List of people from Shanghai

This is a list of notable people who were born or raised in Shanghai, China, or have spent a large or formative part of their life in that city.

A

 * Angelababy (born 1989) – actress

B

 * Bao Jianfeng (born 1975) – actor and singer

C

 * Eileen Chang (1920–1995) – writer
 * Chin Tsi-ang (1909–2007) – Hong Kong actress

D

 * Dai Xiangyu (born 1984) – actor and model
 * Ding Yuxi (born 1995) – actor

F

 * Sam Feldman (born 1949) - Canadian music executive
 * Jerry Fujio (1940–2021) – Japanese singer, actor and tarento
 * Feng Shaofeng (born 1978) – actor

G

 * Seven Gao, singer
 * Ben Gu (born 1961) – librarian, translator and library science researcher
 * Guo Liang (born 1968) – Singaporean actor and television presenter

H

 * Fan Ho (1931–2016) – photographer, film director and actor
 * Huang Yu (1916–2013) – actor and filmmaker
 * Hu Ge (born 1982) – actor

J

 * Jing Chao (born 1986) – actor
 * Edward Judd (1932–2009) – British actor
 * Ju Wenjun (born 1991) – chess grandmaster and Women's World Champion from 2018–present.

K

 * Ku Feng (born 1930) – Hong Kong actor
 * Burt Kwouk (1930–2016) – British actor

L

 * Lai Hang (1928–1965) – actor
 * Lydia Li – TV presenter and actress
 * Lu Jinhua (1927–2018) – Yue opera artist

M

 * Ma Yili (born 1976) – actress
 * Mei Baojiu (1934–2016) – Peking opera artist and politician

O

 * Henry O (born 1927) – actor

Q

 * Qian Zhijun (born 1987) – actor
 * Qiao Renliang (1987–2016) – singer and actor

S

 * Josephine Siao (born 1947) – Hong Kong actress
 * Sze Yu (born 1962) – Australian actor and former badminton player

T

 * Kaiji Tang (born 1984) – voice actor
 * Tiffany Tang (born 1983) – actress
 * Kenneth Tsang (1935 - 2022) – Hong Kong actor

W

 * Wei Zongwan (born 1938) – actor
 * Wu Pang (1909–2000) – Hong Kong filmmaker

X

 * Xu Zheng (born 1972) – actor and filmmaker
 * Joker Xue (born 1983) – singer-songwriter

Y

 * Yan Shunkai (1937–2017) – actor and comedian
 * Yueh Hua (1942–2018) – Hong Kong actor
 * Yan Mingyong (born 1985) - gymnast
 * Yang Yang (born 1991) – actor
 * Yitang Zhang (born 1955) - mathematician

Z

 * Zheng Junli (1911–1969) – actor and filmmaker
 * Zhu Guanghu (born 1949) – football coach, actor and former footballer
 * Zhong Chenle (born 2001) – singer; member of K-Pop group NCT
 * Zhou Guanyu (born 1999) – Formula One driver

Non-native Shanghainese
These people were not born or adopted in Shanghai and raised elsewhere but are well known for living in Shanghai.

B

 * Ba Jin (1904–2005) – writer; born and raised in Chengdu, Sichuan

L

 * Lu Xun (1881–1936) – writer, literary critic, and educator; born and raised in Shaoxing, Zhejiang

S

 * Su Qing (1914–1982) – writer; born and raised in Ningbo, Zhejiang

Z

 * Zhang Chunqiao (1917–2005) – politician and writer; born and raised in Juye County, Shandong