List of Famous people born in Hebei, People's Republic of China
Yang Lu-ch'an
Yang Lu-ch'an or Yang Luchan, also known as Yang Fu-k'ui or Yang Fukui (1799–1872), born in Kuang-p'ing (Guangping), was an influential teacher of the internal style martial art t'ai chi ch'uan (taijiquan) in China during the second half of the 19th century. He is known as the founder of Yang-style t'ai chi ch'uan, the most popular and widely practised style in the world today.
Hiroshi Matsumoto
Hiroshi Matsumoto is a Japanese engineer and atmospheric scientist. He serves as the president of RIKEN, and until August 2014 was the president of Kyoto University. He is a member of the Japanese government's committee on space policy. He has a Doctorate in Engineering. He was born in Zhangjiakou, China.
Li Huifen
Li Huifen is a Chinese table tennis player. She won a silver medal in the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games in women's singles.
Guo Shoujing
Guo Shoujing, courtesy name Ruosi (若思), was a Chinese astronomer, hydraulic engineer, mathematician, and politician who lived during the Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368). The later Johann Adam Schall von Bell (1591–1666) was so impressed with the preserved astronomical instruments of Guo that he called him "the Tycho Brahe of China." Jamal ad-Din cooperated with him.
Xie Shiguang
Xie Shiguang was a bishop of People's Republic of China's underground Roman Catholic Church.
Zhang Shangwu
Zhang Shangwu is a Chinese former artistic gymnast and member of the national gymnastics team. He gained much attention in the 2010s after it was discovered that his life had turned to stealing and begging on the streets.
Chen Jin
Chen Jin is a retired badminton player from China. He is a former world men's singles champion and an Olympic bronze medalist. He also served as women's singles coach of the China national badminton team.
Zhang Baifa
Zhang Baifa was a Chinese politician and a construction worker by trade. He became a protégé of Wan Li and rose to the position of Vice Mayor and Executive Vice Mayor of Beijing, serving from 1983 to 1995. Zhang was in charge of major construction projects in Beijing, including those in preparation for the 1990 Asian Games, and led the city's unsuccessful bid for the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Shao Yong
Shao Yong, courtesy name Yaofu (堯夫), named Shào Kāngjié (邵康節) was a Chinese philosopher, cosmologist, poet and historian who greatly influenced the development of Neo-Confucianism in China during the Song dynasty.
Jiang Wu
Jiang Wu is a Chinese actor. He starred in Zhang Yimou's To Live (1994), and Zhang Yang's Shower (1999). He is the younger brother of Jiang Wen and is or was a member of the Beijing Experimental Theatre Troupe.