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List of Chinese people
Famous Chinese or Chinese -speaking/writing people.
Note In Chinese names , the 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
Cao family
Chen Youliang , founder of Dahan
Empress Dowager Cixi , Qing dynasty de facto leader
Dong Zhuo , Han dynasty general
Dou Xian
Gao Lishi , Tang, corrupt
Guo Jia , Kingdom of Wei strategist
Emperor Gao of Han China
Hongwu Emperor of China
Hong Tianguifu , king of Taiping
Hong Xiuquan , king of Taiping
Hua Xiong
Huang Chenyan
Kangxi Emperor of China , Emperor of the Qing Dynasty
Kublai Khan
Li Chengqian , Tang prince
Li Tai , Tang prince
Li Hongzhang , Qing statesman
Li Houzhu , Southern Tang ruler and poet
Li Si , Qin prime minister, Legalist, invented systemized script
Li Zicheng , Ming rebel leader
Lin Zexu , Qing official
Liu Bei , founder of Kingdom of Shu
Liu Biao
Liu Chan , Kingdom of Shu emperor
Liu Ying
Lu Su , Kingdom of Wu advisor
Empress Dowager Lü of Han Empire
Ming Yuzhen , founder of Daxia
Pang Tong
Qianlong Emperor of China , Emperor of the Qing Dynasty
Qin Shi Huang , the First Emperor
Sima Guang
Sima Lun
Sun Ce
Sun Jian
Sun Quan , founder of Kingdom of Wu
Emperor Tang Taizong of China
Wang An-shih
Wang Mang
Wen Tianxiang , Song prime minister, writer
Wei Yan
Wu Zetian, Empress of China
Xu Shu
Yan Song , corrupt prime minister
Yang Guozhong , Tang official by guanxi
Yinreng
Yongle Emperor of China
Yuan An
Yuan Taotu
Zeng Guofan , Qing official
Zhao Gao , Qin eunuch
Zhang Zhao
Zheng Chenggong
Zhou Tai
Zhuge Liang , Han dynasty strategist
Zuo Zongtang , known as General Tso in the West
See also: Chinese sovereign , Table of Chinese monarchs
Warlords
See also: List of leaders of the Republic of China , Premier of the Republic of China
Current Taiwanese politicians
Dissidents
Non-political royalty
Artists and perfomers
Painters and calligraphers
See also: List of Chinese painters
Actors and actresses
Film-makers
See also: Cinema of China
Singers
See also: Cantopop
Musicians
See also: List of Chinese musicians
Comedians
Raybon Kan , New Zealand Chinese comedian and newspaper columnist
Martial Artists
Athletes
Ding Junhui , snooker player
Fu Mingxia , diver
He Ying , archer
Ma Jian , basketball player
Mengke Bateer , NBA basketball player
Li Ning , gymnast, entrepreneur
Lin Sang , archer
Liu Xiang , hurdler
Sun Wen , woman footballer
Teng Haibin , gymnast
Wang Zhizhi , NBA basketball player
Wu Qingyuan (Go Seigen), go player
Xie Jun , chess player
Xu Jun , chess player
Yao Ming , NBA Basketball player, Houston Rockets
Ye Jiangchuan , chess player
Zhang Juanjuan , archer
Zhang Zhong , chess player
See also: Category:Chinese sportspeople
Educators
Business tycoons
Taiwan :
Hong Kong :
Explorers
Law
Military officers and soldiers
See also: People of note in the PLA
Philosophers and writers
Bai Shouyi , historian
Ban Gu , Han dynasty historian
Cao Yu , dramatist
Chang San-feng
Ch'ien Mu
Confucius , philosopher
Cui Hao , Tang dynasty poet
Du Mu , Tang poet, official
Gao Qi , Ming dynasty poet
Gao Xingjian
Gongsun Longzi , one of the Logicians of the Warring States Period
Guan Hanqing , Yuan dynasty playwright
Guo Moruo , poet, historian, archaeologist
Han Yu , founded Neo-Confucianism, essayist, poet
Hu Shih , writer
Jia Dao , poet
Jin Shengtan , editor and critic
Jinyong , novelist
Kang Youwei
Lao She
Lao Zi , philosopher
Li Ao , writer
Li Po , poet
Li Qiao , Tang poet
Li Shangyin , poet
Liang Ch'i-ch'ao
Lin Yutang , writer
Liu Zongyuan , poet
Lu Hao-tung
Lu Xun , novelist
Luo Binwang , Tang poet
Mao Dun , writer
Mei Yaochen , Song dynasty poet
Meng Haoran , Tang dynasty poet
Mo Zi , philosopher
Mencius , philosopher
Ouyang Xiu , Song statesman, historian, poet
Pai Hsien-yung , writer
Pu Songling , Qing writer
Qian Xuantong , phonetician
Qian Zhongshu
Qu You , Ming novelist
Qu Yuan , State of Chu poet
Shen Congwen , writer
Sima Qian , historiographer
Su Dongpo , poet
Sun Tzu , philosopher
Tao Qian , poet
Tian Han , playwright
Tu Wei-ming , ethicist
Wang Yi-Ch'eng , poet
Wang Pi , Three Kingdoms philosopher
Wang Wei , Tang poet, painter, official
Wang Wei (17th century poet) , poet
Wang Yangming , Ming neo-Confucianist
Wu Cheng'en , Ming novelist, poet
Xu Zhimo , poet
Xun Zi , philosopher
Zhang Ailing , woman novelist
Zhuang Zi , philosopher
See also: List of Chinese authors , List of Chinese language poets , List of Confucianists
Linguist
Religion
Faxian , Buddhist monk, explorer
Huangbo Xiyun , Chan Buddhism master
I Ching (monk) , Buddhist monk
Jianzhen Buddhist monk
Witness Lee , Christian founder of the Local Church
Liang Fa , Christian preacher
Gong Shengliang , Christian preacher
K. H. Ting , Christian leader
Abbot Wang , Daoist priest
Xuanzang , Buddhist monk
Zhang Daoling , founded Daoist sect
See also: List of Taoists
Scientists and engineers
Chen Jingrun , mathematician
David Ho , AIDS researcher
Charles Kao , pioneer of optical fiber
Yuan T. Lee , Nobel Laureate , Chemistry
Liu Hui , mathematician
Qian Sanqiang , nuclear physicist
Qin Jiushao , mathematician
Su Buqing , mathematician
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
Li Zhengdao , Nobel Laureate , Physics
Yang Zhenning , Nobel Laureate , Physics
Daniel Chee Tsui , Nobel Laureate , Physics
Wu Jianxiong , Physicist
Andrew Yao , physicist, computer scientist
Zhang Yuzhe , astronomer
Others
Fictional Chinese people
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