14 Notable alumni of National Central University
Updated: June 09, 2026 EliteDegrees
National Central University is ranked #750 in the world and #5 in Taiwan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 14 notable alumni from National Central University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with National Central University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Liu Yizheng
1880-1956 (aged 76)
historian
librarian
calligrapher
Liu Yizheng was a Chinese historian, calligrapher, librarian, cultural scholar, educator, and academic leader. He is known for his personal charisma, spirit and eruditeness. In modern Chinese academic field, it is said that the number of famous experts in various fields including in literature, history, geography, philosophy and even natural science he educated and enlighted was the most. Liu Yizheng...
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2. Liu Xiao
1908-1988 (aged 80)
diplomat
politician
Liu Xiao was a Chinese diplomat. He was born in Hunan. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1926. He was Ambassador of China to the Soviet Union (1955–1962) and Albania (April–September 1967).
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3. Wu Mingyi
1971-. (aged 55)
university teacher
writer
artist
Wu Ming-yi is a multidisciplinary Taiwanese writer and scholar. Wu has published collections of essays, short stories and novels. He is best known for his novels The Man with the Compound Eyes and The Stolen Bicycle, the latter of which was longlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2018.
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4. Wu Tze-cheng
1945-. (aged 81)
politician
Wu Tze-cheng, sometimes transliterated Wu Ze-Cheng, is a Taiwanese politician who served as the minister without portfolio of the executive yuan and the minister of the Public Construction Commission. He had also served as the acting Magistrate of Yilan County and the last governor of the Taiwan provincial government.
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5. Chen Xue
1970-. (aged 56)
writer
Chen Xue is a Taiwanese writer. She is the author of Enü shu (惡女書; lit. 'Book of a Demon'), a collection of short stories published in 1995 that has become considered a classic of tongzhi literature recognising the lives of Taiwanese LGBTQ+ communities.
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6. Chen Mengjia
1911-1966 (aged 55)
poet
archaeologist
Chen Mengjia was a Chinese scholar, poet, paleographer and archaeologist. He was considered the foremost authority on oracle bones and was Professor of Chinese at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
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7. Shih Yi-fang
1962-. (aged 64)
politician
Shih Yi-fang is a Taiwanese engineer and politician who had served as the member of the Legislative Yuan from 2016 to 2020.
8. Chris Wang
1982-. (aged 44)
singer
television actor
writer
actor
film actor
Chris Wang or Wang You-sheng is a Taiwanese actor, model, singer and writer. He previously went by the stage name Wang Yu-xiang (王郁翔). He got his start in show business when hosting the popular Taiwanese travel show The King of Adventure.
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9. Lucifer Chu
1975-. (aged 51)
literary critic
writer
pundit
translator
radio personality
Lucifer Chu is a Taiwanese writer and translator. He graduated from Taiwan's National Central University in 1998 with a BS degree in electrical engineering. He dedicated himself to promoting fantasy literature because of his passion for video games and fantasy fiction. He translated J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings into Chinese. He also translated...
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10. Ning Chang
1982-. (aged 44)
film actor
actor
television actor
Chang Chun-ning, also known as Ning Chang and previously known as Janine Chang, is a Taiwanese actress and film producer.
11. Hualing Nieh Engle
1925-2024 (aged 99)
writer
novelist
Hualing Nieh Engle, née Nieh Hua-ling (Chinese: 聶華苓; pinyin: Niè Huálíng; Wade–Giles: Nieh Hua-ling), was a Chinese novelist, fiction writer, and poet. She was a professor emerita at the University of Iowa.
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12. Fang Xianjue
1903-1983 (aged 80)
politician
Fang Xianjue was a Chinese National Revolutionary Army general during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Under his command, the Chinese 10th Army defended Hengyang for 48 days during Operation Ichi-Go in 1944.
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13. Kwoh-Ting Li
1910-2001 (aged 91)
economist
minister
politician
finance minister
Li Kwoh-ting was a Chinese economist and politician best known as the "Father of Taiwan's Economic Miracle" and referred to by the New York Times as the "Godfather of Technology" in Taiwan for his work in transforming Taiwan's economy from an agrarian-based system into one of the world's leading producers of information and telecommunications technology. His career spanned some 40...
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14. Wu Liangyong
1922-. (aged 104)
urban planner
architect
Wu Liangyong is a Chinese architect and urban planner. He was a former professor in urban planning, architecture, and design. In preparation to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he was leading the team that studied the buildings of the games. He is considered the most influential architect and urban planner in China.
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