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

Fan Zhiyi is a Chinese coach and former international footballer. He played as a defender for Shanghai Shenhua, Crystal Palace, Dundee, Shanghai International, Cardiff City, Buler Rangers and Shanghai Zobon.

Eddie Ng Hak-kim GBS, JP is a former Secretary for Education in the Hong Kong Government. From 2017, he is a temporary adjunct professor at the MBA Centre of Shanghai University.

Wang Xiaodong is a Chinese politician and current Deputy Party Committee Secretary and Governor of Hubei province. Originally from Jiangxi province, Wang spent his early career in his home province and in Guizhou. He was transferred to Hubei in 2011.

Yam Kim-fai, also known as Ren Jianhui was a renowned Cantonese opera actress in China and Hong Kong.

Liu Yong (987–1053) was a Chinese poet of the Song Dynasty. He was born in Chong'an (崇安), Fujian, but his ancestral home was in present-day Yongji, Shanxi.

Chang Hsien-yi is a scientist who served as deputy director of Taiwan's Institute of Nuclear Energy Research (INER). He defected to the United States in 1988 after he exposed Taiwan's nuclear weapons program, causing it to shut down under American pressure.

Lin Jianhua is a Chinese chemist who served as president of Peking University from 2015 to 2018. Previously he was president of Chongqing University from December 2010 to June 2013, and president of Zhejiang University between June 2013 to February 2015.

Shu Hongbing is a Chinese cytologist and immunologist. He became a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2011 and TWAS in 2012. Shu is mainly known for his work on cell signal transduction related to immunity.

Li Cunxin is a Chinese-Australian former ballet dancer turned stockbroker. He is currently the artistic director of the Queensland Ballet in Brisbane, Australia.

Chen Wei is a Chinese epidemiologist and virologist specializing in biodefense, currently researcher and doctoral adviser at the Academy of Military Medical Sciences, and an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE).