- 皇甫嵩 huángfǔsōng Huangfu SongHuangfu Song (died 195 AD), a prominent military general of the Eastern Han dynasty known for suppressing the Yellow Turban Rebellion.
- 皇甫湜 huángfǔshí Huangfu Shi(777-835) Tang dynasty writer and prose stylist who was a student of [[韩愈|韓愈|han2 yu4]]; he was a major figure in the movement to return to classical writing styles.
- 皇甫谧 huángfǔmì Huangfu MiHuangfu Mi (215-282), a noted Jin Dynasty scholar and physician; author of the "A-B Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion", the earliest systematic work on the subject, as well as historical works like "Records of Emperors and Kings" and "Biographies of Exemplary Women".
- 皇甫镈 huángfǔbó Huangfu BoHuangfu Bo (c. 800), a high-ranking minister during the Tang Dynasty