44 Notable alumni of
Tamkang University
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Tamkang University is 420th in the world, 83rd in Asia, and 6th in Taiwan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 44 notable alumni from Tamkang 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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Gwei Lun-Mei
- Occupations
- film actorvoice actortelevision actoractor
- Biography
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Gwei Lun-mei is a Taiwanese actress. She started her acting career in 2002, with the film Blue Gate Crossing. Gwei then appeared in a few more films before achieving wide recognition for the film Secret, directed by Jay Chou, in which Gwei played the character of Lu Hsiao-yu.
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Crowd Lu
- Occupations
- composerlyricistactorsinger
- Biography
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Crowd Lu is a Taiwanese singer, songwriter and actor. He is also nicknamed "Vitas Lu" after making a parody of the song Opera No. 2 by the Russian singer Vitas, having the ability to hit the same high notes. Due to a serious car accident in his first year at Tamkang University, Lu learned to play guitar during his hospitalization. The following year, Lu won first prize for musical composition and solo performance and proceeded to once again take the gold in composition and become the crowd favorite at National Chengchi University.
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Wen Chen-ling
- Occupations
- television actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Wen Chen-ling is a Taiwanese actress and television host.
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Lu Shiow-yen
- Enrolled in Tamkang University
- Graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Lu Shiow-yen is a Taiwanese politician and former television presenter. She is the incumbent mayor of Taichung since 25 December 2018.
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Enno Cheng
- Occupations
- film actorsingersongwriter
- Biography
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Enno Cheng is a Taiwanese indie singer-songwriter who is also an author and a film actress. She is currently part of the band Chocolate Tiger (猛虎巧克力) in addition to performing and releasing albums solo. She is the daughter of film director Cheng Wen-tang, who she often collaborates with by writing screenplays and film scores as well as performing in his films.
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Ker Chien-ming
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ker Chien-ming is a Taiwanese politician who serves as minority leader in the Legislative Yuan. From 2016 to February 2024, he was the majority leader, after the Democratic Progressive Party won a majority of seats in the Legislative Yuan for the first time.
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Wu Nien-hsuan
- Occupations
- television actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Wu Nien-hsuan is a Taiwanese actor and television host. He was nominated for a Golden Horse Award and a Golden Bell Award for his roles in the film The Tag-Along 2 (2017) and the television series Age of Rebellion (2018), respectively.
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Abby Fung
- Years
- 1982-.. (age 43)
- Occupations
- film actormodeltelevision actoractor
- Biography
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Abby Fung is a Taiwanese actress and model.
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Daniel Hwang
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Daniel Hwang was a Taiwanese politician. A member of the Kuomintang and the People First Party, he served in the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2012.
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Ma Nien-Hsien
- Occupations
- singer-songwriterfilm actor
- Biography
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Ma Nien-hsien is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor. Debuting as a member of funk rock band Sticky Rice in 1997, Ma rose to fame in Asia with the band's second album The Bird King. He later pursued careers in music and acting, achieving recognition for his role as Malasun in the musical drama film Cape No. 7 (2008). He then starred in Rock N' Road (2014), All You Need Is Love (2015), Jojo's World (2017), The Victims' Game (2020) and More Than Blue: The Series (2021). Ma received nominations for Best Original Film Song and Best Male Mandarin Singer for his film score composition in the comedy film Zone Pro Site (2013) and his debut album Mama Jeans and Daddy Shoes in the 50th Golden Horse Awards and 33rd Golden Melody Awards, respectively. He also took on the lead role as Chang Yung-kang in the comedy film Marry My Dead Body (2023) and reprised it in the spinoff series GG Precinct (2024).
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Yang Ya-che
- Occupations
- television directorfilm directorscreenwriter
- Biography
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Yang Ya-che is a Taiwanese film and television director and screenwriter. He was nominated for the Taipei Golden Horse Awards for Best Director two times, for Girlfriend, Boyfriend (女朋友·男朋友) in 2012 and The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful (血觀音) in 2017.
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Liu Shih-fang
- Enrolled in Tamkang University
- 1977-1981 graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Liu Shyh-fang is a Taiwanese politician. She graduated from the Oklahoma State University and is a member of the Democratic Progressive Party. She was deputy secretary-general of the office of President Chen Shui-bian.
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Hsieh Yi-fong
- Enrolled in Tamkang University
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Hsieh Yi-fong is a Taiwanese politician. She was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 2020 for Changhua County's third constituency.
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Liu Pang-yu
- Years
- 1942-1996 (aged 54)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Liu Pang-yu was a Taiwanese politician. He served as the Magistrate of Taoyuan County from 1989 until his death in 1996. Taoyuan County is now Taoyuan City, and the office of the Magistrate is now the office of the Mayor.
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Hsu Yen-pu
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Hsu Yen-pu is a Republic of China Army general. Since 1 May 2023, he is the current Vice Minister of the Ministry of National Defense. Hsu previously served as the Commander of the Republic of China Army from 2021 to 2023. He also served as the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Republic of China Armed Forces from 2020 to 2021.
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Apollo Chen
- Enrolled in Tamkang University
- In 2006 graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- journalistpolitician
- Biography
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Apollo Chen, also known as Chen Shei-saint is a Taiwanese journalist and politician.
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Jocelyn Wang
- Occupations
- modelactor
- Biography
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Jocelyn Wang is an actress, former news anchorwoman and TV hostess in Taiwan. She is best known for her role as the lead anchor for TVBS-NEWS in the evening. Since November 2005, she has phased out her involvement in the mass media to focus on a career in show business.
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Lin Yu-fang
- Enrolled in Tamkang University
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Lin Yu-fang is a Taiwanese politician. Lin was a Kuomintang legislator from 2008 to 2016 and the chairman of the Legislative Yuan's Diplomacy and National Defense Committee.
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Chen Wei-ling
- Years
- 1975-2023 (aged 48)
- Occupations
- film directortelevision director
- Biography
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Chen Wei-ling was a Taiwanese director.
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Wu Maw-kuen
- Occupations
- physicist
- Biography
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Maw-Kuen Wu is a Taiwanese physicist specializing in superconductivity, low-temperature physics, and high-pressure physics. He was a professor of physics at University of Alabama in Huntsville, Columbia University, and National Tsing Hua University, the Director of the Institute of Physics at Academia Sinica, the President of National Dong Hwa University, and is currently a distinguished research fellow of the Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, and international member of National Academy of Sciences.
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Wu Mei-ju
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Wu Mei-ju is the current First Lady of the Republic of China. She is the wife of the current president, Lai Ching-te.
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Chu Tien-wen
- Occupations
- writerfilm directorscreenwriter
- Biography
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Chu Tʻien-wen is a Taiwanese fiction writer. Chu is perhaps best known for writing the screenplays for most Hou Hsiao-hsien films. She is the recipient of the 2015 Newman Prize for Chinese Literature.
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Lin Sheng Xiang
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Lin Shengxiang (November 25, 1971–) is an independent music composer born in Meinong, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, known for his Hakka compositions that are concerned with his hometown.
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Chang Hsien-yao
- Enrolled in Tamkang University
- Graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Chang Hsien-yao or Vincent Chang is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Special Deputy Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council of the Executive Yuan in September 2013 until August 2014 and concurrently as the Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) in February 2014 until August 2014.
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Luo Fu
- Occupations
- poet
- Biography
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Mo Yun-tuan, known by the pen name Luo Fu (洛夫; Luòfū), was a Taiwanese writer and poet.
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Chiu Chi-wei
- Enrolled in Tamkang University
- Graduated with master's degree in jurisprudence
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Chiu Chih-wei is a Taiwanese politician and a member of the Legislative Yuan. A Hakka descent, he is a member of the Democratic Progressive Party. He has a Ph.D. degree from the National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU). He served as Kaohsiung's chief of bureau of civil affairs between 2007 and 2011. He was elected into the Legislative Yuan representing Kaohsiung 2nd district since 2012. He was reelected in 2016.
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Chiu Ching-chun
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Chiu Ching-chun is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Magistrate of Hsinchu County since 20 December 2009 until 25 December 2018.
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Alfred Chen
- Occupations
- entrepreneurpolitician
- Biography
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Alfred Chen or Chen Fei-lung Chinese: 陳飛龍; born 2 October 1937) is a Taiwanese business executive and former politician.
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Fan Sun-lu
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Fan Sun-lu is a Taiwanese politician who served on the Legislative Yuan from 1996 to 2000. She served twice as deputy education minister from 2000 to 2006 and again between 2018 and 2020. Since 2020, Fan has been a member of the Control Yuan.
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Tsai Ming-yen
- Enrolled in Tamkang University
- Graduated with Master of Laws
- Occupations
- diplomatinternational relations scholar
- Biography
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Tsai Ming-yen is a Taiwanese political scientist and diplomat who currently serves as the director-general of the National Security Bureau.
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Lee Sush-der
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Lee Sush-der is a Taiwanese politician. He is currently the president of the Taiwan Stock Exchange. He was the Minister of Finance from 2008 to 2012. Lee has also served in the Taipei and Kaohsiung city governments.
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Bruce Linghu
- Years
- 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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Johnny Mak
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Johnny Mak Ip-sing is a pro-ROC and pro-democracy politician in Hong Kong. He has been a Yuen Long District Councillor since 1991 and is the current Chairman of the Democratic Alliance.
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Peng Tien-fu
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Peng Tien-fu was a Taiwanese politician. He was of Hakka descent.
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Hsieh Ying-chun
- Occupations
- architect
- Biography
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Hsieh Ying-chun is a Taiwanese architect and contractor.
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Hung Meng-chi
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- 1947-.. (age 78)
- Occupations
- civil servantpolitician
- Biography
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Hung Meng-chi is a Taiwanese politician who was the Minister of Culture from 23 January 2015 until 20 May 2016, having previously served as acting minister from December 2014 to 2015.
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Roan Ching-yueh
- Enrolled in Tamkang University
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in architecture
- Occupations
- writerarchitect
- Biography
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Roan Ching-Yueh is a Taiwanese architect, writer, curator and a Professor of Department of Art and Design, Yuan Ze University.
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Edward I-hsin Chen
- Occupations
- politicianpolitical scientist
- Biography
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Edward I-hsin Chen or Chen I-hsin or Chen Yixin was a Hong Kong-born Taiwanese politician, political scientist, and academic. He served as a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1996 to 1999 from the New Party.
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Cai Sufen
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 62)
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Cai Sufen is a Taiwanese novelist, working for the Liberty Times. Her best known books, The Child of Salt Pan and The Olive Tree, describe the life and development of a mother and her daughter. The Olive Tree, after being featured on Long-Si Ho's Book of the Month Club, became a best-seller.
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Wang Chung-ming
- Occupations
- civil servantpolitician
- Biography
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Wang Chung-ming is a Taiwanese politician who is the current magistrate of Lienchiang County since 25 December 2022.
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José María Liu
- Born in
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Taiwan - Occupations
- civil servantdiplomat
- Biography
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José María Liu is a Taiwanese diplomat.
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Iván Yueh-Jung Lee
- Occupations
- minister
- Biography
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Li Yuerong, better known as Iván Yueh-Jung Lee, is a Taiwanese politician and diplomat. He is the current Executive Director of the Congressional Affairs Office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Previously, He served as his country's final Ambassador to Nicaragua from November to December 2021, prior to the severence of relations between the countries.
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Miguel Tsao
- Occupations
- civil servant
- Biography
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Miguel Tsao or Tsao Li-jey is a Taiwanese diplomat and politician.
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Chen Bang-yen
- Occupations
- mathematician
- Biography
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Chen Bang-yen is a Taiwanese-American mathematician who works mainly on differential geometry and related subjects. He was a University Distinguished Professor of Michigan State University from 1990 to 2012. After 2012 he became University Distinguished professor emeritus.
