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

Cheung Wing-sing was the wife of Wing Chun master Yip Man.

Griselda Yeung is a Hong Kong actress and sister of actress Tavia Yeung. She changed her English name to Lenna.

Huang Xuhua is a Chinese mechanical engineer and submarine designer, and was one of the chief designers for the country's first generation of nuclear submarines. He is director emeritus of the Wuhan-based 719 Research Institute of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, and is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. His name was classified until 1987.

Hou Hsiao-hsien is a Taiwanese film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He is a leading figure in world cinema and in Taiwan's New Wave cinema movement. He won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1989 for his film A City of Sadness (1989), and the Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015 for The Assassin (2015). Other highly regarded works of his include The Puppetmaster (1993) and Flowers of Shanghai (1998).

Chor Yuen is a Hong Kong-Chinese film director, screenwriter and actor. Chor is credited with over 120 films as director, over 70 films as writer, and over 40 films as actor.

Li Yonghong is a Chinese businessman who first came into the public eye in 2016 when he succeeded Silvio Berlusconi as the owner of the Italian football club A.C. Milan. Li is also known for his stock market transactions in mainland China.

Pan Sutong, JP is a Hong Kong businessman and entrepreneur. He is the Founder of Matsunichi Digital Holdings Limited, presently also the Chairman of Goldin Real Estate Financial Holdings Limited.

Lau Chin-shek is the President of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions and a vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Christian Industrial Committee. He was born in Guangzhou and had a secondary school education. He was a member of the Legislative Council from 1991 to 2008.

Ko Lai-chak is a table tennis player from Hong Kong, China.

Michael Hui Koon-man is a Hong Kong actor, comedian, scriptwriter and director. He is the eldest of the four Hui brothers who remain three of the most prominent figures in the Hong Kong entertainment circle during the 1970s and the 1980s. Michael Hui is considered by many critics to be one of the foremost comedians in the Hong Kong film industry.