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.
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[5]
Emil Guillermo – journalist, writer, and broadcaster; first Filipino American to anchor a regularly scheduled national news program, NPR's All Things Considered, May 1989
Jose Antonio Vargas – 2008 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Journalism for his work with the Washington Post;
DREAM Act advocate; undocumented immigrant[17][18]
Mariano Yogore (1921–2006) – 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
Rob Bonta – First Filipino American California State Legislator, first Filipino American Attorney General of California
Thelma Buchholdt – First female Filipino American state legislator (1974); first Asian American to be elected President of the National Order of Women Legislators (1987)
Mona Pasquil – in November 2009, became the first woman to serve as acting lieutenant governor of California[57][58]
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. House of Representatives of Virginia, maternal grandfather is Filipino[59]
Michele J. Sison – Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
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; former member of the Coast Guard Reserves
Jonathan Santos Ferriol – well known evangelist and one of the bishop of Pentecostal Missionary Church of Christ (4th Watch) base in Los Angeles, California
Christine Gambito – American Internet personality, actress, and comedian; maintains one of the most-subscribed-to channels on YouTube; also appointed Ambassador of Philippine tourism
Anthony Padilla – famous YouTube celebrity; he is 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 – US-based Filipino internet personality and beauty influencer; he stars in his own reality TV show on MTV
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
Craig Abaya – award-winning songwriter, singer, musician. Collaborator with
JoAnne Lorenzana (1st cousin) and
DJ Qbert. Same person as the filmmaker and photographer.
Nilo Alcala – the first Filipino-American composer recipient of the prestigious
Copland House Residency Award.
Robert Lopez – composer, first Filipino American Oscar recipient;[87] recipient of a Grammy Award, Emmy Award and a Tony Award; twelfth individual to achieve an
EGOT
Other / miscellaneous genres
Amapola Cabase – singer, actor, producer, TV Host of "Amapola Presents Show" KEMO-TV (now KOFY) San Francisco, California
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 (DJ/producer) and Knowa Lazarus (songwriter/MC).
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,[88]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.[89] He is notable for having had had several
pregnancies since becoming physically male.
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.
^
abChief of Naval Personnel Diversity Directorate Public Affairs (May 20, 2011).
"Face of Defense: Siblings Showcase Navy's Diversity". American Forces Press Service. United States Department of Defense. Archived from
the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
^"Rose Martinez". www.capitol.hawaii.gov. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
^Schultz, Jeffrey D. (2000). Encyclopedia of Minorities in American Politics: African Americans and Asian Americans. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 774.
ISBN1-57356-148-7. Hyung-chan Kim (January 1, 1999). Distinguished Asian Americans: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p.
239.
ISBN978-0-313-28902-6. Richard Borreca; Laurie Au (April 29, 2008).
"Menor's DUI test flawed, lawyer says". Star Bulletin. Vol. 13, no. 120. Honolulu. Retrieved December 26, 2014. Menor's father, Benjamin Menor, a poor immigrant from the Philippines, rose to prominence first as a state senator and then as associate justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court.
^Chavez, Yong (September 20, 2021).
"Meet "Ted Lasso's" award-winning Fil-Am writer Leann Bowen". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved June 21, 2022. I was raised in the Valley and my mom was a single mom so I was raised by my lola and lolo a lot. I spent a lot of time with them so I feel very connected to my Filipino background and I'm very proud.
^Gregory Urbano (August 9, 2009).
"SPiN's HHOF: Phoebe Cates vs. Nicollette Sheridan". CBS SPorts. Archived from
the original on January 18, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2009. Her grandfather was of Filipino descent, and her father and grandmother were of Russian Jewish origin.
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.
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[5]
Emil Guillermo – journalist, writer, and broadcaster; first Filipino American to anchor a regularly scheduled national news program, NPR's All Things Considered, May 1989
Jose Antonio Vargas – 2008 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Journalism for his work with the Washington Post;
DREAM Act advocate; undocumented immigrant[17][18]
Mariano Yogore (1921–2006) – 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
Rob Bonta – First Filipino American California State Legislator, first Filipino American Attorney General of California
Thelma Buchholdt – First female Filipino American state legislator (1974); first Asian American to be elected President of the National Order of Women Legislators (1987)
Mona Pasquil – in November 2009, became the first woman to serve as acting lieutenant governor of California[57][58]
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. House of Representatives of Virginia, maternal grandfather is Filipino[59]
Michele J. Sison – Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
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; former member of the Coast Guard Reserves
Jonathan Santos Ferriol – well known evangelist and one of the bishop of Pentecostal Missionary Church of Christ (4th Watch) base in Los Angeles, California
Christine Gambito – American Internet personality, actress, and comedian; maintains one of the most-subscribed-to channels on YouTube; also appointed Ambassador of Philippine tourism
Anthony Padilla – famous YouTube celebrity; he is 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 – US-based Filipino internet personality and beauty influencer; he stars in his own reality TV show on MTV
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
Craig Abaya – award-winning songwriter, singer, musician. Collaborator with
JoAnne Lorenzana (1st cousin) and
DJ Qbert. Same person as the filmmaker and photographer.
Nilo Alcala – the first Filipino-American composer recipient of the prestigious
Copland House Residency Award.
Robert Lopez – composer, first Filipino American Oscar recipient;[87] recipient of a Grammy Award, Emmy Award and a Tony Award; twelfth individual to achieve an
EGOT
Other / miscellaneous genres
Amapola Cabase – singer, actor, producer, TV Host of "Amapola Presents Show" KEMO-TV (now KOFY) San Francisco, California
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 (DJ/producer) and Knowa Lazarus (songwriter/MC).
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,[88]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.[89] He is notable for having had had several
pregnancies since becoming physically male.
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.
^
abChief of Naval Personnel Diversity Directorate Public Affairs (May 20, 2011).
"Face of Defense: Siblings Showcase Navy's Diversity". American Forces Press Service. United States Department of Defense. Archived from
the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
^"Rose Martinez". www.capitol.hawaii.gov. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
^Schultz, Jeffrey D. (2000). Encyclopedia of Minorities in American Politics: African Americans and Asian Americans. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 774.
ISBN1-57356-148-7. Hyung-chan Kim (January 1, 1999). Distinguished Asian Americans: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p.
239.
ISBN978-0-313-28902-6. Richard Borreca; Laurie Au (April 29, 2008).
"Menor's DUI test flawed, lawyer says". Star Bulletin. Vol. 13, no. 120. Honolulu. Retrieved December 26, 2014. Menor's father, Benjamin Menor, a poor immigrant from the Philippines, rose to prominence first as a state senator and then as associate justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court.
^Chavez, Yong (September 20, 2021).
"Meet "Ted Lasso's" award-winning Fil-Am writer Leann Bowen". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved June 21, 2022. I was raised in the Valley and my mom was a single mom so I was raised by my lola and lolo a lot. I spent a lot of time with them so I feel very connected to my Filipino background and I'm very proud.
^Gregory Urbano (August 9, 2009).
"SPiN's HHOF: Phoebe Cates vs. Nicollette Sheridan". CBS SPorts. Archived from
the original on January 18, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2009. Her grandfather was of Filipino descent, and her father and grandmother were of Russian Jewish origin.