List of Famous people named Chen

Chen Po-chih is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Minister of the Council for Economic Planning and Development of the Executive Yuan from 20 May 2000 until 1 February 2002.

Chen Yaoye is a Chinese professional Go player.

Chen Xiexia is a Chinese weightlifter.

Chen Shuozhen was a Tang dynasty woman from Muzhou, who led a peasant uprising in 653. During the rebellion, she declared herself Empress Wenjia (文佳皇帝), becoming the first female rebel leader in Chinese history to assume the title of Huangdi. Shuozhen rang bells and burnt incense as she marched to war. She was said to have magic powers, and her people said she was a deity.

Chen Hao is a politician of the People's Republic of China, serving since 2016 as Communist Party Secretary of Yunnan province. He was formerly Governor of Yunnan and vice-chairman of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions.

Chen Yan was a Chinese warlord in Fujian during the late Tang. He served as governor of the Fujian Circuit, headquartered in what is now Fuzhou.

Chen Shiju was an important political aide for China's former leader Hu Jintao. Chen served as Hu's secretary beginning in Guizhou 1986. Chen was the director of Hu Jintao's Office in 2002–2012. Chen currently serves as deputy director of the General Office of the Communist Party of China. In 2015 he hold a concurrent post on Deputy Director of the CPC Central Guidance Committee on Ethical and Cultural Construction.

Chen Danqing is a Chinese-American artist, writer, and art critic. He is well known for his realist paintings of Tibetans. Chen graduated from China Central Academy of Fine Arts.

Chen Xuezhao was a Chinese writer and journalist. She was earlier known as Chen Shuzhang or Chen Shuying. She used the pen names Ye Qu, Shi Wei, Xue Zhao and Hui. She was one of the most prolific Chinese women writers of the 20th century. Chen gave her support to Mao Zedong's policy on Art and Literature.