List of Korean Americans

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This is a list of famous Korean Americans.

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Frank Cho, comic book artist (Spider-Man, The New Avengers), writer, and co-creator (Liberty Meadows)
Peter Chung, animator, creator of cult animated TV series Æon Flux
Jin Kim, senior creative designer at Toyota's CALTY design studio in California; lead designer of the Toyota FJ Cruiser
Scott Kim, puzzlemaster, artist, computer game designer
Jae Lee, comic book artist (Namor the Sub-Mariner, Inhumans)
Jim Lee, best-selling comic book artist (X-Men, Batman, Superman) and co-creator (Gen¹³, WildC.A.T.s); co-founder of Image Comics
Nam June Paik, Korean-born artist; father of Video Art
Andy Park, comic book artist (Tomb Raider, X-Men)
Tommy Yune, comic book writer/artist (Speed Racer, Robotech) and anime director ()

Wendy Lee Gramm, economics professor, former chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and wife of former Senator Phil Gramm
Sung Won Sohn, CEO and President of Hanmi Financial Corporation.

Philip Ahn, actor
Nicole Bilderback, actress
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, author, video/filmmaker
Henry Cho, comedian-actor
John Cho, actor who appeared in the American Pie franchise and as star of Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle. He is also a singer for the group called Left of Zed''
Margaret Cho, comedian and former star of the television sitcom All-American Girl
Daniel Chun, writer, co-producer (The Simpsons)
Joseph Kahn, music video and movie director
Daniel Dae Kim, actor
Johnny Kim, a film actor, producer and director
Michael Kim, sportscaster on ESPN television
Bobby Lee, comedy actor for MADtv
Lucy Lee, pornographic actress
Sung Hi Lee, adult model
Will Yun Lee, actor (Die Another Day)
Sandra Oh, a Korean-Canadian film actress
Ho Sung Pak, actor,
Grace Park, actor, (Battlestar Galactica) (2003 remake)
Linda Park, Korean-born actor (Enterprise)
Steve Park, actor (In Living Color)
Soon-Yi Previn, actress; wife of Woody Allen; adoptive daughter of Mia Farrow
Lindsay Price, television actress
Phillip Rhee, actor (Best of the Best movies), Tae Kwon Do and Hapkido master
Eddie Shin, actor
Natasha Yi, model
Johnny Yune, comedian/actor (They Call Me Bruce?)
Karl Yune, model and actor (Memoirs of a Geisha, Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid), brother of Rick Yune)
Rick Yune, model and actor (Die Another Day, The Fast and the Furious)

Liz Cho, ABC News anchor and reporter
Lee Ann Kim, anchor and reporter for KGTV and executive director of the San Diego Asian Film Festival
Corina Knoll, Senior Editor of KoreAm Journal
K.W. Lee, founding president of the Korean American Journalists Association
Alice Rhee, NBC News producer

Leonard Chang, American-born writer
Heinz Insu Fenkl, author
Richard E. Kim, author
Chang-Rae Lee, author
Don Lee, author, editor of Ploughshares literary journal
Linda Sue Park, American-born author; winner of the 2002 Newbery Medal for A Single Shard
Therese Park, author

Howard Koh, Harvey V. Fineberg Professor of the Practice of Public Health and Associate Dean for Public Health Practice at the Harvard School of Public Health and former Massachusetts Commissioner of Public Health.

Ahn Trio - Juilliard-educated classical music trio, featured in print and television ads for Gap[link] "The Korean classical piano trio “Ahn Trio,”"
Amerie (1980 - ) R&B singer-songwriter/actress[link] "Half Korean, half African-American, Amerie has lived all over the world..."
Sarah Chang - violinist[link] "Meanwhile, under the subtitle “Becoming a World-Famous Violinist,” the unit also pays tribute to Korean-American violinist Sarah Chang..."
Joe Hahn - founding member of alternative rock band Linkin Park, multi-platinum and Grammy Award-winner[link] "Hahn, a Korean American..."
Crystal Kay - J-pop singer[link] "Korean-American sensation Crystal Kay, are among Japan's best and most established..."
John Myung - Bass guitar player of progressive metal band Dream Theater[link]
Karen O - lead singer of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs [link] "And for aspiring Korean American artists..."
Lena Park - R&B singer[link] "Yet with Lena Park, and a selected number of Korean artists..."
Mike Park - ska and punk musician, founder of Asian Man Records[link]
Susie Suh - singer-songwriter, signed with Epic Records[link] "For Emerging Korean-American Singer Susie Suh, Songs are Like Tattoos"
Brian Joo -Kpop RnB singer from duo Fly to the sky

Jun Choi, Mayor of Edison, New Jersey
Judge Herbert Choy, appointed to the U.S Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and first Asian American appointed to the federal bench.
Shinae Chun, Director of the Women’s Bureau, Department of Labor (George W. Bush administration)
Harry Kim, Mayor of Hawaii County and first Korean-American to be elected mayor in the United States
Jay Kim, former Republican Congressman from California
Harold Hongju Koh, Dean of Yale Law School and former Assistant Secretary of State during the Clinton administration (See below.)
Paull Shin, Washington state senator; Korean adoptee
John Yoo, conservative Berkeley law professor and former Deputy Attorney General in the United States Department of Justice
Art Yoon, Mayor of Hermosa Beach, California, April 13, 2004 - January 25, 2005
Brian Sung, President of Bergen County Academies, January 1, 2004 -
Wendy Van Horne, 2006 Green-Rainbow Party candidate for Massachusetts Lt. Governor.

Jung-Hoon Chun, MIT Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Benjamin Lee, theoretical physicist
Suk Ju Hong, chemical engineer, BS, MS & Ph.D from Seoul National University, retired from Kodak, who invented and pioneered laser digital printing plate process. He is the grandson of Hong Jin.

Toby Dawson, Olympic skier. He won the bronze medal in men's freestyle skiing at the 2006 Torino Games.
Kevin Kim, tennis player
Jeanette Lee, pool player
Sammy Lee, swimmer, first American-born Asian Olympic gold medalist
Naomi Nari Nam, figure skater
Jim Paek, a Korean-Canadian NHL player
Richard Park, a Korean-American NHL player
Jhoon Rhee, Tae Kwon Do master and entrepreneur
Terrmel Sledge, MLB player
Hines Ward, football player, MVP of Super Bowl XL
Michelle Wie, professional golfer

Philip Jaisohn, first Korean to become an American citizen; first Korean American to receive an American medical degree
Young-Oak Kim, first Asian American colonel to command a U.S. battalion
Sho Yano, child prodigy
Sonya Thomas, top-ranked competitive eater

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