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
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 Lu Yuxiao (born 1999) - actress
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 (, 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
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
References