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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- Field: Physicist Clear ×
Charles K. Kao
1933 - 2018
Tsung-Dao Lee
Born 1926
Albert Allen Bartlett
1923 - 2013
Tai Tsun Wu
Born 1933
Yuen-Ron Shen
Born 1935
Shoucheng Zhang
1963 - 2018
Raphael Tsu
Born 1925
He Zuoxiu
Born 1927
Henry Tye
Born 1948
Jun Ye
Born 1967
Chen Jia'er
Born 1934
Yang Fujia
Born 1936
Ye Qisun
1898 - 1977
Wu Zhonghua
1917 - 1992
Ni Weidou
Born 1932
Yang Fuyu
Born 1927
Woo Chia-wei
Born 1937
Wang Foh-San
1908 - 1993
Chung L. Tang
Born 1934
Patricia Cladis
1937 - 2017
Li Fuji
1885 - 1947