This is a list of notable Laotian American

Laotian American

A Laotian American is a resident of the United States who was originally from Laos, a person of Laotian descent residing in America, or a citizen born in the United States whose parents were originally from Laos. Laotian Americans are included in the larger category of Asian Americans...

s, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.

This list does not include Hmong American

Hmong American

A Hmong American is a resident of the United States who is of ethnic Hmong descent. Hmong Americans are one group of Asian Americans. Many Lao Hmong war refugees resettled in the U.S. following the communist takeover of Laos in 1975...

s, who can be found in the List of Hmong Americans.

To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Laotian American or must have references showing they are Laotian American and are notable.

List

• Bounxou Chanthraphone, weaver
• TC Huo
  TC Huo
  TC Huo is a Laotian American author, of Chinese descent, who emigrated from Laos to the United States in 1980 and now lives in Oakland, California. He has written books such as A Thousand Wings and Land of Smiles. In 2001, he received the award for adult fiction from the Asian/Pacific American...
  
  , writer
• Jujubee
  Jujubee (drag queen)
  Jujubee is an American drag queen and reality television personality from Boston, Massachusetts. He is best known as a contestant on Season 2 of RuPaul's Drag Race.-RuPaul's Drag Race:...
  
  , drag queen and reality television personality
• Malichansouk Kouanchao
  Malichansouk Kouanchao
  Malichansouk Kouanchao is an award-winning Lao American visual artist, web and interactive designer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota...
  
  , visual artist
• Khan Malaythong
  Khan Malaythong
  Khan "Bob" Malaythong is an American badminton player. He qualified for the U.S. badminton team as a doubles competitor at the 2008 Summer Olympics....
  
  , badminton player at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  2008 Summer Olympics
  The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
  
  
• Thavisouk Phrasavath
  Thavisouk Phrasavath
  -Achievements:Thavisouk Phrasavath is a New York-base Lao-American film director/editor, writer and visual artist.Thavisouk Phrasavath is a 2008 Academy Award and Film Independent Spirit Award Nominated Filmmaker...
  
  , Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning director
• Konerak Sinthasomphone victim of Jeffrey Dahmer
  Jeffrey Dahmer
  Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer was an American serial killer and sex offender. Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991, with the majority of the murders occurring between 1987 and 1991. His murders involved rape, dismemberment, necrophilia and cannibalism...
  
  
• Bryan Thao Worra
  Bryan Thao Worra
  Bryan Thao Worra is a Laotian American writer. His books include On The Other Side Of The Eye, Touching Detonations, Winter Ink, Barrow and The Tuk Tuk Diaries: My Dinner With Cluster Bombs. He is the first Laotian American to receive a Fellowship in Literature from the United States government's...
  
  , writer
• Saymoukda Vongsay
  Saymoukda Vongsay
  Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay is the Lao American author of No Regrets, a collection of poetry and haikus published by Baby Rabbit Publishing in 2007....
  
  , writer

In fiction

• Souphanousinphone family of King of the Hill (TV series)

External links

• LAOTIAN AMERICANS by Carl L. Bankston III at everyculture.com
• Laotian Americans Form National Organization at earac.org