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

Zhang Ning is a former badminton player from the People's Republic of China. She won the Olympic gold medal twice for women's singles in both 2004 and 2008. She has played badminton on the world scene since the mid-1990s and has been particularly successful since 2002 while in her late twenties and early thirties, relatively late for singles at the highest level, and especially for top players in the Chinese system who are developed very early. She is known for her consistency of shot, deception and constant pressure, dictating the pace of rallies and working her opponents in all four corners of the court. She is the only female player to win consecutive Olympic singles gold medals. She also became World champion in 2003 and has a total of five medals of all colours in the competition.

Zhu Shanlu is a Chinese politician who served as the Communist Party Secretary of Peking University from 2011 to 2016. He previously served as Party Secretary of the city of Nanjing.

Zhao Jiwei, born August 25, 1995) is a Chinese professional basketball player who plays for the Liaoning Flying Leopards of the Chinese Basketball Association.

Guo Yue is a Chinese table tennis player and the 2007 women's world champion.

Liu Zhihua is a former vice-mayor of Beijing. He was dismissed in 2006, and received a suspended death sentence for taking bribes of over six million yuan in October 2008.

Guo Ailun is a Chinese professional basketball player who plays for Liaoning Flying Leopards of the Chinese Basketball Association and for the Chinese national team. He is the first Chinese basketball player to sign with Jordan Brand. He is the nephew of former Chinese professional basketball player Guo Shiqiang.

Sun Haiying is a Chinese actor.

Runze Hao is a Chinese footballer playing as a defender. The last team that he played for was Radnički Niš in the Serbian SuperLiga. He is the son of Hao Haidong, who is the all-time top scorer of the Chinese national team.

Li Jiahang is a Chinese actor.

Zheng Shuang is a Chinese film actress. She received classical training as a Daoma Dan (刀馬旦) in Beijing opera.