List of Famous people born in Liaoning, People's Republic of China
Dong Jie
Dong Jie is a Chinese actress and dancer.
Zhang Dejiang
Zhang Dejiang is a retired Chinese politician. He served as the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People's Congress, roughly the equivalent of a speaker of parliament in other countries between 2013 and 2018. He was also a member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China, deputy head of the National Security Commission and the top official responsible for Hong Kong and Macau affairs.
Yang Liwei
Yang Liwei is a major general, military pilot, and China National Space Administration astronaut. In October 2003, he became the first person sent into space by the Chinese space program. This mission, Shenzhou 5, made China the third country to independently send humans into space.
Dong Fangzhuo
Dong Fangzhuo is a Chinese former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Sun Jiadong
Sun Jiadong is a Chinese aerospace engineer who is an expert in carrier rocket and satellite technology. He has long served as a leader of Chinese satellite projects, and is currently the chief designer for the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program. Sun is a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and of the International Academy of Astronautics.
Toko Shinoda
Toko Shinoda was a Japanese artist working with sumi ink paintings and prints. Her art merged traditional calligraphy with modern abstract expressionism. A 1983 interview in Time magazine asserted "her trail-blazing accomplishments are analogous to Picasso's". Shinoda's works have been exhibited at the Hague National Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, Cincinnati Art Museum, and other leading museums of the world.
Li Hongzhong
Li Hongzhong is a Chinese politician, serving as Communist Party Secretary of Tianjin and a member of the 19th Politburo of the Communist Party of China. Born in Shenyang, Li spent much of his early career in Guangdong province, including as mayor, then party secretary of Shenzhen. He was transferred to Hubei province in 2007 and would go on to serve as Governor and party secretary there.
Silence Wong
Silence Wang is a Chinese pop singer and songwriter. He made his debut with the album Slowly Understand (慢慢懂) on 19 November 2010, and now he has published 8 albums. His songs range from hip hop and rap to contemporary pop.
Sergei Stepashin
Sergei Vadimovich Stepashin is a Russian politician who briefly served as Prime Minister of Russia in 1999. Prior to this he had been appointed as federal security minister by President Boris Yeltsin in 1994, a position from which he resigned in 1995 as a consequence of the Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis. Subsequent to his tenure as Prime Minister he served as Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of Russia from 2000 until 2013.
Na Ying
Na Ying is a Chinese singer and musical judge. She is known for her prominent recent roles as a judge on Chinese TV singing shows such as The Voice of China.