List of Famous people named Yang

Yang Mi is a Chinese actress and singer. She made her acting debut in historical television series Tang Ming Huang, and later received recognition for her leading roles in various television series such as Wang Zhaojun (2007), Chinese Paladin 3 (2009), Palace 1(2011), Beijing Love Story (2012), Swords of Legends (2014), The Interpreter (2016), Eternal Love (2017) and Legend of Fuyao (2018); as well as films Mysterious Island (2011), Tiny Times (2013–2015), and The Witness (2015). In 2017, she won the Best Actress award at the WorldFest Houston International Festival for her performance in Reset (2017).

Yang Ya-che is a Taiwanese film and television director. He was nominated for Golden Horse Award for Best Director two times, for Girlfriend, Boyfriend in 2012 and The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful in 2017.

Yang Jiechi is a high-ranking Chinese politician and diplomat. Since 2013, he has served as a Politburo member and director of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission of the Chinese Communist Party under Party General Secretary Xi Jinping. He is generally regarded as one of the foremost contemporary architects of China's foreign policy. Yang served as the tenth Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China between 2007 and 2013. He joined the inner circle of the State Council in 2013, as a State Councilor under Premier Li Keqiang. Yang spent much of his professional life in the United States, where he served as Chinese Ambassador from 2001 to 2005.

Yang Yung-wei is a Taiwanese Paiwan judoka. In 2018, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 60 kg event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia. He is the current silver Olympic medalist in the Extra Lightweight event.

Yang Gensi was a military hero of the People's Republic of China, remembered for his efforts and death in the Korean War. A frequent topic of Communist Chinese propaganda, the people of the republic were taught to emulate his acts in their daily lives.

Yang Li-yin is a Taiwanese actress. She won the Golden Bell Award for Best Actress in 2006.

Yang Chaoyue is a Chinese actress and singer. After finishing third in Tencent's girl group survival show Produce 101, she debuted as a core member of Rocket Girls 101. She was named by China Newsweek as one of the most influential Chinese people in 2018.

Yang Rong is a Chinese actress of Bai origin. She is best known for her roles in Cosmetology High and Memory Lost.

Yang Se-jong is a South Korean actor and model. Yang become well known when he starred as a young chef in the 2017 romance drama Temperature of Love which won him three Best New Actor awards at the SBS Drama Awards, Baeksang Arts Awards, and the 6th APAN Star Awards. His other works included Dr. Romantic (2016), Duel (2017), Still 17 (2018) & My Country: The New Age (2019).

Yang Yongxin is a highly controversial Chinese clinical psychiatrist who advocated and practiced electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) without anaesthesia or muscle relaxants as a cure for alleged Internet addiction in adolescents. Yang is currently deputy chief of the Fourth Hospital of Linyi, in the Shandong province of China. He runs the Internet Addiction Treatment Center at the hospital.