Famous People

Actors and Actresses

Nicholas Tse
Yuen Biao
Fan Bing-Bing
Ann Bridgewater
Bobo Chan
Ellen Chan
Flora Chan
Jackie Chan
Kelly Chan
Nadia Chan
Angela Chang
Kelly Chen
Zhi-Gong Chen
Sammi Cheng
Angie Cheung
Cecilia Cheung
Leslie Cheung
Maggie Cheung
Ada Choi
Charlene Choi
Niki Chow
Athena Chu
Cherie Chung
Christy Chung
Gillian Chung
Chow Yun-Fat
Theresa Fu
Chen Hao
Denise Ho
Josie Ho
Jessica Hester Hsuan
Sammo Hung
Ella Koon
Rosamund Kwan
Shirley Kwan
Kenix Kwok
Gigi Lai
Leon Lai
Karena Lam
Andy Lau
Carina Lau
Hawick Lau
Angelica Lee
Bruce Lee
Loletta Lee
San San Lee
Gigi Leung
Tony Leung Chiu Wai
Gong Li
Jet Li
Nina Li Chi
Brigitte Lin
Ruby Lin
Bernice Liu
Tao Liu
Bai Ling
Candy Lo
Betty Loh Ti
Annie Man
Karen Mok
Anita Mui
Kary Ng
Sandra Ng
Diana Pang
Jiang Qinqin (stage name Shui Ling)
Michelle Reis
Ruan Lingyu
Charmaine Sheh
Shu Qi
Fiona Sit
Maggie Siu
Alec Su
Stephy Tang
Angela Tong
Irene Wan
Bosco Wong
Emme Wong
Fann Wong
Faye Wong
Joey Wong
Race Wong
Sally Yeh
Anita Yuen
Michelle Yeoh
Charlie Yeung
Miki Yeung
Miriam Yeung
Cherrie Ying
Amy Yip
Joey Yung
Zhang Ziyi
Myolie Wu

Athletes and Sportspeople

Ding Junhui, snooker player
Fu Mingxia, diver
Han Xiaopeng, freestyle skier
He Ying, archer
Ma Jian, basketball player
Mengke Bateer, basketball player
Li Ning, gymnast and entrepreneur
Li Tie, footballer
Lin Sang, archer
Liu Xiang, hurdler
Marco Fu, snooker player
Sun Jihai, footballer
Sun Wen, woman footballer
Teng Haibin, gymnast
Wang Junxia, long-distance runner
Wang Zhizhi, basketball player
Wu Qingyuan (Go Seigen), go player
Xie Jun, chess player
Xu Jun, chess player
Yao Ming, basketball player
Ye Jiangchuan, chess player
Yining Zhang, table tennis player
Zhang Juanjuan, archer
Zhang Zhong, chess player

Astronauts

Leroy Chiao
Yang Liwei

Comedians

Raybon Kan, New Zealand comedian and newspaper columnist

Explorers

Xu Xiake
Zhang Qian
Zheng He

Film-Makers

Ang Lee
Jackie Chan
Chen Kaige
Samson Chiu
Stephen Chow
Johnnie To
King Hu
Ringo Lam
Stanley Kwan
Patrick Tam
Tsui Hark
Wayne Wang
Wong Kar-wai
John Woo
Zhang Yimou

Linguists

Xu Shen, dictionary compiler
Woo Tsin-hang, linguist
Zhang Binglin, phonologist
Y. R. Chao, phonologist and dialectologist

Martial Artists

Cheng Man-ch'ing, T'ai Chi Ch'üan
Bruce Lee, kung fu and Jeet Kune Do
Leung Sheung, Wing Chun
Wong Fei Hung, kung fu during the Qing dynasty
Wu Chien-ch'üan, T'ai Chi Ch'üan
Huo Yuan Jia, Mizongyi
Yang Ch'eng-fu, T'ai Chi Ch'üan
Yip Man, Wing Chun
Zhang Sanfeng, T'ai Chi Ch'üan
Chang Tung Sheng, Baoding Shuai Chiao

Musicians

Ch'eng Mao-yün, violinist and composer
Yundi Li, pianist
Muhai Tang, conductor
Herman Li, guitarist of DragonForce
Jay Chou, king of pop, Asia
Painters and calligraphers
Dong Yuan
Jiang Tingxi
Leung Long Chau
Liang Kai
Qi Baishi
Wang Xizhi
Wei Shuo
Xu Wei
Zhao Mengfu
Zheng Xiaoxu
Zhu Da
Cheng Man-ch'ing

Philosophers and Writers

Amy Tan, writer and author
Bai Shouyi, historian
Ban Gu, Han dynasty historian
Cao Yu, dramatist
Iris Chang, Chinese American writer most famous for her book, The Rape of Nanking
Chang San-feng
Confucius, philosopher
Cui Hao, Tang dynasty poet
Du Mu, Tang poet, official
Gao Qi, Ming dynasty poet
Gao Xingjian
Gongsun Longzi, one of the Logicians of the Warring States Period
Guan Hanqing, Yuan dynasty playwright
Guo Moruo, poet, historian, archaeologist
Han Fei, philosopher of the Warring States Period
Han Yu, founded Neo-Confucianism, essayist, poet
Helen Tse, first British born Chinese author
Hu Shih, writer
Jia Dao, poet
Jin Shengtan, editor and critic
Jinyong, novelist
Jung Chang, historian
Kang Youwei
Lao She
Lao Zi, philosopher
Li Ao, writer
Li Po, poet
Li Qiao, Tang poet
Li Shangyin, poet
Liang Qichao
Lin Yutang, writer
Eric Liu, Chinese American writer and former speech writer for Bill Clinton
Liu Zongyuan, poet
Lu Hao-tung
Lu Xun, novelist
Luo Binwang, Tang poet
Mao Dun, writer
Mei Yaochen, Song dynasty poet
Meng Haoran, Tang dynasty poet
Mozi, philosopher
Mencius, philosopher
Ouyang Xiu, Song statesman, historian, poet
Pai Hsien-yung, writer
Pu Songling, Qing writer
Qian Xuantong, phonetician
Qian Zhongshu
Qu You, Ming novelist
Qu Yuan, State of Chu poet
Shen Congwen, writer
Sima Qian, historiographer
Su Dongpo, poet
Sun Tzu, philosopher
Tao Qian, poet
Tian Han, playwright
Tu Wei-ming, ethicist
Wang Yi-Ch'eng, poet
Wang Pi, Three Kingdoms philosopher
Wang Wei, Tang poet, painter, official
Wang Wei (17th century poet), poet
Wang Yangming, Ming neo-Confucianist
Wu Cheng'en, Ming novelist, poet
Xu Zhimo, poet
Xun Zi, philosopher
Zhang Ailing, woman novelist
Zhuang Zi, philosopher

Religion

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
Xi Shengmo (Pastor Hsi), Christian preacher and missionary to opium addicts
Witness Lee, Christian founder of the Local Church
Liang Fa, Christian preacher
Gong Shengliang, Christian preacher
K. H. Ting, Christian leader
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

Scientists, Inventors and Engineers

Sir CK Chow, engineer/CEO
Chen Jingrun, mathematician
Du Shi inventor of hydraulic powered bellows for blast furnace
David Ho, HIV/AIDS researcher
Charles Kao, pioneer of optical fibre
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)
Wu Jianxiong, physicist
Andrew Yao, physicist, computer scientist
Zhang Yuzhe, astronomer
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
Shen Kuo, mathematician, hydraulic engineer, meteorologist, mineralogist, astronomer, navigator, zoologist, and botanist
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