List of Taiwanese people

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

Actors and actresses

• Alien Huang Hong sheng 黄鸿升
• Annie Shizuka Inoh 伊能静
• Chen Bo-lin 陳伯霖
• Chang Chen 張震
• Brandon Chang 張卓楠
• Brigitte Lin 林青霞
• Huang He 黃河
• Jerry Yan 言承旭
• Joe Chen Qiao En 陳喬恩
• Joey Wong 王祖賢
• Ken Chu 朱孝天
• Jimmy Lin 林志穎
• Ruby Lin 林心如
• Vanness Wu 吳建豪
• Vic Chou 周渝民
• Kelly Lin 林熙蕾
• Barbie Hsu 徐熙媛
• Rainie Yang楊丞
• Ariel Lin 林依晨
• Chang Shu-hao 張書豪
• Takeshi Kaneshiro 金城武
• Nicky Wu 吳奇隆
• Show Luo 羅志祥
• Jay Chou 周杰倫
• Cindy Yen 袁詠琳
• Chris Wang 王宥勝

Models

• Lin Chi-ling 林志玲
• Alicia Liu 劉薰愛
• Faith Yang 楊乃文
• Yinling 垠凌
• Sonia Sui 隋棠

Singers and bands for popular music

• Alien Huang Hong sheng 黄鸿升
• Jimmy Lin 林志穎
• Alec Su 蘇有朋
• A-mei 張惠妹
• Lollipop F 棒棒糖
• Brandon Chang 張卓楠
• Jeff Chang 張信哲
• Cheer Chen 陳綺貞
• Chang Fei 張菲
• Chen Ying-Git 陳盈潔
• Chthonic 閃靈
• Cindy Yen 袁詠琳
• David Tao 陶喆
• Elva Hsiao 蕭亞軒
• Evan Yo 蔡旻佑
• Evonne Hsu 許慧欣
• F4
• Fahrenheit
• F.I.R 飛兒樂團
• Fei Yu Ching費玉清
• Freya Lim林凡
• Peggy Hsu 許哲珮
• i.n.g
• Jiro wang (wang dong cheng)
• Jay Chou 周杰倫
• Jerry Yan 言承旭
• Jody Chiang 江蕙
• Jolin Tsai 蔡依林
• Kang Jing Rong 康康
• Ken Chu 朱孝天
• Landy Wen 溫嵐
• Leehom Wang 王力宏
• Machi 麻吉
• Mark Tuan (Got7) 馬克日元武端/比喻階段
• Takeshi Kaneshiro 金城武
• Rainie Yang 楊丞琳
• Richie Ren 任賢齊
• Seraphim
• Show Luo 羅志祥/小豬
• Sodagreen 蘇打綠
• Seraphim 六翼天使
• S.H.E
• Nicky Wu 吳奇隆
• Tank 吕建忠
• Teresa Teng 鄧麗君
• Tim Wu* 金力若
• Tsai Chin 蔡琴
• Typhoon
• Vivian Hsu 徐若瑄
• Wilber Pan 潘瑋柏
• Wu Bai 伍佰
• Mayday 五月天
• Jacky Wu 吳宗憲
• Chou Chuan-huing 周傳雄
• Vic Zhou 周渝民

See also: Mandopop

Musicians

• Jolin Tsai, pop singer
• Ch'eng Mao-yün*, violinist and composer
• Lin Cho-liang, violinist
• Lin Chia-Ching, Jenny Lin, pianist
• Jim Tai*, violinist
• Kessier Hsu, Guitarist and Composer
• Freddy Lim, vocalist and Hena player
• Julie Chang 張鈴, pianist and flutist
• Ching-Yun Hu, pianist
• Evan Tzyy-yih Yu, pianist

Fine artists

• Chen Cheng-po, oil painter 陳澄波
• Lee Tze-Fan, oil painter 李澤藩
• Liu Chi-hsiang, oil painter 劉啟祥
• Yen Shui-long, sculptor, mosaic artist 顏水龍
• Lee Shih-chiao, oil painter 李石樵
• Suling Wang, painter 王淑鈴
• Jimmy Liao, Illustrator 幾米
• Yang Maolin, artist 楊茂林
• Chen Uen, illustrator 鄭問
• Lín Qīnghuì, manhua artist 林青慧
• Chen Houei Kuen, artist 陳慧坤

Film-makers

• Ang Lee 李安
• Hou Hsiao-Hsien* 侯孝賢, Director of the City of Sadness
• Wei Te-Sheng 魏德聖

Comedians

• Ed Hill (comedian) Award Winning Stand up Comedian

See also: Cinema of Taiwan

Athletes

Billiards

• Jennifer Chen
• Po-Cheng Kuo
• Kun-Fang Lee
• Hung-Hsiang Wang
• Chia-Ching Wu
• Ching-Shun Yang
• Zhiting Wu

Basketball

• Cheng Chih-lung 鄭志龍
• Chen Hsin-An (Sean Chen) 陳信安
• Lin Chih-Chieh 林志傑
• Jeremy Lin 林書豪
• Quincy Davis 戴維斯

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)

Outfielders

• 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

Pitchers

• Chien-Fu Yang, Sinon Bulls (CPBL)
• Chien-Ming Wang, Washington Nationals
• Chien-Ming Chiang, Yomiuri Giants (NPB)
• Chin-Hui Tsao, Los Angeles Dodgers
• En-Yu Lin, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (NPB)
• Hong-Chih Kuo, Los Angeles Dodgers
• Ming-Chieh Hsu, Seibu Lions (NPB)
• Tai-Yuan Kuo, former Seibu Lions (NPB)
• Wei-Yin Chen, Baltimore Orioles
• Fu-Te Ni, Detroit Tigers
• Chia-Jen Lo, Houston Astros recorded win in 2009 All-Star Futures Game
• CC Lee, Cleveland Indians

Golf

• Yani Tseng, LPGA 2007

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

Olympics Medalists

• 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

Businesspeople

• Momofuku Ando, founder of Nissin Food Products Company Limited
• Jimmy Lin CEO of an IT company/has own racing team/owns JR(Jimmy Racing)company. 林志穎
• Morris Chang 張忠謀
• David Chu, co-founder of Nautica
• 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
• Stan Shih, co-founder of Acer. 施振榮
• Aimee Sun, co-founder of Breeze Center. 孫芸芸
• Tsai Wan Lin, founder of Cathay Life Insurance
• Jerry Yang, computer scientist and entrepreneur, cofounder of Yahoo! 楊致遠
• 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*
• Henry T. Yang, Chancellor of the University of California, Santa Barbara

Linguists

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

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
• Jason Wu, Fashion Designer

Philosophers, thinkers, and writers

• Sheng-yen, Religious Scholar
• Cheng Yen, Founder of Tzu chi
• R. C. T. Lee(Chia-Tung Lee), writer and professor
• Tu Wei-ming, ethicist

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
• 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

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

Scientists, physicians and engineers

• 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
• Tsungming Tu, medical doctor 杜聰明
• Cheng-Wen Wu, biochemist 吳成文
• Chi-Huey Wong, biochemist 翁啟恵

See also

• Taiwanese American
• List of people by nationality