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List of Chinese people notable in the West
[[fr: Chinois célèbres]]

Famous [[Chinese]] or [[Chinese language|Chinese]]-speaking/writing people. 

'''Note''' In [[Chinese name]]s, the [[Chinese family name|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(contracted; show full)* [[Lu Hao-tung]]
* [[Lu Xun]]
* [[Mao Dun]], writer
* [[Qian Xuantong]], phonetician
* [[Qian Zhongshu]]
* [[Qu You]], Ming novelist
* [[Sima Qian]], historiographer
* [[Su Dongpo]]
 (&#x8607;&#x6771;&#x5761;), poet
* [[Sun Tzu]], philosopher
* [[Wang Pi]]
* [[Zhang Ailing]], woman novelist
* [[Zhuang Zi]], philosopher
See also: [[List of Chinese authors]], [[List of Chinese language poets]], [[List of Confucianists]]

== Linguist ==
* [[Woo Tsin-hang]], linguist
* [[Zhang Binglin]], phonologist 
* [[Y. R. Chao]], phonologist and dialectologist

== Religion ==
* [[Xuanzang]], Buddhist monk
* [[Liang Fa]], Christian preacher
* [[Witness Lee]], Christian founder of the [[Local Church]]
* [[Gong Shengliang]], Christian preacher
See also: [[List of Taoists]]

== Scientists and engineers ==
* [[Cai Lun]], inventor of [[paper]]
* [[David Ho]], [[AIDS]] researcher
* [[Charles Kao]], inventor of optical fiber
* [[I. M. Pei]], architect
* [[An Wang]], computer scientist
* [[Zhang Heng]], astronomer, mathematician, artist and literature scholar
* [[Zhu Shijie]], mathematician
* [[Zu Chongzhi]], mathematician and astronomer

== Others ==
* [[Ching Shih]], woman pirate
* [[Jin Ke]], assassin

== Fictional Chinese people ==

* '''Lotus Blossom''' (handmaiden to Ginsberg below, note that Blossom is the first name)
* [[Charlie Chang]], detective.
* '''Dr Chou En Ginsberg MA (failed)''' of [[Round the Horne]]
* [[Kato]] of [[Pink Panther]] series of films.
* [[Fu Manchu]]

== See also ==
* [[Overseas Chinese]]
** [[Chinese American]], [[List of famous Chinese Americans|List]]
** [[Chinese Canadian]]
** [[Malaysian Chinese]]
* [[List of people by nationality]]