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

Yang Jing is a former Chinese politician of Mongol heritage. He previously served as State Councilor and Secretary-General of the State Council, and the President of the Chinese Academy of Governance.

Tengger, also known as Tenger or Tengri, is a Chinese singer, songwriter and composer of Mongol ethnicity. He was born in Otog Banner, Inner Mongolia in the Sainbayar family.

Bayanqolu is a Chinese politician. He is the Communist Party Secretary and former Governor of Jilin Province in Northeastern China; Bayanqolu was, at the time of his appointment, the only ethnic-minority official serving as a provincial-level Party Secretary.

Mengke Bateer, commonly referred to simply as Bateer in China, is a retired Chinese Inner Mongolian professional basketball player. A tall and imposing presence at the center position, he played parts of three seasons in the NBA, winning the NBA Finals during one of them. However, he spent the majority of his career competing in the Chinese Basketball Association for the Beijing Ducks as the winner of CBA finals and later with the Xinjiang Flying Tigers before ending his career with the Sichuan Blue Whales in the lesser National Basketball League. Mengke scored a total of 8 points with the Toronto Raptors on his last season in the NBA.