Famous Taiwanese or Taiwanese-speaking/writing people. Mainlanders are indicated by an asterisk (*).

Contents

1 Republic of China politicians 2 Artists and perfomers 2.1 Painters and calligraphers 2.2 Actors and Actresses 2.3 Film-makers 2.4 Singers & Groups 2.5 Musicians 3 Athletes 4 Educators 5 Business tycoons 6 Philosophers and writers 7 Linguists 8 Religion 9 Scientists and engineers 10 Others 11 See also

Republic of China politicians

• John Chiang*
• Chang Chun*
• Chen Li-an*
• Chen Shui-bian
• Sisy Chen
• Chang Chau-hsiung*
• Chiang Ching-kuo*
• Chiang Wei-kuo*
• Chu Mei-feng
• Frank Hsieh
• Lee Teng-hui
• Lien Chan
• Lin Yang-kang
• Annette Lu
• Ma Ying-jeou*
• Dr. Sun Yat-sen*
• Vincent Siew
• James Soong*
• Su Tseng-chang
• Sun Yun-suan*
• Yu Shyi-kun
• Wang Chien-shien*
• Wang Jin-pyng

See also: List of leaders of the Republic of China, Premier of the Republic of China

Artists and perfomers

Painters and calligraphers

• Fu Baoshi
• Liang Kai

See also: List of Taiwanese painters

Actors and Actresses

• Ko Chun-hsiung

Film-makers

• Ang Lee
• Hou Hsiao-Hsien*, Director City of Sadness

See also: Cinema of Taiwan

Singers & Groups

• Chang Hui-mei
• Jolin Tsai
• Mayday
• Jay Chow
• F4
• Richie Ren
• Alec Su
• Wu Bai
• S.H.E.
• Teresa Teng*

See also: Mandopop

Musicians

• Ch'eng Mao-yün*, violinist and composer

Athletes

• Chen Shih-Hsin, gold medal, Athens Olympics, 2004
• Chi Cheng, track and field world champion
• Chih Hsiung Huang, silver medal, Athens Olympics, 2004
• Chu Mu Yen , gold medal, Athens Olympics, 2004
• Yang Chuan-kwang , silver medal, Rome Olympics

Educators

• Cai Yuanpei, chancellor
• Winston Chang

Business tycoons

• Morris Chang
• James Chu , founder of computer monitor company ViewSonic in Walnut, California
• David Chu, co-founded of Nautica
• Jerry Yang, computer scientist and entrepreneur, cofounder of Yahoo!
• Winston Wang founded Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing
• Tsai Wan Lin
• Wang Yung-ching
• Terry Gou
• Koo Chen-fu
• John Tu and David Sun , cofounders of Kingston Technologies

Philosophers and writers

• Lee Deng Hui , writer
• Li Ao*, writer
• Tu Wei-ming*, ethicist

See also: List of Taiwanese authors , List of Taiwanese language poets , List of Confucianists

Linguists

• Woo Tsin-hang*, linguist
• Y. R. Chao*, phonologist and dialectologist

Religion

• Witness Lee*, Christian founder of the Local Church

See also: List of Taoists

Scientists and engineers

• David Ho, medical researcher
• Yuan T. Lee, Nobel laureate in chemistry

Others

• Mai Chen, constitutional lawyer, emigrated to New Zealand
• Henry Lee*, forensic expert
• Wen Ho Lee, engineer falsely accused of spying

See also

• American-born Chinese
• Taiwanese American
• List of people by nationality
  • List of Chinese people