This is a list of famous Taiwanese people. People who were not born in Taiwan are indicated by an asterisk (*, notation incomplete).

Artists and performers

  • Alien Huang Hong sheng 黄鸿升
  • Annie Shizuka Inoh 伊能静
  • Chen Bo-lin 陳柏霖
  • Chang Chen 張震
  • Brigitte Lin 林青霞
  • Huang He 黃河
  • Jerry Yan 言承旭
  • Joe Chen Qiao En 陳喬恩
  • Jeng Jundian
  • Joey Wong 王祖賢
  • Ken Chu 朱孝天
  • Jimmy Lin 林志穎
  • Ruby Lin 林心如
  • Chase Tang 唐嘉壕
  • Vanness Wu* 吳建豪
  • Vic Chou 周渝民
  • Kelly Lin 林熙蕾
  • Barbie Hsu 徐熙媛
  • Rainie Yang 楊丞琳
  • Ariel Lin 林依晨
  • Chang Shu-hao 張書豪
  • Jolin Tsai 蔡依林
  • Takeshi Kaneshiro 金城武
  • Nicky Wu 吳奇隆
  • Show Lo 羅志祥
  • Jay Chou 周杰倫
  • Cindy Yen 袁詠琳
  • Chris Wang 王宥勝
  • Wu Chin-tai 吳金黛

Models

  • Lin Chi-ling 林志玲
  • Alice Lin 林昀佳
  • Alicia Liu 劉薰愛
  • Faith Yang 楊乃文
  • Yinling 垠凌
  • Sonia Sui 隋棠
  • A-mei 張惠妹
  • Alec Su 蘇有朋
  • Alien Huang 黄鸿升
  • Amber Liu* (f(x)) 劉逸雲
  • Chang Fei 張菲
  • Cheer Chen 陳綺貞
  • Chen Ying-Git 陳盈潔
  • Chou Chuan-huing 周傳雄
  • Chthonic 閃靈
  • Cindy Yen 袁詠琳
  • Cyndi Wang 王心凌
  • David Tao 陶喆
  • Elva Hsiao 蕭亞軒
  • Typhoon
  • Evan Yo 蔡旻佑
  • Evonne Hsu 許慧欣
  • F.I.R 飛兒樂團
  • F4
  • Fahrenheit 飛輪海
  • Fei Yu-ching 費玉清
  • Fong Fei-fei 凤飞飞
  • Freya Lim 林凡
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  • Jacky Wu 吳宗憲
  • Jay Chou 周杰倫
  • Jeff Chang 張信哲
  • Jerry Yan 言承旭
  • Jimmy Lin 林志穎
  • Jiro Wang 汪東城
  • Jody Chiang 江蕙
  • Jolin Tsai 蔡依林
  • Kang Jing Rong 康康
  • Ken Chu 朱孝天
  • Lai Guanlin (Wanna One) 賴冠霖
  • Landy Wen 溫嵐
  • Leehom Wang 王力宏
  • Liu Yangyang (NCT/WayV) 劉揚揚
  • Lollipop F 棒棒糖
  • Machi 麻吉
  • Mark Tuan (Got7) 段宜恩
  • Mayday 五月天
  • Nicky Wu 吳奇隆
  • Peggy Hsu 許哲珮
  • Rainie Yang 楊丞琳
  • Richie Ren 任賢齊
  • S.H.E
  • Seraphim 六翼天使
  • Show Lo 羅志祥/小豬
  • Shuhua ((G)I-DLE) 葉舒華
  • Sodagreen 蘇打綠
  • Takeshi Kaneshiro 金城武
  • Tank 吕建忠
  • Teresa Teng 鄧麗君
  • Tim Wu* 金力若
  • Tsai Chin 蔡琴
  • Tzuyu (Twice) 周子瑜
  • Vic Zhou 周渝民
  • Vivian Hsu 徐若瑄
  • Will Pan 潘瑋柏
  • Wu Bai 伍佰
  • Yi-hisang Nicholas Wang (&Team)

Musicians

  • Chen Da, singer
  • Ch'eng Mao-yün*, violinist and composer
  • Lin Cho-liang, violinist
  • Jenny Lin, pianist
  • Kessier Hsu, guitarist and composer
  • Freddy Lim, vocalist and Hena player
  • Julie Chang 張鈴, pianist and flutist
  • Ching-Yun Hu, pianist
  • Ouyang Nana*, cellist, actress
  • Ray Chen, Taiwanese-Australian violinist
  • Yu-Chien Tseng, violinist
  • Ed Yen, executive producer

Fine artists

Film-makers

  • Ang Lee 李安, Academy Award winner
  • Hou Hsiao-hsien* 侯孝賢, director of the A City of Sadness, Golden Lion winner
  • Tsai Ming-liang* 蔡明亮, Golden Lion winner

Comedians

  • Ed Hill (comedian), award-winning stand-up comedian

Drag Performers

  • Nymphia Wind* 妮妃雅‧瘋, winner of RuPaul's Drag Race season 16

See also: Cinema of Taiwan

Athletes

Billiards

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  • Jennifer Chen
  • Huang Hsin (pool)
  • Po-Cheng Kuo
  • Kun-Fang Lee
  • Hung-Hsiang Wang
  • Chia-Ching Wu
  • Ching-Shun Yang
  • Zhiting Wu

Badminton

  • Tai Tzu-ying, at the age of 22, she became world No. 1 in the women's singles in December 2016, and holds the record for most weeks ranked at the top in BWF history
  • Chou Tien-chen, currently 4th place in the BWF World Ranking (as of February 2021)

Basketball

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  • Jeremy Lin 林書豪, former NBA player
  • Joe Alexander (born 1986), American-Israeli basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv born in Taiwan
  • Cheng Chih-lung 鄭志龍
  • Chen Hsin-An (Sean Chen) 陳信安
  • Lee Hsueh-Lin 李學林
  • Tien Lei 田壘 (born 1983)
  • Tseng Wen-Ting 曾文鼎
  • Lin Chih-Chieh 林志傑
  • Jet Chang 張宗憲
  • Quincy Davis 戴維斯

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Baseball

Infielders

  • Chin-Lung Hu, Los Angeles Dodgers 2007 All-Star Futures Game MVP
  • Yung-Chi Chen, Oakland Athletics 3A
  • Sen Yang, Uni-President Lions (CPBL)
  • Tai-Shan Chang, Sinon Bulls (CPBL)
  • Tzu-Wei Lin, Boston Red Sox

Outfielders

  • Chen Chih-peng, (CPBL) 2006–2010 seasons
  • Chia-Hsian Hsieh, Macoto Cobras (CPBL)
  • Chin-Feng Chen, Los Angeles Dodgers, La New Bears (CPBL)
  • Che-Hsuan Lin, Houston Astros 3A 2008 All-Star Futures Game MVP
  • Wang Po-Jung, Lamigo Monkeys (CPBL) 2016 CPBL MVP and ROY, first to record 200 hits in single season

Pitchers

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  • Chien-Fu Yang, Uni-President Lions (CPBL)
  • Chien-Ming Wang, former MLB player.
  • Chien-Ming Chiang, Yomiuri Giants (NPB)
  • Chin-Hui Tsao, former MLB player.
  • En-Yu Lin, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (NPB)
  • Hong-Chih Kuo, former MLB player.
  • Ming-Chieh Hsu, Seibu Lions (NPB)
  • Tai-Yuan Kuo, former Seibu Lions (NPB)
  • Wei-Yin Chen, Hanshin Tigers (NPB), former MLB player.
  • Fu-Te Ni, former Fubon Guardians (CPBL), former MLB player.
  • Chia-Jen Lo, Wei Chuan Dragons (CPBL), former MLB player.
  • CC Lee, CTBC Brothers (CPBL), former MLB player.
  • Wei-Chung Wang, Wei Chuan Dragons (CPBL), former MLB player.

Golf

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  • Yani Tseng, LPGA player. She is the youngest player ever, male or female, to win five major championships and was ranked number 1 in the Women's World Golf Rankings for 109 consecutive weeks from 2011 to 2013.

Table tennis

  • Ben Chiu, 1st (1981 Jr. Canadian Champion), 2nd (1984 US Open doubles)

Tennis

  • Yen-Hsun Lu, professional player
  • Yeu-Tzuoo Wang, professional player
  • Jason Jung
  • Su-Wei Hsieh, winner of 3 WTA singles titles and 28 WTA doubles titles

Olympic medalists

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  • Shih-Hsin Chen, gold medal, Athens Olympics, 2004
  • Mu-Yen Chu, gold medal, Athens Olympics, 2004
  • Chuan-Kwang Yang, silver medal, Rome Olympics, 1960
  • Chih-Hsiung Huang, silver medal, Athens Olympics, 2004; bronze medal, Sydney Olympics, 2000
  • Cheng Chi, bronze medal, Mexico Olympics, 1968

Business people

  • Momofuku Ando 吳百福, founder of Nissin Food Products Company Limited
  • Jimmy Lin Chih Ying 林志穎, CEO of an IT company/has own racing team/owns JR(Jimmy Racing) company
  • Morris Chang 張忠謀
  • David Chu, co-founder of Nautica
  • Shenan Chuang 莊淑芬, chief executive officer for Ogilvy & Mather Greater China
  • Terry Gou 郭台銘
  • Jen Hsun Huang, co-founder, President and CEO of NVIDIA Corporation
  • Min Kao, co-founder of Garmin
  • Koo Chen-fu 辜振甫
  • Winston Wang, founded Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing
  • Wang Yung-ching 王永慶
  • Steve Chen, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of YouTube 陳士駿
  • Steve Chang, co-founder of Trend Micro 張明正
  • Stan Shih, co-founder of Acer 施振榮
  • Aimee Sun 孫芸芸, co-founder of Breeze Center
  • Tsai Wan Lin, founder of Cathay Life Insurance
  • Jerry Yang 楊致遠, computer scientist and entrepreneur, cofounder of Yahoo!
  • Ben Chiu 邱澤堃, founder of KillerApp.com acquired by CNET
  • William Wang, founder and CEO of VIZIO
  • Wu Yao-ting, founder of several large department stores

Educators

  • Winston Chang*
  • Benjamin Hsiao, Chief Research Officer and vice-president for Research at Stony Brook University, Fellow of the American Physical Society, Fellow of the American Chemical Society, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Hu Shih*, philosopher, essayist and diplomat
  • Henry T. Yang, Chancellor of the University of California, Santa Barbara

Linguists

  • Yuen Ren Chao*
  • Woo Tsin-hang*, linguist

Others

  • Chang Wen-chen, Taiwanese jurist
  • Mai Chen, constitutional lawyer, emigrated to New Zealand
  • Wen Ho Lee, engineer falsely accused of spying; author of book "My Country Versus Me" 李文和
  • Fu Szeto (1916–92), commander-in-chief of the Air Force and presidential advisor
  • Goodnight Chicken, YouTuber and criminal
  • Jason Wu, fashion designer
  • Hsing Yun*, Buddhist monk and founder of Fo Guang Shan Order
  • I Lo-fen, scholar of literature
  • Qiu Hongda, lawyer and scholar

Philosophers, thinkers, and writers

  • Yin Shun*, Buddhist scholarly writer and key figure of Humanistic Buddhism in Taiwan
  • Sheng-yen*, Buddhist scholarly writer and founder of Dharma Drum Mountain Order
  • Cheng Yen, founder of Tzu Chi
  • Yifa, writer and founder of Woodenfish
  • R. C. T. Lee (Chia-Tung Lee), writer and professor
  • Tu Wei-ming, ethicist
  • Giddens Ko, novelist and filmmaker

See also: List of Taiwanese authors and List of Confucianists

Politicians

  • Tsai Ing-wen 蔡英文
  • John Chiang* 蔣孝嚴
  • Chang Chun*
  • Chen Li-an*
  • Chen Shui-bian 陳水扁
  • Sisy Chen
  • Chang Chau-hsiung
  • Chang Chin-cheng
  • Chiang Ching-kuo* 蔣經國
  • Chiang Wei-kuo* 蔣緯國
  • Chu Mei-feng
  • Frank Hsieh 謝長廷
  • Lee Teng-hui 李登輝
  • Lien Chan* 連戰
  • Lin Yang-kang
  • Annette Lu 呂秀蓮
  • Ma Ying-jeou* 馬英九
  • Vincent Siew 蕭萬長
  • James Soong* 宋楚瑜
  • Su Tseng-chang 蘇真昌
  • Sun Yun-suan*
  • Yu Shyi-kun 游錫堃
  • Wang Chien-shien*
  • Wang Jin-pyng 王金平
  • Wang Xiang
  • Andrew Yang (US 2020 Presidential Candidate)

See also: List of leaders of the Republic of China, Premier of the Republic of China

Scientists, physicians and engineers

  • Robert Yih-shyong Lai, fluid mechanics engineer and university professor 賴義雄博士
  • Yu-Ju Chen, proteogenomics researcher 陳玉如
  • David Ho, medical researcher 何大一
  • Henry Lee*, forensic expert 李昌鈺
  • Sung-Yang Lee, entomologist 李淳陽
  • Yuan T. Lee, Nobel laureate in chemistry 李遠哲
  • Fushih Pan, medical researcher 潘扶適
  • Chiaho Shih, researcher and former university professor 施嘉和
  • Tsungming Tu, medical doctor 杜聰明
  • Wu Cheng-wen, biochemist 吳成文
  • Chi-Huey Wong, biochemist 翁啟恵
  • Fu Jen-kun, professor 傅仁坤

See also

  • Taiwanese American
  • Taiwanese Canadian
  • List of people by nationality

References