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• Keiko Agena, actress ( Gilmore Girls)
• Daniel Akaka, senator from Hawaii
• George Ariyoshi, first Asian American governor of a U.S. state
• Ann Curry, newsreader on Today (mother is Japanese)
• Francis Fukuyama, economist and historian
• S. I. HayakawaSamuel Ichiye Hayakawa ( July 18, 1906- February 27, 1992) was an English professor and academic who served as a United States Senator from California from 1977 to 1983. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1906, he was educated in the public sc, former Senator from CaliforniaCalifornia is a state located in the western United States, bordering the Pacific Ocean. The most populous and third largest state in the U. California is both physically and demographically diverse. The state's official nickname is "The Golden State", wh and linguistics scholar
• Mike HondaMichael M. Honda (born June 27, 1941), American politician, is Democratic representative for the 15th Congressional District ( Silicon Valley) of California in the United States House of Representatives. A Japanese American, he was born in Walnut Grove, C, Congressman from CaliforniaCalifornia is a state located in the western United States, bordering the Pacific Ocean. The most populous and third largest state in the U. California is both physically and demographically diverse. The state's official nickname is "The Golden State", wh and community leader
• Paul Igasaki , former Vice Chair and acting Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• Daniel InouyeDaniel Ken Inouye (. born September 7 1924) is the senior United States Senator from Hawaii. He has been a senator for more than 40 years, a distinction which few other current senators have achieved. He was also the first American of Japanese descent to, Senator from Hawaii
• Lance ItoIto (born August 2, 1950) is a Los Angeles Superior Court judge who hears felony criminal cases at the county courthouse in downtown Los Angeles, California. In 1992, he presided over Charles H. Keating Jr. s trial in the Savings and Loan scandal; Keating, judge, presided over O. J. SimpsonOrenthal James Simpson (born July 9, 1947), known by the initials O. a common American abbreviation for orange juice) and nicknamed The Juice is a hall of fame former college and professional football player and film actor. Simpson is perhaps now most fam criminal trial
• Michio KakuMichio Kaku is a theoretical physicist. He is a Japanese American and made a significant contribution to the string field theory. He graduated from Harvard in 1968, summa cum laude, and number one in his physics class. He went on to the Berkeley Radiation, scientist known for his string field theory
• Michiko Kakutani, author
• Yuri Kochiyama , the late Japanese American civil rights activist and friend of Malcolm X
• Dorinne K. Kondo, anthropologist
• Robert Matsui, Congressman from California and chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
• Norman Mineta, politician and current Secretary of Transportation
• Pat Morita, actor and comedian
• Chad Morton , running back for the Washington Redskins
• Johnnie Morton , wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs
• Karen Narasaki , Executive Director of the National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium
• Isamu Noguchi, artist, sculptor, designer
• Ellison Onizuka, first Asian American astronaut; one of the " Challenger Seven"
• Yoko Ono, artist, widow of John Lennon
• Sharon Tomiko Santos , Democratic Whip of the Washington State House of Representatives
• James Shigeta , actor
• Eric Shinseki - United States Army General, Army Chief of Staff, 1999-2003
• Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa , actor
• Ronald Takaki (author)- historian, UC Berkeley professor
• George Takei - actor, Sulu on Star Trek
• Kristi Yamaguchi, Olympic Gold Medalist figure skater
• Minoru Yamasaki, architect, best known for the New York World Trade Center "Twin Towers."
• Mike Shinoda, Linkin Park band member
• Miyoshi Umeki, actress and first Asian to win an Academy Award (1957, for Sayonara)