List of Hokkien people

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This is a list of notable Hokkiens/Hoklos (河洛人). Unless otherwise noted, locations noted are of ancestral locations in Southern Fujian, China.

Academia and Science[]

Nobel prize medal.svg Yuan T. Lee, first ethnic Hokkien Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry; 1986
  • Su Song (蘇頌/苏颂, 1020–1101 AD; Tong'an district, Quanzhou city) - renown polymath, scientist, mathematician and mechanical engineer of the Song Dynasty
  • Li Denghui (educator) (李登輝, Tong'an District, Fujian) Born in Batavia, Indonesia, 1873. First President of the famous Fudan University of Shanghai.
  • Su Buqing (蘇步青/苏步青, born 1902 in Pingyang County, Wenzhou, Zhejiang - 2003; ancestry: Quanzhou City) - mathematician and president of Fudan University.
  • Cai Liusheng (蔡镏生, born 18 September 1902, Quanzhou, Fujian). Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was one of the founders of catalytic kinetics in China.
  • Wang Yinglai (王應睞/王应睐, 13 Nov 1907; Kinmen island) - Chinese biochemist recognized as the first person to create synthetic insulin[1]
  • Cai Qirui (蔡啟瑞/蔡启瑞, 7 Jan 1914; Xiamen city) - the founder of Chinese catalytic chemistry
  • Xie Xide (謝希德/谢希德; 1921 – 2000) Chinese physicist, president of Fudan University from 1983 to 1989, and remained as advisor to the university from 1989 until her death. She helped to set up the university's Centre for American Studies and founded its Modern Physics Institute in 1977. Referred to as someone the Nobel prize committee missed
  • Peng Shilu (彭士祿/彭士禄, 18 Nov 1925 – 22 Mar 2021; Haifeng, Shanwei city, Guangdong) - nuclear engineer known for being the "father of China's nuclear submarines"
  • Huang Zhanyue (黄展岳), Born August 1926, Nan'an, Fujian. Prominent Chinese archaeologist and Professor at the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Research focus was on the archaeology of China from the Han dynasty to the Tang dynasty.
  • Sow-Hsin Chen (陳守信/陈守信, born 1935 in Chiayi, Taiwan) - physicist and professor emeritus at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a recognized pioneer in the research of dynamic properties of supercooled and interfacial water
  • Leon Chua (蔡少棠, born June 28, 1936 in the Philippines; ancestral: Jinjiang, Quanzhou) - computer scientist, professor at the University of California, Berkeley and the inventor of the Chua's circuit.
  • Zhong Nanshan (鐘南山/钟南山; ancestral home in Xiamen, born 1936 in Nanjing) Top epidemiologist, pulmonologist adviser to the Chinese government during the SARS and COVID-19 pandemics. Recipient of Order of the Republic, the highest order of honor of China. Named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2020.
  • Yuan T. Lee (李遠哲/李远哲, born 19 Nov 1936 in Hsinchu, Taiwan; ancestral: Nan'an City, Quanzhou) - Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry in 1986.[2]
  • Lin Junde (林俊德, 13 March 1938, Yongchun County, Quanzhou) - Explosion Mechanics scientist and Researcher at Xinjiang Malan Nuclear Test Base. Honored as one of the "Ten People Who Moved China".
  • Zhijian Chen (陳志堅/陈志坚) (born 1966; Anxi, Quanzhou) - a biochemist and professor at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, recipient of the 2019 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences[3]
  • Fang Zhouzi (方舟子, Sep 28, 1967; Yunxiao County, Zhangzhou) - postdoctoral researcher in molecular genetics and Chinese popular science writer.
  • March Tian Boedihardjo (沈詩鈞/沈诗钧) (born March 1998 in Hong Kong; ancestry: Anxi, Quanzhou) - a mathematics child genius he was enrolled in a university at only 9 years old graduating one year early, became a mathematics professor at 18[4]
  • Xie Hua'an (谢华安) Chinese agronomist best known for developing the hybrid rice "Shan-You 63" which is a milestone for China's hybrid rice development and production because of its high yield and wide adaptability.

Business[]

Monarchs[]

Flag of the Hokkien ruled Kingdom of Koxinga.

Politicians[]

Military[]

  • Shi Lang, ( 施琅; 1621-1696; Jinjiang, Quanzhou). Commander-in-chief of the Qing fleets which defeated Kingdom of Tungning and conquered Taiwan in 1683.
  • José Ignacio Paua (刘亨赙, Nan'an, Quanzhou, Fujian) Chinese-Filipino general who joined the Katipunan that spearheaded the 1896 Philippine Revolution against the Spanish Empire. Continued to fight against the Americans during the Philippine–American War.
  • Ye Fei (葉飛, Nan'an, Fujian ) or Sixto Mercado Tiongco was a Philippine-born Chinese military general and politician of the People's Republic of China. Served at various times as Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Navy, Governor & Communist Party Chief of Fujian Province and Minister of Transport.
  • Cai Yingting (蔡英挺, Jinjiang, Fujian), ex-commander of Nanjing Military Region, ex-president of the PLA Academy of Military Science

Arts & Entertainment[]

Movie directors
  • Tang Xiaodan (汤晓丹; 22 Feb 1910, Hua'an, Zhangzhou), Chinese film director. In 1984, he won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Director.
  • Jack Neo (梁志強), Singapore film and television actor, host and director.
  • Eric Khoo (邱金海; born 27 March 1965) credited for the revival of Singapore's film industry, youngest son of Khoo Teck Puat.
  • Boo Junfeng (巫俊锋, 4 Dec 1983), Singapore filmmaker.


Singers
  • Jay Chou (周杰倫, born 18 January 1979 in Linkou District, Taiwan) - renowned Taiwanese singer.
  • JJ Lin (林俊杰, born 27 March 1981 in Singapore; ancestry: Kinmen, Fujian) - renowned Mandopop singer.
  • Yin Chengzong (殷承宗, 1941-; Xiamen, Fujian), a Chinese pianist and composer.
  • Dick Lee (李迪文, born 24 August 1956 in Singapore) - a Singaporean pop singer, composer and playwright.
  • Wu Bai (吳俊霖, born 14 January 1968 in Chiayi, Taiwan) - is a Taiwanese rock singer and songwriter.
  • Jody Chiang (江蕙), is Taiwan's most famous singer and is often referred to as the Queen of Taiwanese pop music.
  • Janet Hsieh (謝怡芬), a Taiwanese-American television personality, violinist, author, and model based in Taipei, Taiwan. She is most well known for playing the Taiwanese Mandarin voiceover of Anna in the movie Frozen.
  • Han Kuo-Huang (韩国璜), a Chinese-born American musician.
  • Ah Niu or Tan Kheng Seong (陳慶祥), Malaysian Chinese singer in Malaysia and Singapore
  • Will Pan


Actors/Actresses
  • Michelle Yeoh (楊紫瓊,Ipoh, Malaysia) - a Chinese Malaysian actress, best known for performing her own stunts in the Hong Kong action films that brought her to fame in the early 1990s.
  • Sarah Lian (连丽婷), a Chinese Malaysian actress and television personality based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • Yao Chen (姚晨), a Chinese actress whom Forbes ranks as the 83rd most powerful woman in the world
  • Lim Kay Tong (林祺堂), Singaporean actor
  • Sharon Au, former Singaporean actress and host
  • Priscelia Chan (曾詩梅), Singaporean television actress
  • Tan Kok Hwa (陳國華), Singaporean actor
  • Jeanette Aw (欧燕苹), named as one of the Seven Princesses of Mediacorp.
  • Edmund Chen (陈之财), Singaporean actor
  • Paige Chua (蔡琦慧), Singaporean model and actress
  • Baiyu (singer), Chinese-born American singer-songwriter and actress.
  • Angelababy
  • Richard Ng Man-tat (吳孟達), Famous Hong Kong actor

Sports[]

  • Huang Dongping (黄东萍 ; Nan'an, Fujian, China ) Tokyo 2020 Olympics Gold medalist for badminton mixed doubles.
  • Yang Liwan, ( Shishi, Quanzhou, China) Multiple Paralympic and World Championship Gold medals winner for shot put and javelin.
  • Rudy Hartono Kurniawan ( 梁海量) , born Nio Hap Liang in Surabaya, Indonesia. Badminton player who won the men's singles title at the prestigious All-England Championship eight times, seven times consecutively (1968–1974) and at World Championship in 1980. Widely acclaimed as the greatest badminton player of all time.
  • Lee Chong Wei (李宗偉), born in Penang, Malaysia No.1 World ranking Badminton player for a total of 349 weeks, including a 199-week streak from 21 August 2008 to 14 June 2012.

Religion[]

References[]

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  2. ^ "李远哲-人物".
  3. ^ "厉害了！这位从闽南农村走出的科学家拿下全球科学大奖！". 厦门日报. 2018-10-18.
  4. ^ "億 萬 家 財 蒸 發 9 歲 神 童 身 世 傳 奇". 30 August 2007.
  5. ^ Chris Baker, Pasuk Phongpaichit (2005-04-20). A History of Thailand. Cambridge University Press. back matter. ISBN 0-521-81615-7.
  6. ^ (in Chinese) 水头镇朴里村热烈欢迎泰国前总理吕基文
  7. ^ "Pedro Singson Gotiaoco". Geni_family_tree. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
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