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.
Gemma Chan
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
Gok Wan
Alan Yau
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
Vanessa-Mae
Ayi Jihu , 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
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
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 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,[ 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.
Alexa Chung
Alexa Chung , TV presenter, fashion model, contributing editor at British Vogue ; Eurasian
Jung Chang
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]