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== Businesspeople ==
== Businesspeople ==
*[[Momofuku Ando]], founder of Nissin Food Products Company Limited
*[[Momofuku Ando]], founder of Nissin Food Products Company Limited
*[[Jimmy Lin Chih Ying|Jimmy Lin]] CEO of an IT company/has own racing team/owns JR(Jimmy Racing) company. 林志穎
*[[Jimmy Lin Chih Ying|Jimmy Lin]], CEO of an IT company/has own racing team/owns JR(Jimmy Racing) company. 林志穎
*[[Morris Chang]] 張忠謀
*[[Morris Chang]] 張忠謀
* [[David Chu (designer)|David Chu]], co-founder of [[Nautica (clothing company)|Nautica]]
* [[David Chu (designer)|David Chu]], co-founder of [[Nautica (clothing company)|Nautica]]
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* [[Min Kao]], co-founder of [[Garmin]]
* [[Min Kao]], co-founder of [[Garmin]]
*[[Koo Chen-fu]] 辜振甫
*[[Koo Chen-fu]] 辜振甫
*[[Winston Wang]] founded Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing
*[[Winston Wang]], founded Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing
*[[Wang Yung-ching]] 王永慶
*[[Wang Yung-ching]] 王永慶
*[[Steve Chen (YouTube)|Steve Chen]], co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of [[YouTube]] 陳士駿
*[[Steve Chen (YouTube)|Steve Chen]], co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of [[YouTube]] 陳士駿
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* [[Ben Chiu]] 邱澤堃, founder of KillerApp.com acquired by [[CNET]]
* [[Ben Chiu]] 邱澤堃, founder of KillerApp.com acquired by [[CNET]]
*[[William Wang]], founder and CEO of [[VIZIO]].
*[[William Wang]], founder and CEO of [[VIZIO]].
*[[Wu Yao-ting]], founder of several large department stores.
*[[Wu Yao-ting]], founder of several large department stores


== Educators ==
== Educators ==

Revision as of 00:15, 16 November 2021

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

Models

Musicians

Fine artists

Film-makers

Comedians

See also: Cinema of Taiwan

Athletes

Billiards

Zhiting Wu

Badminton

  • Tai Tzu-ying, at the age of 22, she became world No. 1 in the women's singles on 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

Joe Alexander

Baseball

Infielders

Outfielders

Pitchers

Chien-Ming Wang

Golf

Yani Tseng

Table tennis

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

Tennis

Olympic medalists

Chuan-Kwang Yang

Businesspeople

Educators

Linguists

Others

  • 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
  • Jason Wu, Fashion Designer

Philosophers, thinkers, and writers

See also: List of Taiwanese authors and List of Confucianists

Politicians

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

Scientists, physicians and engineers

See also

References

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  2. ^ "The 85th Academy Awards 2013". Oscars.org. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Venice Film Festival History 1932-2020". La Biennale. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  4. ^ "53ª edition (2000) awards". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Su-Wei Hsieh". WTA Tour. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Benjamin S. Hsiao Named Vice President for Research at Stony Brook University". Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.