List of Famous people named Xu

Xu Qiling is a general (Shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). He is now the commander of the Western Theater Command. He formerly served as commander of the Western Theater Command Ground Force, commander of the Eastern Theater Command Ground Force, and commander of the 79th Group Army.

Xu Dazhe is a Chinese politician and aerospace engineer. He is currently the Governor of Hunan province. Previously, he was the chief administrator of the China National Space Administration, and the head of the State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence.

Xu Qing, known also as Summer Qing, is a Chinese actress. She was accepted into the acting class of Beijing Film Academy in 1988 and graduated in 1992.

Xu Jinglei is a Chinese actress and film director. She was hailed as one of the Four Dan Actresses in China. In 2002, Xu won the Huabiao Award for Outstanding New Actress for her performance in I Love You and the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress for Spring Subway. The same year, she won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Far From Home.

Xu Yiyang, is a Chinese singer and actress. She is best known for reaching the finals of The Next Top Bang, where she debuted as a member of LEGAL HIGH. She then finished 8th in Produce Camp 2020 and was unable to make into the final lineup of the debuting group.

Xu Ziyin, also known as Roada Xu, is a Chinese singer, songwriter, and actress under T Entertainment. She is best known for participating in the girl group survival shows Youth With You and Girls Planet 999.

Xu Minghao, better known as The8, is a Chinese singer, songwriter, and dancer based in South Korea. He is a member of the South Korean boy group Seventeen and its subunit "Performance Unit". In 2019 he had his official solo debut. In 2019 he served as one of the two dance mentors in the Chinese survival show Youth With You.

Xu Zongheng was the mayor of Shenzhen, Guangdong, China from June 2005 to June 2009. During his term of service, an agreement was reached on the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Innovation Circle to develop both cities into a metropolis.

Xu Zhiyong is a Chinese civil rights activist and formerly a lecturer at the Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications. He was one of the founders of the NGO Open Constitution Initiative and an active rights lawyer in China who helped those underprivileged. He is the main founder and icon of the New Citizens' Movement in China. In January 2014 he was sentenced to four years in prison for "gathering crowds to disrupt public order". He was detained again on February 15, 2020, in the southern city of Guangzhou.

Xu Zheng is a Chinese actor and director best known for acting in comedic roles. Xu directed, co-wrote, co-produced and starred in Lost in Thailand (2012) and Lost in Hong Kong (2015), two of the highest-grossing films in China. He also co-produced and starred in Dying to Survive (2018).