Notable Natives
The following is a non-exhaustive list of famous people born in Tainan, educated there, prominent in the life of the city, or otherwise associated with the city.
- Momofuku Ando (安藤百福) (1910–2007), founder of Nissin Foods and inventor of instant noodles
- Thomas Barclay (1849–1935), Christian missionary, lived in the city from 1875 to 1935
- William Campbell (1841–1921), Christian missionary, lived in the city from 1871 to 1917
- George Chang (張燦鍙) (born 1936), politician, former mayor of Tainan (1997–2001)
- Chin-Feng Chen (陳金鋒) (born 1977), first Taiwanese-born player to play Major League Baseball
- Chen Wei-Ling (陳葦綾), 2008 Olympic bronze medal-winning weightlifter
- Mao Gao-wen (毛高文) (born 1936), chemist, former president of National Tsinghua University (1981–1987) and Minister of Education (1987–1993)
- Hsu Shih-Hsien (許世賢) (1908–1983), first female Taiwanese PhD
- Chin-Lung Hu (胡金龍), MLB infielder for the New York Mets
- Jutoupi (born 1966), recording artist
- Kao Ching-yuen (高清願) (born 1929), businessman, founder and chairman of Uni-president
- Hong-Chih Kuo (郭泓志), MLB pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers
- Tai-Yuan Kuo (郭泰源), retired pitcher for the Seibu Lions, foreign player with the most wins in Nippon Professional Baseball history
- Ang Lee (李安) (born 1954), Academy Award–winning film director
- Chen-Yuan Lee (李鎮源) (1915–2001), pharmacologist and political activist, famous for research on snake venom
- Lien Heng (連橫) (1878–1936), historian, writer of The General History of Taiwan
- En-Yu Lin (林恩宇), baseball pitcher currently playing for Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
- Lin Hsin-i (林信義) (born 1946), businessman and politician, Minister of Economic Affairs (2000–2002), Vice Premier (2002–2004)
- Lin Mosei (林茂生) (1887–1947?), first Taiwanese philosophy PhD, academic, educator and calligrapher thought to have been killed following the 228 Incident.
- Ong Iok-tek (王育德) (1924–1985), scholar and authority of the Taiwanese Hokkien dialects
- Judy Ongg (翁倩玉) (born 1950), actress, singer, author and artist
- Shi Wen-long (許文龍) (born 1928), businessman, founder of Chi Mei Corporation
- Su Nan-cheng (蘇南成) (born 1936), politician, former mayor of Tainan (1977–1985) and advisor to Chen Shui-bian
- Robert Swinhoe (1836–1877), first British consul sent to Tainan 1861; ornithologist, highly regarded researcher writer on the natural history and zoology of Taiwan and China.
- Chien-Ming Wang (王建民), MLB pitcher for the Washington Nationals
- Wu Hui Ju (吳蕙如), archer and also a member of the team that won the bronze medal for Chinese Taipei in 2004 Summer Olympics in the women's team archery competition
- Jacky Wu (吳宗憲) (born 1962), entertainer and talk-show host
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