70 Notable alumni of
National Taiwan Normal University
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National Taiwan Normal University is 337th in the world, 64th in Asia, and 5th in Taiwan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 70 notable alumni from National Taiwan Normal University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Ryutaro Hashimoto
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ryutaro Hashimoto was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1996 to 1998.
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Kevin Rudd
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomatpolitical scientist
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Kevin Michael Rudd is an Australian diplomat and former politician who served as the 26th prime minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010 and June to September 2013. He held office as the leader of the Labor Party and was the member of parliament (MP) for the Queensland division of Griffith from 1998 to 2013. Since 2023, Rudd has been the 23rd ambassador of Australia to the United States.
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Austin Lin
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorsingeractor
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Austin Lin is a Taiwanese actor, singer and television host. Born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan, he took part in the second season of Taiwanese singing competition, One Million Star, in 2007. In 2009, he made his acting debut in Taiwanese film, Somewhere I Have Never Traveled, for which he also sang on the soundtrack. In 2016, he appeared in Taiwanese film, At Cafe 6, and won a Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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Selina Jen
- Occupations
- recording artistactorfilm actorsingertelevision actor
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Selina Jen Chia-hsüan is a Taiwanese singer, television host and actress. She is a member of the Taiwanese girl group S.H.E. On 11 June 2004, she graduated from the National Taiwan Normal University with a Bachelor of Education degree, majoring in Civic Education and Leadership.
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Jon Huntsman, Jr
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- politiciandiplomatmissionary
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Jon Meade Huntsman Jr. is an American businessman, diplomat, and politician who served as the 16th governor of Utah from 2005 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the ambassador of the United States to Russia from 2017 to 2019, ambassador to China from 2009 to 2011, and ambassador to Singapore from 1992 to 1993.
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Ann Kao
- Enrolled in National Taiwan Normal University
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ann Kao Hung-an is a Taiwanese business executive and politician. She earned bachelor's and master's degrees from National Taiwan Normal University and National Taiwan University, respectively, before working as a researcher for the Institute for Information Industry. The institute subsidized Kao's doctoral study at the University of Cincinnati. She then worked for Foxconn until 2020, when she was elected to the Legislative Yuan as a member of the Taiwan People's Party (TPP). Partway through her legislative term, Kao was elected Mayor of Hsinchu during the 2022 local election cycle. On 26 July 2024, Kao was removed from office and withdrew from the TPP due to corruption allegations.
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Koichi Kato
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Koichi Kato was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party who held a seat in the House of Representatives in the National Diet for 13 terms between 1972 and 2012. Kato was elected to several districts in Yamagata Prefecture and served as the Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency from 1984 to 1986 and Chief Cabinet Secretary from 1991 to 1992. Kato was a leading member of the Kōchikai faction of the LDP aligned with Prime Ministers Masayoshi Ōhira, Zenkō Suzuki, and Kiichi Miyazawa. Kato lost his seat at the December 2012 general election, and his daughter Ayuko Kato was elected to the seat at the 2014 general election.
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Kirsten Ren
- Occupations
- actorfilm actorsingermodeltelevision actor
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Lorene Jen, previously known as Kirsten Jen, is a Taiwanese actress, model and singer. Her surname is sometimes spelled as Jen. She is the younger sister of Taiwanese girl group S.H.E member Selina Jen. Jen graduated from National Taiwan Normal University, with a bachelor's degree in home economics, human development and family studies.
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Shara Lin
- Occupations
- recording artistsingermulti-instrumentalistcomposerpianist
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Shara Lin Yi-hsin is a Taiwanese musician, actress, singer, and television host. She plays mainly violin and piano, but also guzheng and guitar; she is a polyglot (Chinese, English, Taiwanese, Filipino, Korean and Japanese).
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Alex Tsai
- Enrolled in National Taiwan Normal University
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Alex Tsai is a Taiwanese politician and a member of the Kuomintang. He served as a legislator from 2008 to 2016. He was one of the 3rd members of the National Assembly.
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Wang Jin-pyng
- Enrolled in National Taiwan Normal University
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Wang Jin-pyng is a Taiwanese politician. He served as President of the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2016, which makes him Taiwan's longest-serving legislative speaker. Once a leading figure of the Kuomintang (KMT), Wang is considered to be soft-spoken and a conciliatory figure who has often brokered deals between the KMT and opposition DPP. Due to his longevity, experience and influence in political scene, he is a widely respected figure in Taiwanese politics. He was replaced by Democratic Progressive Party's Su Jia-chyuan as president of the Legislative Yuan after a decisive victory for the DPP in the 2016 election.
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Lu Yen-Hsun
- Occupations
- tennis player
- Biography
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Lu Yen-hsun is a Taiwanese coach and former tennis player, who goes by the nickname Rendy Lu. He won the most titles on the ATP Challenger Tour in tennis history. His favorite surface is hardcourt, though several of his ATP Tour career highlights came on grass, including reaching the quarterfinals of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships. Lu is the current coach of Chinese tennis player Zhang Zhizhen.
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Chie Tanaka
- Occupations
- modelfilm actoractor
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Chie Tanaka is a Japanese model and actress who is based in Taiwan. She is best known for her role as Tomoko in Cape No. 7, the second highest-grossing film in Taiwanese cinematic history.
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Evan Yo
- Occupations
- composersingersongwriter
- Biography
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Tsai Min-you, better known as Evan Yo, is a Taiwanese Mandopop singer-songwriter. He was signed by his management company at 14 and has been signed by Sony Music Taiwan since 2006. He has released four albums and was nominated for Best New Artist in 2007 at the 18th Golden Melody Awards, Taiwan.
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Yaung Chih-liang
- Enrolled in National Taiwan Normal University
- 1965-1968 graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- university teacherpoliticianwritertelevision actor
- Biography
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Yaung Chih-liang is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Minister of the Department of Health of the Executive Yuan from 2009 to 2011.
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Sung Chia-Hao
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Sung Chia-hao is a Taiwanese professional baseball Pitcher for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He attended National Taiwan Sport University.
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Chang Li-shan
- Enrolled in National Taiwan Normal University
- Graduated with master's degree in pedagogy
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Chang Li-shan is a Taiwanese politician. She served on the Legislative Yuan from 2005 to 2008, and again from 2016 to 2018, when she was elected magistrate of Yunlin County.
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Huang Ming-hui
- Enrolled in National Taiwan Normal University
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in Department of Chinese Language and Literature
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Huang Min-hui is a Taiwanese politician. She was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2005. Her tenure as vice chairperson of the Kuomintang (2008–16) overlapped with two terms as Mayor of Chiayi City (2005–14).
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Wang Kuan-hung
- Occupations
- swimmer
- Biography
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Wang Kuan-hung, also known as Eddie Wang, is a Taiwanese swimmer who specializes in butterfly and freestyle events.
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Ye Yuan-chih
- Enrolled in National Taiwan Normal University
- Graduated with doctorate
- Occupations
- Member of the Legislative Yuanpoliticianpundit
- Biography
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Yeh Yuan-chih is a Taiwanese politician and educator who serves as a Member of the Legislative Yuan. He was previously a member of New Taipei City Council and has been a lecturer at the Taipei National University of the Arts.
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Lei Tien
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Tien Lei is a Taiwanese professional basketball player.
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Pan Wen-chung
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Pan Wen-chung is a Taiwanese educator and politician. He first served as Minister of Education from May 2016 to April 2018 and returned to the post in January 2019.
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Xi Murong
- Enrolled in National Taiwan Normal University
- 1959-1963 graduated with bachelor's degree in fine art
- Occupations
- writerpainterpoet
- Biography
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Xi Murong or Hsi Muren is a writer and painter. She is most famous for her poetry, especially the collections Seven Miles of Fragrance (七里香; Qīlǐ Xiāng) and Unregrettable Youth (無怨的青春; Wúyuàn de Qīngchūn).
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Uğur Rıfat Karlova
- Occupations
- television presenterfilm actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Uğur Rıfat Karlova is a Turkish-Taiwanese stand-up comedian, actor, TV host, showman, and writer.
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Apollo Chen
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- journalistpolitician
- Biography
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Apollo Chen, also known as Chen Shei-saint is a Taiwanese journalist and politician.
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Chen Hung-Ling
- Occupations
- badminton playerOlympic competitorbadminton coach
- Biography
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Chen Hung-ling is a former Taiwanese badminton player.
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April Yao
- Enrolled in National Taiwan Normal University
- Graduated with doctorate in political science
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Yao Ching-ling is a Taiwanese politician who is currently serving as magistrate of Taitung County. A member of the Kuomintang, she was elected as a member of Taitung County Council in 2005 and became speaker in 2010.
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Hsu Shui-te
- Years
- 1931-2021 (aged 90)
- Enrolled in National Taiwan Normal University
- 1954-1958 graduated with bachelor's degree in education
- Occupations
- artistpolitician
- Biography
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Hsu Shui-teh was a Taiwanese politician. He was the President of the Examination Yuan from 1996 to 2002. He died of pneumonia on 31 March 2021, at the age of 89.
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Chiang Yung-chang
- Enrolled in National Taiwan Normal University
- Graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Chiang Yung-chang is a Taiwanese politician. He was a member of the Taipei County Council from 2006 to 2010, and served on the succeeding body, known as the New Taipei City Council, until his election to the Legislative Yuan in 2016.
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Cheng Shao-Chieh
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- badminton playerOlympic competitor
- Biography
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Cheng Shao-chieh is a badminton player from Taiwan.
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Wang Tuoh
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- 1944-2016 (aged 72)
- Enrolled in National Taiwan Normal University
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- writerpolitician
- Biography
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Wang Tuoh was a Taiwanese writer, public intellectual, literary critic, and politician. He was born in Badouzi, then a small fishing village near the northern port city of Keelung. His name was originally Wang Hung-chiu (王紘久).
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Yang Po-Han
- Occupations
- badminton player
- Biography
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Yang Po-han is a Taiwanese badminton player. In 2013, he won the men's doubles title at the Vietnam International tournament partnered with Liao Min-chun when he was 18-year-old.
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Chen Yu-mei
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- politician
- Biography
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Chen Yu-mei was a Taiwanese politician. She served as Deputy Minister of the Overseas Community Affairs Council of the Executive Yuan from 18 September 2013 to 8 August 2014.
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Wong Chin-chu
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Wong Chin-chu is a Taiwanese educator and politician. She was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1993 to 2001. Wong stepped down in the midst of her third term, as she was elected magistrate of Changhua County later that year. She served as magistrate until 2005. In 2007, Wong was named the minister of the Council for Cultural Affairs, a position she left in 2008 to be reelected to the legislature.
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Tina Pan
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Pan Wei-kang, also known by her English name Tina Pan, is a Taiwanese politician. She was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1993 to 2002 and again between 2005 and 2016.
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Tong Yang-tze
- Enrolled in National Taiwan Normal University
- In 1966 graduated with bachelor's degree in fine art
- Occupations
- calligrapher
- Biography
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Tong Yang-tze, also known as Grace Tong, is a Taiwanese artist. She is one of Taiwan’s foremost calligraphers. She is known for creating very large works in a very small studio.
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Loh Meei-ling
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- politician
- Biography
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Loh Meei-ling is a Malaysian-born Taiwanese politician and educator. She was a member of the Nantou County Council from 2014 to 2020, when she was elected to the 10th Legislative Yuan. Lo followed Lin Li-chan as the second immigrant to Taiwan to serve as a member of the Legislative Yuan.
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Hsieh Chang-heng
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Hsieh Chang-heng is a pitcher in the CPBL. He played for Uni-President Lions. He is the 1st person achieved the record of career with 100 wins. After retired, he became the manager of the Lions and then Chinatrust Whales until it went defunct in 2008.
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Huang Kun-huei
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Huang Kun-huei is a Taiwanese politician. A former member of the Kuomintang, he had served as the party's secretary general from 1999 to 2000. Prior to that, Huang served as the minister of the Mainland Affairs Council from 1991 to 1994 and Minister of the Interior from 1994 to 1996. He later left the KMT and joined the Taiwan Solidarity Union, chairing the TSU from 2007 to 2016.
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March Fong Eu
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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March Fong Eu was an American diplomat and politician who served as the 24th secretary of state of California for five terms from 1975 to 1994. A member of the Democratic Party, she served in the California State Assembly from 1967 to 1974 and later as the United States ambassador to Micronesia under Bill Clinton from 1994 to 1996.
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Bruce Linghu
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- 1954-.. (age 71)
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Bruce Jung Da Linghu is a Taiwanese diplomat. He was the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) from 24 September 2015 until 20 May 2016.
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Wu Ching-ji
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Wu Ching-ji is a Taiwanese educator. He was the Minister of the Education from 2009 to 2012.
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Hsu Jung-shu
- Years
- 1939-.. (age 86)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Hsu Jung-shu is a Taiwanese politician. She co-founded the Democratic Progressive Party in 1986, but was expelled over a 2009 trip to China.
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Yang Hung-duen
- Occupations
- politicianphysicistresearcher
- Biography
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Yang Hung-duen is a Taiwanese physicist. Yang was the president of National Sun Yat-sen University from 2008 to 2016, when he was selected to lead the National Science and Technology Council.
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Wei Chun-Heng
- Occupations
- archer
- Biography
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Wei Chun-heng is a Taiwanese competitive archer. He won a bronze medal in the men's team recurve at the 2015 Asian Championships, and also competed as a member of Chinese Taipei's archery squad at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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Lin Kuang-hua
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- politician
- Biography
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Lin Kuang-hua is a Taiwanese politician. He served in the Legislative Yuan from 1993 to 1997, when he was elected to one term as Hsinchu County Magistrate. He chaired the Taiwan Provincial Government from 2003 to 2006.
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Chen Chi-nan
- Occupations
- anthropologist
- Biography
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Chen Chi-nan is a Taiwanese anthropologist. He led the Council of Cultural Affairs from 2004 to 2006. He was named Director of National Palace Museum in 2018 and served until 2019.
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Chong Yee-Voon
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Chong Yee-Voon is a Malaysian writer in the Chinese language. She is professor of the Department of Chinese Linguistics and Literature in Yuan Ze University, Taiwan.
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Chen Kuei-miao
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- politician
- Biography
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Chen Kuei-miao was a Taiwanese politician.
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Chien Yu-Chin
- Occupations
- badminton playerOlympic competitorbadminton coach
- Biography
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Chien Yu-chin is a Taiwanese former badminton player.
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Chen Wen-huei
- Occupations
- weightlifter
- Biography
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Chen Wen-huei is a Taiwanese weightlifter.
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Hsu Tsang-houei
- Years
- 1929-2001 (aged 72)
- Occupations
- composerethnomusicologist
- Biography
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Hsu Tsang-Houei was a Taiwanese musician and music educator. As an ethnomusicologist, he has been called a "pioneering collector of Taiwanese folk songs."
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Howard Goldblatt
- Occupations
- translatorlinguist
- Biography
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Howard Goldblatt is a literary translator of numerous works of contemporary Chinese (mainland China & Taiwan) fiction, including The Taste of Apples by Huang Chunming and The Execution of Mayor Yin by Chen Ruoxi. Goldblatt also translated works of Chinese novelist and 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature winner Mo Yan, including six of Mo Yan's novels and collections of stories. He was a Research Professor of Chinese at the University of Notre Dame from 2002 to 2011.
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Lin Mun-lee
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- writer
- Biography
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Lin Mun-lee is a Taiwanese scholar and writer. She served as Deputy Director of National Palace Museum from 2004 to 2006, and its Director between 2006 and 2008.
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Lin Jeng-yi
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Lin Jeng-yi was Director of National Palace Museum of the Republic of China from 20 May 2016 to 16 July 2018.
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Li Hsing
- Occupations
- film director
- Biography
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Li Hsing or Lee Hsing was a Taiwanese film director. He was born Lee Tz-da (李子達) in 1930 in Shanghai and died in 2021. He made one of the early popular Taiwanese films in the late 1959, Wang and Liu Tour Taiwan (王哥柳哥遊台灣), though he did not speak Taiwanese. He was also the key director in the promotion of Healthy Realist film (健康寫實片) and Literary Romantic film (愛情文藝片). He was awarded the best director at Golden Horse Awards three times and had seven films awarded the best feature film: Beautiful Duckling (養鴨人家; 1965), The Road (路; 1967), Execution in Autumn (秋決; 1972), Land of the Undaunted, (吾土吾民; 1975), He Never Gives Up (汪洋中的一條船; 1978), The Story of a Small Town (小城故事; 1979), and Good Morning, Taipei (早安台北; 1979). After he made his last film The Heroic Pioneers (唐山過台灣; 1986), he vowed to be the lifetime volunteer for the promotion of development of Taiwan cinema. In 2009 he established the Cross-Strait Films Exchange Committee, which has been the main, if not only, organization promoting the interaction and cooperation of Taiwanese and Chinese filmmakers. Lee Hsing is often referred to as the "godfather of Taiwan cinema" for his great contribution to Taiwan cinema.
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Huang Kuang-nan
- Enrolled in National Taiwan Normal University
- In 1985 graduated with master's degree in fine art
- Occupations
- painterpolitician
- Biography
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Huang Kuang-nan, also known by his pen name Shi-Po, is a Taiwanese ink wash painter, scholar, art educator, and cultural administrator. He was a Minister without Portfolio in the Executive Yuan from 2012 to 2014.
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Tseng Shu-o
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Tseng Shu-o is a Taiwanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish Primera Nacional club CF Joventut Almassora. She has represented Chinese Taipei since 2002, and she received the Most Valuable Player award in the AFC U-19 Women's Championship in 2002.
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Yuan Shu-Chi
- Occupations
- archer
- Biography
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Yuan Shu-chi is an athlete from Chinese Taipei. She competes in archery.
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Lee Chu-feng
- Enrolled in National Taiwan Normal University
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- civil servantpolitician
- Biography
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Lee Chu-feng is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Magistrate of Kinmen County from 2001 to 2009.
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Chih-I Tsao
- Occupations
- figure skater
- Biography
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Tsao Chih-I is a Taiwanese figure skater. He is a six-time national champion of Taiwan. He has qualified to the final segment at five World Junior Championships and five Four Continents Championships.
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Chen Chieh-ju
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- 1944-.. (age 81)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Chen Chieh-ju is a Taiwanese disability rights activist and politician who served in the Legislative Yuan from 2008 to 2016 as a member of the Democratic Progressive Party.
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Li Yuan
- Occupations
- writerscreenwriter
- Biography
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Li Yuan, also known by his pen name Hsiao Yeh (Chinese: 小野; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sió-iá), is a Taiwanese novelist, screenwriter and politician who is the minister of Culture since 2024.
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C.-T. James Huang
- Occupations
- university teachersinologistphilosopherlinguist
- Biography
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C.T. James Huang is a Taiwanese-American linguist. He is a professor of linguistics at Harvard University.
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Apo Hsu
- Occupations
- conductor
- Biography
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Apo Hsu or Hsu Ching-hsin is a Taiwanese-American conductor. Hsu served as music director of the National Taiwan Normal University Symphony Orchestra and the Springfield Symphony Orchestra in Springfield, Missouri. Her past appointments include serving as artistic director of The Women's Philharmonic in San Francisco, California, and conductor of the Oregon Mozart Players in Eugene, Oregon. She has been a mentor for many young conductors on both sides of the world through her work at NTNU and at The Conductor's Institute at Bard College in New York. Her performances have been featured in national broadcasts in the United States (on National Public Radio), Taiwan (on International Community Radio Taipei), and Korea (on Korean Broadcasting System).
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Adam Hsu
- Occupations
- martial artist
- Biography
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Hsu, Chi, commonly known as Adam Hsu is a martial artist and essayist known for his expertise in various forms of Chinese martial arts. Hsu was born in mainland China in 1941 and later moved to Taiwan, where he has operated for most of his life.
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Lin Ying-shin
- Years
- 1999-.. (age 26)
- Occupations
- sport shooter
- Biography
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Lin Ying-shin is a Taiwanese sports shooter. She won her first gold medal at the 2018 ISSF World Cup in Munich in the 10 m air rifle. Lin started off the 2018 season by winning a Junior World Cup silver medal in Sydney, and then claimed a silver in the open category at the ISSF World Cup stage 2 in Changwon. Lin competed at the 2018 Asian Games, and claimed the first gold medal for the Chinese Taipei contingent after finished in the first place in the mixed 10 metre air rifle team event partnered with Lu Shao-chuan. She finished third at the International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup in 2019, guaranteeing a place at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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Ming-Jer Chen
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Chen Ming-jer is a Taiwanese business and management academic. He is the Leslie E. Grayson Professor of Business Administration at University of Virginia Darden School of Business.
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Yu Ai-wen
- Occupations
- sport shooter
- Biography
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Yu Ai-Wen is a Taiwanese female sport shooter. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 10 metre air pistol.
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Sonia Landy Sheridan
- Occupations
- photographerartistresearcher
- Biography
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Sonia Landy Sheridan, known as Sonia Sheridan, was an American artist, academic and researcher, who in 1969 founded the Generative Systems research program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She was honorary editor of Leonardo, the Journal of the International Society for the Arts Sciences and Technology (Leonardo/ISAST). Sheridan had received awards from numerous institutions, including the Guggenheim Foundation in 1973 for Photography and the National Endowment for the Arts (1974–1975, 1976–1977, 1981–1982).
