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Anita Desai Biography
Anita DesaiwriterBorn: 6/24/1937Birthplace: India Born to parents of Indian and German heritage, Desai grew up in New Delhi, India. She spoke German at home, and Urdu and Hind…Bharati Mukherjee Biography
Bharati Mukherjee writerBorn: 7/27/1940Birthplace: Calcutta, India Mukherjee was born to Indian parents and had learned to read and write by age 3. She earned a B.A from the U…Bienvenido Santos Biography
Bienvenido Santos novelist, poet, activistBorn: 3/22/1911Birthplace: Manila, Philippines A novelist, short story writer, poet, and activist, Santos's early writings were in th…Ming E. Chang Biography
Ming E. Changbusiness leader, rear admiral (retired) Chang served in the U.S. Navy for 34 years before retiring in 1990. He became the first Asian American naval officer to rea…Joyce Chen Biography
Joyce ChenchefBirthplace: China Chen and her husband Thomas fled China in 1949 when the Communists took over. They settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1958 Chen opened a Ch…Tei Fu Chen Biography
Tei Fu Chenskin care entrepreneurBorn: 1948Birthplace: Chiayi, Taiwan Chen studied Chinese medicine and attended pharmacy school in Tawian. He married Oi Lin. The couple came t…James Chu Biography
James Chucomputer entrepreneurBorn: 1957Birthplace: Taiwan Chu's first job was selling Chinese-English dictionaries and English-language instruction tapes. He later got a job w…John Chuang Biography
John ChuangentrepreneurBirthplace: New York, N.Y. Chuang attended Harvard University, earning both a bachelor's degree and an MBA. In 1986, while running a small print shop as …James J. Kim Biography
James J. KimentrepreneurBorn: 1936Birthplace: Korea Kim came to the United States in 1955 to study economics at the University of Pennsylvania. After teaching at Villanova Univ…Steve Kim Biography
Steve Kimelectronics entrepreneurBorn: 1952Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea After studying electrical engineering for four years, Kim emigrated to the United States in 1976. Whil…Trending
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