List of Famous people born in Taiwan
Lee Chao-ching
Lee Chao-ching is a Taiwanese politician. He served as the 15th and 16th Magistrate of Nantou County from 20 December 2005 until 30 November 2012.
Ting Hua-tien
Ting Hua-tien is a Taiwanese artistic gymnast who represented her country at the 2018 and 2019 World Championships. Ting competed at the 2020 Olympic Games, making her the first Taiwanese female gymnast to qualify for an Olympic Games since 1968. She is the 2019 Asian Champion on the balance beam.
Luo Wen-jia
Luo Wen-jia is a Taiwanese politician. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party, Luo worked closely with Chen Shui-bian, first as Chen's legislative assistant, and later within Taipei City Government while Chen was mayor. When Chen was elected president in 2000, Luo joined the Executive Yuan as vice chairman of the Council of Cultural Affairs. Between 2002 and 2004, Luo was a member of the Legislative Yuan. He left the legislature for an appointment as head of the Council for Hakka Affairs, from which he stepped down in 2005 to run unsuccessfully for the Taipei County magistracy. Luo was subsequently defeated as a legislative candidate in 2008. Luo returned to politics in 2019, when he was named secretary-general of the Democratic Progressive Party.
Lee Jhe-Huei
Lee Jhe-huei is a Taiwanese badminton player.
Steve Ma
Steve Ma Jingtao is a Taiwanese actor best known for acting in many Taiwanese, mainland Chinese and Singaporean television series since the early 1990s. Most of the more notable television series he acted in are of the wuxia and historical drama genres. Some of his notable roles in television series include: Zhang Wuji in The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber (1994); Lü Dongbin in Legend of the Eight Immortals (1999); Linghu Chong in The Legendary Swordsman (2000); Dorgon in Xiaozhuang Mishi (2002); Nurhaci in Taizu Mishi (2005); King Zhou of Shang in The Legend and the Hero (2007).
Fei Xiang
Fei Xiang is a Chinese American pop icon and musical singer who was one of the biggest popular music acts in China during the 1980s.
Apple Huang
Apple Huang, known by her stage name Apple, is a Taiwanese music artist.
Lin Yi-shih
Lin Yi-shih is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan in 2012.
Vincent Fang
Vincent Fang was born on 26 January 1969 in Hualien, Taiwan. He is a Taiwanese multi-Golden Melody Award nominated lyricist, best known for his collaboration with singer-songwriter Jay Chou. Fang won Best Lyricist at the 19th Golden Melody Awards for "青花瓷" sung by Jay Chou from On the Run. He is considered to be at the forefront of China Wind music, with his works often treated as poetry of artistic merit that garners high critical regard.
Wawa
Jin Zhi-Juan is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter, formerly known by the stage-name Wawa. She achieved first success as the singer with the 4-man pop band Qiuqiu Chorus (zh:丘丘合唱團). After leaving the band to go solo the peak of her popularity was her period with Rock Records (1990-1995) including albums such as Heavy Rain 《大雨》, and Four Seasons with songwriter Lo Ta-yu, which were also issued under license in the PRC.