List of Famous people named Yang

Yang Junxuan is a Chinese swimmer. She competed at the 2018 Asian Games in the following competitions: 100 metre freestyle winning bronze in 54.17, 200 metre freestyle winning silver in 1:57.48, women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay winning the silver medal and 4 x 200 m freestyle relay winning gold. At the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires Yang won bronze in the 50 metre freestyle event in 25.47, silver in the 100 metre freestyle event in 54.43 and silver in the 200 metre freestyle event in 1:58.05, as well as gold in the 4 x 100 metre relay event and gold in the mixed 4 x 100 metre medley relay event.

Yang Wei is a male gymnast from China.

Yang Fang-wan is a Taiwanese lawyer and politician.

Yang Chieh-mei is a Taiwanese actress who won Golden Bell Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2002.

Yang Wei is a Chinese aircraft designer. He is vice president of the Chinese Aeronautical Establishment (中国航空研究院).

Yang Ching-shun is a Taiwanese professional pool player, nicknamed "the Son of Pool".

Yang Shiguang is a vice admiral (zhongjiang) of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) of China. He was director of the PLA Navy Political Department between December 2014 and December 2015.

Yang Haoran is a Chinese sport shooter. He has collected a career tally of fourteen medals and broke eight world junior records in air rifle shooting at major international competitions, spanning the Youth Olympics, Asian Games, World Championships, and World Cup series. Having pursued the sport since age 12, Yang trained full-time as a member of the Chinese shooting team, at the sports academy in Chengde, under his personal coach and 2000 Olympic champion Cai Yalin.

Yang Fangxu is a female Chinese volleyball player. She played in the 2013 Montreux Volley Masters.

Yang Weize is a former Chinese politician. He was the Communist Party Secretary of Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province, from 2011 to 2015. Prior to that, he served as the party chief in the neighbouring city of Wuxi for seven years, and before that the Mayor of Suzhou. In 2015, Yang was put under investigation for corruption by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China. He was tried and convicted on corruption charges and sentenced to twelve years and six months in prison in December 2016.