List of Famous people born in Nantou County, Taiwan

Lee Chien-na is a Taiwanese singer and actress.

Sonia Sui is a Taiwanese actress, television host and model. She is best known for her role as Hsieh An-chen in the 2010 television series The Fierce Wife.

Hsu Shu-hua is a Taiwanese politician, serving as a legislator representing Nantou County as a Kuomintang (KMT) member.

Wu Den-yih is a Taiwanese politician. He graduated from National Taiwan University and worked as a journalist before beginning a career in politics with a 1973 appointment to the Taipei City Council. Wu was then elected Magistrate of Nantou County, serving from 1981 to 1989. Following two terms as magistrate, he was named Mayor of Kaohsiung in 1990. Wu remained mayor until 1998, having won the office in a 1994 direct election. He then served two full terms in the Legislative Yuan from 2002 to 2008. Shortly after winning a third term in the legislature, Wu was named Premier of the Republic of China in 2009. He served until 2012, when he and Ma Ying-jeou formed the Kuomintang (KMT) presidential ticket. Wu served one four-year term as Vice President of the Republic of China, stepping down in 2016. In May 2017, he was elected party chairman. Wu stepped down from the position in January 2020. Previously, Wu had served the KMT as secretary-general from 2007 to 2009, first vice chairman in 2014, and as acting chairman in 2014 and 2015.

Yasuaki Taiho, also known by his Chinese name Chen Ta-Feng, was a Taiwanese professional baseball player in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Hanshin Tigers and Chunichi Dragons. He was picked in the second round of the 1988 draft and debuted the next year. In June 1997, Taiho was involved in an altercation with Mike DiMuro. The American umpire had arrived in March to show Japanese leagues the Major League Baseball officiating standard. Taiho disagreed with DiMuro's strike zone and was ejected. Taiho pushed DiMuro in protest, and his teammates streamed onto the field. No player was penalized for their actions. DiMuro, surprised by this show of disrespect, resigned from NPB and returned to the United States. After his retirement from baseball, Taiho worked as a scout and Little League coach. He also ran Chinese restaurants in Kaizu and Nagoya, where he died of acute myeloid leukemia on 18 January 2015.

Lin Cho-shui is a Taiwanese writer, newspaper editor and politician who served in the Legislative Yuan from 1993 to 2006. He was a longtime member of the Democratic Progressive Party's New Tide faction.

Ma Wen-chun is a Taiwanese politician. A member of the Kuomintang, she has served in the Legislative Yuan since 2009

Chang Fu-chi, known by the stage name Chang Mei-yao, was a Taiwanese actress.

Lee Chao-ching is a Taiwanese politician. He served as the 15th and 16th Magistrate of Nantou County from 20 December 2005 until 30 November 2012.

Frida Tsai is a Taiwanese activist and politician.