s British sitcom* Sorry , aka Gomen, a 2002 Japanese Film...
Dance group
- JabbaWockeeZJabbaWockeeZJabbawockeez is a Bay-Area-based Urban dance group formed initially by members Kevin " KB" Brewer, Phil "Swagger Boy" Tayag, & Joe "Punkee" Larot under the name "3 Muskee". They were the winners of season 1 of the show America's Best Dance Crew...
ABDC season 1America's Best Dance Crew (Season 1)The first season of America's Best Dance Crew premiered on February 7, 2008. In the first season, it was hosted by Mario Lopez and featured Layla Kayleigh as the backstage correspondent and was judged by rapper Lil Mama, former *NSYNC singer JC Chasez, and hip-hop choreographer Shane Sparks...
Champions- Rynan "Kid Rainen" Paguio
- Chris "Cristyles" Gatdula
- Phil " Swaggerboy/SB" Tayag
- Joe "Emajoenation/Punkee" Larot
- Randy "Wish One" Bernal
- Mark John "Bok" Garcia
- Super Cr3wSuper Cr3wSuper Cr3w is a breakdance crew from Las Vegas, Nevada who won the 2nd season of America's Best Dance Crew.-Early history:Before their popularity on ABDC, Super Cr3w was formed from three different b-boy dance crews and formed a "Super Crew" of their own.-Connection with...
ABDC season 2America's Best Dance Crew (Season 2)The second season of America's Best Dance Crew premiered on June 19, 2008. The live auditions special took place on June 8, 2008. It was hosted by Mario Lopez and featured Layla Kayleigh as the backstage correspondent. The judges included rapper Lil Mama, former *NSYNC singer JC Chasez, and hip-hop...
Champions- Ronnie "Ronnie Boy" Abaldonado
- Angelito “Vex” Casal
- RJ "Rockadile" Puno
- SoReal CruSoReal CruSoReal Cru is a hip-hop dance crew from Houston, Texas who gained fame as the runner-up on the second season of America's Best Dance Crew . Before ABDC, they won first place at the World of Dance competition in Pomona in 2008. After the second season of America's Best Dance Crew was over, they...
ABDC season 2America's Best Dance Crew (Season 2)The second season of America's Best Dance Crew premiered on June 19, 2008. The live auditions special took place on June 8, 2008. It was hosted by Mario Lopez and featured Layla Kayleigh as the backstage correspondent. The judges included rapper Lil Mama, former *NSYNC singer JC Chasez, and hip-hop...
Runner-ups- Ailyn "eye candy" Isidro
- Andrew "Goodfoot" Baterina
- Brian Puspos
- Brian Fucanan
- Jackie Lautchang
- Mark Fucanan
- SupremeSoul ABDC season 2America's Best Dance Crew (Season 2)The second season of America's Best Dance Crew premiered on June 19, 2008. The live auditions special took place on June 8, 2008. It was hosted by Mario Lopez and featured Layla Kayleigh as the backstage correspondent. The judges included rapper Lil Mama, former *NSYNC singer JC Chasez, and hip-hop...
Participants- Raul "Kool Raul" Navalta
- Jonathon "Bionic" Bayani
- Quest CrewQuest CrewQuest Crew is an American hip-hop dance crew from Los Angeles, California who were declared winners of the third season of America's Best Dance Crew...
ABDC season 3America's Best Dance Crew (Season 3)The third season of America's Best Dance Crew premiered on January 15, 2009. It was hosted by Mario Lopez and featured Layla Kayleigh as the backstage correspondent. The judges included rapper Lil Mama, former *NSYNC singer JC Chasez, and hip-hop choreographer Shane Sparks...
Champions- Dominic "D-Trix" Sandoval
- Ryan "Ryanimay" Conferido
- Brian Hirano
- Aris Paracuelles
- PoreoticsPoreoticsPoreotics, also known as Poreotix, is an American all-male dance crew from Westminster, California. The crew was formed in 2007 by "Dumbo" Nguyen and specializes in popping, choreography and robotics, hence the name Po-reo-tics...
ABDC season 5 Champions- Lawrence "Law" Brava Devera
- Andrew "Chad" Fausto Mayate
- Justin "Jet Li" Victor Valles
Education
- Aurelio Agcaoili, Ph.D. – Associate Professor of IlokanoIlokano languageIlokano or Ilocano is the third most-spoken language of the Republic of the Philippines....
at the University of HawaiiUniversity of HawaiiThe University of Hawaii System, formally the University of Hawaii and popularly known as UH, is a public, co-educational college and university system that confers associate, bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees through three university campuses, seven community college campuses, an employment...
at Manoa - Catherine Ceniza Choy, Ph.D. – Associate Professor in Asian American Studies in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of California at Berkeley.
- Jose B. Cruz, Jr.Jose B. Cruz, Jr.Jose B. Cruz, Jr. is a noted control theorist and a Distinguished Professor of Engineering in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ohio State University. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the recipient of Richard E...
, PhD – Distinguished Professor of Engineering at the Ohio State University - Ruth Elynia S. MabangloRuth Elynia S. MabangloRuth Elynia S. Mabanglo is a professor at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She is the coordinator for the Department of Hawaiian and Indo-Pacific languages and literatures as well as the Filipino and Philippine Literature Program...
, PhD – Professor of Philippine Literature at the University of HawaiiUniversity of HawaiiThe University of Hawaii System, formally the University of Hawaii and popularly known as UH, is a public, co-educational college and university system that confers associate, bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees through three university campuses, seven community college campuses, an employment...
at Manoa; received Presidential Citation for Meritorious Teaching in 1996 - Kevin NadalKevin NadalKevin Nadal, Ph.D. is an author, comedian, and professor. He has been a guest on O'Reilly Factor on Fox News and a commentator on The History Channel. He has been featured several times on The Filipino Channel and in Filipinas Magazine. He is the author of the book, Filipino American Psychology: A...
, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor of Psychology at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice; author of Filipino American Psychology: A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice; has delivered lectures at over 100 colleges and universities in the United States - Baldomero OliveraBaldomero OliveraBaldomero Olivera is a Filipino American chemist known for discovery of many cone snail toxins important for neuroscience. These molecules, called conotoxins led to a breakthrough in the study of ion channels and neuro-muscular synapses....
, Ph.D. – Distinguished Professor of Biology at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah; first Fil-Am member of the United States National Academy of SciencesUnited States National Academy of SciencesThe National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine." As a national academy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and...
; 2007 Harvard University Scientist of the Year awardee. - Rhacel ParrenasRhacel ParrenasRhacel Salazar Parrenas is Professor of Sociology at USC. Prior to working at USC, she taught at Brown University, the University of California, Davis and the University of Wisconsin–Madison.-Career:...
, Ph.D. – Professor of American Studies and Sociology at Brown UniversityBrown UniversityBrown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
. World-renowned academic, has delivered lectures at over 100 colleges and universities in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. - E. San Juan, Jr.E. San Juan, Jr.Epifanio San Juan, Jr., also known as E. San Juan, Jr. , is a known Filipino American literary academic, mentor, cultural reviewer, civic intellectual, activist, writer, essayist, video/film maker, editor, and poet whose works related to the Filipino Diaspora in English and Filipino languages have...
, Ph.D. from Harvard – writer; Professor of American Studies - Felipe Tolentino, MD – Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical SchoolHarvard Medical SchoolHarvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....
; inventor
Graphic arts
- Alfredo AlcalaAlfredo AlcalaAlfredo P. Alcala was a Filipino comic book artist, born in Talisay, Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Alcala was an established illustrator whose works appeared in the Alcala Komix Magazine. His 1963 creation Voltar introduced him to an international audience, particularly in the United...
– FilipinoFilipino peopleThe Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....
comic book artistComic Book ArtistComic Book Artist was an American magazine founded by Jon B. Cooke devoted to anecdotal histories of American comic books, with emphasis on comics published since the 1960s...
. - Lynda BarryLynda BarryLynda Barry is an American cartoonist and author. One of the most successful non-mainstream American cartoonists, Barry is perhaps best known for her weekly comic strip Ernie Pook's Comeek. Barry's cartoons often view family life from the perspective of pre-teen girls from the wrong side of the...
– Filipino mestizo comic strip cartoonist and novelist; created prototype for TV hit series The SimpsonsThe SimpsonsThe Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie... - Ernie ChanErnie ChanErnesto "Ernie" Chan is a Filipino-born American comic book artist.-Biography:Chan migrated to the United States in 1970, and became a citizen in 1976. For a number of years, he was obliged to work under the name "Ernie Chua" as that name had been wrongfully entered on his U.S...
– comic book artist/inker for Marvel ComicsMarvel ComicsMarvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
and DC ComicsDC ComicsDC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
. - Don FigueroaDon FigueroaDon Allan Figueroa is a Filipino American comic book artist and toy designer. He is best known for his work on many different Transformers designs, for both the defunct Dreamwave Productions and with IDW Publishing.-Dreamwave Productions:...
- comic book artistComic Book ArtistComic Book Artist was an American magazine founded by Jon B. Cooke devoted to anecdotal histories of American comic books, with emphasis on comics published since the 1960s...
for IDW PublishingIDW PublishingIDW Publishing, also known as Idea + Design Works, LLC and IDW, is an American publisher of comic books and comic strip collections. The company was founded in 1999 and has been awarded the title "Publisher of the Year Under 5% Market Share" for the years 2004, 2005 and 2006 by Diamond Comic...
and Dreamwave Entertainment, working on various Transformers titles. - Rafael KayananRafael KayananRafael Kayanan is a Filipino-born naturalised American comic book artist and Filipino Martial Arts master in the Sayoc Kali system.-Biography:...
– comic book artist and master level instructor in Sayoc KaliSayoc KaliSayoc Kali is an edged weapon based style of Filipino Martial Arts, founded and created by Christopher Sayoc, Sr. The motto of the style is, "All Blade, All the Time".The Sayoc family lineage links back to General Licerio Topacio, of Cavite...
. - Nick ManabatNick ManabatNick Manabat was a Filipino American comic book artist who co-created Cybernary with writer Steve Gerber in 1992 for Wildstorm Productions...
– creator of CybernaryCybernaryCybernary is a comic book series created by comic book artist Nick Manabat with writer Steve Gerber and published by Wildstorm Productions in 1995...
, comic book artist for Wildstorm Productions - Kenn NavarroKenn NavarroKenn Navarro is a Filipino American animator known for creating the popular internet cartoon Happy Tree Friends. He did a one-time role as a green derby-hated man from the Dick Figures episode "Kitty Amazing".-Happy Tree Friends:...
– animator of cartoon Happy Tree FriendsHappy Tree FriendsHappy Tree Friends is an American Flash cartoon and made by Mondo Mini Shows, created and developed by Aubrey Ankrum Rhode Montijo Kenn Navarro and Warren Graff. The show has become a popular Internet phenomenon and it's since debut and has also won a cult following.As indicated on the official... - Whilce PortacioWhilce PortacioWilliam "Whilce" Portacio is a Filipino-American comic book writer and artist. Noted for his work on such titles as The Punisher, X-Factor, and the Uncanny X-Men. Portacio was also one of the seven co-founders of Image Comics, though he did not become a partner in the company.-Early life:Portacio...
– created BishopBishop (comics)Bishop is a fictional comic book superhero, appearing in books published by Marvel Comics, in particular the X-Men family of books...
of the X-MenX-MenThe X-Men are a superhero team in the . They were created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, and first appeared in The X-Men #1...
, co-founder of Image ComicsImage ComicsImage Comics is a United States comic book publisher. It was founded in 1992 by high-profile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their material without giving up the copyrights to the characters they created, as creator-owned properties. It was immediately successful, and remains...
. - Romeo TanghalRomeo TanghalRomeo Tanghal is a Filipino comic book artist who has worked primarily as an inker. He became well known in the industry in the 1980s for his work on DC Comics' The New Teen Titans.-Career:...
– comic book artist. - Tony De Zuniga – co-creator of Jonah HexJonah HexJonah Woodson Hex is a Western comic book antihero created by writer John Albano and artist Tony DeZuniga and published by DC Comics. Hex is a surly and cynical bounty hunter whose face is horribly scarred on the right side. Despite his poor reputation and personality, Hex is bound by a personal...
- Van PartibleVan PartibleVan Partible is an American animator of Filipino descent, writer, and producer best known for creating the animated television series Johnny Bravo.Partible currently resides in Salinas, California....
– creator of Johnny BravoJohnny BravoJohnny Bravo is an American animated television series created by Van Partible for Cartoon Network. The series stars a muscular beefcake young man named Johnny Bravo who dons a pompadour hairstyle and an Elvis Presley-like voice and has a forward, woman-chasing personality...
Visual Art
- Alfonso Ossorio
- Paul PfeifferPaul PfeifferPaul Pfeiffer is an American video artist whose work incorporates the use of found footage. He studied at the San Francisco Art Institute and Hunter College, New York , and has lived and worked in New York since 1990...
– was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1966, but spent most of his childhood in the Philippines. Pfeiffer relocated to New York in 1990, where he attended Hunter College and the Whitney Independent Study Program. Pfeiffer is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, most notably becoming the inaugural recipient of The Bucksbaum Award given by the Whitney Museum of American Art (2000). - Leo ValledorLeo ValledorLeo Valledor was a Filipino-American painter who pioneered the Hard-edge painting style. During the 1960s he was a member of the Park Place Gallery in Soho, New York, which exhibited many influential and significant artists of the period. He exhibited in several prominent galleries and museums,...
(1936–1989) – Painter who pioneered the Hard-edge painting style.
History
- Dorothy Cordova – Activist, professor, Co-founder of the Filipino American National Historical Society.
- Fred Cordova – Author of "Filipinos: Forgotten Asian Americans"; co-founder of the Filipino American National Historical Society.
- Alex S. Fabros, Jr. – Historian, professor, retired U.S. Army officer; Documentaries: “Filipino Americans: Discovering their Past for the Future”, "Unsung Heroes"; historian, "Filipinas Magazine"; and winner of New American Media's "Ethnic Pulitzer Prize".
Journalism
- Byron Acohido – 1997 Pulitzer Prize awardee; prose novelist; half-Pinoy and half-Korean
- Dani Dumuk Aguila – University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts alumnus from Bauang, La Union who became the first non-white member of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) to receive the coveted "Ink Bottle Pin Award" in June 1992
- Natasha BrownNatasha BrownNatasha Brown is an anchor & reporter at KYW in Philadelphia. She reports for CBS 3 Eyewitness News on weeknights and anchors Eyewitness News at 6 and 11 P.M on Saturdays...
- News Anchor for KYWKYW-TVKYW-TV, virtual channel 3, is an owned and operated television station of the CBS Television Network, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. KYW-TV shares a studio facility with its sister station, CW flagship WPSG just north of Center City Philadelphia...
in Philadelphia - Isabel PreyslerIsabel PreyslerMaría Isabel Preysler Arrastía, better known as Isabel Preysler, is a Filipina journalist, socialite, and television host.-Early years:Preysler was born in Manila, Philippines, the third of six children to a wealthy family...
– journalist, television host, socialite and mother of Enrique Inglesias - Cher CalvinCher Calvin- Biography :Calvin is the daughter of former actor Roger Calvin. She started with KTLA in January, 2005. She was a former news anchor of Studio 23's "News Central" and one of the hosts of the fashion magazine show "F" on ABS-CBN.Calvin came to KTLA from KVVU-TV Fox 5 in Las Vegas, Nevada, where...
- News anchor for KTLAKTLAKTLA, virtual channel 5, is a television station in Los Angeles, California, USA. Owned by the Tribune Company, KTLA is an affiliate of the CW Television Network. KTLA's studios are on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, and its transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson...
Chanel 5 Los Angeles - Howard G. Chua-EoanHoward G. Chua-EoanHoward G. Chua-Eoan was News Director for Time magazine in Europe. Born in Manila, The Philippines, Chua-Eoan migrated to the U.S. in October 1979 at the age of 20. He received a B.A. in English from Columbia University School of General Studies, receiving the John Angus Burrell Memorial Award as...
– News Director for Time magazine - Delfin F. Cruz – Publisher, Philippines Mail, 1931-1995
- Veronica De La CruzVeronica De La CruzVeronica De La Cruz is a Filipino American television anchor formerly with CNN. In July 2010, she appeared as a late night anchor on MSNBC. At the current time, she appears on both NBC and MSNBC, primarily anchoring NBC's Early Today show and MSNBC's First Look...
– CNNCNNCable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
News anchor - George EstradaGeorge EstradaGeorge Estrada, Jr. was born in Manila and came to America at the age of 3 with his mother, Milagros Estrada. He grew up in Oakland, California. He earned a BA from the University of California, Berkeley, and was a reporter and columnist with the Oakland Tribune from 1976 to 1992, and a...
– Humboldt State UniversityHumboldt State UniversityHumboldt State University is the northernmost campus of the California State University system, located in Arcata within Humboldt County, California, USA. The main campus, nestled at the edge of a coast redwood forest, is situated on Preston hill overlooking Arcata and with commanding views of...
professor of journalism; author of "I Have Tasted the Sweet Mangoes of Cebu"; former reporter with Oakland Tribune and Associated PressAssociated PressThe Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
; columnist with the Philippine Times of Las Vegas. - Kristine JohnsonKristine JohnsonKristine Johnson is a Filipino American co-anchor at WCBS-TV in New York City, New York, on the 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts with Maurice DuBois....
– anchor for WCBS-TV New York - Claire LekaClaire LekaClaire Leka is a television presenter and journalist, specializing in business & finance. For a long part of her career, she worked for CNN as a correspondent and as a freelance reporter for CBS. She is a prominent Filipina, and was born in Washington, DC...
– former CNNCNNCable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
Business reporter (Filipino mestizo) - Michelle MalkinMichelle MalkinMichelle Malkin is an American conservative blogger, political commentator, and author. Her weekly syndicated column appears in a number of newspapers and websites. She is a Fox News Channel contributor and has been a guest on MSNBC, C-SPAN, and national radio programs...
– guest/commentator on FOX News and author - Jean MartirezJean MartirezJean Martirez is a Filipino-American newscaster who co-anchors the KTTV FOX 11 Morning News, FOX 11 News at 10 A.M. and FOX 11 News at Noon along with Tony McEwing.- Personal:...
– News anchor for KTTV Fox 11 in Los Angeles - Cheryl Diaz Meyer – 2004 Pulitzer Prize Winner
- Libertito PelayoLibertito PelayoLibertito Pelayo is the founding publisher and editor-in-chief of the Filipino Reporter newspaper in New York City. Pelayo was educated at Far Eastern University in Manila, Philippines. An active journalist, Pelayo was formerly a reporter for The Manila Times and was also a correspondent in South...
– publisher and editor-in-chief of the Filipino Reporter newspaper. - Maria QuibanMaria QuibanMaria Quiban is a weather anchor for KTTV-TV in Los Angeles, California. She studied journalism at the University of Hawaii.Prior to being an anchor in Los Angeles, she was the weather anchor for NBC Hawaii News 8...
– Weather meteorologist & news anchor for KTTV/KCOP-TV in Los Angeles - Victoria RecañoVictoria RecañoVictoria Recaño is an American television personality currently working for TV Guide Network. Her last assignment was co-anchoring the 6 pm and 10 pm news on Los Angeles television station KTLA. She did that work from September 14, 2009 until late May 2010, when she left the show without any...
– correspondent, correspondent on such programs as The Insider and Inside Edition. - Frances RiveraFrances RiveraFrances Rivera is a Filipino-American journalist and television news anchor. For ten years, until August 2011, she had been a television reporter and anchor for Boston's NBC affiliate WHDH. As of August 2011, she is a Morning News anchor for WPIX in New York City.- Early life and career :Rivera...
– journalist and television news anchor for Boston's NBC affiliate WHDH. - Ryan Songalia – journalist with New York Daily News and Filipino Reporter and first Filipino member of the Boxing Writers Association of AmericaBoxing Writers Association of AmericaThe Boxing Writers Association of America was originally formed in 1926 as the Boxing Writers Association of Greater New York. The association's purpose is to promote better working conditions for boxing writers, as well as hold its writers to the highest professional and ethical standards...
- Corky TrinidadCorky TrinidadFrancisco Flores Trinidad, Jr. , better known by his pen name "Corky", was a Philippine American editorial cartoonist and comics artist. Born in Manila, he was known for his editorial cartoons for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin since 1969, and especially for his Vietnam War comic strip Nguyen...
– He was the Honolulu Star Bulletin Editorial cartoonistEditorial cartoonistAn editorial cartoonist, also known as a political cartoonist, is an artist who draws editorial cartoons that contain some level of political or social commentary....
from 1939 until death in 2009 - Jose Antonio VargasJose Antonio VargasJose Antonio Vargas is a Filipino journalist living and working in the United States. He is known for his coverage of HIV, the Virginia Tech shootings, and the influence that politics and the Internet have on each other. In 2008, Vargas was part of the team which won the Pulitzer Prize for...
– 2007 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Journalism for his work with the Washington Post. - Mona Lisa YuchengcoMona Lisa YuchengcoMona Lisa Yuchengco is a Filipino-American community activist and publisher. She is the founder of the Filipinas Magazine, a magazine specifically directed toward the Filipino American community...
– founder of Filipinas magazine.
Law
- Simeon R. Acoba, Jr.Simeon R. Acoba, Jr.Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. has been an Associate Justice on the Hawaii State Supreme Court since 2000. Acoba is currently serving his first ten-year term, which expires in 2010....
, JD – 2000-2010 Associate JusticeAssociate JusticeAssociate Justice or Associate Judge is the title for a member of a judicial panel who is not the Chief Justice in some jurisdictions. The title "Associate Justice" is used for members of the United States Supreme Court and some state supreme courts, and for some other courts in Commonwealth...
on the Hawaii State Supreme CourtHawaii State Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court of Hawaii is the highest court of the State of Hawaii in the United States. Its decisions are binding on all other courts of the Hawaii State Judiciary. The principal purpose of the Supreme Court is to review the decisions of the trial courts in which appeals have been granted... - Kiwi CamaraKiwi CamaraKiwi Alejandro Danao Camara , also known as K.A.D. Camara, is a Filipino American attorney. In 2001, he became the youngest person to matriculate at Harvard Law School, from which he graduated magna cum laude in 2004. He was also involved in a racial controversy at the school that attracted...
– Filipino American attorney, who in 2001, became the youngest person to enter Harvard Law School; graduated magna cum laude in 2004; earlier graduated with a computer science degree Summa Cum Laude from Hawaii Pacific University in Honolulu - Tani Cantil-SakauyeTani Cantil-SakauyeTani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye , a Filipina-American jurist, is the 28th Chief Justice of California. Nominated by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for California's highest judicial office on July 22, 2010, and retained in office by California voters on November 2, 2010, she was sworn in on January 3, 2011...
– Filipino-American Chief Justice of California
Literature
- Peter BachoPeter BachoPeter Bacho is a writer and teacher best known for his book Cebu which won the American Book Award. The book is considered literary significant among Filipino American literature because of its explorations in themes such as neocolonialism and Filipino-American identity.Bacho also won the...
– author of the American Book AwardAmerican Book AwardThe American Book Award was established in 1978 by the Before Columbus Foundation. It seeks to recognize outstanding literary achievement by contemporary American authors, without restriction to race, sex, ethnic background, or genre...
winning novel CebuCebu (novel)Cebu is a 1991 novel by Filipino American author Peter Bacho the "most visible figure" of second-generation, native-born Filipino American writing and one of several Seattle novelists in the 1990s to explore the racial history and sociology of Seattle... - Evangeline Canonizado Buell – author, 25 Chickens and a Pig for a Bride: Growing Up in a Filipino Immigrant Family
- Carlos BulosanCarlos BulosanAlso known as Julius Zafra , a Filipino, an English-language novelist and poet who spent most of his life in the United States, and is best known for the semi-autobiographical America Is in the Heart.-Life and career:Carlos Bulosan was born to Ilocano parents in...
– author, America Is in the HeartAmerica Is in the HeartAmerica Is in the Heart, sometimes subtitled A Personal History, is a 1946 semi-autobiographical novel written by Filipino American immigrant poet, fiction writer, short story teller, and activist, Carlos Bulosan...
. - Regie CabicoRegie CabicoRegie Cabico is a poet and spoken word artist. He has been featured on two seasons of Def Poetry Jam on HBO .Cabico is a critically acclaimed who has won top prizes in the 1993, 1994 and 1997 at National Poetry Slams. His poetry appears in over 30 anthologies including Aloud: Voices from the...
– notable slam poet and performer. - Dianne de Las CasasDianne de Las CasasDianne de Las Casas is an author and award-winning storyteller who tours internationally. De Las Casas is a Filipina-American, born in the Philippines, on January 15, 1970. As a child, she lived in the Philippines, Hawaii, Spain and traveled across Europe and the United States. Her father was in...
– author and award-winning storyteller - Melissa de la CruzMelissa de la CruzMelissa de la Cruz is an American author, known for her work in young-adult fiction. Her works include the Au Pair series of novels and the Blue Bloods series.-Biography:...
– author of teen lit series The Au Pairs, The Ashleys, and Blue BloodsBlue Bloods (series)Blue Bloods is a series of vampire novels by Melissa de la Cruz. The series is set in Manhattan, New York. There are currently five books in the series: Blue Bloods, Masquerade, Revelations, The Van Alen Legacy, and Misguided Angel. A companion novel, Keys to the Repository, was released on June... - Vince GoteraVince GoteraVince Gotera is an American poet and writer, best known as Editor of the North American Review. In 1996, Nick Carbó called him a "leading Filipino-American poet of this generation"; later, in 2004, Carbó described him as "one of the leading Asian American poets .....
– poet and editor of the North American ReviewNorth American ReviewThe North American Review was the first literary magazine in the United States. Founded in Boston in 1815 by journalist Nathan Hale and others, it was published continuously until 1940, when publication was suspended due to J. H. Smyth, who had purchased the magazine, being unmasked as a Japanese... - Jessica HagedornJessica HagedornJessica Tarahata Hagedorn is a Filipino-American playwright, writer, poet, storyteller, musician, and multimedia performance artist.-Biography:...
– playwright and author, novels include DogeatersDogeatersDogeaters is a novel written by Jessica Hagedorn and published in 1990. Hagedorn also adapted her novel into a play by the same name. Dogeaters, set in the late 1950s in Manila , addresses several social, political and cultural issues present in the Philippines during the 1950s.The title is a...
, The Gangster of LoveThe Gangster of LoveThe Gangster of Love is a novel written by Jessica Hagedorn and published by Houghton Mifflin in 1996.- Plot :"Jimi Hendrix died the year that ship that brought us from Manila docked in San Francisco..." So begins The Gangster of Love, with the arrival of Rocky Rivera, her brother Voltaire and...
, Dream JungleDream JungleDream Jungle is a novel by Jessica Hagedorn, a Filipino American author.The book was published in 2003 by Penguin Viking press.- Description :... - Tess Uriza HoltheTess Uriza HoltheTess Uriza Holtheis a Filipino-American writer, who was born and raised in Bernal Heights, San Francisco and is best known for her National Bestselling novel When the Elephants Dance.-Biography:...
– author of When the Elephants Dance - Ma. Luisa Aguilar IgloriaMa. Luisa Aguilar IgloriaLuisa Aguilar Igloria is a Filipina American poet and author of various award-winning collections.-Education:She received her undergraduate degree from the University of the Philippines, Baguio in 1980 , and the M.A...
– award-winning poet - R. Zamora LinmarkR. Zamora LinmarkR. Zamora Linmark, born in Manila, is a Filipino American poet, novelist, and playwright. He is educated in Honolulu, and,he has lived in Madrid and Tokyo...
– Author of Rolling the R's - Aimee NezhukumatathilAimee NezhukumatathilAimee Nezhukumatathil is an Asian American poet, best known for her jovial and accessible reading style and lush descriptions of exotic foods and landscapes...
– award-winning poet and professor - Barbara Jane ReyesBarbara Jane ReyesBarbara Jane Reyes is an American poet whose work "explores the translatable and untranslatable collisions of writing self and culture."She was born in Manila, Philippines and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She received her B.A. in Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley...
– poet - Al RoblesAl RoblesAlfred A. Robles was a Filipino American poet and community activist in San Francisco. Born in 1930, he was the second eldest in a family of ten brothers and sisters, and grew up in the Fillmore district of San Francisco...
– Activist and Poet, author of Rappin' With Ten Thousand Carabaos in the Dark - Randy RomeroRandy RomeroRandy Paul Romero is a Hall of Fame jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing, Born into a family involved with horses, his father Lloyd J...
– Writer - Eileen TabiosEileen TabiosEileen Tabios is an award-winning Filipino-American poet, fiction writer, conceptual/visual artist, editor, anthologist, critic, and publisher....
– poet. - Alex TizonAlex TizonTomas Alex Tizon is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a former national correspondent for the Los Angeles Times and long-time staff writer for The Seattle Times. He has contributed to Newsweek and 60 Minutes, and he has lectured at Harvard University, the University of California, Berkeley and...
– Pulitzer Prize Winner. - Reno UrsalReno UrsalReno Ursal worked for Classified Records from 1997-2000. He collaborated with Filipino American recording artists Jocelyn Enriquez, Pinay, Drop n Harmony, Julie Plug, Kai, 6th Day, Michelle Alvendia. He wrote the dance pop hit "REMINISCE" for female singer Malyssa...
– author of contemporary love story The Three Promises - Jose Garcia VillaJosé García VillaJose Garcia Villa was a Filipino poet, literary critic, short story writer, and painter. He was awarded the National Artist of the Philippines title for literature in 1973, as well as the Guggenheim Fellowship in creative writing by Conrad Aiken...
– poet, writer, generationalist; pre-Beat Generation influence.
Theater
- Jose LlanaJose LlanaJose Llana is a Filipino-American singer and actor known for his high tenor voice.-Biography:Born May 5, 1976, Llana, a native of Manila, Philippines, grew up in Springfield, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C...
– broadway actor, Drama Desk AwardDrama Desk AwardThe Drama Desk Awards, which are given annually in a number of categories, are the only major New York theater honors for which productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway compete against each other in the same category...
Winner.
- Deedee MagnoDeedee MagnoDeedee Lynn Magno Hall is an American actress and singer, formerly a member of the pop group The Party. She also lent her voice to the Disney show The All New Mickey Mouse Club. She also appears as Jasmine on the Aladdin a Musical Spectacular Soundtrack...
– cast member, national touring and San Francisco cast of WickedWicked (musical)Wicked is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. It is based on the Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West , a parallel novel of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and L. Frank Baum's classic story The Wonderful Wizard...
; former mouseketeer
- 'Ralph PeñaRalph PeñaRalph Peña is a founding member and the current artistic director of Ma-Yi Theater Company, an Obie Award and Drama Desk winning Asian American theatre group based in New York City...
is a founding member and the current artistic director of Ma-Yi Theater CompanyMa-Yi Theater CompanyMa-Yi Theater Company is a professional, not-for-profit, Obie Award and Drama Desk Award winning theater company based in New York City that was founded in 1989. Ma-Yi Theater is headed by Executive Director Jorge Ortoll and Artistic Director Ralph Peña...
, an Obie AwardObie AwardThe Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards given by The Village Voice newspaper to theatre artists and groups in New York City...
winning Asian American theatreAsian American theatreAsian American theater is theater written, directed or acted by Asian Americans.- Background :Asian American theater emerged in the 1960s and the 1970s with the foundation of four theatre companies: East West Players in Los Angeles, Asian American Theatre Workshop in San Francisco, Theatrical...
group based in New York City. As a playwright, his works include Flipzoids
Business
- Diosdado Banatao – Silicon ValleySilicon ValleySilicon Valley is a term which refers to the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California in the United States. The region is home to many of the world's largest technology corporations...
engineer and businessman - Caterina FakeCaterina FakeCaterina Fake is an American businesswoman and internet entrepreneur.Fake was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall, attended Smith College, and graduated from Vassar College in 1991....
- half-filipino co-founder of FlickrFlickrFlickr is an image hosting and video hosting website, web services suite, and online community that was created by Ludicorp in 2004 and acquired by Yahoo! in 2005. In addition to being a popular website for users to share and embed personal photographs, the service is widely used by bloggers to...
and HunchHunch (website)Hunch is a website, designed as a collective intelligence decision-making system that uses decision trees to make decisions based on users' interest. Hunch is building the 'taste graph' for the internet, mapping every person to every entity — and their affinity for that entity. The system asks...
. - Eddie Flores Jr. - president of L&L Hawaiian BarbecueL&L Hawaiian BarbecueL&L Hawaiian Barbecue, or simply L&L and known as L&L Drive-Inn in Hawaii, is a theme franchise restaurant chain based in Honolulu, Hawaii centered on the Hawaiian plate lunch .- History :...
, the USA's largest Asian food chain - Pearlasia GamboaPearlasia GamboaPearlasia Gamboa is a Filipino American business woman involved in controversial international banking, investment, and financial development transactions, including bank fraud, securities fraud, and passport fraud, from 1990 through 2010...
- Greengold Ray, investment and banking fraud, former president of micronation of MelchizedekMelchizedekMelchizedek or Malki Tzedek translated as "my king righteous") is a king and priest mentioned during the Abram narrative in the 14th chapter of the Book of Genesis.... - Sheila Lirio Marcelo, J.D. - founder and CEO of Care.com
- Josie NatoriJosie NatoriJosie Natori is a Filipina fashion designer and the CEO and founder of The Natori Company. Natori served as a commissioner on the White House Conference on Small Business. In March 2007 she was awarded the Order of Lakandula, one of the highest civilian awards in the Philippines...
– founder, The Natori CompanyThe Natori Companyis a women's fashion designer and manufacturer based in New York. The company sells lingerie, sleepwear, loungewear, ready-to-wear, underwear and other high-end women's fashion to upscale department stores in the US, and to at least 15 countries internationally... - Loida Nicolas-LewisLoida Nicolas-LewisLoida Nicolas Lewis is a Filipino-born, New York-based industrialist, philanthropist, civic leader, motivational speaker, author, and lawyer.- Business interests :...
– chairman and CEO of TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc. - Peter Valdes – Co-founder, Tivoli Systems Inc. (an IBM Company).
- Fritz Friedman - Senior Vice President, Worldwide Publicity Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Sony Pictures) and former State Commissioner for Asian American under former California governor Arnold SchwarzeneggerArnold SchwarzeneggerArnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American former professional bodybuilder, actor, businessman, investor, and politician. Schwarzenegger served as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until 2011....
.
Culinary arts
- Cristeta ComerfordCristeta ComerfordCristeta Pasia Comerford is a Filipino American has been the White House Executive Chef since 2005. She is the first woman to be selected for the post, and also the first of Filipino descent.-Early life:...
– first woman executive chefChefA chef is a person who cooks professionally for other people. Although over time the term has come to describe any person who cooks for a living, traditionally it refers to a highly skilled professional who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation.-Etymology:The word "chef" is borrowed ...
at the White HouseWhite HouseThe White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...
. She worked as an assistant chef for 10 years. After a ten-month search, she was appointed by First Lady Laura BushLaura BushLaura Lane Welch Bush is the wife of the 43rd President of the United States, George W. Bush. She was the First Lady of the United States from January 20, 2001, to January 20, 2009. She has held a love of books and reading since childhood and her life and education have reflected that interest...
on August 14, 2005.
Engineering and technology
- Geronimo Tanap, Ph.D. – Filipino physicist working at the NASANASAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
Goddard Space Flight CenterGoddard Space Flight CenterThe Goddard Space Flight Center is a major NASA space research laboratory established on May 1, 1959 as NASA's first space flight center. GSFC employs approximately 10,000 civil servants and contractors, and is located approximately northeast of Washington, D.C. in Greenbelt, Maryland, USA. GSFC,...
studying global warming in the Arctic; the first person to discover a recurring polynyaPolynyaA polynya or polynia is an area of open water surrounded by sea ice. It is now used as geographical term for an area of unfrozen sea within the ice pack. It is a loanword from , , which means a natural ice hole, and was adopted in the 19th century by polar explorers to describe navigable...
in the Cosmonaut Sea, south of the Indian OceanIndian OceanThe Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
. - Josefino Comiso, Ph.D. – physics expert at NASANASAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
- Angelita Albano Castro Kelly – first Fil-Am to become a space mission engineer at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Marc Loinaz, Ph.D. – Stanford UniversityStanford UniversityThe Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
alumnus and inventor who holds six U.S. patents for his inventions; recipient of 1998 Best Paper Award from the IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits.
Fashion
This is a list of Filipino AmericanFilipino American
Filipino Americans are Americans of Filipino ancestry. Filipino Americans, often shortened to "Fil-Ams", or "Pinoy",Filipinos in what is now the United States were first documented in the 16th century, with small settlements beginning in the 18th century...
s who have made significant contributions to the American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
culture
Culture
Culture is a term that has many different inter-related meanings. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions...
, politics
Politics
Politics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the...
, or society
Society
A society, or a human society, is a group of people related to each other through persistent relations, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or virtual territory, subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations...
. It also includes those with notable mentions in the American media.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Filipino American or must have references showing they are Filipino American and are notable.
Dance solo
- Cheryl BurkeCheryl BurkeCheryl Stephanie Burke is a professional dancer. She is best known for being one of the professional dancers on ABC's Dancing with the Stars, where she was the first woman to win the show and the first person to win twice ....
– professional dancer, participant in Dancing with the Stars - Napoleon D'umo – hip hop choreographer on So You Think You Can Dance since season four and supervising choreographer for America's Best Dance CrewAmerica's Best Dance CrewAmerica's Best Dance Crew, often abbreviated as ABDC, is an American competitive dance reality television series that features street dance crews from the United States and around the world. It is produced by American Idol judge Randy Jackson and airs on MTV...
- Cris JuddCris JuddCristan Leenon "Cris" Judd is an American actor and choreographer known for his brief marriage to Jennifer Lopez. He hails from Abilene, Texas.-Early years:...
– choreographer - Charles KlapowCharles KlapowCharles "Chucky" Klapow is an American choreographer and dance instructor who has performed and choreographed for various performers and several television and stage productions. He is also known for his teachings of the mental approach to dance...
– choreographer (High School MusicalHigh School MusicalHigh School Musical is a 2006 American television film, first in the High School Musical film franchise. Upon its release on January 20, 2006, it became the most successful film that Disney Channel Original Movie ever produced, with a television sequel High School Musical 2 released in 2007 and...
, 2, 3, The Ice Tour & The Cheetah Girls 2The Cheetah Girls 2The Cheetah Girls 2 is the 2006 sequel to the Disney Channel Original Movie, The Cheetah Girls. Its premiere received the highest ratings of all Disney Channel Movies at its time, a total of over 8.1 million viewers, beating the premiere ratings of High School Musical , and beating previous highest...
) - Daniel "Cloud" Campos – MadonnaMadonna (entertainer)Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
's back-up dancer and has appeared on her music videos Hung UpHung Up"Hung Up" is a song by American singer-songwriter Madonna. It was written and produced in collaboration with Stuart Price, and released as the first single from her tenth studio album, Confessions on a Dance Floor. Initially used in a number of television advertisements and serials, the song was...
and SorrySorry* "Sorry," an expression of regret or condolence* Sorry! , a board game* Sorry! , the board game remade electronically* Sorry! , a 1980s British sitcom* Sorry , aka Gomen, a 2002 Japanese Film...
Dance group
- JabbaWockeeZJabbaWockeeZJabbawockeez is a Bay-Area-based Urban dance group formed initially by members Kevin " KB" Brewer, Phil "Swagger Boy" Tayag, & Joe "Punkee" Larot under the name "3 Muskee". They were the winners of season 1 of the show America's Best Dance Crew...
ABDC season 1America's Best Dance Crew (Season 1)The first season of America's Best Dance Crew premiered on February 7, 2008. In the first season, it was hosted by Mario Lopez and featured Layla Kayleigh as the backstage correspondent and was judged by rapper Lil Mama, former *NSYNC singer JC Chasez, and hip-hop choreographer Shane Sparks...
Champions- Rynan "Kid Rainen" Paguio
- Chris "Cristyles" Gatdula
- Phil " Swaggerboy/SB" Tayag
- Joe "Emajoenation/Punkee" Larot
- Randy "Wish One" Bernal
- Mark John "Bok" Garcia
- Super Cr3wSuper Cr3wSuper Cr3w is a breakdance crew from Las Vegas, Nevada who won the 2nd season of America's Best Dance Crew.-Early history:Before their popularity on ABDC, Super Cr3w was formed from three different b-boy dance crews and formed a "Super Crew" of their own.-Connection with...
ABDC season 2America's Best Dance Crew (Season 2)The second season of America's Best Dance Crew premiered on June 19, 2008. The live auditions special took place on June 8, 2008. It was hosted by Mario Lopez and featured Layla Kayleigh as the backstage correspondent. The judges included rapper Lil Mama, former *NSYNC singer JC Chasez, and hip-hop...
Champions- Ronnie "Ronnie Boy" Abaldonado
- Angelito “Vex” Casal
- RJ "Rockadile" Puno
- SoReal CruSoReal CruSoReal Cru is a hip-hop dance crew from Houston, Texas who gained fame as the runner-up on the second season of America's Best Dance Crew . Before ABDC, they won first place at the World of Dance competition in Pomona in 2008. After the second season of America's Best Dance Crew was over, they...
ABDC season 2America's Best Dance Crew (Season 2)The second season of America's Best Dance Crew premiered on June 19, 2008. The live auditions special took place on June 8, 2008. It was hosted by Mario Lopez and featured Layla Kayleigh as the backstage correspondent. The judges included rapper Lil Mama, former *NSYNC singer JC Chasez, and hip-hop...
Runner-ups- Ailyn "eye candy" Isidro
- Andrew "Goodfoot" Baterina
- Brian Puspos
- Brian Fucanan
- Jackie Lautchang
- Mark Fucanan
- SupremeSoul ABDC season 2America's Best Dance Crew (Season 2)The second season of America's Best Dance Crew premiered on June 19, 2008. The live auditions special took place on June 8, 2008. It was hosted by Mario Lopez and featured Layla Kayleigh as the backstage correspondent. The judges included rapper Lil Mama, former *NSYNC singer JC Chasez, and hip-hop...
Participants- Raul "Kool Raul" Navalta
- Jonathon "Bionic" Bayani
- Quest CrewQuest CrewQuest Crew is an American hip-hop dance crew from Los Angeles, California who were declared winners of the third season of America's Best Dance Crew...
ABDC season 3America's Best Dance Crew (Season 3)The third season of America's Best Dance Crew premiered on January 15, 2009. It was hosted by Mario Lopez and featured Layla Kayleigh as the backstage correspondent. The judges included rapper Lil Mama, former *NSYNC singer JC Chasez, and hip-hop choreographer Shane Sparks...
Champions- Dominic "D-Trix" Sandoval
- Ryan "Ryanimay" Conferido
- Brian Hirano
- Aris Paracuelles
- PoreoticsPoreoticsPoreotics, also known as Poreotix, is an American all-male dance crew from Westminster, California. The crew was formed in 2007 by "Dumbo" Nguyen and specializes in popping, choreography and robotics, hence the name Po-reo-tics...
ABDC season 5 Champions- Lawrence "Law" Brava Devera
- Andrew "Chad" Fausto Mayate
- Justin "Jet Li" Victor Valles
Education
- Aurelio Agcaoili, Ph.D. – Associate Professor of IlokanoIlokano languageIlokano or Ilocano is the third most-spoken language of the Republic of the Philippines....
at the University of HawaiiUniversity of HawaiiThe University of Hawaii System, formally the University of Hawaii and popularly known as UH, is a public, co-educational college and university system that confers associate, bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees through three university campuses, seven community college campuses, an employment...
at Manoa - Catherine Ceniza Choy, Ph.D. – Associate Professor in Asian American Studies in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of California at Berkeley.
- Jose B. Cruz, Jr.Jose B. Cruz, Jr.Jose B. Cruz, Jr. is a noted control theorist and a Distinguished Professor of Engineering in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ohio State University. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the recipient of Richard E...
, PhD – Distinguished Professor of Engineering at the Ohio State University - Ruth Elynia S. MabangloRuth Elynia S. MabangloRuth Elynia S. Mabanglo is a professor at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She is the coordinator for the Department of Hawaiian and Indo-Pacific languages and literatures as well as the Filipino and Philippine Literature Program...
, PhD – Professor of Philippine Literature at the University of HawaiiUniversity of HawaiiThe University of Hawaii System, formally the University of Hawaii and popularly known as UH, is a public, co-educational college and university system that confers associate, bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees through three university campuses, seven community college campuses, an employment...
at Manoa; received Presidential Citation for Meritorious Teaching in 1996 - Kevin NadalKevin NadalKevin Nadal, Ph.D. is an author, comedian, and professor. He has been a guest on O'Reilly Factor on Fox News and a commentator on The History Channel. He has been featured several times on The Filipino Channel and in Filipinas Magazine. He is the author of the book, Filipino American Psychology: A...
, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor of Psychology at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice; author of Filipino American Psychology: A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice; has delivered lectures at over 100 colleges and universities in the United States - Baldomero OliveraBaldomero OliveraBaldomero Olivera is a Filipino American chemist known for discovery of many cone snail toxins important for neuroscience. These molecules, called conotoxins led to a breakthrough in the study of ion channels and neuro-muscular synapses....
, Ph.D. – Distinguished Professor of Biology at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah; first Fil-Am member of the United States National Academy of SciencesUnited States National Academy of SciencesThe National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine." As a national academy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and...
; 2007 Harvard University Scientist of the Year awardee. - Rhacel ParrenasRhacel ParrenasRhacel Salazar Parrenas is Professor of Sociology at USC. Prior to working at USC, she taught at Brown University, the University of California, Davis and the University of Wisconsin–Madison.-Career:...
, Ph.D. – Professor of American Studies and Sociology at Brown UniversityBrown UniversityBrown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
. World-renowned academic, has delivered lectures at over 100 colleges and universities in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. - E. San Juan, Jr.E. San Juan, Jr.Epifanio San Juan, Jr., also known as E. San Juan, Jr. , is a known Filipino American literary academic, mentor, cultural reviewer, civic intellectual, activist, writer, essayist, video/film maker, editor, and poet whose works related to the Filipino Diaspora in English and Filipino languages have...
, Ph.D. from Harvard – writer; Professor of American Studies - Felipe Tolentino, MD – Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical SchoolHarvard Medical SchoolHarvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....
; inventor
Graphic arts
- Alfredo AlcalaAlfredo AlcalaAlfredo P. Alcala was a Filipino comic book artist, born in Talisay, Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Alcala was an established illustrator whose works appeared in the Alcala Komix Magazine. His 1963 creation Voltar introduced him to an international audience, particularly in the United...
– FilipinoFilipino peopleThe Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....
comic book artistComic Book ArtistComic Book Artist was an American magazine founded by Jon B. Cooke devoted to anecdotal histories of American comic books, with emphasis on comics published since the 1960s...
. - Lynda BarryLynda BarryLynda Barry is an American cartoonist and author. One of the most successful non-mainstream American cartoonists, Barry is perhaps best known for her weekly comic strip Ernie Pook's Comeek. Barry's cartoons often view family life from the perspective of pre-teen girls from the wrong side of the...
– Filipino mestizo comic strip cartoonist and novelist; created prototype for TV hit series The SimpsonsThe SimpsonsThe Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie... - Ernie ChanErnie ChanErnesto "Ernie" Chan is a Filipino-born American comic book artist.-Biography:Chan migrated to the United States in 1970, and became a citizen in 1976. For a number of years, he was obliged to work under the name "Ernie Chua" as that name had been wrongfully entered on his U.S...
– comic book artist/inker for Marvel ComicsMarvel ComicsMarvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
and DC ComicsDC ComicsDC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
. - Don FigueroaDon FigueroaDon Allan Figueroa is a Filipino American comic book artist and toy designer. He is best known for his work on many different Transformers designs, for both the defunct Dreamwave Productions and with IDW Publishing.-Dreamwave Productions:...
- comic book artistComic Book ArtistComic Book Artist was an American magazine founded by Jon B. Cooke devoted to anecdotal histories of American comic books, with emphasis on comics published since the 1960s...
for IDW PublishingIDW PublishingIDW Publishing, also known as Idea + Design Works, LLC and IDW, is an American publisher of comic books and comic strip collections. The company was founded in 1999 and has been awarded the title "Publisher of the Year Under 5% Market Share" for the years 2004, 2005 and 2006 by Diamond Comic...
and Dreamwave Entertainment, working on various Transformers titles. - Rafael KayananRafael KayananRafael Kayanan is a Filipino-born naturalised American comic book artist and Filipino Martial Arts master in the Sayoc Kali system.-Biography:...
– comic book artist and master level instructor in Sayoc KaliSayoc KaliSayoc Kali is an edged weapon based style of Filipino Martial Arts, founded and created by Christopher Sayoc, Sr. The motto of the style is, "All Blade, All the Time".The Sayoc family lineage links back to General Licerio Topacio, of Cavite...
. - Nick ManabatNick ManabatNick Manabat was a Filipino American comic book artist who co-created Cybernary with writer Steve Gerber in 1992 for Wildstorm Productions...
– creator of CybernaryCybernaryCybernary is a comic book series created by comic book artist Nick Manabat with writer Steve Gerber and published by Wildstorm Productions in 1995...
, comic book artist for Wildstorm Productions - Kenn NavarroKenn NavarroKenn Navarro is a Filipino American animator known for creating the popular internet cartoon Happy Tree Friends. He did a one-time role as a green derby-hated man from the Dick Figures episode "Kitty Amazing".-Happy Tree Friends:...
– animator of cartoon Happy Tree FriendsHappy Tree FriendsHappy Tree Friends is an American Flash cartoon and made by Mondo Mini Shows, created and developed by Aubrey Ankrum Rhode Montijo Kenn Navarro and Warren Graff. The show has become a popular Internet phenomenon and it's since debut and has also won a cult following.As indicated on the official... - Whilce PortacioWhilce PortacioWilliam "Whilce" Portacio is a Filipino-American comic book writer and artist. Noted for his work on such titles as The Punisher, X-Factor, and the Uncanny X-Men. Portacio was also one of the seven co-founders of Image Comics, though he did not become a partner in the company.-Early life:Portacio...
– created BishopBishop (comics)Bishop is a fictional comic book superhero, appearing in books published by Marvel Comics, in particular the X-Men family of books...
of the X-MenX-MenThe X-Men are a superhero team in the . They were created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, and first appeared in The X-Men #1...
, co-founder of Image ComicsImage ComicsImage Comics is a United States comic book publisher. It was founded in 1992 by high-profile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their material without giving up the copyrights to the characters they created, as creator-owned properties. It was immediately successful, and remains...
. - Romeo TanghalRomeo TanghalRomeo Tanghal is a Filipino comic book artist who has worked primarily as an inker. He became well known in the industry in the 1980s for his work on DC Comics' The New Teen Titans.-Career:...
– comic book artist. - Tony De Zuniga – co-creator of Jonah HexJonah HexJonah Woodson Hex is a Western comic book antihero created by writer John Albano and artist Tony DeZuniga and published by DC Comics. Hex is a surly and cynical bounty hunter whose face is horribly scarred on the right side. Despite his poor reputation and personality, Hex is bound by a personal...
- Van PartibleVan PartibleVan Partible is an American animator of Filipino descent, writer, and producer best known for creating the animated television series Johnny Bravo.Partible currently resides in Salinas, California....
– creator of Johnny BravoJohnny BravoJohnny Bravo is an American animated television series created by Van Partible for Cartoon Network. The series stars a muscular beefcake young man named Johnny Bravo who dons a pompadour hairstyle and an Elvis Presley-like voice and has a forward, woman-chasing personality...
Visual Art
- Alfonso Ossorio
- Paul PfeifferPaul PfeifferPaul Pfeiffer is an American video artist whose work incorporates the use of found footage. He studied at the San Francisco Art Institute and Hunter College, New York , and has lived and worked in New York since 1990...
– was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1966, but spent most of his childhood in the Philippines. Pfeiffer relocated to New York in 1990, where he attended Hunter College and the Whitney Independent Study Program. Pfeiffer is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, most notably becoming the inaugural recipient of The Bucksbaum Award given by the Whitney Museum of American Art (2000). - Leo ValledorLeo ValledorLeo Valledor was a Filipino-American painter who pioneered the Hard-edge painting style. During the 1960s he was a member of the Park Place Gallery in Soho, New York, which exhibited many influential and significant artists of the period. He exhibited in several prominent galleries and museums,...
(1936–1989) – Painter who pioneered the Hard-edge painting style.
History
- Dorothy Cordova – Activist, professor, Co-founder of the Filipino American National Historical Society.
- Fred Cordova – Author of "Filipinos: Forgotten Asian Americans"; co-founder of the Filipino American National Historical Society.
- Alex S. Fabros, Jr. – Historian, professor, retired U.S. Army officer; Documentaries: “Filipino Americans: Discovering their Past for the Future”, "Unsung Heroes"; historian, "Filipinas Magazine"; and winner of New American Media's "Ethnic Pulitzer Prize".
Journalism
- Byron Acohido – 1997 Pulitzer Prize awardee; prose novelist; half-Pinoy and half-Korean
- Dani Dumuk Aguila – University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts alumnus from Bauang, La Union who became the first non-white member of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) to receive the coveted "Ink Bottle Pin Award" in June 1992
- Natasha BrownNatasha BrownNatasha Brown is an anchor & reporter at KYW in Philadelphia. She reports for CBS 3 Eyewitness News on weeknights and anchors Eyewitness News at 6 and 11 P.M on Saturdays...
- News Anchor for KYWKYW-TVKYW-TV, virtual channel 3, is an owned and operated television station of the CBS Television Network, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. KYW-TV shares a studio facility with its sister station, CW flagship WPSG just north of Center City Philadelphia...
in Philadelphia - Isabel PreyslerIsabel PreyslerMaría Isabel Preysler Arrastía, better known as Isabel Preysler, is a Filipina journalist, socialite, and television host.-Early years:Preysler was born in Manila, Philippines, the third of six children to a wealthy family...
– journalist, television host, socialite and mother of Enrique Inglesias - Cher CalvinCher Calvin- Biography :Calvin is the daughter of former actor Roger Calvin. She started with KTLA in January, 2005. She was a former news anchor of Studio 23's "News Central" and one of the hosts of the fashion magazine show "F" on ABS-CBN.Calvin came to KTLA from KVVU-TV Fox 5 in Las Vegas, Nevada, where...
- News anchor for KTLAKTLAKTLA, virtual channel 5, is a television station in Los Angeles, California, USA. Owned by the Tribune Company, KTLA is an affiliate of the CW Television Network. KTLA's studios are on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, and its transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson...
Chanel 5 Los Angeles - Howard G. Chua-EoanHoward G. Chua-EoanHoward G. Chua-Eoan was News Director for Time magazine in Europe. Born in Manila, The Philippines, Chua-Eoan migrated to the U.S. in October 1979 at the age of 20. He received a B.A. in English from Columbia University School of General Studies, receiving the John Angus Burrell Memorial Award as...
– News Director for Time magazine - Delfin F. Cruz – Publisher, Philippines Mail, 1931-1995
- Veronica De La CruzVeronica De La CruzVeronica De La Cruz is a Filipino American television anchor formerly with CNN. In July 2010, she appeared as a late night anchor on MSNBC. At the current time, she appears on both NBC and MSNBC, primarily anchoring NBC's Early Today show and MSNBC's First Look...
– CNNCNNCable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
News anchor - George EstradaGeorge EstradaGeorge Estrada, Jr. was born in Manila and came to America at the age of 3 with his mother, Milagros Estrada. He grew up in Oakland, California. He earned a BA from the University of California, Berkeley, and was a reporter and columnist with the Oakland Tribune from 1976 to 1992, and a...
– Humboldt State UniversityHumboldt State UniversityHumboldt State University is the northernmost campus of the California State University system, located in Arcata within Humboldt County, California, USA. The main campus, nestled at the edge of a coast redwood forest, is situated on Preston hill overlooking Arcata and with commanding views of...
professor of journalism; author of "I Have Tasted the Sweet Mangoes of Cebu"; former reporter with Oakland Tribune and Associated PressAssociated PressThe Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
; columnist with the Philippine Times of Las Vegas. - Kristine JohnsonKristine JohnsonKristine Johnson is a Filipino American co-anchor at WCBS-TV in New York City, New York, on the 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts with Maurice DuBois....
– anchor for WCBS-TV New York - Claire LekaClaire LekaClaire Leka is a television presenter and journalist, specializing in business & finance. For a long part of her career, she worked for CNN as a correspondent and as a freelance reporter for CBS. She is a prominent Filipina, and was born in Washington, DC...
– former CNNCNNCable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
Business reporter (Filipino mestizo) - Michelle MalkinMichelle MalkinMichelle Malkin is an American conservative blogger, political commentator, and author. Her weekly syndicated column appears in a number of newspapers and websites. She is a Fox News Channel contributor and has been a guest on MSNBC, C-SPAN, and national radio programs...
– guest/commentator on FOX News and author - Jean MartirezJean MartirezJean Martirez is a Filipino-American newscaster who co-anchors the KTTV FOX 11 Morning News, FOX 11 News at 10 A.M. and FOX 11 News at Noon along with Tony McEwing.- Personal:...
– News anchor for KTTV Fox 11 in Los Angeles - Cheryl Diaz Meyer – 2004 Pulitzer Prize Winner
- Libertito PelayoLibertito PelayoLibertito Pelayo is the founding publisher and editor-in-chief of the Filipino Reporter newspaper in New York City. Pelayo was educated at Far Eastern University in Manila, Philippines. An active journalist, Pelayo was formerly a reporter for The Manila Times and was also a correspondent in South...
– publisher and editor-in-chief of the Filipino Reporter newspaper. - Maria QuibanMaria QuibanMaria Quiban is a weather anchor for KTTV-TV in Los Angeles, California. She studied journalism at the University of Hawaii.Prior to being an anchor in Los Angeles, she was the weather anchor for NBC Hawaii News 8...
– Weather meteorologist & news anchor for KTTV/KCOP-TV in Los Angeles - Victoria RecañoVictoria RecañoVictoria Recaño is an American television personality currently working for TV Guide Network. Her last assignment was co-anchoring the 6 pm and 10 pm news on Los Angeles television station KTLA. She did that work from September 14, 2009 until late May 2010, when she left the show without any...
– correspondent, correspondent on such programs as The Insider and Inside Edition. - Frances RiveraFrances RiveraFrances Rivera is a Filipino-American journalist and television news anchor. For ten years, until August 2011, she had been a television reporter and anchor for Boston's NBC affiliate WHDH. As of August 2011, she is a Morning News anchor for WPIX in New York City.- Early life and career :Rivera...
– journalist and television news anchor for Boston's NBC affiliate WHDH. - Ryan Songalia – journalist with New York Daily News and Filipino Reporter and first Filipino member of the Boxing Writers Association of AmericaBoxing Writers Association of AmericaThe Boxing Writers Association of America was originally formed in 1926 as the Boxing Writers Association of Greater New York. The association's purpose is to promote better working conditions for boxing writers, as well as hold its writers to the highest professional and ethical standards...
- Corky TrinidadCorky TrinidadFrancisco Flores Trinidad, Jr. , better known by his pen name "Corky", was a Philippine American editorial cartoonist and comics artist. Born in Manila, he was known for his editorial cartoons for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin since 1969, and especially for his Vietnam War comic strip Nguyen...
– He was the Honolulu Star Bulletin Editorial cartoonistEditorial cartoonistAn editorial cartoonist, also known as a political cartoonist, is an artist who draws editorial cartoons that contain some level of political or social commentary....
from 1939 until death in 2009 - Jose Antonio VargasJose Antonio VargasJose Antonio Vargas is a Filipino journalist living and working in the United States. He is known for his coverage of HIV, the Virginia Tech shootings, and the influence that politics and the Internet have on each other. In 2008, Vargas was part of the team which won the Pulitzer Prize for...
– 2007 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Journalism for his work with the Washington Post. - Mona Lisa YuchengcoMona Lisa YuchengcoMona Lisa Yuchengco is a Filipino-American community activist and publisher. She is the founder of the Filipinas Magazine, a magazine specifically directed toward the Filipino American community...
– founder of Filipinas magazine.
Law
- Simeon R. Acoba, Jr.Simeon R. Acoba, Jr.Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. has been an Associate Justice on the Hawaii State Supreme Court since 2000. Acoba is currently serving his first ten-year term, which expires in 2010....
, JD – 2000-2010 Associate JusticeAssociate JusticeAssociate Justice or Associate Judge is the title for a member of a judicial panel who is not the Chief Justice in some jurisdictions. The title "Associate Justice" is used for members of the United States Supreme Court and some state supreme courts, and for some other courts in Commonwealth...
on the Hawaii State Supreme CourtHawaii State Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court of Hawaii is the highest court of the State of Hawaii in the United States. Its decisions are binding on all other courts of the Hawaii State Judiciary. The principal purpose of the Supreme Court is to review the decisions of the trial courts in which appeals have been granted... - Kiwi CamaraKiwi CamaraKiwi Alejandro Danao Camara , also known as K.A.D. Camara, is a Filipino American attorney. In 2001, he became the youngest person to matriculate at Harvard Law School, from which he graduated magna cum laude in 2004. He was also involved in a racial controversy at the school that attracted...
– Filipino American attorney, who in 2001, became the youngest person to enter Harvard Law School; graduated magna cum laude in 2004; earlier graduated with a computer science degree Summa Cum Laude from Hawaii Pacific University in Honolulu - Tani Cantil-SakauyeTani Cantil-SakauyeTani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye , a Filipina-American jurist, is the 28th Chief Justice of California. Nominated by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for California's highest judicial office on July 22, 2010, and retained in office by California voters on November 2, 2010, she was sworn in on January 3, 2011...
– Filipino-American Chief Justice of California
Literature
- Peter BachoPeter BachoPeter Bacho is a writer and teacher best known for his book Cebu which won the American Book Award. The book is considered literary significant among Filipino American literature because of its explorations in themes such as neocolonialism and Filipino-American identity.Bacho also won the...
– author of the American Book AwardAmerican Book AwardThe American Book Award was established in 1978 by the Before Columbus Foundation. It seeks to recognize outstanding literary achievement by contemporary American authors, without restriction to race, sex, ethnic background, or genre...
winning novel CebuCebu (novel)Cebu is a 1991 novel by Filipino American author Peter Bacho the "most visible figure" of second-generation, native-born Filipino American writing and one of several Seattle novelists in the 1990s to explore the racial history and sociology of Seattle... - Evangeline Canonizado Buell – author, 25 Chickens and a Pig for a Bride: Growing Up in a Filipino Immigrant Family
- Carlos BulosanCarlos BulosanAlso known as Julius Zafra , a Filipino, an English-language novelist and poet who spent most of his life in the United States, and is best known for the semi-autobiographical America Is in the Heart.-Life and career:Carlos Bulosan was born to Ilocano parents in...
– author, America Is in the HeartAmerica Is in the HeartAmerica Is in the Heart, sometimes subtitled A Personal History, is a 1946 semi-autobiographical novel written by Filipino American immigrant poet, fiction writer, short story teller, and activist, Carlos Bulosan...
. - Regie CabicoRegie CabicoRegie Cabico is a poet and spoken word artist. He has been featured on two seasons of Def Poetry Jam on HBO .Cabico is a critically acclaimed who has won top prizes in the 1993, 1994 and 1997 at National Poetry Slams. His poetry appears in over 30 anthologies including Aloud: Voices from the...
– notable slam poet and performer. - Dianne de Las CasasDianne de Las CasasDianne de Las Casas is an author and award-winning storyteller who tours internationally. De Las Casas is a Filipina-American, born in the Philippines, on January 15, 1970. As a child, she lived in the Philippines, Hawaii, Spain and traveled across Europe and the United States. Her father was in...
– author and award-winning storyteller - Melissa de la CruzMelissa de la CruzMelissa de la Cruz is an American author, known for her work in young-adult fiction. Her works include the Au Pair series of novels and the Blue Bloods series.-Biography:...
– author of teen lit series The Au Pairs, The Ashleys, and Blue BloodsBlue Bloods (series)Blue Bloods is a series of vampire novels by Melissa de la Cruz. The series is set in Manhattan, New York. There are currently five books in the series: Blue Bloods, Masquerade, Revelations, The Van Alen Legacy, and Misguided Angel. A companion novel, Keys to the Repository, was released on June... - Vince GoteraVince GoteraVince Gotera is an American poet and writer, best known as Editor of the North American Review. In 1996, Nick Carbó called him a "leading Filipino-American poet of this generation"; later, in 2004, Carbó described him as "one of the leading Asian American poets .....
– poet and editor of the North American ReviewNorth American ReviewThe North American Review was the first literary magazine in the United States. Founded in Boston in 1815 by journalist Nathan Hale and others, it was published continuously until 1940, when publication was suspended due to J. H. Smyth, who had purchased the magazine, being unmasked as a Japanese... - Jessica HagedornJessica HagedornJessica Tarahata Hagedorn is a Filipino-American playwright, writer, poet, storyteller, musician, and multimedia performance artist.-Biography:...
– playwright and author, novels include DogeatersDogeatersDogeaters is a novel written by Jessica Hagedorn and published in 1990. Hagedorn also adapted her novel into a play by the same name. Dogeaters, set in the late 1950s in Manila , addresses several social, political and cultural issues present in the Philippines during the 1950s.The title is a...
, The Gangster of LoveThe Gangster of LoveThe Gangster of Love is a novel written by Jessica Hagedorn and published by Houghton Mifflin in 1996.- Plot :"Jimi Hendrix died the year that ship that brought us from Manila docked in San Francisco..." So begins The Gangster of Love, with the arrival of Rocky Rivera, her brother Voltaire and...
, Dream JungleDream JungleDream Jungle is a novel by Jessica Hagedorn, a Filipino American author.The book was published in 2003 by Penguin Viking press.- Description :... - Tess Uriza HoltheTess Uriza HoltheTess Uriza Holtheis a Filipino-American writer, who was born and raised in Bernal Heights, San Francisco and is best known for her National Bestselling novel When the Elephants Dance.-Biography:...
– author of When the Elephants Dance - Ma. Luisa Aguilar IgloriaMa. Luisa Aguilar IgloriaLuisa Aguilar Igloria is a Filipina American poet and author of various award-winning collections.-Education:She received her undergraduate degree from the University of the Philippines, Baguio in 1980 , and the M.A...
– award-winning poet - R. Zamora LinmarkR. Zamora LinmarkR. Zamora Linmark, born in Manila, is a Filipino American poet, novelist, and playwright. He is educated in Honolulu, and,he has lived in Madrid and Tokyo...
– Author of Rolling the R's - Aimee NezhukumatathilAimee NezhukumatathilAimee Nezhukumatathil is an Asian American poet, best known for her jovial and accessible reading style and lush descriptions of exotic foods and landscapes...
– award-winning poet and professor - Barbara Jane ReyesBarbara Jane ReyesBarbara Jane Reyes is an American poet whose work "explores the translatable and untranslatable collisions of writing self and culture."She was born in Manila, Philippines and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She received her B.A. in Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley...
– poet - Al RoblesAl RoblesAlfred A. Robles was a Filipino American poet and community activist in San Francisco. Born in 1930, he was the second eldest in a family of ten brothers and sisters, and grew up in the Fillmore district of San Francisco...
– Activist and Poet, author of Rappin' With Ten Thousand Carabaos in the Dark - Randy RomeroRandy RomeroRandy Paul Romero is a Hall of Fame jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing, Born into a family involved with horses, his father Lloyd J...
– Writer - Eileen TabiosEileen TabiosEileen Tabios is an award-winning Filipino-American poet, fiction writer, conceptual/visual artist, editor, anthologist, critic, and publisher....
– poet. - Alex TizonAlex TizonTomas Alex Tizon is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a former national correspondent for the Los Angeles Times and long-time staff writer for The Seattle Times. He has contributed to Newsweek and 60 Minutes, and he has lectured at Harvard University, the University of California, Berkeley and...
– Pulitzer Prize Winner. - Reno UrsalReno UrsalReno Ursal worked for Classified Records from 1997-2000. He collaborated with Filipino American recording artists Jocelyn Enriquez, Pinay, Drop n Harmony, Julie Plug, Kai, 6th Day, Michelle Alvendia. He wrote the dance pop hit "REMINISCE" for female singer Malyssa...
– author of contemporary love story The Three Promises - Jose Garcia VillaJosé García VillaJose Garcia Villa was a Filipino poet, literary critic, short story writer, and painter. He was awarded the National Artist of the Philippines title for literature in 1973, as well as the Guggenheim Fellowship in creative writing by Conrad Aiken...
– poet, writer, generationalist; pre-Beat Generation influence.
Theater
- Jose LlanaJose LlanaJose Llana is a Filipino-American singer and actor known for his high tenor voice.-Biography:Born May 5, 1976, Llana, a native of Manila, Philippines, grew up in Springfield, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C...
– broadway actor, Drama Desk AwardDrama Desk AwardThe Drama Desk Awards, which are given annually in a number of categories, are the only major New York theater honors for which productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway compete against each other in the same category...
Winner.
- Deedee MagnoDeedee MagnoDeedee Lynn Magno Hall is an American actress and singer, formerly a member of the pop group The Party. She also lent her voice to the Disney show The All New Mickey Mouse Club. She also appears as Jasmine on the Aladdin a Musical Spectacular Soundtrack...
– cast member, national touring and San Francisco cast of WickedWicked (musical)Wicked is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. It is based on the Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West , a parallel novel of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and L. Frank Baum's classic story The Wonderful Wizard...
; former mouseketeer
- 'Ralph PeñaRalph PeñaRalph Peña is a founding member and the current artistic director of Ma-Yi Theater Company, an Obie Award and Drama Desk winning Asian American theatre group based in New York City...
is a founding member and the current artistic director of Ma-Yi Theater CompanyMa-Yi Theater CompanyMa-Yi Theater Company is a professional, not-for-profit, Obie Award and Drama Desk Award winning theater company based in New York City that was founded in 1989. Ma-Yi Theater is headed by Executive Director Jorge Ortoll and Artistic Director Ralph Peña...
, an Obie AwardObie AwardThe Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards given by The Village Voice newspaper to theatre artists and groups in New York City...
winning Asian American theatreAsian American theatreAsian American theater is theater written, directed or acted by Asian Americans.- Background :Asian American theater emerged in the 1960s and the 1970s with the foundation of four theatre companies: East West Players in Los Angeles, Asian American Theatre Workshop in San Francisco, Theatrical...
group based in New York City. As a playwright, his works include Flipzoids
Business
- Diosdado Banatao – Silicon ValleySilicon ValleySilicon Valley is a term which refers to the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California in the United States. The region is home to many of the world's largest technology corporations...
engineer and businessman - Caterina FakeCaterina FakeCaterina Fake is an American businesswoman and internet entrepreneur.Fake was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall, attended Smith College, and graduated from Vassar College in 1991....
- half-filipino co-founder of FlickrFlickrFlickr is an image hosting and video hosting website, web services suite, and online community that was created by Ludicorp in 2004 and acquired by Yahoo! in 2005. In addition to being a popular website for users to share and embed personal photographs, the service is widely used by bloggers to...
and HunchHunch (website)Hunch is a website, designed as a collective intelligence decision-making system that uses decision trees to make decisions based on users' interest. Hunch is building the 'taste graph' for the internet, mapping every person to every entity — and their affinity for that entity. The system asks...
. - Eddie Flores Jr. - president of L&L Hawaiian BarbecueL&L Hawaiian BarbecueL&L Hawaiian Barbecue, or simply L&L and known as L&L Drive-Inn in Hawaii, is a theme franchise restaurant chain based in Honolulu, Hawaii centered on the Hawaiian plate lunch .- History :...
, the USA's largest Asian food chain - Pearlasia GamboaPearlasia GamboaPearlasia Gamboa is a Filipino American business woman involved in controversial international banking, investment, and financial development transactions, including bank fraud, securities fraud, and passport fraud, from 1990 through 2010...
- Greengold Ray, investment and banking fraud, former president of micronation of MelchizedekMelchizedekMelchizedek or Malki Tzedek translated as "my king righteous") is a king and priest mentioned during the Abram narrative in the 14th chapter of the Book of Genesis.... - Sheila Lirio Marcelo, J.D. - founder and CEO of Care.com
- Josie NatoriJosie NatoriJosie Natori is a Filipina fashion designer and the CEO and founder of The Natori Company. Natori served as a commissioner on the White House Conference on Small Business. In March 2007 she was awarded the Order of Lakandula, one of the highest civilian awards in the Philippines...
– founder, The Natori CompanyThe Natori Companyis a women's fashion designer and manufacturer based in New York. The company sells lingerie, sleepwear, loungewear, ready-to-wear, underwear and other high-end women's fashion to upscale department stores in the US, and to at least 15 countries internationally... - Loida Nicolas-LewisLoida Nicolas-LewisLoida Nicolas Lewis is a Filipino-born, New York-based industrialist, philanthropist, civic leader, motivational speaker, author, and lawyer.- Business interests :...
– chairman and CEO of TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc. - Peter Valdes – Co-founder, Tivoli Systems Inc. (an IBM Company).
- Fritz Friedman - Senior Vice President, Worldwide Publicity Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Sony Pictures) and former State Commissioner for Asian American under former California governor Arnold SchwarzeneggerArnold SchwarzeneggerArnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American former professional bodybuilder, actor, businessman, investor, and politician. Schwarzenegger served as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until 2011....
.
Culinary arts
- Cristeta ComerfordCristeta ComerfordCristeta Pasia Comerford is a Filipino American has been the White House Executive Chef since 2005. She is the first woman to be selected for the post, and also the first of Filipino descent.-Early life:...
– first woman executive chefChefA chef is a person who cooks professionally for other people. Although over time the term has come to describe any person who cooks for a living, traditionally it refers to a highly skilled professional who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation.-Etymology:The word "chef" is borrowed ...
at the White HouseWhite HouseThe White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...
. She worked as an assistant chef for 10 years. After a ten-month search, she was appointed by First Lady Laura BushLaura BushLaura Lane Welch Bush is the wife of the 43rd President of the United States, George W. Bush. She was the First Lady of the United States from January 20, 2001, to January 20, 2009. She has held a love of books and reading since childhood and her life and education have reflected that interest...
on August 14, 2005.
Engineering and technology
- Geronimo Tanap, Ph.D. – Filipino physicist working at the NASANASAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
Goddard Space Flight CenterGoddard Space Flight CenterThe Goddard Space Flight Center is a major NASA space research laboratory established on May 1, 1959 as NASA's first space flight center. GSFC employs approximately 10,000 civil servants and contractors, and is located approximately northeast of Washington, D.C. in Greenbelt, Maryland, USA. GSFC,...
studying global warming in the Arctic; the first person to discover a recurring polynyaPolynyaA polynya or polynia is an area of open water surrounded by sea ice. It is now used as geographical term for an area of unfrozen sea within the ice pack. It is a loanword from , , which means a natural ice hole, and was adopted in the 19th century by polar explorers to describe navigable...
in the Cosmonaut Sea, south of the Indian OceanIndian OceanThe Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
. - Josefino Comiso, Ph.D. – physics expert at NASANASAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
- Angelita Albano Castro Kelly – first Fil-Am to become a space mission engineer at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Marc Loinaz, Ph.D. – Stanford UniversityStanford UniversityThe Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
alumnus and inventor who holds six U.S. patents for his inventions; recipient of 1998 Best Paper Award from the IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits.
Fashion
This is a list of Filipino AmericanFilipino American
Filipino Americans are Americans of Filipino ancestry. Filipino Americans, often shortened to "Fil-Ams", or "Pinoy",Filipinos in what is now the United States were first documented in the 16th century, with small settlements beginning in the 18th century...
s who have made significant contributions to the American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
culture
Culture
Culture is a term that has many different inter-related meanings. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions...
, politics
Politics
Politics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the...
, or society
Society
A society, or a human society, is a group of people related to each other through persistent relations, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or virtual territory, subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations...
. It also includes those with notable mentions in the American media.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Filipino American or must have references showing they are Filipino American and are notable.
Dance solo
- Cheryl BurkeCheryl BurkeCheryl Stephanie Burke is a professional dancer. She is best known for being one of the professional dancers on ABC's Dancing with the Stars, where she was the first woman to win the show and the first person to win twice ....
– professional dancer, participant in Dancing with the Stars - Napoleon D'umo – hip hop choreographer on So You Think You Can Dance since season four and supervising choreographer for America's Best Dance CrewAmerica's Best Dance CrewAmerica's Best Dance Crew, often abbreviated as ABDC, is an American competitive dance reality television series that features street dance crews from the United States and around the world. It is produced by American Idol judge Randy Jackson and airs on MTV...
- Cris JuddCris JuddCristan Leenon "Cris" Judd is an American actor and choreographer known for his brief marriage to Jennifer Lopez. He hails from Abilene, Texas.-Early years:...
– choreographer - Charles KlapowCharles KlapowCharles "Chucky" Klapow is an American choreographer and dance instructor who has performed and choreographed for various performers and several television and stage productions. He is also known for his teachings of the mental approach to dance...
– choreographer (High School MusicalHigh School MusicalHigh School Musical is a 2006 American television film, first in the High School Musical film franchise. Upon its release on January 20, 2006, it became the most successful film that Disney Channel Original Movie ever produced, with a television sequel High School Musical 2 released in 2007 and...
, 2, 3, The Ice Tour & The Cheetah Girls 2The Cheetah Girls 2The Cheetah Girls 2 is the 2006 sequel to the Disney Channel Original Movie, The Cheetah Girls. Its premiere received the highest ratings of all Disney Channel Movies at its time, a total of over 8.1 million viewers, beating the premiere ratings of High School Musical , and beating previous highest...
) - Daniel "Cloud" Campos – MadonnaMadonna (entertainer)Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
's back-up dancer and has appeared on her music videos Hung UpHung Up"Hung Up" is a song by American singer-songwriter Madonna. It was written and produced in collaboration with Stuart Price, and released as the first single from her tenth studio album, Confessions on a Dance Floor. Initially used in a number of television advertisements and serials, the song was...
and SorrySorry* "Sorry," an expression of regret or condolence* Sorry! , a board game* Sorry! , the board game remade electronically* Sorry! , a 1980s British sitcom* Sorry , aka Gomen, a 2002 Japanese Film...
Dance group
- JabbaWockeeZJabbaWockeeZJabbawockeez is a Bay-Area-based Urban dance group formed initially by members Kevin " KB" Brewer, Phil "Swagger Boy" Tayag, & Joe "Punkee" Larot under the name "3 Muskee". They were the winners of season 1 of the show America's Best Dance Crew...
ABDC season 1America's Best Dance Crew (Season 1)The first season of America's Best Dance Crew premiered on February 7, 2008. In the first season, it was hosted by Mario Lopez and featured Layla Kayleigh as the backstage correspondent and was judged by rapper Lil Mama, former *NSYNC singer JC Chasez, and hip-hop choreographer Shane Sparks...
Champions- Rynan "Kid Rainen" Paguio
- Chris "Cristyles" Gatdula
- Phil " Swaggerboy/SB" Tayag
- Joe "Emajoenation/Punkee" Larot
- Randy "Wish One" Bernal
- Mark John "Bok" Garcia
- Super Cr3wSuper Cr3wSuper Cr3w is a breakdance crew from Las Vegas, Nevada who won the 2nd season of America's Best Dance Crew.-Early history:Before their popularity on ABDC, Super Cr3w was formed from three different b-boy dance crews and formed a "Super Crew" of their own.-Connection with...
ABDC season 2America's Best Dance Crew (Season 2)The second season of America's Best Dance Crew premiered on June 19, 2008. The live auditions special took place on June 8, 2008. It was hosted by Mario Lopez and featured Layla Kayleigh as the backstage correspondent. The judges included rapper Lil Mama, former *NSYNC singer JC Chasez, and hip-hop...
Champions- Ronnie "Ronnie Boy" Abaldonado
- Angelito “Vex” Casal
- RJ "Rockadile" Puno
- SoReal CruSoReal CruSoReal Cru is a hip-hop dance crew from Houston, Texas who gained fame as the runner-up on the second season of America's Best Dance Crew . Before ABDC, they won first place at the World of Dance competition in Pomona in 2008. After the second season of America's Best Dance Crew was over, they...
ABDC season 2America's Best Dance Crew (Season 2)The second season of America's Best Dance Crew premiered on June 19, 2008. The live auditions special took place on June 8, 2008. It was hosted by Mario Lopez and featured Layla Kayleigh as the backstage correspondent. The judges included rapper Lil Mama, former *NSYNC singer JC Chasez, and hip-hop...
Runner-ups- Ailyn "eye candy" Isidro
- Andrew "Goodfoot" Baterina
- Brian Puspos
- Brian Fucanan
- Jackie Lautchang
- Mark Fucanan
- SupremeSoul ABDC season 2America's Best Dance Crew (Season 2)The second season of America's Best Dance Crew premiered on June 19, 2008. The live auditions special took place on June 8, 2008. It was hosted by Mario Lopez and featured Layla Kayleigh as the backstage correspondent. The judges included rapper Lil Mama, former *NSYNC singer JC Chasez, and hip-hop...
Participants- Raul "Kool Raul" Navalta
- Jonathon "Bionic" Bayani
- Quest CrewQuest CrewQuest Crew is an American hip-hop dance crew from Los Angeles, California who were declared winners of the third season of America's Best Dance Crew...
ABDC season 3America's Best Dance Crew (Season 3)The third season of America's Best Dance Crew premiered on January 15, 2009. It was hosted by Mario Lopez and featured Layla Kayleigh as the backstage correspondent. The judges included rapper Lil Mama, former *NSYNC singer JC Chasez, and hip-hop choreographer Shane Sparks...
Champions- Dominic "D-Trix" Sandoval
- Ryan "Ryanimay" Conferido
- Brian Hirano
- Aris Paracuelles
- PoreoticsPoreoticsPoreotics, also known as Poreotix, is an American all-male dance crew from Westminster, California. The crew was formed in 2007 by "Dumbo" Nguyen and specializes in popping, choreography and robotics, hence the name Po-reo-tics...
ABDC season 5 Champions- Lawrence "Law" Brava Devera
- Andrew "Chad" Fausto Mayate
- Justin "Jet Li" Victor Valles
Education
- Aurelio Agcaoili, Ph.D. – Associate Professor of IlokanoIlokano languageIlokano or Ilocano is the third most-spoken language of the Republic of the Philippines....
at the University of HawaiiUniversity of HawaiiThe University of Hawaii System, formally the University of Hawaii and popularly known as UH, is a public, co-educational college and university system that confers associate, bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees through three university campuses, seven community college campuses, an employment...
at Manoa - Catherine Ceniza Choy, Ph.D. – Associate Professor in Asian American Studies in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of California at Berkeley.
- Jose B. Cruz, Jr.Jose B. Cruz, Jr.Jose B. Cruz, Jr. is a noted control theorist and a Distinguished Professor of Engineering in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ohio State University. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the recipient of Richard E...
, PhD – Distinguished Professor of Engineering at the Ohio State University - Ruth Elynia S. MabangloRuth Elynia S. MabangloRuth Elynia S. Mabanglo is a professor at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She is the coordinator for the Department of Hawaiian and Indo-Pacific languages and literatures as well as the Filipino and Philippine Literature Program...
, PhD – Professor of Philippine Literature at the University of HawaiiUniversity of HawaiiThe University of Hawaii System, formally the University of Hawaii and popularly known as UH, is a public, co-educational college and university system that confers associate, bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees through three university campuses, seven community college campuses, an employment...
at Manoa; received Presidential Citation for Meritorious Teaching in 1996 - Kevin NadalKevin NadalKevin Nadal, Ph.D. is an author, comedian, and professor. He has been a guest on O'Reilly Factor on Fox News and a commentator on The History Channel. He has been featured several times on The Filipino Channel and in Filipinas Magazine. He is the author of the book, Filipino American Psychology: A...
, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor of Psychology at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice; author of Filipino American Psychology: A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice; has delivered lectures at over 100 colleges and universities in the United States - Baldomero OliveraBaldomero OliveraBaldomero Olivera is a Filipino American chemist known for discovery of many cone snail toxins important for neuroscience. These molecules, called conotoxins led to a breakthrough in the study of ion channels and neuro-muscular synapses....
, Ph.D. – Distinguished Professor of Biology at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah; first Fil-Am member of the United States National Academy of SciencesUnited States National Academy of SciencesThe National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine." As a national academy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and...
; 2007 Harvard University Scientist of the Year awardee. - Rhacel ParrenasRhacel ParrenasRhacel Salazar Parrenas is Professor of Sociology at USC. Prior to working at USC, she taught at Brown University, the University of California, Davis and the University of Wisconsin–Madison.-Career:...
, Ph.D. – Professor of American Studies and Sociology at Brown UniversityBrown UniversityBrown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
. World-renowned academic, has delivered lectures at over 100 colleges and universities in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. - E. San Juan, Jr.E. San Juan, Jr.Epifanio San Juan, Jr., also known as E. San Juan, Jr. , is a known Filipino American literary academic, mentor, cultural reviewer, civic intellectual, activist, writer, essayist, video/film maker, editor, and poet whose works related to the Filipino Diaspora in English and Filipino languages have...
, Ph.D. from Harvard – writer; Professor of American Studies - Felipe Tolentino, MD – Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical SchoolHarvard Medical SchoolHarvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....
; inventor
Graphic arts
- Alfredo AlcalaAlfredo AlcalaAlfredo P. Alcala was a Filipino comic book artist, born in Talisay, Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Alcala was an established illustrator whose works appeared in the Alcala Komix Magazine. His 1963 creation Voltar introduced him to an international audience, particularly in the United...
– FilipinoFilipino peopleThe Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....
comic book artistComic Book ArtistComic Book Artist was an American magazine founded by Jon B. Cooke devoted to anecdotal histories of American comic books, with emphasis on comics published since the 1960s...
. - Lynda BarryLynda BarryLynda Barry is an American cartoonist and author. One of the most successful non-mainstream American cartoonists, Barry is perhaps best known for her weekly comic strip Ernie Pook's Comeek. Barry's cartoons often view family life from the perspective of pre-teen girls from the wrong side of the...
– Filipino mestizo comic strip cartoonist and novelist; created prototype for TV hit series The SimpsonsThe SimpsonsThe Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie... - Ernie ChanErnie ChanErnesto "Ernie" Chan is a Filipino-born American comic book artist.-Biography:Chan migrated to the United States in 1970, and became a citizen in 1976. For a number of years, he was obliged to work under the name "Ernie Chua" as that name had been wrongfully entered on his U.S...
– comic book artist/inker for Marvel ComicsMarvel ComicsMarvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
and DC ComicsDC ComicsDC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
. - Don FigueroaDon FigueroaDon Allan Figueroa is a Filipino American comic book artist and toy designer. He is best known for his work on many different Transformers designs, for both the defunct Dreamwave Productions and with IDW Publishing.-Dreamwave Productions:...
- comic book artistComic Book ArtistComic Book Artist was an American magazine founded by Jon B. Cooke devoted to anecdotal histories of American comic books, with emphasis on comics published since the 1960s...
for IDW PublishingIDW PublishingIDW Publishing, also known as Idea + Design Works, LLC and IDW, is an American publisher of comic books and comic strip collections. The company was founded in 1999 and has been awarded the title "Publisher of the Year Under 5% Market Share" for the years 2004, 2005 and 2006 by Diamond Comic...
and Dreamwave Entertainment, working on various Transformers titles. - Rafael KayananRafael KayananRafael Kayanan is a Filipino-born naturalised American comic book artist and Filipino Martial Arts master in the Sayoc Kali system.-Biography:...
– comic book artist and master level instructor in Sayoc KaliSayoc KaliSayoc Kali is an edged weapon based style of Filipino Martial Arts, founded and created by Christopher Sayoc, Sr. The motto of the style is, "All Blade, All the Time".The Sayoc family lineage links back to General Licerio Topacio, of Cavite...
. - Nick ManabatNick ManabatNick Manabat was a Filipino American comic book artist who co-created Cybernary with writer Steve Gerber in 1992 for Wildstorm Productions...
– creator of CybernaryCybernaryCybernary is a comic book series created by comic book artist Nick Manabat with writer Steve Gerber and published by Wildstorm Productions in 1995...
, comic book artist for Wildstorm Productions - Kenn NavarroKenn NavarroKenn Navarro is a Filipino American animator known for creating the popular internet cartoon Happy Tree Friends. He did a one-time role as a green derby-hated man from the Dick Figures episode "Kitty Amazing".-Happy Tree Friends:...
– animator of cartoon Happy Tree FriendsHappy Tree FriendsHappy Tree Friends is an American Flash cartoon and made by Mondo Mini Shows, created and developed by Aubrey Ankrum Rhode Montijo Kenn Navarro and Warren Graff. The show has become a popular Internet phenomenon and it's since debut and has also won a cult following.As indicated on the official... - Whilce PortacioWhilce PortacioWilliam "Whilce" Portacio is a Filipino-American comic book writer and artist. Noted for his work on such titles as The Punisher, X-Factor, and the Uncanny X-Men. Portacio was also one of the seven co-founders of Image Comics, though he did not become a partner in the company.-Early life:Portacio...
– created BishopBishop (comics)Bishop is a fictional comic book superhero, appearing in books published by Marvel Comics, in particular the X-Men family of books...
of the X-MenX-MenThe X-Men are a superhero team in the . They were created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, and first appeared in The X-Men #1...
, co-founder of Image ComicsImage ComicsImage Comics is a United States comic book publisher. It was founded in 1992 by high-profile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their material without giving up the copyrights to the characters they created, as creator-owned properties. It was immediately successful, and remains...
. - Romeo TanghalRomeo TanghalRomeo Tanghal is a Filipino comic book artist who has worked primarily as an inker. He became well known in the industry in the 1980s for his work on DC Comics' The New Teen Titans.-Career:...
– comic book artist. - Tony De Zuniga – co-creator of Jonah HexJonah HexJonah Woodson Hex is a Western comic book antihero created by writer John Albano and artist Tony DeZuniga and published by DC Comics. Hex is a surly and cynical bounty hunter whose face is horribly scarred on the right side. Despite his poor reputation and personality, Hex is bound by a personal...
- Van PartibleVan PartibleVan Partible is an American animator of Filipino descent, writer, and producer best known for creating the animated television series Johnny Bravo.Partible currently resides in Salinas, California....
– creator of Johnny BravoJohnny BravoJohnny Bravo is an American animated television series created by Van Partible for Cartoon Network. The series stars a muscular beefcake young man named Johnny Bravo who dons a pompadour hairstyle and an Elvis Presley-like voice and has a forward, woman-chasing personality...
Visual Art
- Alfonso Ossorio
- Paul PfeifferPaul PfeifferPaul Pfeiffer is an American video artist whose work incorporates the use of found footage. He studied at the San Francisco Art Institute and Hunter College, New York , and has lived and worked in New York since 1990...
– was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1966, but spent most of his childhood in the Philippines. Pfeiffer relocated to New York in 1990, where he attended Hunter College and the Whitney Independent Study Program. Pfeiffer is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, most notably becoming the inaugural recipient of The Bucksbaum Award given by the Whitney Museum of American Art (2000). - Leo ValledorLeo ValledorLeo Valledor was a Filipino-American painter who pioneered the Hard-edge painting style. During the 1960s he was a member of the Park Place Gallery in Soho, New York, which exhibited many influential and significant artists of the period. He exhibited in several prominent galleries and museums,...
(1936–1989) – Painter who pioneered the Hard-edge painting style.
History
- Dorothy Cordova – Activist, professor, Co-founder of the Filipino American National Historical Society.
- Fred Cordova – Author of "Filipinos: Forgotten Asian Americans"; co-founder of the Filipino American National Historical Society.
- Alex S. Fabros, Jr. – Historian, professor, retired U.S. Army officer; Documentaries: “Filipino Americans: Discovering their Past for the Future”, "Unsung Heroes"; historian, "Filipinas Magazine"; and winner of New American Media's "Ethnic Pulitzer Prize".
Journalism
- Byron Acohido – 1997 Pulitzer Prize awardee; prose novelist; half-Pinoy and half-Korean
- Dani Dumuk Aguila – University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts alumnus from Bauang, La Union who became the first non-white member of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) to receive the coveted "Ink Bottle Pin Award" in June 1992
- Natasha BrownNatasha BrownNatasha Brown is an anchor & reporter at KYW in Philadelphia. She reports for CBS 3 Eyewitness News on weeknights and anchors Eyewitness News at 6 and 11 P.M on Saturdays...
- News Anchor for KYWKYW-TVKYW-TV, virtual channel 3, is an owned and operated television station of the CBS Television Network, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. KYW-TV shares a studio facility with its sister station, CW flagship WPSG just north of Center City Philadelphia...
in Philadelphia - Isabel PreyslerIsabel PreyslerMaría Isabel Preysler Arrastía, better known as Isabel Preysler, is a Filipina journalist, socialite, and television host.-Early years:Preysler was born in Manila, Philippines, the third of six children to a wealthy family...
– journalist, television host, socialite and mother of Enrique Inglesias - Cher CalvinCher Calvin- Biography :Calvin is the daughter of former actor Roger Calvin. She started with KTLA in January, 2005. She was a former news anchor of Studio 23's "News Central" and one of the hosts of the fashion magazine show "F" on ABS-CBN.Calvin came to KTLA from KVVU-TV Fox 5 in Las Vegas, Nevada, where...
- News anchor for KTLAKTLAKTLA, virtual channel 5, is a television station in Los Angeles, California, USA. Owned by the Tribune Company, KTLA is an affiliate of the CW Television Network. KTLA's studios are on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, and its transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson...
Chanel 5 Los Angeles - Howard G. Chua-EoanHoward G. Chua-EoanHoward G. Chua-Eoan was News Director for Time magazine in Europe. Born in Manila, The Philippines, Chua-Eoan migrated to the U.S. in October 1979 at the age of 20. He received a B.A. in English from Columbia University School of General Studies, receiving the John Angus Burrell Memorial Award as...
– News Director for Time magazine - Delfin F. Cruz – Publisher, Philippines Mail, 1931-1995
- Veronica De La CruzVeronica De La CruzVeronica De La Cruz is a Filipino American television anchor formerly with CNN. In July 2010, she appeared as a late night anchor on MSNBC. At the current time, she appears on both NBC and MSNBC, primarily anchoring NBC's Early Today show and MSNBC's First Look...
– CNNCNNCable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
News anchor - George EstradaGeorge EstradaGeorge Estrada, Jr. was born in Manila and came to America at the age of 3 with his mother, Milagros Estrada. He grew up in Oakland, California. He earned a BA from the University of California, Berkeley, and was a reporter and columnist with the Oakland Tribune from 1976 to 1992, and a...
– Humboldt State UniversityHumboldt State UniversityHumboldt State University is the northernmost campus of the California State University system, located in Arcata within Humboldt County, California, USA. The main campus, nestled at the edge of a coast redwood forest, is situated on Preston hill overlooking Arcata and with commanding views of...
professor of journalism; author of "I Have Tasted the Sweet Mangoes of Cebu"; former reporter with Oakland Tribune and Associated PressAssociated PressThe Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
; columnist with the Philippine Times of Las Vegas. - Kristine JohnsonKristine JohnsonKristine Johnson is a Filipino American co-anchor at WCBS-TV in New York City, New York, on the 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts with Maurice DuBois....
– anchor for WCBS-TV New York - Claire LekaClaire LekaClaire Leka is a television presenter and journalist, specializing in business & finance. For a long part of her career, she worked for CNN as a correspondent and as a freelance reporter for CBS. She is a prominent Filipina, and was born in Washington, DC...
– former CNNCNNCable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
Business reporter (Filipino mestizo) - Michelle MalkinMichelle MalkinMichelle Malkin is an American conservative blogger, political commentator, and author. Her weekly syndicated column appears in a number of newspapers and websites. She is a Fox News Channel contributor and has been a guest on MSNBC, C-SPAN, and national radio programs...
– guest/commentator on FOX News and author - Jean MartirezJean MartirezJean Martirez is a Filipino-American newscaster who co-anchors the KTTV FOX 11 Morning News, FOX 11 News at 10 A.M. and FOX 11 News at Noon along with Tony McEwing.- Personal:...
– News anchor for KTTV Fox 11 in Los Angeles - Cheryl Diaz Meyer – 2004 Pulitzer Prize Winner
- Libertito PelayoLibertito PelayoLibertito Pelayo is the founding publisher and editor-in-chief of the Filipino Reporter newspaper in New York City. Pelayo was educated at Far Eastern University in Manila, Philippines. An active journalist, Pelayo was formerly a reporter for The Manila Times and was also a correspondent in South...
– publisher and editor-in-chief of the Filipino Reporter newspaper. - Maria QuibanMaria QuibanMaria Quiban is a weather anchor for KTTV-TV in Los Angeles, California. She studied journalism at the University of Hawaii.Prior to being an anchor in Los Angeles, she was the weather anchor for NBC Hawaii News 8...
– Weather meteorologist & news anchor for KTTV/KCOP-TV in Los Angeles - Victoria RecañoVictoria RecañoVictoria Recaño is an American television personality currently working for TV Guide Network. Her last assignment was co-anchoring the 6 pm and 10 pm news on Los Angeles television station KTLA. She did that work from September 14, 2009 until late May 2010, when she left the show without any...
– correspondent, correspondent on such programs as The Insider and Inside Edition. - Frances RiveraFrances RiveraFrances Rivera is a Filipino-American journalist and television news anchor. For ten years, until August 2011, she had been a television reporter and anchor for Boston's NBC affiliate WHDH. As of August 2011, she is a Morning News anchor for WPIX in New York City.- Early life and career :Rivera...
– journalist and television news anchor for Boston's NBC affiliate WHDH. - Ryan Songalia – journalist with New York Daily News and Filipino Reporter and first Filipino member of the Boxing Writers Association of AmericaBoxing Writers Association of AmericaThe Boxing Writers Association of America was originally formed in 1926 as the Boxing Writers Association of Greater New York. The association's purpose is to promote better working conditions for boxing writers, as well as hold its writers to the highest professional and ethical standards...
- Corky TrinidadCorky TrinidadFrancisco Flores Trinidad, Jr. , better known by his pen name "Corky", was a Philippine American editorial cartoonist and comics artist. Born in Manila, he was known for his editorial cartoons for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin since 1969, and especially for his Vietnam War comic strip Nguyen...
– He was the Honolulu Star Bulletin Editorial cartoonistEditorial cartoonistAn editorial cartoonist, also known as a political cartoonist, is an artist who draws editorial cartoons that contain some level of political or social commentary....
from 1939 until death in 2009 - Jose Antonio VargasJose Antonio VargasJose Antonio Vargas is a Filipino journalist living and working in the United States. He is known for his coverage of HIV, the Virginia Tech shootings, and the influence that politics and the Internet have on each other. In 2008, Vargas was part of the team which won the Pulitzer Prize for...
– 2007 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Journalism for his work with the Washington Post. - Mona Lisa YuchengcoMona Lisa YuchengcoMona Lisa Yuchengco is a Filipino-American community activist and publisher. She is the founder of the Filipinas Magazine, a magazine specifically directed toward the Filipino American community...
– founder of Filipinas magazine.
Law
- Simeon R. Acoba, Jr.Simeon R. Acoba, Jr.Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. has been an Associate Justice on the Hawaii State Supreme Court since 2000. Acoba is currently serving his first ten-year term, which expires in 2010....
, JD – 2000-2010 Associate JusticeAssociate JusticeAssociate Justice or Associate Judge is the title for a member of a judicial panel who is not the Chief Justice in some jurisdictions. The title "Associate Justice" is used for members of the United States Supreme Court and some state supreme courts, and for some other courts in Commonwealth...
on the Hawaii State Supreme CourtHawaii State Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court of Hawaii is the highest court of the State of Hawaii in the United States. Its decisions are binding on all other courts of the Hawaii State Judiciary. The principal purpose of the Supreme Court is to review the decisions of the trial courts in which appeals have been granted... - Kiwi CamaraKiwi CamaraKiwi Alejandro Danao Camara , also known as K.A.D. Camara, is a Filipino American attorney. In 2001, he became the youngest person to matriculate at Harvard Law School, from which he graduated magna cum laude in 2004. He was also involved in a racial controversy at the school that attracted...
– Filipino American attorney, who in 2001, became the youngest person to enter Harvard Law School; graduated magna cum laude in 2004; earlier graduated with a computer science degree Summa Cum Laude from Hawaii Pacific University in Honolulu - Tani Cantil-SakauyeTani Cantil-SakauyeTani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye , a Filipina-American jurist, is the 28th Chief Justice of California. Nominated by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for California's highest judicial office on July 22, 2010, and retained in office by California voters on November 2, 2010, she was sworn in on January 3, 2011...
– Filipino-American Chief Justice of California
Literature
- Peter BachoPeter BachoPeter Bacho is a writer and teacher best known for his book Cebu which won the American Book Award. The book is considered literary significant among Filipino American literature because of its explorations in themes such as neocolonialism and Filipino-American identity.Bacho also won the...
– author of the American Book AwardAmerican Book AwardThe American Book Award was established in 1978 by the Before Columbus Foundation. It seeks to recognize outstanding literary achievement by contemporary American authors, without restriction to race, sex, ethnic background, or genre...
winning novel CebuCebu (novel)Cebu is a 1991 novel by Filipino American author Peter Bacho the "most visible figure" of second-generation, native-born Filipino American writing and one of several Seattle novelists in the 1990s to explore the racial history and sociology of Seattle... - Evangeline Canonizado Buell – author, 25 Chickens and a Pig for a Bride: Growing Up in a Filipino Immigrant Family
- Carlos BulosanCarlos BulosanAlso known as Julius Zafra , a Filipino, an English-language novelist and poet who spent most of his life in the United States, and is best known for the semi-autobiographical America Is in the Heart.-Life and career:Carlos Bulosan was born to Ilocano parents in...
– author, America Is in the HeartAmerica Is in the HeartAmerica Is in the Heart, sometimes subtitled A Personal History, is a 1946 semi-autobiographical novel written by Filipino American immigrant poet, fiction writer, short story teller, and activist, Carlos Bulosan...
. - Regie CabicoRegie CabicoRegie Cabico is a poet and spoken word artist. He has been featured on two seasons of Def Poetry Jam on HBO .Cabico is a critically acclaimed who has won top prizes in the 1993, 1994 and 1997 at National Poetry Slams. His poetry appears in over 30 anthologies including Aloud: Voices from the...
– notable slam poet and performer. - Dianne de Las CasasDianne de Las CasasDianne de Las Casas is an author and award-winning storyteller who tours internationally. De Las Casas is a Filipina-American, born in the Philippines, on January 15, 1970. As a child, she lived in the Philippines, Hawaii, Spain and traveled across Europe and the United States. Her father was in...
– author and award-winning storyteller - Melissa de la CruzMelissa de la CruzMelissa de la Cruz is an American author, known for her work in young-adult fiction. Her works include the Au Pair series of novels and the Blue Bloods series.-Biography:...
– author of teen lit series The Au Pairs, The Ashleys, and Blue BloodsBlue Bloods (series)Blue Bloods is a series of vampire novels by Melissa de la Cruz. The series is set in Manhattan, New York. There are currently five books in the series: Blue Bloods, Masquerade, Revelations, The Van Alen Legacy, and Misguided Angel. A companion novel, Keys to the Repository, was released on June... - Vince GoteraVince GoteraVince Gotera is an American poet and writer, best known as Editor of the North American Review. In 1996, Nick Carbó called him a "leading Filipino-American poet of this generation"; later, in 2004, Carbó described him as "one of the leading Asian American poets .....
– poet and editor of the North American ReviewNorth American ReviewThe North American Review was the first literary magazine in the United States. Founded in Boston in 1815 by journalist Nathan Hale and others, it was published continuously until 1940, when publication was suspended due to J. H. Smyth, who had purchased the magazine, being unmasked as a Japanese... - Jessica HagedornJessica HagedornJessica Tarahata Hagedorn is a Filipino-American playwright, writer, poet, storyteller, musician, and multimedia performance artist.-Biography:...
– playwright and author, novels include DogeatersDogeatersDogeaters is a novel written by Jessica Hagedorn and published in 1990. Hagedorn also adapted her novel into a play by the same name. Dogeaters, set in the late 1950s in Manila , addresses several social, political and cultural issues present in the Philippines during the 1950s.The title is a...
, The Gangster of LoveThe Gangster of LoveThe Gangster of Love is a novel written by Jessica Hagedorn and published by Houghton Mifflin in 1996.- Plot :"Jimi Hendrix died the year that ship that brought us from Manila docked in San Francisco..." So begins The Gangster of Love, with the arrival of Rocky Rivera, her brother Voltaire and...
, Dream JungleDream JungleDream Jungle is a novel by Jessica Hagedorn, a Filipino American author.The book was published in 2003 by Penguin Viking press.- Description :... - Tess Uriza HoltheTess Uriza HoltheTess Uriza Holtheis a Filipino-American writer, who was born and raised in Bernal Heights, San Francisco and is best known for her National Bestselling novel When the Elephants Dance.-Biography:...
– author of When the Elephants Dance - Ma. Luisa Aguilar IgloriaMa. Luisa Aguilar IgloriaLuisa Aguilar Igloria is a Filipina American poet and author of various award-winning collections.-Education:She received her undergraduate degree from the University of the Philippines, Baguio in 1980 , and the M.A...
– award-winning poet - R. Zamora LinmarkR. Zamora LinmarkR. Zamora Linmark, born in Manila, is a Filipino American poet, novelist, and playwright. He is educated in Honolulu, and,he has lived in Madrid and Tokyo...
– Author of Rolling the R's - Aimee NezhukumatathilAimee NezhukumatathilAimee Nezhukumatathil is an Asian American poet, best known for her jovial and accessible reading style and lush descriptions of exotic foods and landscapes...
– award-winning poet and professor - Barbara Jane ReyesBarbara Jane ReyesBarbara Jane Reyes is an American poet whose work "explores the translatable and untranslatable collisions of writing self and culture."She was born in Manila, Philippines and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She received her B.A. in Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley...
– poet - Al RoblesAl RoblesAlfred A. Robles was a Filipino American poet and community activist in San Francisco. Born in 1930, he was the second eldest in a family of ten brothers and sisters, and grew up in the Fillmore district of San Francisco...
– Activist and Poet, author of Rappin' With Ten Thousand Carabaos in the Dark - Randy RomeroRandy RomeroRandy Paul Romero is a Hall of Fame jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing, Born into a family involved with horses, his father Lloyd J...
– Writer - Eileen TabiosEileen TabiosEileen Tabios is an award-winning Filipino-American poet, fiction writer, conceptual/visual artist, editor, anthologist, critic, and publisher....
– poet. - Alex TizonAlex TizonTomas Alex Tizon is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a former national correspondent for the Los Angeles Times and long-time staff writer for The Seattle Times. He has contributed to Newsweek and 60 Minutes, and he has lectured at Harvard University, the University of California, Berkeley and...
– Pulitzer Prize Winner. - Reno UrsalReno UrsalReno Ursal worked for Classified Records from 1997-2000. He collaborated with Filipino American recording artists Jocelyn Enriquez, Pinay, Drop n Harmony, Julie Plug, Kai, 6th Day, Michelle Alvendia. He wrote the dance pop hit "REMINISCE" for female singer Malyssa...
– author of contemporary love story The Three Promises - Jose Garcia VillaJosé García VillaJose Garcia Villa was a Filipino poet, literary critic, short story writer, and painter. He was awarded the National Artist of the Philippines title for literature in 1973, as well as the Guggenheim Fellowship in creative writing by Conrad Aiken...
– poet, writer, generationalist; pre-Beat Generation influence.
Theater
- Jose LlanaJose LlanaJose Llana is a Filipino-American singer and actor known for his high tenor voice.-Biography:Born May 5, 1976, Llana, a native of Manila, Philippines, grew up in Springfield, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C...
– broadway actor, Drama Desk AwardDrama Desk AwardThe Drama Desk Awards, which are given annually in a number of categories, are the only major New York theater honors for which productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway compete against each other in the same category...
Winner.
- Deedee MagnoDeedee MagnoDeedee Lynn Magno Hall is an American actress and singer, formerly a member of the pop group The Party. She also lent her voice to the Disney show The All New Mickey Mouse Club. She also appears as Jasmine on the Aladdin a Musical Spectacular Soundtrack...
– cast member, national touring and San Francisco cast of WickedWicked (musical)Wicked is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. It is based on the Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West , a parallel novel of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and L. Frank Baum's classic story The Wonderful Wizard...
; former mouseketeer
- 'Ralph PeñaRalph PeñaRalph Peña is a founding member and the current artistic director of Ma-Yi Theater Company, an Obie Award and Drama Desk winning Asian American theatre group based in New York City...
is a founding member and the current artistic director of Ma-Yi Theater CompanyMa-Yi Theater CompanyMa-Yi Theater Company is a professional, not-for-profit, Obie Award and Drama Desk Award winning theater company based in New York City that was founded in 1989. Ma-Yi Theater is headed by Executive Director Jorge Ortoll and Artistic Director Ralph Peña...
, an Obie AwardObie AwardThe Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards given by The Village Voice newspaper to theatre artists and groups in New York City...
winning Asian American theatreAsian American theatreAsian American theater is theater written, directed or acted by Asian Americans.- Background :Asian American theater emerged in the 1960s and the 1970s with the foundation of four theatre companies: East West Players in Los Angeles, Asian American Theatre Workshop in San Francisco, Theatrical...
group based in New York City. As a playwright, his works include Flipzoids
Business
- Diosdado Banatao – Silicon ValleySilicon ValleySilicon Valley is a term which refers to the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California in the United States. The region is home to many of the world's largest technology corporations...
engineer and businessman - Caterina FakeCaterina FakeCaterina Fake is an American businesswoman and internet entrepreneur.Fake was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall, attended Smith College, and graduated from Vassar College in 1991....
- half-filipino co-founder of FlickrFlickrFlickr is an image hosting and video hosting website, web services suite, and online community that was created by Ludicorp in 2004 and acquired by Yahoo! in 2005. In addition to being a popular website for users to share and embed personal photographs, the service is widely used by bloggers to...
and HunchHunch (website)Hunch is a website, designed as a collective intelligence decision-making system that uses decision trees to make decisions based on users' interest. Hunch is building the 'taste graph' for the internet, mapping every person to every entity — and their affinity for that entity. The system asks...
. - Eddie Flores Jr. - president of L&L Hawaiian BarbecueL&L Hawaiian BarbecueL&L Hawaiian Barbecue, or simply L&L and known as L&L Drive-Inn in Hawaii, is a theme franchise restaurant chain based in Honolulu, Hawaii centered on the Hawaiian plate lunch .- History :...
, the USA's largest Asian food chain - Pearlasia GamboaPearlasia GamboaPearlasia Gamboa is a Filipino American business woman involved in controversial international banking, investment, and financial development transactions, including bank fraud, securities fraud, and passport fraud, from 1990 through 2010...
- Greengold Ray, investment and banking fraud, former president of micronation of MelchizedekMelchizedekMelchizedek or Malki Tzedek translated as "my king righteous") is a king and priest mentioned during the Abram narrative in the 14th chapter of the Book of Genesis.... - Sheila Lirio Marcelo, J.D. - founder and CEO of Care.com
- Josie NatoriJosie NatoriJosie Natori is a Filipina fashion designer and the CEO and founder of The Natori Company. Natori served as a commissioner on the White House Conference on Small Business. In March 2007 she was awarded the Order of Lakandula, one of the highest civilian awards in the Philippines...
– founder, The Natori CompanyThe Natori Companyis a women's fashion designer and manufacturer based in New York. The company sells lingerie, sleepwear, loungewear, ready-to-wear, underwear and other high-end women's fashion to upscale department stores in the US, and to at least 15 countries internationally... - Loida Nicolas-LewisLoida Nicolas-LewisLoida Nicolas Lewis is a Filipino-born, New York-based industrialist, philanthropist, civic leader, motivational speaker, author, and lawyer.- Business interests :...
– chairman and CEO of TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc. - Peter Valdes – Co-founder, Tivoli Systems Inc. (an IBM Company).
- Fritz Friedman - Senior Vice President, Worldwide Publicity Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Sony Pictures) and former State Commissioner for Asian American under former California governor Arnold SchwarzeneggerArnold SchwarzeneggerArnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American former professional bodybuilder, actor, businessman, investor, and politician. Schwarzenegger served as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until 2011....
.
Culinary arts
- Cristeta ComerfordCristeta ComerfordCristeta Pasia Comerford is a Filipino American has been the White House Executive Chef since 2005. She is the first woman to be selected for the post, and also the first of Filipino descent.-Early life:...
– first woman executive chefChefA chef is a person who cooks professionally for other people. Although over time the term has come to describe any person who cooks for a living, traditionally it refers to a highly skilled professional who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation.-Etymology:The word "chef" is borrowed ...
at the White HouseWhite HouseThe White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...
. She worked as an assistant chef for 10 years. After a ten-month search, she was appointed by First Lady Laura BushLaura BushLaura Lane Welch Bush is the wife of the 43rd President of the United States, George W. Bush. She was the First Lady of the United States from January 20, 2001, to January 20, 2009. She has held a love of books and reading since childhood and her life and education have reflected that interest...
on August 14, 2005.
Engineering and technology
- Geronimo Tanap, Ph.D. – Filipino physicist working at the NASANASAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
Goddard Space Flight CenterGoddard Space Flight CenterThe Goddard Space Flight Center is a major NASA space research laboratory established on May 1, 1959 as NASA's first space flight center. GSFC employs approximately 10,000 civil servants and contractors, and is located approximately northeast of Washington, D.C. in Greenbelt, Maryland, USA. GSFC,...
studying global warming in the Arctic; the first person to discover a recurring polynyaPolynyaA polynya or polynia is an area of open water surrounded by sea ice. It is now used as geographical term for an area of unfrozen sea within the ice pack. It is a loanword from , , which means a natural ice hole, and was adopted in the 19th century by polar explorers to describe navigable...
in the Cosmonaut Sea, south of the Indian OceanIndian OceanThe Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
. - Josefino Comiso, Ph.D. – physics expert at NASANASAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
- Angelita Albano Castro Kelly – first Fil-Am to become a space mission engineer at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Marc Loinaz, Ph.D. – Stanford UniversityStanford UniversityThe Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
alumnus and inventor who holds six U.S. patents for his inventions; recipient of 1998 Best Paper Award from the IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits.
Fashion
- Sonya BalmoresSonya BalmoresSonya Balmores is an actress and beauty queen from Kalaheo, Hawaii who has competed in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Balmores won the Miss Hawaii Teen USA title on May 16, 2004 at the Waikiki Sheraton Resort, at the same time Jennifer Fairbank was crowned Miss Hawaii USA 2005. Balmores represented...
– Miss Hawaii Teen USAMiss Hawaii Teen USAThe Miss Hawaii Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Hawaii in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Although Hawaii has made the cut fewer times than many states, they have achieved a number of high placings. They are ranked seventh in terms of placements won...
2004 - Angela Perez BaraquioAngela Perez BaraquioAngela Perez Baraquio Grey , known professionally by her birth name of Angela Perez Baraquio, was crowned Miss America 2001 on October 14, 2000 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, becoming the first Asian American and first teacher ever to win the pageant. She participated in the pageant as Miss Hawaii...
– Miss AmericaMiss AmericaThe Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...
2001 - Celita de Castro – Miss Hawaii USAMiss Hawaii USAThe Miss Hawaii USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Hawaii in the Miss USA pageant.Hawaii is the most recent state to start competing at Miss USA, as it first competed in 1962. Prior to this delegates were sent to Miss Universe...
1977 - Melissa Dungao – Miss New Jersey Teen USAMiss New Jersey Teen USAThe Miss New Jersey Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Jersey in the Miss Teen USA pageant....
1998 - Brianna Godshalk – Miss Georgia Outstanding Teen 2009
- Riza Santos – Miss Earth CanadaMiss earth canadaMiss Earth Canada is a beauty pageant held annually in search of the most beautiful and environmental-friendly woman in Canada. It is the official preliminary to the Miss Earth pageant...
2006, Miss World CanadaMiss World CanadaThe Miss World Canada contest is an beauty pageant, held mostly annually in various incarnations and with several different names since 1957, to select Canada's representative to the Miss World contest. The Canadian franchise was currently owned by Upstage This! Productions, based in Vancouver,...
2011 - Krista Arrieta Kleiner – Binibining PilipinasBinibining PilipinasBinibining Pilipinas is the organization responsible for sponsoring the annual national beauty pageant which selects representatives of the Philippines to Miss Universe and Miss International, among others.-History:...
2010 representing the Philippines in Miss InternationalMiss InternationalMiss International is an annual international beauty pageant held since 1960.The current Miss International is Fernanda Cornejo, from Ecuador...
beauty pageant, Actress, Martial Artist, Singer, Dancer and Composer - Vanessa MinnilloVanessa MinnilloVanessa Joy Lachey is an-American television personality, television host, model, and actress. A former Miss Teen USA, she has been a New York-based correspondent for Entertainment Tonight and a host of Total Request Live on MTV...
– Miss Teen USA 1998Miss Teen USA 1998Miss Teen USA 1998, the 16th Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from Shreveport, Louisiana on 17 August 1998. At the conclusion of the final competition, Vanessa Minnillo of South Carolina was crowned by outgoing queen Shelly Moore of Tennessee....
, Actress, Television Host - Ashley Sagisi Moser – Miss Hawaii Teen USAMiss Hawaii Teen USAThe Miss Hawaii Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Hawaii in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Although Hawaii has made the cut fewer times than many states, they have achieved a number of high placings. They are ranked seventh in terms of placements won...
2009 - Aureana Tseu – Miss Hawaii USAMiss Hawaii USAThe Miss Hawaii USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Hawaii in the Miss USA pageant.Hawaii is the most recent state to start competing at Miss USA, as it first competed in 1962. Prior to this delegates were sent to Miss Universe...
2009; Miss Hawaii Filipina 2003; Ed Hardy/Christian Audigier spokesmodel - Robyn WatkinsRobyn WatkinsRobyn Michelle Watkins is a beauty queen from Norman, Oklahoma who has competed in the Miss USA pageant.Watkins won the Miss Oklahoma USA 2006 in December 2005. She had previously placed in the top six at Miss Oklahoma USA 2003 and was a semi-finalist in 2004. Watkins represented Oklahoma in the...
– Miss Oklahoma USAMiss Oklahoma USAFor the article about the Miss America state pageant, see Miss OklahomaThe Miss Oklahoma USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Oklahoma in the Miss USA pageant....
2006 - Aileen Jan Valdehueza Yap – Miss USA International 2009Miss International 2009Miss International 2009, the 49th Miss International pageant, was held at the Sichuan International Tennis Center, Chengdu, Sichuan, China on November 28, 2009. The pageant was originally scheduled to be held at The Venetian Macao in Macau on November 7, 2009, but the host committee backed out. 66...
Health science
- Eustaquio O Abay II, MD – brain surgeon; Founder of Abay Neuroscience Center
- Fe del MundoFe del MundoFe del Mundo was a Filipino pediatrician. The first woman admitted as a student of the Harvard Medical School, she founded the first pediatric hospital in the Philippines...
, MD – First Asian and female student at Harvard Medical SchoolHarvard Medical SchoolHarvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.... - Maria P. P. RootMaria P. P. RootMaria P. P. Root, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist, educator, and public speaker based in Seattle, Washington. Her areas of work include multiracial families, multiracial identity, cultural competence, trauma, work place harassment, and disordered eating...
– Psychologist - Mariano YogoreMariano YogoreDr. Mariano G. Yogore, Jr. was a Full Professor in the University of Chicago Department of Microbiology beginning in 1959 and also Professor and head of Institute of Public Health at the University of the Philippines. He also had held the position of Research Associate and Professor in the...
(1921–2006) – Professor and head of Institute of Public Health.
Labor
- Philip Vera CruzPhilip Vera CruzPhilip Vera Cruz was a Filipino American labor leader, farmworker, and leader in the Asian American civil rights movement. He was a co-founder of the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, which later merged with the National Farm Workers Association to become the United Farm Workers...
– co-founder of the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, which later merged with the National Farm Workers Association to become the United Farm WorkersUnited Farm WorkersThe United Farm Workers of America is a labor union created from the merging of two groups, the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee led by Filipino organizer Larry Itliong, and the National Farm Workers Association led by César Chávez...
; vice-president of the United Farm Workers
Military
- Jesse AligangaJesse AligangaSergeant Jesse Nathanael Aliganga, a United States Marine Security Guard, was the only U.S. Marine killed in the 1998 Embassy bombing in Kenya....
– Sergeant, U.S. Marine CorpsUnited States Marine CorpsThe United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States...
. Killed in actionKilled in actionKilled in action is a casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their own forces at the hands of hostile forces. The United States Department of Defense, for example, says that those declared KIA need not have fired their weapons but have been killed due to...
during 1998 embassy bombing1998 United States embassy bombingsThe 1998 United States embassy bombings were a series of attacks that occurred on August 7, 1998, in which hundreds of people were killed in simultaneous truck bomb explosions at the United States embassies in the East African capitals of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya. The date of the...
in NairobiNairobiNairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi County. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters". However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is...
, KenyaKenyaKenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east... - Jose CalugasJose CalugasJose Calugas was a member of the Philippine Scouts during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Battle of Bataan....
– Captain, U.S. ArmyUnited States ArmyThe United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
. Medal of HonorMedal of HonorThe Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
recipient, World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... - John R. D’Araujo Jr. – Major GeneralMajor general (United States)In the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, and United States Air Force, major general is a two-star general-officer rank, with the pay grade of O-8. Major general ranks above brigadier general and below lieutenant general...
, U.S. Army, retired. First Filipino American to be promoted to Major General; former Director of the Army National Guard BureauArmy National GuardEstablished under Title 10 and Title 32 of the U.S. Code, the Army National Guard is part of the National Guard and is divided up into subordinate units stationed in each of the 50 states, three territories and the District of Columbia operating under their respective governors...
. Former Director of the Recovery Division for the Federal Emergency Management AgencyFederal Emergency Management AgencyThe Federal Emergency Management Agency is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security, initially created by Presidential Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1978 and implemented by two Executive Orders...
(FEMA) - Rudolph DavilaRudolph DavilaRudolph B. Davila , born in El Paso, Texas, was a United States Army officer, of Spanish-Filipino descent, who received the Medal of Honor for his actions in Italy during World War II. He was the only person of Filipino ancestry to receive the medal for his heroic actions in the European theatre....
– First Lieutenant, U.S. Army. Medal of Honor recipient, World War II - Oscar Hilman – Brigadier GeneralBrigadier general (United States)A brigadier general in the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, is a one-star general officer, with the pay grade of O-7. Brigadier general ranks above a colonel and below major general. Brigadier general is equivalent to the rank of rear admiral in the other uniformed...
, U.S. Army, retired. - Eleanor MarianoEleanor MarianoEleanor Concepcion "Connie" Mariano is a Filipino-American physician and former flag officer in the United States Navy. She is the first Filipino-American and graduate of the Uniformed Services University of Medicine to reach the rank of Rear Admiral in the U.S...
– Rear Admiral (Lower Half), U.S. NavyUnited States NavyThe United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
, retired. First Filipino American to be promoted to a flag officer rank; former White HouseWhite House Medical UnitThe White House Medical Unit is the unit of the White House Military Office responsible for the medical needs of White House staff and visitors. The Unit provides medical care to the President, the Vice President, and their families....
physician - José B. NísperosJosé B. NísperosJosé B. Nísperos was a member of the Philippine Scouts who received the Medal of Honor during the Philippine-American War. He was the first Asian to be awarded the medal. On September 24, 1911, at Lapurap, Basilan, Philippines, Nísperos, a member of the U.S...
– - Eldon ReguaEldon ReguaEldon Regua is a Major General in the United States Army Reserve, serves as Chief of Staff for 8th United States Army headquartered in Yongsan, Korea, having just completed an assignment as Commanding General, 75th Mission Command Training Division in Houston, Texas in July 2011...
– Major General, U.S. Army ReserveUnited States Army ReserveThe United States Army Reserve is the federal reserve force of the United States Army. Together, the Army Reserve and the Army National Guard constitute the reserve components of the United States Army....
. Commanding General, 75th Division (BCTD); only Filipino American general officer - Edward SorianoEdward SorianoSince his retirement in March 2005, Lieutenant General Edward Soriano remains the highest-ranking Filipino American officer to have served in the United States Army...
– Lieutenant GeneralLieutenant General (United States)In the United States Army, the United States Air Force and the United States Marine Corps, lieutenant general is a three-star general officer rank, with the pay grade of O-9. Lieutenant general ranks above major general and below general...
U.S. Army, retired. Former Commanding General of I Corps - Ramon S. SubejanoRamon S. SubejanoRamon Simpas Subejano , a native of Philippines, was a decorated United States WWII veteran.-Biography:Leaving the Philippines as a stowaway in 1927, he eventually became a merchant marine. Later purchasing a pool hall with casino winnings, he lost it during the Great Depression, then worked as a...
– Private First Class, U.S. Army. Silver StarSilver StarThe Silver Star is the third-highest combat military decoration that can be awarded to a member of any branch of the United States armed forces for valor in the face of the enemy....
recipient, World War II - Benigno G. TaboraBenigno G. TaboraBenigno G. Tabora was an American veteran of both World War II and the Korean War. Tabora was one of the last of an increasingly dwindling group of veterans who survived the Bataan Death March in May 1942 after the Japanese captured the Philippines during World War II. He spent eight months as a...
– Sergeant Major, U.S. Army. Purple HeartPurple HeartThe Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those who have been wounded or killed while serving on or after April 5, 1917 with the U.S. military. The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is located in New Windsor, New York...
recipient, World War II - Antonio TagubaAntonio TagubaAntonio Mario Taguba , is a retired major general in the United States Army. He was the second American citizen of Philippine birth to be promoted to general officer rank in the Army....
– Major General, U.S. Army, retired. Author of the Taguba ReportTaguba ReportThe Taguba Report is the common name of an official Army Regulation 15-6 military inquiry conducted in 2004 into the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse.-Initiation:... - Telesforo TrinidadTelesforo TrinidadTelesforo de la Crux Trinidad was a Filipino fireman 2nd class in the United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor for actions, in Mexican waters near La Paz, on board the USS San Diego in peacetime...
– Fireman Second ClassPetty Officer Second ClassGood conductvariation,Petty OfficerSecond Classinsignia&U.S. Coast GuardPetty officer second class is the fifth enlisted rank in the U.S. Navy and U.S...
, U.S. Navy. Only Asian American naval recipient of the Medal of Honor - Eleanor Valentin – Rear Admiral (Lower Half), Medical Corps, U.S. Navy. Commander, Naval Medical Support Command
Politics
- Peter AdujaPeter AdujaPeter Aduja was the first Filipino American elected to public office in the United States when he was elected as a representative in the Hawaii Legislature.-Biography:...
– State Legislature, Hawaii. - Larry Asera, first Filipino American elected to a city council in the continental United States (1973)
- Steve AustriaSteve AustriaStephen Clement "Steve" Austria is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district stretches from Springfield to the southern suburbs of Columbus....
, a Republican congressman from Beavercreek, Ohio. - Thelma BuchholdtThelma BuchholdtThelma Garcia Buchholdt was a Filipino American community activist, politician, historian, public speaker, cultural worker, and author. She was elected to the Alaska House of Representatives for four consecutive terms, from 1974 through 1982...
became the first Filipina American state legislator (1974), and the only Filipino American elected to office from a constituency with less than 3% Asian American voters and less than 1% Filipino American voters (1974, 1976, 1978, 1980). - Christopher CabaldonChristopher CabaldonChristopher L. Cabaldon is an American politician from California who serves as mayor of West Sacramento. He also represents the State of California on the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education as an appointee of California Governor Jerry Brown.Cabaldon was elected to the City Council...
– Mayor of West Sacramento, CaliforniaWest Sacramento, CaliforniaWest Sacramento is a city in Yolo County, California. It is contiguous with Sacramento, but is separated by the Sacramento River which is also the county line, so West Sacramento is in a different county than Sacramento...
, born in 1965. - Benjamin J. Cayetano – First Filipino American governor in the U.S., Hawaii.
- John EnsignJohn EnsignJohn Eric Ensign is a former United States Senator from Nevada, serving from January 2001 until he resigned amid an investigation of an ethics violation in May 2011...
– U.S. Senator from NevadaNevadaNevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
, great grandmother is from the Philippines - Jose EstevesJose EstevesJose "Joe" Esteves is the mayor of Milpitas, California. He was born and raised in Dagupan City, Pangasinan in the Philippines and has been mayor since 2002.-External links:*...
– Former Mayor of Milpitas, California. Assumed office in 2002; served as a member of the City Council from 1998 to 2002. - Tony FultonTony FultonTony Fulton is a member of the Nebraska Legislature from Lincoln, Nebraska.Born in Auburn, Nebraska, he graduated from Auburn Senior High School in 1990...
; member of Nebraska State Legislature. - Mike GuingonaMike GuingonaMichael P. Guingona , also known as Mike Guingona, is a Filipino American who currently serves as a Council Member for the city of Daly City, California . Previously, he had served as Mayor of Daly City, but was succeeded by Carol L. Klatt. He is an attorney in private practice...
– Council Member and Former Mayor of Daly City, CaliforniaDaly City, CaliforniaDaly City is the largest city in San Mateo County, California, United States, with a 2010 population of 101,123. Located immediately south of San Francisco, it is named in honor of businessman and landowner John Daly.-History:...
. - Rolando Lavarro, Jr. – First Filipino American Councilman-at-Large, Jersey City, New Jersey 2011.
- Benjamin Menor – First Filipino American State Legislator, Hawaii, 1962.
- Mona PasquilMona PasquilSimeona Fortunata "Mona" Pasquil is an American politician who served as the 47th Lieutenant Governor of California from November 4, 2009 to April 27, 2010.-Acting lieutenant governor:...
- in November 2009, became the first woman to serve as acting lieutenant governor of California - Valerie Santos - Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development of Washington D.C.
- Bobby ScottRobert C. ScottRobert Cortez "Bobby" Scott is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party....
– U.S. Congressman (D. Va.), maternal grandmother is Filipina. - Michele J. SisonMichele J. SisonMichele J. Sison is a United States Ambassador and a career member of the United States Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor. She earned her B.A. in Political Science from Wellesley College and also studied at the London School of Economics...
– US ambassador to the United Arab Emirates. - Kris ValderramaKris ValderramaKriselda "Kris" Valderrama is an American politician of Filipino descent who represents district 26 in the Maryland House of Delegates. -Background:...
– Member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing the 26th District. - Ron VillanuevaRon VillanuevaRon A. Villanueva is a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 21st district, which includes part of Virginia Beach; since 2010. He is a Republican who first won election in 2009, defeating incumbent Democratic delegate Bobby Mathieson in the general election. He was sworn in...
– Member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 21st District. A former member of the Coast Guard Reserves, he is also an alumnus of Old Dominion University.
Religion
- Oscar A. SolisOscar A. SolisBishop Oscar Azarcon Solis is an auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, California. Solis is the first Filipino-American to be consecrated a bishop. He was ordained a priest in 1979...
– First Filipino American Roman Catholic bishop in the United States. - Bruce Reyes-ChowBruce Reyes-ChowBruce Reyes-Chow is a minister of the Presbyterian Church .Bruce was the Moderator of the 218th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church . Reyes-Chow was elected as Moderator on June 21, 2008 from a field of four candidates...
– The first Filipino American head of a major denomination in the U.S. (mother is American-born Filipino), was elected to a two-year term as ModeratorModerator of the General AssemblyThe Moderator of the General Assembly is the chairperson of a General Assembly, the highest court of a presbyterian or reformed church. Kirk Sessions and Presbyteries may also style the chairperson as moderator....
of the 218th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)The Presbyterian Church , or PC, is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination in the United States. Part of the Reformed tradition, it is the largest Presbyterian denomination in the U.S...
on June 21, 2008.
Baseball
- Chris AguilaChris AguilaChristopher Louis Aguila is a Major League Baseball outfielder. He has played parts of three seasons in the majors with the Florida Marlins and part of the season with the New York Mets...
– Florida MarlinsFlorida MarlinsThe Miami Marlins are a professional baseball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. Established in 1993 as an expansion franchise called the Florida Marlins, the Marlins are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The Marlins played their home games at...
outfielder (Filipino father). - Benny AgbayaniBenny AgbayaniBenny Peter Agbayani, Jr. is retired professional baseball player. Born in Hawaii to Filipino and Samoan parents, he attended Saint Louis School and Hawaii Pacific University. He also attended the Oregon Institute of Technology...
– New York MetsNew York MetsThe New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League...
, Colorado RockiesColorado RockiesThe Colorado Rockies are a Major League Baseball team based in Denver, Colorado. Established in 1991, they started play in 1993 and are in the West Division of the National League. The team is named after the Rocky Mountains...
, Kansas City RoyalsKansas City RoyalsThe Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From 1973 to the present, the Royals have played in Kauffman Stadium...
outfielder. - Bobby BalcenaBobby BalcenaRobert Rudolph Balcena was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Cincinnati Redlegs in . Balcena batted right-handed and threw left-handed. He was born in San Pedro, California.Balcena became the first player of Filipino ancestry to appear in a major league game...
– Cincinnati RedsCincinnati RedsThe Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the National League Central Division. The club was established in 1882 as a charter member of the American Association and joined the National League in 1890....
outfielder. - Jason Bartlett – San Diego PadresSan Diego PadresThe San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego, California. They play in the National League Western Division. Founded in 1969, the Padres have won the National League Pennant twice, in 1984 and 1998, losing in the World Series both times...
shortstop. (Filipina mother) - Bobby ChouinardBobby ChouinardRobert William Chouinard is a retired Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He is the only person born in The Philippines to play Major League Baseball....
– Baltimore OriolesBaltimore OriolesThe Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...
pitcher. - Geno EspineliGeno EspineliEugene Macalalag "Geno" Espineli is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants organization. Espineli is of Filipino ancestry and played baseball at the University of Texas and Texas Christian University...
– San Francisco GiantsSan Francisco GiantsThe San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....
pitcher - Tim LincecumTim LincecumTimothy Leroy Lincecum is an American professional baseball starting pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. He was nicknamed "The Freak" and "Big Time Timmy Jim" and "The Franchise." He throws right-handed and bats left-handed....
– San Francisco GiantsSan Francisco GiantsThe San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....
pitcher (Filipina mother, Rebecca Asis, is the daughter of Filipino immigrants) - Shane VictorinoShane VictorinoShane Patrick Victorino is an outfielder in Major League Baseball who plays for the Philadelphia Phillies. He is a switch-hitter and throws right-handed.-Career:...
, Philadelphia PhilliesPhiladelphia PhilliesThe Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team. They are the oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional American sports, dating to 1883. The Phillies are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League...
outfielder. - Brandon VillafuerteBrandon VillafuerteBrandon Paul Villafuerte is a professional baseball pitcher currently playing for the Edmonton Capitals of the North American Baseball League...
– San Diego PadresSan Diego PadresThe San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego, California. They play in the National League Western Division. Founded in 1969, the Padres have won the National League Pennant twice, in 1984 and 1998, losing in the World Series both times...
pitcher
Basketball
- Jimmy AlapagJimmy AlapagJim Olmedo Alapag , better known as Jimmy Alapag, is a Filipino-American professional basketball player for the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in the Philippine Basketball Association...
– former NCAA guard, California State University, San BernardinoCalifornia State University, San BernardinoCalifornia State University, San Bernardino, also known as Cal State San Bernardino or CSUSB is a public research university and one of the twenty three general campuses of the California State University system. The main campus sits on in the suburban University District of , United States, with... - Joe DevanceJoe DevanceJoe Calvin Devance, Jr. is a Filipino-American professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association who currently plays for the B-Meg Llamados.-Welcoat Dragons:...
– former NCAA center, UTEP MinersUTEP MinersThe UTEP Miners is the name given to the sports teams of the University of Texas at El Paso. Informally, the UTEP Miners have also been referred to as the Miners, UTEP, or Texas-El Paso. UTEP was a member of the Western Athletic Conference from 1967 to 2005, when they joined Rice, Tulsa, and SMU in... - Demarcus CousinsDeMarcus CousinsDeMarcus Cousins is an American professional basketball player with the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball at the University of Kentucky.-High school career:...
– Sacramento KingsSacramento KingsThe Sacramento Kings are a professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California, United States. They are currently members of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association...
Forward/Center (Half-Filipino mother) - Denver LopezDenver LopezDenver Lopez is a retired Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association who is currently an Assistant Choach for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters...
– former NCAA guard, California State University, FullertonCalifornia State University, FullertonCalifornia State University, Fullerton is a public university located in Fullerton, California. It is the largest institution in the CSU System by enrollment, it offers long-distance education and adult-degree programs... - Eric MenkEric MenkEric Conrad Menk is a Filipino-American professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association for the Barangay Ginebra Kings...
– former NCAA forward, Lake Superior State UniversityLake Superior State UniversityLake Superior State University is a small public university in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. It is Michigan's smallest public university with an enrollment around 3,000 students. Due to its proximity to the border, notably the twin city of Sault Ste... - Leilani MitchellLeilani MitchellLeilani Mitchell is an American basketball player in the WNBA for the New York Liberty.Mitchell was born to an American father, Dennis Mitchell, and an Australian mother of Asian descent , Eleanor Majid...
– New York LibertyNew York LibertyThe New York Liberty is a professional basketball team based in New York City, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was one of the eight original franchises of the league...
guard, University of IdahoUniversity of IdahoThe University of Idaho is the State of Idaho's flagship and oldest public university, located in the rural city of Moscow in Latah County in the northern portion of the state...
(With Filipino ancestry) - Gabe NorwoodGabe NorwoodGabriel Daniel Norwood also known as Gabe Norwood is a Filipino-American professional basketball player and a former NCAA basketball player at George Mason University. Norwood is currently playing for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in the Philippine Basketball Association...
– former NCAA guard, George Mason PatriotsGeorge Mason PatriotsThe George Mason Patriots are the athletic teams of George Mason University. The school's athletic program includes 22 NCAA Division I varsity sports, consisting of 11 men's and 11 women's teams... - Greg OdenGreg OdenGregory Wayne Oden, Jr. is an American basketball player at the center position. Oden is a member of the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA....
– Portland Trail BlazersPortland Trail BlazersThe Portland Trail Blazers, commonly known as the Blazers, are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . The Trail Blazers originally played their home games in the...
center (Filipino great-grandfather) - Dorian PeñaDorian PeñaDorian Alan Peña is a Filipino-American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Barako Bull Energy in the Philippine Basketball Association. Nicknamed the "Junkyard Dawg" for his consistent plays of putbacks and offensive rebounds...
– former NCAA forward, Coppin State UniversityCoppin State UniversityCoppin State University is a historically black college located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is part of the University System of Maryland... - Rafi ReavisRafi ReavisRafael Pangilinan "Rafi" Reavis is a Filipino-American professional basketball player currently playing for the B-Meg Llamados in the Philippine Basketball Association. He is well-known for his good shotblocking abilities...
– former NCAA center, Coppin State UniversityCoppin State UniversityCoppin State University is a historically black college located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is part of the University System of Maryland... - Nate RobinsonNate RobinsonNathaniel Cornelius Robinson is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder...
– Oklahoma ThunderOklahoma ThunderThe Oklahoma Thunder are a minor league American football team based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Starting with the 2011 season, the team competes in the Gridiron Developmental Football League, playing in the Midwest-North Division in the GDFL's Impact Conference. Players have included Bacone College...
guard. - Andy SeigleAndy SeigleAndrew John Seigle is a retired Filipino-American professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association. He was also a member of the Philippine national basketball team. He is the brother of Danny Seigle, also a basketball player in the same league...
– former NCAA forward, New Orleans - Danny SeigleDanny SeigleDaniel Charles Seigle is a Filipino American professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association for the Barako Bull Energy. A 6'6", 205-lb. swingman, he is fondly called Dynamite Danny and Danny S. by many...
– former NCAA forward, Wagner - Erik SpoelstraErik SpoelstraErik Spoelstra is an American professional basketball coach and the current head coach of the National Basketball Association's Miami Heat...
– Miami HeatMiami HeatThe Miami Heat is a professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. The team is a member of the Southeast Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association . They play their home games at American Airlines Arena in Downtown Miami...
head coach (Filipino mother) - Raymond TownsendRaymond TownsendRaymond Anthony Townsend is a Filipino-American retired professional basketball player.A 6'3", 175-lb point guard, Townsend attended Camden High School and Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, California before playing college basketball at UCLA...
– Golden State WarriorsGolden State WarriorsThe Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in Oakland, California. They are part of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...
, San Diego Clippers and UCLA BruinsUCLA BruinsThe UCLA Bruins are the sports teams for University of California, Los Angeles . The Bruin men's and women's teams participate in NCAA Division I as part of the Pacific-12 Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation . For football, they are in the Football Bowl Subdivision of Division I...
, guard - Kelly WilliamsKelly WilliamsKelly Williams is a Filipino-American professional basketball player currently playing for the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in the Philippine Basketball Association...
– former NCAA guard, Oakland Golden GrizzliesOakland Golden GrizzliesOakland University Golden Grizzlies consist of 16 sports teams competing in The Summit League and Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association... - Chris RossChris Ross (basketball)Christopher Ross is a Filipino–American professional basketball player currently playing for the Meralco Bolts in the Philippine Basketball Association. He plays the Point Guard position....
– former NCAA guard, Marshall Thundering HerdMarshall Thundering HerdThe Marshall Thundering Herd are the intercollegiate athletic teams that collectively represent the Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. Thundering Herd athletic teams compete in Conference USA, which are members of the NCAA Division I... - Josh UrbiztondoJosh UrbiztondoJoshua Urbiztondo better known as Josh Urbiztondo is a Filipino–American professional basketball player currently playing for the B-Meg Llamados in the Philippine Basketball Association. He plays the Point Guard position.In 2010, the Realtors were replaced by the Meralco Bolts...
– former NCAA guard, Fresno Pacific UniversityFresno Pacific UniversityFresno Pacific University also known as FPU is an accredited Christian university located in Fresno, California, United States. It was founded in 1944 by the Pacific District Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches. The university awarded its first bachelor of arts degree in 1965...
Contact sports/martial arts
- Arianny CelesteArianny CelesteArianny Celeste is an American ring girl and model. She is best known for being an Octagon girl for the UFC.-Early life:...
– UFC's octagon girl and model - Angelina DeAnda &ndash&: A Mexican-American athlete, Her mother is of Filipino and Indian descent
- Glenn DonaireGlenn DonaireGlenn Donaire is a Filipino flyweight boxer. He was born in General Santos City, Philippines. He moved to the United States at a young age and grew up in the Bay Area where he still lives...
– Nonito Donaire's older brother, also a boxer in the flyweight and junior flyweight classes. - Nonito DonaireNonito DonaireNonito Donaire, Jr. is a Filipino-American professional boxer, who is widely known as "The Filipino Flash." He is a three-division world champion, having won five titles across three different boxing weight classes. He is a known switch-hitter with the ability to fight either southpaw or orthodox...
– Current IBF & IBO World Flyweight (112 lbs.) Champion. - Adriano Directo EmperadoAdriano Directo EmperadoAdriano Directo Emperado was one of five martial artists who developed the kajukenbo self-defense system.-Childhood and Young Adulthood:...
– one of five martial artists who developed the KajukenboKajukenboKajukenbo is a hybrid martial art that combines Western Boxing, Judo, Jujutsu, Kenpo Karate, Eskrima, Tang Soo Do, and Kung Fu. It was founded in 1947 in Oahu, Hawaii, at the Palama Settlement. The original purpose of the art was to deal with local crime and to help the people defend themselves...
self-defense system - Andrew GaniganAndrew GaniganAndrew "Hawaiian Punch" Ganigan is an American former lightweight boxer of Filipino descent. Born in Waipahu, Hawai'i, he was notable for his punching ability, being named #97 in The Rings list of 100 greatest punchers of all time. Ganigan fought from 1972 to 1983, ending his career with an...
– former boxing lightweight contender. - Dan InosantoDan InosantoDaniel Arca Inosanto is a Filipino-American martial arts instructor from California who is best known as a student of the late Bruce Lee and authority on Jeet Kune Do Concepts.-Martial arts:...
– Head of Bruce Lee's JKD, Head of Lacoste / Inosanto FMA. - Richard BustilloRichard BustilloRichard S Bustillo is an Filipino-American martial arts instructor from Hawaii who was a student of the late Bruce Lee and an authority on Jeet Kune Do Concepts and Filipino Martial Arts.-Martial arts:...
– Jeet Kune Do Concepts and Filipino Martial Arts. - Tito Jones – MMAMixed martial artsMixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...
fighter - Ana JulatonAna JulatonAna Julaton is the first Filipino American boxer to win the Women's WBO Super Bantamweight and IBA Super Bantamweight titles. Nicknamed “The Hurricane,” she is also one of the “quickest” boxers ever to win a world title, having fought only five other professional bouts before winning the IBA Super...
– Boxer - Robbie LawlerRobbie LawlerRobert Glen "Robbie" Lawler is an American mixed martial artist Lawler was the EliteXC middleweight champion before EliteXC filed for bankruptcy. Lawler has recently signed with Strikeforce. He is a member of Team Hughes fighting out of H.I.T...
– MMAMixed martial artsMixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...
fighter (StrikeforceStrikeforceStrikeforce is a U.S.-based mixed martial arts and kickboxing organization based in San Jose, California. It is headed by CEO Scott Coker and owned by Zuffa, LLC...
) - Troy MandalonizTroy MandalonizTroy Mandaloniz is an Filipino-American mixed martial artist and referee. He was a fighter on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra, who fought on Team Serra, as well as a referee on the Hawaiian Rumble on the Rock promotion. Madaloniz is a childhood friend of B.J. Penn and trains with...
– MMAMixed martial artsMixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...
fighter (UFC) - Mark MuñozMark MunozMark Muñoz is an American mixed martial artist of Filipino descent currently fighting in the middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.Muñoz is known for his wrestling ability and his relentless ground-and-pound...
– MMAMixed martial artsMixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...
fighter (UFC) - Phillipe NoverPhillipe NoverPhillipe J. Nover , is an American mixed martial artist. He is best known for making it to the finals of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir.-Mixed martial arts career:...
– is a Filipino American mixed martial artist. He is best known for making it to the finals of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir. - Jesus SaludJesus SaludJesus Salud Born 3 May 1963 is an American professional boxer of Filipino descent. Originally from Sinait in the Philippines, he resides in Honolulu, Hawaii. He won the World Boxing Association super bantamweight title by disqualification on December 11, 1989 in a bout against Juan Jose Estrada....
- 1989 WBA super bantamweight champion - Brandon VeraBrandon VeraBrandon Michael Vera is an American mixed martial artist. He competes as a light heavyweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is the winner of the WEC 13 Heavyweight Tournament and currently resides in San Diego, California. He holds notable victories over Frank Mir, Assuerio Silva,...
– also known as the Truth, a Filipino-American mixed martial arts fighter currently fighting in the UFC. - Brian ViloriaBrian ViloriaBrian Viloria is a Filipino-American professional boxer He is the reigning WBO Flyweight champion. He also won the WBC Light Flyweight and IBF Junior Flyweight titles...
– US Olympic boxer, former WBCWorld Boxing CouncilThe World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...
light-flyweight champion. - Shane Del RosarioShane Del RosarioShane Kalani del Rosario is an American Thai boxer and mixed martial artist currently signed to Strikeforce. He holds the distinction of being the first American to become the WBC Muay Thai World Heavyweight Champion and has earned stoppage victories in all 11 of his professional mixed martial...
– Undefeated MMA Fighter (StrikeforceStrikeforceStrikeforce is a U.S.-based mixed martial arts and kickboxing organization based in San Jose, California. It is headed by CEO Scott Coker and owned by Zuffa, LLC...
).
Cycling, Road and Track
American football
- Eugene AmanoEugene AmanoEugene Philip Amano is an American offensive lineman for the Tennessee Titans.He attended Rancho Bernardo High School in San Diego, California, where he was an all-conference performer as an offensive and defensive lineman during his senior season and also lettered in basketball and track.Amano...
– NFL offensive guard/center, Tennessee TitansTennessee TitansThe Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. They are members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Previously known as the Houston Oilers, the team began play in 1960 as a charter...
. - Tedy Lacap BruschiTedy BruschiTedy Lacap Bruschi is a former professional American football linebacker. He was drafted by the New England Patriots in the third round of the 1996 NFL Draft...
– NFL All-Pro linebacker, New England PatriotsNew England PatriotsThe New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National...
. - Matt CasteloMatt CasteloMatt Castelo is a professional American and Canadian football linebacker free agent. He was signed by the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 2008...
– NFL linebacker, Seattle SeahawksSeattle SeahawksThe Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team...
. - Aaron FranciscoAaron FranciscoAaron Francisco is an American football safety who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Arizona Cardinals as an undrafted free agent in 2005...
– Carolina Panthers - Roman GabrielRoman GabrielRoman Ildonzo Gabriel, Jr. is a former American football player. The son of a Filipino immigrant, he was the first Asian-American to start as an NFL quarterback and is considered by many to have been one of the best players at that position during the late 1960s and early 70s.Gabriel attended and...
– former NFL quarterback, Los Angeles Rams. - Jordan NorwoodJordan NorwoodJordan Shea Rashad Norwood is a Filipino-American American football wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League. He was signed by the Browns as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football at Penn State.Norwood has also been a member of the Philadelphia...
– wide receiver, Penn State Nittany Lions. - Chris RixChris RixChristopher Charles Rix is a former NCAA Division I Filipino-American football quarterback for the Florida State Seminoles football team. Rix is also widely known as a coach and sportscaster.- Early life:...
– former quarterback, Florida State SeminolesFlorida State SeminolesThe Florida State Seminoles are the men's and women's sports teams of Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. Florida State participates in the NCAA's Division I . FSU joined the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1991, and competes in the Atlantic Division in any sports split into a...
(Filipino mother). - Chris GocongChris Gocong-Philadelphia Eagles:Gocong was drafted in the third round of the 2006 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles, but missed the entire 2006 season due to an injury suffered before the preseason. He made his NFL debut on September 9, 2007, where he started at the "Sam" linebacker position...
– linebacker, Cleveland BrownsCleveland BrownsThe Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
. - Steve SlatonSteve SlatonSteve Slaton is an American football running back for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Houston Texans in the third round of the 2008 NFL Draft...
– runningback, Miami DolphinsMiami DolphinsThe Miami Dolphins are a Professional football team based in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... - Jordon DizonJordon DizonJordon Dizon is an American football linebacker who is currently a free agent. Dizon played college football for the University of Colorado. He was voted runner-up for the 2007 Butkus Award, given each year to college football's best linebacker...
– Linebacker, Detroit LionsDetroit LionsThe Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and... - Doug BaldwinDoug BaldwinDouglas Colin Roy Baldwin was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman that enjoyed a 20-year hockey career which included NHL stints with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Black Hawks...
– wide receiver, Seattle SeahawksSeattle SeahawksThe Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team... - Tim TebowTim TebowTimothy Richard "Tim" Tebow is an American football player who is currently the starting quarterback for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League . He was drafted by the Broncos as the 25th overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft...
– quarterback, Denver BroncosDenver BroncosThe Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of the West Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
Golf
- Dorothy DelasinDorothy DelasinDorothy Delasin is a Filipino-American professional golfer on the LPGA Tour.Delasin was born in Lubbock, Texas and grew up in San Francisco, California. She had dual American and Filipino citizenship but gave it up sometime before 1999. She had a strong amateur career, wining both the U.S. Girls'...
professional golfer, LPGALPGAThe LPGA, in full the Ladies Professional Golf Association, is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, whose headquarters is in Daytona Beach, Florida, is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from... - Jennifer RosalesJennifer RosalesJennifer Rosales is a Filipino professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Rosales was born in Manila, Philippines. She won the Philippine Ladies Amateur Golf Championship five times in a row from 1994 to 1998...
professional golfer
Poker
- Noli FranciscoNoli FranciscoNoli Francisco is a Filipino American poker player. He has worked as an importer, architect, and real estate entrepreneur...
- Toto LeonidasToto LeonidasAlfredo C. "Toto" Leonidas is an American Poker player with over $3,200,000 in live tournament lifetime winnings. His 24 cashes as the WSOP account for $812,218 of those winnings....
Skateboarding
- Willy SantosWilly SantosWilly Monolato Santos is a Filipino-American professional skateboarder born in Subic Bay, Philippines. He has been skateboarding for 19 years. He currently resides in Poway, California but grew up in Mira Mesa. He attended Ericson Elementary School from kindergarten...
– a professional skateboarder. - Sean Malto winner of street league 2011
- Aldrin GarciaAldrin GarciaAldrin Garcia is an American amateur skateboarder who currently holds the World Record on Highest Ollie at 45 inches. It was achieved in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA during that Maloof High Ollie Challenge on 15th of February 2011...
– holds the highest Ollie at 45 inches as of February 2011.
Soccer
- Joshua AlcalaJoshua AlcalaJoshua Vincent "Josh" Alcala is an American–born soccer player of Filipino and Hispanic descent. He is currently a free agent.-Career:...
– American born Hispanic/Filipino soccer player. Has played in the United States Soccer Leagues D1 & D2. - Henry BraunerHenry BraunerHenry George Valencia Brauner is an American–Filipino soccer player who plays as a central midfielder. He is unattached and has also represented the Philippines at international level.- College and Amateur :...
– has played in the USL Premier Development LeagueUSL Premier Development LeagueThe USL Premier Development League is the amateur league of the United Soccer Leagues in the United States, Canada, and Bermuda, forming part of the American Soccer Pyramid...
and the Philippines national team. - Nate BurkeyNate BurkeyNathaniel George Payos "Nate" Burkey is a Filipino American soccer player currently playing for Kaya and the Philippines national team...
Played NCAA soccer for Virginia Commonwealth UniversityVirginia Commonwealth UniversityVirginia Commonwealth University is a public university located in Richmond, Virginia. It comprises two campuses in the Downtown Richmond area, the product of a merger between the Richmond Professional Institute and the Medical College of Virginia in 1968...
and 2011 Philippine national football team. - Anton del RosarioAnton del RosarioAnton Edward Quimson del Rosario is an American born Filipino footballer who plays as a right back or centre back for Kaya and the Philippines national team.- Youth and college :...
– American born. Played NCAA soccer for Skyline CollegeSkyline CollegeSkyline College is a community college that is located in San Mateo County, California, within the limits of the city of San Bruno, California, south of San Francisco...
, Notre Dame de Namur UniversityNotre Dame de Namur UniversityNotre Dame de Namur University — formerly the College of Notre Dame — is a private, Catholic University located in Belmont, California in the San Francisco Bay Area. Notre Dame de Namur University is an accredited university in San Mateo County, and the fifth-oldest university in California...
, and Philippine national football team member since 2005. - Natasha KaiNatasha KaiNatasha Kanani Janine Kai is an American soccer forward currently playing for Philadelphia Independence of Women's Professional Soccer.-University of Hawaiʻi:Kai played for the University of Hawaiʻi Rainbow Wahine from 2002-2005...
– American soccer player and member of the United States women's national soccer team. - Nick RimandoNick RimandoNicholas Paul "Nick" Rimando is an American soccer player who currently plays for Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer and the United States national team-College:...
– Filipino, Mexican American soccer player who currently plays for Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer. - Tiffany RobertsTiffany RobertsTiffany M. Roberts is an American Soccer player, world and olympic champion. She attended the all-girls' Carondelet High School.She won a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.-External links:*...
– American soccer player and former member of the United States Women's National Soccer Team (Filipino mother).
Winter Sports - Figure Skating
- Tai Babilonia – Olympic figure skater (African American mother; Filipino and HopiHopiThe Hopi are a federally recognized tribe of indigenous Native American people, who primarily live on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona. The Hopi area according to the 2000 census has a population of 6,946 people. Their Hopi language is one of the 30 of the Uto-Aztecan language...
-Indian father) - Elizabeth PunsalanElizabeth PunsalanElizabeth Punsalan or Swallow is an American ice dancer. With her partner and husband Jerod Swallow, she is a five-time U.S. national champion, two-time Skate America champion, and competed twice in the Winter Olympics.- Career :Early in her career, Punsalan competed with Christopher Rettstatt,...
– U.S. Olympic figure skater (pairs/ice dancing) (Filipino father) - Amanda EvoraAmanda EvoraAmanda Evora is an American pair skater. She competes with Mark Ladwig. They are two-time U.S. silver medalists and two-time U.S. pewter medalists.-Personal life:...
– U.S. Olympic figure skater (pairs/ice dancing)
Winter Sports - Short Track (SpeedSkating)
- J.R. CelskiJ.R. CelskiJohn Robert "J. R." Celski is an American short track speed skater and two-time medalist in the Winter Olympics.At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Celski won bronze in the 1500 m and the 5000 m relay. His bronze medal in the 1500 m was a result of two Korean skaters crashing into each...
– a 2010 Winter Olympics2010 Winter OlympicsThe 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...
short track speed skatingShort track speed skatingShort track speed skating is a form of competitive ice speed skating. In competitions, multiple skaters skate on an oval ice track with a circumference of 111.12 m...
bronze medalist and five-time world champion medalist.
Stacking
- Steven PuruggananSteven PuruggananSteven Purugganan , an American of Filipino ancestry from Mount Kisco, New York, is a Guinness World Record Holder and was a 3-time World Champion Stacker...
– Three time sport stacking world champion.
Tennis
- Cecil MamiitCecil MamiitCecil Valdeavilla Mamiit is a tennis player from the United States who now represents the Philippines. He began his professional career in 1996. He reached his highest individual ranking in the ATP Tour on October 11, 1999, when he became World No...
- Lilia OsterlohLilia OsterlohLilia Osterloh is a tennis player from the United States, who started a professional career in August 1997....
Volleyball
- Liz MasakayanLiz MasakayanLiz Masakayan is a championship athlete in both outdoor and indoor volleyball. She has 47 all-time wins and 181 all-time tournaments played. Her partner is Karolyn Kirby and they are the Number 2 women's volleyball team in the world.- Early life :Liz Masakayan hasn't always played volleyball...
- Professional Beach volleyballBeach volleyballBeach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympic team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net.Like volleyball, the object of the game is to send the ball over the net in order to ground it on the opponent’s court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent....
Water sports
- Natalie CoughlinNatalie CoughlinNatalie Anne Coughlin is an American swimmer and eleven-time Olympic medallist.At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Coughlin became the first American female athlete in modern Olympic history to win six medals in one Olympics and the first woman ever to win a 100 m backstroke gold in two consecutive...
– Olympic swimmer2004 Summer OlympicsThe 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
, gold medalist. (Filipina mother) - Victoria Manalo DravesVictoria Manalo DravesVictoria "Vicki" Manalo Draves was an Olympic diver who won gold medals for the United States in both platform and springboard diving in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. She was born in San Francisco....
– diver who was first woman to win two gold medals in springboard diving at the 1948 Olympics in London. - Sunny GarciaSunny GarciaSunny Garcia was born Vincent Sennen Garcia on January 14, 1970 in Mā'ili, on the Westside of Oahu, Hawaii. He grew up in Wai'anae and after leaving school, debuted on the 1986 Gotcha Pro at Sandy Beach, Oahu, beating the 1984 champ Tom Carroll....
– surfingSurfingSurfing' is a surface water sport in which the surfer rides a surfboard on the crest and face of a wave which is carrying the surfer towards the shore...
world champion, surfing legend. - Malia JonesMalia JonesMalia Jones is a model and surfer.- Life and career :Jones was born in Loma Linda, California, although she returned to Kailua, Hawaii, at the age of two. Jones is of Hawaiian, Spanish-Filipino, German and English descent . She began to surf competitively in her early teens, and at age 15 won the...
– surfingSurfingSurfing' is a surface water sport in which the surfer rides a surfboard on the crest and face of a wave which is carrying the surfer towards the shore...
model, People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People.
Wrestlers
- David Bautista – WWEWorld Wrestling EntertainmentWorld Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
performer going by the name of "Batista". He has won five heavyweight titles. (Filipino father, Greek mother) - Benny Cuntapay – also known by his ring alias B-Boy. Performer in CZW or Combat Zone WrestlingCombat Zone WrestlingCombat Zone Wrestling is a independent wrestling promotion. In 1999, John Zandig and four of his students, Ric Blade, Lobo, Nick Gage and Justice Pain began to run backyard wrestling shows in New Jersey and Delaware, showcasing a brand of hardcore wrestling dubbed as "ultraviolence"...
- T. J. Perkins – also known by his ring aliases Pinoy Boy and Puma
Television and film
- Neile AdamsNeile AdamsRuby Neilam Salvador "Neile" Adams is a Filipino-American actress, singer and dancer who made more than twenty appearances in films and television series between 1952 and 1991....
– actress - Sean Michael Afable - actor (Akeelah and the BeeAkeelah and the BeeAkeelah and the Bee is a 2006 American drama film written and directed by Doug Atchison. It tells the story of Akeelah Anderson, portrayed by Keke Palmer, an 11-year-old girl who participates in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, her mother, portrayed by Angela Bassett, schoolmates, and also her...
) - Nicole AndersonNicole AndersonNicole Gale Anderson is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Macy Misa in the Disney Channel Original Series JONAS L.A., and also known for the role of Kelly Parker on the ABC Family series Make It or Break It...
- actress - Ashley ArgotaAshley ArgotaAshley Spencer Argota is an American actress and singer. She is best known for role as Lulu in the Nickelodeon sitcom True Jackson, VP. She currently co-stars as Kelly Peckinpaw in Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures on Nickelodeon....
– actress (True Jackson, VPTrue Jackson, VPTrue Jackson, VP is an American television sitcom that aired on Nickelodeon from November 8, 2008 to August 20, 2011. The series starred Keke Palmer, Ashley Argota, Matt Shively, Danielle Bisutti, Greg Proops, Robbie Amell and Ron Butler. The theme song was written by Toby Gad and Keke Palmer and...
) - Christina ChangChristina ChangChristina Chang is a Taiwanese American actress.Chang was born in and raised in Taipei, Taiwan. Her father is Chinese Filipino and her mother is American...
– actress, CSI: Miami, Private Practice, No Ordinary Family - Alley BaggettAlley BaggettAlley Baggett is an American glamour model.She appeared on the cover of Playboy's Book of Lingerie in the March/April 1996 issue. She has since appeared on more than twelve Playboy Special Edition covers...
– model, actress. - Steffiana de la CruzSteffiana De La CruzStephanie Anna Zantua, better known by her stage name, Steffiana de la Cruz, is a Filipino-American model and actress.-Career:...
– model, actress. - Brandon BakerBrandon BakerBrandon Baker is an American actor. He is known for the made-for-TV movies, such as Disney movies Johnny Tsunami and its sequel Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board as well as for his role on the short lived NBC sitcom One World. In 2002, he appeared in episodes of the Disney Channel original series...
– actor (Johnny TsunamiJohnny TsunamiJohnny Tsunami is a 1999 Disney Channel Original Movie. It was nominated in 2000 for the Humanitas Prize as Children's Live-Action Category. Johnny Tsunami is the predecessor to Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board, released in June 2007.-Plot summary:...
and Johnny Kapahala: Back on BoardJohnny Kapahala: Back on BoardJohnny Kapahala: Back on Board is the 70th Disney Channel Original Movie and is the sequel to the 1999 film Johnny Tsunami. The movie premiered on Disney Channel on June 8, 2007. 1.3 million viewers watched this movie in the U.L placing 3rd in its timeslot...
) - Lauren YoungLauren YoungLauren Anne Young is a Filipino-American actress who is part of ABS-CBN's Star Magic group. She is the younger sister of actress and TV host, Megan Young.- Biography :...
– actress - Tippy Dos SantosTippy Dos SantosStephanie Denise "Tippy" Esquivias Dos Santos is a Filipino-American singer and actress. She was first appeared on Ruffa & Ai. She is studying in Reedley International School.She was born to an American father and a Filipino mother...
– singer, actress - Kimee BalmileroKimee BalmileroKimberly Jonelle Balmilero is an American actress.-Career:Originally from Kaneohe, Hawaii; Kimee Balmilero graduated from James B. Castle High School, home of the Castle Performing Arts Center on Oahu...
– member of the American version of Hi-5Hi-5 (American kids' band)Hi-5 was a children's musical group and television program that started in 2003 It was based on the original Australian TV show. The show was nominated for an Emmy Award three times and won other awards in its short lifespan.- History :...
, a children's musical group - Dante BascoDante BascoDanté Basco is an American actor, voice actor, poet, and dancer. He is best known for playing Rufio in the 1991 live-action Peter Pan film Hook...
– actor, dancer, rapper, poet - Darion BascoDarion BascoDarion Basco is an actor who has appeared in several television series in guest-starring roles. He is also co-director and co-producer of the film Naked Brown Men....
– actor, director, producer - Derek BascoDerek BascoDerek Basco is an American film and television actor of Filipino heritage. His brothers, Dante, Darion and Dion Basco, are also actors.-External links:...
- actor - Cris JuddCris JuddCristan Leenon "Cris" Judd is an American actor and choreographer known for his brief marriage to Jennifer Lopez. He hails from Abilene, Texas.-Early years:...
– actor, dancer, choreographer and former husband of Jennifer Lopez, lead dancer of Michael Jackson and work with different singers, appeared in Unfabulous, Eve, Half and Half, and Everybody Loves Raymond - Dion BascoDion BascoDion Basco is an American film and television actor of Filipino heritage. His brothers, Dante, Darion and Derek Basco are also actors. He is best known for his roles as Alberto "Al" Ramos on the NBC television sitcom, City Guys and as Flip in the 2003 film, Biker Boyz. Dion played Marco Quito in...
- actor - Buzz BelmondoBuzz BelmondoLorenzo Matawaran, better known by his stage name Buzz Belmondo, is an actor, comedian, filmmaker, film producer and writer.- Early life :...
– comedian/actor/writer, (BaywatchBaywatchBaywatch is an American action drama series about the Los Angeles County Lifeguards who patrol the beaches of Los Angeles County, California, starring David Hasselhoff. The show ran in its original title and format from 1989 to 1999, sans the 1990-1991 season, of which it was not in production...
, Out Of This WorldOut of This World (TV series)Out Of This World is an American fantasy sitcom about a teenage girl who is half alien, which gives her unique supernatural powers. It first aired in U.S. syndication on September 17, 1987 and ended on May 25, 1991. It was first broadcast in the UK on the ITV network on April 9, 1990, usually at...
) - Joy BiscoJoy BiscoJocelyn "Joy" Bisco is an American actress.A Filipino American, she graduated from University City High School in San Diego, California and is 5'2 tall...
– Filipino American actress - Eileen BoylanEileen BoylanEileen April Boylan is an American film and television actress. She stands 5'1" and is of Filipino and Irish descent.- Biography :Boylan was born in Acton, California, the daughter of Merlie Baris and Frank Boylan...
– actress (South of NowhereSouth of NowhereSouth of Nowhere is an American teen drama television series created by Thomas W. Lynch. Aimed primarily at teenagers, it first aired on November 4, 2005 and was one of six original series on The N. The second half of the third and final season aired October 10, 2008 and the final episode aired on...
, General HospitalGeneral HospitalGeneral Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns....
). - Q. Allan BrockaQ. Allan BrockaQuenton Allan Brocka is an award-winning American television and film director based in West Hollywood, California. He has directed and written a number of feature films while creating an animated television series for the Logo cable network...
– director, producer, actor, best known for directing the film Eating Out and its sequel. - Cher CalvinCher Calvin- Biography :Calvin is the daughter of former actor Roger Calvin. She started with KTLA in January, 2005. She was a former news anchor of Studio 23's "News Central" and one of the hosts of the fashion magazine show "F" on ABS-CBN.Calvin came to KTLA from KVVU-TV Fox 5 in Las Vegas, Nevada, where...
– actress, news anchor (KTLAKTLAKTLA, virtual channel 5, is a television station in Los Angeles, California, USA. Owned by the Tribune Company, KTLA is an affiliate of the CW Television Network. KTLA's studios are on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, and its transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson...
Morning News), Miss New York first runner up - Wendy CalioWendy CalioWendy Calio is an American actress, singer, dancer and choreographer who is best known for her portrayal of Nina, the spirited ever-smiling neighbor on Disney Junior children's series, Imagination Movers.-Life and career:...
– actress, dancer, singer (Imagination MoversImagination MoversImagination Movers is a child-centered rock band formed in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 2003. The lineup includes Rich Collins, Scott Durbin, Dave Poche, and Scott "Smitty" Smith. Members of the group were longtime friends and neighbors....
) - Jade VillalonJade VillalonJade Valerie Villalon , also known by her project and stage name Jade Valerie, is an American and European pop singer, songwriter, and actress...
– actress, singer and songwriter - Louie del CarmenLouie del CarmenLouie del Carmen is an American animation storyboard artist/director and illustrator. Born Manuel Luis Gonzales del Carmen in Cavite City, Philippines, he began work in the mid-1990s on such notable animated programs as Rugrats, Rocket Power, Invader Zim, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy,...
– story artist, Dreamworks AnimationDreamWorks AnimationDreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. is an American animation studio based in Glendale, California that creates animated feature films, television program and online virtual worlds...
; storyboard artist, Disney Channel's Kim PossibleKim PossibleKim Possible is an American animated television series about a teenage crime fighter who has the task of dealing with worldwide, family, and school issues every day. The show is action-oriented, but also has a light-hearted atmosphere and often lampoons the conventions and clichés of the...
, Nickelodeon's Invader ZimInvader ZimInvader Zim is an American animated television series created by Jhonen Vasquez. It was produced by and subsequently aired on Nickelodeon. The series revolves around an extraterrestrial named Zim from the planet Irk, and his ongoing mission to conquer and destroy Earth...
(2001) and The Mighty B!The Mighty B!The Mighty B! is an American animated television series co-created by Amy Poehler, Cynthia True and Erik Wiese for Nickelodeon. The series centers on Bessie Higgenbottom, an ambitious Honeybee girlscout that believes she will become a superhero called the Mighty B if she collects every Honeybee badge...
(2008) - Ronnie del CarmenRonnie del CarmenRonnie del Carmen is an animation storyboard, story artist and designer. He was recently Story Supervisor on Pixar's tenth full-length computer-animated film titled Up and director of its accompanying short film on DVD, Dug's Special Mission.-Filmography:*The Untitled Pixar Movie That Takes You...
– story supervisor, Finding NemoFinding NemoFinding Nemo is a 2003 American comi-drama animated film written by Andrew Stanton, directed by Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich and produced by Pixar. It tells the story of the overly protective clownfish Marlin who, along with a regal tang called Dory , searches for his abducted son Nemo...
; storyboard artist, Batman: The Animated SeriesBatman: The Animated SeriesBatman: The Animated Series is an American animated series based on the DC Comics character Batman. The series featured an ensemble cast of many voice-actors including Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Arleen Sorkin, and Loren Lester. The series won four Emmy Awards and was nominated... - T.V. Carpio – actress
- Tia CarrereTia CarrereTia Carrere is an American actress, model, voice artist, and singer, perhaps most widely known for her role as Cassandra Wong in the feature films Wayne's World and Wayne's World 2, Queen Tyr'ahnee in Duck Dodgers, and as Sydney Fox in the TV series Relic Hunter.-Early life:Carrere was born in...
– actress - Phoebe CatesPhoebe CatesPhoebe Cates is an American film actress, model, and entrepreneur known for her roles in several teen films, most notably Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Gremlins.-Early life:...
– actress. - Pia ClementePia ClementePia Clemente is a producer. She was a line producer for The Debut which was the first major Filipino American film to be shown in national theaters....
– The first Filipino to be nominated for a competitive Academy Award for the live action short, "Our Time Is Up". (2004) - Emy ColigadoEmy ColigadoEmy Coligado is an American actress, known for her role as Piama Tananahaakna on the sitcom Malcolm in the Middle.Coligado was born in Geneva, Ohio, and lived in Borger in the Texas Panhandle. She attended Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, where she studied psychology...
– actress, (Piama, Francis' wife, Malcolm in the MiddleMalcolm in the MiddleMalcolm in the Middle is an American television sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Network. The series was first broadcast on January 9, 2000, and ended its six-and-a-half-year run on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons and 151 episodes...
). - Michael CoponMichael CoponMichael Sowell Copon is an American actor, model, producer, and singer. He is known for his role of Felix Taggaro in the television series One Tree Hill, playing Vin Keahi in the television series Beyond the Break, and starring in Power Rangers: Time Force.-Early life:Copon was born in Chesapeake,...
– actor (Blue Ranger in Power Rangers Time Force, Bring It On: In It to Win ItBring It On: In It to Win ItBring It On: In It to Win It is a 2007 teen film. First a sneak peek on The Jake Show Season 2 premiere, directed by Steve Rash and starring Ashley Benson, Michael Copon and Cassie Scerbo. It is the fourth film in the Bring It On franchise, which focuses on competitive cheerleading. It was shot at...
) - Rik CorderoRik CorderoFredric Joseph "Rik" Cordero is an award winning independent music video, commercial, and film director of Filipino descent. He was born and raised in Queens, New York and is known for applying unusual, non-traditional shooting methods in his work...
- director - Darren CrissDarren CrissDarren Everett Criss is an American actor, singer-songwriter, musician, composer, and a founding member and co-owner of the theater company StarKid Productions. He currently portrays Blaine Anderson, an openly gay high school student, on the FOX television series Glee...
- actor - Annie CruzAnnie CruzAnnie Cruz is the stage name of Filipino American pornographic actress and nude model.-Early life:Cruz was born in Stockton, California, to Filipino immigrant parents. She graduated from Brookside Christian High School in Stockton, where she was a cheerleader, and claims to have graduated in the...
– adult film star. - Christina CuencaChristina CuencaChristina Cuenca is a beauty queen who has held the title Miss Louisiana USA and competed at Miss USA.Cuenca, who comes from Arabi, Louisiana is an experienced pageant veteran who competed for five consecutive years before winning the crown, including placing second runner-up three times. Cuenca...
- Miss Louisiana USAMiss Louisiana USAThe Miss Louisiana USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Louisiana in the Miss USA pageant.Louisiana is one of the most successful states at Miss USA and is one of only seven states to have had three or more Miss USAs.Three Miss Louisiana USA titleholders...
2006; actress - Jake CuencaJake CuencaJuan Carlos "Jake" Leveriza Cuenca is a Spanish-Filipino actor and model. He started as a GMA talent center artist, and later transferred to ABS-CBN's talent center, Star Magic.-Early life:...
– current actor in the Philippines - Mark DacascosMark DacascosMark Alan Dacascos is an American actor and martial artist. He won numerous karate and various styles of kung fu championships between the ages of 7 and 18....
– actor and martial arts expert - Marpessa DawnMarpessa DawnMarpessa Dawn , also known as Gypsy Marpessa Dawn Menor was an American-born French actress, singer, and dancer....
- actress - Dean DevlinDean DevlinDean Devlin is an American screenwriter, producer, television director and former actor. He is the founder of the production company Electric Entertainment.-Personal life:...
– screenwriter and producer of many films including Independence DayIndependence Day (film)Independence Day is a 1996 science fiction film about an alien invasion of Earth, focusing on a disparate group of individuals and families as they converge in the Nevada desert and, along with the rest of the human population, participate in a last-chance counterattack on July 4 – the same...
, GodzillaGodzilla (1998 film)Godzilla is a 1998 science fiction monster disaster film film co-written and directed by Roland Emmerich. It is a loose remake of the 1954 giant monster classic Godzilla. The storyline was conceived from a screenplay written by Emmerich and Dean Devlin. The film relates a tale of a nuclear incident...
and StargateStargate (film)Stargate is a 1994 American adventure-military science fiction film released through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Carolco Pictures. Created by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich, the film is the first release in the Stargate franchise...
, also occasional actorActorAn actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity... - Mar ElepanoMar ElepanoMariano "Mar" Elepano is a Filipino American independent filmmaker, teacher, and has been the production supervisor of the John C. Hench Division of Animation and Digital Arts, USC School of Cinematic Arts since 1993....
– filmmaker, production supervisor of the John C. Hench Lab, Division of Animation and Digital ArtsDivision of Animation and Digital ArtsThe John C. Hench Division of Animation and Digital Arts at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Los Angeles, United States, is an "international and multi-cultural program focusing on animation in all its forms." The program offers an undergraduate minor and major in animation, MFA, and Ph.D in...
, USC School of Cinematic ArtsUSC School of Cinematic ArtsThe USC School of Cinematic Arts, until 2006 named the School of Cinema-Television , is a film school within the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California. It is the oldest and largest such school in the United States, established in 1929 as a joint venture with the Academy of... - Allen EvangelistaAllen EvangelistaAllen Evangelista is a Filipino-American actor who is best known for his role as Henry Miller in The Secret Life of the American Teenager and Firewire in Zoey 101. His career started in 2002 with an appearance in Once and Again....
– actor (The Secret Life of the American TeenagerThe Secret Life of the American TeenagerThe Secret Life of the American Teenager is an American teen drama television series created by Brenda Hampton. It first aired on ABC Family on July 1, 2008. The show was renewed for a second season consisting of 24 episodes on February 9, 2009, which began airing on June 22, 2009...
) - Ava FabianAva FabianAva Fabian is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in August 1986 and has appeared in numerous Playboy videos. Her centerfold was photographed by Arny Freytag and Richard Fegley.Fabian played Roxy Carmichael in the movie Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael,...
– actress, model - Roshon FeganRoshon FeganRoshon Bernard Fegan is an American actor, dancer, rapper and musician. He is best known for his role as Sander Loyer in the Disney Channel movie franchise Camp Rock and for his role as Ty Blue on the Disney Channel original series Shake It Up!.-Early life:Roshon Fegan was born on October 6,...
- actor (Camp RockCamp RockCamp Rock is a 2008 Disney Channel Original Movie starring the Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato. The music is written by Julie Brown, Paul Brown, Regina Hicks and Karen Gist. The film is directed by Matthew Diamond and produced by Alan Sacks....
) - Von FloresVon FloresVon Flores is the stage name of Valentin Andres Tanga Flores IV, a Filipino-Canadian actor. Flores has enjoyed leading roles in a number of television productions, including the series Kung Fu: The Legend Continues and the Atlantis Films TekWar, TekJustice and TekLords TV movies...
– actor - Joel de la FuenteJoel de la FuenteJoel de la Fuente is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as 1st Lieutenant Paul Wang in Space: Above and Beyond, Peter Davies in 100 Centre Street, and recurring appearances on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as TARU Tech Ruben Morales.-Early life:Born in New Hartford, New York, de...
– actor - Irish FullertonIrish FullertonFatima Irish Fullerton is a singer and actress, she is a scholar of Pinoy Dream Academy.Irish is a member of ABS-CBN's elite circle of homegrown talents namely, Star Magic.-TV shows:-External links:*...
– actress, singer - Melissa HowardMelissa HowardMelissa Dawn Beck , formerly Melissa Dawn Howard, is a reality show personality, and comedienne....
– actress-comedienne, MTV Real World New Orleans cast. - Vanessa Hudgens - half Filipino actress, singer, dancer and television star (High School MusicalHigh School MusicalHigh School Musical is a 2006 American television film, first in the High School Musical film franchise. Upon its release on January 20, 2006, it became the most successful film that Disney Channel Original Movie ever produced, with a television sequel High School Musical 2 released in 2007 and...
). - Stella Hudgens - half Filipino actress
- Diana Lee InosantoDiana Lee InosantoDiana Lee Inosanto is a Filipino American actress, stuntwoman, martial artist and film director, sometimes credited as D. Lee Inosanto.-Personal:...
- actress, stuntwoman, film director (The SenseiThe SenseiThe Sensei is an independent feature film, written, produced and directed by Diana Lee Inosanto .-Synopsis:...
). - Tessa Keller, model and reality television personality
- Abigail Kintanar – actress, host, reality show vixen. VH1's CelebReality Star "Red Oyster"
- Kevin KleinbergKevin KleinbergKevin Louis Kleinberg , is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Trip, the Green Ranger in Power Rangers: Time Force....
–actor, (Green Ranger in Power Rangers Time Force;). - Jo KoyJo KoyJo Koy is an American stand-up comic. He is currently touring the college circuit as a featured comedian and performs in clubs across the country. He is often a panelist on E!'s late night show Chelsea Lately.- Early life :Koy is of Filipino and Caucasian heritage...
- stand-up comedian - LalaineLalaineLalaine Vergara-Paras , also known as Lalaine, is an American actress, singer-songwriter and spokesperson. She is perhaps best known for her role as Miranda Sanchez in the Disney Channel series Lizzie McGuire, which aired from 2001 to 2004. She has been pursuing a music career since 2009...
– TV star, Lizzie McGuireLizzie McGuireLizzie McGuire is an American teen sitcom which premiered on the Disney Channel on January 12, 2001 and ended February 14, 2004. A total of 65 episodes were produced and aired. Its target demographic was preteens and adolescents...
. - Liza LapiraLiza LapiraLiza Lapira is an American actress best known for playing Kianna in the 2008 film 21 and Special Agent Michelle Lee in NCIS. She is also known for her role as Maggie Del Rosario on Huff.-Life and career:...
– actress (Crazy Stupid Love, 21, Fast and FuriousFast and FuriousFast & Furious is a 2009 street racing action film directed by Justin Lin. It is the fourth film in The Fast and the Furious film series and the third installment in terms of chronology. The plot connects with the original film of the series from which Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez,...
, NCISNCIS (TV series)NCIS, formerly known as NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, is an American police procedural drama television series revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which conducts criminal investigations involving the U.S...
, Traffic Light) - Sharon LealSharon LealSharon Leal is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her roles in movies such as Dreamgirls, Why Did I Get Married?, Why Did I Get Married Too? and the televisions series Hellcats.-Personal life:...
– half-Filipino, half African American actress (Boston PublicBoston PublicBoston Public is an American drama television series created by David E. Kelley and broadcast on Fox. It centered on Winslow High School, a fictional public high school located in Boston, Massachusetts. The show was named for the real public school district in which it takes place...
, DreamgirlsDreamgirls (film)Dreamgirls is a 2006 musical drama film, directed by Bill Condon and jointly produced and released by DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures. The film debuted in three special road show engagements beginning December 15, 2006 before its nationwide release on December 25, 2006...
, Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?) - Brandon LeeBrandon Lee (pornographic actor)Brandon Lee , is a gay Asian American pornographic actor of Filipino descent. He is regarded as the first gay Asian porn star and arguably the most popular Asian pornographic actor in contemporary gay male culture.-Pornography career:...
– Homosexual pornography actor - Reggie LeeReggie LeeReggie Lee is a former Arena Football League offensive lineman/defensive lineman for the Orlando Predators.-NCAA career:...
– actor - Kaylani LeiKaylani LeiAshley Spalding , better known by the pseudonym Kaylani Lei, is an exotic dancer and a porn star currently working for Wicked Pictures....
– adult film star - Matthew LibatiqueMatthew LibatiqueMatthew Libatique is an American cinematographer best known for his work with director Darren Aronofsky on such films as π, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain and Black Swan.-Background:...
– cinematographer (Requiem for a Dream, The FountainThe FountainThe Fountain is a 2006 American romantic drama film, which blends elements of fantasy, history, religion, and science fiction. It was directed by Darren Aronofsky, and starred Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz...
, Inside ManInside ManInside Man is a 2006 crime-drama film directed by Spike Lee. It stars Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Willem Dafoe and Jodie Foster. The film's screenplay was written by Russell Gewirtz and produced by Brian Grazer...
and Iron ManIron ManIron Man is a fictional character, a superhero in the . The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby, first appearing in Tales of Suspense #39 .A billionaire playboy, industrialist and ingenious engineer,...
) - Tiffany LimosTiffany LimosTiffany Limos is an American actress best known for her role as Peaches in the controversial film Ken Park, and has been called the muse of iconic photographer Larry Clark...
– actress - Elita LorescaElita LorescaElita A. Loresca , is a Filipino-American newscaster, has worked for KGET-TV, the NBC affiliate in Bakersfield, CA and WSVN 7 in Miami, FL...
– Meteorologist (KNBC Channel 4, Los Angeles) - BarBara LunaBarbara LunaBarBara Ann Luna is an American actress with an extensive list of roles in film, television, and shows. Notable roles included Five Weeks in a Balloon and Lt. Marlena Moreau in the classic Star Trek episode "Mirror, Mirror"...
– actress - Camille ManaCamille ManaCamille Mana is an American actress.Born in Orange County, California, she is of Filipino/Chinese descent. Camille graduated from University of California, Berkeley in six semesters with a degree in Economics....
– actress (One on OneOne on One (TV series)One on One is an American sitcom that aired on the now-defunct UPN from its September 3, 2001 premiere until May 15, 2006. The series stars Flex Alexander as a single sportscaster, who becomes a full-time dad when his ex-wife decides to accept a job out of the country and his teenage daughter...
) - Alec MapaAlec Mapa-Personal life:Mapa, a Filipino American, was born in San Francisco and attended George Washington High School . Mapa is openly gay and lends his support to various projects supporting the gay, lesbian, and Asian American communities...
– actor and comedian (Half & HalfHalf & HalfHalf & Half is an American sitcom that aired on UPN from September 23, 2002, to May 15, 2006. The show focuses on the lives of two paternal half-sisters in their twenties who were estranged throughout their childhood, and are finally developing a close relationship...
). - Anna Maria Perez de TagléAnna Maria Perez de TagleAnna Manria Francesca Enriquez Perez de Taglé is an American actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Ashley Dewitt on Hannah Montana and Ella Pador on Camp Rock and Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam...
– actress (Hannah MontanaHannah MontanaHannah Montana is an American television series, which debuted on March 24, 2006 on the Disney Channel. The series focuses on a girl who lives a double life as an average teenage school girl named Miley Stewart by day and a famous pop singer named Hannah Montana by night, concealing her real...
, Camp RockCamp RockCamp Rock is a 2008 Disney Channel Original Movie starring the Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato. The music is written by Julie Brown, Paul Brown, Regina Hicks and Karen Gist. The film is directed by Matthew Diamond and produced by Alan Sacks....
, Camp Rock 2: The Final JamCamp Rock 2: The Final JamCamp Rock 2: The Final Jam is a 2010 Disney Channel Original Movie and sequel to the 2008 film Camp Rock. Production commenced in August 2009 in Toronto, Ontario and at area summer camps. The movie premiered on on Disney Channel in the USA, along with a live simulcast on Radio Disney...
, the 2009 remake of FameFame (2009 film)Fame is a 2009 musical film and a loose remake of the 1980 film of the same title. It was directed by Kevin Tancharoen and written by Allison Burnett. It was released on September 25, 2009 in the USA, Canada, Ireland, and the UK.-Freshman year:...
), former Star SearchStar SearchStar Search is a television show that was produced from 1983-95, hosted by Ed McMahon, and created by Alfred Masini. A relaunch was produced in 2003-04. The show was originally filmed at the old Earl Carroll Theatre at 6230 Sunset Blvd...
contestant; granddaughter of Filipina singer, Sylvia La TorreSylvia La TorreSylvia La Torre , known as "The Queen of Kundiman", is a Filipina singer, actress, and radio star. La Torre is the daughter of Filipino artist, Leonora Reyes, and director, Olive La Torre...
. - Marie MatikoMarie Matiko-Early life:Marie Matiko is of Chinese, Japanese and Filipino heritage.She endured a stern cultural upbringing, which ultimately fostered discipline and an inherent passion for the arts as a child, where she could freely express herself. "When I was in grade school, I wanted to become a concert...
– actress ("Art of WarThe Art of War (film)The Art of War is a 2000 Canadian-American action film directed by Christian Duguay, and starring Wesley Snipes, Michael Biehn, Anne Archer and Donald Sutherland...
") - Sabrine MauiSabrine MauiSabrine Maui is a Filipina porn actress.Sabrine Maui was born in Manila, the Philippines. She was delivered by her mother's father, with the assistance of two aunts; most of her mother's family are doctors and nurses...
– adult film star. - Steven R. McQueenSteven R. McQueenSteven R. McQueen - and also known as 'Steven Chadwick McQueen' - is an American actor, best known for his role as Jeremy Gilbert in The CW show The Vampire Diaries and his recurring role as Kyle Hunter in the drama series Everwood. McQueen uses the name 'Steven R...
– actor (The Vampire DiariesThe Vampire DiariesThe Vampire Diaries is a young adult vampire horror series of novels written by L. J. Smith. The story centers around Elena Gilbert, a high school girl torn between two vampire brothers. The series was originally a trilogy published in 1991, but pressure from readers led Smith to write a fourth...
) - Madison Michele – actress and television host (host of Animal PlanetAnimal PlanetAnimal Planet is an American cable tv specialty channel that launched on October 1, 1996. It is distributed by Discovery Communications. A high-definition simulcast of the channel launched on September 1, 2007.-History:...
's King of the Jungle) - Vanessa Minillo – MTV Veejay and former Miss Teen USA
- Mimi MiyagiMimi MiyagiMelody Damayo is a Filipina porn star best known as Mimi Miyagi.-Early life and education:Melody Damayo was born in Davao City, the second of four children born to conservative Seventh Day Adventist parents...
(née Melody Damayo)– adult film star, former candidate for Governor of Nevada - Paolo MontalbanPaolo MontalbánPaolo Montalban is a Filipino-American actor and singer best known for his performance in ABC/Disney's telepic of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella as Prince Christopher, opposite Brandy as Cinderella....
– actor (Mortal Kombat: ConquestMortal Kombat: ConquestMortal Kombat: Konquest is an American martial arts television series that aired for one season from 1998 to 1999, and was based on the popular Mortal Kombat fighting game series. The program was filmed at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Florida.-Storyline:"In each of us there burns a soul...
), model - Rex NavarreteRex NavarreteRex Lasat Navarrete is a Filipino American comedian whose material is geared toward Filipino audiences.-Early life:...
– comedian, voice actor in MyxMyxmyx or MYX is the music channel of ABS-CBN brand and the #1 music channel in the Philippines. It is also a part of Studio 23's program line-up. In 2007, MYX North America was launched in the United States....
channel's cartoon "The Nutshack" - Belinda PaneloBelinda PaneloBelinda Jay Panelo is a Filipino American actress and former commercial model who became an MTV VJ after winning the MTV VJ Hunt in 1999, along with K. C. Montero. She is the daughter of US vet, Salvador Sauza Panelo...
- MTV VJ - Van PartibleVan PartibleVan Partible is an American animator of Filipino descent, writer, and producer best known for creating the animated television series Johnny Bravo.Partible currently resides in Salinas, California....
– creator/director/writer of cartoon series Johnny BravoJohnny BravoJohnny Bravo is an American animated television series created by Van Partible for Cartoon Network. The series stars a muscular beefcake young man named Johnny Bravo who dons a pompadour hairstyle and an Elvis Presley-like voice and has a forward, woman-chasing personality... - Nia PeeplesNia PeeplesVirenia Gwendolyn "Nia" Peeples is an American R&B and dance music singer and actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Nicole Chapman on Fame...
– actress - Lou Diamond Philips – actor
- Victoria RecañoVictoria RecañoVictoria Recaño is an American television personality currently working for TV Guide Network. Her last assignment was co-anchoring the 6 pm and 10 pm news on Los Angeles television station KTLA. She did that work from September 14, 2009 until late May 2010, when she left the show without any...
– correspondent (The InsiderThe Insider (TV series)The Insider is an American tabloid television news program covering events and celebrities. It debuted on September 13, 2004 as a spinoff of Entertainment Tonight and started as a popular segment that took viewers "behind closed doors" and gave them "inside" information...
), actress (CSI: MiamiCSI: MiamiCSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....
) - Ernie Reyes, Jr.Ernie Reyes, Jr.Ernie Reyes, Jr. , is an American actor, martial artist, action choreographer, director, producer, filmmaker, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer.-Early life:...
– actor, martial artist - Jelynn RodriguezJelynn RodriguezJelynn Rodriguez is a host on the popular American Sí TV show: The Drop, as well as an actress, dancer and singer. She is Filipino. She has been working in show business since she was a teenager living in San Diego attending Rancho Bernardo High School. She and now lives in Los Angeles...
– actress ("The Drop") - Jason RogelJason RogelJason Rogel is an American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Leo on the ABC Family sitcom, State of Georgia, starring Raven-Symoné and Loretta Devine. He recently starred as Martin in the SyFy original movie, Swamp Shark, opposite Kristy Swanson and DB Sweeney...
– actor (SplinterheadsSplinterheadsSplinterheads is a 2009 romantic comedy film written and directed by Brant Sersen. It stars Thomas Middleditch, Rachael Taylor, Christopher McDonald and Lea Thompson. The film opened in limited release in the United States on November 6, 2009....
, Swamp SharkSwamp SharkSwamp Shark is a 2011 American horror film directed by Griff Furst and starring Kristy Swanson, D. B. Sweeney, Robert Davi, Jason Rogel, Sophia Sinise, Richard Tanne, and Jeff Chase. The film was produced by Kenneth M. Badish and Daniel Lewis and was written by Eric Miller, Charles Bolon, and...
, The Great State of Georgia) - Tura SatanaTura SatanaTura Satana was an American actress and former exotic dancer. She was best known for her role as "Varla" in Russ Meyer's 1965 cult film, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!.-Early life:...
– actress ("Varla" in Russ Meyer's 1965 cult film, "Faster, Pussycat, Kill, Kil!). "Satana's father was a silent movie actor of Japanese and Filipino descent, and her mother was a circus performer of American Indian (Cheyenne) and Scots-Irish background. - Rob SchneiderRob SchneiderRobert Michael "Rob" Schneider is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and director. A stand-up comic and veteran of the NBC sketch-comedy series Saturday Night Live, Schneider has gone on to a successful career in feature films, including starring roles in the comedy films Deuce Bigalow:...
– Saturday Night LiveSaturday Night LiveSaturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...
performer, actor, comedian - Shannyn SossamonShannyn SossamonShannon Marie Kahololani Sossamon is an American actress. She starred in the film A Knight's Tale, which gained her wider fame and praise. She has since established herself in Hollywood after starring in several films such as 40 Days and 40 Nights, Wristcutters: A Love Story, and One Missed Call...
– actress (40 Days and 40 Nights40 Days and 40 NightsThis article refers to Michael Lehmann's 2002 film. For the 2007 Matthew Chapman book, see 40 Days and 40 Nights .40 Days and 40 Nights is a 2002 romantic comedy film directed by Michael Lehmann, written by Rob Perez and starring Josh Hartnett, Shannyn Sossamon and Paulo Costanzo...
, A Knight's TaleA Knight's Tale (film)A Knight's Tale is a 2001 American action-adventure film directed, produced, and written by Brian Helgeland. The film stars Heath Ledger, Shannyn Sossamon, Mark Addy, Alan Tudyk, Rufus Sewell, Paul Bettany as Geoffrey Chaucer, and James Purefoy as Sir Thomas Colville/Edward, the Black Prince.The...
) - Charmane StarCharmane StarCharmane Star is a Filipino pornographic actress who has appeared in over 279 films since 1998. She has also performed as a feature dancer....
– adult film star - Hailee SteinfeldHailee SteinfeldHailee Steinfeld is an American actress. She rose to fame for her portrayal as Mattie Ross in the 2010 film True Grit, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.-Early life:Steinfeld was born in Tarzana, Los...
– actress (True GritTrue Grit (2010 film)True Grit is a 2010 American Western film written and directed by the Coen brothers. It is the second adaptation of Charles Portis' 1968 novel of the same name, which was previously filmed in 1969 starring John Wayne. This version stars Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross and Jeff Bridges as U.S....
) - Chuti TiuChuti TiuChuti Tiu is an Asian American actress of Chinese, Filipina and Spanish descent. Tiu studied at Northwestern University where she earned a B.A. in Economics and Political Science. She later got a lead role in Sally Field's directorial debut Beautiful a film based on the pageant experience...
– actress (DesireDesire (TV series)Desire is an American telenovela which debuted at 8:00PM Eastern/7:00PM Central on September 5, 2006, on the American network MyNetworkTV, and ended on December 5. It was produced by Twentieth Television...
, 2424 (TV series)24 is an American television series produced for the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method of narration...
, DragnetDragnet (series)Dragnet is a radio and television crime drama about the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners...
, Beautiful, The SpecialsThe SpecialsThe Specials are an English 2 Tone ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry, England. Their music combines a "danceable ska and rocksteady beat with punk's energy and attitude", and had a "more focused and informed political and social stance" than other ska groups...
) - Tamlyn TomitaTamlyn TomitaTamlyn Naomi Tomita is an actress, who has appeared in many Hollywood films and television series.-Early life:Tomita was born in Okinawa, the daughter of Shiro and Asako Tomita. Her father then later became a Los Angeles Police Officer, rising to the rank of sergeant. He succumbed to cancer in...
– actress (The Joy Luck Club (film)The Joy Luck Club (film)The Joy Luck Club is a 1993 American film about the relationships between Chinese-American women and their Chinese mothers. It is based on the 1989 novel of the same name by Amy Tan, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ronald Bass. The film was produced by Oliver Stone and directed by Wayne Wang...
, The Karate Kid, Part IIThe Karate Kid, Part IIThe Karate Kid, Part II is a 1986 American martial arts film and is a sequel to 1984's The Karate Kid. Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita reprise their roles as Daniel LaRusso and Mr. Miyagi, respectively. The original music score was composed by Bill Conti...
, Quantum Leap (TV series), Glee (TV series)Glee (TV series)Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States, and on GlobalTV in Canada. It focuses on the high school glee club New Directions competing on the show choir competition circuit, while its members deal with relationships, sexuality and social issues...
) - Reno UrsalReno UrsalReno Ursal worked for Classified Records from 1997-2000. He collaborated with Filipino American recording artists Jocelyn Enriquez, Pinay, Drop n Harmony, Julie Plug, Kai, 6th Day, Michelle Alvendia. He wrote the dance pop hit "REMINISCE" for female singer Malyssa...
– actor (MismoMismoMismo is an alcoholic beverage based on Bacardi rum and seltzer. In 1899, Santiago was swept by a craze for a new drink called mismo. It arose when a group of Cubans and Americans met at the Cosmopolitan Club, and one experimenting Cuban ordered a seltzer rum. The next Cuban ordered Lo mismo, which...
) - Hervé VillechaizeHervé VillechaizeHervé Jean-Pierre Villechaize was a French actor who achieved worldwide recognition for his role as Mr. Roarke's assistant, Tattoo, in the television series Fantasy Island...
– actor (Tattoo from Fantasy IslandFantasy IslandFantasy Island is the title of two separate but related American fantasy television series, both originally airing on the ABC television network.-Original series:...
) - Charlyne YiCharlyne YiCharlyne Amanda Yi is an American actress, comedian, musician, writer, and painter. Her performances do not include joke-telling as in standup comedy; instead, she uses different tactics such as music, magic, games, and often audience participation...
– actress (Knocked UpKnocked UpKnocked Up is a 2007 American romantic comedy drama film co-produced, written, and directed by Judd Apatow. Starring Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, and Leslie Mann, the film follows the repercussions of a drunken one-night stand between Rogen's slacker character and Heigl's just-promoted...
, Paper Heart) - Leilani DowdingLeilani DowdingLeilani Dowding is an English former Page Three girl, glamour model, television celebrity, and Miss Universe contestant.-Early life:...
– model, TV personality
Disc jockeys
- DJ BabuDJ BabuDJ Babu is a Filipino-American DJ. One-third of the hip hop group Dilated Peoples , Babu is also a member of the Beat Junkies DJ crew, and together with rapper Defari forms the duo the Likwit Junkies. DJ Babu, Evidence and Pharoahe Monch also feature in the song H! Vltg3 on Linkin Park's...
(Chris Oroc) – DJ of the World Famous Beat JunkiesBeat JunkiesThe World Famous Beat Junkies is a Hip hop crew of DJs specializing in Turntablism. Established in 1992 in Orange County, California by J-Rocc....
& member of the Hip Hop Group Dilated PeoplesDilated PeoplesDilated Peoples is an American hip hop group from Los Angeles, California. The group achieved notability in the underground hip hop community, although they have had little mainstream success in the US, with the exception of the song "This Way," a 2004 collaboration with Kanye West and Xzibit...
. Hails from Oxnard, CA. - Mix Master MikeMix Master MikeMix Master Mike is an American turntablist and contributing member of the Beastie Boys.-Life and career:Born Michael Schwartz in San Francisco, California, Mix Master Mike is of German and Filipino descent. He first came to prominence upon winning the 1992 New Music Seminar/Supermen Inc...
(Michael Schwartz) – Beastie BoysBeastie BoysBeastie Boys are an American hip hop trio from New York City. The group consists of Mike D who plays the drums, MCA who plays the bass, and Ad-Rock who plays the guitar....
DJ, founding member of the Invisibl Skratch PiklzInvisibl Skratch PiklzThe Invisibl Skratch Piklz were a group of Americans of Filipino Ancestry turntablists.The members of the group were originally hip-hop DJs, who were among the pioneers of the turntablism movement in the 1990s; turntablists create musical pieces by mixing samples from records, by using multiple...
; winner of 1992 and 1993 DMC World DJ ChampionshipsDMC World DJ ChampionshipsDMC World DJ Championships is an annual DJ competition hosted by Disco Mix Club which began in 1986. The most recent instance of this competition will take place in New Orleans and in Denver TBA.-World DJ Champions:*1985 - Roger Johnson...
(Rocksteady DJ's) and winner of the 1992 New Music Seminar/Supermen Inc. DJ Battle for World Supremacy. Appears in the documentary film ScratchScratch (film)Scratch is a documentary film, directed and edited by Doug Pray. The film explores the world of the hip-hop DJ. From the birth of hip-hop, when pioneering DJ's began extending breaks on their party records , to the invention of scratching and beat-juggling vinyl, to its more recent explosion as a...
. - DJ Qbert (Richard Quitevis) – SF Bay Area Hip-Hop DJ and pioneering Turntablist. Founding member of the Invisibl Skratch PiklzInvisibl Skratch PiklzThe Invisibl Skratch Piklz were a group of Americans of Filipino Ancestry turntablists.The members of the group were originally hip-hop DJs, who were among the pioneers of the turntablism movement in the 1990s; turntablists create musical pieces by mixing samples from records, by using multiple...
; winner of 1991 (solo) 1992 (Rocksteady DJ's), 1993, (Dreamteam) DMC World DJ ChampionshipsDMC World DJ ChampionshipsDMC World DJ Championships is an annual DJ competition hosted by Disco Mix Club which began in 1986. The most recent instance of this competition will take place in New Orleans and in Denver TBA.-World DJ Champions:*1985 - Roger Johnson...
. Featured in the movie Hang the DJ. Appears in the documentary film Modulations and the documentary ScratchScratch (film)Scratch is a documentary film, directed and edited by Doug Pray. The film explores the world of the hip-hop DJ. From the birth of hip-hop, when pioneering DJ's began extending breaks on their party records , to the invention of scratching and beat-juggling vinyl, to its more recent explosion as a...
. Created animated pop film "Wave TwistersWave TwistersWave Twisters is a completely animated film, also known as the first turntablism-based musical. It is based on DJ Q-Bert's album of the same name....
" - DJ RiddlerDJ RiddlerDJ Riddler is a Filipino-American dance DJ, Producer, Remixer on the air in New York City WKTU 103.5FM, WHTZ 100.3FM and on KKHH "Hot 95.7 FM" in Houston. He became the First Asian-American Mixshow DJ to be on Commercial radio in Houston, Austin, San Antonio, and New York City...
(Rich Pangilinan) – DJ at WKTUWKTUWKTU is a radio station based in New York City that plays an upbeat, gold-based CHR format. The station's broadcast transmitter is located on the top of the Empire State Building and its city of license is Lake Success, New York, with offices formerly in the "Newport" section of Jersey City, New...
in New York, Sirius Satellite RadioSirius Satellite RadioSirius Satellite Radio is a satellite radio service operating in North America, owned by Sirius XM Radio.Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Sirius was officially launched on July 1, 2002 and currently provides 69 streams of music and 65 streams of...
, record producerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, remixer and member of the group MYNTMYNTMYNT is a dance music act from New York City. The co-ed quintet is made up of DJ/producer/remixers Albert Castillo and Rich "DJ Riddler" Pangilinan, male vocalist Joseph Murena, and female vocalists Marisol Angelique-Solorzano and Kim Sozzi.-Beginnings:... - DJ Virman (Virman Coquia) of the group Far East MovementFar east movementFar East Movement is an Asian American electro hop quartet based in Los Angeles. The group formed in 2003 and consists of Kev Nish , Prohgress , J-Splif , and DJ Virman...
- Laidback LukeLaidback LukeLaidback Luke is a Dutch DJ, producer. He was voted #46 on DJ Mag's Top 100 DJ list in 2008, before jumping to #27 in 2009 and jumping up 10 places in 2010....
(Lucas Cornelis van Scheppingen)a Dutch DJ, producer. He was voted #46 on DJ Mag's Top 100 DJ list in 2008, before jumping to #27 in 2009 and jumping up 10 places in 2010.
Musicians
- Ruthie Alcaide – MTV Real World Hawaii cast
- James BaluyutJames BaluyutJames Baluyut is a US singer, guitarist and record producer. He is best known as the lead guitarist for Versus from 1995 onwards and the primary singer, guitarist and producer for +/-, a band he formed with Versus bandmate Patrick Ramos in 2001...
– lead guitarist for the rock band +/-+/- (band)+/-, or Plus/Minus, is an American indietronic band formed in 2001. The band makes use of both electronic and traditional instruments, and has sought to use electronics to recreate traditional indie rock song forms and instrumental structures...
and once played with older brother RichardRichard BaluyutRichard Baluyut is a US singer and guitarist. He is best known as the lead singer and guitarist for Versus from 1990 onwards, but he was also a singer/guitarist for Flower between 1986 and 1990 and the lead singer and guitarist for Whysall Lane. He composed the soundtrack for the film Midas' Son...
for VersusVersus (band)Versus is an American indie rock band formed in 1990 by Richard Baluyut, Fontaine Toups and Edward Baluyut in New York City. Richard and Fontaine were to remain the two core members throughout the band's history. The band was noted for their marriage of indie pop songwriting and vocal harmonies to...
. - Richard BaluyutRichard BaluyutRichard Baluyut is a US singer and guitarist. He is best known as the lead singer and guitarist for Versus from 1990 onwards, but he was also a singer/guitarist for Flower between 1986 and 1990 and the lead singer and guitarist for Whysall Lane. He composed the soundtrack for the film Midas' Son...
– lead singer for band VersusVersus (band)Versus is an American indie rock band formed in 1990 by Richard Baluyut, Fontaine Toups and Edward Baluyut in New York City. Richard and Fontaine were to remain the two core members throughout the band's history. The band was noted for their marriage of indie pop songwriting and vocal harmonies to... - Joe BataanJoe BataanJoe Bataan is a Filipino-African American Latin R&B musician from New York.- Early life and career :...
– Latin soul legend. - Noah Bernardo – Drummer - P.O.D.P.O.D.Payable on Death is an American Christian metal band formed in 1992. The band's line-up consists of vocalist Sonny Sandoval, drummer Wuv Bernardo, guitarist Marcos Curiel, and bassist Traa Daniels. Their Christian faith is an important part of their music.They have released seven studio albums and...
- Eugene F. CastilloEugene F. CastilloEugene Frederick Castillo is a Filipino American conductor, most recently serving as the director and principal conductor of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra...
– conductor, born in Hollywood, CA, is now the Music Director of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, Cultural Center of the PhilippinesCultural Center of the PhilippinesThe Cultural Center of the Philippines is a government-owned and controlled corporation established to preserve, develop and promote arts and culture in the Philippines. The CCP was established through Executive Order No. 30 s. 1966 by President Ferdinand Marcos... - Billy CrawfordBilly CrawfordBilly Joe Crawford is a Filipino-American recording artist, singer-songwriter and philanthropist.Crawford is a Bilingual Filipino Singer. His second language is English and he is conversational in French. Crawford not only lived in New York City, USA, but also in Paris for five years and for one...
– R&B, pop and soul singer. - Jenn CunetaJenn CunetaJenn Cuneta is a female Dance-pop singer/actress/model who was born in Manila, Philippines and was raised and currently lives in the United States, where she calls New York City home.-Early life:...
– singer, sung Come Rain, Come ShineCome Rain, Come ShineCome Rain, Come Shine Love , Don't Love ) is a 2011 South Korean film by Lee Yoon-ki, starring Hyun Bin and Im Su-jung. They play a married couple who separating after 5 years together. The film premiered in competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival in 2011.-Plot:The movie... - Sugar Pie DeSantoSugar Pie DeSantoSugar Pie DeSanto is an American rhythm and blues singer of the 1950s and 1960s.-Early life:...
– popular rhythm and blues songstress of the 1950s and 1960s. - Leah DizonLeah DizonLeah Dizon is an American-born former gaijin tarento, singer, and model in Japan. Born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, she moved to Tokyo, Japan in 2006 to pursue a career in entertainment...
– model, singer, actress, and TV personality in Japan. - Kate EarlKate EarlKate Earl, born Kate Joy Smithson, is an American singer-songwriter.Earl was born to Charles and Pomposa Smithson in Anchorage, Alaska. She is of Filipino and Dutch/Welsh descent. She began playing piano at 4, sang in her church choir, and began playing the guitar when she was seventeen...
– singer, songwriter. - Bobby EnriquezBobby EnriquezRoberto Delprado Yulo Enriquez , better known as Bobby Enriquez, was a Filipino jazz pianist who became prominent in the United States and well-known internationally.New York Times critic John S. Wilson wrote:Mr...
– "The Wild Man," prodigious Jazz Pianist - Jocelyn EnriquezJocelyn EnriquezJocelyn Enriquez is a Dance-pop singer from San Francisco. She is of Filipino descent: her parents are from the province of Pangasinan. She graduated from Pinole Valley High School in 1993.-Career:...
– techno and house singer of "Do You Miss Me?" - Jerome FontamillasJerome FontamillasJerome Earl Fontamillas is a Filipino American musician. Jerome has played in several bands notably with industrial rock band Mortal and Fold Zandura, with long time musical partner Jyro Xhan. He currently plays with alternative rock band Switchfoot as a guitar and keyboard player.In 1985...
– SwitchfootSwitchfootSwitchfoot is an American rock band from San Diego, California. The band's members are Jon Foreman , Tim Foreman , Chad Butler , Jerome Fontamillas , and Drew Shirley .After early successes in the Christian rock scene, Switchfoot first gained mainstream...
guitarist and keyboardist - Carlo Gimenez – lead guitarist of the Meg & Dia Band.
- Christopher Guanlao – drummer/songwriter for Silversun PickupsSilversun PickupsSilversun Pickups is an alternative rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2002. The band comprises Brian Aubert, Nikki Monninger, Christopher Guanlao, and Joe Lester....
- Kirk HammettKirk HammettKirk Lee Hammett is the lead guitarist and a songwriter in the heavy metal band Metallica and has been a member of the band since 1983. Before joining Metallica he formed and named the band Exodus. In 2003, Hammett was ranked 11th on Rolling Stones list of The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time...
– lead guitarist for MetallicaMetallicaMetallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1981 when James Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich had posted in a local newspaper. The current line-up features long-time lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo ...
(Filipina mother) - Billy HinscheBilly HinscheWilliam "Billy" Hinsche is an American musician who was part of the singing group Dino, Desi, & Billy. He has also provided backing vocals for Warren Zevon and toured with The Beach Boys. His sister, Annie Hinsche-Wilson-Karges, was married to the group's guitarist, Carl Wilson.- External links...
– lead guitarist for Dino, Desi & Billy - Chad HugoChad HugoCharles Edward Hugo is an American musician and record producer. He is best known as one half of the music production and writing duo The Neptunes and as a member of the funk/rock band N.E.R.D. He is a saxophonist, pianist and guitarist...
– music producer and musician; one-half of The NeptunesThe NeptunesThe Neptunes are a record production duo consisting of Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, who are credited with contributing the sound for many successful hip hop, R&B and pop artists in the late-1990s and 2000s...
. - IllmindIllmindIllmind is a Filipino American hip hop producer from Bloomfield, New Jersey. He participated in Beat Society, competing against well-known acts like Kanye West and Just Blaze. Illmind has created music for underground artists such as Little Brother, Boot Camp Clik, Akrobatik, Supastition, and El...
– hip hop producer. - Enrique IglesiasEnrique IglesiasEnrique Iglesias is a Spanish pop music singer, a son of singer Julio Iglesias.Enrique started his musical career on Mexican label Fonovisa...
– a Spanish pop music singer-songwriter. - Anthony Improgo– Drummer of the Band Metro Station
- Mike InezMike InezMike Inez is a rock musician best known for his role as the bassist of Alice in Chains. Inez has also worked with other popular musical acts such as Ozzy Osbourne, Black Label Society, and Heart. Inez is of Filipino ancestry.-Career:...
– Bassist of Alice in ChainsAlice in ChainsAlice in Chains is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1987 by guitarist and songwriter Jerry Cantrell and original lead vocalist Layne Staley. The initial lineup was rounded out by drummer Sean Kinney, and bassist Mike Starr... - Rachael LampaRachael LampaRachael Maureen Lampa is a Dove award winning American Christian singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional actress. She rose to fame in 2000 with her debut album Live For You, winning a Dove Award as well as achieving four number one singles including "Blessed", "Shaken", "God Loves You",...
– Christian singer. - Reynaldo Lapuz – American Idol 7 Contestant
- Arian LevisteArian LevisteArian Leviste is an electronic music artist, music producer, and DJ. He grew up in Canoga Park, California and attended California State University, Northridge where he received his bachelor's degree in Finance and Real Estate. He took piano lessons since the age of 7, and started deejaying at age...
– Electronic music artist, record producerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
and DJ - Allan Pineda Lindo – also known as Apl.D.Ap, Member of the Hip-hop Group The Black Eyed PeasThe Black Eyed PeasThe Black Eyed Peas are an American pop group , formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1995. The group includes rappers will.i.am, apl.de.ap, and Taboo, and singer Fergie. Since the release of their third album Elephunk in 2003, the group has sold an estimated 56 million records worldwide...
- Sara LumholdtSara LumholdtSara Helena Lumholdt is a Swedish pop singer, and former member of the Swedish quartet A*Teens.-Career:Despite worldwide success, A*Teens disbanded in 2004 and Lumholdt took a short break from the limelight....
– was a member of the Swedish quartet A*Teens - Bruno MarsBruno MarsPeter Gene Hernandez , better known by his stage name Bruno Mars, is an Filipino-American singer-songwriter and record producer. Raised in Honolulu, Hawaii by a family of musicians, Mars began making music at a young age...
– Half Filipino/Half Puerto-Rican; R&B Singer - Travis McCoy – Gym Class HeroesGym Class HeroesGym Class Heroes is an American hip hop rock band from Geneva, New York. They have collaborated with Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump on numerous occasions, notably for providing backing vocals on the song "Cupid's Chokehold." Stump also produced the majority of their album The Quilt.The group formed...
singer; Haitian/Italian/Limerick Irish/Filipino/Native American - Neal McCoyNeal McCoyHubert Neal McGaughey, Jr. is an American country music singer of mixed Irish and Filipino descent. Known professionally as Neal McCoy, he has released ten studio albums on various labels, and has released 34 singles to country radio...
– country music singer. - Robert MenardRobert MénardRobert Ménard is one of the founders and the former secretary-general of the Paris-based international NGO Reporters Sans Frontières....
– musician, keyboards in popular band Teen WolfTeen WolfTeen Wolf is a 1985 American fantasy comedy film released by Atlantic Releasing Corporation starring Michael J. Fox as Scott Howard, a high school student who discovers that his family has an unusual pedigree when he finds himself transforming into a werewolf...
. - Maile MisajonMaile MisajonMaile Francis Kealoha Misajon is an American singer and songwriter. She is a former member of the pop girl group Eden's Crush, formed in 2001 after its members auditioned for the WB Network reality television series Popstars....
– singer of Eden's CrushEden's CrushEden's Crush is a former girl group based in Los Angeles created on the American television series Popstars which aired on AOL Time Warner's WB television network in early 2001, and promoted on the AOL on-line service...
. - Sophia MontecarloSophia MontecarloSwirtty Mae Nibley , better known by her screen name Sophia Montecarlo. Sophia used to be a contestant on the reality television Born Diva.-Biography:...
– singer, model, a "Born DivaBorn DivaBorn Diva is a television reality show that airs in the Philippines.-See also:List of Philippine television shows*Little Big Star*Little Big Superstar*Philippine Idol*Pinoy Idol*Pinoy Dream Academy*Pinoy Pop Superstar*Popstar Kids...
", grand finalist. - Jared Palomar – bassist, and pianist of the band AugustanaAugustana (band)Augustana is an American rock band from San Diego, California who are signed to the Epic Records record label. They are best known for their singles, "Boston" and "Sweet and Low."-Beginning years:...
- Dan Layus – lead singer, guitarist of the band AugustanaAugustana (band)Augustana is an American rock band from San Diego, California who are signed to the Epic Records record label. They are best known for their singles, "Boston" and "Sweet and Low."-Beginning years:...
- Dustin PerfettoNumpDustin Perfetto, known by his stage name Nump, is a Filipino American hip hop artist best known for his single, "I Gott Grapes" featuring E-40 and The Federation produced by D1 of the Knockaholicks. The single was released in 2005 on Nump's own label, Bay Luv Records, on the album, "The NUMP Yard"...
– rapper, audio engineer best known for his song "I Gott Grapes". - Jaya Ramsey – freestyle artist
- Amber RowleyAmber RowleyAmber Alejo Rowley Davis , simply known as Amber, is a Filipino-American singer.- Early life :Amber was born to Gary and Cecilia Rowley...
– singer. - Joey SantiagoJoey SantiagoJoey Santiago is a Filipino-American guitarist and composer. Active since 1986, Santiago is best known as the lead guitarist for the American alternative rock band Pixies. After the band's breakup in 1993, Santiago produced musical scores for film and television documentaries, and he formed The...
– lead guitarist of the Pixies, credited by Kurt CobainKurt CobainKurt Donald Cobain was an American singer-songwriter, musician and artist, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the grunge band Nirvana...
as influential to his music, albums include the classic Surfer RosaSurfer RosaLike Come On Pilgrim, Surfer Rosa displays a mix of musical styles; pop guitar songs such as "Broken Face", "Break My Body", and "Brick Is Red" are featured alongside slower, more melodic tracks exemplified by "Where Is My Mind?". The album includes heavier material, and prominently features the...
and DoolittleDoolittle (album)Doolittle features an eclectic mix of musical styles. While tracks such as "Tame" and "Crackity Jones" are fast and aggressive, and incorporate the band's trademark loud–quiet dynamic, other songs such as "Silver", "I Bleed", and "Here Comes Your Man" reveal a quieter, slower and more melodic...
. Later formed a band "The Martinis" with his wife. - Matthew SantosMatthew SantosMatthew Santos is an American rock and folk singer-songwriter, musician and painter. He is best known for his collaboration with Chicago native Lupe Fiasco on the single "Superstar." He was signed to Lupe Fiasco's 1st & 15th Entertainment record label, a subsidiary of Atlantic Records.-Early...
– rock and folk singer-songwriter, musician and painter, father of part-Filipino descent. - Nicole ScherzingerNicole ScherzingerNicole Prescovia Elikolani Valiente Scherzinger is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, record producer, model, and actress. Scherzinger is perhaps best known for being the lead vocalist of the Pussycat Dolls....
– lead singer for the Pussycat DollsPussycat DollsThe Pussycat Dolls are an American pop girl group and dance ensemble based in Los Angeles; currently consisting of Lauren Bennett, Vanessa Curry, Kristal "Lyndriette" Smith, Tiffany "Taz" Zavala, Kia Hampton and Paula Van Oppen. The Pussycat Dolls were founded by choreographer Robin Antin in 1995...
. (Filipino father, Hawaiian/Russian mother) - Nick Vasallo – as a composer, his work has encompassed a variety of genres and projects. Most notably with his post-metalPost-metalPost-metal is a music genre, a mixture between the genres of post-rock and heavy metal.Hydra Head Records owner and Isis frontman Aaron Turner originally termed the genre "thinking man's metal", demonstrating that his band was trying to move away from common metal conventions...
group AntagonyAntagonyAntagony is an American post-metal and blackened death metal band from Oakland, California formed in 1999. They have released three albums, each on a different record label. Members of Antagony have went on to form bands such as All Shall Perish, Suffokate, Oblige, and Hacksaw to the...
, film music career, and concert musicClassical musicClassical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
works. Vasallo is a recipient of the 2010/2011 President's $21k Dissertation-Year FellowshipScholarshipA scholarship is an award of financial aid for a student to further education. Scholarships are awarded on various criteria usually reflecting the values and purposes of the donor or founder of the award.-Types:...
, the first Arts student to ever receive the honor. - Cassie Ventura – known as Cassie (born August 26, 1986 in New London, Connecticut), R&B and pop singer, model, and actress.
- Jade VillalonJade VillalonJade Valerie Villalon , also known by her project and stage name Jade Valerie, is an American and European pop singer, songwriter, and actress...
–singer, actress. - Jasmine VillegasJasmine VillegasJasmine Marie Villegas also known as Jasmine V is an American teen R&B, pop and soul singer. She has Filipino and Mexican heritage. After many years of pursuing a career in music she was recently signed to Sony Music. In September 2010 she joined the second leg of Justin Bieber's My World Tour as...
– R&B pop singer, half-Mexican & half-Filipino.
Musical groups
- One Vo1ceOne Vo1ceOne Voice is an all-Filipina girl R&B/OPM singing group that originated from Vallejo, California. The group currently consists of sisters Marie and Mae Ceralvo, Monica Castillo, Melissa Ruiz and Aimee Castillo.-Early career:...
– All-Filipina girl R&B/OPM singing group from the San Francisco Bay Area - Blue ScholarsBlue ScholarsBlue Scholars is a hip hop duo based in Seattle, Washington, created in 2002 while the members, DJ Sabzi and MC Geologic, were students at the University of Washington....
– Geo, MC of the duo, is Filipino-American - Death AngelDeath AngelDeath Angel is a Filipino-American thrash metal band from Concord, California, initially active from 1982 to 1991 and again since 2001. Death Angel has released six studio albums, two demo tapes, one box set and two live albums....
– Thrash Metal band. - KaiKai (band)Kai is a Filipino American R&B musical group from the San Francisco Bay Area started in 1992 and retired in 2001.-Career:The group was formed when Anthony "AC" Lorenzo invited Andrew "Dru" Gapuz, Geoffrey "Geof" Lintao, Quincy "Q" Victoria and Leo Chan to perform at a San Francisco benefit concert...
– San Francisco Bay Area boy band - Moonpools & CaterpillarsMoonpools & CaterpillarsMoonpools & Caterpillars was a Filipino American rock band based in California. The band was most popular in the 1990s.They released three albums commercially, The Pink Album , Lucky Dumpling , and 12 Songs...
– Filipino American rock band based in California in the 1990s - My American HeartMy American HeartMy American Heart was a rock band from San Diego, California. The band's original name was No Way Out, which consisted of Larry Soliman on vocals, Jesse Barrera on bass guitar, Clint Delgado and Jeremy Mendez on guitar, and Steven Oira on Drums...
– Rock band. - Native GunsNative GunsNative Guns was an American rap group that consisted of two Filipino American MC's and a Chinese American DJ from California. Based in both Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area, the group consists of MCs Kiwi and Bambu, and DJ Phatrick...
– Bambu and Kiwi of the LA hip hop group. - LegaciLegaci (band)Legaci is a Filipino American R&B band from the San Francisco Bay Area, California. Formed in 1997, its original members consisted of Mathew Arcilla , Jason Atencion , John Daria , and Micah Tolentino . In the current line-up, only Micah Tolentino remains along with Chris Abad and Dominic Manuel...
– Filipino-American R&B band from the San Francisco Bay Area, California, formed in 1997. They are currently the backup singers for Canadian Pop-R&B singer Justin Bieber on the My World Tour. www.legacimusic.com - Rhythm Natives – Filipino American hip hop band from Los Angeles.
Reality show
- Brad Estrin – American IdolAmerican IdolAmerican Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
contestant (season 1). - Jordan Segundo – singer, American IdolAmerican IdolAmerican Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
semi-finalist (Season 2). - Jasmine TriasJasmine TriasJasmine Trias is an American singer-entertainer who was the third place finalist on the third season of American Idol, due in part to tremendous call-in support from California, New York, and her native state of Hawaii. She has released one album to date, Jasmine Trias...
– American IdolAmerican IdolAmerican Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
contestant (Season 3). - Camile VelascoCamile VelascoCiara-Camile Roque Velasco is a Filipino-American singer and was one of the finalists on the third season of the reality/talent-search television series, American Idol...
– American IdolAmerican IdolAmerican Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
contestant (Season 3). - Guji LorenzanaGuji LorenzanaGregory Mangindin Lorenzana, Jr., who is better known as Guji Lorenzana , is a commercial model, actor, theater actor, host, radio DJ for , writer, and a Filipino alternative rock, pop rock solo artist, nominated for "Best Male Performer" for the , with his music as the only OPM to have been dubbed...
– alternative rock, pop rock solo artist, American IdolAmerican IdolAmerican Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
contestant (Season 3). - Melinda Lira – American IdolAmerican IdolAmerican Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
contestant (season 4). - Jose Penala – American IdolAmerican IdolAmerican Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
contestant (season 5). - Dominic Briones "Big BrotherBig BrotherBig Brother may refer to:* Big Brother , a character from George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four** Authoritarian personality, any omnipresent figure representing oppressive control...
" contestant (season 13). - A.J. Tabaldo – American IdolAmerican IdolAmerican Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
contestant (season 6). - Reynaldo Lapuz – American IdolAmerican IdolAmerican Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
contestant (Season 7). - Ramiele MalubayRamiele MalubayRamiele Macrohon Malubay , also known as Ramiele, is a Filipino-American singer and the ninth place finalist on the seventh season of the television series American Idol.-Biography:...
– American IdolAmerican IdolAmerican Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
contestant (Season 7). - Thia MegiaThia MegiaThia Megia is an American singer from Mountain House, San Joaquin County, California. Megia finished in the top 11 of the tenth season of American Idol...
– American IdolAmerican IdolAmerican Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
contestant (Season 10). - James Paul Ancheta – The Fashion ShowThe Fashion Show (U.S. TV series)The Fashion Show: Ultimate Collection is an American reality television series on the Bravo network which focuses on fashion design and is hosted by fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi and supermodel Iman. The contestants compete against each other to create the best clothes and are usually restricted...
contestant and fashion designer - Madeleine Aseron – contestant on NBC's Momma's BoysMomma's BoysMomma's Boys is an American reality television series on the NBC network, executive produced by Ryan Seacrest and Andrew Glassman , which centers on a group of mothers who must help choose the perfect woman for their complacent sons...
- Leah Cohen – contestant on Top ChefTop ChefTop Chef is an American reality competition show that airs on the cable television network Bravo, in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges. They are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry with one or more contestants...
(Season 5) - Charmaine HuntCharmaine HuntCharmaine Hunt is a Woman of the Year for the year 2007 and is notable for being a contestant on season 5 of the Reality TV series The Apprentice....
– contestant on The Apprentice season 5 - Sam Khurana – contestant (Team Geniuses) on Treasure Hunters. Half-Indian and half-Filipino.
- Manila LuzonManila LuzonManila Luzon is a Filipino American drag queen and reality television personality from New York City. He is best known as the runner-up of the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race. His drag name is a play on words of the capital city and the largest island of the Philippines, where his mother was...
– drag performer and runner-up on RuPaul's Drag RaceRuPaul's Drag RaceRuPaul's Drag Race is an American reality television series produced by World of Wonder for Logo. RuPaul plays host, mentor and inspiration for this series, which details RuPaul's search for "America's next drag superstar."...
(Season 3) - Sandra McCoySandra McCoySandra Christina McCoy is an American actress and dancer who is best known for her role in the 2005 thriller Cry Wolf.-Early life:...
– actress, former contestant in Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next DollPussycat Dolls Present: The Search For the Next DollPussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll is the first season of Pussycat Dolls Present: that premiered on March 6, 2007 on The CW, and took place over the course of eight weeks...
. - Asia NitollanoAsia NitollanoAsia Nitollano is an American singer, dancer, model and cheerleader. After winning the television series Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll, Nitollano became a member of the Pussycat Dolls, only to leave a few months later to pursue a solo career.-Early life:Nitollano was born...
– Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next DollPussycat Dolls Present: The Search For the Next DollPussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll is the first season of Pussycat Dolls Present: that premiered on March 6, 2007 on The CW, and took place over the course of eight weeks...
winner; daughter of Joe BataanJoe BataanJoe Bataan is a Filipino-African American Latin R&B musician from New York.- Early life and career :...
. - OnginaRuPaul's Drag RaceRuPaul's Drag Race is an American reality television series produced by World of Wonder for Logo. RuPaul plays host, mentor and inspiration for this series, which details RuPaul's search for "America's next drag superstar."...
– Drag queen and spokesperson for MAC CosmeticsMake-up Art CosmeticsMake-up Art Cosmetics, better known as M·A·C or MAC Cosmetics, is a manufacturer of cosmetics founded in Toronto, Canada and headquartered in New York City, New York.-History:... - Josie Smith-Malave – contestant on the show Top ChefTop ChefTop Chef is an American reality competition show that airs on the cable television network Bravo, in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges. They are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry with one or more contestants...
contestant (Season 2). - Greggy SorianoGreggy SorianoGreggy Soriano also known as Gregory Paul Soriano, is a 27-year-old wedding cake designer. He is known for being in the first season of Cake Boss: Next Great Baker on TLC . Soriano is the owner and lead cake designer of Cake Lush...
– Casted as "Greggy" Cake Boss: Next Great Baker on TLCTLC (TV channel)TLC is an American cable TV specialty channel which initially focused on educational content. Since 1991 TLC has been owned by Discovery Communications, the same company that operates the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and The Science Channel, as well as other learning-themed networks...
and "Greggy, the Self Proclaimed 'Gaysian'" Beauty and the GeekBeauty and the GeekBeauty and the Geek is a reality television series on The CW. It has been advertised as "The Ultimate Social Experiment" and is produced by Ashton Kutcher, Jason Goldberg and Nick Santora....
contestant (Season 5) on The CW Network. - Dale Talde – Top ChefTop ChefTop Chef is an American reality competition show that airs on the cable television network Bravo, in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges. They are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry with one or more contestants...
contestant (Season 4Top Chef (season 4)Top Chef: Chicago is the fourth season of American reality television series Top Chef and was filmed first in Chicago, Illinois, and concluded in San Juan, Puerto Rico...
). - Claire Unabia – America's Next Top ModelAmerica's Next Top ModelAmerica's Next Top Model is a reality television show in which a number of women compete for the title of America's Next Top Model and a chance to start their career in the modeling industry....
Cycle 10America's Next Top Model, Cycle 10America's Next Top Model, Cycle 10 was the tenth cycle of America's Next Top Model and the fourth season to be aired on The CW network...
contestant. - Jaizon Plaga – Top 20 contestant on AOL Cambio's web-reailty show series On the Spot Johnny Wright (music manager)'s Quest to Form the Next Supergroup.
Internet
- Christine GambitoChristine GambitoChristine Gambito, better known by her screen name HappySlip, is an American Internet personality, actress, and comedian. She maintains one of the most-subscribed-to channels on YouTube, a popular video sharing website...
– an American Internet personality, actress, and comedian; she maintains one of the most-subscribed-to channels on YouTube. Also appointed Ambassador of Philippine tourism
Other
- Leandro AragoncilloLeandro AragoncilloLeandro Aragoncillo is a former, FBI intelligence analyst, and a retired, United States Marine Corps, gunnery-sergeant who was convicted of spying against the United States Government in 2007...
– former FBI intelligence analyst and retired Gunnery Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps who was charged with espionage and leaking classified information against President Gloria Macapagal-ArroyoGloria Macapagal-ArroyoGloria Macapagal-Arroyo is a Filipino politician who served as the 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010, as the 12th Vice President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, and is currently a member of the House of Representatives representing the 2nd District of Pampanga...
. - Thomas Beatie – Filipino father, female-to-male transgender manTrans manA trans man, transman, trans guy, or FTM is a transgender or transsexual man: a person who was assigned female at birth, but who identifies as male....
who is legally male and married as a male. Beatie had chest reconstruction and testosterone therapy but kept his female reproductive organs intact. He is notable for having had had several pregnancies since becoming physically male. - Andrew CunananAndrew CunananAndrew Phillip Cunanan was an American serial killer who murdered at least five people, including fashion designer Gianni Versace, during a three-month period in 1997, ending with Cunanan's suicide, at age 27...
– Half-Italian, half-Filipino American gay alleged spree killer during the mid-1990s; allegedly murdered several of his lovers, including the Italian fashion designer Gianni VersaceGianni VersaceGianni Versace was an Italian fashion designer and founder of Gianni Versace S.p.A., an international fashion house, which produces accessories, fragrances, makeup and home furnishings as well as clothes. He also designed costumes for the theatre and films, and was a friend of Madonna, Elton John,...
. Father was a retired United States Navy from the Philippines. - Rozita Villanueva Lee – daughter of Eugenio Villanueva, who immigrated from Pangasinan to Hawaii as part of the recruited labor force for the Hawaii plantations, has been described as one of the top ten successful Filipinos abroad. She has served as National Vice Chair of the National Federation of Filipino American Associations and in a number of other prominent positions of responsibility. On September 16, 2010, the White House announced her appointment as a member of the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
- Christina Marie WilliamsChristina Marie WilliamsChristina Marie Williams was a 13-year-old Filipino-American girl who was kidnapped in Seaside, California on June 12, 1998 while taking her dog Greg out for a walk. Christina left her home at around 7:30 PM. Greg returned at 8:20 PM trailing his leash...
– (1985–1998) murdered child.