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

Feng Jin is a Chinese professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Chinese Super League club Qingdao Hainiu on loan from Shanghai Port.

Tsai Chin is a Chinese English actress, singer, director, teacher and author best known in America for her role as Auntie Lindo in the film The Joy Luck Club.

Xi Murong is a writer and painter. She is most famous for her poetry, especially the collections Qi li xiang and Wuyuan de qingchun.

Liu Chunhong is a Chinese weightlifter.

Gao Ling is a Chinese former badminton player.

Zhang Rongfang is a Chinese retired volleyball player and coach who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics. She was a member of the Chinese volleyball team which won the gold medal, having played in all five matches.

Li Jingquan was a Chinese Hakka politician and the first Party Committee Secretary (governor) of Sichuan following the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949. He supported many of Mao Zedong's policies including the Great Leap Forward.

Dajian Huineng (traditional Chinese: 大鑒惠能; pinyin: Dàjiàn Huìnéng; Wade–Giles: Ta⁴-chien⁴; Japanese: Daikan Enō; Korean: Hyeneung); (February 27, 638 – August 28, 713), also commonly known as the Sixth Patriarch or Sixth Ancestor of Chan (traditional Chinese: 禪宗六祖), is a semi-legendary but central figure in the early history of Chinese Chan Buddhism. According to tradition he was an uneducated layman who suddenly attained awakening upon hearing the Diamond Sutra. Despite his lack of formal training, he demonstrated his understanding to the fifth patriarch, Daman Hongren, who then supposedly chose Huineng as his true successor instead of his publicly known selection of Yuquan Shenxiu.

Yan Lianke is a Chinese writer of novels and short stories, based in Beijing. His work is highly satirical, which has resulted in some of his most renowned works being banned in China. He has admitted to self-censorship while writing his stories in order to avoid censorship.

Feng Sheng, was a Chinese general of the Ming dynasty and the Hongwu Emperor. Feng Sheng's daughter married Ming Prince Zhu Su, the Prince of Wu, fifth son of the Ming Hongwu emperor and father of Ming prince Zhu Youdun.