List of Taiwanese people
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Famous Taiwanese or Taiwanese-speaking/writing people. Mainlanders are indicated by an asterisk (*).
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Republic of China politicians
- John Chiang*
- Chang Chun*
- Chen Li-an*
- Chen Shui-bian
- Sisy Chen
- Chang Chau-hsiung*
- Chiang Ching-kuo*
- Chiang Wei-kuo*
- Chu Mei-feng
- Frank Hsieh
- Lee Teng-hui
- Lien Chan
- Lin Yang-kang
- Annette Lu
- Ma Ying-jeou*
- Dr. Sun Yat-sen*
- Vincent Siew
- James Soong*
- Su Tseng-chang
- Sun Yun-suan*
- Yu Shyi-kun
- Wang Chien-shien*
- Wang Jin-pyng
See also: List of leaders of the Republic of China, Premier of the Republic of China
Artists and perfomers
Painters and calligraphers
See also: List of Taiwanese painters
Actors and Actresses
Film-makers
- Ang Lee
- Hou Hsiao-Hsien*, Director City of Sadness
See also: Cinema of Taiwan
Singers & Groups
See also: Mandopop
Musicians
- Ch'eng Mao-yün*, violinist and composer
Athletes
- Chen Shih-Hsin, gold medal, Athens Olympics, 2004
- Chi Cheng, track and field world champion
- Chih Hsiung Huang, silver medal, Athens Olympics, 2004
- Chu Mu Yen, gold medal, Athens Olympics, 2004
- Yang Chuan-kwang, silver medal, Rome Olympics
- Wang Chien-Ming, pitcher, New York Yankees
Educators
- Cai Yuanpei, chancellor
- Winston Chang
Business tycoons
- Morris Chang
- James Chu, founder of computer monitor company ViewSonic in Walnut, California
- David Chu, co-founded of Nautica
- Jerry Yang, computer scientist and entrepreneur, cofounder of Yahoo!
- Winston Wang founded Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing
- Tsai Wan Lin
- Wang Yung-ching
- Terry Gou
- Koo Chen-fu
- John Tu and David Sun, cofounders of Kingston Technologies
Philosophers and writers
- Lee Deng Hui, writer
- Li Ao*, writer
- Tu Wei-ming*, ethicist
See also: List of Taiwanese authors, List of Taiwanese language poets, List of Confucianists
Linguists
- Woo Tsin-hang*, linguist
- Y. R. Chao*, phonologist and dialectologist
Religion
- Witness Lee*, Christian founder of the Local Church
See also: List of Taoists
Scientists and engineers
- David Ho, medical researcher
- Yuan T. Lee, Nobel laureate in chemistry
Others
- Mai Chen, constitutional lawyer, emigrated to New Zealand
- Henry Lee*, forensic expert
- Wen Ho Lee, engineer falsely accused of spying