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[[fr: Chinois célèbres]]

Famous [[China|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 (contracted; show full)* [[Sammi Cheng]]
* [[Leslie Cheung]]
* [[Maggie Cheung]]
* [[Chow Yun-Fat]]
* [[Gong Li]]
* [[Sammo Hung]]
* [[Leon Lai]]

* [[Andy Lau]]
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* [[Bruce Lee]]
* [[Tony Leung Chiu Wai]]
* [[Jet Li]]
* [[Ling Bai]]
* [[Anita Mui]]
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* [[Zhang Ziyi]]

=== Film-makers ===
* [[Ang Lee]]
* [[Jackie Chan]]
* [[King Hu]]
* [[Ringo Lam]]
* [[Ng Wui]]
* [[Tsui Hark]]
* [[Wayne Wang]]
* [[Wong Kar-wai]]
* [[John Woo]]
* [[Zhang Yimou]]

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=== Singers ===
* [[Roman Tam]]
* [[Faye Wong]]

See also:  [[Cantopop]]

=== Musicians ===
(contracted; show full)* [[Sima Qian]], historiographer
* [[Su Dongpo]], poet
* [[Sun Tzu]], philosopher
* [[Tu Wei-ming]], ethicist
* [[Wang Pi]], Three Kingdoms philosopher
* [[Zhang Ailing]], woman novelist
* [[Zhuang Zi]], philosopher
See also: [[List of Chinese authors]], [[List of Chinese language poets]], [[List of Confucianists]]
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== 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
* [[Jing Ke]], assassin
* [[Wan Hu]], would-be astronaut

== Fictional Chinese people ==

* [[Charlie Chan]], detective
* [[Kai Lung]], of stories by [[Ernest Bramah]]
* [[Kato]] of [[Pink Panther]] series of films.
* Li Kao and Number Ten Ox, of novels by [[Barry Hughart]]
* [[Fu Manchu]], criminal mastermind
** parodied in the radio series ''[[Round the Horne]]'' as "Dr Chou En Ginsberg MA (failed)"
* [[Xuan Zang (fictional character)|Xuanzang]] and his disciples (including [[Sun Wukong]] and [[Zhu Bajie]]), of ''[[Journey to the West]]''⏎
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== See also ==
* [[Overseas Chinese]]
** [[Chinese American]], [[List of famous Chinese Americans|List]]
** [[Chinese Canadian]]
** [[Indonesian Chinese]]
** [[Malaysian Chinese]]
** [[Chinese Puerto Rican]]
* [[American-born Chinese]]
* [[Taiwanese American]]
* [[List of people by nationality]]