- Chen Shui-Bian
Chen Shui-bian is a Taiwanese politician who has been the President of the Republic of China since May 20, 2000. He is colloquially referred to as "Ah-Bian" (阿扁; Ābiǎn; Taiwanese: 阿扁仔 A-píⁿkiáⁿ). Chen, whose Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has traditionally been supportive of Taiwan independence, took office in 2000, ending more than fifty years of Kuomintang (KMT) rule in Taiwan. Though he moderated his stance and took conciliatory gestures, …
- Ma Ying-Jeou
Ma Ying-Jeou (born July 13, 1950 in Kowloon, Hong Kong) is a politician in the Republic of China (Taiwan), a former Justice Minister, former mayor of Taipei, and former chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT). Ma was elected mayor of Taipei in 1998 and re-elected in 2002. He was elected chairman of the Kuomintang by party members on July 16, 2005.
- Lee Teng-Hui
Lee Teng-hui born January 15, 1923) is a politician of Taiwan. He was the President of the Republic of China and Chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT) from 1988 to 2000. His tenure was marked with major advancement to the democratic reforms initiated by his predecessor Chiang Ching-kuo. Lee promoted the Taiwan localization movement and led an aggressive foreign policy to gain diplomatic allies.
- Ang Lee
Ang Lee (born October 23, 1954) is a film director from Taiwan.
- Lien Chan
Lien Chan (born August 27, 1936, in Xi'an) is a politician in Taiwan. He was Vice President of the Republic of China from 1996 to 2000, and was the Chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT) from 2000 to 2005. In August 2005, he left that post after not running for re-election and was succeeded by Ma Ying-jeou. Lien is chairman emeritus of the Kuomintang.
- Frank Hsieh
Frank Chang-ting Hsieh (born May 18, 1946 in Dadaocheng, Datong District, Taipei), a Taiwanese politician of the Democratic Progressive Party, was the mayor of Kaohsiung City until his appointment as Premier of the Republic of China by president Chen Shui-bian on February 1, 2005 a post from which he announced his resignation on January 17, 2006. Hsieh is the DPP nominee in the 2008 presidential election.
- Annette Lu
Hsiu-lien Annette Lu, born June 7, 1944, is the incumbent vice president of the Republic of China and member of the Democratic Progressive Party. Vice President Lu announced her intentions to run for president on March 6, 2007.
- Jay Chou
Jay Chou , born 18 January 1979, is a World Music Award-winning Taiwanese musician, singer, and producer. In 1998, he was discovered in a talent contest where he showcased his piano and song-writing skills. Over the next two years, he was hired to compose for popular Chinese singers. Trained in classical music, he combines Chinese and Western music styles to produce songs that fuse R&B, rock, and pop genres, covering issues such as domestic violence, war, and urbanization.
- James Soong
James Chu-yu Soong is a politician in the Republic of China on Taiwan. He founded and chairs the People First Party, which favors eventual Chinese reunification.
- Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Hou Hsiao-Hsien (born April 8, 1947) is an award-winning film director and a leading figure of Taiwan's New Wave cinema movement.
- Yu Shyi-Kun
Yu Shyi-kun (born April 25, 1948), a Taiwanese politician of the Democratic Progressive Party, is the chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party in Taiwan. He previously served as Premier of the Republic of China from 2002 to 2005. As one of the founding members of the DPP, he is seen as a loyalist of President Chen Shui-bian.
- Su Tseng-Chang
Su Tseng-chang is a Taiwanese politician of the Democratic Progressive Party. He is the former Premier of the Republic of China. Su actively campaigned for the Presidential nomination of the DPP, but finished second to Frank Hsieh in the nomination process. Born in Pingtung, Su was a practicing lawyer (1973-1983) educated in the National Taiwan University. He was a defense lawyer in the Kaohsiung Incident trials.
- Chiang Ching-Kuo
Chiang Ching-kuo (April 27<sup>1</sup>, 1910 – January 13, 1988), Kuomintang (KMT) politician and leader, was the son of President Chiang Kai-shek and held numerous posts in the government of the Republic of China (ROC). He succeeded his father to power, serving as Premier of the Republic of China from 1972 to 1978, and President of the Republic of China from 1978 until his death in 1988. Under his tenure, the government of the Republic of China, …
- Joe Cheng
Joe Cheng (born June 19, 1982) is an actor and model from Taiwan known for starring in Taiwanese dramas.
- Joseph Wu
Joseph Wu (born 1954) is currently the chief representative of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to the United States as the head of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Washington, D.C.. He was appointed to that position in mid-April 2007 by President Chen Shui-bian to succeed his predecessor, David Lee.
- Jolin Tsai
Jolin Tsai is a Golden Melody Award winning Taiwanese Mandopop singer. To date, Tsai is one of the most successful and popular singers in the Chinese music market.
- Ariel Lin
Ariel Lin is a Taiwanese actress and singer. After appearing in several television roles in Taiwanese dramas during the early 2000s, she came to fame for playing the role of Yuan Xiang Qin in the hit drama series "It Started With a Kiss" opposite Joe Cheng. She has recently appeared in "Tokyo Juliet" as Lin Lai Sui with Wu Zun and Simon Yam, another drama for which she was highly praised.
- Vincent Siew
Vincent C. Siew (born January 3, 1939) was the first Taiwanese-born Premier of the Republic of China (1997-2000) and former vice-chairman of Kuomintang (2000-2004). Siew is the current vice-presidential candidate in the 2008 elections for the Republic of China, forming the Kuomintang ticket with presidential candidate Ma Ying-Jeou.
- Takeshi Kaneshiro
Takeshi Kaneshiro (Born October 11, 1973) is a male actor and model. Of half-Japanese, half-Taiwanese ancestry, he was born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan but now resides in Japan. Takeshi was discovered by his classmate's mother at Taipei American School, who suggested him for a try out at modeling. Wanting money for buying a motorcycle at the time, he stepped into the show biz world.
- Wu Zun
Wu Zun, also referred to as Wu Zun or Chun, is a Brunei-born Taiwanese actor, singer, a former model, and gym instructor. He is currently a member of the boy band "Fahrenheit", and is widely known as the protagonist in the Taiwanese idol dramas "Hanazakarino Kimitachihe" and "Tokyo Juliet"
- Tsai Ming-Liang
Tsai Ming-liang (born 1957) is one of the most celebrated "Second New Wave" film directors of Taiwanese Cinema, along with earlier contemporaries as Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang. His films have been acclaimed world-wide and have won numerous festival awards. He is openly gay. Tsai is a Chinese born in Malaysia, and lived there "in a very simple small village" for 20 years after which he moved to Taipei. This, he says, had "a huge impact on [his] mind and psyche", …
- Rainie Yang
Rainie Yang (is a popular taiwanese singer, actress, and talk show host. Rainie was born June 4, 1984) She was a member of 4 in Love before the group disbanded. However, she continued to persue a career in the entertainment industry as a TV host, hosting shows such as the "Guess Guess Show". After playing the supporting roles in several dramas (including the mega hit Meteor Garden, she landed the starring role (Qi Yue) in the CTV drama Devil beside you opposite Mike He.
- Shu Qi
Shu Qi (born April 16, 1976) is the stage name of a Taiwanese actress born Lin Li-Hui (林立慧). Her stage name is occasionally romanized as Hsu Chi (Wade-Giles) or Shu Kei (Cantonese). Her name is sometimes seen in the Western order as Qi Shu.
- Chen Yi
Chen Yi (courtesy names Gongxia (公俠) and later Gongqia (公洽), sobriquet Tuisu (退素); 1883 - June 18, 1950) was the Chief Executive and Garrison Commander (警備總司令) of Taiwan after it was surrendered by Japan to the Republic of China, which acted on behalf of the Allied Powers, in 1945. His infamous mishandling of the tension between Taiwanese locals and Mainlanders precipitated the February 28 Incident, …
- Chen Yi
- Edward Yang
Edward Yang (born November 6, 1947; died June 29, 2007), along with Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Tsai Ming Liang, was one of the leading filmmakers and artists of the Taiwanese New Wave and Taiwanese Cinema. He won the Best Director Award at Cannes for his 2000 film "Yi Yi" ("A One and a Two"), and was honored with many other accolades from other prominent international film festivals.
- Chien-Ming Wang
Chien-Ming Wang, born March 31, 1980 in Tainan City, Taiwan, is a starting pitcher for the New York Yankees in Major League Baseball. He was initially signed as an amateur free-agent for the 2000 season, playing for the Staten Island Yankees. Wang, Hong-Chih Kuo and Chin-hui Tsao are the current Taiwanese players who play in the MLB. Kuo and Tsao are pitchers for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
- Vivian Hsu
Vivian Hsu born March 19 1975 in Taichung, Taiwan, is a famous singer, actress, and model who is based mainly in Taiwan and Japan.
- Chang Chen
Chang Chen is a Taiwanese actor, born in Taipei. His name is sometimes seen in the Western order (Chen Chang). He is the son of actor Zhang Guozhu
- Vic Zhou
Vic Zhou is an actor, singer and commercial model from Taiwan. He is a member of the famous Taiwanese boy band F4, and he has starred in many Taiwanese dramas. His stage name, 周渝民, literally means “a completely changed person”. It had a variation only in the middle character (from 育 to 渝) from his birth name, 周育民, which literally means “a completely nourished or reared person”.
- Calvin Chen
Calvin Chen Yi Ru is a Taiwanese singer and actor. He is currently a member of the boy band "Fahrenheit". His stage name is a homophone of his birth name.
- Jerry Yan
Liao Yangzhen, born January 1, 1977) is an actor and a member of Taiwanese boy band F4, better known as Jerry Yan. He was the lead actor in the popular Taiwanese drama "Meteor Garden" and its sequel, "Meteor Garden II", which made him a popular idol among teenage girls and elder women alike, not only in Taiwan but across Asia. He worked as a fashion model before venturing into acting, Meteor Garden was his breakout drama.
- Chen Chu
Chen Chu (born in June 10, 1950 in Yilan County), a politician in Taiwan, served as Chairperson of the Council for Labor Affairs in the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration between 2000 and 2005. She resigned in the wake of a scandal concerning Thai laborers brought into Taiwan to work on the Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit system project. Chen was one of the "Kaohsiung Eight," prominent dissidents arrested after the Kaohsiung Incident of 1979.
- Chen Cheng
Chen Cheng (January 4, 1897 - March 5, 1965), Chinese political and military leader, was one of the main Kuomintang (KMT) commanders during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War. After moving to Taiwan at the end of the Civil War, he served the Governor of Taiwan, Vice President and Premier of the Republic of China. Under Chiang Kai-shek, he helped initiated a land reform program, giving him a good reputation even after death.
- Chang Chun-Hsiung
Chang Chun-hsiung, born March 23, 1938, is a politician in Taiwan, and its current Premier of the Republic of China. He earned his LL.B. at the National Taiwan University in 1960. As a lawyer, he defended the victims of the Kaohsiung Incident in 1980. From 1982 to 1986 he was President of the Kaohsiung Chapter of the YMCA. He married Chu A-ying; they have 3 sons and 1 daughter. As a founding member of the Democratic Progressive Party, …
- Jiro Wang
Jiro Wang Dong Cheng, nicknamed Da Dong is a Taiwanese actor and singer. He is currently a member of the boy band "Fahrenheit", and is widely known as the male lead in the Taiwanese idol drama KO One (終極一班), as Ah Jin in It Started With a Kiss and its sequel, and Shuichi Nakatsu in the live-action Taiwanese drama, Hana-Kimi
- Ming Dao
Ming Dao came from a poor background, helping his mom sell vegetables in the market. The adult Ming Dao looks very healthy, especially with his dark sun-burnt skin, but the fact is when he was little, his feet were very weak and had to use leg braces. Ming Dao began his career in the industry of entertainment as a model.
- Ella Chen
Ella Chen (born 18 June, 1981 in Pingtung County), more commonly credited as Ella, is a Taiwanese singer and member of the girl group S.H.E.
- Wu Shu-Chen
Wu Shu-chen or Wu Shu-jen (born July 11, 1953) is the wife of Chen Shui-bian, the President of the Republic of China. She was born in Madou, Tainan County, to a wealthy doctor's family.
- Jerry Chih-Yuan Yang
Jerry Yang Chih-Yuan (born November 1968) is a Taiwanese American entreprenuer, co-founder with David Filo and CEO of Yahoo! Inc. He is also one of the two Chief Yahoo!s and board director of the company. As of 2007 his net worth is estimated to be US$2.2 billion and is ranked 432nd among the world's richest people according to Forbes.