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

Zheng Shanjie is a Chinese politician currently serving as governor and Deputy Party Secretary of Zhejiang and Party Secretary of Ningbo.

Zheng Zhilong, Marquis of Tong'an and Nan'an, baptised as Nicholas Iquan Gaspard, was a merchant, pirate, political and military leader in the late Ming dynasty who later defected to the Qing dynasty. He was from Nan'an, Fujian. He was the father of Koxinga, Prince of Yanping, the founder of the pro-Ming Kingdom of Tungning in Taiwan, and as such an ancestor of the House of Koxinga. After his defection, he was given noble titles by the Qing government, but was eventually executed because of his son's continued resistance against the Qing regime.

Cai Qi is a Chinese politician, the current Communist Party Secretary of Beijing, and a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China. Cai began his career in Fujian province. He has served successively as the mayor of Sanming, the mayor of Quzhou, the Communist Party Secretary of Taizhou, Zhejiang, and mayor of Hangzhou. Beginning in 2010 he served as the Executive Vice Governor of Zhejiang Province, and in 2014 was transferred to Beijing to serve as deputy director of the General Office serving the National Security Commission.

Oho Ou or Ou Hao is a Chinese actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Zhang Yang in The Left Ear (2015).

Sudono Salim, also known as Liem Sioe Liong, was a Chinese-born Indonesian businessman of Fuqing origin. He was the richest individual in Indonesia. He was the founder and chairman of the conglomerate Salim Group before turning over its management to his youngest son Anthoni Salim in 1992.

Ye Jianming is the founder and former Chairman of CEFC China Energy Company Limited, a Global Fortune 500 energy and finance conglomerate. He has been under detention in China since March 2018 on charges of bribery.

Wu Qingyuan, better known by the Japanese pronunciation of his name, Go Seigen , was a Chinese-born Japanese master of the game of Go. He is considered by many players to have been the greatest Go player in the 20th century.

Qin Junjie is a Chinese actor. He made his debut in the 2006 film Curse of the Golden Flower. He is best known for his starring roles in the TV series Noble Aspirations (2016), Legend of Dragon Pearl (2017), Peace in Palace, Peace in Chang’an, and Listening Snow Tower (2019).

Tso-hsin Cheng was a Chinese ornithologist known for his seminal work on the birds of China and mentoring a generation of researchers. Educated in the United States, he chose to stay in China after the Second World War though many of his academic colleagues moved to Taiwan. He was severely punished during the Cultural Revolution despite being a member of the Communist Party.

Qiu Jin was a Chinese revolutionary, feminist, and writer. Her courtesy names are Xuanqing and Jingxiong. Her sobriquet name is Jianhu Nüxia which, when translated literally into English, means "Woman Knight of Mirror Lake". Qiu was executed after a failed uprising against the Qing dynasty, and she is considered a national heroine in China; a martyr of republicanism and feminism.