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

Shen Yueyue is a Chinese politician, former regional official, and is the current President of the All-China Women's Federation, and a Vice-Chairwoman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee. In her early career she served in Zhejiang province, before going to Anhui province and later the Central Organization Department.

Gao Hongbo is a retired Chinese football striker and head coach of China League One side Beijing Enterprises. He previously managed the China national football team from 2009 to 2011, and in 2016. Appointed in May 2009, Gao became the youngest man to take the helm in 30 years.

Yu Lihua was a Chinese writer who authored over thirty works - novels, short stories, newspaper articles and translations in a span of sixty years. She is regarded as "one of the five most influential Chinese-born women writers in the postwar era and the progenitor of the Chinese students’ overseas genre." She wrote primarily in Chinese, drawing on her experience as a Chinese émigré in postwar America. She was celebrated in the diaspora for giving voice to what she called the "rootless generation" — émigrés who had left for a better life but remained nostalgic for their homeland.

Sanyu or Chang Yu was a Chinese-French painter.

Li Min, original name Mao Jiaojiao, is a Chinese politician who is the daughter of Mao Zedong and his third wife, He Zizhen. Her surname is Li rather than Mao, because Mao had changed his name to "Li Desheng" for a period of time to prevent from being chased by the Kuomintang army during the Chinese Civil War.

Duan Yihong is a Chinese actor best known for his role as Yuan Lang in Soldiers Sortie (2006), Long Wenzhang in My Chief and My Regiment (2009), and Hei Wa in White Deer Plain (2011).

Yu Kuo-hwa was the Premier of the Republic of China from 1984 to 1989.

Zhang Jue was the leader of the Yellow Turban Rebellion during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He was said to be a follower of Taoism and a sorcerer. His name is sometimes read as Zhang Jiao, since the Chinese character of Zhang's given name can be read as either "Jiao" or "Jue". "Jue" is the traditional or literary reading, while "Jiao" is the modern or colloquial one.

Dong Chengpeng, known professionally as Da Peng, is a Chinese actor, director, scriptwriter, presenter, and singer.

Zhao Lei, is a Chinese folk singer and musician. He released the first record "赵小雷" in 2011, which includes the hit song "南方姑娘".