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

Peidong Yang is a Chinese-American chemist, material scientist, and businessman. He is currently a Professor at the University of California, Berkeley and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a Professor of Chemistry and a Professor of Materials Science. His research group studies the synthesis of nanomaterials and their electronic and optical properties. He is also a Department Head at the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, Senior Faculty Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Deputy Director of the Center of Integrated Nanomechanical Systems (COINS). He is an associate editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society, an American Chemical Society Journal.

Zuo Quan, also named Zuo Shuren (左叔仁), born in Liling, Hunan, was a general in the Chinese Red Army during the Chinese revolution and the war against Japan, and a senior staff officer of the Eighth Route Army. He died in combat in 1942.

Di Qing (1008–1057), formerly romanized as Ti Ch'ing, was a military general of the Northern Song dynasty.

Kai Lai Chung was a Chinese American mathematician known for his significant contributions to modern probability theory.

Cheng Yonghua is a Chinese diplomat who served as Ambassador to Japan from 2010 to 2019.

Sun Wen is a retired Chinese professional football (soccer) player. She previously captained the China women's national football team and the Atlanta Beat of the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA).

Tong Zhonggui, known by the pen name of Su Tong is a Chinese writer. He was born in Suzhou and lives in Nanjing.

Sherry Chen, or Chen Shuang, is a Chinese-Canadian actress based in Hong Kong. She was the winner of Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant 2006 and Miss Chinese International Pageant 2007 Second Runner-Up. She acted in OL Supreme as Bak Mai which is her best known role, which was well received by audiences. She also acted many minor and supporting characters due to lack of Cantonese fluency.

Zhou Jihong, born 11 January 1965 in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, is a Chinese diver who won the first gold medal for Chinese diving.