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

Niu Heting, better known by his pen name Wolong Sheng, was a Chinese writer of wuxia novels.

Yan Xing, courtesy name Yanming, later renamed Yan Yan, was a military officer serving under the warlord Han Sui during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China.

Bai Chunli is a Chinese physical chemist, nanoscientist, and politician, who is Professor of the CAS Institute of Chemistry and former President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He also serves as President of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), co-chairman of the China Association for Science and Technology, and President of the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Ge Jun, is the associate professor and master instructor of College of Mathematics and Computer Science of Nanjing Normal University. Ge took part in the composing and designing process of the mathematics paper of the National College Entrance Examination for several times. The papers of the year 2003, 2010 and 2012 were regarded as “extremely difficult” by examinees. As a result, he is called "the Emperor of Mathematics" by netizens in China. Some media also use this nickname.

Liu Peng is a Chinese Communist Party politician, who most recently served as director of the State General Administration of Sports.

Ma Shaowu was a Hui born in Yunnan, in Qing Dynasty China. He was a member of the Xinjiang clique during the Republic of China.

Du Ruhui (585–630), courtesy name Keming, posthumously known as Duke Cheng of Lai, was a Chinese official who served as a chancellor under Emperor Taizong in the early Tang dynasty. He and his colleague, Fang Xuanling, were often described as role models for chancellors in imperial China.

Lin Yue is a Chinese diver and a double Olympic gold medal winner. He competed for Team China in Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and won gold with Huo Liang in the Men's synchronized 10 metre platform. He also won gold in the same event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio with Chen Aisen.

Li Shanchang was a chancellor of the Ming dynasty, part of the West Huai (Huaixi) faction, and one of the six dukes in 1370. Li Shanchang was one of Emperor Hongwu's associates during the war against the Yuan dynasty to establish the Ming dynasty.

Suzanne Wu Sui-shan is a Hong Kong politician. She is the former chairwoman of the pro-democratic Labour Party and project coordinator of the Association for the Advancement of Feminism. After leaving Labour in 2017, she co-founded Community March.