List of Famous people born in Hubei, People's Republic of China
Huang Chengyan
Huang Chengyan was a reclusive scholar who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He was from Miannan (沔南), Jing Province, which is around present-day Honghu, Hubei. He was known for being carefree and open-minded.
Liu Shouxiang
Liu Shouxiang was a Chinese watercolor painter and professor at the Hubei Institute of Fine Arts. His work won many awards and was collected by many art museums. He was also a member of the China Democratic League.
Yuan Wemyss
Yuan Wemyss is a former Chinese-born Scottish badminton player who won Scottish National Championships for 13 times.
Fu Mingtian
Fu Mingtian is a China born Singaporean badminton player. Fu came to Singapore in 2003 and became a Singapore citizen in 2007 under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme. Fu became the first female Singaporean player to win the Southeast Asian Games women's singles badminton Gold medal in 2011 at the 26th SEA Games in Indonesia. She beat second-seed Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand 21–12, 21–18 en route to the Final match. In the Finals, she beat home favourite Adriyanti Firdasari of Indonesia 14–21, 21–12, 22–20. Despite Fu's achievements, she was not selected for the 2012 Summer Olympics and Gu Juan was selected.
Zhou Hongyi
Zhou Hongyi is a Chinese billionaire entrepreneur. He is the co-founder, chairman and CEO of the Internet security company Qihoo 360. As of November 2018, he is ranked #45 on Forbes China Rich List 2018 and #135 on Forbes Billionaires 2018, with an estimated net worth of $4.7 billion.
He Xiaopeng
He Xiaopeng is a Chinese entrepreneur, best known for co-founding companies including Xpeng Motors, an intelligent electric vehicle manufacturer, and UCWeb Inc., the Chinese mobile Internet software and service provider he co-founded in 2004. UCWeb was acquired by Alibaba Group in June 2014 in the largest M&A deal ever in Chinese internet industry. After acquisition, he was named as president of UCWeb and president of the Alibaba Mobile Business Group, and later served as the president of Tudou & Ali Games.
Wang Xin
Wang Xin ; birth name Wang Ruoxue, born August 11, 1992 in Wuhan, Hubei) is a Chinese athlete who competes in diving. She initially trained at Tsinghua University with controversial diving coach Yu Fen before moving to the national team in 2006. She competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Wang Jianjun
Wang Jianjun is a Chinese provincial politician, currently serving as the CPC Secretary of Qinghai Province.
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Ke Huibing
Ke Huibing was a Chinese management scientist, professor and doctoral advisor at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology.