List of Famous people born in Guangdong, People's Republic of China
Lo Hoi-pang
Lo Hoi-pang is a Hong Kong actor and singer. Lo attended TVB's Training Classes in 1973. Among his classmates are Chow Yun-fat and Ng Man-tat. Lo won the 2012 31st Hong Kong Film Awards for the Best Supporting Actor category for his performance in Life Without Principle.
Bak Sheut-sin
Bak Sheut-sin, also known as Bai Xuexian, is a famous former Chinese opera actress in China and Hong Kong.
Law Lok Lam
Law Lok-lam is a veteran Hong Kong character actor currently under Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) management. A versatile actor who has acted in many Hong Kong television dramas since the 1970s. He has been in so many dramas that he became internationally known as "the actor that died 5 times in one day or 24 hours" when five dramas he starred in were broadcast on the same day showing him in dying scenes. Law originally joined TVB in 1976 as a film extra, but left the same year to return to rival station Commercial Television (CTV). Almost a decade with another rival station Asia Television (ATV), he returned to TVB in 1990. He was one of five artistes awarded the "TVB Professional Actor Awards" in 2014 for his many years as a dedicated TVB employee.
Zhong Chuxi
Zhong Chuxi, also known as Elane Zhong, is a Chinese actress, best known for her role in the film Youth (2017) directed by Feng Xiaogang.
Wan Qingliang
Wan Qingliang is a former Chinese politician from Guangdong province. He served as the Mayor of Guangzhou, one of China's most populous cities, from 2010 to 2011, and was then promoted to Communist Party Secretary, the top official of the city. In June 2014, the Communist Party's anti-corruption agency announced that Wan was held for investigation. Wan was expelled from Communist Party of China on October 9, 2014. He was convicted on criminal charges related to taking over 100 million yuan in bribes, and sentenced to life in prison.
Lui Che Woo
Lui Che Woo, GBM, MBE, JP (Chinese: 呂志和; Sidney Lau: Lui5 Ji3 Woh6) (born 9 August 1929, Jiangmen, China) is a Hong Kong business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is a member of the standing committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Jiangmen, People's Republic of China, and is a Hong Kong gambling magnate, founder and chairman of listed firms Galaxy Entertainment Group and K. Wah International Holdings Ltd. In January 2014, he was reported to be worth US$21 billion and ranked the second richest man in Hong Kong.
Evergreen Mak Cheung-ching
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
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.
Kwong Siu-hing
Kwong Siu-hing, or sometimes Kwok Kwong Siu-hing, is the matriarch of the Kwok family. She controls the conglomerate Sun Hung Kai Properties, the largest property developer in Hong Kong as of 2019. As of 2008, Kwong effectively controls about 41.53% of SHK Properties' shares through a family trust, so she was deemed as the largest shareholder of the company, with a net worth of 12.1 billion dollars as of July 2020.