List of British Chinese people

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

  Acting

• Leah Bracknell, actress and yoga teacher, Eurasian, English father and Chinese-Malaysian mother
• Gemma Chan, actress
• Daphne Cheung, actress
• Maggie Cheung, actress
• Tsai Chin, actress and singer, first Chinese Bond girl
• Yao Chin, actor, journalist and news broadcaster
• China Chow, actress and model
• Paul Courtenay Hyu, actor, writer and Elvis impersonator, Eurasian
• Jon Foo, actor and wushu martial artist
• Jessica Henwick, actress, Eurasian
• Sandrine Holt, Canadian actress
• Burt Kwouk, actor
• Pui Fan Lee, actress and television presenter
• Katie Leung, actress, Scottish Chinese
• Jessie Mei Li, actress
• Jennifer Lim, actress
• Jing Lusi, actress
• Max Minghella, actor, Eurasian
• Suan-Li Ong actress-model
• Elizabeth Tan, actress
• Benedict Wong, actor
• Tom Wu, actor
• David Yip, actor, Eurasian

  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

  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
• Alan Mak, Member of Parliament for Havant since 2015, first British Chinese member of the House of Commons
• Jackson Ng, barrister, councillor and senior Conservative party activist
• Sarah Owen, Member of Parliament for Luton North
• Nat Wei, Baron Wei, social entrepreneur, former government advisor and member of the House of Lords

  Sport

• Eden Cheng, British diver
• Sammy Chung, only person of Chinese descent to manage an English football league club
• 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
• Li Ke, footballer for Beijing Guoan, gave up his British Citizenship to play for the Chinese National Team

  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
• 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