# List of British Chinese people

This article is a list of notable people of Chinese ancestry who were born in or have settled in the United Kingdom.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are British Chinese or must have references showing they are British Chinese and are notable.

## Academia

* Kevin Fong, professor of medicine, UCL academic.
* Charles K. Kao, KBE, Nobel Prize in Physics, pioneer in the development and use of fibre-optics in telecommunications
* Linda Yueh, CBE, prominent economist and UK trade advisor and dual British-American

## Acting

* Leah Bracknell (born 1964), actress and yoga teacher, Eurasian, English father and Chinese-Malaysian mother
* Gemma Chan (born 1982), actress
* Julia Chan (born 1983), actress
* Lobo Chan (born 1960), actor
* Maggie Cheung (born 1964), actress
* Tsai Chin (born 1933), actress and singer, first Chinese Bond girl
* Vera Chok (born 1977), actress
* Christina Chong (1983), actress
* William Gao (born 2003), actor, Eurasian
* Paul Courtenay Hyu (born 1968), actor, writer and Elvis impersonator, Eurasian
* Linda Louise Duan (born 1993), actress
* Jon Foo (born 1982), actor and wushu martial artist
* Mona Hammond (born 1931), actress
* Jessica Henwick (born 1992), actress, Eurasian
* Alice Hewkin (born 1999), actress
* Burt Kwouk (born 1930), actor
* Pui Fan Lee (born 1970), actress and television presenter
* Katie Leung (born 1987), actress
* Jessie Mei Li (born 1995), actress
* Jennifer Lim (born 1980), actress
* Pik-Sen Lim (born 1944), actress
* Selina Lo (born 1994), actress
* Jing Lusi (born 1985), actress
* Jane March (born 1973), actress, Eurasian
* Max Minghella (born 1985), actor, Eurasian
* Carl Ng (born 1976), actor, Eurasian
* Suan-Li Ong (born 1990), actress-model
* Colin Ryan (born 1986), actor, Eurasian
* Marli Siu (born 1993), actress, Eurasian
* Elaine Tan (born 1979), actress
* Elizabeth Tan (born 1990), actress
* Lewis Tan (born 1987), actor and martial artist
* Jason Tobin (born 1975), actor
* Rhydian Vaughan (born 1988), actor, Eurasian
* Benedict Wong (born 1971), actor
* Jason Wong (born 1986), actor
* Sophie Wu (born 1983), actress, Eurasian
* Tom Wu (born 1972), actor
* David Yip (born 1951), actor, Eurasian
* George Young (born 1980), actor and writer, Eurasian
* Ric Young (born 1944), actor
* Crystal Yu (born 1987), actress
* Ozzie Yue (born 1947), actor and singer

## Art and design

* Suki Chan, British Chinese artist
* Stanley Chow, artist and illustrator
* Aowen Jin, British Chinese artist and social commentator
* Qu Lei Lei, artist and calligrapher
* Cary Kwok, artist
* Chris Liu, fashion designer
* Beatrix Ong, luxury fashion accessory and shoe designer
* Gok Wan, fashion consultant and television presenter

## Business

* Andrew Ng, co-founder of education technology company Coursera, director of Stanford University's Artificial Intelligence Lab
* Sir David Tang, founder of fashion chain Shanghai Tang, socialite and writer
* Woon Wing Yip, founder of the British Chinese supermarket chain Wing Yip

## Food

* Mi Gao Huang Chen, takeaway owner who was murdered in 2005
* Ching-He Huang, food broadcaster and food writer
* Nancy Lam, chef
* Willian "Bill" Poon, chef and restaurateur
* Alan Yau, restaurateur, founder of Wagamama, Hakkasan and Yauatcha
* Michael Chow, British-American restaurateur
* Kim-Joy Hewlett, baker, cookbook author, and finalist in the ninth series of The Great British Bake Off of Chinese Malaysian descent
* Kenneth Lo, writer of more than 30 Chinese cookbooks

## Music

* Ayi Jihu (born 1984), singer
* Zilan Liao, guzheng, concert harp and director of Pagoda arts
* Jason Lai, orchestral conductor
* Herman Li, of the power metal band DragonForce
* Melvyn Tan, classical pianist
* Jasmine Thompson, singer
* Matt Tong, drummer of indie rock bands Bloc Party and Algiers
* Fou Ts'ong, pianist
* KT Tunstall, musician
* Vanessa-Mae, violinist
* Jamie Woon, dubstep artist
* Raymond Yiu, composer
* Cheng Yu, pipa and guqin musician
* Guo Yue, dizi and bawu musician

## Politics

* Michael Chan, Baron Chan, politician, life peer in the House of Lords
* Steven Dominique Cheung, Diana Award winner, youngest candidate for the European Election in 2009, DJ of Spectrum Radio and SW1 Radio
* Alan Mak, Member of Parliament for Havant since 2015, first British Chinese member of the House of Commons
* Sarah Owen, Member of Parliament for Luton North
* Nat Wei, Baron Wei, social entrepreneur, former government advisor and member of the House of Lords
* Sonny Leong, Baron Leong, politician, life peer in the House of Lords
* James Lindsay, 3rd Baron Lindsay of Birker, hereditary peer in the House of Lords, born to British father and Chinese mother
* Yuan Yang, Member of Parliament for Earley and Woodley

## Sport

* Eden Cheng, British diver
* Joe Choong, British Olympic gold medal-winning pentathlete
* Sammy Chung, second person of Chinese descent to manage an English football league club
* Brian Moore, former English rugby union rugby player.
* Emma RaducanuEmma Raducanu, British tennis player
* Frank Soo, first player of Chinese descent to play in the Football League, and the first non-white player to represent England
* Alex Hua Tian, Olympic event rider, gave up his British Citizenship in order to compete in the 2008 Beijing Olympics as part of the Chinese team
* Rory Underwood, former English rugby union rugby player; Eurasian
* Tony Underwood, former rugby union player, brother of Rory Underwood
* Alex Yee, Olympic gold medallist in triathlon.
* Li Ke (born Nico Yennaris), footballer, gave up his British citizenship to play for the Chinese national team; Eurasian
* Tyias Browning, footballer, (also known as Jiang Guangtai) gave up his British citizenship to play for the Chinese national team; Chinese from his maternal grandfather.

## Television

* Alexa Chung, TV presenter, fashion model, contributing editor at British Vogue; Eurasian

## Writers

* Jung Chang, writer, co-author of the biography Mao: The Unknown Story
* Leslie Charteris, writer and creator of antihero Simon Templar, alias The Saint
* Sue Cheung, novelist and illustrator of children's book
* Anhua Gao, writer
* Jo Ho, screenwriter, director, and first Chinese person in the UK to create a television drama series, the 2010 BBC fantasy Spirit Warriors
* Hsiung Shih-I, writer who became the first Chinese person to write and direct a West End play in 1935
* Timothy Mo, British novelist
* Chee Soo, author and teacher on Taoism, traditional Chinese medicine and martial arts
* Xue Xinran, broadcaster, author and founder of the charity Mother's Bridge of Love
* Benjamin Yeoh, playwright