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
• Cy Thao, Minnesota State Representative
• Dia Cha, author, 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
• Kak Lee, Hmong filmmaker, director, producer, editor, and cinematographer^[5]
• 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^[6]
• 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 Mmen's 56 kg weightlifting for China in the 2008 Beijing Olympics^[7]
• Lormong Lo, former Omaha City Councilman
• Mai Neng Moua, writer
• Mee Moua, Minnesota State Senator^[8]
• 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^[9]
• 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
• 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^[10]
• Tou Ger Xiong, diversity consultant, comedian, storyteller, and rapper^[11]
• 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^[12]
• Luj Yaj, singer from Thailand
• Yia Moua, known as the Bull, former Muay Thai kickboxing champion, deceased^[13]
• 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^[14][15]
• Zoua Vang, first Hmong-American mainstream television journalist^[16]
• Cao Lu, idol singer of Korean group Fiestar ^[17]

References

1. Asiance magazine, June 2006
2. New American Media, 28 Nov 2006 "Latinos Help Elect First Hmong City Council Member in California."
3. Chiu, Jeannie (2004 (Summer)). ""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. Check date values in: |date= (help)
4. WEAU - HomePage
5. Kak Lee at IMDB
6. Kazoua Kong Thao. Twin Cities Daily Planet, March 15, 2009
7. http://sites.google.com/site/chn56ethnicities/Home/miao
8. "Voters on St. Paul's East Side have elected the country's first Hmong-American legislator."
9. Diverse factors played part in election. Merced Sun-Star, Nov. 9, 2007, Lor fighting for quality of life, jobs,A little "first-ever" history was made too when leaders named re-elected Councilman Noah Lor as the city's mayor pro-tem
10. KFSN ABC30 ACTION NEWS, January 08, 2008
11. 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.
12. http://gokunming.com/en/blog/item/1649/interview_xiong_chaozhong July 7, 2010, "Interview: Xiong Chaozhong", www.GoKumming.com
13. "Yia Moua, Kickboxing champion remembered for more than title bouts" @ Suab Hmong Radio.
14. www.miaomeng.net
15. www.miaomeng.net
16. The Hmong Tribune