List of Famous people born in Taiwan

Yang Kuei-Mei

First Name Yang
Last Name Kuei-Mei
Born on September 6, 1959 (age 67)
Born in Taiwan

Yang Kuei-mei is a Taiwanese actress. She has had starring roles in Eat Drink Man Woman, Vive L'Amour, and The Hole.

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Tsai Eng-meng

First Name Tsai
Last Name Eng-meng
Born in Taiwan, Taipei
Net Worth $6.3B

Tsai Eng-meng is a Taiwanese businessman, chairman of the snack food company Want Want China. In 2017 he was the richest person in Taiwan.

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James C. Liao

First Name James
Last Name Liao
Born on November 30, 1957 (age 68)
Born in Taiwan

James C. Liao is the Parsons Foundation Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles and is the co-founder and lead scientific advisor of Easel Biotechnologies, LLC. He is best known for his work in metabolic engineering, synthetic biology, and bioenergy. Liao has been recognized for the biosynthesis and production of higher alcohols such as isobutanol from sugars, cellulose, waste protein, or carbon dioxide. He was named the president of Academia Sinica, Taiwan, in June 2016.

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Lai Shyh-bao

First Name Lai
Last Name Shyh-bao
Born on June 20, 1951 (age 75)
Born in Taiwan

Lai Shyh-bao is a Taiwanese politician. He has served on the Kuomintang Central Standing Committee, the National Assembly and the Legislative Yuan.

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Cheng Li-chun

First Name Cheng
Last Name Li-chun
Born on June 19, 1969 (age 57)
Born in Taiwan

Cheng Li-chun is a Taiwanese politician.

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Lin Chih-hsiang

First Name Lin
Last Name Chih-hsiang
Born on March 8, 1987 (age 39)

Lin Chih-hsiang is a former Taiwanese baseball second baseman who had played with the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). He was drafted by the Lions in 2009 and won the CPBL's Gold Glove Award from 2014-16.

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Tony Sun

First Name Tony
Last Name Sun
Born on February 20, 1978 (age 48)
Born in Taiwan

Tony Sun is a Taiwanese actor, singer, host and baseball player. He is the leader of Taiwanese group 5566.

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Chao Cheng-yu

First Name Chao
Last Name Cheng-yu
Born on March 29, 1966 (age 60)
Born in Taiwan, Taoyuan City

Chao Cheng-yu is a Taiwanese politician who is a member of the Legislative Yuan for Taoyuan 6.

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Hsu Hsin-ying

First Name Hsu
Last Name Hsin-ying
Born on April 23, 1972 (age 54)

Hsu Hsin-ying is a Taiwanese politician. Prior to joining the Kuomintang (KMT) in 2009, Hsu was an independent. She left the KMT to found the Minkuotang (MKT) in 2015. In 2019, the MKT was absorbed by the Congress Party Alliance.

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Yani Tseng

First Name Yani
Last Name Tseng
Born on January 23, 1989 (age 37)
Born in Taiwan, Taoyuan City

Yani Tseng is a Taiwanese professional golfer playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She is the youngest player ever, male or female, to win five major championships and was ranked number 1 in the Women's World Golf Rankings for 109 consecutive weeks from 2011 to 2013.

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