Here are some surprising and not so surprising hapa celebrities. For the sake of definition I’m qualifying hapa as part asian or pacific islander not just of mixed race
- Vanessa Minillo (1/2 Filipino)
- Nicole from the Pussycat Dolls (1/2 half Filipino)
- Melissa Howard from Real World New Orleans (Filipino/African American)
- Cris Judd – J Lo’s Ex (Filipino/Haole)
- Tyson Beckford (1/4 Chinese)
- Keanu Reeves (1/4 Chinese)
- Tiger Woods (1/2 Thai)
- Lou Diamond Phillips (1/4 Chinese/Filipino)
- Brandon Lee (1/2 Chinese)
- Rae Dawn Chong (1/4 Chinese)
- Tommy Chong (1/2 Chinese)
- Danica McKellar from Wonder Years (1/2 Korean)
- Eddie Van Halen (1/2 Indonesian)
- Phoebe Cates (1/2 Filipino)
- Meg & Jennifer Tilly (1/2 Chinese)
- Apl.de.ap - Black Eye Peas (Filipino/ African American)
- Enrique Inglesias - 1/4 Filipino
- Kirk Hamet from Metallica - 1/2 Filipino
- Kate Beckinsale - 1/4 Burmese
- Kimora Lee Simmons - (Japanese/ African American)
- Jimmy Smits - (Surinamese/Puerto Rican)
- Mark-Paul Gosselaar (Dutch/Indonesian)
- Amerie (Korean, Black)
- Dean Cain (Japanese, French, Welsh)
- Maggie Q - Model (Vietnamese, Haole)
- Michelle Branch (Indonesian, French, Irish)
- Rob Schneider (Filipino, Haole)
- Russell Wong (Chinese, Haole)
- The Rock (Samoan/African American)
- Foxy Brown (Filipino/African American)
Hapas REPRESENT!!! :-)
