People from Chiayi

Yang Li-tsing (born 13 December 1968), better known internationally by her stage name Cynthia Khan, is a Taiwanese actress. She starred in many Hong Kong and Filipino girls with guns films.

Sylvia Chang (born 21 July 1953) is a Taiwanese actress, singer, director, screenwriter and producer. In 1992, she served as a jury member at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival. In June 2018, she was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In the same year, she served as a jury member at the 75th Venice International Film Festival.

Jody Chiang or Jiang Hui (Chinese: 江蕙; pinyin: Jiāng Huì; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kang Hūi), born Jiang Shuhui (Chinese: 江淑惠; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kang Siok-hūi), is a Taiwanese popular singer. She began recording in the 1980s and retired in 2015, having released 60 albums. Her trademark ballads and folk songs are typically sung in Taiwanese. Her role in Taiwan's popular music scene is often compared to that of Teresa Teng. She is the older sister of Chiang Shu-na.

Chao Chuan (Chinese: 趙傳; pinyin: Zhào Chuán; born 18 June 1961), known sometimes as "Chief" Chao, is a Taiwanese pop singer.

Deng Feng-Zhou (simplified Chinese: 邓丰洲; traditional Chinese: 鄧豐洲; pinyin: Dèng Fēngzhōu; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tēng Hong-chiu; born October 10, 1949, other names Deng Chang-dao 鄧昌島 or Shanyangzi 善陽子) is a Chinese poet, local history writer, Taoist Neidan academics and environmentalist.

Lily Tien (Chinese: 田麗; born 30 April 1967) is a Taiwanese actress. She was named the Best Actress at the 2002 Golden Bell Awards.

Chiao En-chun (born 7 November 1967), also known as Vincent Chiao, is a Taiwanese actor and Mandopop singer. He is best known for portraying heroes in costume television dramas.

Shiao Lih-ju (born 1955) is a retired Taiwanese singer and TV presenter who released more than 30 albums in the 1970s and 1980s. She sang in Mandarin, Hokkien, and Japanese.

Yu-Ching Lin (Chinese: 林煜清) (born December 29, 1988) is a Taiwanese baseball player who plays for the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions in the Chinese Professional Baseball League.

Sow-Hsin Chen (Chinese: 陳守信; pinyin: Chén shǒuxìn) (1935 — June 26, 2021), was a Hoklo Taiwanese physicist and Professor Emeritus at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He was a recognized pioneer in the research of the dynamic properties of supercooled and interfacial water with the use of neutron scattering techniques. As an educator, he was recognized for his training of young scientists in the use of those same techniques. Regarding hydrogen storage, his research focused on the use of activated carbon to allow hydrogen to be stored at room temperature.