This article is a list of notable people of Chinese ancestry who were born in or have settled in the United Kingdom.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are British Chinese or must have references showing they are British Chinese and are notable.
Academia
edit- Kevin Fong,[1] professor of medicine, UCL academic.
- Charles K. Kao, KBE, Nobel Prize in Physics, pioneer in the development and use of fibre-optics in telecommunications
- Linda Yueh, CBE, prominent economist and UK trade advisor and dual British-American
Acting
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- Leah Bracknell (born 1964), actress and yoga teacher, Eurasian, English father and Chinese-Malaysian mother
- Gemma Chan (born 1982), actress44
- Julia Chan (born 1983), actress
- Lobo Chan (born 1960), actor
- Maggie Cheung (born 1964), actress
- Tsai Chin (born 1933), actress and singer, first Chinese Bond girl
- Vera Chok (born 1977), actress
- Christina Chong (1983), actress
- William Gao (born 2003), actor, Eurasian
- Paul Courtenay Hyu (born 1968), actor, writer and Elvis impersonator, Eurasian
- Linda Louise Duan (born 1993), actress
- Jon Foo (born 1982), actor and wushu martial artist
- Mona Hammond (born 1931), actress
- Jessica Henwick (born 1992), actress, Eurasian
- Alice Hewkin (born 1999), actress
- Burt Kwouk (born 1930), actor
- Pui Fan Lee (born 1970), actress and television presenter
- Katie Leung (born 1987), actress
- Jessie Mei Li (born 1995), actress
- Jennifer Lim (born 1980), actress
- Pik-Sen Lim (born 1944), actress
- Selina Lo (born 1994), actress
- Jing Lusi (born 1985), actress
- Jane March (born 1973), actress, Eurasian
- Max Minghella (born 1985), actor, Eurasian
- Carl Ng (born 1976), actor, Eurasian
- Suan-Li Ong (born 1990), actress-model
- Colin Ryan (born 1986), actor, Eurasian
- Marli Siu (born 1993), actress, Eurasian
- Elaine Tan (born 1979), actress
- Elizabeth Tan (born 1990), actress
- Lewis Tan (born 1987), actor and martial artist
- Jason Tobin (born 1975), actor
- Rhydian Vaughan (born 1988), actor, Eurasian
- Benedict Wong (born 1971), actor
- Jason Wong (born 1986), actor
- Sophie Wu (born 1983), actress, Eurasian
- Tom Wu (born 1972), actor
- David Yip (born 1951), actor, Eurasian
- George Young (born 1980), actor and writer, Eurasian
- Ric Young (born 1944), actor
- Crystal Yu (born 1987), actress
- Ozzie Yue (born 1947), actor and singer
Art and design
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- Suki Chan, British Chinese artist
- Stanley Chow, artist and illustrator
- Aowen Jin, British Chinese artist and social commentator
- Qu Lei Lei, artist and calligrapher[2]
- Cary Kwok, artist
- Chris Liu, fashion designer
- Beatrix Ong, luxury fashion accessory and shoe designer
- Gok Wan, fashion consultant and television presenter[3]
Business
edit- Andrew Ng, co-founder of education technology company Coursera, director of Stanford University's Artificial Intelligence Lab[4]
- Sir David Tang, founder of fashion chain Shanghai Tang, socialite and writer
- Woon Wing Yip, founder of the British Chinese supermarket chain Wing Yip
Food
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- Mi Gao Huang Chen, takeaway owner who was murdered in 2005
- Ching-He Huang, food broadcaster and food writer
- Nancy Lam, chef[5]
- Willian "Bill" Poon, chef and restaurateur[6]
- Alan Yau, restaurateur, founder of Wagamama, Hakkasan and Yauatcha
- Michael Chow, British-American restaurateur
- Kim-Joy Hewlett, baker, cookbook author, and finalist in the ninth series of The Great British Bake Off of Chinese Malaysian descent
- Kenneth Lo, writer of more than 30 Chinese cookbooks
Music
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- Ayi Jihu (born 1984), singer[7]
- Zilan Liao, guzheng, concert harp and director of Pagoda arts
- Jason Lai, orchestral conductor[8]
- Herman Li, of the power metal band DragonForce
- Melvyn Tan, classical pianist
- Jasmine Thompson, singer
- Matt Tong, drummer of indie rock bands Bloc Party and Algiers[9]
- Fou Ts'ong, pianist
- KT Tunstall, musician
- Vanessa-Mae, violinist[10]
- Jamie Woon, dubstep artist
- Raymond Yiu, composer
- Cheng Yu, pipa and guqin musician[11]
- Guo Yue, dizi and bawu musician
Politics
edit- Michael Chan, Baron Chan, politician, life peer in the House of Lords
- Steven Dominique Cheung, Diana Award winner, youngest candidate for the European Election in 2009, DJ of Spectrum Radio and SW1 Radio[12]
- Alan Mak, Member of Parliament for Havant since 2015, first British Chinese member of the House of Commons
- Sarah Owen, Member of Parliament for Luton North
- Nat Wei, Baron Wei, social entrepreneur, former government advisor and member of the House of Lords[13]
- Sonny Leong, Baron Leong, politician, life peer in the House of Lords
- James Lindsay, 3rd Baron Lindsay of Birker, hereditary peer in the House of Lords, born to British father and Chinese mother
- Yuan Yang, Member of Parliament for Earley and Woodley
Sport
edit- Eden Cheng, British diver
- Joe Choong, British Olympic gold medal-winning pentathlete
- Sammy Chung, second person of Chinese descent to manage an English football league club
- Brian Moore, former English rugby union rugby player.[14]
Emma Raducanu - Frank Soo, first player of Chinese descent to play in the Football League, and the first non-white player to represent England
- Alex Hua Tian, Olympic event rider,[15] gave up his British Citizenship in order to compete in the 2008 Beijing Olympics as part of the Chinese team
- Rory Underwood, former English rugby union rugby player; Eurasian
- Tony Underwood, former rugby union player, brother of Rory Underwood
- Alex Yee, Olympic gold medallist in triathlon.
- Li Ke (born Nico Yennaris), footballer, gave up his British citizenship to play for the Chinese national team; Eurasian
- Tyias Browning, footballer, (also known as Jiang Guangtai) gave up his British citizenship to play for the Chinese national team; Chinese from his maternal grandfather.
Television
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- Alexa Chung, TV presenter, fashion model, contributing editor at British Vogue; Eurasian
Writers
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- Jung Chang, writer, co-author of the biography Mao: The Unknown Story
- Leslie Charteris, writer and creator of antihero Simon Templar, alias The Saint
- Sue Cheung, novelist and illustrator of children's book[16]
- Anhua Gao, writer[17]
- Jo Ho, screenwriter, director, and first Chinese person in the UK to create a television drama series, the 2010 BBC fantasy Spirit Warriors[18]
- Hsiung Shih-I, writer who became the first Chinese person to write and direct a West End play in 1935[19]
- Timothy Mo, British novelist
- Chee Soo, author and teacher on Taoism, traditional Chinese medicine and martial arts
- Xue Xinran, broadcaster, author and founder of the charity Mother's Bridge of Love[20]
- Benjamin Yeoh, playwright[21]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "'With a name like Kevin Fong, I was expecting ..." Times Higher Education. 25 February 2005.
- ^ Visible Chinese. "Qu Lei Lei". VisibleChinese.com. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ Visible Chinese. "Gok Wan". VisibleChinese.com. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "Home". Andrew Ng. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ Visible Chinese. "Nancy Lam". VisibleChinese.com. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ Visible Chinese. "Bill Poon". VisibleChinese.com. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ Lu Chaoran/吕超然 (September 2008), "剑桥彝族美女吉胡阿依:英国第一位Hip Hop中国女歌手/Cambridge ethnic Yi girl Jihu Ayi: UK's first Chinese female hip-hop artist", New Youth, archived from the original on 16 July 2012, retrieved 5 January 2010
- ^ Visible Chinese. "Jason Lai". VisibleChinese.com. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ mog.com Archived 24 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Visible Chinese. "Vanessa Mae". VisibleChinese.com. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ Visible Chinese. "Cheng Yu". VisibleChinese.com. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ Joseph Wu (7 April 2009). "CHINESE YOUTH SEEKS TO BE THE YOUNGEST EVER EUROPEAN MEP IN LONDON". pswu.com. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ Visible Chinese. "Lord Wei of Shoreditch (Nat Wei)". VisibleChinese.com. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ @brianmoore666 (28 January 2020). "Went to my birth mother's funeral yesterday. Strange feeling meeting my brother anf sistet and a whole set of blood…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Eton schoolboy gallops toward Beijing Games". China Daily. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "About – Sue Pickford aka Sue Cheung". Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ Susan Domagalski (23 April 2003). "Book Review:To the Edge of the Sky". Baltimore City Paper. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
- ^ "Jo Ho". IMDb.com. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "Episode 8: Artistic pursuits". Chinese in Britain. 9 May 2007. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
- ^ Visible Chinese. "Xinran Xue". VisibleChinese.com. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ Visible Chinese. "Benjamin Yeoh Seng-Loong". VisibleChinese.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2015.