# 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

* Alien Huang Hong sheng 黄鸿升
* Annie Shizuka Inoh 伊能静
* Chen Bo-lin 陳柏霖
* 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
* Jeng Jundian 鄭君殿
* 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
* 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

### Singers and bands for popular music

* A-mei 張惠妹
* Alec Su 蘇有朋
* Alien Huang 黄鸿升
* Amber Liu* (f(x)) 劉逸雲
* Brandon Chang 張卓楠
* 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
* i.n.g
* 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

### 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
* Yo-Yo Ma*, cellist
* Ouyang Nana*, cellist, actress
* Ray Chen, Taiwanese-Australian violinist
* Yu-Chien Tseng, violinist
* Ed Yen, executive producer

### 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
* Wei Te-sheng 魏德聖
* Edward Yang 楊德昌, director of Yi Yi, winner of the Best Director Award in Cannes

### 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

* 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

* Austin Cheng 蟲蟲, current point guard for Taipei School of Special Education
* 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

### 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

* 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

* 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

* 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
* Chen Chien-Jou, activist and whistleblower
* 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
* Hsing Yun*, Buddhist monk and founder of Fo Guang Shan Order
* I Lo-fen, scholar of literature

## 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 王驤
* 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