List of Chinese
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.
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Rulers and politicians
Imperial times
- Aixinjueluo Puyi, the last emperor
- Cao family
- 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 Huangdi, 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
Warlords
See also: List of leaders of the Republic of China, Premier of the Republic of China
Current Taiwanese politicians
Dissidents
Non-political royalty
Artists and perfomers
Painters and calligraphers
See also: List of Chinese painters
Actors and actresses
Film-makers
See also: Cinema of China
Singers
See also: Cantopop
Musicians
See also: List of Chinese musicians
Comedians
- Raybon Kan, New Zealand Chinese comedian and newspaper columnist
Martial Artists
Athletes
- Ding Junhui, snooker player
- Fu Mingxia, diver
- He Ying, archer
- Ma Jian, basketball player
- Li Ning, gymnast, entrepreneur
- Lin Sang, archer
- Liu Xiang, hurdler
- Sun Wen, woman footballer
- 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
Business tycoons
Taiwan:
Explorers
Law
Military officers and soldiers
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
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
- Bi Sheng, inventor of clay print-blocks
- Cai Lun, inventor of paper
- Chen Jingrun, mathematician
- David Ho, AIDS researcher
- Charles Kao, inventor of optical fiber
- Yuan T. Lee, Nobel Laureate, Chemistry
- Liang Sicheng, architect and eldest son of Liang Ch'i-ch'ao
- Liu Hui, mathematician
- I. M. Pei, architect
- Qian Sanqiang, nuclear physicist
- Qin Jiushao, mathematician
- Su Buqing, mathematician
- Tsien Hsue-shen, rocket scientist
- An Wang, computer scientist
- Wang Zhen, inventor of wooden print-blocks
- Yang Liwei, astronaut
- 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
Fictional Chinese people
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