List of Japanese Americans

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This is a list of Japanese Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants, but not Japanese nationals living or working in the U.S. The list includes a brief description of their reason for notability.

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Contents

[edit] List of Japanese Americans

[edit] Arts and architecture

[edit] Business and economics

  • Takeshi Amemiya, economist, Stanford professor
  • Glen Fukushima, Co-President and Representative Director, NCR Japan, Ltd., and former President, American Chamber of Commerce in Japan
  • Francis Fukuyama, economist and historian
  • Robert Hamada, Edward Eagle Brown Distinguished Service Professor of Finance and former Dean of the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
  • Wayne Inouye, former president & CEO of Gateway, Inc.
  • Scott Oki, former senior vice-president of sales and marketing for Microsoft
  • George Shima (1864 - 1926), the first Japanese American millionaire.[1]

[edit] Entertainment

[edit] History

[edit] Literature and poetry

[edit] News/Media

[edit] Military

[edit] Politics and Law

[edit] Religion

[edit] Science and technology

[edit] Sports

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hoobler, Dorothy and Thomas (1995). The Japanese American Family Album. Oxford University Press. p. 64. ISBN 0195124235. 
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