List of people with surname Zhang

List of people surnamed Zhang is a list, which records the people who used to be surnamed Zhang.

Historical figures

 * Zhang Yi (died 309 BC), strategist in the Warring States period
 * Zhang Han (died 205 BC), military general of the Qin dynasty
 * Zhang Tang (died 116 BC), official of the Western Han dynasty under Emperor Wu
 * Zhang Anshi, son of Zhang Tang, official of the Han dynasty
 * Zhang Liang (died 186 BC), adviser to Liu Bang (founding emperor of the Han dynasty).
 * Zhang Jue, leader of the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the Eastern Han dynasty
 * Zhang Rang (died 189), leader of the eunuch faction during the reign of Emperor Ling in the Eastern Han dynasty
 * Zhang Lu (died 216), 3rd Celestial Master of Zhengyi Dao Order and political leader during Eastern Han dynasty
 * Zhang Fei (died 221), general of the Shu Han state in the Three Kingdoms period
 * Zhang Hong (153–212), official serving under the warlord Sun Quan in the Eastern Han dynasty
 * Zhang Yi (died 230), general of the Shu Han state in the Three Kingdoms period
 * Empress Zhang (died 237), Empress of the Shu Han state in the Three Kingdoms period
 * Zhang He (died 231), general of the Cao Wei state in the Three Kingdoms period
 * Zhang Liao (169–222), general of the Cao Wei state in the Three Kingdoms period
 * Zhang Zhao (156–238), official of the Eastern Wu state in the Three Kingdoms period
 * Zhang Chunhua (died 247), wife of the Cao Wei general Sima Yi in the Three Kingdoms period
 * Zhang Ni (died 254), general of the Shu Han state in the Three Kingdoms period
 * Zhang Yi (died 264), general of the Shu Han state in the Three Kingdoms period
 * Zhang Bu (died 264), general of the Eastern Wu state in the Three Kingdoms period
 * Zhang Hua (232–300), Western Jin dynasty official and poet.
 * Zhang Mao (277–324), founder of Former Liang in the Sixteen Kingdoms period
 * Zhang Ci (died 386), general and eunuch of the Former Qin state in the Sixteen Kingdoms period
 * Zhang Liang, general and official of the Tang dynasty
 * Zhang Yue (663–730), Tang dynasty chancellor and poet
 * Zhang Jiuling (673–740), Tang dynasty chancellor and poet
 * Zhang Jun (1086–1154), general of the Song dynasty
 * Zhang Jiucheng (1092–1159), court official
 * Zhang Hongfan (1238–1280), Yuan dynasty general
 * Zhang Sicheng (died 1344), 39th Celestial Master of Zhengyi Dao Order during the Yuan dynasty, known for his calligraphy
 * Zhang Juzheng (1525–1582), Ming dynasty statesman

Science and mathematics

 * Zhang Heng (78–139), Chinese scientist, mathematician and polymath who invented the first earthquake detector during the Han dynasty
 * Yi Xing (683–727, birthname: Zhang Sui), Chinese mathematician, astronomer and mechanical engineer born during the Tang dynasty, calculated the number of possible positions on a go board game
 * Zhang Shoucheng (1963–2018), American theoretical physicist
 * Zhang Shouwu (born 1962) Chinese-American mathematician
 * Zhang Yitang (born 1955), Chinese-American mathematician
 * Zhang Jie, Chinese physicist
 * Liangchi Zhang (born 1958), Chinese Australian mechanical engineer and scientist
 * John Zhang (born 1958), medical scientist in fertility research, and in vitro fertilization. Produced the world's first three-parent baby using the spindle transfer technique in 2016
 * Feng Zhang (born 1982), neuroscientist and biomedical engineer in optogenetics and CRISPR technologies
 * Guoqi Zhang speciality in electronics
 * Huaguang Zhang speciality in electronics
 * Jianzhong Zhang speciality in electronics
 * Junshan Zhang speciality in electronics
 * Wen-Hao Zhang plant physiologist and nutritionist
 * Wenjun Zhang speciality in electronics
 * Zhijun Zhang speciality in electronics

Government and military

 * Cheong Weng Chon (born 1966), Macau administrator
 * Zhang Aiping (1908–2003), Chinese communist military leader
 * Zhang Zhen (1914-2015), Chinese communist military leader and former Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission
 * Zhang Chunqiao (1917–2005), member of the Gang of Four
 * Zhang Dingfan (1891–1945), Chinese general
 * Zhang Guohua (1914–1972), PLA　general in the Battle of Chamdo and the Sino-Indian War
 * Zhang Shicheng (1321–1367), Red Turban Rebellion leader
 * Zhang Tiesheng Communist politician
 * Zhang Tingyu (1672–1755), Qing dynasty politician
 * Zhang Wentian (1900–1976), former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
 * Zhang Xueliang (1901–2001), Manchurian warlord and Zhang Zuolin's son
 * Zhang Zhidong (1837–1909), Qing dynasty politician
 * Zhang Zizhong (1891–1940), NRA general
 * Zhang Zongchang (1881–1932), Shandong warlord
 * Zhang Zuolin (1873–1928), Manchurian warlord
 * Zhang Dejiang (born 1946), former Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
 * Zhang Gaoli (born 1946), former Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China
 * Zhang Youxia (born 1950), Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission
 * Zhang Guoqing (born 1964), Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China

Entertainment

 * Chang Cheh, Chinese film director.
 * Chang Chia-hang, Taiwanese online personality
 * Zhang Yimou (born 1951), Chinese film director and former cinematographer
 * Zhang Guoli (born 1955), Chinese actor and film director
 * Zhang Yuan (born 1963), Chinese film director
 * Zhang Hanyu (born 1964), Chinese actor
 * Zhang Yang (born 1967), Chinese film director, screenwriter, and occasional actor
 * Jason Zhang (born 1982), Chinese pop singer
 * Jane Zhang (born 1984), Chinese pop singer
 * Zhang Zhenhuan (born 1984), Chinese actor and MediaCorp artiste based in Singapore
 * Zhang Xianzi (born 1986), Chinese singer
 * Zhang Yu (born 1988), Chinese voice actress
 * Baby Zhang (Zhang Hanyun) (born 1989), Chinese singer and runner-up of the singing contest Super Girl
 * Zhang Liyin (born 1989), Chinese singer active in China and South Korea
 * Zhang Haochen (born 1990), Chinese pianist
 * Zhang Zhehan (born 1991), Chinese actor
 * Zhang Yixing (born 1991), (known as Lay) Chinese singer, dancer, rapper and songwriter, member of the South Korean group EXO
 * Zhang Xincheng aka Stevan Zhang (born 1995), Chinese actor, model, singer.
 * Chelsea Zhang (born 1996), American actress
 * Zhang Yuge (born 1996), Chinese idol singer and member of female idol group SNH48
 * Zhang Zining (born 1996), Chinese singer, member of girl groups MERA and Rocket Girls 101
 * Zhang Zhenyuan (born 2003), Chinese singer, member of Teens in Times

Writers

 * Zhang Chao (1600–?), Qing dynasty literature and fiction writer
 * Zhang Chengzhi (born 1948), Hui Muslim writer and author of History of the Soul
 * Zhang Dai (1597–1689), Ming dynasty writer and historian
 * Zhang Lijia (born 1964), Chinese writer and author of "Socialism is Great!"
 * Zhang Tianyi (1906–1985), Chinese left-wing writer and children's author
 * Zhang Hongliang (born 1955), Chinese Maoist writer, scholar and social commentator
 * Zhang Jialong (born 1988), Chinese journalist
 * Zhang Renxi 17th century Chinese poetical critic
 * Lifen Zhang (born 1962), British-Chinese journalist, author and broadcaster
 * Zhang Xinxin (writer) (born 1953), Chinese writer
 * Zhang Yousong (1903–1995, Chinese translator
 * Zhang Zhu (1287–1386), Chinese poet
 * Zhang Zao (1962–2010), Chinese poet

Sports

 * Zhang Bing (born 1969), Chinese sports shooter
 * Caroline Zhang (born 1993), American figure skater
 * Zhang Dan (born 1985), Chinese pair skater, Zhang Hao's partner
 * Zhang Hao (born 1984), Chinese pair skater, Zhang Dan's partner
 * Zhang Hong Wei, Chinese paralympic athlete
 * Zhang Huimin (born 1999), Chinese female athlete
 * Zhang Jin (born 2000), Chinese artistic gymnast
 * Zhang Juanjuan (born 1981), Chinese archer
 * Zhang Jun (born 1977), Chinese badminton coach and former badminton player
 * Zhang Lianbiao (born 1969), Chinese retired javelin thrower
 * Zhang Lijun (born 1996), Chinese female curler
 * Zhang Ning (born 1975), Chinese badminton player
 * Rose Zhang, American golfer
 * Zhang Guowei (high jumper), Chinese high jumper
 * Zhang Shan Qi (born 1991), Chinese racecar driver
 * Zhang Shuai (born 1989), Chinese tennis player
 * Zhang Shuxian (born 2000), Chinese badminton player
 * Zhang Tianjie (born 1992), a naturalized Japanese basketball player who later changed his name to Tenketsu Harimoto
 * Zhang Tiequan (born 1978), Chinese martial artist
 * Zhang Weili (born 1989), Chinese mixed martial artist
 * Zhang Xi (born 1985), Chinese beach volleyball player
 * Zhang Yining (born 1981), Chinese table tennis player
 * Zhang Yufei (born 1998), competitive swimmer
 * Zhang Yufei (born 1988), gymnast and gymnastics coach
 * Zhang Yuning (born 1976), Chinese footballer
 * Zhang Jike (born 1989), Chinese table tennis player

Others

 * Zhang Baokang or Sheng-yen (1930–2009), Chinese Buddhist monk and religious scholar, founder of the "Dharma Drum Mountain"
 * Zhang Daoling or Zhang Tianshi (34–156), First Celestial Master and founder of the Taoist Order known as "Tian Shi Dao" or "Zhengyi Dao"
 * Zhang Daqian (1899–1983) Chinese artist
 * Zhang Guoxiang, 50th Celestial Master of Zhengyi Dao Order
 * Zhang Hongbao (1954–2006), founder and spiritual leader of Zhong Gong
 * Zhang Huaxiang, Chinese nurse murdered in Singapore
 * Linda Zhang, American automotive engineer
 * Zhang Luqin or Master Yin Shun (1906–2005), well-known Buddhist monk and scholar who bring forth Humanistic Buddhism
 * Zhang Mingxuan Chinese clergyman and president of the Chinese House Church Alliance
 * Zhang Qian (200–114 BC), Han dynasty diplomat and explorer
 * Zhang Qiulin (born 1964), Chinese French contralto opera singer
 * Zhang Sanfeng, semi-mythical Taoist sage in the Yuan and Ming dynasties
 * Zhang Xiao (born 1981), Chinese photographer
 * Zhang Yufeng (born 1945), former personal secretary of Mao Zedong
 * Zhang Zeduan (1085–1145), Chinese painter
 * Zhang Zhan (born 1983), Chinese lawyer and citizen journalist
 * Zhang Zhongjing, (150–219), Han dynasty physician
 * Zhang Zilin (born 1984), winner of Miss World 2007
 * James X. Zhang, American health economist and academic
 * Xinyu Zhang (born 1955), Chinese businessman
 * Zhang Meng, Chinese murder victim killed in Singapore
 * Zhang Yingying, Chinese exchange student who was kidnapped and murdered in the United States

Fictional and mythological characters

 * Frank Zhang, Roman demigod sired by Mars in The Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan
 * Elder Zhang Guo (Zhang Guolao), one of the Eight Immortals in Chinese mythology
 * Zhang Taiyan, grandmaster of Hokuto Sōkaken in the manga and anime series Fist of the Blue Sky
 * Zhang Wuji, the protagonist of the wuxia novel The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber by Jin Yong (Louis Cha)

Chang

 * Angela Chang, Taiwanese singer and actress.
 * Chang Cheh, Hong Kong film director
 * Chang Chen-yue or "A-Yue", Taiwanese rock musician.
 * Chang Ching-sen (born 1959), Governor of Fujian Province
 * Chang Fei or "Fei Ge", Taiwanese television personality.
 * Chang Jin-fu (born 1948), Governor of Taiwan Province (2009–2010)
 * Chang King-yuh (born 1937), Minister of Mainland Affairs Council of the Republic of China (1996–1999)
 * Chang Liang-jen (born 1946), Deputy Minister of National Defense of the Republic of China (2008–2009)
 * Chang Li-shan (born 1964), Magistrate-elect of Yunlin County
 * Chang San-cheng (born 1954), Premier of the Republic of China (2016)
 * Chang Tzi-chin, Deputy Magistrate of Taipei County (2005–2006)
 * Chen Chung Chang (1927–2014), mathematician
 * Deserts Chang, Taiwanese singer/songwriter.
 * Feiping Chang, Taiwanese-born Hong Kong socialite and fashion blogger
 * Edmond E-min Chang (born 1970), Taiwanese American former lawyer and current federal district judge for northern Illinois, appointed by President Obama in 2010
 * Eileen Chang (1920–1995), Chinese writer
 * Erchen Chang, Taiwanese chef
 * Eva Fong Chang (1897–1991), American artist
 * Chang Hui-mei or "A-mei", aboriginal Taiwanese singer and occasional songwriter.
 * Iris Chang (1968–2004), American historian and journalist
 * Jeff Chang, Taiwanese singer
 * Jung Chang, Chinese writer and author of Wild Swans
 * Chang Kai-chen (born 1991), Taiwanese tennis player
 * Kathleen Chang, birth name of Kathy Change, a political activist who committed suicide by self-immolation at the University of Pennsylvania in 1996
 * Katharine Chang, Chairperson of Straits Exchange Foundation
 * Chang King Hai Chinese international footballer in 1948 Olympics
 * Li Fung Chang, Taiwanese communications engineer
 * Michael Te-Pei Chang (born 1972), Chinese American tennis player
 * Peng Chun Chang (1892–1957), Chinese professor, philosopher, and playwright who played a pivotal role in drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
 * Phil Chang, Taiwanese singer-songwriter and television personality
 * Shi-Kuo Chang, Taiwanese computer scientist and science fiction author
 * Tseng Chang (1930–2021), Chinese American actor
 * Victor Chang (1936–1991), Chinese-Australian cardiac surgeon
 * Chang Yu-sheng (1966–1997), Taiwanese singer, composer, and producer

Cheong

 * Cheong Chun Yin (张俊炎; born 1984), Malaysian drug trafficker and life convict in Singapore
 * Cheong Fatt Tze (1840–1916), Chinese businessman and politician
 * Cheong Yoke Choy (1873–1958), Chinese-Malaysian philanthropist
 * Cheong Choong Kong (born 1941), Malaysian businessman, former CEO of Singapore Airlines
 * Cheong Liew (born 1949), Malaysian-Australian chef
 * Cheong Kuoc Vá (born 1956), Macau politician
 * Cheong Koon Hean (born 1957), Singaporean urban planner and architect
 * Cheong U (born 1957), Macau politician
 * Cheong Chia Chieh (born c. 1972), Malaysian businessman
 * Cheong Jun Hoong (born 1990), Malaysian diver

Cheung

 * Andrew Cheung (born 1961), Hong Kong judge and jurist
 * Cecilia Cheung (born 1980), Hong Kong actress and singer
 * Cheung Chi Doy (born 1941), Hong Kong-born footballer who represented Republic of China (Taiwan)
 * Cheung Chi Wai (born 1946), Hong Kong-born footballer who represented Republic of China (Taiwan)
 * Dicky Cheung (born 1965), Hong Kong actor and singer
 * Jacky Cheung (born 1961), Hong Kong actor and singer
 * Karin Anna Cheung (born 1974), American actress, singer, and songwriter
 * Leslie Cheung (1956–2003), Hong Kong actor and musician
 * Louis Cheung (born 1980), Hong Kong actor, singer, and songwriter
 * Maggie Cheung (born 1964), Hong Kong-British actress
 * Margaret Chung (1889–1959), American physician
 * Rachel Cheung (born 1991), Hong Kong classical pianist
 * Sharla Cheung or Cheung Man (born 1967), Hong Kong actress
 * Steven Ng-Sheong Cheung (born 1935), Chinese economist
 * Cheung Tat-ming (born 1964), Hong Kong actor, comedian, director, and writer
 * Teresa Cheung (born 1959), Hong Kong singer
 * Cheung Ka Long (born 1997), Fencing

Teo

 * Teo Chee Hean (张志贤; born 1954), Singaporean politician, Senior Minister
 * Teo Cheng Kiat (张振杰; born 1953), Singaporean white-collar criminal
 * Josephine Teo Li Min (杨莉明; born 1968), Singaporean politician, Minister for Communications and Information
 * Nicholas Teo (Chinese: 張棟樑; born 1981), Malaysian Chinese singer based in Taiwan
 * Teo Nie Ching (張念群; born 1981), Malaysian politician, Deputy Minister of Education (2018–2020)
 * Teo Ser Luck (张思乐; born 1968) Singaporean politician, Mayor of North East District (2009–2017)
 * Felicia Teo Wei Ling (张玮凌; 1988–2007), Singaporean student who was presumed missing in 2007 before she was revealed to be murdered
 * Teo Ghim Heng (张锦兴; born 1976), Singaporean convicted killer who killed his pregnant wife and daughter
 * Teo Zi Ning (张芷宁; 2013–2017), Singaporean murder victim who was killed by her father Teo Ghim Heng
 * Winnifred Teo Suan Lie (张碹丽 Zhāng Xuànlì; 1967–1985), Singaporean student and victim of an unsolved rape and murder case

Tiong

 * Tiong Hiew King (born 1935), Chinese Malaysian businessman
 * Tiong King Sing (born 1961), Chinese Malaysian politician

Tjong

 * Tjong A Fie or Tjong Yiauw Hian (1860–1921), Indonesian businessman, philanthropist, banker and Chinese Kapitan of Medan

仉

 * Mother of Mencius