List of Famous people born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chen Chien-jen

First Name Chen
Last Name Chien-jen
Born on June 6, 1951 (age 73)
Born in Taiwan, Kaohsiung

Chen Chien-jen OS KSG KHS is a Taiwanese epidemiologist and politician. He joined the Chen Shui-bian presidential administration in 2003 as leader of the Department of Health, serving through 2005. He later headed the National Science Council between 2006 and 2008. Chen then served as a vice president of Academia Sinica from 2011 to 2015. Later that year, Chen joined Tsai Ing-wen on the Democratic Progressive Party presidential ticket. He served one term as Vice President of the Republic of China, from 2016 to 2020.

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Hsu Kun-yuan

First Name Hsu
Last Name Kun-yuan
Born on May 1, 1957
Died on June 6, 2020 (aged 63)
Born in Taiwan, Kaohsiung

Hsu Kun-yuan was a Taiwanese politician. He was born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. He was a member of the Kuomintang. He was a member of the Kaohsiung City Council from 1994 until his death. From 2010 to 2014 and again from 2018 until his death, he was Speaker of the City Council.

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Chiu Yi

First Name Chiu
Last Name Yi
Born on May 8, 1956 (age 68)
Born in Taiwan, Kaohsiung

Chiu Yi is a former Kuomintang and People First Party legislator of the Republic of China (Taiwan) known for his pro-CCP unification views. He has also been a member of the New Party.

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Hou Dejian

First Name Hou
Last Name Dejian
Born on October 1, 1956 (age 68)
Born in Taiwan, Kaohsiung

Hou Dejian, is a songwriter, composer, and singer from Taiwan.

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Lee Yung-te

First Name Lee
Last Name Yung-te
Born on May 30, 1955 (age 69)
Born in Taiwan, Kaohsiung

Lee Yung-te is a Taiwanese politician. He served as the Minister of the Hakka Affairs Council from March 2005 to March 2008 and was reappointed to the position in April 2016.

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Yang Chiu-hsing

First Name Yang
Last Name Chiu-hsing
Born on May 15, 1956 (age 68)
Born in Taiwan, Kaohsiung

Yang Chiu-hsing is a Taiwanese politician. He was a Minister without Portfolio in the Executive Yuan and Magistrate of Kaohsiung County.

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Tzu-Wei Lin

First Name Tzu-Wei
Last Name Lin
Born on February 15, 1994 (age 30)
Born in Taiwan, Kaohsiung

Tzu-Wei Lin, is a Taiwanese baseball infielder for the Minnesota Twins organization. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox. He has played in MLB with Boston each season from 2017 through 2020. Nicknamed Tzunami by MLB fans, Lin has been touted as the next "Linsanity" after Jeremy Lin.

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Rachel Liang

First Name Rachel
Last Name Liang
Born on April 8, 1987 (age 37)
Born in Taiwan, Kaohsiung

Rachel Liang or Liang Wen-yin is a Taiwanese Mandopop singer.

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Tsai Hsiao-hu

First Name Tsai
Last Name Hsiao-hu
Born on October 25, 1962 (age 62)
Born in Taiwan, Kaohsiung

Tsai Hsiao-hu is a Taiwanese Hokkien pop singer. He is nicknamed Prince of Pork as he worked in a family-owned pork butchery.

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Yang Hung-duen

First Name Yang
Last Name Hung-duen
Born on September 3, 1956 (age 68)
Born in Taiwan, Kaohsiung

Yang Hung-duen is a Taiwanese physicist. Yang was the president of National Sun Yat-sen University from 2008 to 2016, when he was selected to lead the Ministry of Science and Technology.

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