Notable People
- Rulers of the Chen Dynasty
- Agnes Chan, Hong Kong singer, also famous in Japan
- Arthur Chin, fighter ace
- Bruce Chen, Panamanian Major League player
- Christine Chen, former Emmy award winning journalist and CEO of Chen Communications
- Cheer Chen, Taiwanese singer
- Dan Chan, Magician to media moguls and billionaires including Google founders
- Danny Chan, Hong Kong actor, singer and composer
- Chen Ding, Olympic gold medal racewalker
- Chen Duxiu, Communist Party of China founder
- Edison Chen, Canadian born Hong Kong singer
- Eason Chan, Hong Kong actor and singer
- Edward Chen, South African Engineer
- Fala Chen, Hong Kong actress and model
- Frankie Chan, nephew of Brian Leung
- Chen Gang (1906β1967), member of Chinese Communist Party security services
- Chen Guangcheng, Chinese dissident
- H. T. Chen, American dancer and choreographer
- Chen Hong, Chinese badminton player
- Jackie Chan, Hong Kong actor; his parents Charles and Lee-Lee Chan and son Jaycee Chan
- Jason Chan (disambiguation), several people
- Jiebing Chen, erhu player
- Chen Jingrun, mathematician
- Joan Chen Chong, Chinese-American actress and film director
- Jordan Chan, Hong Kong actor and singer
- Johnny Chan, poker player
- Joyce Chen, Chinese-American chef and restaurateur
- Julie Chen, American television personality and news anchor
- Chen Kaige, fifth-generation Chinese filmmaker
- Kelly Chen Wai-Lam, Hong Kong actress and singer
- Chen Kenichi, the only "Iron Chef Chinese" in the syndicated TV program Iron Chef
- Chen Kenmin, father of the above and a prominent Chinese chef in Japan
- Chen Lin, naval general of Ming Dynasty. Commander-in-chief of the Battle of Noryang
- Chen Lu, Figure Ice Skater
- Ming W. Chin, Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court
- Monica Chan, Hong Kong actress and winner of Miss Hong Kong 1989
- Moses Chan, Hong Kong actor and model
- Patrick Chan, Canadian figure skater
- Chin Peng, long-time leader of the now-disbanded Malayan Communist Party
- Peter Chan, the only "Chan" listed on the Vietnam War Memorial. He served on the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Oriskany.
- Peter P. Chen, a computer scientist, inventor of the Entity-Relationship Model
- Priscilla Chan, Hong Kong singer
- Robert Chen, violinist, Concertmaster of Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Chen Shaoguo, Chinese race walker
- Chen Shi-zheng, Chinese opera performer
- Chen Shui-bian, first non-KMT President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
- Sisy Chen, Taiwanese politician
- Steve Chen, supercomputer designer
- Steve Chen, co-founder, YouTube
- Tan Tin Boon (Chan Tin-Mun), Singaporean actor
- Chen Tsyr-shiou, Chairman of Taiwan Province
- Tze-Chung Chen, Taiwanese professional golfer
- Vincy Chan, Cantopop singer from Hong Kong
- Vincent "Randy" Chin, founder of VP Records
- Wei-Yin Chen, major league baseball pitcher with the Baltimore Orioles
- Wing-tsit Chan, a Chinese scholar
- Chen Wei (dissident), a Chinese dissident and human rights activist
- Chen Xiaoxu, the most famous Lin Daiyu actress
- Chen Yi, Communist Party of China military commander
- Chen Yi, composer
- Chen Yi, Chief executive of Taiwan Province
- Chen Yonglin, Chinese communist diplomat who defected to Australia
- Chen Yu (badminton), Chinese badminton player
- Chen Yuanyuan, concubine of Wu Sangui
- Chen Zhi, classical guitarist
- Chen Zhu, Minister of Health of the Chinese government
- Shiing-Shen Chern, mathematician
- Jin Sun-Yu, South Korean short-track speed skater
- Tan Boon Teik (ιζεΎ·), former Attorney-General of Singapore
- Tan Kah Kee, prominent businessman, community leader, and philanthropist in colonial Singapore and China.
- Tony Tan Keng Yam, the current President of Singapore, former Deputy Prime Minister and Co-ordinating Minister for Security and Defence of Singapore
- Tan Cheng Bock, former Member of Parliament for Ayer Rajah SMC
- Tan Cheng Lock, Malaysian Chinese businessman and the founder of the Malayan Chinese Association (MCA). An important figure during the independence of Malaya.
- Lucio Tan, Filipino-Chinese businessman. Owner of flag carrier, Philippine Airlines.
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