List of Famous people born in Chongqing, People's Republic of China
Feng Timo
Feng Timo, originally named Feng Yanan, is a Chinese singer and internet personality from Wanzhou District, Chongqing, China. In 2017 she was named one of the "Top 10 Influential Big V's of Sina Weibo".
Yang Shangkun
Yang Shangkun was a Chinese Communist military and political leader, President of the People's Republic of China from 1988 to 1993, and one of the Eight Elders that dominated the Party after the death of Mao Zedong.
Liu Xiaoqing
Liu Xiaoqing is a Chinese actress and businesswoman. She was one of the leading actresses in China in the 1980s.
Qiu Shaoyun
Qiu Shaoyun was born in a small village named Qiūjiāgōu (邱家沟) in Guānjiàn township (关溅乡) of Tongliang county, Sichuan province. He joined the People's Liberation Army in 1949 and earned recognition in the campaigns that were waged to exterminate bandits. Early 1951, Qiu signed up with the People's Volunteer Army taking part in the Korean War. In October 1952, Qiu died as a martyr in the Korean War, and is considered by the Chinese government to be a war hero. In the struggle for Hill 391, Qiu and his squad mates crawled closer to the enemy position, using hay and twigs as natural camouflage. The UN troops used incendiary bombs, dropped by airplanes, to try and smoke out the Chinese units. It is claimed Qiu got trapped in the ensuing brush fire and in order to not betray the 500 other Chinese soldiers taking part in the assault, he did not move and burned to death.
Zhang Lanlan
Zhang Lanlan is a Chinese singer, actor and TV host who has appeared in numerous Chinese television shows. Originally an entertainer for the military, she was once dubbed the military's first beauty and the Chinese Marilyn Monroe. In 2008 she disappeared from public life only to be reappear six years later married to Xi Yuanping, the younger brother of Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China.
Liu Jiayi
Liu Jiayi is a Chinese politician. He is the current Communist Party Secretary of Shandong Province, and former Auditor General of the People's Republic of China.
Liu Bocheng
Liu Bocheng was a Chinese Communist military commander and Marshal of the People's Liberation Army.
Shu Hongbing
Shu Hongbing is a Chinese cytologist and immunologist. He became a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2011 and TWAS in 2012. Shu is mainly known for his work on cell signal transduction related to immunity.
Nie Rongzhen
Nie Rongzhen was a prominent Chinese Communist military leader, and one of ten Marshals in the People's Liberation Army of China. He was the last surviving PLA officer with the rank of Marshal.