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Du Jiayi (?—), formerly known as Du Peng, was born in Shanghai, a Chinese film actor, producer, director and screenwriter. The first film he directed was 2011's "Zhuanshan".

Du Xinyuan (1905-1985), formerly known as Du Chunren, was a native of Dajian'an Village, Wutai County, Shanxi Province, and a politician in the People's Republic of China.

Du Bin (1972-), male, native of Tancheng County, Shandong Province, is a Chinese photojournalist, documentary producer, and writer. He has worked for China's Beijing Youth Daily and Workers' Daily social and legal weekly, and has worked for the Beijing branch of the New York Times since 2004. News photos have been published in the United States' New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Time Magazine, the British Guardian, Germany's Star Pictorial and other media.

Du Xudong (January 7, 1956 -), a native of Beijing, is a second-level civilian officer of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy, with full divisional treatment. He is the leader of the Actor Troupe of Haizheng Television Art Center, a first-class actor, and a director of the China Television Artists Association. His representative works include the TV series "Mansion Gate", "Xilai Le", etc.

Du Jiang (September 10, 1985 -), born in Jinan City, Shandong Province, is an actor and singer from Mainland China. He graduated from Shanghai Theater Academy.

Johnnie To Kei-fung, MH (English: Johnnie To Kei-fung, born April 22, 1955), known as "To Sir", is a Hong Kong film director and producer. He has competed for the Golden Lion Award, the highest honor at the Venice Film Festival in Italy, twice, the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival twice, and the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival once. Johnnie To has won three Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Director and three Golden Horse Awards for Best Director. He has also won the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Director six times and the Hong Kong Film Golden Bauhinia Award for Best Director three times. To date, he has received a total of 18 nominations for Best Director at the Hong Kong Film Awards and 8 nominations for Best Director at the Golden Horse Awards, making him the director with the most nominations for these two awards. In addition, Johnnie To is also the first Hong Kong director to be invited to serve as a main competition judge at the three major international film festivals (the 65th Venice Film Festival in 2008, the 64th Cannes Film Festival in 2011, and the 73rd Berlin Film Festival in 2023).

Truman Garcia Capote (English: Truman Garcia Capote, pronounced /ˈtruːmən kəˈpoʊti/; September 30, 1924 - August 25, 1984), born Truman Streckfus Persons, was an American writer who wrote many classic literary works, including the novellas "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and "In Cold Blood". In "In Cold Blood", Capote pioneered the "true crime" documentary literature, which is recognized as a milestone in popular culture. His tortuous and bizarre process of investigating the truth of the story for writing "In Cold Blood" was also filmed by Hollywood into biographical films "Colbert: Cold-Blooded Confessions" and "Colbert: Cold-Blooded Infamy".

Yang Dongsheng (April 1960 -), male, native of Zhanjiang, Guangdong, is a Chinese producer and director. He currently works at the China Central Radio and Television Station Literary and Art Program Center. He is known for his singing and dancing performances. He has been the director of many large-scale evening shows at home and abroad for many times. He is the first to serve as the chief director of three major comprehensive art evenings, including the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, the Lantern Festival Gala and the June 1st Gala.

Rainie Yang Cheng Lin (English: Rainie Yang Cheng Lin, June 4, 1984 -) is a Taiwanese all-round artist who is a singer, actor, and host. He is the "cute leader" among the four major leaders. Since then, he has been involved in all aspects of the entertainment industry and has achieved the conditions for a triple gold artist (Golden Bell winner; Golden Horse and Golden Melody nominees).

Yang Yunxi (July 18, 1992 -), formerly known as Yang Lixiao, is a Chinese actor.

Yang Naiwen (March 2, 1974 -), Taiwanese female singer. She won the Best Mandarin Female Singer Award at the 11th Golden Melody Awards. She worked as a model before her debut, and later participated in stage plays.

Yang Junyong (January 1, 1964 - October 31, 2021), a native of Beijing, graduated from the Central Academy of Drama, an actor from mainland China, and his representative works are "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "A Dream of Red Mansions". A first-class actor at the China Children's Art Theater and a member of the Central Dramatists Association.

Miriam Yeung (huá) (English: Miriam Yeung Chin-wah, born February 3, 1974, formerly known as Yang Zewa, is a Hong Kong female singer and actress with registered nurse qualifications. She is the first diva in Hong Kong to combine "song queen", "movie queen" and "TV queen". She has won the "Female Singer Gold Award" at the "Leading Music Chart Award Ceremony", "The Most Popular Female Singer" at the "Top Ten Golden Song Awards Ceremony", and "Hong Kong Film" "Best Actress" at the Hong Kong Film Critics Circle Awards, "Best Actress" at the "Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards", and "Best Actress" at the "Southern Festival Awards", the highest individual awards. She became the first artist in Hong Kong to win a major film and television award. She was also invited by "Madame Tussauds Hong Kong" and "Hong Kong Avenue of Stars" to have her wax figure made and handprinted in recognition of her great contribution to the entertainment industry. Since 2000, he has been the lead singer of "Girl's Prayer" and "Small Town Events", the annual hits. He has also supervised the production of "Electric Phantom", the best album of the year, and launched "321 GO! Live", the highest-selling album of the year. He also held "321 GO!" "Annual Hong Kong Coliseum New Year's Eve Concert, as well as starring in "The Principal of Five Children" and "Chun Jiao Saves Zhiming", Hong Kong's annual box-office champion film, becoming the first leading actress in the history of Hong Kong female film box office champions.

Yang Sheng (January 1, 1963 - July 28, 2021), whose real name is Yang Yifan, is a Chinese film and television actor. He studied opera in his early years, and later developed in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Malaysia, where he worked as a stand-in and martial arts instructor. He was a second-generation member of the family class. In the 2000s, he returned to mainland China to film. His main works include the movie "The Burning of the Red Lotus Temple", the TV series "Ma Yongzhen TV Series", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "Book and Sword Enmity", "Legend of Sword and Fairy III", "Eternal Romance and Jealousy", "New Ninth Grade Sesame Official", "Young Bao Qingtian III: The Legend of Tianmang", "Ouchi Xiaoshou", etc.

Yang Kerun (May 12, 2010 -), Chinese actress, native of Chengdu, Sichuan, has appeared in the movie "The Founder" and the TV series "When the Mountain Flowers Are Blooming", etc.

Yang Tongyan (April 12, 1961 - November 7, 2017), pen name Yang Tianshui, was a native of Siyang, Jiangsu, a Chinese writer, dissident, and organizer of the Jiangsu and Anhui Party Headquarters of the China Democratic Party. Member of the Independent Chinese PEN Association and winner of the Prison Writers Award.

Yang Kun (December 18, 1972 -), whose ancestral home is Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, is a male singer, singer-songwriter in mainland China. His voice is characterized by a hoarse voice. He has served as a tutor for two seasons of the "The Voice of China" series and a tutor for "Chinese Good Songs (Season 1)".

Yang Wei (February 8, 1980 -), a native of Xiantao, Hubei Province, is a retired Chinese male gymnast and the all-around gymnastics gold medal winner at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He is an all-around athlete, his strengths are rings and floor exercise, and he has no particular weaknesses. Yang Wei represented the Chinese team and won multiple team gold medals with his teammates. His personal achievements were also outstanding. He won the all-around championship at the 39th and 40th World Gymnastics Championships. He was the first athlete to complete this feat after the famous Yugoslavian Petar Sumi defended the all-around championship at the World Championships in 1926 in 81 years.

Yang Yiyong (October 1963-), a native of Yidu, Hubei Province, is a scholar and politician in the People's Republic of China. He serves as the director and professor of the Institute of Social Development of the National Development and Reform Commission.

Yang Baosen (October 9, 1909 - February 10, 1958), courtesy name Zhongxiu, was a Peking Opera performing artist, working in the Gongsheng Bank. Originally from Hefei, Anhui Province, his ancestral home is Beijing. One of the "Last Four Young Masters" and the founder of the Yang School of Peking Opera vocal art.

Yang Mi (September 12, 1986 -), a native of Beijing, an actress from Mainland China, graduated from the Beijing Film Academy. Born as a child star, he first appeared in the TV series "Tang Minghuang" at the age of 4. He also appeared in Stephen Chow's movie "Su Qier". Officially debuted in 2002. She rose to prominence with her performance in the historical drama "Wang Zhaojun" (2007), and was nominated for the Audience Favorite Actress at the 24th China TV Golden Eagle Awards. In 2009, her popularity skyrocketed with her role as Tang Xuejian in "Legend of Sword and Fairy III". The 2011 time-travel drama "Palace" became a turning point in her career. Not only did she win the Magnolia Award for Best Actress at the 17th Shanghai TV Festival and won the "Most Popular Actress in Audience Votes", she also won the 6th Huading Award for Best Theme Song Singer in a TV Series and the Best Actress in a TV Series in the Global Chinese List for her OST "Love".

Yang Caiqi (January 24, 1999 -) is a Chinese actor.

Edward Yang (English: Edward Yang, November 6, 1947 - June 29, 2007), born in Shanghai, native of Meizhou, Guangdong, Hakka, Taiwanese film director, he and Hou Hsiao-hsien were both emerging representative directors of Taiwanese new films in the 1980s. He won the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival for his 2000 work "Yi Yi".

Yang Zhiwen (October 7, 1999 -), born in Beijing, China, is an actress in mainland China. Debuted as a child star, graduated from the 2018 undergraduate acting class of Communication University of China.