List of Chinese people
Famous Chinese or Chinese-speaking/writing people. Note In Chinese names, the family name is typically placed first (for example, the family name of "Mao Zedong" is "Mao"). For westernized names, the family name is placed last (for example, the family name of "Maggie Cheung" is "Cheung"). The following names are listed in alphabetic order, by family names.
Rulers and politicians Imperial times Aixinjueluo Puyi, the last emperor Cao family* Cao Cao* Cao Fang* Cao Huan* Cao Mao* Cao Pi* Cao Ren* Cao Rui* Cao Zhang* Cao Zhi Chen Youliang, founder of Dahan Empress Dowager Cixi, Qing dynasty de facto leader Dong Zhuo, Han dynasty general Dou Xian Gao Lishi, Tang, corrupt Guo Jia, Kingdom of Wei strategist Emperor Gao of Han China Hongwu Emperor of China Hong Tianguifu, king of Taiping Hong Xiuquan, king of Taiping Hua Xiong Huang Chenyan Kangxi Emperor of China, Emperor of the Qing Dynasty Kublai Khan Li Chengqian, Tang prince Li Tai, Tang prince Li Hongzhang, Qing statesman Li Houzhu, Southern Tang ruler and poet Li Si, Qin prime minister, Legalist, invented systemized script Li Zicheng, Ming rebel leader Lin Zexu, Qing official Liu Bei, founder of Kingdom of Shu Liu Biao Liu Chan, Kingdom of Shu emperor Liu Ying Lu Su, Kingdom of Wu advisor Empress Dowager Lü of Han Empire Ming Yuzhen, founder of Daxia Pang Tong Qianlong Emperor of China, Emperor of the Qing Dynasty Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor Sima Guang Sima Lun Sun Ce Sun Jian Sun Quan, founder of Kingdom of Wu Emperor Tang Taizong of China Wang An-shih Wang Mang Wen Tianxiang, Song prime minister, writer Wei Yan Wu Zetian, Empress of China Xu Shu Yan Song, corrupt prime minister Yang Guozhong, Tang official by guanxi Yinreng Yongle Emperor of China Yuan An Yuan Taotu Zeng Guofan, Qing official Zhao Gao, Qin eunuch Zhang Zhao Zheng Chenggong Zhou Tai Zhuge Liang, Han dynasty strategist Zuo Zongtang, known as General Tso in the West See also: Chinese sovereign, Table of Chinese monarchs
WarlordsChang Hsüeh-liangChang Tso-linFeng Yü-hsiangGongsun DuGongsun KangGongsun YuanSheng ShicaiWang JingweiYuan Shikai
Bo Xilai Chen Duxiu, CPC cofounder Chen Yun Deng Xiaoping family* Deng Xiaoping* Zhuo Lin* Deng Nan* Deng Pufang Deng Yingchao Gang of Four* Jiang Qing* Wang Hongwen* Yao Wenyuan* Zhang Chunqiao Hu Jintao Hu Yaobang Hua Guofeng Huang Ju Jia Qinglin Jiang Zemin Lei Feng Li Dazhao, CPC cofounder Kang Sheng Li Peng Li Ruihuan Li Xiannian, PRC president Lin Biao Liu Bocheng Liu Shaoqi Luo Gan Mao Zedong Peng Dehuai Peng Zhen Tung Chee Hwa Wang Fanxi, Trotskyist Wang Guangya, ambassador Wen Jiabao Wu Bangguo Wu Guanzheng Wu Yi, vice-premier Xie Fuzhi Yang Shangkun, PRC president Ye Jianying Zeng Qinghong Zhao Ziyang Zhou Enlai Zhu Rongji, PRC premier
Chen Cheng Chen Yi (Kuomintang) Chiang Ching-Kuo Chiang Fang-liang Chiang Kai-shek Du Yuming, field commander H. H. Kung, banker, politician Hau Pei-tsun Huang Hsing Li Tsung-jen Lin Sen Liu Chih Lu Muzhen Qiu Jin, female revolutionary Soong family* Charlie Soong* T. V. Soong* Soong sisters** Soong Ai-ling** Soong Ching-ling** Soong May-ling Sun Yat-sen Sung Chiao-jen Yen Chia-kanYen Hsi-shan
Feng Kuo-chang Li Yüan-hung Ts'ao K'un Tuan Ch'i-jui Wey Daw-ming See also: List of leaders of the Republic of China, Premier of the Republic of China
Current Taiwanese politicians John Chiang Chang Chun Chen Li-an Chen Shui-bian Sisy Chen Chang Chau-hsiung Chiang Wei-kuo Chu Mei-feng Frank Hsieh Lee Teng-hui Lien Chan Lin Yang-kang Annette Lu Ma Ying-jeou Vincent Siew James Soong Su Tseng-chang Sun Yun-suan Yu Shyi-kun Wang Chien-shien Wang Jin-pyng
Dissidents Wuer Kaixi Li Lu Wang Dan Wei Jingsheng Chai Ling Yang Jianli Liu Binyan
Non-political royalty Concubine Qi Xishi, melancholy beauty Yang Guifei, emperor's consort
Artists and perfomers Painters and calligraphers Dong Yuan Fu Baoshi Jiang Tingxi Liang Kai Qi Baishi Wang Xizhi, calligrapher Wei Shuo, female calligrapher Xu Peiheng Xu Wei Xue Wei, painter Zhao Mengfu Zhu Da, also known as Bada Shanren See also: List of Chinese painters
Actors and actresses Jackie Chan Sammi Cheng Leslie Cheung Maggie Cheung Chow Yun-Fat Gong Li Sammo Hung Leon Lai Andy Lau Alec Su Bruce Lee Tony Leung Chiu Wai Jet Li Ling Bai Betty Loh Ti Anita Mui Michelle Reis Ruan Lingyu, suicided silent-film actress Sally Yeh Michelle Yeoh Yuen Biao Zhang Ziyi
Film-makers Ang Lee Jackie Chan Chen Kaige Samson Chiu Stephen Chow King Hu Ringo Lam Stanley Kwan Patrick Tam Ng Wui Tsui Hark Wayne Wang Wong Kar-wai John Woo Zhang Yimou See also: Cinema of China
Singers Andy Lau Aaron Kwok Jacky Cheung Sam Hui Bic Runga, ChineseMāori singersongwriter Roman Tam Wing Yee, Singer-Songwriter. See also: Cantopop
Musicians Ch'eng Mao-yün, violinist and composer Yundi Li, pianist Muhai Tang, conductor Wing Yee, Guitarist. See also: List of Chinese musicians
Comedians Raybon Kan, New Zealand Chinese comedian and newspaper columnist
Martial Artists Cheng Man-ch'ing, T'ai Chi Leung Sheung Wong Fei Hung, kung fu during the Qing dynasty Wu Chien-ch'üan, T'ai Chi Yang Ch'eng-fu, T'ai Chi Yip Man Zhang Sanfeng
Athletes Ding Junhui, snooker player Fu Mingxia, diver He Ying, archer Ma Jian, basketball player Mengke Bateer, NBA basketball player Li Ning, gymnast, entrepreneur Lin Sang, archer Liu Xiang, hurdler Sun Wen, woman footballerer Teng Haibin, gymnast Wang Zhizhi, NBA basketball player Wu Qingyuan (Go Seigen), go player Xie Jun, chess player Xu Jun, chess player Yao Ming, NBA Basketball player, Houston Rockets Ye Jiangchuan, chess player Zhang Juanjuan, archer Zhang Zhong, chess player See also: :Category:Chinese sportspeople
Educators Cai Yuanpei, chancellor Chang-lin Tien, chancellor Winston Chang
Business tycoons Zhou Zhengyi Taiwan: Tsai Wan LinWang Yung-chingTerry GouKoo Chen-fuJohn Tu and David Sun, cofounders of Kingston Technologies Hong Kong: Li family*Li Ka-shing*Victor Li*Richard LiWalter KwokThomas KwokRaymond KwokLee Shau KeeMichael KadoorieNina WangPatrick WangCheng Yu-tungStanley HoChen Din HwaHenry Fok Ying TungTung Chao YungTeddy WangWang Din-shinGordon Wu
Explorers Xu Xiake Zhang Qian Zheng He
Law Mai Chen, NZ-based constitutional lawyerAndrew Li, judge
Military officers and soldiers Cai Mao Chen Yi (communist) Guo Ziyi, Tang generalFive Tiger Generals (Kingdom of Shu):*Guan Yu*Huang Zhong*Ma Chao*Zhang Fei *Zhao Yun Fu Zuoyi Gan Ning Huang Gai Jiang Wei, Kingdom of Shu general Le 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 Bai Shouyi, historian Ban Gu, Han dynasty historian Cao Yu, dramatist Chang San-feng Ch'ien Mu 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 Yu, founded Neo-Confucianism, essayist, poet Hu Shih, writer Jia Dao, poet Jin Shengtan, editor and critic Jinyong, novelist Kang Youwei Lao She Lao Zi, philosopher Li Ao, writer Li Po, poet Li Qiao, Tang poet Li Shangyin, poet Liang Ch'i-ch'ao Lin Yutang, writer 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 Mo Zi, 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
See also: List of Chinese authors, List of Chinese language poets, List of Confucianists
Linguist Xu Shen, dictionary compiler Woo Tsin-hang, linguist Zhang Binglin, phonologist Y. R. Chao, phonologist and dialectologist
Religion Faxian, Buddhist monk, explorer Huangbo Xiyun, Chan Buddhism master I Ching (monk), Buddhist monk Jianzhen Buddhist monk 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
See also: List of Taoists
Scientists and engineers Chen Jingrun, mathematician David Ho, AIDS researcher Charles Kao, pioneer of optical fiber Yuan T. Lee, Nobel Laureate, Chemistry Liu Hui, mathematician 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
Others Ching Shih, woman pirate Jing Ke, assassin Li Shuxian, wife of Aixinjueluo Puyi Wan Hu, would-be astronaut Wang Wei (pilot), crashed PLAAF pilot Jack Yan, publisher and businessman Ying Lianzhi, newspaperist
Fictional Chinese people - Cato of the Pink Panther series of films
- Charlie Chan, detective
- Judge Dee, Tang dynasty detective by Robert van Gulik
- the characters from the musical Flower Drum Song
- 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)"
- Kai Lung, of stories by Ernest Bramah
- Kato of The Green Hornet TV series
- Li Kao and Number Ten Ox, of novels by Barry Hughart
- Dr Julius No, villain in the Ian Fleming novel of the same name and later the film
- Nüwa, mother goddess of Chinese mythology
- Xuanzang and his disciples (including Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie), of Journey to the West
See also - Overseas Chinese
- * Chinese American, List
- * Chinese Canadian
- * Indonesian Chinese
- * Malaysian Chinese
- * Chinese Puerto Rican
- * Singaporean Chinese
- * List of overseas Chinese
- American-born Chinese
- Taiwanese, List of Taiwanese_people
- Taiwanese American
- Chinese clan
- List of people by nationality
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