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

 * Alien Huang Hong sheng 黄鸿升
 * Annie Shizuka Inoh 伊能静
 * Chen Bo-lin 陳柏霖
 * Chang Chen 張震
 * Brandon Chang 張卓楠
 * Brigitte Lin 林青霞
 * Huang He 黃河
 * Jerry Yan 言承旭
 * Joe Chen Qiao En 陳喬恩
 * Jeng Jundian
 * Joey Wong 王祖賢
 * Ken Chu 朱孝天
 * Jimmy Lin 林志穎
 * Ruby Lin 林心如
 * Chase Tang 唐嘉壕
 * Vanness Wu* 吳建豪
 * Vic Chou 周渝民
 * Kelly Lin 林熙蕾
 * Barbie Shu 徐熙媛
 * Rainie Yang 楊丞琳
 * Ariel Lin 林依晨
 * Chang Shu-hao 張書豪
 * Takeshi Kaneshiro 金城武
 * Nicky Wu 吳奇隆
 * Show Lo 羅志祥
 * Jay Chou 周杰倫
 * Cindy Yen 袁詠琳
 * Chris Wang 王宥勝
 * Wu Chin-tai 吳金黛

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

 * A-mei 張惠妹
 * Alec Su 蘇有朋
 * Alien Huang 黄鸿升
 * Amber Liu* (f(x)) 劉逸雲
 * Brandon Chang 張卓楠
 * Chang Fei 張菲
 * Cheer Chen 陳綺貞
 * Chen Ying-Git 陳盈潔
 * Chou Chuan-huing 周傳雄
 * Chthonic 閃靈
 * Cindy Yen 袁詠琳
 * Cyndi Wang 王心凌
 * David Tao 陶喆
 * Elva Hsiao 蕭亞軒
 * Typhoon
 * Evan Yo 蔡旻佑
 * Evonne Hsu 許慧欣
 * F.I.R 飛兒樂團
 * F4
 * Fahrenheit 飛輪海
 * Fei Yu-ching 費玉清
 * Fong Fei-fei 凤飞飞
 * Freya Lim 林凡
 * i.n.g
 * Jacky Wu 吳宗憲
 * Jay Chou 周杰倫
 * Jeff Chang 張信哲
 * Jerry Yan 言承旭
 * Jimmy Lin 林志穎
 * Jiro Wang 汪東城
 * Jody Chiang 江蕙
 * Jolin Tsai 蔡依林
 * Kang Jing Rong 康康
 * Ken Chu 朱孝天
 * Lai Guanlin (Wanna One) 賴冠霖
 * Landy Wen 溫嵐
 * Leehom Wang 王力宏
 * Liu Yangyang (NCT/WayV) 劉揚揚
 * Lollipop F 棒棒糖
 * Machi 麻吉
 * Mark Tuan (Got7) 段宜恩
 * Mayday 五月天
 * Nicky Wu 吳奇隆
 * Peggy Hsu 許哲珮
 * Rainie Yang 楊丞琳
 * Richie Ren 任賢齊
 * S.H.E
 * Seraphim 六翼天使
 * Show Lo 羅志祥/小豬
 * Shuhua ((G)I-DLE) 葉舒華
 * Sodagreen 蘇打綠
 * Takeshi Kaneshiro 金城武
 * Tank 吕建忠
 * Teresa Teng 鄧麗君
 * Tim Wu* 金力若
 * Tsai Chin 蔡琴
 * Tzuyu (Twice) 周子瑜
 * Vic Zhou 周渝民
 * Vivian Hsu 徐若瑄
 * Will Pan 潘瑋柏
 * Wu Bai 伍佰

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

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

See also: Cinema of Taiwan

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

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
See also: List of Taiwanese authors and List of Confucianists
 * 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

Politicians

 * Tsai Ing-wen 蔡英文
 * John Chiang* 蔣孝嚴
 * Chang Chun*
 * Chen Li-an*
 * Chen Shui-bian 陳水扁
 * Sisy Chen
 * Chang Chau-hsiung
 * Chang Chin-cheng
 * Chiang Ching-kuo* 蔣經國
 * Chiang Wei-kuo* 蔣緯國
 * Chu Mei-feng
 * Frank Hsieh 謝長廷
 * Lee Teng-hui 李登輝
 * Lien Chan* 連戰
 * Lin Yang-kang
 * Annette Lu 呂秀蓮
 * Ma Ying-jeou* 馬英九
 * Vincent Siew 蕭萬長
 * James Soong* 宋楚瑜
 * Su Tseng-chang 蘇真昌
 * Sun Yun-suan*
 * Yu Shyi-kun 游錫堃
 * Wang Chien-shien*
 * Wang Jin-pyng 王金平
 * Wang Xiang 王驤
 * Andrew Yang (US 2020 Presidential Candidate)

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