List of Famous people born in Hualien County, Taiwan
Umin Boya
Umin Boya, also known as Ma Chih-hsiang, is a Taiwanese aborigine writer, director and actor, and director of the historical baseball film Kano (2014). He also starred in Wei Te-sheng's Seediq Bale (2011).
Waa Wei
Waa Wei is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter, radio DJ, author, actress and artist. She was the former lead vocalist of the indie band Natural Q. She has published six solo albums: La Dolce Vita in 2007, Graceful Porcupine in 2010, No Crying in 2012, You Lovely Bastard in 2014, Run! Frantic Flowers! in 2016, and Hidden, Not Forgotten in 2019.
Bokeh Kosang
Bokeh Kosang is a Taiwanese actor and singer of Truku ethnicity.
Lo Chih-chiang
Lo Chih-chiang is Taiwanese politician and a member of the Kuomintang (KMT). From 2010 to 2013, he was first the spokesperson and then the Deputy Secretary-General of the ROC Presidential Office. He was elected to the Taipei City Council in 2018. In 2020, at the invitation of KMT chairman Johnny Chiang, he assumed the directorship of the party school, the Institute of Revolutionary Practice.
Wu Maw-kuen
Maw-Kuen Wu is a Taiwanese physicist specializing in superconductivity, low-temperature physics, and high-pressure physics. He was a professor of physics at University of Alabama (Huntsville), Columbia University, and National Tsing Hua University, the Director of the Institute of Physics at Academia Sinica, the president of the National Dong Hwa University, and is currently a distinguished research fellow of the Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica.
Yeh Kuang-shih
Yeh Kuang-shih is a Taiwanese politician and management scientist. He was the Minister of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications from 18 February 2013 until 9 January 2015, and one of the three deputy mayors of Kaohsiung within the municipal administration of Han Kuo-yu from 25 December 2018 to 12 June 2020.
Evonne Sie
Sie Yi-lin, also known as Evonne Sie, is a Taiwanese actress. Sie made her acting debut in Chinese film series Tiny Times (2013-2015), which helped her achieve popularity in the Greater China region.
T.H. Tung
Tzu-Hsien Tung is a Taiwanese businessman and philanthropist. He is a co-founder and former vice chairman of Asus. He serves as the chairman of Pegatron.
Wang Shin-lung
Wang Shin-lung is a general officer of the Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan. He became Commanding General of the Republic of China Army on 1 December 2016.
Ehlo Huang
Ehlo Huang is a Taiwanese actor and singer who is a member of Taiwanese group 183 Club. He is of Hakka and Amis descent.