List of personalities of the city of Shanghai
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This is a list of famous people who were born in the Chinese city of Shanghai .
16th to 18th century
- Xu Guangqi (1562–1633), scholar and minister of the Ming Dynasty
19th century
- Emma Eames (1865–1952), American opera singer (soprano) and vocal teacher
- Georges Dreyer (1873–1934), Danish doctor and scientist
- Franz Knoop (1875–1946), German chemist
- Li Fuji (1885–1947) is considered to be the first Chinese ever to have a doctorate in physics
- Wellington Koo (1887–1985), diplomat
- Zheng Zhengqiu (1889–1935), screenwriter and film director
- Hu Shi (1891–1962), philosopher, philologist and politician
- Erich Eiswaldt (1894–1974), German diplomat and ambassador in Kabul
- Song Meiling (1897–2003), second wife of the Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek
20th century
1901-1910
- Duncan P. Ferguson (1901–1974), American sculptor
- Nordahl Wallem (1902–1972), Norwegian regatta sailor
- Li Shiqun (1905-1943), politician
- Cai Chusheng (1906–1968), film director
- Fei Mu (1906–1951), film director and screenwriter
- Helmut Ammann (1907–2001), Swiss sculptor, painter, graphic artist and glass painter
- Hu Die (1907–1989), actress
- Yvonne Cormeau (1909–1997), agent in the British Special Operations Executive during World War II
- Han Langen (1909–1982), actor and film director
- Ruan Lingyu (1910–1935), actress
1911-1920
- Mary Hayley Bell (1911–2005), British actress and playwright
- Wei-Liang Chow (1911–1995), Chinese-American mathematician
- Fritz Gebhardt von Hahn (1911–2003), German diplomat during the National Socialist era
- Zheng Junli (1911–1969), actor and film director
- Huang Wanli (1911–2001), engineer and hydrologist
- Chien-Shiung Wu (1912–1997), Chinese-American physicist
- Molly Yard (1912-2005), American suffragette
- Ralph Pappier (1914–1998), German-Argentine film director
- Rupprecht Gerngross (1915–1996), German lawyer and Nazi resistance fighter
- Denton Welch (1915–1948), English writer and painter
- Terence Young (1915-1994), British director
- Kai Lai Chung (1917–2009), American mathematician of Chinese descent
- Gia-Fu Feng (1919–1985), American translator of classical Daoist literature and a Tao teacher of Chinese origin
- Wu Wenjun (1919–2017), mathematician
- Zhang Ailing (1920–1995), writer and screenwriter
- Edmond Henri Fischer (* 1920), Swiss-American biochemist
- Zhang Chengji (1920–1988), Buddhist scholar and philosopher
- To Wang (1920–1990), computer developer and inventor
1921-1930
- Nils R. Müller (1921–2007), Norwegian film director
- Wu Xueqian (1921–2008), politician and Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China from 1982 to 1988
- John Gillespie Magee (1922–1941), Anglo-American poet and fighter pilot for the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II
- Suh Sui Cho (1922-2008), table tennis player
- Qin Yi (* 1922), film and stage actress
- Al Bartlett (1923–2013), American physicist and university professor
- Tsung-Dao Lee (* 1926), American physicist and Nobel Prize winner of Chinese origin
- Octave Levenspiel (1926–2017), American chemical engineer
- Roy Chiao (1927–1999), actor
- Jacques Mayol (1927-2001), French freediver
- Han Ying-chieh (1927–1991), actor
- Hu Hesheng (* 1928), mathematician
- Qian Qichen (1928–2017), politician and Minister of Foreign Affairs of China from 1988 to 1998
- Walasse Ting (1929-2010), Sino-American artist and poet
- James Graham Ballard (1930-2009), British writer
1931-1940
- Maik Hamburger (1931–2020), German translator, publicist and dramaturge
- Bernard Morin (1931-2018), French mathematician
- Xin Ru (* 1931), historian of philosophy
- Joseph Wang Yu-jung (1931–2018), Roman Catholic Bishop of Taichung
- Edward Judd (1932–2009), British actor
- Joseph Zen Ze-kiun (* 1932), Roman Catholic cardinal
- Mark di Suvero (* 1933), American sculptor
- Wang Jianzhong (1933–2016), composer and pianist
- Charles Kuen Kao (1933–2018), American-British physicist and Nobel Prize winner of Chinese origin
- Xia Meng (1933-2016), actress
- Chung L. Tang (* 1934), American physicist of Chinese descent
- George Atkinson (1935–2005), American stuntman, amateur actor, and businessman; Founding father of video stores
- Peter Gottwald (* 1935), German psychiatrist and psychologist
- Mario Machado (1935–2013), American actor, television and radio reporter
- Ingrid Noll (* 1935), German writer
- Antonio Xu Jiwei (1935-2016), Roman Catholic Bishop of Taizhou (Zhejiang)
- Liu Dehai (1937–2020), pipa player, composer and music teacher
- Tung Chee-hwa (born 1937), businessman and politician
- Nina Wang (1937–2007), entrepreneur and billionaire
- Harry Wu (1937–2016), American dissident and author of Chinese origin
- John Semmelink (1938–1959), Canadian ski racer of Dutch origin
- Dan Vadis (1938–1987), American bodybuilder and actor
- Xu Yinsheng (* 1938), table tennis player
- Michael Chow (* 1939), British actor and restaurateur of Chinese origin
- Sonja Mühlberger (* 1939), German writer
- Shao Weilian (* 1939), artist
- Olga Georges-Picot (1940–1997), French actress
- Taylor Wang (* 1940), American astronaut
- Manfred Worm (1940–2013), German lawyer
1941-1950
- Ma Jiangbao (1941-2016), Tai Chi Chuan master
- Ho-kwang Mao (* 1941), American geoscientist of Chinese origin
- Mike Medavoy (* 1941), American film producer
- José Song Sui-Wan (1941–2012), Brazilian religious priest of Chinese origin; Roman Catholic Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira
- Gert Voss (1941–2014), German stage actor
- Li Furong (* 1942), table tennis player and functionary
- Hu Jintao (* 1942), politician and from 2003 to 2013 President of the People's Republic of China
- Shui-Nee Chow (* 1943), mathematician
- Serge Ermoll (1943-2010), Australian jazz pianist
- Thierry Jordan (* 1943), French Roman Catholic clergyman and Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Reims since 1999
- Shannon Lucid (* 1943), American astronaut
- Stephan Sulke (* 1943), Swiss songwriter, keyboardist and guitarist
- Danny Yung (born 1943), artist
- Chen Zude (1944–2012), Go player
- Rita Fan (* 1945), President of the Hong Kong Legislative Assembly from 1998 to 2008
- Michael Yeung Ming-cheung (1945–2019), Roman Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Hong Kong
- Victor Dzau (* 1946), Chinese-American cardiologist and researcher
- Vivian Jeanette Kaplan (* 1946), author
- Cheng Pei-pei (born 1946), actress
- Andrew Yao (* 1946), Taiwanese-American computer scientist
- Pan Guang (* 1947), political scientist and historian
- Edward Yang (1947–2007), Taiwanese film director
- Li Ching (1948–2018), actress
- Claudia Maria Cornwall (* 1948), Canadian writer and journalist
- Zhu Guanghu (* 1949), soccer player and coach
- Tang Muhai (* 1949), composer and conductor
- Zheng Enchong (born 1950), lawyer
- Cheng Enfu (* 1950), professor of economics
- Yang Jiechi (* 1950), politician and Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China from 2007 to 2013
- Tsui Lap Chee (* 1950), geneticist and President of the University of Hong Kong
1951-1960
- Qigang Chen (* 1951), French composer of Chinese origin
- Wan Gang (* 1952), politician and automotive engineer
- Danny Lee Sau-Yin (* 1952), actor, film producer, director and show host
- Zhang Deying (* 1953), table tennis player
- Qiu Xiaolong (* 1953), writer, university professor, crime novel writer and translator
- Shi Mingde (* 1954), diplomat
- Xue Hanqin (* 1955), lawyer and judge at the International Court of Justice
- Wang Huning (* 1955), politician
- Bright Sheng (* 1955), American composer, conductor and pianist of Chinese origin
- Zhu Jianhua (* 1956), Germanist
- Anchee Min (* 1957), Chinese-American writer
- Chen Danyan (* 1958), writer
- Wong Kar-Wai (* 1958), screenwriter, film producer and film director
- Ding Yi (* 1959), Chinese-Austrian table tennis player
- Bei Ling (* 1959), writer, poet, essayist and dissident
- Shi Zhihao (* 1959), table tennis player and functionary
- Yan Pei-Ming (* 1960), painter
- Betti Xiang (* 1960), musician
1961-1970
- Joan Chen (* 1961), Chinese-American actress and director
- Ying Chen (* 1961), Canadian writer of Chinese origin
- Nina Li Chi (born 1961), actress
- Yuan Shun (* 1961), video artist
- Sze Yu (* 1962), Australian badminton player of Chinese origin
- Xu Fengxia (* 1963), musician
- Rui Naiwei (* 1963), Go player
- Ni Xialian (* 1963), Chinese and Luxembourg table tennis player
- Shoucheng Zhang (1963–2018), American theoretical solid-state physicist of Chinese origin
- Cao Kefei (* 1964), theater director, author and translator
- He Zhili (* 1964), Chinese and Japanese table tennis player
- Lou Ye (born 1965), director
- Vivian Wu (* 1966), American actress of Chinese origin
- Wang Xiaoshuai (* 1966), film director and screenwriter
- Lu Hao (* 1967), politician
- Liu Hao (* 1968), director
- Jing Jun Hong (* 1968), table tennis player and trainer
- Yang Zhenzong (* 1968), video artist and photographer
- Fan Zhiyi (* 1969), soccer player
1971-1980
- Kevin Han (* 1972), American badminton player
- Hai-Ye Ni (* 1972), cellist and music teacher
- Yang Wenyi (* 1972), swimmer and Olympic champion
- Zhuang Yong (* 1972), swimmer
- Zhou Weihui (* 1973), writer
- Sun Wen (* 1973), FIFA player of the century
- Tao Luna (* 1974), marksman and Olympic champion
- Wang Pin (* 1974), chess player
- Xie Hui (* 1975), soccer player
- Le Jingyi (* 1975), swimmer
- Wang Chen (* 1976), badminton player
- Du Yun (* 1977), composer, multi-instrumentalist and performance artist
- Hu Binyuan (born 1977), marksman
- Chi Cao (* around 1978), British ballet dancer of Chinese origin
- Wang Liqin (* 1978), table tennis player
- You Wenhui (* 1979), beach volleyball player
- Yao Ming (born 1980), basketball player
1981-1990
- Zhu Yingwen (* 1981), freestyle swimmer
- Han Han (* 1982), rally driver, writer and songwriter
- Celina Lin (* 1982 or 1983), poker player
- Sun Xiang (* 1982), soccer player
- Ni Hua (* 1983), chess player
- Tan Ruiwu (* 1983), Croatian table tennis player
- Liu Xiang (* 1983), track and field athlete and Olympic champion
- Wang Zhijiong (* 1983), violinist
- Zhu Lin (* 1984), badminton player
- Pang Jiaying (* 1985), freestyle swimmer
- Wu Minxia (* 1985), water diver
- Xu Linyin (* 1986), beach volleyball player
- Ma Yunwen (* 1986), volleyball player
- Ma Qinghua (* 1987), racing driver
- Xu Lijia (* 1987), regatta sailor
- Zhou Jianchao (* 1988), chess player
- Wang Yihan (* 1988), badminton player
- Huo Liang (* 1989), water diver
- Liu Zige (* 1989), swimmer
- Huang Xuechen (* 1990), synchronized swimmer
1991-2000
- Ju Wenjun (* 1991), chess master
- Tang Yi (* 1993), swimmer
- Yuanling Yuan (* 1994), Canadian chess player
- Hua Runhao (* 1996), tennis player
- Zhang Zhizhen (* 1996), tennis player