Lista de Personas Famosas nacidas en Shanghái

James Si-Cheng Chao is a Chinese-American entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the founder of the Foremost Group, a New York-based shipping, trading, and finance enterprise. The James S.C. Chao Scholarship is named after him.

Jing Lusi es una actriz británica nacida en China. Es mejor conocida por sus papeles en Stan Lee's Lucky Man, la exitosa película de 2018 Crazy Rich Asians y la serie nominada al BAFTA Gangs of London. En el escenario, ha formado parte del elenco original del estreno europeo de la obra 4000 Miles de Amy Herzog. También ha trabajado como presentadora para la BBC, además de protagonizar y presentar los documentales My Chinese New Year (2015) y Chinese New Year: The Biggest Celebration on Earth (2016).

Liu Xiang - es un exatleta chino de 1,88 m de altura y 83 kg de peso que se especializó en los 110 metros vallas, y ha sido la principal figura del atletismo chino. Su mejor marca en esta distancia es de 12.88 s conseguida en 2006, actual plusmarca de Asia y plusmarca mundial hasta junio de 2008. Fue además campeón olímpico en los Juegos Olímpicos de Atenas 2004.

Ma Yili is a Chinese actress. Ma ranked 42nd on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2019.

Zhou Zhengyi, Known in Hong Kong as Chau Ching Ngai, is a businessman and property developer from Shanghai, China. Zhou profited from Shanghai's real estate boom in the late 1990s to early 2000s, and was once described as the 11th richest man in China, with personal assets totalling US$320 million. In November 2007, Zhou was sentenced to sixteen years in prison for stock manipulation and fraud. He is on the "Most Wanted" list of the Independent Commission Against Corruption in Hong Kong.

Fu Lei is known as China's most respected translator of French literature. He was known for his renowned renditions of Balzac and Romain Rolland.

Gu Shunzhang (1903－1934), also known as Gu Fengming, born in Baoshan, Shanghai, was a leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

Yang Xiong is a Chinese politician and business executive who served as Mayor of Shanghai, and prior to that, Chairman of Shanghai Airlines. Yang is a graduate of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences with a master's degree in economics.

Zhang Wenkang(born 1940 in Nanhui, Shanghai) was the health minister of China during the SARS outbreak who was sacked for mishandling the matter.

Chen Gexin was a Chinese popular music songwriter. He also used the pen names Lín Méi (林枚) and Qìng Yú (慶餘).