List of Famous people born in Yunlin County, Taiwan

Brando Huang is a Taiwanese actor and television host.

Liu Chien-kuo is a Taiwanese politician. A former member of the Yunlin County Council, he has represented Yunlin County in the Legislative Yuan since 2009.

Wu Se-hwa is a Taiwanese politician who was the Minister of Education in the Executive Yuan of Taiwan from 2014 to 2016.

Chen Liang-gee is a Taiwanese engineer and politician who served as Minister of Science and Technology from 8 February 2017 to 20 May 2020.

Lee Chin-yung is a Taiwanese politician. He was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1993 to 1997, when he was elected Mayor of Keelung. Lee remained mayor until 2001. He served as acting Yunlin County magistrate in 2005, and later served a full term in the office between 2014 and 2018. Following an unsuccessful bid for reelection as Yunlin County magistrate, Lee was appointed chairperson of the Central Election Commission in 2019.

Su Chih-fen is a Taiwanese politician. She was the Magistrate of Yunlin County from 20 December 2005 until 25 December 2014.

Chen Kuei-ru is a Taiwanese athlete competing in the sprint hurdles. He won a silver medal at the 2017 Summer Universiade.

Kerris Tsai is a Taiwanese Hokkien pop singer.

Shu Chin-chiang is a Taiwanese novelist and politician. His pen name is "Lu Jiang" (履彊). He joined the Taiwan Solidarity Union in 2001 and served as party chairman from 2005 to 2006 before he was expelled in 2014 for renouncing Taiwanese independence.