List of people from Shanghai

This is a list of notable people who were born or raised in Shanghai, China, or have spent a large or formative part of their life in that city.

Native Shanghainese

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A

• Angelababy (born 1989) – actress

B

• Bao Jianfeng (born 1975) – actor and singer

C

• Eileen Chang (1920–1995) – writer
• Chin Tsi-ang (1909–2007) – Hong Kong actress
• Tycho Collins (born 2001) – football player

D

• Dai Xiangyu (born 1984) – actor and model
• Ding Yuxi (born 1995) – actor

F

• Sam Feldman (born 1949) – Canadian music executive
• Jerry Fujio (1940–2021) – Japanese singer, actor and tarento
• Feng Shaofeng (born 1978) – actor

G

• Seven Gao, singer
• Ben Gu (born 1961) – librarian, translator and library science researcher
• Guo Liang (born 1968) – Singaporean actor and television presenter

H

• Fan Ho (1931–2016) – photographer, film director and actor
• Huang Yu (1916–2013) – actor and filmmaker
• Hu Ge (born 1982) – actor

J

• Jing Chao (born 1986) – actor
• Edward Judd (1932–2009) – British actor
• Ju Wenjun (born 1991) – chess grandmaster and Women's World Champion from 2018–present.

K

• Ku Feng (1930–2025) – Hong Kong actor
• Burt Kwouk (1930–2016) – British actor

L

• Lai Hang (1928–1965) – actor
• Lydia Li – TV presenter and actress
• Lu Jinhua (1927–2018) – Yue opera artist

M

• Ma Yili (born 1976) – actress
• Mei Baojiu (1934–2016) – Peking opera artist and politician
• Ma Zhencheng (born 1934) – translator

O

• Henry O (born 1927) – actor

Q

• Qian Zhijun (born 1987) – actor
• Qiao Renliang (1987–2016) – singer and actor

S

• Josephine Siao (born 1947) – Hong Kong actress
• Sze Yu (born 1962) – Australian actor and former badminton player

T

• Kaiji Tang (born 1984) – voice actor
• Tiffany Tang (born 1983) – actress
• Kenneth Tsang (1935–2022) – Hong Kong actor

W

• Wei Zongwan (born 1938) – actor
• Wu Pang (1909–2000) – Hong Kong filmmaker

X

• Xu Zheng (born 1972) – actor and filmmaker
• Joker Xue (born 1983) – singer-songwriter

Y

• Yan Shunkai (1937–2017) – actor and comedian
• Yueh Hua (1942–2018) – Hong Kong actor
• Yan Mingyong (born 1985) – gymnast
• Yang Yang (born 1991) – actor
• Yang Rong (仰融, born 1957) – businessman
• Yitang Zhang (born 1955) – mathematician

Z

• Zheng Junli (1911–1969) – actor and filmmaker
• Zhu Guanghu (born 1949) – football coach, actor and former footballer
• Zhong Chenle (born 2001) – singer; member of K-Pop group NCT
• Zhou Guanyu (born 1999) – Formula One driver

Non-native Shanghainese

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by editing the page to add missing items, with references to reliable sources.

These people were not born or adopted in Shanghai and raised elsewhere but are well known for living in Shanghai.

B

• Ba Jin (1904–2005) – writer; born and raised in Chengdu, Sichuan

L

• Lu Xun (1881–1936) – writer, literary critic, and educator; born and raised in Shaoxing, Zhejiang

S

• Su Qing (1914–1982) – writer; born and raised in Ningbo, Zhejiang

Z

• Zhang Chunqiao (1917–2005) – politician and writer; born and raised in Juye County, Shandong