Chen Ying-git dead at age 72
Chen Ying-git, a Taiwanese singer and actor,
died on August 12, 2026, aged 72. Known in Chinese as 陳盈潔, she was a singer of Taiwanese Hakka heritage whose recordings helped…
Famous Dead People from Taiwan
Over 100 obituaries for famous people from Taiwan who died. Additional info, news, and memorial pages.
Teddy Wang dead at age 43
Teddy Wang, a Taiwanese actor,
died on July 26, 2026, at age 43. Born Wang Jianlong in Kaohsiung on October 11, 1982, he was also known as Wang Jian Long…
Chiang C. Mei dead at age 91
Chiang C. Mei, an American physicist and fluid dynamicist whose work influenced civil, environmental and coastal engineering,
died on July 16, 2026. Born in Wuhan on April 4, 1935, Mei,…
Wei-Wen Yu dead at age 102
Wei-Wen Yu, a Chinese-born American civil engineer and academic known for his work on cold-formed steel structures,
died on June 2, 2026. He was 102. Yu was born in Weifang,…
Ru-Chih Chow Huang dead at age 94
Ru-Chih Chow Huang
died on May 31, 2026. She was a Taiwanese-American biologist. Tags Scientists, 31 May 2026, America, Huang, Taiwan, May 2026, May 31, Ru-Chih
Samuel Yin dead at age 75
Samuel Yin, a Taiwanese conglomerate industry executive,
died on May 26, 2026, at the age of 75. He was a businessman best known as the founder of the Tang Prize…
Timothy Yang dead at age 83
Timothy Yang, the Taiwanese diplomat who served as minister of foreign affairs from 2009 to 2012 and as secretary-general to the president from 2012 to 2015,
died on May 24,…
Mary Ellen Edmunds dead at age 86
Mary Ellen Edmunds, an American Latter-day Saints missionary and speaker,
died on May 21, 2026, at age 86. Born in Los Angeles on March 3, 1940, she grew up in…
Wang Yongguo dead at age 87
Wang Yongguo, a Chinese vice admiral who commanded the South Sea Fleet from 1994 to 2002,
died on May 7, 2026. He was 87. Born in November 1938 in Buliu,…
Bede Liu dead at age 91
Bede Liu, a Taiwanese-American electrical engineer,
died on May 7, 2026. He was a professor emeritus at Princeton University. Born in Shanghai, China, on September 25, 1934, Liu earned a…
George C. Tiao dead at age 92
George C. Tiao
died on April 25, 2026. Tags Journalists, Scientists, 25 April 2026, America, Cancer, George, Taiwan, Tiao, April 2026, April 25
Lai Cheng-ying Taiwanese cinematographer dead at age 94
Lai Cheng-ying, a Taiwanese cinematographer and film director,
died on April 18, 2026. He was 94. Lai worked for Agriculture Education Motion Pictures before receiving further training in color filmmaking…
Mark Mobius American-born German businessman dead at age 89
Mark Mobius, the American-born German businessman and emerging markets fund manager,
died on April 15, 2026, at age 89. Born Joseph Bernhard Mark Mobius in Hempstead, New York, he founded…
Gian Carlo Michelini Italian-Taiwanese Roman Catholic priest and artistic director, co-founder of Y…
Gian Carlo Michelini
died on April 4, 2026. He was an Italian-Taiwanese Roman Catholic priest and artistic director, and he co-founded the YICFFF. Gian Carlo Michelini, 90, Italian-Taiwanese Roman Catholic…
Henry Lee Taiwanese-American forensic scientist and biochemist dead at age 87
Henry Lee, the Taiwanese-American forensic scientist and biochemist known for his work in the killing of JonBenét Ramsey, the murder trial of O. J. Simpson and the 9/11 forensic investigation,…
Lin Yuan-lang Taiwanese politician, magistrate of Nantou County dead at age 85
Lin Yuan-lang, a Taiwanese politician and former magistrate of Nantou County,
died on March 27, 2026. He served as magistrate from 1989 to 1997. Lin was born on December 28,…
Donald Liao Hong Kong civil servant and architect dead at age 96
Donald Liao, a Hong Kong civil servant and architect,
died on March 12, 2026, at the age of 96. Taiwanese-born and known also as a landscape architect, he played an…
Alice Chien Chang Taiwanese molecular biologist and neuroscientist dead at age 75
Alice Chien Chang, a Taiwanese molecular biologist and neuroscientist,
died on March 2, 2026. She taught at National Yang-Ming Medical College, National Yang-Ming University, and National Yang Ming Chiao Tung…
Fan Tsung-pei Taiwanese cellist and composer dead at age 65
Fan Tsung-pei, a Taiwanese cellist and composer,
died on February 22, 2026. He graduated from National Taiwan Academy of Arts and served as the lead cellist of the National Concert…
Lee Yi-ting Taiwanese politician dead at age 71
Lee Yi-ting, a Taiwanese politician,
died on February 20, 2026, at the age of 71. Born in 1954 or 1955, he was raised in Houlong and attended National Taichung University…
King Liu Founder and Chairman of Giant Bicycles dead at age 91
King Liu, the Taiwanese businessman who founded Giant Manufacturing Co. Ltd.,
died on February 16, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in central Taiwan on July 2, 1934, Liu…
Alfred Chen Taiwanese politician dead at age 88
Alfred Chen, a Taiwanese business executive and politician,
died on February 12, 2026, at the age of 88. Also known as Chen Fei-lung, he was born on October 2, 1937,…
Shao Yu-ming Historian dead at age 87
Shao Yu-ming, a Taiwanese politician,
died on February 7, 2026, at the age of 87. Born on November 3, 1938, in Binjiang Province in what was then Manchukuo, he moved…
Yuan Wei-jen Taiwanese singer-songwriter dead at age 57
Yuan Wei-jen, a Taiwanese singer-songwriter and music producer,
died on February 2, 2026. Born on June 24, 1968, he rose to fame in 1991 as part of the duo Fanren…
Hsing Yun dead at age 95
Hsing Yun, the Buddhist monk and founder of Taiwan’s Fo Guang Shan order,
died on February 5, 2023, aged 95. Widely described as the father of the modern Humanistic Buddhism…
Mou Tun-fei dead at age 78
Mou Tun-fei, a Chinese filmmaker known for directing the 1988 horror film Men Behind the Sun,
died on May 25, 2019. He was born on May 3, 1941, in Shandong,…
Wang Panyuan
Taiwanese painter
Died on Saturday December 23rd 2017
Yu Guangzhong
Taiwanese poet
Died on Thursday December 14th 2017
Tai Chen-yao
Taiwanese politician
Died on Sunday November 19th 2017
Hsiao Teng-tzang
Taiwanese politician
Died on Friday November 17th 2017
Cheng Ch’ing-wen
Taiwanese writer
Died on Monday November 6th 2017
Lee Yung-ping
British-born Malaysian-Taiwanese novelist
Died on Friday September 22nd 2017
Samuel Chi
Taiwanese-born American journalist (Breitbart News)
Died on Monday September 11th 2017
Liu Wen-hsiung
Taiwanese politician
Died on Monday July 31st 2017
Wu Ching-yu
Taiwanese entrepreneur (Eslite Bookstore)
Died on Wednesday July 19th 2017
Shih Chun-jen
Taiwanese neurosurgeon
Died on Sunday June 18th 2017
Chi Po-lin
Taiwanese aerial photographer and director (Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above)
Died on Tuesday June 13th 2017
Jerry Martinson
American-born Taiwanese Jesuit priest
Died on Wednesday May 31st 2017
Chu Ke-liang
Taiwanese actor (The New Legend of Shaolin
Died on Monday May 15th 2017
Lin Yi-han
Taiwanese writer
Died on Friday April 28th 2017
Lee Chi-chun
Taiwanese radio presenter
Died on Monday April 24th 2017
Peter Kwong
Taiwanese-American sociologist
Died on Tuesday March 21st 2017
Tsui Hsiao-ping
Taiwanese radio director
Died on Sunday March 12th 2017
Wang Ben-hu
Taiwanese television presenter
Died on Saturday February 18th 2017
Chen Hsing-ling
Taiwanese military officer
Died on Thursday February 9th 2017
Hua Hsi-chun
Taiwanese aeronautical engineer (AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo)
Died on Wednesday January 25th 2017
Leslie Koo
Taiwanese business executive (Taiwan Cement Corporation)
Died on Tuesday January 24th 2017
Koo Cheng-yun
Taiwanese business executive (Taiwan Cement Corporation)
Died on Monday January 23rd 2017
Chen Yu-mei
Taiwanese politician
Died on Sunday January 22nd 2017
Peng Chang-kuei
Taiwanese chef
Died on Saturday December 3rd 2016
Chen Yingzhen
Taiwanese writer
Died on Tuesday November 22nd 2016
Ho Chih-chin
Taiwanese politician
Died on Wednesday November 9th 2016
Kuo Chin-fa
Taiwanese Hokkien pop singer
Died on Saturday October 8th 2016
Kuo Ching-fa
Taiwanese Hokkien pop singer
Died on Saturday October 8th 2016
Wang You-theng
Taiwanese entrepreneur (Rebar)
Died on Friday May 27th 2016
Tien Chih-hsuan
Taiwanese politician
Died on Sunday May 29th 2016
Ku Chin-shui
Taiwanese aboriginal athlete
Died on Saturday May 21st 2016
Kao Ching-yuen
Taiwanese businessperson (Uni-President Enterprises Corporation) (Death reported on this date.)
Died on Friday April 1st 2016
Mei Ko-wan
Taiwanese academic administrator
Died on Friday April 1st 2016
Kong Jaw-sheng
Taiwanese banker
Died on Friday March 18th 2016
Liu Wan-lai
Taiwanese translator
Died on Wednesday February 17th 2016
Gene Loh I-Cheng
Taiwanese diplomat
Died on Friday February 26th 2016
Loh I-Cheng
Taiwanese diplomat
Died on Friday February 26th 2016
Chang Yung-fa
Taiwanese businessman (Evergreen Group)
Died on Wednesday January 20th 2016
Ko Chun-hsiung
Taiwanese actor. lung cancer
Died on Sunday December 6th 2015
Lin Rong-San
Taiwanese billionaire politician
Died on Saturday November 28th 2015
An Jun Can
Taiwanese singer (Comic Boyz) and actor
Died on Monday June 1st 2015
Lynn Miles
American human rights and Taiwan democracy activist
Died on Monday June 8th 2015
Ma Shui-long
Taiwanese composer
Died on Saturday May 2nd 2015
Lin Chieh-liang
Taiwanese physician and toxicologist
Died on Monday August 5th 2013
Lin Yang-kang
Taiwanese politician
Died on Saturday April 13th 2013
Wang Yung-tsai
Taiwanese industrialist (Formosa Plastics Group)
Died on Thursday November 27th 2014
Han Pao-teh
Taiwanese architect and curator
Died on Thursday November 20th 2014
Tsai Wan-tsai
Taiwanese financier
Died on Sunday October 5th 2014
Ts’ao Yung-ho
Taiwanese historian
Died on Friday September 12th 2014
Su Nan-cheng
Taiwanese politician
Died on Tuesday September 2nd 2014
Chen Kuei-miao
Taiwanese politician
Died on Friday August 15th 2014
Yeh Ken-chuang
Taiwanese master carpenter
Died on Wednesday July 23rd 2014
Yu Chen Yueh-ying
Taiwanese politician and judge
Died on Monday May 26th 2014
Chou Meng-tieh
Taiwanese poet and writer
Died on Thursday May 1st 2014
Frankie Kao
Taiwanese singer
Died on Monday February 17th 2014
Li Tai-hsiang
Taiwanese composer and folk songwriter
Died on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Chai Trong-rong
Taiwanese politician
Died on Saturday January 11th 2014
Yasuaki Taiho
Taiwanese-born Japanese baseball player (Chunichi Dragons
Died on Sunday January 18th 2015
Tyzen Hsiao
Taiwanese composer
Died on Tuesday February 24th 2015