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[[fr:Liste de 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 or(contracted; show full)
== Scientists and engineers ==
* [[Cai Lun]], inventor of [[paper]]
* [[David Ho]], [[AIDS]] researcher
* [[Charles Kao]], inventor of optical fiber
* [[I. M. Pei]], architect
* [[Qian Sanqiang]], [[nuclear physics|nuclear physicist]]
* [[Tsien Hsue-shen]], [[rocket
ry]] scientist
* [[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]]''

== 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]]