List of Chinese Canadians


This is a list of Chinese Canadians including both original immigrants who obtained Canadian citizenship and their Canadian-born descendants who are notable, have made significant contributions to the Canadian or international culture or society politically, artistically or scientifically, or have prominently appeared in the news.

Politics and public service

Law and judiciary

Military

At the start of World War II Chinese Canadians could not serve in the Royal Canadian Navy or RCAF as they were deemed aliens but could serve in the Canadian Army.
  • Douglas Jung, later as federal MP
  • William Lore, RCN Lieutenant Commander, later lawyer and insurance agent in Hong Kong

Business

Athletics

Visual arts

Entertainment

Media

Literature

Science and technology

  • Thomas Chang, physician, medical scientist, and inventor credited with co-inventing the world's first artificial cell
  • James K. M. Cheng, architect
  • Kin-Yip Chun, geophysicist
  • Anming Hu, mechanical engineer, target of controversial US prosecution
  • Roger Hui, computer scientist and co-developer of the J programming language
  • Yuet Wai Kan, medical scientist and physician; pioneer of applying molecular biology and genetics into clinical medicine
  • Victor Ling, medical researcher whose research focuses on drug resistance in cancer; known for his discovery of P-glycoprotein
  • Tak Wah Mak, medical researcher, geneticist, oncologist, and biochemist; known for his discovery of the T-cell receptor and pioneering work in the genetics of immunology
  • Bing Thom, architect
  • Paul Tseng, applied mathematician who went missing while kayaking in the Yangtze River in the Yunnan province of China and is presumed dead
  • Tsui, Lap-chee, geneticist
  • Joseph Yu Kai Wong, physician and philanthropist
  • William Kwong Yu Yeung, astronomer; discoverer of asteroids and the comet 172P/Yeung
  • Ban Chi-ho Tsui, anesthesiologist

Education and academia

Other