List of Famous people born in Hong Kong

Elaine Chan Yu Ning is a two-time Olympic swimmer from Hong Kong, specialized in freestyle events. At age sixteen, Chan first competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she finished forty-seventh in the women's 50 m freestyle, with a time of 27.48 seconds. Following her remarkable performance at the Olympics, Chan granted a full scholarship to the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, where she trained with the college swimming team for 18 months. In 2007, Chan returned to Hong Kong to pursue her education with a bachelor's degree in economics and finance at the University of Hong Kong, while she trained with the national team in preparation for the Olympics. She qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and competed for the second time in women's 50 m freestyle. She swam in the seventh heat of the competition, with a time of 26.54 seconds, bettering her personal best from the previous Olympics, but finishing only in forty-fourth place.

Wu Yi, also known as Philip Wu and Philip Lau, is a Chinese pop singer who was the second runner-up of Super Boy, a singing talent show of Hunan TV in 2010. He is also the champion and second runner-up in Canadian and North American area of the "Karaoke King" competition in 2009. From Hunan province.

Heiward Mak Hei-yan is a Hong Kong film director, writer and producer. Her work has been featured at various international film festivals including Singapore, Bratislava and Fribourg. In 2011 she won a Hong Kong Film Award for Best Screenplay for her writing on Love in a Puff.