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

Hu Deping is a Chinese politician and former vice chairman of All-China General Chamber of Industry & Commerce, Secretary of National Association of Industry and Commerce, former chairman of China-Africa Business Council. He is the eldest son of Hu Yaobang.

Mao Anlong was born as the third son of Mao Zedong in 1927 and died in 1931 at the age of 3 or 4. He was the youngest child of Yang Kaihui to die.

Zhou Shuguang, also known as Zuola, is a Taiwanese blogger and citizen journalist. He has become known for traveling around China to document injustice done to citizens.

Xia Da is a Chinese manhua artist. She is best known for creating the comics Zi Bu Yu and Chang Ge Xing, and five million copies of her works have been sold as of 2018. Her art has been noted for its classical style, and have been met with positive reception in both China and Japan.

Xiong Yan is a China-born naturalized American. He was a dissident involved in Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Xiong Yan studied at Beijing University Law School from 1986–1989. He came to the United States of America as a political refugee in 1992, and later became a chaplain in U.S. Army, serving in Iraq. Xiong Yan is the author of three books, and has earned six degrees.

Yi Zhongtian is a Chinese writer and historian. He is also a professor and Ph.D. supervisor at the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Xiamen University's School of Humanities.

Chen Geng was a Chinese military officer who served as a senior general in the People's Liberation Army. Enlisting in the warlord's army at the age of 13, Chen Geng joined the Communist Party of China in 1922 and was accepted to Whampoa Military Academy in 1924. He approached Chiang Kai-shek and even saved his life by preventing him from committing suicide. He served as a Communist spy in the National Revolutionary Army for 6 years. After being discovered, he joined the Communist base in Jiangxi and participated in the Long March. He fought the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and then the Nationalists during the Chinese Civil War. Once the victory obtained, he went to Vietnam to help Hồ Chí Minh against the French during the First Indochina War and then participated in the Korean War with the People's Volunteer Army. He became a senior general in 1955. He then founded an academy of military technologies but died before finalizing the ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs.

Huang Bowen is a Chinese professional footballer who currently plays for Chinese Super League club Guangzhou F.C. He holds the record as the youngest ever goalscorer in top tier Chinese football aged 16 years and 317 days.

Lǐ Lìsān was an early leader of the Chinese communists, a leader of the Chinese Communist Party from 1928 to 1930, member of the Politburo, and later a member of the Central Committee.

Tan Benhong is a lieutenant general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). He was commander of the PLA Hong Kong Garrison in Hong Kong from July 2014 until April 2019. Tan formerly served as commander of the Hainan Military District.