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

Xu Xiangqian was a Chinese Communist military leader and one of the Ten Marshals of the People's Liberation Army. He was the son of a wealthy landowner, but joined Chiang Kai-shek's National Revolutionary Army, against his parents' wishes, in 1924. When the Kuomintang began to fight the Communists in 1927, Xu left Chiang's forces and led a Communist army based in Sichuan under the political authority of Zhang Guotao. After Zhang was purged in the early 1930s, Xu survived politically and rejoined the Red Army, in a less senior position, under the leadership of Mao Zedong.

Christopher Cheung Wah-fung, JP is the founder and chief executive officer of Christfund Securities and a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong representing the Financial Services constituency.

Yu Miu-Lin is a Chinese actress from Hong Kong. Yu is credited with 145 films.

Hu Yanbin, formerly known as Anson Hu, is a Chinese singer, singer-songwriter, music director, and record producer. In 2012, he changed his Latin-script stage name to Tiger Hu with the release of his eighth studio album, One Size Bigger.

Zhang Meng, also known as Alina Zhang, is a Chinese actress. She is most well-known as the winner of the 2004 Miss China Universe and for her role as the Fire Princess in the 2016 television series Ice Fantasy.

Thomas Kwok Ping-kwong is a Hong Kong billionaire, and the former joint chairman and managing director of Sun Hung Kai Properties, the largest property developer in Hong Kong. He received a five-year prison sentence for bribery in 2014.

Chang Ya-juo was the mistress of Chiang Ching-kuo and bore twin sons for him, John Chiang and Winston Chang in 1942. She met Chiang when she was working at a training camp for enlistees in the fight against Japan while he was serving as the head of Gannan Prefecture.

Huang Yi is a Chinese actress and singer. She graduated from the TV Film Department of the Shanghai Institute of Oriental Culture.

Liu Wen is a Chinese model. In 2012, The New York Times dubbed her "China’s first bona fide supermodel". She was the first Chinese model to walk the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, the first East Asian spokesmodel for Estée Lauder cosmetics, and the first Asian model to ever make Forbes magazine's annual highest-paid models list. In 2017, Liu became the second Chinese model to ever appear on the front cover of American Vogue. She is currently represented by The Society Management and is based in New York City.

Yi Shu or Isabel Nee Yeh-su is a popular Hong Kong writer. She is the younger sister of Ni Kuang. She has used other pen names, including Rose (玫瑰), Mui Fon (梅峰), Lok Hon (駱絳), and Luk Kok (陸國).