Prominent personalities

* **Tsai Ing-wen:** Former President of Taiwan (2016–2024) and the first woman to hold the office. * **Morris Chang:** Founder of TSMC, widely regarded as the father of Taiwan's semiconductor industry. * **Ang Lee:** Two-time Academy Award-winning film director (*Brokeback Mountain*, *Life of Pi*). * **Jay Chou:** Megastar singer-songwriter and actor, widely considered the "King of Mandopop." * **Tai Tzu-ying:** Former world No. 1 women's singles badminton player and Olympic medalist. * **Teresa Teng:** One of the most famous and culturally significant Asian pop singers of all time. * **Kuo Hsing-chun:** Olympic gold medalist and multiple-time world champion in weightlifting. * *(Note: Taiwanese-born or Taiwanese-American global figures like Jensen Huang of Nvidia and Lisa Su of AMD maintain strong cultural and business ties to the island).*