Ningbonese people

The Ningbonese or Ningbo people are the people of Ningbo, China, whether resident or abroad. The Ningbonese are a subgroup of the Wu Han ethnicity. Many famous Chinese people have come from Ningbo and many more have Ningbo as their ancestral home.

Because Ningbo was formerly the capital of Ming Prefecture, its people are sometimes also known in Chinese as the Mingzhou. People from Zhoushan are also considered to be Ningbonese, since Zhoushan was formerly part of Mingzhou as well.

Scientists and engineers

  • Chen Zhongwei (陈中伟)
  • Chen Ziyuan
  • Chang Chi-yun
  • Dai Chuanzeng (戴传曾)
  • 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)
  • C. C. Tan (谈家桢)
  • 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)
  • Wei-Tou Ni (倪維斗)
  • Lin Fanghua (林芳华)
  • Yang Fuyu
  • Cheng Chemin
  • Ni Weidou
  • Sun Wei
  • Liu Yuanfang
  • Zhu Zuxiang
  • Zhu Zhaoxiang
  • Zhu Miaolong
  • Weng Shilie
  • Han Qide
  • Li Zhijian
  • Zhang Xiaowen

Philosophers, historians, writers, and scholars

  • Yu Shinan (虞世南)
  • Zhang Kejiu (张可久)
  • Fang Xiaoru (方孝孺)
  • Wang Yangming (王阳明)
  • Fan Qin (范钦)
  • Zhang Huangyan (张煌言)
  • Huang Zongxi (黄宗羲)
  • Zhu Shunshui (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)
  • Qian Dehong
  • Xu Ai

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)
  • Runme Shaw (邵仁枚)
  • 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)
  • David Shou-Yeh Wong
  • Henry Fan (范鴻齡)
  • Tung Chee-chen

Taiwan

  • Morris Chang (张忠谋)
  • Ing Chang-ki

USA

  • Alfred Chuang
  • Min Zhu

Artists and musicians

Musicians

  • Yo Yo Ma (马友友)

Painters

  • Ren Yi
  • Pan Tianshou (潘天寿)
  • Chen Yifei (陈逸飞)

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)
  • Sammo Hung

Politicians

Ancient time

  • Yu Shinan (虞世南)
  • Yu Shiji (虞世基)
  • Wang Yangming (王阳明)

Modern time

  • Xu Shichang (徐世昌)
  • Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石)
  • Jiang Menglin (蒋梦麟)

Mainland China

  • Huang Xingguo (黄兴国)
  • Lu Zhangong (卢展工)
  • Han Zheng (韩正)
  • Han Qide (韩启德)
  • Lu Yongxiang (路甬祥)
  • Xie Xuren (谢旭人)
  • Xu Shaoshi (徐绍史)
  • Liu Zhongli (刘仲藜)
  • Dong Junshu (董君舒)
  • Chen Liangyu (陈良宇)
  • Qiao Shi (乔石)
  • Sun Zhonghuan

Hong Kong & Macau

  • Tung Chee Hwa (董建華)
  • Rita Fan (范徐麗泰)
  • Fanny Law (羅范椒芬)
  • Claudia Mo (毛孟靜)
  • Kitty Poon (潘潔)
  • V-Nee Yeh
  • Susana Chou

USA

  • Shien Biau Woo (吴仙标)

Taiwan

  • Chiang Ching-kuo (蔣經國)
  • John Chiang (蔣孝嚴)
  • Mao Chi-kuo (毛治國)
  • Mao Gao-wen (毛高文)
  • Yu Kuo-hwa (俞國華)

See also

  • Ningbo
  • Zhoushan

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