List of Famous people born in Hubei, People's Republic of China
Tang Can
Tang Can is a Chinese singer.
Ma Su
Ma Su (190–228), courtesy name Youchang, was a military general and strategist of the state of Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms period of China. Ma Su had conspicuous talent in military theories and was admired by the Shu chancellor Zhuge Liang. However, a tactical blunder by Ma Su at the Battle of Jieting resulted in Shu being dealt a huge defeat by Zhang He, a general of the rival state of Wei. He was a younger brother of Ma Liang.
Edward Leung
Edward Leung Tin-kei is a Hong Kong politician and activist. He is the former spokesperson of Hong Kong Indigenous, a localist group. He advocates Hong Kong independence, and coined the slogan "Liberate Hong Kong, the revolution of our times" during the 2016 by-election, which was later widely used in 2019–20 Hong Kong protests.
Qu Yuan
Qu Yuan was a Chinese poet and politician who lived during the Warring States period. He is known for his patriotism and contributions to classical poetry and verses, especially through the poems of the Chu Ci anthology : a volume of poems attributed to or considered to be inspired by his verse writing. Together with the Shi Jing, the Chu Ci is one of the two greatest collections of ancient Chinese verse. He is also remembered in connection to the supposed origin of the Dragon Boat Festival.
Zhu Yilong
Zhu Yilong is a Chinese actor. He is best known for his roles in the television series Love Three Lives (2014), The Shaw Eleven Lang (2016), Border Town Prodigal (2016), Guardian (2018), The Story of Minglan (2018) and Reunion: The Sound of the Providence (2020).
Wu Qian
Janice Wu is a Chinese actress. She rose to fame for portraying young Zhao Mosheng in the 2015 hit romance drama My Sunshine, and gained attention for her roles in the television series My Amazing Boyfriend (2016), Fighter of the Destiny (2017), Le Coup de Foudre (2019) The Brightest Star in the Sky (2019) and Skate Into Love (2020).
Yang Xiaobo
Yang Xiaobo was a Chinese structural engineer, politician, and insurance executive. He served as President of the Central South Architectural Design Institute (2003–2007), Mayor of Huangshi, Hubei (2009–2014), and President of Changjiang Property Insurance Company (2014–2020), and was a delegate to the 12th National People's Congress (2013–2018). He died of severe pneumonia during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lü Xiaojun
Lü Xiaojun is a Chinese weightlifter. He is an Olympic champion and five time world champion competing in the 77 kg category until 2018 and 81 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.
Wang Kai
Wang Kai is a Chinese actor. He is known for his television roles in All Quiet in Peking (2014), The Disguiser (2015), Nirvana in Fire (2015), Ode to Joy (2016), When a Snail Falls in Love (2016), Stay With Me (2016), and Like a Flowing River (2018), as well as his film role in The Devotion of Suspect X.
Hsu Li-teh
Hsu Li-teh is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Vice Premier of the Republic of China from 1993 to 1997.