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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

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* 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

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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

## Art and design

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Gok Wan

* 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

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* 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

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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

## Music

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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

## Politics

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* 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

## Sport

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* 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 RaducanuEmma 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.

## Television

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Alexa Chung

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

## Writers

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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]

## See also

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* 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

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1. ^ "'With a name like Kevin Fong, I was expecting ..." Times Higher Education. 25 February 2005.
2. ^ Visible Chinese. "Qu Lei Lei". VisibleChinese.com. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
3. ^ Visible Chinese. "Gok Wan". VisibleChinese.com. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
4. ^ "Home". Andrew Ng. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
5. ^ Visible Chinese. "Nancy Lam". VisibleChinese.com. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
6. ^ Visible Chinese. "Bill Poon". VisibleChinese.com. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
7. ^ Lu Chaoran/吕超然 (September 2008), "剑桥彝族美女吉胡阿依:英国第一位Hip Hop中国女歌手/Cambridge ethnic Yi girl Jihu Ayi: UK's first Chinese female hip-hop artist", New Youth, archived from the original on 16 July 2012, retrieved 5 January 2010
8. ^ Visible Chinese. "Jason Lai". VisibleChinese.com. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
9. ^ mog.com Archived 24 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine
10. ^ Visible Chinese. "Vanessa Mae". VisibleChinese.com. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
11. ^ Visible Chinese. "Cheng Yu". VisibleChinese.com. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
12. ^ Joseph Wu (7 April 2009). "CHINESE YOUTH SEEKS TO BE THE YOUNGEST EVER EUROPEAN MEP IN LONDON". pswu.com. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
13. ^ Visible Chinese. "Lord Wei of Shoreditch (Nat Wei)". VisibleChinese.com. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
14. ^ @brianmoore666 (28 January 2020). "Went to my birth mother's funeral yesterday. Strange feeling meeting my brother anf sistet and a whole set of blood…" (Tweet) - via Twitter.
15. ^ "Eton schoolboy gallops toward Beijing Games". China Daily. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
16. ^ "About – Sue Pickford aka Sue Cheung". Retrieved 16 June 2021.
17. ^ Susan Domagalski (23 April 2003). "Book Review:To the Edge of the Sky". Baltimore City Paper. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
18. ^ "Jo Ho". IMDb.com. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
19. ^ "Episode 8: Artistic pursuits". Chinese in Britain. 9 May 2007. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
20. ^ Visible Chinese. "Xinran Xue". VisibleChinese.com. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
21. ^ Visible Chinese. "Benjamin Yeoh Seng-Loong". VisibleChinese.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2015.

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