Ningbo People

Ningbo People (寧波人, Ningbo ren in Mandarin, NingBO ning in Ningbo-ese) is the general name for two groups of people: those who live(d) in Ningbo, and those whose ancestors were from Ningbo. Many famous Chinese come from Ningbo, and many more have Ningbo as their ancestral home.

Scientists and engineers

Many scientists and engineers come from Ningbo.

  • C. C. Tan (谈家桢)
  • Tong Dizhou (童第周)
  • Lu Yongxiang (路甬祥)
  • Bei Shizhang (贝时璋)
  • Fujia Yang (杨福家)
  • Weng Wenhao (翁文灏)
  • Ren Mei'e (任美锷)
  • Chen Zhongwei (陈中伟)
  • Chang Chi-yun
  • Tang Yuhan (湯于翰)
  • Zhang Qiyun (张其昀)
  • Weng Wenbo (翁文波)
  • Morris Chang (张忠谋)
  • Shen Junshan (沈君山)
  • Mao Gaowen (毛高文)

Philosophers, historians, writers, and scholars

  • Yu Shinan (虞世南) (虞世南)
  • Zhang Kejiu (张可久)
  • Fang Xiaoru (方孝孺) (方孝孺)
  • Wang Yangming (王阳明) (王陽明)
  • Fan Qin (范钦)
  • Zhang Huangyan (张煌言) (张苍水)
  • Huang Zongxi (黄宗羲) (黄宗羲)
  • Zhu Shunshui (朱舜水) (朱舜水)
  • Wan Sitong (万斯同)
  • Quan Zuwang (全祖望)
  • Shi Jiuyong (史久镛)
  • Jiang Menglin (蒋梦麟)
  • Yu Qiuyu (余秋雨)

Industrialists, entrepreneurs, and traders

Mainland China

  • Ding Lei (丁磊)

Hong Kong

  • Tung Chao Yung (董浩雲)
  • Sir Run Run Shaw (邵逸夫)
  • Chen Din Hwa (陈廷骅)
  • Yue-Kong Pao (包玉剛)
  • Chow Yei Ching (周亦卿)
  • Chiu Tak Kan (邱德根)
  • Chao Kuang Piu (曹光彪)
  • Li Dak Sum (李達三)

Taiwan

  • Morris Chang (张忠谋)

US

  • Alfred Chuang
  • Min Zhu

Artists and musicians

Musicians

  • Yo Yo Ma (马友友)

Painters

  • Ren Yi
  • Pan Tianshou (潘天寿)

Calligraphers

  • Yu Shinan (虞世南)
  • Wang Yangming (王阳明) (王陽明)
  • Sha Menghai (沙孟海)

Opera

  • Zhou Xinfang (周信芳)

Film stars and directors

  • Stephen Chow (周星驰)

Politicians

  • Xu Shichang (徐世昌) (徐世昌)
  • Yu Shinan (虞世南)
  • Wang Yangming (王阳明) (王陽明)
  • Ying Kuicheng

Hong Kong

  • Tung Chee Hwa (董建華)
  • Rita Fan (范徐麗泰)

US

  • Shien Biau Woo (吴仙标)

Taiwan

  • Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石)
  • Chiang Ching-kuo (蔣經國)
  • John Chiang (蔣孝嚴)

See also

  • Ningbo