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

Zhang Zhidong was a Chinese official who lived during the late Qing dynasty. Along with Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang, Zhang Zhidong was one of the four most famous officials of the late Qing dynasty. Known for advocating controlled reform and modernization of Chinese troops, he served as the Governor of Shanxi Province and Viceroy of Huguang, Liangguang and Liangjiang, and also as a member of the Grand Council. He took a leading role in the abolition of the Imperial examination system in 1905. The Red Guards destroyed his tomb in 1966 during the Cultural Revolution. His remains were rediscovered in 2007 and reburied with honors.

Zhang Mo is a female Chinese-born table tennis player who now represents Canada. She was born in Shijiazhuang, and currently resides in Vancouver.

Yang Haoran is a Chinese sport shooter. He has collected a career tally of fourteen medals and broke eight world junior records in air rifle shooting at major international competitions, spanning the Youth Olympics, Asian Games, World Championships, and World Cup series. Having pursued the sport since age 12, Yang trained full-time as a member of the Chinese shooting team, at the sports academy in Chengde, under his personal coach and 2000 Olympic champion Cai Yalin.

Jie Schöpp, née Shi, is a Chinese-born, German international table tennis player.

Yang Lien-sheng who often wrote under the name L.S. Yang, was a Chinese-American sinologist and professor at Harvard University. He was the first full-time historian of China at Harvard and a prolific scholar specializing in China's economic history.

Sun Li, courtesy name Deda, was a Chinese military general and politician of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He was from Rongcheng County, Zhuo Commandery, which is present-day Rongcheng County, Hebei. He was known for being generous, loyal and brave.

E Jingping is a Chinese engineer and politician currently serving as Minister of Water Resources.

Luo Shugang is a politician of the People's Republic of China. He has been the Minister of Culture since December 2014. He formerly served as executive deputy director of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China.

Guo Gengmao is a politician of the People's Republic of China. He served as Communist Party Secretary and Governor of Henan Province, as well as Governor of his native Hebei Province.

Ruan Chongwu is a politician of the People's Republic of China.