List of Famous people born in People's Republic of China
Cheng Pei-pei
Cheng Pei-pei is a Chinese actress perhaps best known for her performance in the 1966 King Hu wuxia film Come Drink with Me and, in the West, for her portrayal of Jade Fox in the award-winning 2000 wuxia film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Cai Yuanpei
Cai Yuanpei was a Chinese philosopher and politician as well as an influential educationalist in the history of Chinese modern education. He made contributions to education reform with his own education ideology. He was the president of Peking University, and founder of the Academia Sinica. He was known for his critical evaluation of Chinese culture and synthesis of Chinese and Western thinking, including anarchism. He got involved in the New Culture, May Fourth Movements, and the feminist movement. His works involve aesthetic education, politics, education reform, etc.
Jony J
Xiao Jia, known professionally as Jony J, is a Chinese rapper and songwriter. Born and raised in Fuzhou, China, he debuted his rapping career through releasing a mixtape in 2013. In 2016, he founded his record label Shooc Studio and released his debut studio album. In 2017, he took part in the Chinese competition show, The Rap of China, and won fourth place. In 2020, he served as a rap mentor on the Chinese girl group survival reality show, Youth with You .
George F. Gao
Gao Fu, also known as George Fu Gao, is a Chinese virologist and immunologist. He has served as Director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention since 2017 and Dean of the Savaid Medical School of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences since 2015.
Qin Hailu
Qin Hailu is a Chinese actress, screenwriter and singer. She has won Best Actress at the Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards, Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award and Golden Bauhinia Awards.
Dorgon
Dorgon, formally known as Prince Rui, was a Manchu prince and regent of the early Qing dynasty. Born in the Aisin Gioro clan as the 14th son of Nurhaci, Dorgon started his career in military campaigns against the Ming dynasty, Mongols and Koreans during the reign of his eighth brother, Hong Taiji, who succeeded their father.
Jia Qing
Jia Qing is a Chinese actress and singer. She is known for her roles in television dramas The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, The Deer and the Cauldron, The Wife's Lies and its sister series The Lover's Lies, and God of War, Zhao Yun.
Li Xin'ai
Li Xin’ai, also known as Lee Hsin Ai, is a Chinese actress. She is of one-quarter Russian origin. She made her acting debut in Jay Chou's film The Rooftop.
Bao Shichen
Bao Shichen was a calligrapher and reformist scholar in the early nineteenth century. Under the Qing administration, Bao made numerous important suggestions regarding the areas of military affairs, laws and politics, the grain tribute system, the salt monopoly, and the improvement of agricultural practice.
Li Jinai
Li Jinai is a general in the People's Liberation Army.