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

Chen Kaige is a Chinese film director and a leading figure of the fifth generation of Chinese cinema. His films are known for their visual flair and epic storytelling. Chen won the Palme d'Or at 1993 Cannes Film Festival and the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) Award in 1993.

Alex Fong Chung-sun is a Hong Kong actor. He married actress Hoyan Mok in 2008; they have one daughter.

Luísa Isabella Nolasco da Silva Leong Lok-yau, better known as Isabella Leong, is a Macanese-born, Hong Kong-based actress and former singer.

Jia Nailiang is a Chinese actor. Jia graduated from Beijing Film Academy. Jia ranked 50th on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list 2015, 33rd in 2017, and 96th in 2019.

Tan Zhuo is a Chinese television and film actress. She appeared in the films Spring Fever, Dying to Survive and the 2018 TV series Story of Yanxi Palace.

Zhang Jingchu is a Chinese film actress. Zhang is best known for winning the China Film Media Award Best Actress award for the 2005 film Peacock, which was shown at the Berlin International Film Festival. Zhang most recently appeared in the 2018 film Project Gutenberg.

Chen He, also known as Michael Chen, is a Chinese actor.

Leland Yin Yee is a convicted arms trafficker and former Democratic California State Senator for District 8, which when he was elected, covered parts of San Francisco and the Peninsula. In 2015, Yee pleaded guilty to felony racketeering charges for money laundering, public corruption, gun trafficking, and bribery.

Chen Yun was one of the most influential leaders of the People's Republic of China during the 1980s and 1990s and one of the major architects and important policy makers for the Reform and opening up, alongside Deng Xiaoping. He was also known as Liao Chenyun (廖陈云) as he took his uncle's family name when he was adopted by him after his parents died. He was one of the major political leaders of China both during and after the Chinese Civil War along with Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De and Ren Bishi, and was later recognized as one of the Eight Elders of the Chinese Communist Party. In the 1980s and 1990s, Chen Yun was regarded as the second most powerful person in China after Deng Xiaoping.

Peng Xiaolian was a Chinese film director, scriptwriter and author. A graduate of the 1982 class of the Beijing Film Academy, she was a member of the Fifth Generation, although her style differed from the other members of this group. She is known for her series of films about Shanghai, including Once Upon a Time in Shanghai (1998), which won the Best Picture Award of the Huabiao Awards; Shanghai Story (2004), which won four Golden Rooster Awards including Best Director and Best Picture; and Shanghai Rumba (2006), based on the romance of the movie star couple Zhao Dan and Huang Zongying.