# List of people from Shanghai

This is a list of notable people who were born or raised in Shanghai, China, or have spent a large or formative part of their life in that city.

## Native Shanghainese

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* Angelababy (born 1989) – actress

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* Bao Jianfeng (born 1975) – actor and singer

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* Eileen Chang (1920–1995) – writer
* Chin Tsi-ang (1909–2007) – Hong Kong actress

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* Dai Xiangyu (born 1984) – actor and model
* Ding Yuxi (born 1995) – actor

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* Sam Feldman (born 1949) – Canadian music executive
* Jerry Fujio (1940–2021) – Japanese singer, actor and tarento
* Feng Shaofeng (born 1978) – actor

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* Seven Gao, singer
* Ben Gu (born 1961) – librarian, translator and library science researcher
* Guo Liang (born 1968) – Singaporean actor and television presenter

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* Fan Ho (1931–2016) – photographer, film director and actor
* Huang Yu (1916–2013) – actor and filmmaker
* Hu Ge (born 1982) – actor

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* Jing Chao (born 1986) – actor
* Edward Judd (1932–2009) – British actor
* Ju Wenjun (born 1991) – chess grandmaster and Women's World Champion from 2018–present.

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* Ku Feng (born 1930) – Hong Kong actor
* Burt Kwouk (1930–2016) – British actor

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* Lai Hang (1928–1965) – actor
* Lydia Li – TV presenter and actress
* Lu Jinhua (1927–2018) – Yue opera artist

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* Ma Yili (born 1976) – actress
* Mei Baojiu (1934–2016) – Peking opera artist and politician
* Ma Zhencheng (born 1934) – translator

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* Henry O (born 1927) – actor

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* Qian Zhijun (born 1987) – actor
* Qiao Renliang (1987–2016) – singer and actor

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* Josephine Siao (born 1947) – Hong Kong actress
* Sze Yu (born 1962) – Australian actor and former badminton player

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* Kaiji Tang (born 1984) – voice actor
* Tiffany Tang (born 1983) – actress
* Kenneth Tsang (1935–2022) – Hong Kong actor

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* Wei Zongwan (born 1938) – actor
* Wu Pang (1909–2000) – Hong Kong filmmaker

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* Xu Zheng (born 1972) – actor and filmmaker
* Joker Xue (born 1983) – singer-songwriter

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* Yan Shunkai (1937–2017) – actor and comedian
* Yueh Hua (1942–2018) – Hong Kong actor
* Yan Mingyong (born 1985) – gymnast
* Yang Yang (born 1991) – actor
* Yang Rong (仰融, born 1957) – businessman
* Yitang Zhang (born 1955) – mathematician

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* Zheng Junli (1911–1969) – actor and filmmaker
* Zhu Guanghu (born 1949) – football coach, actor and former footballer
* Zhong Chenle (born 2001) – singer; member of K-Pop group NCT
* Zhou Guanyu (born 1999) – Formula One driver

## Non-native Shanghainese

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These people were not born or adopted in Shanghai and raised elsewhere but are well known for living in Shanghai.

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* Ba Jin (1904–2005) – writer; born and raised in Chengdu, Sichuan

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* Lu Xun (1881–1936) – writer, literary critic, and educator; born and raised in Shaoxing, Zhejiang

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* Su Qing (1914–1982) – writer; born and raised in Ningbo, Zhejiang

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* Zhang Chunqiao (1917–2005) – politician and writer; born and raised in Juye County, Shandong