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Famous people surnamed Zhang (张)

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

  • Zhang Qian(张骞)

    199–113 BC

    imperial envoy to the world outside of China in the 2nd century BC

  • Zhang Daoling(张道陵)

    34–156

    legendary Han dynasty Chinese Taoist leader, grandfather of Zhang Lu

  • Zhang Fei(张飞)

    167–221

    Chinese military general (died 221)

  • Zhang Zuolin(张作霖)

    1875–1928

    Chinese warlord and politician (1875-1928)

  • Zhang Chunqiao(张春桥)

    1917–2005

    member of the Gang of Four (1917–2005)

  • Eileen Chang(张爱玲)

    1921–1995

    Chinese-born American essayist, novelist, and screenwriter (1920–1995)

  • Zhang Dejiang(张德江)

    b. 1946

    Chinese retired politician

  • Zhang Gaoli(张高丽)

    b. 1946

    Chinese politician

  • Franklin Chang-Díaz(张福林)

    b. 1950

    Costa Rican-American astronaut and physicist

  • Zhang Yimou(张艺谋)

    b. 1951

    Chinese filmmaker

  • Jung Chang(张戎)

    b. 1952

    Chinese-British author (born 1952)

  • Jacky Cheung(张学友)

    b. 1961

    Hong Kong singer and actor (born 1961)

  • Maggie Cheung(张曼玉)

    b. 1964

    Hong Kong actress

  • Iris Chang(张纯如)

    1968–2004

    Chinese-American journalist and author of historical books (1968–2004)

  • Michael Chang(张德培)

    b. 1972

    American tennis player (born 1972)

  • Zhang Ning(张宁)

    b. 1975

    Chinese female badminton player

  • Cecilia Cheung(张柏芝)

    b. 1980

    Chinese actress and singer

  • Zhang Yining(张怡宁)

    b. 1981

    Chinese table tennis player

  • Zhang Zilin(张梓琳)

    b. 1984

    Chinese beauty queen, actress and fashion model

  • Zhang Jike(张继科)

    b. 1988

    Chinese table tennis player who was the 4th player to achieve a grand slam title

  • Zhang Shuai(张帅)

    b. 1989

    Chinese tennis player

  • Lay(张艺兴)

    b. 1991

    Chinese singer (born 1991)

  • Cheung Ka-long(张家朗)

    b. 1997

    Hong Kong fencer

  • Zhang Yufei(张雨霏)

    b. 1998

    Chinese swimmer (born 1998)

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