List of Taiwanese people

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This is a list of famous Taiwanese people. People who were not born in Taiwan are indicated by an asterisk (*, notation incomplete).

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Artists and performers

Models

Musicians

Fine artists

Film-makers

Comedians

Drag Performers

See also: Cinema of Taiwan

Athletes

Billiards

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Zhiting Wu

Badminton

Basketball

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Joe Alexander
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Austin Cheng

Baseball

Infielders

Outfielders

Pitchers

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Chien-Ming Wang

Golf

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Yani Tseng

Table tennis

Tennis

Olympic medalists

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Chuan-Kwang Yang

Business people

Educators

Linguists

Others

Philosophers, thinkers, and writers

See also: List of Taiwanese authors and List of Confucianists

Politicians

See also: List of leaders of the Republic of China, Premier of the Republic of China

Scientists, physicians and engineers

See also

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