List of Famous people born in Jingzhou, People's Republic of China
Chen Long
Chen Long, is a Chinese professional badminton player. He is the reigning Olympic champion and two-time World champion and All England champion.
Guan Chenchen
Guan Chenchen is a Chinese artistic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic champion and the 2020 Chinese national champion on balance beam. On the junior level, she was a member of the Chinese team who won silver at the inaugural Junior World Championships.
Wan Exiang
Wan Exiang is a Chinese politician, jurist, chairperson of the Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang (2012–present), Vice Chairperson of the 12th and 13th National People's Congress Standing Committees (2013–present).
Wu Zixu
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".
Empress Xiao
Empress Xiao, formally Empress Min, was an empress of the Chinese Sui Dynasty. Her husband was Emperor Yang of Sui.
Zhu Jingjing
Zhu Jingjing is a Chinese badminton player. Born in Shashi, Hubei, Zhu joined the Guangdong team in 1999, and was selected to join the national team in 2001. She was part of the national junior team that competed at the 2002 Asian Junior Championships, winning the gold medal in the girls' team event, and a bronze medal in the singles event. Zhu then suffered lumbar hernia during exercise, and was sent back to Guangdong. Zhu who played for the Guangdong team, became the runner-up at the 2006 National Championships, and was called back to join the national team. In the international event, she was the champion at the 2007 Vietnam Open.
Wang Zhiyi
Wang Zhiyi is a Chinese badminton player from Shashi, Jingzhou, in Hubei province. She started her career as a badminton player by trained in Jingzhou sports school. She went to the Hubei provincial training centre in 2009, and was selected to join team in 2013. In 2016, Wang joined the national team, and became the national second team in 2017. She was the girls' singles champion at the 2018 Asian Junior Championships, also helps the national team clinched the mixed team title. Wang represented her country competed at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and clinched the girls' singles silver.
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.
Wang Xianliang
Wang Xianliang was a Chinese politician and government official who served as the head of the bureau level of Wuhan Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee.
Luo Qingquan
Luo Qingquan was a politician of the People's Republic of China and the former Governor and Communist Party Chief of Hubei province.