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^[1][2]
• Hou Hsiao-hsien* 侯孝賢, director of the A City of Sadness, Golden Lion winner^[3]
• Tsai Ming-liang* 蔡明亮, Golden Lion winner^[3]
• Wei Te-sheng 魏德聖
• Edward Yang 楊德昌, director of Yi Yi, winner of the Best Director Award in Cannes^[4]

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

See also: Cinema of Taiwan

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^[5]

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^[6]
• 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

Politicians

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

Scientists, physicians and engineers

• Robert Yih-shyong Lai, fluid mechanics engineer and university professor 賴義雄博士
• Yu-Ju Chen, proteogenomics researcher 陳玉如
• David Ho, medical researcher 何大一
• Henry Lee*, forensic expert 李昌鈺
• Sung-Yang Lee, entomologist 李淳陽
• Yuan T. Lee, Nobel laureate in chemistry 李遠哲
• Fushih Pan, medical researcher 潘扶適
• Chiaho Shih, researcher and former university professor 施嘉和
• Tsungming Tu, medical doctor 杜聰明
• Wu Cheng-wen, biochemist 吳成文
• Chi-Huey Wong, biochemist 翁啟恵
• Fu Jen-kun, professor 傅仁坤

See also

• Taiwanese American
• Taiwanese Canadian
• List of people by nationality

References