Lista de Personas Famosas nacidas en Shanxi

Sima Qian fue un historiador chino, probablemente el más importante de la Antigua China.

Emperor Wencheng of Northern Wei ( 魏文成帝) (440–465), Chinese name Tuoba Jun (拓拔濬), Xianbei name Wulei (烏雷), was an emperor of the Xianbei dynasty Northern Wei. He became emperor aged 12 in the aftermath of the eunuch Zong Ai's assassinations of his grandfather Emperor Taiwu and uncle Tuoba Yu, and he was generally described by historians as a ruler who sought foremost to allow his people to rest after his grandfather's expansionist policies and extensive campaigns, who also reformed the laws to become more lenient.

Sima Guang (司马光|t=司馬光) (1019-1086) fue un historiador, erudito y canciller chino de la Dinastía Song.

Yan Xishan fue un caudillo militar chino que sirvió en el gobierno de la República de China. Fue famoso como el cacique militar de la provincia de Shanxi, que controló durante los primeros años de la república.

Zhao Tao is a Chinese actress. She works in China and occasionally Europe, and has appeared in 10 films and several shorts since starting her career in 1999. She is best known for her collaborations with her husband, director Jia Zhangke, including Platform (2000) and Still Life (2006). With Shun Li and the Poet (2011), she became the first Asian actress to win a prize at David di Donatello. She received two Golden Horse Award nominations for Mountains May Depart (2015) and Ash Is Purest White (2018). In 2020, The New York Times ranked her #8 on its list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century.

Yao Gang is a Chinese executive who served as one of four Vice-Chairmen at the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), China’s top security regulator. He was investigated by the Communist Party of China's anti-graft agency in November 2015, after a stock market rout rocked global markets. Yao's downfall marked the widened government crackdown on corruption in the financial industry. Zhang Yujun (张育军), former assistant chairman of the CSRC, was placed under investigation in the end of 2015.

H. H. Kung o K'ung Hsiang-hsi fue un banquero y político chino y primer ministro de la República de China.

Xu Xiaoyan is a retired lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in the People's Liberation Army. Previously he was Deputy Director of Science and Technology Committee of General Equipment Department of the People's Liberation Army. He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in 1994 and lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in 2006.

Guo Lanying es una notable cantante soprano de ópera china, más conocida por interpretar canciones patrióticas como "Mi Patria" (1956) y "Nanniwan" (1943).

Huo Guang, nombre de cortesía Zimeng (子孟), fue un destacado político de la dinastía Han que fue un raro ejemplo en la historia china de poderoso alto funcionario que depuso a un emperador por el bien del estado en lugar de aprovechar para usurpar el trono. Era medio hermano del renombrado general Huo Qubing, y uno de los más poderosos parientes de consorte en la historia imperial china.