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

Liu Haoran, also known as Turbo Liu, is a Chinese actor.

Abudushalamu Abudurexiti is a Chinese professional basketball player for the Xinjiang Flying Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).

Liu Guoliang is a retired Chinese table tennis player who has won all titles at major world tournaments including World Championships, World Cup and Olympic Games. The second man to achieve a career grand slam of 3 majors. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest players and coaches of all time. He has also played with Kong Linghui in the doubles.

Xu Qiling is a general (Shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). He is now the commander of the Western Theater Command. He formerly served as commander of the Western Theater Command Ground Force, commander of the Eastern Theater Command Ground Force, and commander of the 79th Group Army.

Zhang Zifeng, also known as Wendy Zhang, is a Chinese actress currently attending Beijing Film Academy. She is widely considered one of the best young actors in China today.

Zhang Meng, also known as Lemon Zhang, is a Chinese actress, singer and model. She graduated from Beijing Film Academy.

Qin Shupei is a Chinese supermodel and actress.

Daniella Wang, born Wang Lidan, is a Chinese actress and fashion model of Mongolian ethnicity. Daniella Wang is best known for acting in a Hong Kong Category III film Due West: Our Sex Journey.

Xu Zhiyong is a Chinese civil rights activist and formerly a lecturer at the Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications. He was one of the founders of the NGO Open Constitution Initiative and an active rights lawyer in China who helped those underprivileged. He is the main founder and icon of the New Citizens' Movement in China. In January 2014 he was sentenced to four years in prison for "gathering crowds to disrupt public order". He was detained again on February 15, 2020, in the southern city of Guangzhou.

Chen Quanguo is a Chinese politician and current Communist Party Secretary of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and a member of the 19th Politburo of the Communist Party of China. Most recently, he was the Communist Party Secretary of Tibet Autonomous Region. Originally from Henan province, Chen was among the first batch of students to graduate university after the resumption of Gaokao examinations in 1978.