[[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 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 Shangdi]]
* [[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
* [[Empress Dowager Lü]] of [[Han Empire]]
* [[Qin Shi Huangdi]], first emperor
* [[Sima Guang]]
* [[Emperor Tang Taizong of China]]
* [[Wang An-shih]]
* [[Wu Zetian, Empress of China]]
* [[Yan Song]], corrupt prime minister
* [[Yang Guozhong]], Tang official by guanxi
* [[Yongle Emperor of China]]
* [[Zheng Chenggong]]
See also: [[Chinese sovereign]], [[Table of Chinese monarchs]]
=== [[People's Republic of China]] ===
* [[Chen Duxiu]]
* [[Deng Nan]]
* [[Deng Pufang]]
* [[Deng Xiaoping]]
* [[Deng Yingchao]]
* [[Gang of Four (China)|Gang of Four]]
** [[Jiang Qing]]
** [[Wang Hongwen]]
** [[Yao Wenyuan]]
** [[Zhang Chunqiao]]
* [[Hu Jintao]]
* [[Hu Yaobang]]
* [[Hua Guofeng]]
* [[Jiang Zemin]]
* [[Kang Sheng]]
* [[Li Peng]]
* [[Liu Shaoqi]]
* [[Mao Zedong]]
* [[Tung Chee Hwa]]
* [[Wen Jiabao]]
* [[Xie Fuzhi]]
* [[Zhao Ziyang]]
* [[Zhou Enlai]]
* [[Zhu Rongji]]
=== [[Republic of China]] ===
* [[Chen Shui-bian]]
* [[Chiang Ching-Kuo]]
* [[Chiang Kai-shek]]
* [[Chu Mei-feng]]
* [[H. H. Kung]]
* [[Lee Teng-hui]]
* [[Lien Chan]]
* [[Ma Ying-jeou]]
* [[Qiu Jin]], female revolutionary
* [[James Soong]]
* [[Soong sisters]]
** [[Soong Ai-ling]]
** [[Soong Ching-ling]]
** [[Soong May-ling]]
* [[Sun Yat Sen]]
* [[Sung Chiao-jen]]
* [[Wang Chien-shien]]
* [[Wang Jingwei]]
* [[Yen Chia-jin]]
* [[Yuan Shi-Kai]]
=== Others ===
* [[Wuer Kaixi]],
* [[Li Lu]]
== Non-politician royalties ==
* [[Yang Guifei]], emperor-consort
* [[Concubine Qi]]
* [[Xishi]], melancholy beauty
== Artists and perfomers ==
=== Painters and calligraphers ===
* [[Wang Xizhi]], calligrapher
* [[Xue Wei]], painter
* [[Wei Shuo]], female calligrapher
=== Actors and actresses ===
* [[Jackie Chan]]
* [[Sammi Cheng]]
* [[Leslie Cheung]]
* [[Maggie Cheung]]
* [[Chow Yun-Fat]]
* [[Gong Li]]
* [[Sammo Hung]]
* [[Leon Lai]]
* [[Bruce Lee]]
* [[Tony Leung Chiu Wai]]
* [[Jet Li]]
* [[Ling Bai]]
* [[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]]
See also: [[Chinese film history]]
=== Singers ===
* [[Roman Tam]]
* [[Faye Wong]]
See also: [[Cantopop]]
=== Musicians ===
* [[Ch'eng Mao-yün]], violinist and composer
=== Martial Artists ===
* [[Cheng Man-ch'ing]], Tai Chi
* [[Leung Sheung]]
* [[Wong Fei Hung]], [[kung fu]] during the [[Qing dynasty]]
* [[Yip Man]]
* [[Zhang Sanfeng]]
== Athletes ==
* [[Wu Qingyuan]] (Go Seigen), [[Game of go|go]] player
* [[Xie Jun]], [[chess]] player
* [[Yao Ming]], [[NBA]] [[Basketball]] player, [[Houston Rockets]]
== Educators ==
* [[Cai Yuanpei]], chancellor
* [[Chang-lin Tien]], chancellor
== Entreprenuers ==
* [[Tung Chao Yung]]
== Explorers ==
* [[Zheng He]]
== Military officers and soldiers ==
* [[Guo Ziyi]], Tang general
* [[Huang Gai]]
* [[Lin Biao]]
* [[Liu Huaqing]]
* [[Ma Chao]]
* [[Song Zhe Yuan]]
* [[Sun Ce]]
* [[Zhang Xueliang]]
* [[Zhang Zizhong]]
* [[Zhu De]]
See also: [[People of note in the PLA]]
== Philosophers and writers ==
* [[Bai Shouyi]], historian
* [[Chang San-feng]]
* [[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
* [[Lao She]]
* [[Lao Zi]], philosopher
* [[Li Ao]], writer
* [[Li Po]]
* [[Lin Yutang]], writer
* [[Lu Hao-tung]]
* [[Lu Xun]]
* [[Mao Dun]], writer
* [[Qian Xuantong]], phonetician
* [[Qian Zhongshu]]
* [[Qu You]], Ming novelist
* [[Sima Qian]], historiographer
* [[Su Dongpo]], 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
* [[Jing Ke]], assassin
* [[Wan Hu]], would-be astronaut
== Fictional Chinese people ==
* Lotus Blossom, handmaiden to Ginsberg below (Blossom is the [[given 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]]
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