List of Famous people born in Foshan, People's Republic of China

Henry Cheng Kar-shun, GBM, GBS is a Hong Kong billionaire property developer.

Hung Nam is a Chinese actress and film producer from Hong Kong. Nam is credited with over 170 films.

Yang Huiyan is a Cypriot-Chinese billionaire businesswoman and property developer who is the majority shareholder of Country Garden Holdings, a stake largely transferred to her by her father Yang Guoqiang in 2007. She is the richest woman in Asia.

Evergreen Mak Cheung-ching, better known as Makbau (麥包), is a Hong Kong TVB actor. Evergreen born in Shunde region, foshan city, China, and his ancestral hometown is Qingyuan city, Guangdong province. He is lauded and best known for his villainous portrayal of the main antagonist, Leung Fei-fan, in No Regrets, for which he won the TVB Anniversary Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also won the Best Actor in a Supporting Role award in the Asian Television Awards 2011 for the same role. He is also known for his voiceover work for cartoons, as well a children show host for Flash Fax and After School ICU.

He Xiangjian is the co-founder of Midea, one of China's largest appliance makers. On January 2021 his net worth was estimated to be $42 billion by Forbes, positioning him at the 31st place in the world billionaires list.

Yang Guoqiang, is a Chinese entrepreneur, the founder and chairman of Country Garden Group, one of the largest real estate developers in Guangdong Province, Mainland China.

So Chan, also known by his nickname Beggar So, was a Chinese martial artist and folk hero who lived during the late Qing dynasty. One of the Ten Tigers of Canton, he was best known for his drunken boxing.

Wu Dixi is a retired Chinese female badminton player.

Au Tak (1840–1920), or Au Tack, or Au Chak-mun, was a Hongkonger entrepreneur. He was the proprietor of a furniture shop and the property developers in Central District on Hong Kong Island. He used to be the director of Tung Wah Hospital.