List of Taiwanese people

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

Artists and performers

Actors and Actresses

* Annie Shizuka Inoh 伊能静
* Chen BoLin 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 Zhou 周渝民
* Kelly Lin 林熙蕾
* Hsu Wei Lun 許瑋倫
* Barbie Hsu 徐熙媛
* Ariel Lin 林依晨
* Zhang Shu-Hao 張書豪

Models

* Chiling Lin 林志玲
* Kaila Yu 于麗萍
* Faith Yang 楊乃文
* Yinling 垠凌

Singers and bands for popular music

* Alec Su 蘇有朋
* A-mei 張惠妹
* Barbie Xu 徐熙媛
* Brandon Chang 張卓楠
* Jeff Chang
* Cheer Chen 陳綺貞
* Chang Fei 張菲
* Chthonic 閃靈
* CoCo Lee 李玟
* David Tao 陶喆
* Elva Hsiao 蕭亞軒
* Evan Yo 蔡旻佑
* Evonne Hsu 許慧欣
* F4
* Fahrenheit (Taiwanese band)
* F.I.R 飛兒樂團
* Fei Yu Ching費玉清
* Peggy Hsu 許哲珮
* i.n.g
* Jay Chou 周杰倫
* Jerry Yan 言承旭
* Jolin Tsai 蔡依林
* Kang Jing Rong 康康
* Ken Chu 朱孝天
* Landy Wen 溫嵐
* Lee-Hom Wang 王力宏
* Machi 麻吉
* Jin ChengWu 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.
* 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
* Zhou Chuan Xiong 周傳雄
* Vic Zhou 周渝民

See also: Mandopop

Musicians

* Ch'eng Mao-yün*, violinist and composer
* Lin Cho-liang, violinist
* Kessier Hsu, Guitarist and Composer
* Freddy Lim, vocalist and Hena player

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

Film-makers

* Ang Lee 李安
* Hou Hsiao-Hsien*, Director of the "City of Sadness"

See also: Cinema of Taiwan

Athletes

*Professional Billiard Player
**Feng-Bang Chao
**Jennifer Chen
**Hui-Kai Hsia
**Po-Cheng Kuo
**Kun-Fang Lee
**Hung-Hsiang Wang
**Chia-Ching Wu
**Ching-Shun Yang
*Professional Baseball Player
**Catcher
***Chih-Gang Kao, Uni President Lions (CPBL)
**Infilder
***Chin-Long Hu, Los Angeles Dodgers 2A
***Yong-Chi Chen, Seattle Mariners 2A
***Kuo-ching Kao, Uni President Lions (CPBL)
***Sen Yang, Uni President Lions (CPBL)
***Tai-Shan Chang, Sinon Bulls (CPBL)
**Outfilder
***Chia-Hsian Hsieh, Macoto Cobras (CPBL)
***Chien-Ming Chang, Sinon Bulls (CPBL)
***Chin-Feng Chen, Los Angeles Dodgers, La New Bears (CPBL)
***Kan-lin Huang, Uni President Lions (CPBL)
***Wei-Chu Lin, Hanshin Tigers (NPB)
**Pitcher
***Chien-Fu Yang, Sinon Bulls (CPBL)
***Chien-Ming Wang, New York Yankees
***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-lun Pan, Uni President Lions (CPBL)
***Wei-Yin Chen, Chunichi Dragons (NPB)
***Ying-Chieh Lin, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (NPB)

**Ping Pong
***Stephen Fang, professional player
**Tennis
***Yeu-Tzuoo Wang, professional player
**Olympics Medalist
***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
***Shu-Ju Chi, bronze medal, Sydney Olympics, 2000

Businesspeople

*Momofuku Ando, founder of Nissin Food Products Company Limited
*Morris Chang 張忠謀
* James Chu, founder of computer monitor company ViewSonic in Walnut, California
* 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
*Wu Yao-ting, founder of several large department stores.

Educators

* Winston Chang*
* 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 spyingDubious|date=March 2008, author of book "My Country Versus Me" 李文和

Philosophers, thinkers, and writers

* Li Ao*
* 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

* 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
* Tsungming Tu, medical doctor 杜聰明
* Lei Yang, biologist 楊蕾
* Cheng-Wen Wu, biochemist 吳成文
* Chi-Huey Wong, biochemist 翁啟恵

See also

* Taiwanese American
* List of people by nationality