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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Xi Jinping
Born 1953
Bo Xilai
Born 1949
Tan Sitong
1865 - 1898
Ulanhu
1906 - 1988
Zhang Tingyu
1672 - 1755
Anna Chennault
1925 - 2018
Jason Hu
Born 1948
Aleksey Pushkov
Born 1954
Li Rui (politician)
1917 - 2019
Wang Chen (politician)
Born 1950
Liu Yuan (PRC general)
Born 1951
Wang Yi (politician)
Born 1953
Keying (official)
1787 - 1858
Yikuang, Prince Qing
1838 - 1917
Yunti, Prince Xun
1688 - 1756
Zaiyi
1856 - 1922
Jia Chunwang
Born 1938
Zhang Youxia
Born 1950
Chen Lei (PRC Minister)
Born 1954
Zheng Xiaosong
1959 - 2018
Li Xiaopeng (politician)
Born 1959
Ye Qun
1917 - 1971
Liu He (politician)
Born 1952
Zaize
1876 - 1929
Xi Mingze
Born 1992
Hoja-Niyaz
1889 - 1941
Qishan (official)
1786 - 1864
Liu Tienan
Born 1954
Jiang Yu
Born 1964
You Quan
Born 1954
John Dragon Young
1949 - 1996
Jin Daoming
Born 1953
Woody Duh
Born 1959
Zhang Jingfu
1914 - 2015
Zaixun, Prince Rui
1885 - 1949
Li Shixiang
Born 1958
Li Bin (diplomat)
Born 1956
Geng Tan
Born 1963
Wu Qing (politician)
Born 1937
Geng Shuang
Born 1973
Zaizhen
1876 - 1947
Du Deyin
Born 1951
Li Yuan (ROC politician)
Born 1879
Zhang Yong (politician)
Born 1953
Long Jinguang
1863 - 1917
Stéphane Bonduel
Born 1919
Liu Jiang (politician)
Born 1940
Yu Guanglang
1897 - 1980