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

Dou Kang, courtesy name Daosheng, was an official and general during the Sui and Tang dynasties who briefly served as a chancellor early in the reign of Emperor Gaozu of Tang.

Consort Ban, or Ban Jieyu, also known as Lady Ban (Pan), was a Chinese scholar and poet during the Western Han Dynasty. Jieyu (婕妤) was a title for a third-rank palace lady, one rank below the Zhaoyi and two ranks below the Empresss. Her personal name is not known.

Gu Kailai is a Chinese former lawyer and businesswoman. She is the second wife of former Politburo member Bo Xilai, one of China's most influential politicians until he was stripped of his offices in 2012. In August 2012, Gu was convicted of murdering British businessman Neil Heywood and was given a suspended death sentence, later commuted to life imprisonment.

Empress Li (960–1004) was an empress consort of ancient China's Northern Song Dynasty, married to Emperor Taizong. After his death, she was the empress dowager for her stepson Emperor Zhenzong.

Empress Wang Fahui (王法慧) (360–380), formally Empress Xiaowuding was an empress during Jin Dynasty (265-420). Her husband was Emperor Xiaowu.

Yang Xian was a Chinese official who lived in the early Ming dynasty. He served as the Governor of Yangzhou from 1368–70 and later became the Chief of the Central Secretariat in 1370 during the reign of the Hongwu Emperor.

Yuchi Gong (尉遲恭) or Yuchi Rong (尉遲融) (585–658), courtesy name Jingde (敬德), also known by his posthumous name Duke Zhongwu of E, was a prominent general who lived in the early Tang dynasty. Yuchi Jingde and another general Qin Shubao are worshipped as door gods in Chinese folk religion.

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

Wang Wei was a Chinese poet, musician, painter, and politician during the Tang dynasty. He was one of the most famous men of arts and letters of his time. Many of his poems are preserved, and twenty-nine were included in the highly influential 18th-century anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems.

Empress Wang Muzhi (王穆之), formally Empress Aijing was an empress of Jin Dynasty (265-420). Her husband was Emperor Ai.