director and producer of the PBS documentary film about a family in the Vietnam War, Oh, Saigon Steve Nguyen – director and film producer Linh Nga – director and film producer Michael Dougherty – director/writer of Trick 'r Treat Ham Tran – director of Journey from the Fall Derek Nguyen – writer/director of The Housemaid (2016 film) Timothy Linh Bui - filmmaker, film producer, and screenwriter Tony Bui - film director Dance groups Jabbawockeez Jeff "Phi" Nguyen Poreotics – America's Best Dance Crew season 5 champions Matthew "Dumbo" Vinh Quoc Nguyen Charles Viet Nguyen Can Trong "Candy" Nguyen Musicians Cuong Vu – Grammy award-winning jazz trumpeter and vocalist Tyga – Vietnamese and Jamaican rapper signed to Young Money and Cash Money Records keshi (Casey Luong) – singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist who gained popularity from songs "like i need u" and "2 soon" Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên, MC, singer Don Hồ, singer Bao Vo, musician, singer-songwriter, composer Artists and others Daniel K. Winn - Painter/Sculptor Binh Danh – photographer Thuc Doan Nguyen – writer Chloe Dao – fashion designer/winner of television show Project Runway Dat Phan – comedian, winner of first Last Comic Standing Jonas Bevacqua – adopted Vietnamese American fashion designer, creator of urbanwear LRG Michelle Phan – YouTube beauty guru Linda Le – cosplayer and model Hung Huynh – chef, Top Chef season 3 winner Tom Vu – infomercial icon, professional poker player and real estate investor Tila Tequila – popular woman on MySpace; starred on her own MTV show; appeared in FHM magazine, current president of TVes network in Venezuela. Christine Ha – first blind contestant on MasterChef and the winner of its third season in 2012 Phong Bui – artist, writer, independent curator; co-founder, editor-in-chief, and publisher of The Brooklyn Rail, a monthly arts, culture, and politics journal in New York Karrueche Tran – American model and actress Truong Tran – poet, visual artist, teacher Ken Hoang – Survivor contestant and professional video game player Tai Trang – Survivor contestant Ocean Vuong – Award-winning American novelist, poet, and essayist Tom Cross – Academy Award-winning film editor Bao Phi - artist, writer and community activist Quan Barry - poet and novelist Nai Bonet - belly-dancer, singer and film actress Nikita Dragun – YouTuber, make-up artist, and model Business Johnny Dang – notable Vietnamese American jeweler Trung Dung – founder of OnDisplay, sold to Vignette Corporation in 2000