100 Notable alumni of University of Hong Kong

Updated: June 23, 2026 EliteDegrees

University of Hong Kong is ranked #89 in the world and #3 in China by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from University of Hong Kong sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with University of Hong Kong won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Lee Wing-tat

1. Lee Wing-tat

1955-. (aged 71)
politician
Lee Wing-tat is a former Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo), returned by direct election as representative of the New Territories West constituency. He was the former third Chairman of the Democratic Party (DP). He is seen as a conservative inside the party.
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Raymond Tam

2. Raymond Tam

1964-. (aged 62)
justice of the peace politician
Raymond Tam Chi-yuen is a Hong Kong politician.
Wong Kam-sing

3. Wong Kam-sing

1963-. (aged 63)
architect
Wong Kam-sing, GBS, JP, is a Hong Kong architect and the former Secretary for the Environment, Wong had held a number of public service positions before joining the Government, including the first Chairman of the Environment and Sustainable Development Committee of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects, the Chairman of the Professional Green Building Council and the Vice Chairman of...
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Edward Leong

4. Edward Leong

1939-. (aged 87)
physician justice of the peace politician
Edward Leong Che-hung GBM GBS OBE JP is a Hong Kong physician and politician who served as a non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong from 2005 to 2012. He previously represented the medical functional constituency in the Legislative Council from 1988 to 2000, and was Chairman of the Council of the University of Hong Kong from 2009...
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Paul Lam

5. Paul Lam

1968-. (aged 58)
barrister
Paul Lam Ting-kwok GBS SBS SC JP is a Hong Kong Senior Counsel, currently serving as the 5th Secretary for Justice since July 2022. He is included in the OFAC specifically designated individuals or blocked persons (SDN) list for eroding the autonomy of Hong Kong in contravention of China’s commitments, and in connection with acts of transnational repression.
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Ip Kin-yuen

6. Ip Kin-yuen

1961-. (aged 65)
politician
Ip Kin-yuen is a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for Education constituency and a chief executive for Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union.
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Michael Suen

7. Michael Suen

1944-2024 (aged 80)
justice of the peace politician
Michael Suen Ming-yeung GBS CBE JP was a Hong Kong politician who served as the acting Chief Secretary for Administration in 2005 and 2012 and as Secretary for Education of Hong Kong from 2007 to 2012.
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Zhu Guangqian

8. Zhu Guangqian

1897-1986 (aged 89)
translator
Zhu Guangqian was a scholar and theoretician of aesthetics in 20th-century China.
Johannes Chan

9. Johannes Chan

1959-. (aged 67)
university teacher barrister
Johannes Chan Man-mun SC (Hon) is an honorary professor of University College London, and formerly chair professor of law (–2021) and former dean of the faculty of law (2002–2014) at the University of Hong Kong. He specialises in human rights, constitutional and administrative law, and is the first and only academic silk ever appointed in Hong Kong. He is credited...
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Ching Cheong

10. Ching Cheong

1949-. (aged 77)
journalist
Ching Cheong is a Hong Kong journalist with The Straits Times. He is best known for having been interned by the People's Republic of China on allegations of spying for Taiwan. He was detained in April 2005 and spent over 1,000 days in prison; his sentencing in August 2006 was for five years' imprisonment, scheduled to end in August 2011,...
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Selina Chow

11. Selina Chow

1945-. (aged 81)
actor justice of the peace politician
Selina Chow Liang Shuk-yee GBS OBE JP is a former Hong Kong television executive and politician. She was a member of the Legislative Council for nearly three decades, and was also a member of the Executive Council. She is honorary chairwoman of the Liberal Party, having formerly been its chairwoman.
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Stephen Lam

12. Stephen Lam

1955-. (aged 71)
justice of the peace politician
Stephen Lam Sui-lung GBM GBS OBE was the Chief Secretary for Administration of Hong Kong and Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs.
Bernadette Linn

13. Bernadette Linn

1964-. (aged 62)
minister
Bernadette Linn Hon Ho JP is a Hong Kong government official, currently serving as Secretary for Development.
Pierre Chan

14. Pierre Chan

1976-. (aged 50)
politician physician
Pierre Chan Pui-yin is a Hong Kong medical doctor and politician. Chan was elected in the 2016 Hong Kong Legislative Council election through the Medical functional constituency.
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James To

15. James To

1963-. (aged 63)
lawyer politician
James To Kun-sun is a Hong Kong lawyer and Democratic Party politician. From 1991 to 2020, To was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, representing the District Council (Second) constituency. In his final four years, To was the most senior member in the Legislative Council, and was also the convenor of the pro-democracy caucus from 2016 to...
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Edward Yiu

16. Edward Yiu

1964-. (aged 62)
politician
Edward Yiu Chung-yim is a Hong Kong academic, scholar and former politician who is currently an associate professor of property at the University of Auckland Business School. He is a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong elected in the 2016 Legislative Council election representing the functional constituency of Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape. On 14 July 2017,...
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Alex Law

17. Alex Law

1952-2022 (aged 70)
film director screenwriter
Alexander Law Kai-Yui was a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, and producer.
Tang King Shing

18. Tang King Shing

1954-. (aged 72)
politician
Tang King Shing GBS PDSM PMSM CPM was the Commissioner of the Hong Kong Police force until 10 January 2011.
Kwok Ka-ki

19. Kwok Ka-ki

1961-. (aged 65)
politician physician
Kwok Ka-ki is a Hong Kong former politician. He is a private urology doctor, having graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong. Kwok is a member of the Civic Party, having joined on 19 July 2010. On 11 November 2020, he was disqualified from the Legislative Council, along with three other lawmakers of the pan-democratic...
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Robert Kotewall

20. Robert Kotewall

1880-1949 (aged 69)
legislator
Sir Robert Hormus Kotewall CMG was a British Hong Kong businessman, civil servant and legislator.
Lim Bo Seng

21. Lim Bo Seng

1909-1944 (aged 35)
military officer
Lim Bo Seng was a resistance fighter who played a crucial role in the anti-Japanese fund raising and movement in Singapore and Malaya during World War II. Born in Fujian, China, he moved to Singapore at a young age and was educated at Raffles Institution (RI) before pursuing engineering at the University of Hong Kong. Following his studies, he returned...
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Ko Wing Man

22. Ko Wing Man

1957-. (aged 69)
physician justice of the peace politician
Ko Wing-man GBS, JP is a non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong. He served as the Secretary for Food and Health of Hong Kong from 2012 to 2017. Besides being an orthopedic specialist, he is the member of The Medical Council of Hong Kong, the chairman of The Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society, member of the Board of...
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Elsie Leung

23. Elsie Leung

1939-. (aged 87)
lawyer politician
Elsie Leung Oi-sie, GBM, JP is a Hong Kong politician and solicitor. She was Secretary for Justice of Hong Kong from 1997 to 2005 and a member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong.
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Patrick Nip

24. Patrick Nip

1964-. (aged 62)
civil servant politician
Patrick Nip Tak-kuen GBS JP is a Hong Kong former government official. He served as Secretary for the Civil Service from 2020 to 2022.
Edward Yau

25. Edward Yau

1960-. (aged 66)
justice of the peace politician
Edward Yau Tang-wah, GBS, JP is a Hong Kong politician. He was the Secretary for the Environment from 2007 to 2012, and from 2012 to 2017, he was the Director of the Chief Executive's Office of Hong Kong. He served as Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development from 2017 to 2022.
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Joseph Yam

26. Joseph Yam

1948-. (aged 78)
justice of the peace
Joseph Yam Chi-kwong, GBM, GBS, CBE, JP is a Hong Kong statistician, economist and civil servant. He was the first Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Hong Kong's de facto central bank, holding the position for 16 years. In 2011 Yam was elected to a member of the board of directors of the Swiss Bank UBS AG. In...
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Albert Ho

27. Albert Ho

1951-. (aged 75)
solicitor politician
Albert Ho Chun-yan is a solicitor and politician in Hong Kong. He is the former chairman (2014–2019) and vice-chair (2019–2021) of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, and former chairman of the Democratic Party from 2006 to 2012. He is a solicitor and a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for...
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Leong Kah Kit Alan

28. Leong Kah Kit Alan

1958-. (aged 68)
lawyer politician
Alan Leong Kah-kit, SC is a former member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, representing the Kowloon East geographical constituency and former chairman of the now-disbanded Civic Party. He was also vice-chairperson of the Independent Police Complaints Council.
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Rita Fan

29. Rita Fan

1945-. (aged 81)
politician
Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai GBM GBS CBE JP is a senior Hong Kong politician. She was the first President of the Hong Kong SAR Legislative Council from 1998 to 2008 and a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPCSC).
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Audrey Eu

30. Audrey Eu

1953-. (aged 73)
lawyer politician
Audrey Eu Yuet-mee is a Hong Kong lawyer and politician who represented Hong Kong Island in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 2000 to 2012. Eu was the founding leader of the Civic Party and was a member of the party's executive committee, focusing on party development. In politics, Eu has focused on matters relating to the Basic Law.
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Lee Cheuk-yan

31. Lee Cheuk-yan

1957-. (aged 69)
trade unionist politician
Lee Cheuk-yan is a Hong Kong politician and social activist. He was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1995 to 2016, when he lost his seat. He represented the Kowloon West and the Manufacturing constituencies briefly in 1995 and had been representing the New Territories West constituency from 1998 to 2016. He is a former trade...
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Lo Chung Mau

32. Lo Chung Mau

1961-. (aged 65)
physician researcher justice of the peace politician
Lo Chung-mau is a specialist in liver transplant and is currently the Secretary of Health of the Government of Hong Kong. Before joining the government, he was Chief Executive at the University of Hong Kong–Shenzhen Hospital, and chair of Hepatobiliary Surgery at the University of Hong Kong.
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Margaret Ng

33. Margaret Ng

1948-. (aged 78)
barrister lawyer journalist politician
Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee is a politician, barrister, writer and columnist in Hong Kong. She was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1995 to 2012.
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Dennis Kwok

34. Dennis Kwok

1978-. (aged 48)
politician
Dennis Kwok Wing-hang is a Canadian lawyer and former Hong Kong politician who represented the legal constituency in the Hong Kong Legislative Council from 2012 to 2020. He is a founding member of Civic Party.
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Andrew Cheung

35. Andrew Cheung

1961-. (aged 65)
judge
Andrew Cheung Kui-nung GBM is a Hong Kong judge who serves as the 3rd Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal. He previously served as a Permanent Judge of the same court. He was the 4th and longest-serving Chief Judge of the High Court.
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Alex Chow

36. Alex Chow

1990-. (aged 36)
politician
Alex Chow Yong-kang is a social activist from Hong Kong and current doctoral candidate in geography at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a former secretary-general of the Hong Kong Federation of Students and a former Vice-President (External) of the Hong Kong University Students' Union.
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Holden Chow

37. Holden Chow

1979-. (aged 47)
solicitor politician
Holden Chow Ho-ding is a Hong Kong solicitor and politician. He is the vice-chairman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), the largest pro-Beijing party in Hong Kong, and a former chairman of Young DAB, its youth wing. He was elected to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 2016, through the District Council...
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Gabriel Leung

38. Gabriel Leung

1972-. (aged 54)
academic administrator scientist
Gabriel Matthew Leung GBS JP FRCP FRCPE is a Hong Kong physician and epidemiologist, currently serving as the executive director (Charities and Community) of the Hong Kong Jockey Club. From 2013 to 2022, he was the longest-serving dean of medicine at the University of Hong Kong, where he was also the inaugural Helen and Francis Zimmern Professor in Population Health....
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Stephen Chan

39. Stephen Chan

1958-. (aged 68)
television presenter actor broadcasting executive
Stephen Chan Chi-wan is the Chief Advisor of Commercial Radio Hong Kong and a YouTube pundit. Chan was previously the chief executive officer of Commercial Radio Hong Kong and general manager of Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB). On 9 December 2011 Chan announced his resignation as GM effective April 2013.
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Lui Che Woo

40. Lui Che Woo

1929-2024 (aged 95)
philanthropist businessperson entrepreneur
Lui Che Woo, GBM, GBS, MBE, JP was a Hong Kong business magnate, investor and philanthropist. He founded K. Wah Company in 1955, which later became a multinational conglomerate, K. Wah Group. The group has two listed flagships, K. Wah International Holdings Limited and Galaxy Entertainment Group Limited, as well as major companies such as K. Wah Construction Materials Limited...
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Lee Sheung-ching

41. Lee Sheung-ching

1981-. (aged 45)
film actor
Jiro Lee Sheung-ching is a Hong Kong actor and television host. Lee rose to fame for portraying minor comical roles in Stephen Chow's comedy films, including CJ7 (2008), Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013) and The Mermaid (2016). He co-wrote the screenplay of Journey to the West and was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay in the 50th Golden...
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Frederick Ma

42. Frederick Ma

1952-. (aged 74)
justice of the peace investment banker
Frederick Ma Si-hang GBS JP is a Hong Kong politician and administrator who was chairman of the MTR Corporation from 2015 to 2019.
Amber Tang

43. Amber Tang

1995-. (aged 31)
actor
Amber Tang, is a Hong Kong hostess and actress. She was the first runner-up and Miss Photogenic in the Miss Hong Kong 2018 Pageant.
Yuen Kwok-yung

44. Yuen Kwok-yung

1956-. (aged 70)
researcher bacteriologist botanist surgeon microbiologist
Yuen Kwok-yung GBS JP is a Hong Kong microbiologist, physician, and surgeon. He is a prolific researcher, with most of his nearly 800 papers (as of December 2020) related to research on novel microbes or emerging infectious diseases. He led a team identifying the SARS coronavirus that caused the SARS pandemic of 2003–04, and traced its genetic origins to wild...
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Siu-Por Lam

45. Siu-Por Lam

1954-. (aged 72)
mathematician
Lam Siu-por is a Hong Kong mathematician and the husband of Carrie Lam, who served as the fourth Chief Executive of Hong Kong from 2017 to 2022.
Benny Tai

46. Benny Tai

1964-. (aged 62)
docent teacher politician
Benny Tai Yiu-ting is a Hong Kong legal scholar, political figure, and democracy activist. He was an associate professor of law at the University of Hong Kong.
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Tanya Chan

47. Tanya Chan

1971-. (aged 55)
politician barrister
Tanya Chan is a Hong Kong politician who served as a Legislative Councillor representing Hong Kong Island from 2008 to 2012, and again from 2016 to 2020. She is a founding member of the Civic Party. Chan is sometimes known as the "Zhou Xun of the Civic Party". On 29 September 2020, Chan announced that she would quit politics.
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Lo Wai Chung Stephen

48. Lo Wai Chung Stephen

1961-. (aged 65)
politician
Stephen Lo Wai-chung GBS PDSM PMSM JP is a Hong Kong retired law enforcement administrator. Lo joined the Hong Kong Police Force in 1984 after his graduation from the University of Hong Kong with a bachelor of social science in management. He served as the Commissioner of Police of Hong Kong from 2015 to 2019, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Management)...
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Antony Leung

49. Antony Leung

1952-. (aged 74)
justice of the peace foreign currency trader banker politician
Antony Leung Kam-chung GBS OBE JP is a businessman who served as Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), from 29 May 2001 until his resignation on 16 July 2003.
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Matthew Cheung

50. Matthew Cheung

1950-. (aged 76)
justice of the peace politician
Matthew Cheung Kin-chung GBM GBS JP is a former Hong Kong politician who served as Chief Secretary for Administration from 2017 to 2021. Cheung previously served as the Secretary for Labour and Welfare for ten years. He was awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal (GBM) by the Hong Kong SAR Government in 2017.
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Ronny Tong

51. Ronny Tong

1950-. (aged 76)
politician
Ronny Tong Ka-wah GBS KC SC JP is a Hong Kong barrister and politician. He has been a non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong since 2017.
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Jasper Tsang

52. Jasper Tsang

1947-. (aged 79)
justice of the peace politician
Jasper Tsang Yok-sing GBM JP is a Hong Kong politician. He is the founding member of the largest pro-Beijing party the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) from 1992 to 2003 and the 2nd President of the Legislative Council from 2008 to 2016.
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John Shum

53. John Shum

1952-. (aged 74)
film actor actor film producer
John Sham Kin-Fun, commonly known as John Shum, is a Hong Kong actor, film producer, and political activist. He is best known for his contributions to the Hong Kong New Wave.
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Sabrina Ho

54. Sabrina Ho

1990-. (aged 36)
entrepreneur
Dr. Sabrina Ho Chiu-yeng is currently working as a member in Board of Governors of the Hong Kong Arts Centre and a council member in Hong Kong Art School. She is also a Hong Kong businesswoman, heiress and philanthropist. She is the daughter of Stanley Ho, a casino tycoon, and Leong On-kei, a politician. Ho invested in businesses founded by...
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Anson Chan

55. Anson Chan

1940-. (aged 86)
civil servant politician
Anson Maria Elizabeth Chan Fang On-sang, GBM, GCMG, CBE, JP is a retired Hong Kong politician, civil servant and stateswoman who was the first ethnic Chinese and woman to serve as Chief Secretary, the second-highest position in both the British colonial government and the Hong Kong SAR government under the Chinese sovereignty from 1993 until she retired from the government...
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Alfred Hui

56. Alfred Hui

1988-. (aged 38)
singer television actor dentist recording artist actor
Alfred Hui Ting Hang is a Hong Kong singer. He rose to prominence as the eleventh-place finalist in the first season of The Voice (Chinese: 超級巨聲). His debut studio album Departure Trilogy earned gold certification. Hui won multiple best newcomer awards in 2011. He has since released more than ten studio albums.
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Hsing Yun

57. Hsing Yun

1927-2023 (aged 96)
Buddhist monk calligrapher
Hsing Yun was a Chinese Buddhist monk, teacher, and philanthropist based in Taiwan. He was the founder of the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist monastic order as well as the layperson-based Buddha's Light International Association. Hsing Yun was considered a major proponent of Humanistic Buddhism and one of the most influential teachers of modern Taiwanese Buddhism. In Taiwan, he was popularly...
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Mary Jean Reimer

58. Mary Jean Reimer

1964-. (aged 62)
lawyer actor
Mary Jean Reimer, also known as Yung Jing Jing, is a Hong Kong solicitor and actress. She has American-Chinese-Vietnamese ancestry.
Candy Yuen

59. Candy Yuen

1984-. (aged 42)
actor
Candy Yuen Ka-man is a Hong Kong actress and presenter. Yuen was a contestant in the Miss Hong Kong 2009 when she won the Miss Photogenic Award. She is best known for the female lead in The Gigolo (2015) as Michelle.
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Ann Hui

60. Ann Hui

1947-. (aged 79)
film producer film actor film director actor director
Ann Hui On-wah BBS MBE is a Hong Kong filmmaker and actress. One of the most critically acclaimed filmmakers of the Hong Kong New Wave, she is known for her films about social issues in Hong Kong which include literary adaptations, martial arts, semi-autobiographical works, women's issues, social phenomena, political changes, and thrillers. She served as the president of the...
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Kay Tse

61. Kay Tse

1977-. (aged 49)
singer songwriter recording artist
Kay Tse On-kay is a Hong Kong singer. She is a prominent figure in Hong Kong music and popular culture and was once frequently referred to in the media as a "grass-roots diva" and "goddess". She is known for songs which deal with social issues and the struggle for democracy in Hong Kong.
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Donald Tsang

62. Donald Tsang

1944-. (aged 82)
politician
Sir Donald Tsang Yam-kuen GBM KBE is a former Hong Kong civil servant who served as the second Chief Executive of Hong Kong from 2005 to 2012.
James Wong

63. James Wong

1941-2004 (aged 63)
actor television actor songwriter writer creative director
James Wong Jim was a Cantopop lyricist and songwriter based primarily in Hong Kong. Beginning from the 1960s, he was the lyricist for over 2,000 songs, collaborating with songwriter Joseph Koo (a.k.a. Koo Kar-Fai) on many popular television theme songs, many of which have become classics of the genre. His work propelled Cantopop to unprecedented popularity.
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Alex Fong

64. Alex Fong

1980-. (aged 46)
singer television actor film actor recording artist swimmer
Alexaus Fong Lik-sun is a Hong Kong actor, singer and swimmer. He was nicknamed "Little Flying Fish" for his swimming achievements. Until 2021, Fong held several Hong Kong swimming records (and some youth-grade records). He first represented Hong Kong at the age of 11. Fong has also represented Hong Kong at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. He holds a degree...
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Run Run Shaw

65. Run Run Shaw

1907-2014 (aged 107)
entrepreneur film producer television producer film director inventor
Sir Run Run Shaw GBM CBE, also known as Shao Yifu and Siu Yat-fu, was a Hong Kong businessman, filmmaker, and philanthropist. He was one of the foremost influential movie moguls in the East Asian and Hong Kong entertainment industry. He founded the Shaw Brothers Studio, one of the largest film production companies in Hong Kong, and TVB, the dominant...
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Stephen Shiu

66. Stephen Shiu

1949-. (aged 77)
screenwriter television presenter politician journalist businessperson
Stephen Shiu is a Taiwan-based Hong Kong media personality, businessperson, film producer, screenwriter, news presenter, and pundit. He founded Hong Kong Reporter in 2004, an internet radio station focused on live talk radio broadcasting. In 2013 he founded memehk.com, a multimedia news site, after Hong Kong Reporter was closed.
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Albert Leung

67. Albert Leung

1961-. (aged 65)
songwriter lyricist
Albert Leung Wai Man, better known by his pen name Lin Xi (Chinese: 林夕; Jyutping: Lam4 Zik6), is a Hong Kong and Taiwanese lyricist and writer. A prominent figure in Cantopop and Mandopop, he has written lyrics for nearly all major Hong Kong singers, with notable collaborations with Leslie Cheung, Faye Wong, Anthony Wong, Eason Chan, and Miriam Yeung. His...
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Edan Lui

68. Edan Lui

1997-. (aged 29)
artist film actor
Edan Lui Cheuk-on, is a Hong Kong idol, singer, actor, presenter, and a member of the Hong Kong boy group Mirror. Apart from his group activities, Edan made his solo debut in 2021 and has presented various television variety shows such as Be ON Game, and starred in television dramas, most notably Ossan's Love (2021), as well as several feature...
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Sun Yat-sen

69. Sun Yat-sen

1866-1925 (aged 59)
physician philosopher politician
Sun Yat-sen, a.k.a. Sun Zhongshan, Sun Wen, was a Chinese physician, revolutionary, statesman, and political philosopher who founded the Republic of China (ROC) and its first political party, the Kuomintang (KMT). As the paramount leader of the 1911 Revolution, Sun is credited with overthrowing the Qing dynasty and served as the first president of the Provisional Government of the Republic...
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Stanley Ho

70. Stanley Ho

1921-2020 (aged 99)
entrepreneur politician
Stanley Ho Hung-sun GBM GLM GBS GML OBE CStJ SPMP SPMT was a Hong Kong and Macau billionaire businessman. He was the founder and chairman of SJM Holdings, which owns nineteen casinos in Macau including the Grand Lisboa.
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Eileen Chang

71. Eileen Chang

1920-1995 (aged 75)
screenwriter novelist writer journalist translator
Eileen Chang, also known as Chang Ai-ling or Zhang Ailing, or by her pen name Liang Jing (梁京), was a Chinese and American essayist, novelist, and screenwriter.
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Samuel Hui

72. Samuel Hui

1948-. (aged 78)
record producer film actor songwriter singer actor
Samuel Hui Koon-kit is a Hong Kong musician, singer, songwriter and actor. He is credited with popularising Cantopop both via the infusion of Western-style music and his usage of vernacular Cantonese rather than written vernacular Chinese in biting lyrics that addressed contemporary problems and concerns. Hui is considered by some to be the first major superstar of Cantopop, known as...
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Gary Chan

73. Gary Chan

1976-. (aged 50)
politician
Gary Chan Hak-kan, BBS, JP is a Hong Kong politician who serves as a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong since 2008. He represents the New Territories North East constituency and is the current chairperson of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) political party.
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Tam Tak-chi

74. Tam Tak-chi

1973-. (aged 53)
presenter actor activist politician
Tam Tak-chi, also called "Fast Beat" (Chinese: 快必) in his radio career, is a former Hong Kong radio presenter, actor and currently a social activist. He was the vice chairman of the pro-democracy political party People Power.
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Eddie Ng

75. Eddie Ng

1952-. (aged 74)
justice of the peace
Eddie Ng Hak-kim GBS, JP is a former Secretary for Education in the Hong Kong Government. From 2017, he is a temporary adjunct professor at the MBA Centre of Shanghai University.
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Fanny Law

76. Fanny Law

1953-. (aged 73)
justice of the peace politician
Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun GBM GBS JP is a former non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong. She was awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal (GBM) by the Hong Kong SAR Government in 2017.
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Law Chi-kwong

77. Law Chi-kwong

1953-. (aged 73)
justice of the peace politician
Dr Law Chi-kwong, GBS, JP is a Hong Kong politician who served as Secretary for Labour and Welfare between 2017 and 2022. He is an associate professor in social work at the University of Hong Kong.
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Joseph Sung

78. Joseph Sung

1959-. (aged 67)
physician researcher hepatologist gastroenterologist
Joseph Sung Jao-yiu SBS JP is a Hong Kong physician and gastroenterologist, and the current dean of Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), also serving as the Senior Vice President (Health and Life Sciences) of NTU. Previously, he was the vice-chancellor and president of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).
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Priscilla Leung

79. Priscilla Leung

1960-. (aged 66)
jurist lawyer university teacher scientist politician
Priscilla Leung Mei-fun GBS JP is a barrister and Hong Kong Legislative Councillor, representing the Election Committee since 2022 until now. She previously represented the Kowloon West constituency from 2008 to 2021. She was also a member of Kowloon City District Council.
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Serrini

80. Serrini

1990-. (aged 36)
singer-songwriter
Leung Ka-yan, better known by her stage name Serrini, is a Hong Kong independent songwriter-singer who started her singing career in 2012. In recent years, her songs mostly relate to current affairs and romantic relationships among young people.
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Rimsky Yuen

81. Rimsky Yuen

1964-. (aged 62)
justice of the peace lawyer
Rimsky Yuen Kwok-keung GBM SC JP is a Hong Kong barrister who served as the third Secretary for Justice of Hong Kong from 2012 to 2018.
Sammi Cheung

82. Sammi Cheung

1987-. (aged 39)
actor
Sammi Cheung Sau Man is a Hong Kong TVB actress and the first runner-up of Miss Hong Kong 2010.
Christina Chan

83. Christina Chan

1987-. (aged 39)
politician
Christina Chan is a political activist in Hong Kong, known for her stand on human rights, democracy and Tibetan independence. She is enrolled in a premaster's degree in philosophy in the University of Hong Kong.
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Edward Leung

84. Edward Leung

1991-. (aged 35)
politician
Edward Leung Tin-kei is a Hong Kong politician and activist. He is the former spokesperson of Hong Kong Indigenous, a localist group. He advocates Hong Kong independence, and coined the slogan "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times" during the 2016 by-election, which was later widely used in 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests.
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Regina Ip

85. Regina Ip

1950-. (aged 76)
Hong Kong civil servant politician
Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee GBM GBS JP is a politician in Hong Kong. She is currently the Convenor of the Executive Council (ExCo) as well as the founder and current chairperson of the New People's Party. Ip served as a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo) from 2008 to 2025, representing Hong Kong Island and Hong Kong...
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Frank Chan

86. Frank Chan

1958-. (aged 68)
engineer politician
Frank Chan Fan GBS JP is a Hong Kong engineer and government official. He served as Secretary for Transport and Housing from 2017 to 2022, also the Chairman of Hong Kong Housing Authority, Chairman of Aviation Development & Three-runway System Advisory Committee and Chairman of Hong Kong Logistics Development Council. Before Chan has become a principal official as Secretary for...
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Carrie Lam

87. Carrie Lam

1957-. (aged 69)
justice of the peace politician
Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor GBM GBS JP is a retired Hong Kong politician who served as the fourth Chief Executive of Hong Kong from 2017 to 2022, after serving as Chief Secretary for Administration for five years.
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Lam Chiu Ying

88. Lam Chiu Ying

1949-. (aged 77)
meteorologist justice of the peace environmentalist
Lam Chiu-ying SBS, also known by the nickname 'Black Ying' (Chinese: 黑英; pinyin: Hēi Yīng), is a Hong Kong meteorologist, bird-watcher, conservationist and blogger. He was the director of the Hong Kong Observatory 2003 through 2009. He is also an honorary fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society, an honorary university fellow of the University of Hong Kong, as well as...
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Sophia Chan Siu-chee

89. Sophia Chan Siu-chee

1958-. (aged 68)
politician
Sophia Chan Siu Chee GBS JP is a Hong Kong professor and politician. She served as Secretary for Food and Health from 2017 to 2022.
Mabel Cheung

90. Mabel Cheung

1950-. (aged 76)
screenwriter film director film producer actor
Mabel Cheung Yuen Ting is a film director from Hong Kong. She is one of the leading directors in Hong Kong cinema and is considered one of the three women (along with Ann Hui and Clara Law) to achieve acclaim in the New Wave/Second Wave in Hong Kong. Cheung made her first film in 1985 as a student at New...
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Alvin Yeung

91. Alvin Yeung

1981-. (aged 45)
politician barrister
Alvin Yeung Ngok-kiu is a Hong Kong barrister and politician. He was formerly the leader of the Civic Party and a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, representing New Territories East after winning the 2016 by-election. On 11 November 2020, Yeung was disqualified from the Legislative Council, along with three other lawmakers of the pan-democratic camp, by the...
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Martin Lee

92. Martin Lee

1971-. (aged 55)
businessperson
Martin Lee Chu-ming SC is a Hong Kong politician and barrister. He is the founding chairman of the United Democrats of Hong Kong and its successor, the Democratic Party, Hong Kong's flagship pro-democracy party. He was also a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1985 to 1997 and from 1998 to 2008. Nicknamed the "Father of Democracy"...
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Leung Yiu-chung

93. Leung Yiu-chung

1953-. (aged 73)
trade unionist politician
Leung Yiu-chung is a Hong Kong politician. He is a member of the pro-labour Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre, which is a part of the pan-democracy camp. He has had a long-standing tenure as a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Between 1998 and 2016, he represented the New Territories West geographical constituency, and from 2016 to 2020,...
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Peter Lee Ka-kit

94. Peter Lee Ka-kit

1963-. (aged 63)
justice of the peace politician
Peter Lee Ka Kit, GBM, GBS, JP,, is a businessman and philanthropist from Hong Kong, the elder son of real estate tycoon and majority owner and founder of Henderson Land Development, Lee Shau-kee.
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Anthony Cheung

95. Anthony Cheung

1952-. (aged 74)
politician
Anthony Cheung Bing-leung, GBS, JP is a Hong Kong politician and academic. He was the Secretary for Transport and Housing from 2012 to 2017 and 5th President of the Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd). He was one of the few government officials coming from a pro-democracy background.
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Frederick Fung

96. Frederick Fung

1953-. (aged 73)
social worker justice of the peace politician
Frederick Fung Kin-kee, SBS, JP is a Hong Kong former politician who was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1991 to 1997 and from 2000 to 2016 and the former chairman of the pro-democracy Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL) from 1989 to 2007.
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David Wilson

97. David Wilson

academic administrator political scientist
David Clive Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn is a retired British administrator, diplomat and Sinologist. He was the penultimate Commander-in-Chief and 27th Governor of Hong Kong (from 1987 to 1992). He served as Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, the British Monarch's representative to the Assembly, in 2010 and 2011. He is also one...
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Paul Zimmerman

98. Paul Zimmerman

1958-. (aged 68)
politician
Paulus Johannes Zimmerman, better known as Paul Zimmerman, is a Dutch-born Hong Kong environmentalist, politician and businessman. He is a former member of the Southern District Council for Pokfulam and CEO of Designing Hong Kong, a group that advocates better urban design.
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Kevin Yeung

99. Kevin Yeung

1963-. (aged 63)
politician
Kevin Yeung Yun-hung is a former Hong Kong government official who served as the Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism from 2022 to 2024.
Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum

100. Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum

1965-. (aged 61)
lawyer politician journalist
Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum CF is a Fijian politician and a former cabinet minister. He was the Fijian Attorney-General and the Minister for Economy, Civil Service and Communications, and also served as the Minister responsible for Climate Change under the FijiFirst government. He is the third-highest polling candidate from the Fijian general elections of 2014, 2018 and 2022.
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