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

Song Ping is a Chinese Communist revolutionary and a retired high-ranking politician. He was a member of the CPC Politburo Standing Committee, which effectively rules China, and is considered the only living member of the Second Generation of Chinese Leadership.

Wang Quanzhang is a Chinese human rights lawyer from Wulian County, Shandong. He was arrested in August 2015 as part of the "709 crackdown" on human rights lawyers instigated by General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Xi Jinping, and after being held incommunicado for three years, he was put on trial for subversion of state power in December 2018.

Tang Yijun is a Chinese politician, and the current Minister of Justice. He formerly served as Governor of northeast China's Liaoning province. Prior to his transfer to Liaoning in October 2017, he spent his entire career in Zhejiang province. He was the mayor, then party chief of Ningbo.

Yang Luyu is a former Chinese politician, who served as Mayor of Jinan, Shandong Province. He was dismissed from his position in April 2016 for investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.