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6 unusual facts about Filipino American


Edwin San Juan

Edwin San Juan (born February 24, 1969) is a Filipino American actor and comedian who is known for sharing his multicultural life experiences, his observational humor, word play and for poking fun at ethnic stereotypes.

Jeremy Harris

He was consequently re-elected in 1996 and 2000, appealing mostly to Chinese American, Filipino American and Japanese American communities.

Kris Valderrama

Valderrama was born in Washington, D.C., and is of Filipino ancestry.

Robert Bunda

He is the first Filipino American to attain the presidency of any state legislature in the United States.

Ron Villanueva

Villanueva is of Filipino ancestry and was the first Filipino American to serve on the Virginia Beach City Council.

Wapato, Washington

For several decades Wapato attracted Filipino Americans, Hispanic Americans, Japanese Americans, and Native Americans.


Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace

Mass is scheduled daily at 6:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. Saturday services are held at 7:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m. and a vigil mass is celebrated at 5:00 p.m. Mass is celebrated six times on Sundays at 6:00 a.m., 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 12:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. According to the October 11, 2003 Welcoming Parish Report requested by Francis X. DiLorenzo, fourth Bishop of Honolulu, over fifty percent of the cathedral worship community is Filipino American.

Five Corners, Jersey City

The many stores around the intersection create a Little Manila including one of the first Filipino American groceries, Phil-Am Food Mart (now known as Phil-Am Merchandising and Casa Victoria) and The Filipino Channel.

Harsimus

A section of Grove Street was renamed Manila Avenue in recognition of the city's resident Overseas Filipino, Henderson Street (renamed Marin Boulevard for the first governor of Puerto Rico Luis Muñoz Marín), to reflect the influx of Puerto Rican and Filipino residents, and Railroad Avenue to now Columbus Drive and acknowledge the still large Italian population.

Joe Lamont

Due to its popularity, Lamont has performed "Victims of Love" on Philippine television, on shows such as Wowowee and has even performed to the Filipino American communities in the U.S. as part of the Wowowee World Tour.


see also

Bambu

Bambu, a Filipino American Hip-Hop emcee and former member of rap group Native Guns

Chai Sirisute

Dan Inosanto: Filipino-American martial arts instructor best known as a student of Bruce Lee

Christopher Camat

Christopher Camat (born September 7, 1979 in San Manuel, Pangasinan) is a retired amateur Filipino-American boxer.

Filipino American History Month

In the 103d Congress a resolution to nationally recognize Filipino American History Month was introduced.

Hilman

Oscar Hilman (1950–Present), was a Filipino American, Brigadier General or BG, and US Army Commander of the Heavy Armor Brigade at Joint Base Balad and Logistics Area Anaconda aka Camp Anaconda, formerly known as Al-Bakr Air Base (Arabic: قاعدة البكر الجوية)in Iraq.

Jhoneil Centeno

Jhoneil M. Centeno (born July 1, 1969 in Metro Manila) is a Filipino/American artist best known for his fantasy cover paintings of several d20 books.

Jonathan Uyloan

Jonathan Uyloan, (born November 26, 1983) is a Filipino-American professional basketball player currently playing for Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in the Philippine Basketball Association.

Lapuz

Renaldo Lapuz, a Filipino-American who auditioned on American Idol

Leviste

Arian Leviste, Filipino-American electronic music artist, producer and DJ

Lou Diamond

The Filipino-American actor Lou Diamond Phillips was named after him by his father, an officer in the U.S. Navy.

Philip Vera Cruz

AWOC was composed primarily of Filipino American farmworker organizers, although it did hire Dolores Huerta.

Taguba

Antonio Taguba (b. 1950), a Filipino-American United States Army general

The Speaks

The Speaks is a popular five-member band composed of Filipinos and Filipino-Americans.

The White House Doctor

The White House Doctor: My Patients Were Presidents – A Memoir is a book authored by Connie Mariano, the first military woman in the history of the United States to be appointed as Physician to the President, the first female director of the medical unit of the White House, and the first Filipino-American to become a rear admiral in the US Navy.

Troy Philippines

USC Troy Philippines has also been successful in coordinating Filipino-American History Month programs on campus, annual Entertainment Nights to help support local artists, the reintroduction of Barrio Fiesta in the Fall of 2005 featuring Jasmine Trias, the "Rex Education" comedy show featuring Rex Navarette in Spring 2006 to raise money for USC's Pinoy Scholarship Fund, Pilipino American Culture Nights which drew in hundreds of audience members, and the 6th annual Pinoy Graduation in May 2008.

Valencia, Negros Oriental

Filipino-American-Japanese Amity Shrine - on a hilltop, this is a 3-sided pillar representing the 3 countries (Philippines, America and Japan), unveiled in 1977.