List of Chinese people notable in the West

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A portrait of Confucius, by Tang Dynasty artist Wu Daozi (680-740).

The following is a list of famous Chinese-speaking/writing people.

Note in Chinese names, the family name is typically placed first (for example, the family name of "Xu Feng" is "Xu"). For westernized names, the family name is placed last (for example, the family name of "Maggie Cheung" is "Cheung").

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[edit] Republic of China

[edit] See also

[edit] Dissidents

[edit] Non-political royalty

[edit] Artists

[edit] Calligraphers

[edit] Architects

[edit] Actors and actresses

[edit] Film-makers

[edit] Musicians

[edit] Comedians

  • Raybon Kan, New Zealand comedian and newspaper columnist

[edit] Martial Artists

[edit] Sport

[edit] Coaches

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[edit] Educators

[edit] Business tycoons


[edit] Hong Kong

[edit] Explorers

[edit] Astronauts

[edit] Law


[edit] Military officers and soldiers

[edit] See also

[edit] Philosophers and writers

[edit] Linguists

[edit] Religion

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[edit] Scientists, inventors, and engineers

See also the List of Ethnic Chinese Nobel laureates

[edit] Others

[edit] Burmese Chinese

  • Aw Boon Haw, a Chinese entrepreneur and philanthropist
  • Lo Hsing Han, an infamous Burmese drug trafficker
  • Ne Win, was a Burmese military commander and dictator of Burma from 1962 until 1988

[edit] Fictional Chinese people

[edit] See also

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