List of Famous people born in Hubei, People's Republic of China
Xie Fuzhan
Xie Fuzhan is a Chinese economist and politician who serves as the President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Previously he served as the Communist Party Secretary and governor of Henan province, and before that, the Director of China's National Bureau of Statistics and the State Council Research Office.
Ye Mingchen
Ye Mingchen was a high-ranking Chinese official during the Qing dynasty, known for his resistance to British influence in Canton (Guangzhou) in the aftermath of the First Opium War and his role in the beginning of the Second Opium War.
Li Dashuang
Li Dashuang is a Chinese artistic gymnast and twin brother of Li Xiaoshuang.
Xu Fan
Xu Fan is a Chinese actress and Asian Film Awards winner. She married film director Feng Xiaogang in 1999 and has starred in a number of films and television series directed by her husband.
Yang Jie
Yang Jie was a Chinese television director and producer best known for her work Journey to the West, adapted from the 16th century Ming dynasty novelist Wu Cheng'en's classical novel of the same title.
Mao Ni
Mao Ni is a Chinese author of xianxia novels. His most famous work is the web novel, Ze Tian Ji which has been adapted into an action TV drama, Fighter of the Destiny. In 2017, it was placed first on the Chinese social media site Weibo's poll of most-anticipated TV dramas of 2017. His web novel Jiang Ye (Nightfall) was adapted into the TV series Ever Night. His novels are published on the Webnovel platform, an English-language website and mobile platform launched by China Literature, Chinas largest online publishing company.
Yao Jie
Yao Jie is a Chinese-born female badminton player who now resides in the Netherlands.
Tian Bingyi
Tian Bingyi is a former badminton star from China. Though he played some singles internationally early in his career, he soon specialised in men's doubles.
Li Xiaoshuang
Li Xiaoshuang is a Chinese gymnast and Olympic champion.