List of Taiwanese people

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This is a list of famous Taiwanese people. People who were not born in Taiwan are indicated by an asterisk (*, notation incomplete).

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Artists and performers

Models

Singers and bands for popular music

See also: Mandopop

Musicians

Fine artists

Main article: List of Taiwanese artists

Film-makers

Comedians

Drag Performers

See also: Cinema of Taiwan

Athletes

Billiards

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

Joe Alexander
Austin Cheng

Baseball

Infielders

Outfielders

Pitchers

Chien-Ming Wang

Golf

Yani Tseng

Table tennis

  • Ben Chiu, 1st (1981 Jr. Canadian Champion), 2nd (1984 US Open doubles)

Tennis

Olympic medalists

Chuan-Kwang Yang

Business people

Educators

Linguists

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

Politicians

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

Scientists, physicians and engineers

See also

References

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  2. ^ "The 85th Academy Awards 2013". Oscars.org. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Venice Film Festival History 1932-2020". La Biennale. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  4. ^ "53ª edition (2000) awards". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Su-Wei Hsieh". WTA Tour. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Benjamin S. Hsiao Named Vice President for Research at Stony Brook University". Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
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