List of Hmong people
This is a list of some well-known Miao/Hmong individuals throughout the world. The Hmong are an Asian ethnic group from the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. Hmong are also one of the sub-groups of the Miao ethnicity in southern China.
List
- Ahney Her, actress, best known as Sue Lor in Gran Torino
- Bee Vang, actor, best known as Thao Vang Lor in Gran Torino
- Brenda Song, Disney channel actress/teen star, known for The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and The Suite Life on Deck; Song is an anglicized spelling of "Xiong"[1]
- Blong Xiong, first Asian American and Hmong American to serve on the Fresno City Council (2006)[2]
- Cherzong Vang, St. Paul Community Leader; Lao and Hmong veterans' leader, Lao Veterans of America
- Wangyee Vang, President of Lao Veterans of America Institute; Lao and Hmong community veterans' leader
- Vang Pobzeb, PhD. Laos and Hmong Scholar; founder and past President of Lao Human Rights Council, Inc.
- Chai Vang, ex-National Guardsman; convicted multiple murderer
- Chervang Kong Vang, Reverend; a Hmong minister who established United Christians Liberty Evangelical Church, the first Hmong independent church organization, and also the creator of the Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong script.
- Cy Thao, Minnesota State Representative
- Dia Cha, author, former professor and anthropologist, St. Cloud State University, Minnesota
- Doualy Xaykaothao, freelance American journalist and radio producer known for her work with NPR
- Foung Hawj (侯祝福 | ຝົງ ເຮີ), pioneer Hmong-American broadcaster; media artist; Minnesota State Senator elected in 2012
- Fres Thao, hip hop and spoken word artist
- Lieutenant Colonel Hang Sao
- Houa Vue Moua, author and community activist[3]
- Xao "Jerry" Yang, 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion
- Joe Bee Xiong, first Hmong American elected to public office in the state of Wisconsin, serving two terms as Eau Claire City councilman[4]
- Ka Vang, writer
- Kao Kalia Yang, Hmong American writer; author of The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir; her work has appeared in the Paj Ntaub Voice Hmong Literary Journal and numerous other publications
- Kazoua Kong-Thao, first Hmong American to serve on the Saint Paul School Board of Education[5]
- Lei Ahyouduo, ethnic Miao Chinese singer
- Lia Lee, subject of the 1997 book The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
- Long Qingquan, 龙清泉, Miao Olympian; won a gold medal in Men's 56 kg weightlifting for China in the 2008 Beijing Olympics[6]
- Lormong Lo, former Omaha City Councilman
- Mai Neng Moua, writer
- Mee Moua, Minnesota State Senator[7]
- Noah Lor, first Hmong American to be elected Mayor Pro-Tempore in the City of Merced's history; elected as city councilman in Merced in 2007 and re-elected again in 2011[8]
- Pa Chay Vue
- Pa Kao Her
- Qin Liangyu, 秦良玉, Miao Chinese General of the Ming Dynasty; highest ranking female general of Chinese history
- Sandy'Ci Moua, Hmong American actress; community organizer; production assistant and consultant
- Shen Congwen, 沈从文, Miao Chinese writer from the May Fourth Movement
- SomXai Vue First Hmong American served in the Thornton City Council in Colorado.
- Song Zuying, 宋祖英, ethnic Miao Chinese singer
- Dr. Tony Vang, first Hmong elected as a member of the Fresno Unified school board in Fresno, California[9]
- Tou Ger Xiong, diversity consultant, comedian, storyteller, and rapper[10]
- Touby Lyfoung
- Vang Pao, Royal Lao Army Major General; revered Hmong Leader; commander of CIA-supported Hmong forces during the Laotian Civil War
- Vuong Chinh Duc Vaj Tsoov Loom, Vương Chính Đức, last Hmong king
- Wang Zhiming, Miao pastor; memorialized above the Great West Door of Westminster Abbey
- Xiong Chaozhong, Xiong Zhong Zhao, 熊朝忠, Miao (Hmong) light flyweight boxer of Wenshan, China[11]
- Luj Yaj, singer from Thailand
- Yia Moua, known as the Bull, former Muay Thai kickboxing champion, deceased[12]
- Zong Zoua Her
- Zou Shiming, 邹市明, the most successful amateur boxer from the People's Republic of China; won two world titles in 2005 and 2007 and the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the light flyweight (-48 kg) division[13][14]
- Zoua Vang, first Hmong-American mainstream television journalist[15]
- Cao Lu, idol singer of Korean group Fiestar [16]
References
- ^ Asiance magazine, June 2006 Archived 2008-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ New American Media, 28 Nov 2006 Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine "Latinos Help Elect First Hmong City Council Member in California."
- ^ Chiu, Jeannie (Summer 2004). ""I salute the spirit of my communities": Autoethnographic Innovations in Hmong American Literature". College Literature. 31 (3): 43–69. doi:10.1353/lit.2004.0030. Archived from the original on 2007-11-10. Retrieved 2007-06-04.
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- ^ Kazoua Kong Thao. Twin Cities Daily Planet, March 15, 2009
- ^ http://sites.google.com/site/chn56ethnicities/Home/miao
- ^ [1] "Voters on St. Paul's East Side have elected the country's first Hmong-American legislator."
- ^ Diverse factors played part in election. Merced Sun-Star, Nov. 9, 2007 Archived 2012-04-03 at the Wayback Machine, Lor fighting for quality of life, jobs Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine,A little "first-ever" history was made too when leaders named re-elected Councilman Noah Lor as the city's mayor pro-tem Archived 2012-04-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ KFSN ABC30 ACTION NEWS, January 08, 2008
- ^ Leroux, Charles (2004-02-25). "Finding comedy in tragedy: America's only Hmong comedian tells the tales of his people's terrible journey and of their difficult lives in this country". Chicago Tribune.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ http://gokunming.com/en/blog/item/1649/interview_xiong_chaozhong July 7, 2010, "Interview: Xiong Chaozhong", www.GoKumming.com
- ^ "Yia Moua, Kickboxing champion remembered for more than title bouts" @ Suab Hmong Radio.
- ^ www.miaomeng.net
- ^ www.miaomeng.net
- ^ The Hmong Tribune
- ^ [2]