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List of Taiwanese people

This is a list of famous Taiwanese people. People who were not born in Taiwan are indicated by an asterisk (*, notation incomplete).

Artists and performers

Models

Lin Chi-ling 林志玲
Alicia Liu 劉薰愛
Faith Yang 楊乃文
Yinling 垠凌
Sonia Sui 隋棠

Singers and bands for popular music

Musicians

Chen Da, singer
Ch'eng Mao-yün*, violinist and composer
Lin Cho-liang, violinist
Jenny Lin, pianist
Kessier Hsu, guitarist and composer
Freddy Lim, vocalist and Hena player
Julie Chang 張鈴, pianist and flutist
Ching-Yun Hu, pianist
Yo-Yo Ma*, cellist
Ouyang Nana*, cellist, actress
Ray Chen, Taiwanese-Australian violinist
Yu-Chien Tseng, violinist

Fine artists

Film-makers

Ang Lee 李安, Academy Award winner
Hou Hsiao-hsien* 侯孝賢, director of the A City of Sadness, Golden Lion winner
Tsai Ming-liang* 蔡明亮, Golden Lion winner
Wei Te-sheng 魏德聖
Edward Yang 楊德昌, director of Yi Yi, winner of the Best Director Award in Cannes

Comedians

Ed Hill (comedian), award-winning stand-up comedian

Drag Performers

Nymphia Wind* 妮妃雅‧瘋, winner of RuPaul's Drag Race season 16

Athletes

Billiards

Jennifer Chen
Huang Hsin (pool)
Po-Cheng Kuo
Kun-Fang Lee
Hung-Hsiang Wang
Chia-Ching Wu
Ching-Shun Yang
Zhiting Wu

Badminton

Tai Tzu-ying, at the age of 22, she became world No. 1 in the women's singles in December 2016, and holds the record for most weeks ranked at the top in BWF history
Chou Tien-chen, currently 4th place in the BWF World Ranking (as of February 2021)

Basketball

Austin Cheng 蟲蟲, current point guard for Taipei School of Special Education
Jeremy Lin 林書豪, former NBA player
Joe Alexander (born 1986), American-Israeli basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv born in Taiwan
Cheng Chih-lung 鄭志龍
Chen Hsin-An (Sean Chen) 陳信安
Lee Hsueh-Lin 李學林
Tien Lei 田壘 (born 1983)
Tseng Wen-Ting 曾文鼎
Lin Chih-Chieh 林志傑
Jet Chang 張宗憲
Quincy Davis 戴維斯

Baseball

Infielders

Chin-Lung Hu, Los Angeles Dodgers 2007 All-Star Futures Game MVP
Yung-Chi Chen, Oakland Athletics 3A
Sen Yang, Uni-President Lions (CPBL)
Tai-Shan Chang, Sinon Bulls (CPBL)
Tzu-Wei Lin, Boston Red Sox

Outfielders

Chen Chih-peng, (CPBL) 2006–2010 seasons
Chia-Hsian Hsieh, Macoto Cobras (CPBL)
Chin-Feng Chen, Los Angeles Dodgers, La New Bears (CPBL)
Che-Hsuan Lin, Houston Astros 3A 2008 All-Star Futures Game MVP
Wang Po-Jung, Lamigo Monkeys (CPBL) 2016 CPBL MVP and ROY, first to record 200 hits in single season

Pitchers

Chien-Fu Yang, Uni-President Lions (CPBL)
Chien-Ming Wang, former MLB player.
Chien-Ming Chiang, Yomiuri Giants (NPB)
Chin-Hui Tsao, former MLB player.
En-Yu Lin, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (NPB)
Hong-Chih Kuo, former MLB player.
Ming-Chieh Hsu, Seibu Lions (NPB)
Tai-Yuan Kuo, former Seibu Lions (NPB)
Wei-Yin Chen, Hanshin Tigers (NPB), former MLB player.
Fu-Te Ni, former Fubon Guardians (CPBL), former MLB player.
Chia-Jen Lo, Wei Chuan Dragons (CPBL), former MLB player.
CC Lee, CTBC Brothers (CPBL), former MLB player.
Wei-Chung Wang, Wei Chuan Dragons (CPBL), former MLB player.

Golf

Yani Tseng, LPGA player. She is the youngest player ever, male or female, to win five major championships and was ranked number 1 in the Women's World Golf Rankings for 109 consecutive weeks from 2011 to 2013.

Table tennis

Ben Chiu, 1st (1981 Jr. Canadian Champion), 2nd (1984 US Open doubles)

Tennis

Yen-Hsun Lu, professional player
Yeu-Tzuoo Wang, professional player
Jason Jung
Su-Wei Hsieh, winner of 3 WTA singles titles and 28 WTA doubles titles

Olympic medalists

Shih-Hsin Chen, gold medal, Athens Olympics, 2004
Mu-Yen Chu, gold medal, Athens Olympics, 2004
Chuan-Kwang Yang, silver medal, Rome Olympics, 1960
Chih-Hsiung Huang, silver medal, Athens Olympics, 2004; bronze medal, Sydney Olympics, 2000
Cheng Chi, bronze medal, Mexico Olympics, 1968

Business people

Momofuku Ando 吳百福, founder of Nissin Food Products Company Limited
Jimmy Lin Chih Ying 林志穎, CEO of an IT company/has own racing team/owns JR(Jimmy Racing) company
Morris Chang 張忠謀
David Chu, co-founder of Nautica
Shenan Chuang 莊淑芬, chief executive officer for Ogilvy & Mather Greater China
Terry Gou 郭台銘
Jen Hsun Huang, co-founder, President and CEO of NVIDIA Corporation
Min Kao, co-founder of Garmin
Koo Chen-fu 辜振甫
Winston Wang, founded Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing
Wang Yung-ching 王永慶
Steve Chen, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of YouTube 陳士駿
Steve Chang, co-founder of Trend Micro 張明正
Stan Shih, co-founder of Acer 施振榮
Aimee Sun 孫芸芸, co-founder of Breeze Center
Tsai Wan Lin, founder of Cathay Life Insurance
Jerry Yang 楊致遠, computer scientist and entrepreneur, cofounder of Yahoo!
Ben Chiu 邱澤堃, founder of KillerApp.com acquired by CNET
William Wang, founder and CEO of VIZIO
Wu Yao-ting, founder of several large department stores

Educators

Winston Chang*
Benjamin Hsiao, Chief Research Officer and vice-president for Research at Stony Brook University, Fellow of the American Physical Society, Fellow of the American Chemical Society, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Hu Shih*, philosopher, essayist and diplomat
Henry T. Yang, Chancellor of the University of California, Santa Barbara

Linguists

Yuen Ren Chao*
Woo Tsin-hang*, linguist

Others

Mai Chen, constitutional lawyer, emigrated to New Zealand
Chen Chien-Jou, activist and whistleblower
Wen Ho Lee, engineer falsely accused of spying; author of book "My Country Versus Me" 李文和
Fu Szeto (1916–92), commander-in-chief of the Air Force and presidential advisor
Jason Wu, fashion designer
Hsing Yun*, Buddhist monk and founder of Fo Guang Shan Order

Philosophers, thinkers, and writers

Yin Shun*, Buddhist scholarly writer and key figure of Humanistic Buddhism in Taiwan
Sheng-yen*, Buddhist scholarly writer and founder of Dharma Drum Mountain Order
Cheng Yen, founder of Tzu Chi
Yifa, writer and founder of Woodenfish
R. C. T. Lee (Chia-Tung Lee), writer and professor
Tu Wei-ming, ethicist
Giddens Ko, novelist and filmmaker

See also: List of Taiwanese authors and List of Confucianists