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

Fu Mingxia is a retired Chinese female diver, multiple Olympic gold medalist and world champion. She won the platform-diving world championship in 1991 at the age of 12, making her the youngest diving champ of all time. She is also famous for being one of the youngest Olympic diving champions, having earned a gold at the 1992 Barcelona Games when she was just 13 years and 345 days old. Throughout the 1990s, Fu dominated the sport with her repertoire of extremely difficult dives. During the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Fu won her fourth gold medal, joining Americans Pat McCormick and Greg Louganis as the world's only quadruple Olympic-diving champions.

Jia Ling whose full name is Jia Yu Ling is a Chinese xiangsheng performer, actress and comedian who rose to fame after appearing at the 2010 Spring Festival Gala. She was born in Xiangyang, Hubei Province. She founded the company called Big Bowl (大碗娱乐）in 2016 with Sun Ji Bin and Li Kun.

Ruan Chengfa is a Chinese politician, serving since 2016 as the deputy Communist Party Secretary and Governor of Yunnan. Previously, he served as the Communist Party Secretary of Wuhan, the mayor of Huangshi, the head of the General Office of the Hubei provincial government, the vice governor of Hubei, and party chief of Xiangfan.

Zhou Qiang is a Chinese politician who is the current Chief Justice and President of the Supreme People's Court of China. Previously, he served as the secretary of the Communist Party of China Hunan committee, first-in-charge of the central Chinese province. He served as the province's governor between 2007 and 2010. Zhou also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Youth League of China between 1998 and 2006.

Yin Haiguang was a Chinese author, educator and philosopher from Taiwan.

Wu Yun, better known by his courtesy name Zixu, was a general and politician of the Wu kingdom in the Spring and Autumn period. Since his death, he has evolved into a model of loyalty in Chinese culture. He is the best known historical figure with the Chinese family name "Wu" (伍). All branches of the Wu clan claim that he was their "first ancestor".

Qin Yongmin is a Chinese author, political commentator, human rights activist and co-founder of the Democratic Party of China.

Pang Tong (179–214), courtesy name Shiyuan, was an adviser to the warlord Liu Bei in the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. In his youth, he was disregarded because of his plain looking however Sima Hui highly esteemed him calling him the "the crown of learned men in Jing Province". He studied under him along with Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu and Xiang Lang and was given the nickname of "Fledgling Phoenix". Because of his friendly attitude, he worked as an appraiser in Nan Commandery. When reviewing someone, he would prioritize their virtue over their abilities and would encourage them to help others.

Jiang Fangzhou is a Chinese infant prodigy author. She is currently a student in Tsinghua University and the author of nine books, among which Unlatched the Window onto the Paradise is her prose works published when she was 9 and was later adapted for a comic book; and We are Growing is her first novel published in September 2001 and in November its traditional Chinese edition appeared in Taiwan; and Preadolescence in May 2002; Look over Here in October 2002; I am an Animal a long fairy tale in October, 2003, was later adapted for a stage play; The True Story of the Mischievous Child, a column, began to appear both in The Beijing News and Southern Metropolis Daily in November, 2003, was formally published in October 2004; The Rainbow Rider in July 2006; Number One Schoolgirl in July 2007, and Features of Rumors in January 2009.

Yuan Shanshan also known as Mabel Yuan is a Chinese actress and singer. She is noted for her roles as in the Gong series: Palace II (2012) and Palace III (2013); as well as Swordsman (2013) and Jian Bing Man (2015).