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 Brigitte Lin 林青霞 Huang He 黃河 Jerry Yan 言承旭 Joe Chen Qiao En 陳喬恩 Jeng Jundian 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 Jolin Tsai 蔡依林 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 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 Yi-hisang Nicholas Wang (&Team)
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 Ouyang Nana*, cellist, actress Ray Chen, Taiwanese-Australian violinist Yu-Chien Tseng, violinist Ed Yen, executive producer
Fine artists
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
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 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 Goodnight Chicken, YouTuber and criminal Jason Wu, fashion designer Hsing Yun*, Buddhist monk and founder of Fo Guang Shan Order I Lo-fen, scholar of literature Qiu Hongda, lawyer and scholar
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 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
See also Taiwanese American Taiwanese Canadian List of people by nationality
References