Editing Peranakan Chinese (section)

==Notable Peranakans==

===Indonesia===
{{For|notable Indonesian people of Chinese descent|List of Chinese Indonesians}}
* [[Abdurrahman Wahid]]: The 4th President of Indonesia, and was the Chairman of Nadhlatul Ulama - the largest Muslim organization in the world.<ref name="Chinese1">{{cite book|last1=Lindsey|first1=Tim|last2=Pausacker|first2=Helen|title=Chinese Indonesians: Remembering, Distorting, Forgetting|year=2005|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qkaWBgAAQBAJ&q=Abdurrahman+Wahid+chinese+ancestry&pg=PA102|page=102|publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian Studies |isbn=9789812303035}}</ref><ref name="Chinese2">{{cite book|last1=Lim|first1=Hua Sing|title=Japan and China in East Asian Integration|year=2008|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MJv6eO2Izm8C&q=Abdurrahman+Wahid+chinese+ancestry&pg=PA290|page=290|publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian Studies |isbn=9789812307446}}</ref><ref name=handbook>{{cite book|last1=Esposito|first1=John|title=Oxford Handbook of Islam and Politics|date=2013|publisher=OUP USA|page=570|isbn=9780195395891|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hc7iAAAAQBAJ&q=nahdlatul+ulama+world%27s+largest&pg=PA570|access-date=17 November 2015|archive-date=9 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409003947/https://books.google.com/books?id=Hc7iAAAAQBAJ&q=nahdlatul+ulama+world%27s+largest&pg=PA570|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Abimana Aryasatya]]: Actor
* [[Agnes Monica]]: Artist, singer<ref name="TTP">{{cite web |url=http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.culture.region.china.budaya-tionghua/48590 |title=tentang totok peranakan |author=Amaliya |publisher=Chinese Culture and its history in Indonesian |year=2012 |access-date=20 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120125754/http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.culture.region.china.budaya-tionghua/48590 |archive-date=20 January 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Amir Syamsuddin]]: [[Minister of Justice and Human Rights of Indonesia|Minister of Justice and Human Rights]] (2011–2014)
* [[Arief Budiman]]: Also known as Soe Hok Djin, the older brother of [[Soe Hok Gie]]<ref name="PICBS"/>
* [[Petrus Kanisius Ojong|Auwjong Peng koen]]: Indonesian journalist, founder of [[Kompas]], a national newspaper
* [[Basuki Tjahaja Purnama]]: Politician
* [[Marcel Chandrawinata]]: Actor 
* [[Chris John (boxer)|Chris John]]: Professional boxer
* [[Christian Hadinata]]: Badminton player<ref name="PICBS"/>
* [[Christian Sugiono]]: Actor
* [[Christianto Wibisono]]: Business analyst<ref name="PICBS">{{cite book|author=Leo Suryadinata|title=Prominent Indonesian Chinese: Biographical Sketches|year=1995|publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian Studies|isbn=978-981-3055-03-2}}</ref>
* [[Chrisye]]: Singer
* [[Daniel Bambang Dwi Byantoro]]: Founder of [[Indonesian Orthodox Church]]
* [[Didik Nini Thowok]]: Dancer
* [[Erick Thohir]]: Businessman and Minister of State Owned Enterprises
* [[Fifi Young]]: Actress<ref name="TTP"/><ref>{{cite journal|author=Labrousse, P. |title=Entretien avec Fifi Young |journal=Archipel |volume=5 |year=1973 |pages=175–177 |doi=10.3406/arch.1973.1049}}</ref>
* [[Han Bwee Kong|Han Bwee Kong, Kapitein der Chinezen]]: magnate, government official and landlord in East Java
* [[Hok Hoei Kan]]: colonial politician, landlord, patrician and a member of the Han family of Lasem
* [[Ian Antono]]: Lead guitarist of [[God Bless (band)|God Bless]]
* [[Kho Sin-Kie]]: Professional tennis player<ref name="PICBS"/>
* [[Khouw Kim An|Khouw Kim An, 5th ''Majoor der Chinezen'' of Batavia]]: bureaucrat, last Chinese head of colonial Jakarta, member of the [[Khouw family of Tamboen]]
* [[Oen Giok Khouw|O. G. Khouw]]: philanthropist, landlord and member of the [[Khouw family of Tamboen]]
* [[Khouw Tian Sek|Khouw Tian Sek, ''Luitenant-titulair der Chinezen'']]: landlord, magnate and patriarch of the [[Khouw family of Tamboen]]
* [[Kwee Tek Hoay]]: Journalist, novelist<ref name="TTP"/><ref name="PICBS"/>
* [[Kwik Kian Gie]]: Economist, Coordinating Minister of Economics and Finance (1999–2000), and National Development Planning Minister (2001–2004) of Indonesia
* [[Lie Kim Hok]]: Teacher, writer and a social worker of the [[Dutch East Indies]]<ref name="PICBS"/>
* [[Liem Swie King]]: National [[shuttler]]<ref name="PICBS"/>
* [[Loa Sek Hie]]: colonial politician, community leader, landlord and founder of [[Pao An Tui]]
* [[Marga T|Margaretha Tjoa Liang Tjoe]]: Novelist<ref name="PICBS"/>
* [[Mari Pangestu]]: Economist, Trade Minister (2004–2011), and Tourism and Creative Economy Minister (2011) of Indonesia
* [[Mario Teguh]]: Motivational speaker
* [[Mira W|Mira Widjaja (Wong)]]: Author, daughter of [[Wong brothers|Othniel]]<ref name="PICBS"/>
* [[Oei Tiong Ham|Oei Tiong Ham, Majoor-titulair der Chinezen]]: Businessman and founder of the largest conglomerate in the [[Dutch East Indies]], Oei Tiong Ham Concern<ref name="PICBS"/>
* [[Oey Tamba Sia|Oey Tamba ''Sia'']]: playboy, tycoon's heir and criminal
* [[Phoa Keng Hek]]: Social worker and entrepreneur<ref name="PICBS"/>
* [[Phoa Liong Gie]]: colonial politician, jurist and newspaper owner, great-nephew of Phoa Keng Hek<ref name="PICBS"/>
* [[Rudy Hartono]]: National [[shuttler]]<ref name="TTP"/><ref name="PICBS"/>
* [[Soe Hok Gie]]: Student activist<ref name="PICBS"/>
* [[Priyayi|Kyai Ronggo Ngabehi]] [[Soero Pernollo]]: Chinese-Javanese nobleman, bureaucrat and police chief
* [[Susi Susanti]]: National [[shuttler]]<ref name="PICBS"/>
* [[Tan Joe Hok]]: National [[shuttler]]<ref name="PICBS"/>
* [[Tan Liok Tiauw]]: Colonial landlord, plantation owner, industrialist<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lucas|first1=Anton|last2=Warren|first2=Carol|title=Land for the People: The State and Agrarian Conflict in Indonesia|year=2013|publisher=Ohio University Press|location=Ohio|isbn=9780896802872|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fnYltof9Pr4C&q=%22tan+liok+tiauw%22|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Tio Ie Soei]]: Writer and journalist of the [[Dutch East Indies]]<ref name="PICBS"/><ref>{{cite book|author=Ayu Utami|title=Larung|year=2001|publisher=Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia|isbn=978-979-9023-63-6}}</ref>
* [[Titi DJ]]: Artist, singer
* [[Thung Sin Nio]] (1902–1996): physician, politician, suffragist

===Malaysia===
{{For|notable Malaysian people of Chinese descent|List of Malaysian Chinese}}
* [[Mohd Azizan Baba|Azizan Baba]]: former professional footballer
* [[Chuah Guat Eng]]: Novelist<ref name="archive">{{cite book|author=Jane Eldridge Miller|title=Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing|year=2001|publisher=Psychology Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/whoswhoincontemp0000unse/page/64 64]|isbn=978-0-415-15981-4|url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhoincontemp0000unse/page/64}}</ref>
* [[Chung Thye Phin]]: Last [[Kapitan China]] of the state of [[Perak]] and [[British Malaya]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Ronald Knapp|title=Chinese Houses of Southeast Asia: The Eclectic Architecture of Sojourners and Settlers|year=2013|publisher=Tuttle Publishing|isbn=978-1-4629-0587-4}}</ref>
* [[Damian Yeo Shen Li]]: Politician and lawyer
* [[Desmond Ho]]: Landscape designer<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ho, Desmond Lai Seng 1961–|title=Desmond Ho's guide to beautiful home gardens |year=2013|isbn=978-967-415-164-5|location=Petaling Jaya, Selangor|oclc=957334446}}</ref>
* [[Emily Lim]]: Actress, model, host and nutritionist
* [[Gan Eng Seng]]: Malaccan born businessman and philanthropist in Singapore and [[British Malaya|Malaya]]<ref name="PMVG">{{cite book|author=Peranakan Museum|title=Peranakan Museum Visitor Guide – Enter the world of the Peranakans|year=2008|publisher=National Heritage Board}}</ref>
* [[Janet Khoo]]: Actress
* [[Khoo Kay Kim]]: Historian
* [[Mavin Khoo]]: Dancer, son of [[Khoo Kay Kim]]
* [[Nathaniel Tan]]: Politician and writer
* [[Tan Chay Yan]]: Rubber plantation merchant and philanthropist, grandson of [[Tan Tock Seng]]<ref name="SAPCD">{{cite book|author=Leo Suryadinata|title=Southeast Asian Personalities of Chinese Descent: A Biographical Dictionary, Volume I & II|year=2012|publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian Studies|isbn=978-981-4345-21-7}}</ref>
* [[Tan Cheng Lock]]: Founder and first President of Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)<ref>{{cite book|author=Agnes Tan Kim Lwi|title=Tun Dato Sir Cheng Lock Tan: A Son of Malacca|year=1985|publisher=[Singapore : s.n.]|oclc=225950691}}</ref>
* [[Tan Siew Sin]]: Third President of Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) and first Finance Minister of Malaysia (1959–1974), son of [[Tan Cheng Lock]]<ref name="Singapore">{{cite book|author=Lily Zubaidah Rahim|title=Singapore in the Malay World: Building and Breaching Regional Bridges|year=2010|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-01397-5}}</ref>
* [[Tan Tock Seng]]: Malaccan born merchant and philanthropist in Singapore<ref name="SAPCD"/>
* [[Tan Twan Eng]]: [[Penang]]-born novelist known for being the first Malaysian recipient of the [[Man Asian Literary Prize]].<ref name="idar">{{cite web|url=https://www.asymptotejournal.com/interview/an-interview-with-tan-twan-eng/|title=An interview with Tan Twan Eng|access-date=4 July 2019|author=Nicole Idar|publisher=Asymptote Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704135559/https://www.asymptotejournal.com/interview/an-interview-with-tan-twan-eng/|archive-date=4 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Singapore===
* [[Chee Soon Juan]]: 
* [[David Lim Kim San]]: Head of Music Department in the Ministry of Education (1969)
* [[Dick Lee]]: Celebrity pop singer, composer and playwright
* [[Gan Eng Seng]]: Malaccan born businessman and philanthropist in [[Straits Settlement]] of Singapore and [[British Malaya|Malaya]]<ref name="PMVG"/>
* [[Goh Keng Swee]]: Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
* [[Ivan Heng]]: Actor
* [[Lee Hsien Loong]]: Third Prime Minister of Singapore
* [[Lee Kuan Yew]]: First Prime Minister of modern Singapore
* [[Lim Boon Keng]]: Penang born physician and social activist in Singapore
* [[Violet Oon]]: Chef, restaurateur, and food writer specializing in Peranakan cuisine
* [[Lim Kim San]]: Former Cabinet Minister<ref name="PMVG"/>
* [[Lim Nee Soon]]: Merchant and entrepreneur of the [[Straits Settlement]] of Singapore
* [[Pierre Png]]: Mediacorp artiste
* [[Piya Tan]]: Buddhist writer and teacher
* [[Seow Poh Leng]]: Banker, philanthropist and a committee member of the [[Straits Settlement]] (Settlement of Singapore)
* [[Song Hoot Kiam]]: Teacher, cashier and a community leader
* [[Song Ong Siang|Sir Song Ong Siang]]: Lawyer and active citizen of the [[Straits Settlement]] of Singapore, son of [[Song Hoot Kiam]]
* [[Tan Chin Tuan]]: Chairman of [[OCBC Bank|OCBC]]
* [[Tan Kim Ching]]: Politician and businessman, the eldest son of [[Tan Tock Seng]], major donor of [[Tan Si Chong Su]]
* [[Tan Kim Seng]]: Malaccan born philanthropist and merchant<ref name="PMVG"/>
* [[Tan Tock Seng]]: Malaccan born merchant and philanthropist of the [[Straits Settlement]] of Singapore, leader of Hokkien clan and major donor of [[Thian Hock Keng]]<ref name="SAPCD"/>
* [[Toh Chin Chye]]: Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
* [[Tony Tan]]: Seventh President of Singapore
* [[Walter Woon]]: Lawyer, academic, diplomat, politician and 7th Attorney-General of Singapore
* [[Wee Kim Wee]]: Fourth President of Singapore