A edit

• Angelababy (born 1989) – actress

B edit

• Bao Jianfeng (born 1975) – actor and singer

C edit

• Eileen Chang (1920–1995) – writer
• Chin Tsi-ang (1909–2007) – Hong Kong actress

D edit

• Dai Xiangyu (born 1984) – actor and model
• Ding Yuxi (born 1995) – actor

F edit

• Jerry Fujio (1940–2021) – Japanese singer, actor and tarento
• Feng Shaofeng (born 1978) – actor

G edit

• Seven Gao, singer
• Ben Gu (born 1961) – librarian, translator and library science researcher
• Guo Liang (born 1968) – Singaporean actor and television presenter

H edit

• Fan Ho (1931–2016) – photographer, film director and actor
• Huang Yu (1916–2013) – actor and filmmaker
• Hu Ge (born 1982) – actor

J edit

• Jing Chao (born 1986) – actor
• Edward Judd (1932–2009) – British actor
• Ju Wenjun (born 1991) – chess grandmaster and Women's World Champion from 2018–present.

K edit

• Ku Feng (born 1930) – Hong Kong actor
• Burt Kwouk (1930–2016) – British actor

L edit

• Lai Hang (1928–1965) – actor
• Lydia Li – TV presenter and actress
• Lu Jinhua (1927–2018) – Yue opera artist

M edit

• Ma Yili (born 1976) – actress
• Mei Baojiu (1934–2016) – Peking opera artist and politician

O edit

• Henry O (born 1927) – actor

Q edit

• Qian Zhijun (born 1987) – actor
• Qiao Renliang (1987–2016) – singer and actor

S edit

• Josephine Siao (born 1947) – Hong Kong actress
• Sze Yu (born 1962) – Australian actor and former badminton player

T edit

• Kaiji Tang (born 1984) – voice actor
• Tiffany Tang (born 1983) – actress
• Kenneth Tsang (1935 - 2022) – Hong Kong actor

W edit

• Wei Zongwan (born 1938) – actor
• Wu Pang (1909–2000) – Hong Kong filmmaker

X edit

• Xu Zheng (born 1972) – actor and filmmaker
• Joker Xue (born 1983) – singer-songwriter

Y edit

• Yan Shunkai (1937–2017) – actor and comedian
• Yueh Hua (1942–2018) – Hong Kong actor
• Yan Mingyong (born 1985) - gymnast
• Yang Yang (born 1991) – actor
• Yitang Zhang (born 1955) - mathematician

Z edit

• Zheng Junli (1911–1969) – actor and filmmaker
• Zhu Guanghu (born 1949) – football coach, actor and former footballer
• Zhong Chenle (born 2001) – singer; member of K-Pop group NCT
• Zhou Guanyu (born 1999) – Formula One driver

These people were not born or adopted in Shanghai and raised elsewhere but are well known for living in Shanghai.

B edit

• Ba Jin (1904–2005) – writer; born and raised in Chengdu, Sichuan

L edit

• Lu Xun (1881–1936) – writer, literary critic, and educator; born and raised in Shaoxing, Zhejiang

S edit

• Su Qing (1914–1982) – writer; born and raised in Ningbo, Zhejiang

Z edit

• Zhang Chunqiao (1917–2005) – politician and writer; born and raised in Juye County, Shandong