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Famous people surnamed Cai (蔡)

24 of the best-known people with the Cai (蔡) surname, chosen by how many language editions of Wikipedia cover them, listed by date of birth.

  • Cai Lun(蔡伦)

    50–121

    Chinese official credited with inventing paper (died 121)

  • Cai Yong(蔡邕)

    133–192

    Chinese official and scholar (132-192)

  • Cai Yan(蔡琰)

    177–249

    3rd century Chinese poet and musician

  • Cai Yuanpei(蔡元培)

    1868–1940

    Chinese educator, Esperantist and the president of Peking University (1868-1940)

  • Tsai E(蔡锷)

    1882–1916

    Chinese politician (1882-1916)

  • Cai Hesen(蔡和森)

    1895–1931

    Chinese politician (1895-1931)

  • Cai Chang(蔡畅)

    1900–1990

    Chinese politician (1900-1990)

  • Leon O. Chua(蔡少棠)

    b. 1936

    Filipino American electrical engineer and computer scientist

  • Tsai Chih-chung(蔡志忠)

    b. 1948

    Comic Artist

  • Cai Wu(蔡武)

    b. 1949

    Chinese politician

  • Cai Qi(蔡奇)

    b. 1955

    First Secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party

  • Tsai Ing-wen(蔡英文)

    b. 1956

    14th and 15th President of Republic of China (Taiwan)

  • Tsai Ming-liang(蔡明亮)

    b. 1957

    Malaysian-Taiwanese filmmaker (born 1957)

  • Cai Guo-Qiang(蔡国强)

    b. 1957

    Chinese installation artist (born 1957)

  • Amy Chua(蔡美儿)

    b. 1962

    American law professor and writer (born 1962)

  • Joseph Tsai(蔡崇信)

    b. 1964

    businessman

  • Tanya Chua(蔡健雅)

    b. 1975

    Singaporean singer

  • Cai Xuzhe(蔡旭哲)

    b. 1976

    Chinese astronaut

  • Cai Yalin(蔡亚林)

    b. 1977

    Chinese sports shooter

  • Jolin Tsai(蔡依林)

    b. 1980

    Taiwanese singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1980)

  • Cai Yun(蔡赟)

    b. 1980

    Chinese badminton player

  • Charlene Choi(蔡卓妍)

    b. 1982

    Hong Kong actress and singer

  • Cai Zelin(蔡泽林)

    b. 1991

    Chinese racewalker

  • Cai Xukun(蔡徐坤)

    b. 1998

    Chinese singer-songwriter, rapper and dancer

Famous people with other surnames

People are members of the Chinese Wikipedia surname category, confirmed as people on Wikidata (CC0) and ranked by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them. Dates and descriptions come from Wikidata.

Updated 2026-10-29