List of Famous people born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Lin Yi-shih is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan in 2012.

Kao Sheng-mei, also known as Sammi Kao, is a Taiwanese pop singer of Bunun and Han Chinese descent. She won "Best Mandarin Artist" at the 1992 4th Golden Melody Awards.

Lee Si-chen, is a Taiwanese engineer specializing in semiconductors, a researcher in amorphous silicon in the early development in Taiwan, and an IEEE Fellow. He has been a professor of electrical engineering since 1982 and the president of National Taiwan University from 2005 to 2013.

Huang Fei is a Taiwanese Hokkien pop singer.

Chen Chi-chuan, also known as Tan Khe-chhoan was a member of the "Chen family from Kaohsiung". He was a Taiwanese politician and businessman who served as the mayor of Kaohsiung between 1960 and 1968, and the co-founder and chair of Kaohsiung Medical College. Chen is a son of Chen Chung-he (陳中和), a sugar industrialist in the Japanese-ruled Taiwan.

Yi-Chuan Lin is a Taiwanese baseball player for the Fubon Guardians of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL).

Tai Chen-yao was a Taiwanese politician. He served three terms in the Legislative Yuan, from 1990 to 1996 and again from 1999 to 2002, and was later named vice chairman of the Council of Agriculture.

Huang Shih-Feng is a Taiwanese track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. He is the Taiwanese record holder for the event with a personal best of 83.82 m.

Hsiang Chun-Hsien is a Taiwanese athlete specialising in the high jump. He won the silver medal at the 2015 Asian Championships and the bronze at the 2015 Summer Universiade.