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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 family names.

== Rulers and politicians ==
=== Imperial times ===
* [[Aixinjueluo Puyi]], the last emperor
* [[Empress Dowager Cixi]], [[Qing dynasty]] [[de facto]] leader
* [[Dou Xian]]
* [[Fu Hsi]]
* [[Genghis Khan]], Mongolian emperor
* [[Gao Lishi]], Tang, corrupt
* [[Han Gao Zu]]
* [[Han ShangdiEmperor Gao of Han China]]
* [[Hongwu Emperor of China]]
* [[Hong Tianguifu]], king of Taiping
* [[Hong Xiuquan]], king of Taiping
* [[Kangxi Emperor of China]], Emperor of the [[Qing Dynasty]]
* [[Kublai Khan]]
* [[Li Hongzhang]], Qing statesman
* [[Li Zicheng]], Ming rebel leader
(contracted; show full)* [[Ch'ien Mu]]
* [[Confucius]], philosopher
* [[Gao Xingjian]]
* [[Gongsun Longzi]], one of the [[Logicians]] of the [[Warring States Period]]
* [[Hu Shih]], writer
* [[Jin Shengtan]], editor and critic
* [[Jinyong]], novelist

* [[Kang Youwei]]
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* [[Lao She]]
* [[Lao Zi]], philosopher
* [[Li Ao]], writer
* [[Li Po]], poet
* [[Liang Ch'i-ch'ao]]
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* [[Lin Yutang]], writer
* [[Lu Hao-tung]]
* [[Lu Xun]], novelist
* [[Mao Dun]], writer
* [[Qian Xuantong]], phonetician
* [[Qian Zhongshu]]
* [[Qu You]], Ming novelist
* [[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]]

== 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
* [[Liang Sicheng]], architect and eldest son of [[Liang Ch'i-ch'ao]]
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* [[I. M. Pei]], architect
* [[Qian Sanqiang]], [[nuclear physics|nuclear physicist]]
* [[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

== 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]]