Famous China People

• Ballard, J.G. (Shanghai)

  The author of Empire of the Sun and Crash

• Chiang Kai-shek (Rural Zhejiang)

  Leader of The Republic of China (Taiwan), 1949-75

• Confucius (Lu)

  Chinese sage

• Hu Jintao (Anhui Province)

  President of the People's Republic of China, 2003-13

• Jiang Qing (Zhucheng)

  Mao's wife and leader of the Gang of Four

• Jinping, Xi (Beijing)

  President of China, 2013-present

• Lao Tzu

  Legendary founder of Taoism

• Li, Gong (Shenyang)

  Leading lady of Chinese movies

• Li, Jet (Beijing)

  High-kicking star of The One and Hero

• Lim Bo Seng (Nan Ann)

  Patriotic WWII hero of Singapore

• Liu Cixin (Yangquan)

  The author of 'The Three-Body Problem'

• Liu Xiaobo (Changchun) (Jilin)

  The Chinese writer who won 2010's Nobel Peace Prize

• Madame Chiang Kai-shek (Shanghai)

  Wife of Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek

• Mo Yah (Gaomi)

  The Chinese author of Red Sorghum Clan

• Pei, I.M. (Canton)

   The architect who added a glass pyramid to the Louvre

• Sanmao (Chungking)

  The Chinese author of 'Stories of the Sahara'

• Sun Tzu (Ch'i State)

  The author of The Art of War

• Woo, John (Guangzhou)

  Director of Face/Off and Hard Target

• Wu Chao

  Empress of China during the Tang Dynasty

• Xioping, Deng (Paifang)

  Leader of China, 1978-89

• Yao Ming (Shanghai)

  The 7'6" NBA basketball star from China

• Zedong, Mao (XiangTan)

  Head of the People's Republic of China, 1949-76

• Zemin, Jiang (Yangzhou)

  President of the People's Republic of China, 1993-2003

• Zhang Ziyi (Beijing)

  The beautiful blind assassin in House of Flying Daggers

• Zhao, Chloé (Beijing)

  The writer and director of the film 'The Rider'

See: Index by Birthplace