List of British Chinese people

This article is a list of notable people of Chinese ancestry who were born in or have settled in the United Kingdom.

To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are British Chinese or must have references showing they are British Chinese and are notable.

Academia

 * Kevin Fong, professor of medicine, UCL academic.
 * Charles K. Kao, KBE, Nobel Prize in Physics, pioneer in the development and use of fibre-optics in telecommunications
 * Linda Yueh, [Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|CBE], prominent economist and UK trade advisor and dual British-American

Acting

 * Leah Bracknell, actress and yoga teacher, Eurasian, English father and Chinese-Malaysian mother
 * Gemma Chan, actress
 * Julia Chan, actress
 * Lobo Chan, actor
 * Maggie Cheung, actress
 * Tsai Chin, actress and singer, first Chinese Bond girl
 * Vera Chok, actress
 * Christina Chong, actress
 * William Gao, actor, Eurasian
 * Paul Courtenay Hyu, actor, writer and Elvis impersonator, Eurasian
 * Linda Louise Duan, actress
 * Jon Foo, actor and wushu martial artist
 * Mona Hammond, actress
 * Jessica Henwick, actress, Eurasian
 * Alice Hewkin, actress
 * Burt Kwouk, actor
 * Pui Fan Lee, actress and television presenter
 * Katie Leung, actress
 * Jessie Mei Li, actress
 * Jennifer Lim, actress
 * Pik-Sen Lim, actress
 * Selina Lo, actress
 * Jing Lusi, actress
 * Jane March, actress, Eurasian
 * Max Minghella, actor, Eurasian
 * Carl Ng, actor, Eurasian
 * Suan-Li Ong actress-model
 * Colin Ryan, actor, Eurasian
 * Marli Siu, actress, Eurasian
 * Elaine Tan, actress
 * Elizabeth Tan, actress
 * Lewis Tan, actor and martial artist
 * Jason Tobin, actor
 * Rhydian Vaughan, actor, Eurasian
 * Benedict Wong, actor
 * Jason Wong, actor
 * Sophie Wu, actress, Eurasian
 * Tom Wu, actor
 * David Yip, actor, Eurasian
 * George Young, actor and writer, Eurasian
 * Ric Young, actor
 * Crystal Yu, actress
 * Ozzie Yue, actor and singer

Art and design

 * Suki Chan, British Chinese artist
 * Stanley Chow, artist and illustrator
 * Aowen Jin, British Chinese artist and social commentator
 * Qu Lei Lei, artist and calligrapher
 * Cary Kwok, artist
 * Chris Liu, fashion designer
 * Beatrix Ong, luxury fashion accessory and shoe designer
 * Gok Wan, fashion consultant and television presenter

Business

 * Andrew Ng, co-founder of education technology company Coursera, director of Stanford University's Artificial Intelligence Lab
 * Sir David Tang, founder of fashion chain Shanghai Tang, socialite and writer
 * Woon Wing Yip, founder of the British Chinese supermarket chain Wing Yip

Food

 * Mi Gao Huang Chen, takeaway owner who was murdered in 2005
 * Ching-He Huang, food broadcaster and food writer
 * Nancy Lam, chef
 * Willian "Bill" Poon, chef and restaurateur
 * Alan Yau, restaurateur, founder of Wagamama, Hakkasan and Yauatcha
 * Michael Chow, British-American restaurateur
 * Kim-Joy Hewlett, baker, cookbook author, and finalist in the ninth series of The Great British Bake Off of Chinese Malaysian descent
 * Kenneth Lo, writer of more than 30 Chinese cookbooks

Music

 * Ayi Jihu, singer
 * Zilan Liao, guzheng, concert harp and director of Pagoda arts
 * Jason Lai, orchestral conductor
 * Herman Li, of the power metal band DragonForce
 * Melvyn Tan, classical pianist
 * Jasmine Thompson, singer
 * Matt Tong, drummer of indie rock bands Bloc Party and Algiers
 * Fou Ts'ong, pianist
 * KT Tunstall, musician
 * Vanessa-Mae, violinist
 * Jamie Woon, dubstep artist
 * Raymond Yiu, composer
 * Cheng Yu, pipa and guqin musician
 * Guo Yue, dizi and bawu musician

Politics

 * Michael Chan, Baron Chan, politician, life peer in the House of Lords
 * Steven Dominique Cheung, Diana Award winner, youngest candidate for the European Election in 2009, DJ of Spectrum Radio and SW1 Radio
 * Alan Mak, Member of Parliament for Havant since 2015, first British Chinese member of the House of Commons
 * Sarah Owen, Member of Parliament for Luton North
 * Nat Wei, Baron Wei, social entrepreneur, former government advisor and member of the House of Lords
 * Sonny Leong, Baron Leong, politician, life peer in the House of Lords
 * James Lindsay, 3rd Baron Lindsay of Birker, hereditary peer in the House of Lords, born to British father and Chinese mother

Sport

 * Eden Cheng, British diver
 * Joe Choong, British Olympic gold medal-winning pentathlete
 * Sammy Chung, second person of Chinese descent to manage an English football league club
 * Brian Moore, former English rugby union rugby player.
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 * Frank Soo, first player of Chinese descent to play in the Football League, and the first non-white player to represent England
 * Alex Hua Tian, Olympic event rider, gave up his British Citizenship in order to compete in the 2008 Beijing Olympics as part of the Chinese team
 * Rory Underwood, former English rugby union rugby player; Eurasian
 * Tony Underwood, former rugby union player, brother of Rory Underwood
 * Alex Yee, Olympic gold medallist in triathlon.
 * Li Ke (born Nico Yennaris), footballer, gave up his British citizenship to play for the Chinese national team; Eurasian
 * Tyias Browning, footballer, (also known as Jiang Guangtai) gave up his British citizenship to play for the Chinese national team; Chinese from his maternal grandfather.

Television

 * Alexa Chung, TV presenter, fashion model, contributing editor at British Vogue; Eurasian

Writers

 * Jung Chang, writer, co-author of the biography Mao: The Unknown Story
 * Leslie Charteris, writer and creator of antihero Simon Templar, alias The Saint
 * Sue Cheung, novelist and illustrator of children's book
 * Anhua Gao, writer
 * Jo Ho, screenwriter, director, and first Chinese person in the UK to create a television drama series, the 2010 BBC fantasy Spirit Warriors
 * Hsiung Shih-I, writer who became the first Chinese person to write and direct a West End play in 1935
 * Timothy Mo, British novelist
 * Chee Soo, author and teacher on Taoism, traditional Chinese medicine and martial arts
 * Xue Xinran, broadcaster, author and founder of the charity Mother's Bridge of Love
 * Benjamin Yeoh, playwright