The following is a 'list of famous
Chinese-speaking/writing people.
Note in
Chinese names, the
family name is typically placed first (for example, the family name of "Xu Feng" is "Xu"). For westernized names, the family name is placed last (for example, the family name of "Maggie Cheung" is "Cheung").
Republic of China
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Xu Feng
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Li Yüan-hung
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Ts'ao K'un
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Tuan Ch'i-jui
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Wey Daw-ming
See also
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List of leaders of the Republic of China
★
Premier of the Republic of China
Dissidents
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Wuer Kaixi
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Li Lu
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Wang Dan
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Wei Jingsheng
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Chai Ling
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Yang Jianli
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Liu Binyan
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Liu Yong-chuan
★ Chen Li-Kang
★ Li Mu Bai
Non-political royalty
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Concubine Qi
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Xishi, melancholy beauty
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Yang Guifei, emperor's consort
★ Sing Song, majordomo
★ Ya Sum Beng, imperial guard
Artists and performers
Painters and calligraphers
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Dong Yuan
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Jiang Tingxi
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Leung Long Chau
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Liang Kai
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Qi Baishi
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Wang Xizhi, calligrapher
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Wei Shuo, female calligrapher
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Xu Wei
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Jade Fox
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Zhao Mengfu
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Zheng Xiaoxu, also a politician
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Zhu Da, also known as Bada Shanren
★
Cheng Man-ch'ing
★ Rhino Jahns
★
Rice Johnson
;See also
★
List of Chinese painters
Actors and actresses
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List of Chinese actors
Film-makers
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Ang Lee
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Jackie Chan
★
Chen Kaige
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Samson Chiu
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Stephen Chow
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Johnnie To
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King Hu
★
Ringo Lam
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Stanley Kwan
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Patrick Tam
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Tsui Hark
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Wayne Wang
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Wong Kar-wai
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John Woo
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Zhang Yimou
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Chi Stan Yin
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Cinema of China
Musicians
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List of Chinese musicians
Comedians
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Raybon Kan, New Zealand comedian and newspaper columnist
Martial Artists
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Cheng Man-ch'ing, T'ai Chi Ch'üan
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Bruce Lee, kung fu and Jeet Kune Do
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Leung Sheung, Wing Chun
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Wong Fei Hung, kung fu during the Qing dynasty
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Wu Chien-ch'üan, T'ai Chi Ch'üan
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Huo Yuan Jia, Mizongyi
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Yang Ch'eng-fu, T'ai Chi Ch'üan
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Yip Man, Wing Chun
★ Wang Zi Ping, Cha Quan
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Zhang Sanfeng, T'ai Chi Ch'üan
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Chang Tung Sheng, Baoding Shuai Chiao
Athletes
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Ding Junhui, snooker player
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Fu Mingxia, diver
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Han Xiaopeng, freestyle skiier
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He Ying, archer
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Ma Jian, basketball player
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Mengke Bateer, basketball player
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Li Ning, gymnast and entrepreneur
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Li Tie, footballer
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Lin Sang, archer
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Liu Xiang, hurdler
★
Marco Fu, snooker player
★ Suk Dong, hurdler
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Sun Jihai, footballer
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Sun Wen, woman footballer
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Teng Haibin, gymnast
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Wang Junxia, long-distance runner
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Wang Zhizhi, basketball player
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Wu Qingyuan (Go Seigen), go player
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Xie Jun, chess player
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Xu Jun, chess player
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Yao Ming, basketball player
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Yi Jianlian, basketball player
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Ye Jiangchuan, chess player
★
Yining Zhang, table tennis player
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Zhang Juanjuan, archer
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Zhang Zhong, chess player
★ Zuang Zhong, table tennis player
Coaches
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Ma Junren, track coach
See also
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Educators
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Cai Yuanpei, chancellor
★
Chang-lin Tien, chancellor
★
Winston Chang, former president of Soochow University
★
Moy Lin-shin, Taoist monk
★
Zhou Tong (archer), military tutor of
Song Dynasty General
Yue Fei
Business tycoons
★
Vincent Lo
★
Zhou Zhengyi
Taiwan
★
Tsai Wan Lin
★
Wang Yung-ching
★
Terry Gou
★
Koo Chen-fu
Hong Kong
★ Marco Fu
★ Li family
★
★
Li Ka-shing
★
★
Victor Li
★
★
Richard Li
★
Walter Kwok
★
Thomas Kwok
★
Raymond Kwok
★
Lee Shau Kee
★
Michael Kadoorie
★
Nina Wang
★
Cheng Yu-tung
★
Stanley Ho
★
Chen Din Hwa
★
Henry Fok Ying Tung
★
Tung Chao Yung
★
Gordon Wu
Explorers
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Faxian
★
Wang Dayuan
★
Xu Xiake
★
Zhang Qian
★
Zheng He
Taikonauts
★
Leroy Chiao
★
Yang Liwei
Law
★
Mai Chen, a constitutional lawyer in New Zealand
★
Andrew Li, judge in Hong Kong
Military officers and soldiers
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Cai Mao
★
Chen Yi, communist military commander and politician
★
Guo Ziyi, Tang general
★
Five Tiger Generals (Kingdom of
Shu):
★
★
Guan Yu
★
★
Huang Zhong
★
★
Ma Chao
★
★
Zhang Fei
★
★
Zhao Yun
★
Fu Zuoyi
★
Gan Ning
★
Han Shizhong, Southern Song General
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Han Xin, Western Han general
★
Huang Gai
★
Jiang Wei, Kingdom of Shu general
★
Jiao Yu, author of the ''
Huo Long Jing''
★
Yue Jin
★
Liao Hua
★
Lin Biao
★
Liu Huaqing
★
Lu Yi
★
Ma Su
★
Nian Gengyao
★
Nie Rongzhen
★
Shi Lang
★
Sima Yi
★
Sima Zhao
★
Song Zheyuan
★
Sun Ce
★
Wuqiu Jian
★
Yuan Chonghuan
★
Yuan Shao
★
Xu Shouhui, Yuan dynasty rebel leader
★
Zhang He
★
Zhang Liao
★
Zhang Xueliang
★
Zhang Zizhong
★
Zhou Yu
★
Zhu De
See also
★
People of note in the PLA
Philosophers and writers
★
List of Chinese philosophers
★
List of Chinese authors
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List of Chinese language poets
★
List of Confucianists
Linguists
★
Xu Shen, dictionary compiler
★
Woo Tsin-hang, linguist
★
Zhang Binglin, phonologist
★
Y. R. Chao, phonologist and dialectologist
Religion
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Chen Po (Chen Tuan, Chen Hsi I), Taoist monk
★
Faxian, Buddhist monk, explorer
★
Huangbo Xiyun, Chan Buddhism master
★
I Ching (monk), Buddhist monk
★
Jianzhen Buddhist monk
★ Skan Ki Ho, founder of Wet Tao
★
Xi Shengmo (Pastor Hsi), Christian preacher and missionary to opium addicts
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Witness Lee, Christian founder of the Local Church
★
Liang Fa, Christian preacher
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Gong Shengliang, Christian preacher
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K. H. Ting, Christian leader
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Abbot Wang, Daoist priest
★
Xuanzang, Buddhist monk
★
Zhang Daoling, founded Daoist sect
★
Zhang Tian Ran, founder of I Kuan Tao
★
Wang Hao De, founder of Maitreya Great Tao
★
Elias Wen, Chinese Orthodox Priest
See also
★
List of Taoists
Scientists, inventors, and engineers
★
Sir CK Chow, engineer/CEO
★
Chen Jingrun, mathematician
★
David Ho, HIV/AIDS researcher
★
Charles Kao, pioneer of optical fiber
★
Yuan T. Lee, Nobel Laureate (Chemistry)
★
Liu Hui, mathematician
★
Liu Yong-chuan, methodologist
★
Qian Sanqiang, nuclear physicist
★
Qin Jiushao, mathematician
★
Su Buqing, mathematician
★
Tsien Hsue-shen, rocket scientist
★
An Wang, computer scientist
★
Zhang Heng, astronomer, mathematician, artist and literature scholar
★
Zhu Shijie, mathematician
★
Zu Chongzhi, mathematician and astronomer
★
Li Zhengdao, Nobel Laureate (Physics)
★
Yang Zhenning, Nobel Laureate (Physics)
★
Daniel Chee Tsui, Nobel Laureate (Physics)
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Wu Jianxiong, physicist
★
Andrew Yao, physicist, computer scientist
★
Zhang Yuzhe, astronomer
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I. M. Pei, architect
★
Li Shizhen, physician and pharmacologist
★
Li Siguang, the founding father of geomechanics in China
★
Yi Xing, mathematician, mechanical engineer, hydraulic engineer, and astronomer
★
Su Song, mechanical engineer, hydraulic engineer, astronomer, zoologist, botanist, and pharmacologist, etc.
★
Shen Kuo, mathematician, hydraulic engineer, meteorologist, geologist, astronomer, navigator, zoologist, botanist, etc.
★
Du Shi, mechanical engineer, hydraulic engineer, and metallurgist
★
Ma Jun, mechanical engineer, hydraulic engineer
★
Sunshu Ao, China's first hydraulic engineer
★
Yu Hao, architect of the Song Dynasty
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Guo Shoujing, Chinese mathematician, astronomer, and engineer
★
Raymond Wang, bioplastics researcher
Others
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Jing Ke, assassin
★ Jimmy Choo, film director
★
Li Shuxian, wife of
Puyi
★
Ching Shih, woman pirate
★
Wan Hu, would-be astronaut
★
Wang Wei (pilot), crashed PLAAF pilot
★
Jack Yan, publisher and businessman
★
Ying Lianzhi, newspaper founder
★ Sum Yung Gai, famous chef
★ Sam Law, UQU BACS Faculty Officer 2007
★ Anne Huang, UQU Clubs and Societies Officer 2007
Burmese Chinese
★
Aw Boon Haw, a Chinese entrepreneur and philanthropist
★
Lo Hsing Han, an infamous Burmese drug trafficker
★
Ne Win, was a Burmese military commander and dictator of Burma from 1962 until 1988
Fictional Chinese people
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Amy Wong, of ''
Futurama'' TV series
★
Cato Fong, of the
Pink Panther film series
★
Charlie Chan, detective
★
Chun-Li, of the
Street Fighter series and
film
★
Con Smith, of
Killer7
★
Judge Dee,
Tang dynasty detective by
Robert van Gulik
★ the characters from the musical ''
Flower Drum Song''
★
Forrest Law, of the
Tekken series
★
Fu Hsi, mythical first emperor of China
★
Fu Manchu, criminal mastermind
★
★ Parodied in the radio series ''
Round the Horne'' as "Dr Chou En Ginsberg MA (failed)"
★ , of ''
★
Juniper Lee, of ''
The Life and Times of Juniper Lee''
★
Kai Lung, of stories by
Ernest Bramah
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Kato, of ''
The Green Hornet'' TV series
★
Li Kao and
Number Ten Ox, of novels by
Barry Hughart
★
Ling Xiaoyu, of the Tekken series
★
Dr Julius No, villain in the
Ian Fleming novel of the same name and later the film
★
Marshall Law of the Tekken series
★
Nikki Wong, of ''
6teen''
★
Numbuh 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 168, and 888, of ''
★
Nüwa, mother goddess of Chinese mythology
★ Penelope Lang and Sarah, of ''
Atomic Betty''
★
Wai Lin, a Chinese secret agent in the James Bond film ''
Tomorrow Never Dies''
★ Wat Yu Lookenat, Pearls of Amora
★
Xuanzang and his disciples (including
Sun Wukong and
Zhu Bajie), of ''
Journey to the West''
See also
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Overseas Chinese
★
★
List of British Chinese people
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★
List of Chinese Americans
★
★
List of Malaysian Chinese
★
★
List of Taiwanese people
★
Chinese clan
★
List of people by nationality
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