Liu I-chou dead at age 78
Liu I-chou, the Taiwanese civil servant who served as chairman of the Central Election Commission, died on August 23, 2026, aged 78. A lawyer and political scientist, he was vice…
Famous Dead People from Taiwan
Over 100 obituaries for famous people from Taiwan who died. Additional info, news, and memorial pages.
Yao Eng-chi death at age 91
Yao Eng-chi, a Taiwanese politician who served as a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1981 to 2005 and as vice president from 1999 to 2002, died on August 21,…
Death of Chen Ying-git 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…
Teddy Wang dies 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 dies at 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, died aged 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, died aged 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 obituary: died 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 death 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 death 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 dies 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
Obituary: Lai Cheng-ying, 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…
Obituary: Mark Mobius, 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…
Death of Lin Yuan-lang 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,…
Death of Henry Lee 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,…
Donald Liao, died aged 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 obituary: died 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 dies 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, died aged 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 died 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 passed away 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 death 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 passed away 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 obituary: died 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 died 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, died aged 106
Taiwanese painter Died on Saturday December 23rd 2017
Yu Guangzhong dead at age 89
Taiwanese poet Died on Thursday December 14th 2017
Tai Chen-yao, died aged 69
Taiwanese politician Died on Sunday November 19th 2017
Hsiao Teng-tzang dies at age 83
Taiwanese politician Died on Friday November 17th 2017
Cheng Ch’ing-wen died at age 85
Taiwanese writer Died on Monday November 6th 2017
Lee Hsin, died aged 64
Taiwanese politician Died on Thursday September 28th 2017
Lee Yung-ping dies at age 70
British-born Malaysian-Taiwanese novelist Died on Friday September 22nd 2017
Samuel Chi dead at age 48
Taiwanese-born American journalist (Breitbart News) Died on Monday September 11th 2017
Liu Wen-hsiung dies at age 62
Taiwanese politician Died on Monday July 31st 2017
Robert Wu dead at age 67
Taiwanese entrepreneur (Eslite Bookstore) Died on Wednesday July 19th 2017
Wu Ching-yu died at age 67
Taiwanese entrepreneur (Eslite Bookstore) Died on Wednesday July 19th 2017
Shih Chun-jen dies at age 94
Taiwanese neurosurgeon Died on Sunday June 18th 2017
Chi Po-lin dead at age 52
Taiwanese aerial photographer and director (Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above) Died on Tuesday June 13th 2017
Death of Jerry Martinson at age 74
American-born Taiwanese Jesuit priest Died on Wednesday May 31st 2017
Death of Chu Ke-liang at age 70
Taiwanese actor (The New Legend of Shaolin Died on Monday May 15th 2017
Lin Yi-han passed away at age 26
Taiwanese writer Died on Friday April 28th 2017
Lee Chi-chun dies at 74
Taiwanese radio presenter Died on Monday April 24th 2017
Chen Uen dies at 58
Taiwanese manhua artist Died on Friday March 31st 2017
Peter Kwong, died aged 76
Taiwanese-American sociologist Died on Tuesday March 21st 2017
Tsui Hsiao-ping dies at age 94
Taiwanese radio director Died on Sunday March 12th 2017
Wang Ben-hu, died aged 63
Taiwanese television presenter Died on Saturday February 18th 2017
Death of Chen Hsing-ling at age 92
Taiwanese military officer Died on Thursday February 9th 2017
Mike Hua dead at age 92
Taiwanese aeronautical engineer (AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo) Died on Thursday January 26th 2017
Hua Hsi-chun dies at 92
Taiwanese aeronautical engineer (AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo) Died on Wednesday January 25th 2017
Leslie Koo passes away at age 62
Taiwanese business executive (Taiwan Cement Corporation) Died on Tuesday January 24th 2017
Koo Cheng-yun has died at age 62
Taiwanese business executive (Taiwan Cement Corporation) Died on Monday January 23rd 2017
Chen Yu-mei dies at 50
Taiwanese politician Died on Sunday January 22nd 2017
Ng Bi-chu passes away at age 90
Taiwanese activist Died on Sunday December 4th 2016
Vivian passed away at age 43
Taiwanese astrologer Died on Sunday December 4th 2016
Peng Chang-kuei passed away at age 98
Taiwanese chef Died on Saturday December 3rd 2016
Chen Yingzhen death at age 79
Taiwanese writer Died on Tuesday November 22nd 2016
Ho Chih-chin dies at 64
Taiwanese politician Died on Wednesday November 9th 2016
Kuo Chin-fa, died aged 72
Taiwanese Hokkien pop singer Died on Saturday October 8th 2016
Kuo Ching-fa, died aged 72
Taiwanese Hokkien pop singer Died on Saturday October 8th 2016
Wang Tuoh dies at 72
Taiwanese writer Died on Tuesday August 9th 2016
Wang Rui, died aged 85
Taiwanese actor Died on Wednesday June 1st 2016
Wang Jui obituary: died at age 85
Taiwanese actor Died on Wednesday June 1st 2016
Wang You-theng has died at age 89
Taiwanese entrepreneur (Rebar) Died on Friday May 27th 2016
Tien Chih-hsuan, died aged 56
Taiwanese politician Died on Sunday May 29th 2016
Ku Chin-shui dies at 56
Taiwanese aboriginal athlete Died on Saturday May 21st 2016
Kao Ching-yuen passes away at age 87
Taiwanese businessperson (Uni-President Enterprises Corporation) (Death reported on this date.) Died on Friday April 1st 2016
Mei Ko-wan has died at age 98
Taiwanese academic administrator Died on Friday April 1st 2016
Kong Jaw-sheng obituary: died at age 61
Taiwanese banker Died on Friday March 18th 2016
Liu Wan-lai dead at age 89
Taiwanese translator Died on Wednesday February 17th 2016
Gene Loh death at age 92
Taiwanese diplomat Died on Friday February 26th 2016
Loh I-Cheng dies at age -1
Taiwanese diplomat Died on Friday February 26th 2016
Chang Yung-fa passes away at age 88
Taiwanese businessman (Evergreen Group) Died on Wednesday January 20th 2016
Ko Chun-hsiung dies at age 70
Taiwanese actor. lung cancer Died on Sunday December 6th 2015
Lin Rong-San dies at 76
Taiwanese billionaire politician Died on Saturday November 28th 2015
Luo Lan died at age 96
Taiwanese writer and radio personality Died on Saturday August 29th 2015
An Jun dies at age 31
Taiwanese singer (Comic Boyz) and actor Died on Monday June 1st 2015
Lynn Miles death at age 72
American human rights and Taiwan democracy activist Died on Monday June 8th 2015
Shone An passed away at age 31
Taiwanese singer (Comic Boyz) and actor Died on Monday June 1st 2015
Paul Liao, died aged 67
Taiwanese entrepreneur Died on Wednesday May 20th 2015
Obituary: Ma Shui-long, dead at age 75
Taiwanese composer Died on Saturday May 2nd 2015
Lin Chieh-liang passed away at age 55
Taiwanese physician and toxicologist Died on Monday August 5th 2013
Hugh Lee passes away at age 58
Taiwanese Golden Bell-award winning television actor and theatre director Died on Tuesday July 2nd 2013
Lin Yang-kang dies at age 85
Taiwanese politician Died on Saturday April 13th 2013
Wang Yung-tsai passes away at age 93
Taiwanese industrialist (Formosa Plastics Group) Died on Thursday November 27th 2014
Han Pao-teh died at age 80
Taiwanese architect and curator Died on Thursday November 20th 2014
Tsai Wan-tsai has died at age 85
Taiwanese financier Died on Sunday October 5th 2014
Ts’ao Yung-ho has died at age 93
Taiwanese historian Died on Friday September 12th 2014
Su Nan-cheng died at age 78
Taiwanese politician Died on Tuesday September 2nd 2014
Chen Kuei-miao dead at age 81
Taiwanese politician Died on Friday August 15th 2014
Death of Yeh Ken-chuang at age 83
Taiwanese master carpenter Died on Wednesday July 23rd 2014
Yu Chen obituary: died at age 87
Taiwanese politician and judge Died on Monday May 26th 2014
Chou Meng-tieh dies at age 92
Taiwanese poet and writer Died on Thursday May 1st 2014
Frankie Kao dies at 63
Taiwanese singer Died on Monday February 17th 2014
Chai Trong-rong dead at age 78
Taiwanese politician Died on Saturday January 11th 2014
Obituary: Li Tai-hsiang, dead at age 72
Taiwanese composer and folk songwriter Died on Thursday January 2nd 2014