Illinois' Tammy Duckworth became the first disabled female veteran to earn election to the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as the second female Asian-American senator.

Singer-songwriter extraordinaire Bruno Mars is up for an impressive six nominations at the Grammy Awards, where he will also be among the featured performers.

Tokyo Rose, whose real name was Iva Toguri, was an American-born Japanese woman who hosted a Japanese propaganda radio program aimed at U.S. troops during World War II.

Yoko Ono is a multimedia artist who became known worldwide in the 1960s when she married Beatles front man John Lennon.

Chinese-American nuclear physicist Chien-Shiung Wu, also known as "the First Lady of Physics,” contributed to the Manhattan Project and made history with an experiment that disproved the hypothetical law of conservation of parity.

The son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon has contributed to groups as a musician and producer, and has released multiple albums as a solo artist.

Lou Diamond Phillips is an actor best known for his his work in films such as 'La Bamba,' 'Stand and Deliver' and 'Young Guns.'

Jhumpa Lahiri is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author known for works of fiction like Interpreter of Maladies, The Namesake, Unaccustomed Earth and The Lowland.

Ken Jeong is a Korean-American actor, comedian and physician, best known for his role as the comedic gangster Leslie Chow in 'The Hangover' film franchise.

Michelle Kwan is a five-time world champion figure skater and two-time Olympic medalist.

Steve Chen is best known as the co-founder and chief technology officer of the video-sharing website YouTube. Google bought YouTube for $1.64 billion in stock.