List of Famous people born in Taiwan
Lung Ying-tai
Lung Ying-tai is a Taiwanese essayist and cultural critic. She occasionally writes under the pen name 'Hu Meili'. Lung's poignant and critical essays contributed to the democratization of Taiwan and as the only Taiwanese writer with a column in major mainland Chinese newspapers, she is an influential writer in Mainland China. She has written 17 books.
Deserts Chang
Deserts Chang is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter.
Kao Yu-ting
Kao Yu-ting is a Taiwanese engineer and politician. She joined the New Power Party in 2015, served as party leader from August to November 2020.
Ma Wen-chun
Ma Wen-chun is a Taiwanese politician. A member of the Kuomintang, she has served in the Legislative Yuan since 2009
Chen Yi-ming
Chen Yi-min, also known as Arthur Chen, is a Taiwanese politician and doctor. He was the vice principal of Kaohsiung Medical University. His medical research focuses on cancer, AIDS and epidemiology.
Long Qianyu
Chiang Yu-man, better known by her stage name Long Qianyu, is a Taiwanese Hokkien pop singer. She has released 55 albums.
Wu Se-hwa
Wu Se-hwa is a Taiwanese politician who was the Minister of Education in the Executive Yuan of Taiwan from 2014 to 2016.
Chin-hui Tsao
Chin-Hui Tsao is a Taiwanese former professional baseball pitcher. He is the second major league player and the first major league pitcher from Taiwan, and like the first, former Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Chin-Feng Chen, he is a Taiwanese aborigine of Amis ancestry. He had previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado Rockies and Dodgers before spending the 2009 season with the Brother Elephants in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). After the 2009 Taiwan Series, Tsao was investigated for game-fixing scandals, although he was ultimately not indicted on February 10, 2010. Tsao was expelled by CPBL on December 23, 2009. He has recorded the fastest pitch by a Taiwanese pitcher at 100 mph in 2005.
Johnny Lu
Johnny Lu is an American-Taiwanese actor.
Ding Ning
Ding Ning is a Taiwanese actress. She won critical acclaim and a Golden Horse Award for her supporting role in the film Cities of Last Things (2018). She was also nominated for a Taipei Film Award and an Asian Film Award for the role.