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
editA
edit- Angelababy (born 1989) – actress
B
edit- Bao Jianfeng (born 1975) – actor and singer
C
edit- Eileen Chang (1920–1995) – writer
- Chin Tsi-ang (1909–2007) – Hong Kong actress
D
edit- Dai Xiangyu (born 1984) – actor and model
- Ding Yuxi (born 1995) – actor
F
edit- Sam Feldman (born 1949) - Canadian music executive
- Jerry Fujio (1940–2021) – Japanese singer, actor and tarento
- Feng Shaofeng (born 1978) – actor
G
edit- Seven Gao, singer
- Ben Gu (born 1961) – librarian, translator and library science researcher
- Guo Liang (born 1968) – Singaporean actor and television presenter
H
edit- Fan Ho (1931–2016) – photographer, film director and actor
- Huang Yu (1916–2013) – actor and filmmaker
- Hu Ge (born 1982) – actor
J
edit- 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
edit- Ku Feng (born 1930) – Hong Kong actor
- Burt Kwouk (1930–2016) – British actor
L
edit- Lai Hang (1928–1965) – actor
- Lydia Li – TV presenter and actress
- Lu Jinhua (1927–2018) – Yue opera artist
M
edit- Ma Yili (born 1976) – actress
- Mei Baojiu (1934–2016) – Peking opera artist and politician
- Ma Zhencheng (born 1934) - translator
O
edit- Henry O (born 1927) – actor
Q
edit- Qian Zhijun (born 1987) – actor
- Qiao Renliang (1987–2016) – singer and actor
S
edit- Josephine Siao (born 1947) – Hong Kong actress
- Sze Yu (born 1962) – Australian actor and former badminton player
T
edit- Kaiji Tang (born 1984) – voice actor
- Tiffany Tang (born 1983) – actress
- Kenneth Tsang (1935 - 2022) – Hong Kong actor
W
edit- Wei Zongwan (born 1938) – actor
- Wu Pang (1909–2000) – Hong Kong filmmaker
X
editY
edit- Yan Shunkai (1937–2017) – actor and comedian
- Yueh Hua (1942–2018) – Hong Kong actor
- Yan Mingyong (born 1985) - gymnast
- Yang Yang (born 1991) – actor
- Yitang Zhang (born 1955) - mathematician
Z
edit- 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
editThese people were not born or adopted in Shanghai and raised elsewhere but are well known for living in Shanghai.
B
editL
editS
editZ
edit- Zhang Chunqiao (1917–2005) – politician and writer; born and raised in Juye County, Shandong