31.1667° N, 121.4666° E
XUHUI
Most Famous People Born in Xuhui, China
- Notable people
- 977
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1951
- Most distinctive
- Chess 6.0×
The old French Concession of Shanghai has become something like China's preparatory academy for precision disciplines — a Chess, Badminton and Swimmer bench all running several times the global baseline, plus an unusually thick Physicist count. Tree-lined lanes, old villas and a quiet pipeline from piano lessons to Olympic squads.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Xuhui during each.
Notable Births by Decade
Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 146 notable births.
What Xuhui Is Known For
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Football is Xuhui's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (110).
Xuhui over-indexes on chess — 6.0× the global rate.
Xuhui under-produces politician — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Xuhui's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Filtered to 1930s Clear ×
J. G. Ballard
1930 - 2009
Charles K. Kao
1933 - 2018
Tsai Chin (actress)
Born 1936
Harry Wu
1937 - 2016
Tung Chee-hwa
Born 1937
Ingrid Noll
Born 1935
Peter H. Raven
Born 1936
Mark di Suvero
Born 1933
Kenneth Tsang
Born 1938
Dan Vadis
1938 - 1987
Rebecca Pan
Born 1931
Joseph Zen
Born 1932
Fou Ts'ong
Born 1934
Ding Zilin
Born 1936
Huang Ju
1938 - 2007
Michael Chow (restaurateur)
Born 1939
Fan Ho
1931 - 2016
Betty Loh Ti
1937 - 1968
Victor Chang
1936 - 1991
Ku Feng
Born 1930
Chow Ching Lie
Born 1936
Bette Bao Lord
Born 1938
Xia Meng
1933 - 2016
Hiro (photographer)
Born 1930
Tai Tsun Wu
Born 1933
Mona Fong
1934 - 2017
Qiu Xigui
Born 1935
Xi Xi
Born 1938
Yuen-Ron Shen
Born 1935
Thomas Huang
1936 - 2020
Edward Judd
1932 - 2009
Ronald Hamowy
1937 - 2012
Li Hsing
Born 1930
Lin Xiling
1935 - 2009
Mei Baojiu
1934 - 2016
Benjamin Clemens Stone
1933 - 1994
Lin Wenyue
Born 1933
Ni Zhifu
1933 - 2013
Nina Wang
1937 - 2007
Yu-Chi Ho
Born 1934
Shien Biau Woo
Born 1937
R. C. T. Lee
Born 1939
Liu Dehai
1937 - 2020
Pat Carney
Born 1935
Wen Fong
1930 - 2018
Zhang Hanzhi
1935 - 2008
Bernard Morin
1931 - 2018
Hong-Yee Chiu
Born 1932
Wang Jianzhong
Born 1933
Huang Shuqin
Born 1939
Kui Lee
1932 - 1966
Francis John Byrne
1934 - 2017
Julia Ching
1934 - 2001
Meigu Guan
Born 1934
Yan Shunkai
1937 - 2017
Kelly Lai Chen
1933 - 2018
Tao Ho
1936 - 2019
Nora Sun
1937 - 2011
Chen Jia'er
Born 1934
Yang Fujia
Born 1936
Ming Cho Lee
1930 - 2020
Zi Zhongyun
Born 1930
Li Guowen
Born 1930
Mario Machado
1935 - 2013
Nelson Ku
1931 - 2007
Hsiao Chin
1935 - 2000
Yu Lihua
1931 - 2020
Chen Sisi
1938 - 2007
Chen Gang (composer)
Born 1935
Samuel Wong (politician)
1937 - 1997
Wei Zongwan
Born 1938
Norman N. Li
Born 1932
Ming-Qiang Li
Born 1936
Jenny Sages
Born 1933
Oscar Tang
Born 1938
Joseph Wang Yu-jung
1931 - 2018
Fan Lichu
1933 - 2016
Ni Weidou
Born 1932
John Joseph Swaine
1932 - 2012
Tim Ralfe
1938 - 2000
Maik Hamburger
1931 - 2020
George Atkinson (video rental businessman)
1935 - 2005
Xiong Guangkai
Born 1939
Woo Chia-wei
Born 1937
Bob Baxt
1938 - 2018
Nie Li
Born 1930
Christine Noll Brinckmann
Born 1937
Peter Tsao
1933 - 2005
Xin Huguang
1933 - 2011
Lui Tsun-Yuen
1931 - 2008
Teddy Wang
1933 - 1999
Ming Chang
1932 - 2017
Robert de Grimston
Born 1935
Lu Jiaxi (mathematician)
1935 - 1983
Sonja Mühlberger
Born 1939
Charles Lee (Hong Kong politician)
Born 1936
Lew Yung-Chien
Born 1938
Zhang Yonglian
Born 1935
Peter Gottwald (Psychiater)
Born 1935
Wu Tao-yan
Born 1934
Zhang Honggen
1935 - 2003
John Semmelink
1938 - 1959
Chung L. Tang
Born 1934
Ah Da
1934 - 1987
Xin Ru
Born 1931
Yu Ruqin
Born 1935
Gene Chen
1938 - 2001
Zhang Zhen (diplomat, born 1930)
Born 1930
Eric Johnston (NT Administrator)
1933 - 1997
Patricia Cladis
1937 - 2017
Langhorne Bond
Born 1937
Bede Liu
Born 1934
Shao Weilian
Born 1939