List of Famous people with last name Lin
Jeremy Lin
Jeremy Shu-How Lin is a Taiwanese-American professional basketball player for the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA G League. He unexpectedly led a winning turnaround with the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) during the 2011–12 season, generating a cultural phenomenon known as "Linsanity". Lin was the first American of Chinese or Taiwanese descent to play in the NBA, and is one of the few Asian Americans to have played in the league. He was the first Asian American to win an NBA championship, having done so with the Toronto Raptors in 2019. He is also known for his devout Christianity.
Austin Lin
Austin Lin is a Taiwanese actor and singer. Born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan, he took part in the second season of Taiwanese singing competition, One Million Star, in 2007. In 2009, he made his acting debut in Taiwanese film, Somewhere I Have Never Traveled, for which he also sang on the soundtrack. In 2016, he appeared in Taiwanese film, At Cafe 6, and won a Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Ariel Lin
Ariel Lin Yi-chen is a Taiwanese actress and singer. She rose to fame for her role as Yuan Xiangqin in the Taiwanese drama It Started with a Kiss (2005) and the Chinese fantasy drama The Little Fairy (2006). Lin won Best Actress at the 43rd and 47th Golden Bell Awards for her roles in They Kiss Again (2007) and In Time with You (2011) respectively.
Ludi Lin
Ludi Lin is a Chinese-Canadian actor and model. He is known for playing Zack Taylor in the 2017 Power Rangers reboot, the underwater warrior Murk in Aquaman (2018) and Lance in the Netflix series, Black Mirror (2019). He is set to play Liu Kang in the upcoming Mortal Kombat reboot.
JJ Lin
Wayne Lim Junjie better known by his stage name JJ Lin, is a Singaporean singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. Lin launched his musical career by releasing his debut album, Music Voyager (2003). Lin has received three Golden Melody Awards, including one Best New Artist and two Best Mandarin Male Singer.
Brigitte Lin
Brigitte Lin Ching-hsia is a Taiwanese actress. She is regarded as an icon of Chinese language cinema for her extensive and varied roles in both Taiwanese and Hong Kong films.
Allison Lin
Allison Lin is a Taiwanese actress.
Jimmy Lin
Jimmy Lin Chih-ying is a Taiwanese singer, actor, and race car driver.
Terry Lin
Terry Lin is a Taiwanese singer. He has been nominated for the Golden Melody Awards 5 times for Best Mandarin Male Artist. He is known for his clear and elegant androgynous voice, which utilizes different resonance in his head to 'mix' head voice and falsetto to effortlessly move to the high ranges and maintain power and volume despite his slight build. He has a combined range of 3 octaves, but was stretched up an octave when he performed Opera, a rearranged instrumental by Vitas, a song he stated he cannot practice more than 4 times a day. He later became the first Taiwanese artist to record his album in One Take and One Take Live with no further editing.
Shara Lin
Shara Lin is a Taiwanese musician, actress, singer, and television host. She plays mainly violin and piano, but also guzheng and guitar; she is polyglot.