List of British Chinese people

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, 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, [Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|CBE], prominent economist and UK trade advisor and dual British-American

Acting

• Leah Bracknell, actress and yoga teacher, Eurasian, English father and Chinese-Malaysian mother
• Gemma Chan, actress
• Julia Chan, actress
• Lobo Chan, actor
• Maggie Cheung, actress
• Tsai Chin, actress and singer, first Chinese Bond girl
• Vera Chok, actress
• Christina Chong, actress
• William Gao, actor, Eurasian
• Paul Courtenay Hyu, actor, writer and Elvis impersonator, Eurasian
• Linda Louise Duan, actress
• Jon Foo, actor and wushu martial artist
• Mona Hammond, actress
• Jessica Henwick, actress, Eurasian
• Alice Hewkin, actress
• Burt Kwouk, actor
• Pui Fan Lee, actress and television presenter
• Katie Leung, actress
• Jessie Mei Li, actress
• Jennifer Lim, actress
• Pik-Sen Lim, actress
• Selina Lo, actress
• Jing Lusi, actress
• Jane March, actress, Eurasian
• Max Minghella, actor, Eurasian
• Carl Ng, actor, Eurasian
• Suan-Li Ong actress-model
• Colin Ryan, actor, Eurasian
• Marli Siu, actress, Eurasian
• Elaine Tan, actress
• Elizabeth Tan, actress
• Lewis Tan, actor and martial artist
• Jason Tobin, actor
• Rhydian Vaughan, actor, Eurasian
• Benedict Wong, actor
• Jason Wong, actor
• Sophie Wu, actress, Eurasian
• Tom Wu, actor
• David Yip, actor, Eurasian
• George Young, actor and writer, Eurasian
• Ric Young, actor
• Crystal Yu, actress
• Ozzie Yue, 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
• Cary Kwok, artist
• Chris Liu, fashion designer
• Beatrix Ong, luxury fashion accessory and shoe designer
• Gok Wan, fashion consultant and television presenter

Business

• Andrew Ng, co-founder of education technology company Coursera, director of Stanford University's Artificial Intelligence Lab
• 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
• Willian "Bill" Poon, chef and restaurateur
• 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, singer
• Zilan Liao, guzheng, concert harp and director of Pagoda arts
• Jason Lai, orchestral conductor
• 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
• Fou Ts'ong, pianist
• KT Tunstall, musician
• Vanessa-Mae, violinist
• Jamie Woon, dubstep artist
• Raymond Yiu, composer
• Cheng Yu, pipa and guqin musician
• 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
• Johnny Luk, Parliamentary Candidate and Conservative Party activist
• 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
• 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

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.
• 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, 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 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
• Anhua Gao, writer
• Jo Ho, screenwriter, director, and first Chinese person in the UK to create a television drama series, the 2010 BBC fantasy Spirit Warriors
• Hsiung Shih-I, writer who became the first Chinese person to write and direct a West End play in 1935
• 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
• Benjamin Yeoh, playwright

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

References