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

Cao Xiong was a son of Cao Cao, a warlord who rose to power towards the end of the Han dynasty and laid the foundation of the state of Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms period of China. Not much was recorded in history about Cao Xiong, except that he died at a relatively young age. His mother was Lady Bian, who also bore Cao Cao another three sons – Cao Pi, Cao Zhang and Cao Zhi. Cao Xiong was the youngest of the four.

Shi Yigong is a Chinese biophysicist in the field of protein X-ray crystallography. He was the Dean of School of Life Sciences of Tsinghua University, and has been the first President of Westlake University since April 2018.

Maik Hamburger was a German translator, writer and dramaturge, regarded as one of the leading Shakespeare scholars of his generation in the German-speaking world.

John Woo Yu-Sen SBS is a Hong Kong film director, producer and screenwriter. He is considered a major influence on the action genre, known for his highly chaotic action sequences, stylized imagery, Mexican standoffs, frequent use of slow motion and allusions to neo-noir, wuxia and Western cinema. He was also a pioneer of heroic bloodshed films and the gun fu genre in Hong Kong action cinema, before working in Hollywood films.

Liu Jieyi is a Chinese diplomat and politician. As of March 2018, he is the current director of the Taiwan Affairs Office. From 2013 to September 2017, he was China's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) in New York City.

Dr. David Chu Yu-lin, JP is a Hong Kong politician. He was one of the founding members of the Hong Kong Progressive Alliance (HKPA), a forerunner of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), and has been a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong as well as the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China.

Li Xi is a Chinese politician. He is a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China and the current Communist Party Secretary of Guangdong province. Li spent much of his career in northwestern China, and served as the party chief of the revolutionary base of Yan'an. He then served as the deputy party chief of Shanghai, then Governor of Liaoning province, then promoted to party secretary.

Li Guangdi, also known by his courtesy name Jinqing (晉卿) and sobriquet Hou'an (厚庵), was a Chinese neo-Confucianist court official during the reign of the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing dynasty.

Fung Hak-On was a Hong Kong actor. He appears in Hong Kong films since the 1960s until mid 2010s.

An Yuexi is a Chinese actress. She is known for her supporting roles as a worm in The Journey of Flower and a servant in Eternal Love; and her lead roles in The Whirlwind Girl 2 and Let's Shake It.