39.9040° N, 116.4065° E
BEIJING
Most Famous People Born in Beijing, China
- Notable people
- 897
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1959
- Most distinctive
- Emperor 35.1×
An imperial capital with a long red tail. Beijing's most distinctive profession is emperor at more than thirty times the global rate — the Forbidden City fills two millennia of bench — alongside an unusually thick column of gymnasts, badminton players, swimmers, and physicists, the trades of a state athletic system and a strong national science tradition. The modern half adds the actors and directors of the Fifth Generation, the postwar wave that brought Chinese film to international festivals.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Beijing during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Beijing Is Known For
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Actor is Beijing's biggest profession — 10% of all notables (89).
Beijing over-indexes on emperor — 35.1× the global rate.
Beijing under-produces politician — only 0.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Beijing's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Ai Weiwei
Born 1957
Song Dong
Born 1966
Yin Xiuzhen
Born 1963
Huang Rui
Born 1952
Tetsu Kariya
Born 1941
Liu Wei (artist)
Born 1972
Feng Mengbo
Born 1966
Yang Jianhou
1839 - 1917
Liu Ye (artist)
Born 1964
Wang Keping
Born 1949
Ma Desheng
Born 1952
Ah Xian
Born 1960
Mai Cheng
Born 1955
Chen Chi-kwan
1921 - 2007
Bingyi
Born 1975
Lu Hao (Künstler)
Born 1969
Wang Shugang
Born 1960
Bu Hua
Born 1973
Yun Bai
Born 1979
Sun Liangang
Born 1969