List of Famous people born in Jiangmen, People's Republic of China

James Wong Howe

黃宗霑
First Name James
Last Name Howe
Born on August 28, 1899
Died on July 12, 1976 (aged 76)

Wong Tung Jim, A.S.C., known professionally as James Wong Howe (Houghto), was a Chinese-born American cinematographer who worked on over 130 films. During the 1930s and 1940s, he was one of the most sought after cinematographers in Hollywood due to his innovative filming techniques. Howe was known as a master of the use of shadow and one of the first to use deep-focus cinematography, in which both foreground and distant planes remain in focus.

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Tyrus Wong

黃齊耀
First Name Tyrus
Born on October 25, 1910
Died on December 30, 2016 (aged 106)

Tyrus Wong was a Chinese-born American artist. He was a painter, animator, calligrapher, muralist, ceramicist, lithographer and kite maker, as well as a set designer and storyboard artist. One of the most-influential and celebrated Asian-American artists of the 20th century, Wong was also a film production illustrator, who worked for Disney and Warner Brothers. He was a muralist for the Works Progress Administration (WPA), as well as a greeting card artist for Hallmark Cards. Most notably, he was the lead production illustrator on Disney's 1942 film Bambi, taking inspiration from Song dynasty art. He also served in the art department of many films, either as a set designer or storyboard artist, such as Rebel Without a Cause (1955), Around the World in 80 Days (1956), Rio Bravo (1959), The Music Man (1962), PT 109 (1963), The Great Race (1965), The Green Berets (1968), and The Wild Bunch (1969), among others.

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Yi Jianlian

Yi Jianlian is a Chinese professional basketball player for the Guangdong Southern Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He has also played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucks, New Jersey Nets, Washington Wizards and Dallas Mavericks.

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Cheung Po Tsai

First Name Cheung
Last Name Tsai
Born on January 1, 1783
Died on January 1, 1822 (aged 39)

Cheung Po Tsai was a navy colonel of the Qing Dynasty and former pirate. "Cheung Po Tsai" literally means "Cheung Po the Kid". He was known to the Portuguese Navy as Quan Apon Chay during the Battle of the Tiger's Mouth.

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Leland Yee

First Name Leland
Last Name Yee
Born on November 20, 1948 (age 75)

Leland Yin Yee is a convicted arms trafficker and former Democratic California State Senator for District 8, which when he was elected, covered parts of San Francisco and the Peninsula. In 2015, Yee pleaded guilty to felony racketeering charges for money laundering, public corruption, gun trafficking, and bribery.

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John Shum

First Name John
Last Name Shum
Born on January 1, 1952 (age 72)

John Sham Kin-Fun is a Hong Kong actor and film producer. His English name is sometimes written as John Shum. Whilst known primarily for his comedic acting roles in Hong Kong cinema, he also spent time as a political activist.

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Amy Yip

First Name Amy
Last Name Yip
Born on July 10, 1966 (age 57)

Amy Yip is an actress who was one of the leading sex symbols of Hong Kong Cinema in the late 1980s and early 1990s. She was known for her slender figure and her large bosom. She has family roots in Taishan, Guangdong..

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Karl Maka

First Name Karl
Last Name Maka
Born on February 29, 1944 (age 80)

Karl Maka is a Hong Kong film producer, director, actor and presenter.

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Ti Lung

譚富榮

Ti Lung is a Hong Kong actor, known for his numerous starring roles in a string of Shaw Brothers Studio's films, particularly The Blood Brothers,The Avenging Eagle, Clans of Intrigue, The Duel, The Sentimental Swordsman and its sequel, as well as the classic John Woo film A Better Tomorrow.

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Liang Qichao

First Name Liang
Last Name Qichao
Died on January 19, 1929

Liang Qichao was a Chinese social and political activist, journalist, and intellectual who lived during the late Qing dynasty and the early Republic of China. His thought had a significant influence on the political reformation of modern China. He inspired Chinese scholars and activists with his writings and reform movements. His translations of Western and Japanese books into Chinese introduced new theories and ideas and inspired young activists.

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