List of personalities of the city of Beijing

The list of personalities of the city of Beijing includes the honorary citizens of Beijing and those born in the Chinese capital.

Honorary citizen

The following persons, listed in alphabetical order, have been made honorary citizens of Beijing City.

• Rewi Alley , writer
• Peter Chan , director and producer
• Cheng Yu-tung , Hong Kong industrial tycoon
• Manfred Durniok , film producer
• Hubertus Graf von Faber-Castell , industrial tycoon in Germany
• Victor Fung (Feng Guojing), Hong Kong industrial tycoon
• Zdzislaw Goralczyk , Polish Ambassador to Beijing
• Stanley Ho , Macau tycoon
• Hui Jing Zi , Japanese-Chinese doctor
• George Killian , President of the World Federation of Student Athletes ( FISU )
• Robert Kuok , Hong Kong industrial tycoon
• Lee Shau-kee , Hong Kong tycoon
• Li Ka-shing , Hong Kong industrial tycoon
• Ma Wanqi , President of Macau's Major China Trading Company
• Ora Namir , Israeli ambassador to Beijing
• Walter Kwok Ping-sheung , Hong Kong tycoon
• Lothar Schell , piano designer
• Michael Shapiro , English translator of Mao Zedong's works
• Suzuki Shunichi , Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) politician in Japan
• Tsang Hin-chi , Hong Kong industrial tycoon
• Henry Fok Ying Tung , Hong Kong industrial tycoon

sons and daughters of the town

The following people were born in Beijing in alphabetical order.

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A.

• Ai Weiwei (* 1957), concept artist, sculptor and curator

B.

• Bai Yang (1920–1996), actress
• At Dao (* 1949), writer

C.

• Cao Yuan (* 1995), water diver
• Mey Lan Chao (* 1970), German actress of Chinese origin
• Chen Kaige (born 1952), director
• Chen Ran (* 1962), writer
• Chen Xiaoyong (* 1955), composer
• Cheng Congfu (* 1984), automobile racing driver
• Chenghua (1447–1487), eighth emperor of the Ming Dynasty
• Nien Cheng (1915–2009), American writer
• Chia-Chiao Lin (1916–2013), Sino-American physicist and mathematician
• Ching Ling Foo (1854–1922), juggler and magician
• Chongzhen (1611–1644), last emperor of the Ming dynasty
• Cui Jian (* 1961), Chinese rock musician of Korean descent
• Cixi (1835–1908), Empress widow

D.

• Daoguang (1782–1850), sixth emperor of the Qing dynasty
• Deng Rong (* 1950), entrepreneur and writer
• Der Ling (1885–1944), Chinese-American author
• Ivan Desny (1922–2002), French-German actor of Russian-Swedish origin
• John Dobson (1915-2014), American amateur astronomer
• Duo Duo (* 1951), writer

F.

• Feng Kun (* 1978), volleyball player
• Feng Mengbo (* 1966), video and installation artist
• Feng Xiaogang (* 1958), director
• Fu Biao (1963-2005), actor
• Michael Fu Tie-shan (1931–2007), Bishop of Beijing of the Chinese State Church, Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association

G

• Guangxu (1871–1908), tenth emperor of the Qing Dynasty
• Gu Cheng (1956–1993), poet, essayist and novelist

H

• Gottfried Haas (* 1943), German diplomat
• Han Dongfang (* 1963), labor activist and trade unionist
• He Kexin (* 1994), gymnast
• Hongzhi (1470–1505), ninth emperor of the Ming Dynasty
• Hu Jia (* 1973), civil rights activist and environmental activist
• King Hu (1931–1997), film director and screenwriter

J

• Jiaqing (1760–1820), fifth emperor of the Qing dynasty
• Jingtai (1428–1457), seventh emperor of the Ming dynasty

K

• Kangxi (1654–1722), second emperor of the Qing dynasty
• Kawashima Yoshiko (1907–1948), Manchu princess and spy in the service of the Japanese Kwantung Army and Manchukuo State

L.

• Lao She (1899–1966), writer
• Christoph Lehmann (* 1947), German composer and musician
• Kou Lei (* 1987), Ukrainian table tennis player of Chinese origin
• Li Ang (born 1981), Go player
• Jet Li (born 1963), actor
• Li Jia Wei (* 1981), Singaporean table tennis player
• Li Lili (1915–2005), actress
• Li Dawei (* 1963), writer
• Li Xiaoran (born 1978), actress
• Li Xueqin (1933–2019), scholar and historian
• Li Ye (1192-1279), mathematician
• Li Zhisui (1920–1995), medical doctor, one of Mao Zedong's numerous doctors
• Liu Baiyu (1916–2005), writer and cultural politician
• Liu Jia (* 1982), Austrian table tennis player of Chinese origin
• Liu Suola (* 1955), composer, author and musician
• Liu Xiaobo (* 1984), Taekwondoin
• Longqing (1537–1572), twelfth emperor of the Ming dynasty
• Lou Jiwei (born 1950), politician
• Lu Hao (born 1969), artist
• Lü Jiamin (* 1946), writer
• Lisa Lu (* 1927), American actress of Chinese origin
• Luhan (* 1990), singer, actor and until 2014 member of the boy group Exo

P

• Andrei Poljanin (* 1951), Russian mathematician
• Alexei Pushkov (* 1954), Russian politician
• Puyi (1906–1967), Emperor of China (1908–1912)

Q

• Qianlong (1711–1799), Emperor of China

R.

• Rabban Bar Sauma (1220–1294), Nestorian monk

S.

• Shan Sa (* 1972), French writer and painter of Chinese origin
• Shao Jiayi (* 1980), soccer player
• Sun Daolin (1921–2007), actor and film director
• Sun Shengnan (* 1987), tennis player

T

• Teng Haibin (* 1985), Turner
• Tian Zhuangzhuang (* 1952), film director
• Tongzhi (1856–1875), ninth emperor of the Qing Dynasty

W.

• Wang Dulu (1909–1977), writer
• Wang Meng (* 1934), writer
• Wang Tao (* 1967), table tennis player
• Wang Yi (* 1953), Chinese Foreign Minister since 2013
• Wanli (1563–1620), thirteenth emperor of the Ming dynasty
• Yuja Wang (* 1987), pianist
• Faye Wong (* 1969), singer and actress
• Wei Jingsheng (* 1950), dissident
• Ray Wu (1928–2008), molecular biologist and geneticist

X

• Xie Jun (* 1970), world chess champion
• Xiaoliang Sunney Xie (* 1962), biochemist
• Xu Jinglei (* 1974), actress, director and editor
• Xuande (1399–1435), fifth emperor of the Ming dynasty

Y

• Yang Chen (born 1974), football player
• Yang Ling (* 1972), marksman
• Yang Pu (* 1978), soccer player
• Ying Ruocheng (1929–2003), actor and politician
• Yiyun Li (* 1972), Chinese-American author
• Yongzheng (1678–1735), Emperor of the Qing Dynasty
• Yu Xinyuan (born 1985), tennis player

Z

• Zao Wou-Ki (1920–2013), French-Chinese painter
• Zhai Chao (* 1971), handball player
• Ann Zhang (* 1957), short track trainer
• Zhang Jie (born 1937), writer
• Zhang Lin (* 1987), swimmer
• Zhang Nan (* 1990), badminton player
• Zhang Yining (* 1981), table tennis player
• Zhang Youdai (* 20th century), DJ and music producer
• Zhang Ziyi (* 1979), actress
• Zhengde (1491–1521), eleventh emperor of the Ming dynasty
• Zhengtong (1427–1464), sixth emperor of the Ming Dynasty
• Zhu Fang (* 1976), Spanish table tennis player of Chinese descent
• Zhuang Zedong (1940-2013), table tennis player and eight-time world champion

See also

• List of Mayors of Beijing City

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Beijing City: Honorary Citizen of Beijing