List of British Chinese people explained

See main article: British Chinese. 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Ayi Jihu (born 1984), singer
• Zilan Liao, guzheng, concert harp and director of Pagoda arts
• Jason Lai, orchestral conductor^[7]
• 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^[8]
• Fou Ts'ong, pianist
• KT Tunstall, musician
• Vanessa-Mae, violinist^[9]
• Jamie Woon, dubstep artist
• Raymond Yiu, composer
• Cheng Yu, pipa and guqin musician^[10]
• Guo Yue, dizi and bawu musician

Politics

• 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^[11]
• 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^[12]
• 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

• 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.^[13]
• Emma Raducanu, British tennis player
• 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,^[14] 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

• Alexa Chung, TV presenter, fashion model, contributing editor at British Vogue; Eurasian

Writers

• Jung Chang, writer, co-author of the biography
• Leslie Charteris, writer and creator of antihero Simon Templar, alias The Saint
• Sue Cheung, novelist and illustrator of children's book^[15]
• Anhua Gao, writer^[16]
• Jo Ho, screenwriter, director, and first Chinese person in the UK to create a television drama series, the 2010 BBC fantasy Spirit Warriors^[17]
• Hsiung Shih-I, writer who became the first Chinese person to write and direct a West End play in 1935^[18]
• 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^[19]
• Benjamin Yeoh, playwright^[20]

See also

• Chinese clan
• Overseas Chinese
• List of overseas Chinese
• List of Chinese Americans
• List of Chinese Australians
• List of Chinese Canadians
• List of Chinese Filipinos
• List of Malaysian Chinese
• List of Chinese New Zealanders

Notes and References

1. Web site: 'With a name like Kevin Fong, I was expecting .... Times Higher Education. 25 February 2005.
2. Web site: Qu Lei Lei. Visible Chinese. VisibleChinese.com. 27 July 2015.
3. Web site: Gok Wan. Visible Chinese. VisibleChinese.com. 27 July 2015.
4. Web site: Home. Andrew Ng. 27 July 2015.
5. Web site: Nancy Lam. Visible Chinese. VisibleChinese.com. 27 July 2015.
6. Web site: Bill Poon. Visible Chinese. VisibleChinese.com. 27 July 2015.
7. Web site: Jason Lai. Visible Chinese. VisibleChinese.com. 27 July 2015.
8. http://mog.com/cyberred/blog/1239853 mog.com
9. Web site: Vanessa Mae. Visible Chinese. VisibleChinese.com. 27 July 2015.
10. Web site: Cheng Yu. Visible Chinese. VisibleChinese.com. 27 July 2015.
11. Web site: CHINESE YOUTH SEEKS TO BE THE YOUNGEST EVER EUROPEAN MEP IN LONDON. pswu.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20120223003520/http://pswu.com/sccn/558/2009/04/07/303. 23 February 2012. 7 April 2009. Joseph Wu. 27 July 2015.
12. Web site: Lord Wei of Shoreditch (Nat Wei). Visible Chinese. VisibleChinese.com. 27 July 2015.
13. 1222072682776334337. brianmoore666. Went to my birth mother's funeral yesterday. Strange feeling meeting my brother anf sistet and a whole set of blood… . 28 January 2020.
14. Web site: Eton schoolboy gallops toward Beijing Games. China Daily. 27 July 2015.
15. Web site: About – Sue Pickford aka Sue Cheung. 2021-06-16. en-GB.
16. News: Book Review:To the Edge of the Sky . Susan Domagalski . Baltimore City Paper . 23 April 2003 . 13 December 2010.
17. Web site: Jo Ho. IMDb.com. 27 July 2015.
18. Episode 8: Artistic pursuits. Chinese in Britain. BBC Radio 4. 9 May 2007. 7 February 2011.
19. Web site: Xinran Xue. Visible Chinese. VisibleChinese.com. 27 July 2015.
20. Web site: Benjamin Yeoh Seng-Loong. Visible Chinese. VisibleChinese.com. 27 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20080819192306/http://www.visiblechinese.com/website/profile/benjamin_yeoh_seng_loong/. 19 August 2008. dead.