List of British Chinese people

This article is a list of prominent people of Chinese ancestry who were born in or have settled in the United Kingdom.

To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are British Chinese or must have references showing they are British Chinese and are notable.

Academia

• Kevin Fong,^[1] expert on space medicine, UCL academic and science broadcaster
• Charles K. Kao, KBE, Nobel Prize in Physics, pioneer in the development and use of fibre-optics in telecommunications

Acting

• Naomi Campbell, fashion model, actress, singer, author. Mixed Jamaican and Chinese ancestry
• Gemma Chan, actress
• Daphne Cheung, actress
• Maggie Cheung, actress
• Yao Chin, actor, journalist and news broadcaster
• Jon Foo, actor and wushu martial artist
• Jessica Henwick, actress, Eurasian
• Paul Hyu, actor, aka Chinese Elvis
• Burt Kwouk, actor
• Pui Fan Lee, actress and television presenter
• Jing Lusi, actress
• Katie Leung, actress, Scottish/Chinese
• Max Minghella, actor, Eurasian
• Elizabeth Tan, actress
• Benedict Wong, actor
• Tom Wu, actor
• David Yip, actor, Eurasian

Art and design

• Suki Chan, British Chinese artist
• Aowen Jin, British Chinese artist and social commentator
• Qu Lei Lei, artist and calligrapher^[2]
• Cary Kwok, artist
• Chris Liu, fashion designer
• Beatrix Ong, luxury fashion accessory and shoe designer
• Gok Wan, fashion consultant and television presenter^[3]

Business

• Andrew Ng, co-founder of education technology company Coursera, director of Stanford University's Artificial Intelligence Lab^[4]
• Sir David Tang, founder of fashion chain Shanghai Tang, socialite and writer
• Woon Wing Yip, founder of the British Chinese supermarket chain Wing Yip

Food

• Mi Gao Huang Chen, takeaway owner who was murdered in 2005
• Ching-He Huang, food broadcaster and food writer
• Nancy Lam, chef^[5]
• Willian "Bill" Poon, chef and restaurateur^[6]
• Alan Yau, restaurateur, founder of Wagamama, Hakkasan and Yauatcha

Music

• Ayi Jihu, singer^[7]
• Jason Lai, orchestral conductor^[8]
• Herman Li, of the power metal band DragonForce
• Jiang Li, musician and composer musician^[9]
• Jasmine Thompson, singer
• Matt Tong, drummer of the indie rock band Bloc Party^[10]
• Fou Ts'ong, pianist
• KT Tunstall, musician
• Vanessa-Mae, violinist^[11]
• Jamie Woon, dubstep artist
• Cheng Yu, pipa and guqin musician^[12]
• Guo Yue, dizi and bawu musician

Politics

• Michael Chan, Baron Chan, politician, life peer in the House of Lords
• Steven Dominique Cheung, Diana Award winner, youngest candidate for the European Election in 2009, DJ of Spectrum Radio and SW1 Radio^[13]
• Alan Mak, Member of Parliament for Havant Since 2015, first British Chinese member of the House of Commons
• Nat Wei, Baron Wei, social entrepreneur, former government advisor and member of the House of Lords^[14]

Sport

• Sammy Chung, only person of Chinese descent to manage an English football league club
• Frank Soo, first player of Chinese descent to play in the The Football League, and the first non-white player to represent England
• Alex Hua Tian, Olympic event rider^[15] Gave up his British Citizenship in order to compete in the 2008 Beijing Olympics as part of the Chinese team
• Rory Underwood, former English rugby union rugby player. Eurasian

Television

• Alexa Chung, TV presenter, fashion model, contributing editor at British Vogue. Eurasian

Writers

• Jung Chang, writer, co-author of the biography Mao: The Unknown Story
• Jo Ho, screenwriter, director, and first Chinese person in the UK to create a television drama series, the 2010 BBC fantasy Spirit Warriors^[16]
• Hsiung Shih-I, writer who became the first Chinese person to write and direct a West End play in 1935^[17]
• Chee Soo, author and teacher on Taoism, traditional chinese medicine and martial arts
• Xue Xinran, broadcaster, author and founder of the charity Mother's Bridge of Love^[18]
• Benjamin Yeoh, playwright^[19]

See also

• Chinese clan
• Overseas Chinese
• List of overseas Chinese
• List of Chinese Americans
• List of Chinese Australians
• List of Chinese Canadians
• List of Chinese Filipinos
• List of Malaysian Chinese
• List of Chinese New Zealanders

References

1. "'With a name like Kevin Fong, I was expecting ...". Times Higher Education.
2. Visible Chinese. "Qu Lei Lei". visiblechinese.com. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
3. Visible Chinese. "Gok Wan". visiblechinese.com. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
4. "Home - Andrew Ng". Andrew Ng. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
5. Visible Chinese. "Nancy Lam". visiblechinese.com. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
6. Visible Chinese. "Bill Poon". visiblechinese.com. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
7. Lu Chaoran/吕超然 (September 2008), "剑桥彝族美女吉胡阿依:英国第一位Hip Hop中国女歌手/Cambridge ethnic Yi girl Jihu Ayi: UK's first Chinese female hip-hop artist", New Youth, retrieved 2010-01-05
8. Visible Chinese. "Jason Lai". visiblechinese.com. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
9. Visible Chinese. "Jiang Li". visiblechinese.com. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
10. Archived July 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
11. Visible Chinese. "Vanessa Mae". visiblechinese.com. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
12. Visible Chinese. "Cheng Yu". visiblechinese.com. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
13. Joseph Wu (7 April 2009). "CHINESE YOUTH SEEKS TO BE THE YOUNGEST EVER EUROPEAN MEP IN LONDON". pswu.com. Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
14. Visible Chinese. "Lord Wei of Shoreditch (Nat Wei)". visiblechinese.com. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
15. "Eton schoolboy gallops toward Beijing Games". chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
16. "Jo Ho". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
17. "Episode 8: Artistic pursuits". Chinese in Britain. 9 May 2007. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
18. Visible Chinese. "Xinran Xue". visiblechinese.com. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
19. Visible Chinese. "Benjamin Yeoh Seng-Loong". visiblechinese.com. Retrieved 2015-07-27.