List of Filipino Americans

List

Arts and letters

Dance

• Stella Abrera – ballet dancer
• Cheryl Burke – ballroom dancer, participant in Dancing with the Stars
• Ryan "Ryanimay" Conferido – member of Quest Crew and alumnus of So You Think You Can Dance
• Jeffrey Cirio - ballet dancer
• Napoleon D'umo – hip-hop choreographer on So You Think You Can Dance since season four and supervising choreographer for America's Best Dance Crew
• Cris Judd – choreographer
• Charles Klapow – choreographer for all three High School Musical films, , and The Cheetah Girls 2
• Dominic "D-Trix" Sandoval – member of Quest Crew and alumnus of So You Think You Can Dance
• Brian Puspos – choreographer

  Education

• Jose B. Cruz, Jr., Ph.D. – Distinguished Professor of Engineering, The Ohio State University
• Conrado Gempesaw, Ph.D. – 17th President, St. John's University, New York City
• Ruth Elynia S. Mabanglo, Ph.D. – Professor of Philippine Literature, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Presidential Citation for Meritorious Teaching, 1996
• Kevin Nadal, Ph.D. – Professor of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice; author, Filipino American Psychology: A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice; former president of Asian American Psychological Association
• Baldomero Olivera, Ph.D. – Distinguished Professor of Biology, University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah; first Fil-Am member of the United States National Academy of Sciences; 2007 Harvard University Scientist of the Year.
• Rhacel Parrenas, Ph.D. – Professor of American Studies and Sociology at Brown University. World-renowned academic, has delivered lectures at over 100 colleges and universities in Asia, Europe, and the Americas.
• Robyn Rodriguez, Ph.D. – Professor of Asian American Studies at University of California, Davis
• E. San Juan, Jr., Ph.D. – Fellow, W.E.B. Du Bois Institute, Harvard University
• Craig Abaya. – Director of Digital Media & Entertainment Programs, San Francisco State University, 2000–2014
• Trinity Ordona, Ph.D. – Professor of American Studies, City College of San Francisco, 2001–present
• Vivian M. Vasquez, Ph.D. – Multi-award winning Professor of Education at American University in Washington, DC, and the author of a dozen books on the subject of education and literacy.

  Graphic arts

• Alfredo Alcala – Filipino comic book artist.
• Lynda Barry – Filipino mestizo comic strip cartoonist and novelist; created prototype for TV hit series The Simpsons
• Don Figueroa – comic book artist for IDW Publishing and Dreamwave Entertainment, working on various Transformers titles.
• Rafael Kayanan – comic book artist and master level instructor in Sayoc Kali.
• Nick Manabat – creator of Cybernary, comic book artist for Wildstorm Productions
• Kenn Navarro – animator of cartoon Happy Tree Friends
• Van Partible – creator of Johnny Bravo
• Whilce Portacio – created Bishop of the X-Men, co-founder of Image Comics.
• Romeo Tanghal – comic book artist.
• Leo Zulueta – Tattoo artist
• Tony DeZuniga – co-creator of Jonah Hex

  Visual art

• Terry Acebo Davis
• Michael Janis – award winning glass artist
• Manuel Ocampo – painter
• Alfonso Ossorio
• Mail Order Brides/M.O.B.
• Paul Pfeiffer – Inaugural recipient, The Bucksbaum Award given by the Whitney Museum of American Art.
• Nelfa Querubin – ceramic artist
• Lordy Rodriguez
• Stephanie Syjuco
• Joseph Santos – award winning painter/Watercolorist
• Leo Valledor – painter who pioneered the Hard-edge painting style.
• Carlos Villa – visual artist, curator and professor
• Jenifer K. Wofford

  History

• Dorothy Cordova – activist, professor, Co-founder of the Filipino American National Historical Society.
• Fred Cordova – author, Filipinos: Forgotten Asian Americans; co-founder, Filipino American National Historical Society.
• Dawn Mabalon - activist, author Little Manila is in the Heart: The Making of Filipina/o Community in Stockton, California,; Duke University Press, Journey for Justice, The Life of Larry Itliong; Bridge & Delta Publishing

  Journalism

• Byron Acohido – 1997 Pulitzer Prize awardee; prose novelist.
• Leah Borromeo – journalist and documentary filmmaker
• Natasha Brown – anchor, KYW in Philadelphia
• Cher Calvin – anchor, KTLA Channel 5 Los Angeles
• Katherine Creag – reporter, WNBC in New York City
• Ernabel Demillo – TV host
• Veronica De La Cruz – MSNBC news anchor
• Rovilson Fernandez – TV host, model, editor
• Emil Guillermo – award-winning journalist, writer, and broadcaster. First Filipino American to anchor a regularly scheduled national news program, NPR All Things Considered, May 1989. Winner of American Book Award, 2000.
• Cassidy Hubbarth – ESPN Anchor
• Noel Izon – documentary filmmaker
• Kristine Johnson – anchor, WCBS-TV New York
• Lloyd LaCuesta – television journalist, KTVU South Bay bureau chief
• David Lat – legal commentator and author, founder of Above the Law
• Claire Leka – former CNN business reporter
• Pat Loika – Comic podcaster
• Elita Loresca – former NBC4 and current KTRK-TV Los Angeles weathercaster and meteorologist
• Michelle Malkin – commentator on FOX News, author
• Jean Martirez – anchor for KTTV Fox 11 in Los Angeles
• Cheryl Diaz Meyer – 2004 Pulitzer Prize Winner
• Libertito Pelayo – publisher and editor-in-chief, Filipino Reporter newspaper
• Maria Quiban – meteorologist & news anchor, KTTV/KCOP-TV in Los Angeles
• Elaine Quijano – correspondent at CBS News, formerly with CNN
• Victoria Recaño – correspondent on such programs as The Insider and Inside Edition
• Maria Ressa – journalist and author, co-founder of Rappler
• Frances Rivera – journalist and television news anchor for Boston's NBC affiliate WHDH, New York's CW affiliate WPIX and NBC News
• Anne Quito – architecture and design critic for Quartz
• Alex Tizon – 1997 Pulitzer Prize in Investigative Reporting, Seattle Times; author of Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
• Corky Trinidad – Honolulu Star Bulletin editorial cartoonist, 1939–2009
• Jia Tolentino – essayist and staff writer for The New Yorker
• Pablo S. Torre – sportswriter & columnist for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine
• Jose Antonio Vargas – 2008 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Journalism for his work with the Washington Post; DREAM Act advocate; undocumented immigrant
• Mona Lisa Yuchengco – founder, Filipinas magazine

  Law

• Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. – former Associate Justice, Hawaii State Supreme Court
• Kiwi Camara – attorney; youngest person to enter Harvard Law School
• Tani Cantil-Sakauye – Chief Justice of California
• Noel Francisco – 47th Solicitor General of the United States
• Mario Ramil – former Associate Justice, Hawaii State Supreme Court
• Sean Reyes – Utah Attorney General

  Literature

• Peter Bacho – author of the American Book Award winning novel Cebu
• Cecilia Manguerra Brainard – author of When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, Magdalena
• Carlos Bulosan – author, America Is in the Heart.
• Regie Cabico – Slam poet and performer
• Elaine Castillo – author, America Is Not the Heart.
• Gilbert Luis R. Centina III – novelist and award-winning poet
• Melissa de la Cruz – author of teen lit series The Au Pairs, The Ashleys, and Blue Bloods
• Alex Gilvarry – author of From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant and Eastman Was Here
• Vince Gotera – poet and editor of the North American Review
• Jessica Hagedorn – playwright and author, Dogeaters, The Gangster of Love, Dream Jungle
• Tess Uriza Holthe – author of When the Elephants Dance
• Ma. Luisa Aguilar Igloria – award-winning poet
• Erin Entrada Kelly – author of Hello, Universe, which won the Newbery Medal.
• R. Zamora Linmark – author of Rolling the R's
• Aimee Nezhukumatathil – award-winning poet and professor
• Barbara Jane Reyes – poet
• Al Robles – activist and poet, author of Rappin' With Ten Thousand Carabaos in the Dark
• Randy Romero – writer
• Eileen Tabios – poet
• Lysley Tenorio – author of Monstress
• Alex Tizon – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of "Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self"
• Jose Garcia Villa – poet, writer, generationalist; pre-Beat Generation influence

  Theater

• Joan Almedilla – Broadway actor, Miss Saigon, Les Misérables
• Jon Jon Briones – Broadway, West End and television actor, Miss Saigon, ', '
• Laurie Cadevida – Broadway actress, Miss Saigon, Aida, The Pajama Game
• Ali Ewoldt – Broadway actress. First woman of color to play lead role of Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. Half Filipino.
• Rachelle Ann Go – Broadway and West End actress. Credits include Gigi in Miss Saigon, Fantine in Les Misérables, and Eliza Schuyler Hamilton in Hamilton.
• Jose Llana – Broadway actor, Drama Desk Award winner.
• Robert Lopez – composer, Tony Award Winner, writer of "Let It Go" from the movie Frozen.
• Deedee Magno Hall – cast member, national touring and San Francisco cast of Wicked; former mouseketeer
• Paolo Montalbán – Broadway and television actor
• Eva Noblezada – Broadway and West End actress. Credits include Kim in the Broadway and West End revivals of Miss Saigon, Éponine in West End's Les Misérables, and originating Eurydice in Hadestown. Half Filipino, Half Mexican.
• Ralph Peña – founding member and artistic director, Ma-Yi Theater Company
• George Salazar – Broadway actor,, Be More Chill
• Lea Salonga – Broadway and West End actress. She is a Tony, Olivier, Drama Desk, and OCC Award winner. Lea was the singing voice for Princess Jasmine and Mulan in the Walt Disney movies. She was also most recently nominated for a Grammy Award for being in the cast of the most recent Broadway revival of Once on This Island

  Business

• Diosdado Banatao – Silicon Valley engineer and businessman
• Caterina Fake – Half-filipino co-founder of Flickr and Hunch.
• Bobby Murphy – co-founder, Snapchat
• Josie Natori – founder, The Natori Company
• Loida Nicolas-Lewis – Chairman and CEO, TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc.
• Peter Valdes – co-founder, Tivoli Systems Inc.
• Sheila Lirio Marcelo – entrepreneur and founder of Care.com
• DJ_Rose – Roslynn Alba Cobarrubias Founder of mydiveo, helped launch myspace.com
• Jennifer Rubio – co-founder & President, Away_
• Jeremiah Abraham – founder & CEO of Tremendous Communications, film producer, award winning marketer and strategist, advocate for Asian & Asian American visibility in Hollywood

  Culinary arts

• Amy Besa and Romy Dorotan – activists and co-owners of Filipino restaurant Purple Yam in Brooklyn, New York, and co-authors of Memories of Philippine Kitchens, which in 2007, won the IACP Jane Grigson Award for Distinguished Scholarship in the Quality of Research Presentation.
• Cristeta Comerford – first woman executive chef at the White House.
• Tom Cunanan – James Beard Award-winning chef of Filipino restaurant Bad Saint in Washington, D.C.
• Paul Qui – James Beard Award-winning chef and winner of.
• Dale Talde – and contestant and owner of the restaurant Talde in Brooklyn, New York.

  Education

• Astrid S. Tuminez – first female president of Utah Valley University
• Flora Arca Mata – first Filipino-American Teacher in California

  Fashion and pageantry

Fashion

• Monique Lhuillier – Hollywood fashion designer
• Kelsey Merritt – fashion model, first Filipino woman to ever walk in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
• Josie Natori – Hollywood fashion designer
• Geena Rocero – transgender fashion model and activist, founder of the Gender Proud organization
• Rafé Totengco – fashion designer who specializes in women’s handbags
• Leeann Tweeden – model, television personality

  Pageants

• Macel Wilson – Miss USA 1962
• Sonya Balmores – Miss Hawaii Teen USA 2004
• Angela Perez Baraquio – Miss America 2001
• Danielle Castaño – Binibining Pilipinas-World 2008
• Ginger Conejero – Miss Philippines-Air 2006, television host/reporter
• Alice Dixson – Binibining Pilipinas-International 1986, actress and model
• Laura Dunlap – Miss Philippines Earth 2003
• Jamie Herrell – Miss Earth 2014 and Miss Philippines Earth 2014
• Kristina Janolo – Miss Florida 2011
• Krista Kleiner – Binibining Pilipinas-International 2010, actress, martial artist, singer, dancer and composer
• Christi McGarry – Binibining Pilipinas-Intercontinental 2015
• Katarina Rodriguez – Miss World Philippines 2018, model, athlete
• Vanessa Minnillo – Miss Teen USA 1998, actress and television host
• Robyn Watkins – Miss Oklahoma USA 2006
• Patricia Tumulak – Miss Philippines-Fire 2009
• Megan Young – Miss World 2013, Miss World Philippines 2013, actress, model, television host and VJ

  Health science

• Eduardo Macalino, M.D., Brooklyn – President, Philippine Medical Association of America, under the auspices of the American Medical Association
• Fe del Mundo, MD – first Asian and female student at Harvard Medical School
• Kevin Nadal, Ph.D. – Associate Professor of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York City; author, Filipino American Psychology: A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice
• Maria P. P. Root – psychologist
• Mariano Yogore – Professor and Head of Institute of Public Health.

  Labor

• Larry Itliong – Co-founder of the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, assistant director of the United Farm Workers, co-leader of the Delano grape strike
• Philip Vera Cruz – Co-founder, Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, which later became the United Farm Workers; Vice-President, United Farm Workers

  Military

• Jesse Aliganga – Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps. Killed in action during 1998 embassy bombing in Nairobi, Kenya
• Babette Bolivar – Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy. Women Divers Hall of Fame inductee.
• Raquel C. Bono – Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy. Command Surgeon, United States Pacific Command
• Jose Calugas – Captain, U.S. Army. Medal of Honor recipient, World War II
• Cary C. Chun – Brigadier General, U.S. Air Force, retired. Former Commander, 50th Space Wing, Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado. First U.S. Air Force General Officer of Filipino descent.
• Anatolio B. Cruz – Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy. Deputy Commander, United States Fourth Fleet
• John R. D’Araujo Jr. – Major General, U.S. Army, retired. First Filipino American to be promoted to Major General; former Director of the Army National Guard Bureau. Former Director of the Recovery Division for the Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Rudolph Davila – First Lieutenant, U.S. Army. Medal of Honor recipient, World War II
• Florence Finch – Seaman second class, U.S. Coast Guard. Medal of Freedom recipient for actions during the occupation of the Philippine Islands in World War II
• Oscar Hilman – Brigadier General, U.S. Army, retired.
• Eleanor Mariano – Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy, retired. First Filipino American to be promoted to a flag officer rank; former White House physician
• Victorino Mercado – Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy. First Filipino American Surface Warfare Officer to achieve flag rank
• José B. Nísperos – first Asian Medal of Honor recipient.
• Ronald Ravelo – Captain, U.S. Navy. First Filipino American commander of an aircraft carrier
• Eldon Regua – Major General, U.S. Army Reserve. Former Commanding General, 75th Division ; only Filipino American general officer
• Edward Soriano – Lieutenant General U.S. Army, retired. Former Commanding General of I Corps
• Ramon S. Subejano – Private First Class, U.S. Army. Silver Star recipient, World War II
• Benigno G. Tabora – Sergeant Major, U.S. Army. Purple Heart recipient, World War II
• Antonio Taguba – Major General, U.S. Army, retired. Author of the Taguba Report
• Telesforo Trinidad – Fireman Second Class, U.S. Navy. Only Asian American naval recipient of the Medal of Honor
• Eleanor Valentin – Rear Admiral, Medical Corps, U.S. Navy. Commander, Naval Medical Support Command

  Politics

• Peter Aduja – State Legislature, Hawaii. First Filipino American elected in the United States.
• Larry Asera – First Filipino American elected to a city council in the continental United States
• Steve Austria – Republican congressman from Beavercreek, Ohio.
• Rob Bonta – First Filipino American California State Legislator
• Thelma Buchholdt – First female Filipino American state legislator ; first Asian American to be elected President of the National Order of Women Legislators.
• Christopher Cabaldon – Mayor of West Sacramento, California, born in 1965.
• Benjamin J. Cayetano – First Filipino American governor in the U.S., for the state of Hawaii.
• John Ensign – U.S. Senator from Nevada; his great grandmother is from the Philippines
• Jose Esteves – Current Mayor of Milpitas, California. Assumed office in 2002; served as a member of the City Council from 1998 to 2002.
• Tony Fulton; member of Nebraska State Legislature.
• Mike Guingona – Council Member and Former Mayor of Daly City, California.
• Lorraine Rodero Inouye – Hawai'i state senator, former Mayor of Hawaii County and the first Filipino-American woman to serve as mayor of a U.S. County.
• Donna Mercado Kim – Hawai'i state senator, former President of the Hawaiʻi Senate.
• Rolando Lavarro, Jr. – Jersey City council president, elected to city council in 2011.
• John W. Marshall, Virginia Secretary of Public Safety and Director of the U.S. Marshals Service, his mother is of Filipino descent.
• Thurgood Marshall, Jr., White House senior staff member during the Clinton Administration, his mother is of Filipino descent.
• Benjamin Menor – Filipino American State Legislator, Hawaii, 1962.
• Jeff Moneda – City Manager of Foster City, California.
• Mona Pasquil – in November 2009, became the first woman to serve as acting lieutenant governor of California
• David Pendleton – former Minority Floor Leader, Hawaii House of Representatives
• Sean David Reyes – Utah Attorney General and first ethnic minority elected to state office in Utah; father is Filipino, father's first cousin was 7th President of the Philippines, Ramon Magsaysay.
• Bobby Scott – U.S. Congressman, maternal grandfather is Filipino.
• Michele J. Sison – US ambassador to the United Arab Emirates
• Kris Valderrama – Member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing the 26th District
• Ron Villanueva – 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. Solis – First Filipino American Roman Catholic bishop in the United States, 10th Bishop of Salt Lake City
• Bruce Reyes-Chow – The first Filipino American head of a major denomination in the U.S., was elected to a two-year term as Moderator of the 218th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church on June 21, 2008.

  Sports

• Doug Baldwin – Former NFL Player, Super Bowl Champion
• Tedy Bruschi – Former NFL Player, three-time Super Bowl Champion
• Jordan Clarkson – NBA player
• Kihei Clark – College basketball player
• Boogie Ellis – basketball player
• Jalen Green – basketball player
• Erik Spoelstra – NBA Head Coach

  Television and film

• Ruthie Alcaide – MTV ' cast
• Benjamin Alves – actor
• Kaye Abad – actress
• Craig Abaya – film producer/director, musician, educator, and photographer.
• Neile Adams – actress
• Gerald Anderson – actor, model
• Nicole Gale Anderson – actress
• Siena Agudong – actress
• Ruben Aquino – Disney animator
• Ashley Argota – actress, singer, musician
• Cecilio Asuncion – director, host, producer, filmmaker, and executive.
• Jon Jon Augustavo – award-winning filmmaker and music video director known for Macklemore – "Thrift Shop", "Can't Hold Us", "Same Love"
• Alley Baggett – model, actress
• Brandon Baker – actor
• Tippy Dos Santos – singer, actress
• Kimee Balmilero – member of the American version of Hi-5, a children's musical group
• Roxanne Barcelo – actress, model, singer
• Dante Basco – actor, dancer, rapper, poet
• Dion Basco – actor
• Jacob Batalon – actor
• Dave Bautista – former professional mixed martial artist, and former professional wrestler, Currently part of an ensemble cast in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy.
• Eric Bauza - Canadian-born actor
• Paris Berelc – actress
• Joy Bisco – actress
• Jameson Blake – actor, dancer and television personality
• Eileen Boylan – actress.
• Q. Allan Brocka – director, producer, actor, best known for directing the film Eating Out and its sequel.
• Cher Calvin – actress, news anchor, Miss New York first runner up
• Wendy Calio – actress, dancer, singer
• Donita Rose – actress
• Jade Villalon – actress, singer and songwriter
• Louie del Carmen – story artist, DreamWorks Animation; storyboard artist, Disney Channel's Kim Possible, Nickelodeon's Invader Zim, Rugrats and The Mighty B!.
• Ronnie del Carmen – story supervisor, Finding Nemo; storyboard artist, '
• T.V. Carpio – actress
• Tia Carrere – actress and singer
• Phoebe Cates – actress.
• Christina Chang – actress,
• Pia Clemente – first Filipino to be nominated for a competitive Academy Award for the live-action short, Our Time Is Up
• Emy Coligado – actress,.
• Max Collins – actress and model
• Michael Copon – actor
• Rik Cordero – director
• Darren Criss – actor/singer, mother is an immigrant from the Philippines
• Christina Cuenca – Miss Louisiana USA 2006; actress
• Jake Cuenca – actor and soccer player
• Mark Dacascos – actor and martial arts expert
• Charles Michael Davis – actor and model
• Marpessa Dawn – actress
• Billy Dec – Emmy Award-winning actor/producer
• Dean Devlin – screenwriter and producer of many films including Independence Day, Godzilla and Stargate, also occasional actor
• Ivan Dorschner – actor, model and former 5TH big placer
• Kyle Echarri – singer and songwriter The Voice Kids finalist
• Andi Eigenmann – actress
• Mar Elepano – filmmaker, production supervisor of the John C. Hench Lab, Division of Animation and Digital Arts, USC School of Cinematic Arts
• Tommy Esguerra – actor, model and former Pinoy Big Brother 737 2015 2nd big placer
• Allen Evangelista – actor
• Matt Evans – actor
• Ava Fabian – actress, model
• Roshon Fegan – actor
• Von Flores – actor
• Joel de la Fuente – actor
• Karen Gaviola – Television Producer and Director, Magnum P.I., Lucifer, Hawaii Five-0, Love Is
• Charles Gemora – Hollywood makeup artist
• Baron Geisler – actor, businessman, model, resource speaker, amateur artist and aspiring poet
• Raymond Gutierrez – actor and model, twin brother of Richard Gutierrez
• Richard Gutierrez – actor and model
• Melissa Howard – actress-comedienne, MTV Real World New Orleans cast
• Vanessa Hudgens – half-Filipino actress, singer, dancer and television star
• Stella Hudgens – half-Filipino actress
• Diana Lee Inosanto – actress, stuntwoman, film director
• Cris Judd – actor, dancer, choreographer and former husband of Jennifer Lopez, lead dancer of Michael Jackson and work with different singers, appeared on Unfabulous, Eve, Half & Half and Everybody Loves Raymond
• Tessa Keller, model and reality television personality
• Abigail Kintanar – actress, host, reality show vixen. VH1's CelebReality Star "Red Oyster"
• Jo Koy – stand-up comedian
• Jennie Kwan – actress
• Tony Labrusca – actor, model and singer
• Lalaine – television star.
• Liza Lapira – actress
• Kris Lawrence – singer
• Sharon Leal – half-Filipino, half-African American actress
• Reggie Lee – actor
• Kaylani Lei – adult film star
• Matthew Libatique – cinematographer
• Xian Lim – actor and model
• Tiffany Limos – actress
• BarBara Luna – actress
• Manila Luzon - drag queen, recording artist, comedian, and reality television personality
• Tara Macken – actress
• Camille Mana – actress
• Edu Manzano – actor and politician
• Luis Manzano – model and television host
• Alec Mapa – actor and comedian
• Jessica Marasigan – actress, model, beauty queen and former Pinoy Big Brother 737 2015 housemate
• Anna Maria Perez de Taglé – actress, former Star Search contestant; granddaughter of Filipina singer, Sylvia La Torre.
• Ayra Mariano – actress and model
• Bruno Mars – singer and dancer
• Marie Matiko – actress
• Caitlin McHugh – actress and model
• Chad McQueen – actor, film producer, martial artist and race car driver in 1984 The Karate Kid and 1986 The Karate Kid Part II
• Steven R. McQueen – actor
• Sam Milby – actor, model
• Cymphonique Miller – singer and actress
• Vanessa Minnillo – MTV VJ and former Miss Teen USA
• Jewel Mische – actress and model
• Mimi Miyagi – adult film star, former candidate for Governor of Nevada
• Derrick Monasterio – actor, singer and dancer
• Paolo Montalban – actor, model
• Troy Montero – actor
• Rex Navarrete – comedian, voice actor in Myx channel's cartoon The Nutshack
• True O'Brien – actress
• Jazz Ocampo – actress and commercial model
• Belinda Panelo – MTV VJ
• Angelica Panganiban – actress and comedienne
• Van Partible – creator/director/writer of cartoon series Johnny Bravo
• Jennifer Paz – actress, most notable for voice of Lapis Lazuli
• Nia Peeples – actress and singer
• Lou Diamond Phillips – actor
• Charee Pineda – actress and politician
• Stef Prescott – actress and model
• Jay R – R&B singer
• Shelby Rabara – actress and dancer, most notable for the voice of Peridot
• Sue Ramirez – Filipino actress, whose father is an American citizen.
• Victoria Recaño – correspondent, actress
• Sheryn Regis – singer, actress
• Ernie Reyes Jr. – actor, martial artist
• Conrad Ricamora – singer and actor
• Jackie Rice – actress
• Alden Richards – actor, singer
• Melissa Ricks – actress
• Olivia Rodrigo – actress
• Tom Rodriguez – actor and former housemate
• Jelynn Rodriguez – actress
• Vincent Rodriguez III – actor
• Jason Rogel – actor
• Jerell Rosales – film/TV director and
• Tura Satana – actress. "Satana's father was a silent movie actor of Japanese and Filipino descent, and her mother was a circus performer of Native American and Scots-Irish background.
• Rob Schneider – Saturday Night Live performer, actor, comedian
• Nicole Scherzinger – singer, actress
• Steven Silva – actor, model
• Pepe Smith — late rock star
• Liza Soberano – actress, model
• Paul Soriano – film director and producer
• Shannyn Sossamon – actress
• Charmane Star – adult film star
• Hailee Steinfeld – actress, singer
• Jon Timmons – actor, model and television personality
• Chuti Tiu – actress
• G. Toengi – actress, singer
• Whitney Tyson – actress and comedienne
• Jillian Ward – actress, singer and model
• Charlyne Yi – actress
• Megan Young – actress, beautyqueen, crowned as Miss World 2013, sister of Lauren Young
• Lauren Young – actress, sister of Megan Young

  Disc jockeys

• DJ Babu – disc jockey of the World Famous Beat Junkies and member of the hip hop group Dilated Peoples. Hails from Oxnard, California.
• Mix Master Mike – Beastie Boys disc jockey, founding member of the Invisibl Skratch Piklz; winner of 1992 and 1993 DMC World DJ Championships and winner of the 1992 New Music Seminar/Supermen Inc. DJ Battle for World Supremacy. Appears in the documentary film Scratch.
• DJ Qbert – San Francisco Bay Area hip-hop disc jockey and pioneering turntablist. Founding member of the Invisibl Skratch Piklz; winner of 1991 1992, 1993, DMC World DJ Championships. Featured in the movie Hang the DJ. Appears in the documentary films Modulations and Scratch. Created animated pop film Wave Twisters
• DJ Riddler – disc jockey at WKTU in New York, Sirius Satellite Radio, record producer, remixer and member of the group MYNT
• DJ Virman of the group Far East Movement
• DJ Bonics – disc jockey of rapper Wiz Khalifa

  Music

• Robert Lopez – composer, first Filipino American Oscar recipient. Recipient of a Grammy Award, Emmy Award and a Tony Award; twelfth individual to achieve an EGOT.

  Musicians

Rock music

• Craig Abaya – award-winning songwriter, singer, musician, recording artist and producer
• James Baluyut – lead guitarist for the rock band +/- and once played with older brother Richard for Versus.
• Richard Baluyut – lead singer for band Versus
• Noah Bernardo – drummer – P.O.D.
• Melina Duterte – musician better known by her stage name Jay Som
• Jerome Fontamillas – Switchfoot guitarist and keyboardist
• Lowell George – songwriter, singer and slide guitarist of the rock band Little Feat
• Christopher Guanlao – drummer/songwriter for Silversun Pickups
• Kirk Hammett – lead guitarist for Metallica
• Haley Heynderickx – singer-songwriter from Portland, Oregon
• Anthony Improgo – drummer of the Band Metro Station
• Mike Inez – bassist of Alice in Chains
• Dan Layus – lead singer, guitarist of the band Augustana
• Jared Palomar – bassist, and pianist of the band Augustana
• Arnel Pineda – vocalist of the band Journey
• Joey Santiago – lead guitarist of the Pixies, credited by Kurt Cobain as influential to his music, albums include the classic Surfer Rosa and Doolittle. Later formed a band "The Martinis" with his wife.
• Matthew Santos – rock and folk singer-songwriter, musician and painter, father of part-Filipino descent.

  Pop music

• Leah Dizon – model, singer, actress, and TV personality in Japan.
• Enrique Iglesias – Spanish pop music singer-songwriter.
• Bruno Mars – half-Filipino, quarter-Puerto Rican, quarter-Hungarian Jewish; R&B singer
• Maile Misajon – singer of Eden's Crush.
• Larry Ramos – guitarist, banjo player, and vocalist with the American pop band the Association and the New Christy Minstrels.
• Nicole Scherzinger – lead singer for the Pussycat Dolls.
• Jasmine V – singer
• Jocelyn Enriquez - singer, 90's pop diva, christian vocalist

  American Idol Contestants

• Reynaldo Lapuz – American Idol contestant.
• Guji Lorenzana – alternative rock, pop rock solo artist, American Idol contestant.
• Ramiele Malubay – American Idol contestant.
• Thia Megia – American Idol contestant.
• Jessica Sanchez – American Idol contestant; Father is Mexican, Mother is Filipina, finished as the Runner-Up.
• Jasmine Trias – American Idol contestant, finished in 3rd place.
• Camile Velasco – American Idol contestant, finished in 9th place.
• Malaya Watson – American Idol contestant, finished in 8th place.

  Rap, hip hop

• DJ Qbert – turntablist, composer, producer
• Danny Brown – rapper who is half African American and half Filipino.
• Chad Hugo – music producer and musician; one-half of The Neptunes.
• Allan Pineda Lindo – known as apl.de.ap. Member of the Grammy Award-winning hip-hop group The Black Eyed Peas
• Travis McCoy – Gym Class Heroes singer; Haitian/Italian/Irish/Filipino/Native American
• Dustin Perfetto – rapper, audio engineer best known for his song "I Gott Grapes".
• Saweetie – rapper
• Cassie Ventura – known as Cassie, R&B and pop singer, model, and actress.

  Music producers

• Chazwick Bradley Bundick – American recording artist and producer also known as Toro y Moi
• Illmind – hip hop producer
• Arian Leviste – electronic music artist, record producer and disc jockey
• Shawn Wasabi – record producer

  R&B

• Sugar Pie DeSanto – born as Umpeylia Marsema Balinton, Filipino-American rhythm and blues singer of the 1950s and 1960s
• Billy Crawford – R&B, pop and soul singer
• H.E.R. – R&B

  Jazz

• Bobby Enriquez – "The Wild Man", prodigious pianist
• Bob Parlocha – saxophonist and longtime host of a syndicated nightly jazz radio program
• Danny Barcelona – jazz drummer, part of Louis Armstrong's All-Stars from 1958 onward

  International world music

• Joe Bataan – Latin soul legend

  Classical music

• Manuel Kabajar Cabase – composer, arranger, conductor, multi-instrumentalist, movie musical director, Halad Museum Inductee
• Evelyn Mandac – soprano opera singer and winner of the Metropolitan Opera Auditions.
• Eugene F. Castillo – conductor, born in Hollywood, CA, is now the Music Director of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, Cultural Center of the Philippines

  Composers

• Craig Abaya – award-winning songwriter, singer, musician. Collaborator with JoAnne Lorenzana and DJ Qbert. Same person as the filmmaker and photographer.

  Other / miscellaneous genres

• Amapola Cabase – singer, actor, producer, TV Host of "Amapola Presents Show" KEMO-TV San Francisco, California
• Kriesha Chu – K-Pop singer based in South Korea
• Frankie Cosmos – singer, songwriter
• Kate Earl – singer, songwriter
• Jocelyn Enriquez – techno and house singer of "Do You Miss Me?"
• Carlo Gimenez – lead guitarist for Dia Frampton
• Billy Hinsche – lead guitarist for Dino, Desi & Billy
• Rachael Lampa – Christian singer
• Gerard Damien Long – known as Hodgy Beats. Member of the hip-hop collective OFWGKTA and the duo MellowHype, rapper and producer.
• Neal McCoy – country music singer.
• Sophia Montecarlo – singer, model, a "Born Diva", grand finalist.
• Jaya Ramsey – freestyle artist

  Musical groups

• Pinay - All-Filipina R&B singing group from the San Francisco Bay Area - Inevitable album released in 1997 by Classified Records
• One Vo1ce – All-Filipina girl R&B/OPM singing group from the San Francisco Bay Area
• Blue Scholars – Geo aka. Prometheus Brown, MC of the duo, is Filipino-American
• Death Angel – thrash metal band
• Kai – San Francisco Bay Area boy band
• Drop N Harmony - San Francisco Bay Area R&B singing signed to Classified Records
• 6th Day - San Francisco Bay Area R&B singing group - combination of Kai and Drop N Harmony
• Julie Plug - Filipino alternative band based in California signed to Classified Records in the 1990s
• Moonpools & Caterpillars – Filipino American rock band based in California in the 1990s
• My American Heart – rock band
• The Rocky Fellers – group was composed of four Filipino brothers and their father. Their hit song: "Killer Joe" reached No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1963.
• Legaci – 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.
• Q-York – Filipino-American hip hop record production duo composed of Flava Matikz and Knowa Lazarus.

  Reality show

• Leah Cohen – contestant on Top Chef
• Angelica Hale – contestant on America's Got Talent
• Charmaine Hunt – contestant on The Apprentice season 5
• Melody Lacayanga – So You Think You Can Dance contestant.
• Manila Luzon – drag performer and runner-up on RuPaul's Drag Race, former contestant in RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.
• Sandra McCoy – actress, former contestant in '.
• Asia Nitollano – ' winner; daughter of Joe Bataan.
• Ongina – drag queen and spokesperson for MAC Cosmetics
• Ellona Santiago – FOX The X Factor U.S. finalist.
• Josie Smith-Malave – contestant on the show Top Chef contestant.
• Greggy Soriano – cast as "Greggy" on TLC and "Greggy, the Self Proclaimed 'Gaysian'" Beauty and the Geek contestant on The CW Network.
• Amy Vachal – NBC The Voice U.S. finalist.

  Internet

• Christine Gambito – American Internet personality, actress, and comedian; she maintains one of the most-subscribed-to channels on YouTube. Also appointed Ambassador of Philippine tourism
• Anthony Padilla – famous YouTube celebrity; he is former one half of the comedy duo Smosh and is one of the most subscribed Youtubers on YouTube
• Wil Dasovich – television personality, commercial model, celebrity endorser and famous Youtube vlogger. He won the Shorty Awards for Vlogger of the Year.
• Bretman Rock

  Other

• Leandro Aragoncillo – 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-Arroyo.
• Thomas Beatie – Filipino father, female-to-male transgender man 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.
• Helen Agcaoili Summers Brown, also known as Auntie Helen, a teacher, librarian, and founder of the Pilipino American Reading Room and Library. She was born in Manila to a Filipino mother and an Anglo father, and moved to America after her graduation from Manila Central High School.
• Andrew Cunanan – 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 Versace. Father was a retired United States Navy from the Philippines.
• Ralph Deleon – convicted of conspiracy to support terrorist.
• Pearlasia Gamboa – controversial business woman successfully sued by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
• Christina Marie Williams – murdered child.
• Mimi Miyagi – pornographic actress