List of Famous people born in Sichuan, People's Republic of China
Pagbalha Geleg Namgyai
Pagbalha Geleg Namgyai is the 11th Qamdo Pagbalha Hutuktu of Tibetan Buddhism and a politician of the People's Republic of China. He is a Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), and the Honorary President of the Buddhist Association of China. He also formerly served as a Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress, Vice Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region, and Vice President of the Buddhist Association of China. As a Tibetan tulku, he is notable for his willingness to work in the Chinese government, except during the Cultural Revolution.
Tan Zuoren
Tan Zuoren, from Chengdu, Sichuan province, People's Republic of China, is an environmentalist, writer and former editor of Literati magazine (文化人).
Pei Xu
Xu Pei is a Chinese-born German poet, writer, and human rights activist. Born in Sichuan, she left China in 1988 and studied in Germany. Xu became a German citizen in 2004, and lives in Cologne, Germany.
Zhang Rongfang
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.
Zhang Xiuwei
Zhang Xiuwei is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Guangzhou Evergrande in the Chinese Super League.
Zhu Qingshi
Zhu Qingshi FRSC is a Chinese physical chemist and writer. He is the former president of the University of Science and Technology of China (1998-2008), and the founding president of Southern University of Science and Technology (2009-2014).
Luo Yuan
Luo Yuan, is a Chinese naval officer, author, social commentator, and military theorist at the PLA Academy of Military Science. Luo holds the rank of rear admiral in the PLA Navy. The son of Luo Qingchang, he is a supporter of communist orthodoxy and has expressed nationalist, anti-American and anti-western sentiments.
Huang Lu
Huang Lu is a Chinese actress. A graduate of the Beijing Film Academy, Huang debuted in director Li Yang's Blind Mountain, where she played a young college student sold into sexual slavery in a mountain village in northern China.