Famous people from China

Wen Jiabao

6th Premier of the People's Republic of China from 2003 to 2013 (born 1942)

Tu Youyou

Chinese medical scientist

Hou Yifan

Chinese chess player

Mo Yan

Chinese novelist and screenwriter

Ju Wenjun

Chinese chess player

Chen Kaige

Chinese film director and screenwriter

Yang Hansen

Yang Hansen is a Chinese professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was drafted 16th overall by the Memphis Grizzlies before being traded to the Trail Blazers. Yang is the ninth Chinese player to be drafted to the NBA, and the third highest overall to be drafted.

Li Ning

Chinese artistic gymnast and entrepreneur (born 1963)

Liu Wen (model)

Liu Wen is a Chinese model. She is widely regarded as China's first supermodel. She was the first Chinese model to walk the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, the first East Asian spokesmodel for Estée Lauder cosmetics, and the first Asian model to ever make Forbes magazine's annual highest-paid models list. In 2017, Liu became the second Chinese model to ever appear on the cover of American Vogue, and the first to be featured on the front cover rather than foldout. She landed on the cover a sec...

Gao Xingjian

Chinese novelist and playwright (1940- )

Zheng Jie

Chinese female tennis player

Sun Yang

Chinese swimmer

Pony Ma

Chinese internet entrepreneur (1971-)

Zhou Yiran

Zhou Haoran, also known by his stage name Zhou Yiran or Fang Xiangrui, is a Chinese actor and singer. He gained recognition for his supporting roles in The Bond (2021), A Little Mood for Love (2021-2022) and Twenty Your Life On 2 (2022) before taking on leading roles in the television series You Are Desire (2023), When I Fly Towards You (2023), Reborn (2025), Twelve Letters (2025) and Generation to Generation (2026), which gave him recognition internationally.

Shi Han

Shi Han is a female Chinese professional tennis player. Shi has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of No. 200, set on 17 March 2025, and a highest doubles ranking of No. 213, achieved on 13 July 2026.

Guo Hanyu

Guo Hanyu is a Chinese professional tennis player. She has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 9, achieved in July 2026 and a singles ranking of No. 156, reached in February 2026. Guo is the 2026 Wimbledon champion in doubles. She has won an additional six WTA Tour doubles titles.

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Ming Xi

Ming Xi or Xi Mengyao is a Chinese model. Her professional modeling career started in 2009 after she attended a TV competition. Her international modeling career began in 2011 when she debuted for the Givenchy Haute Spring Show. In the same year, she modeled the Givenchy ready-to-wear collection and appeared as the face of Givenchy's Fall/Winter publicity advertising campaign. Xi also modeled for the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in 2013.

Liu Gang

Chinese scientist and revolutionary (born 1961)

Zhu Chen

Chinese-Qatari chess player

Xie Jun

Chinese chess player

Rebiya Kadeer

Uyghur politician, activist and businesswoman

Margaret Chan

Chinese-Canadian physician (born 1947)

Wang Yaping

Chinese military pilot and astronaut