Iwao Takamoto was a Japanese American animator, television producer, and film director. He was most famous as being a production designer for Hanna-Barbera Productions and the artist/character designer for Scooby-Doo. Takamoto first entered the cartoon world after the end of the war. He was hired as an assistant animator by Walt Disney Studios in 1947. He worked as an animator on such titles as Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, and Lady and the Tramp.

Michelle Sung Wie is Korean American professional golfer at only age 17. She began playing at the age of 4. She became the youngest player to qualify for an adult USGA tournament at 10 years old. She was the youngest winner (male or female) of an adult USGA tournament at age 13. She was also the youngest player to play in a PGA Tour event at age 14. Finally she was the first female medalist in a men’s U.S. Open qualifying tournament at age 16!

Michelle Kwan is an American figure skater born in California to her parents who are Chinese immigrants from Hong Kong. She has won nine U.S. championships, five world championships, and two Olympic medals. Kwan's competitive history spans over a decade, as she has been competing at the national level since she was 12 years old. Kwan has won the most World Championships by anyone in the ladies' division and she has tied the record for U.S. Championships. Kwan's eight consecutive U.S. Championship titles and 12 consecutive U.S. Championship medals are both U.S. records. She is the only woman in figure skating history to reclaim the World title three times.

Anna Sui was born to Chinese immigrant parents. When she was very young she used to dress her dolls and her neighbor's toy soldiers, and pretended they were at the Oscars. A Sui was growing up she clipped fashion-magazine pages and put them in what she calls her Genius Files, which have been an inspiration to her throughout her career. During her senior year of high school, Anna Sui received a scholarship to attend Parson's School of Design in New York. In 1992 she took a chance with a personal clothing line and opened her first boutique shop in New York City.

Dr. Sammy Lee is the first Asian American to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States and the first man to win back-to-back gold medals in Olympic platform diving. Lee also won a bronze medal in springboard diving in the 1948 games. He went on to coach Olympic divers including Pat McCormick, Bob Webster, and Greg Louganis. He is a member of the US Olympic Hall of Fame.

Jim Lee is a Korean American comic book artist, writer, creator and publisher. Lee is currently one of the most successful artists in American comics. Lee was born in Seoul, South Korea, but grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. After inking only the cover of Samurai Santa #1 for a small, independent publisher, Lee found success at Marvel Comics. His early Marvel work included Alpha Flight and Punisher War Journal. Lee did covers for the X-Men comics and that’s when his fame began to rise. Lee was one of seven artists who broke away from Marvel to form Image Comics. Lee's group of titles was named Wildstorm Productions and published Lee's title WildC.A.T.s, which Lee penciled and co-wrote.