Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan

male, deceased (1227)
(IPA: ; ; classic Mongolian: (see below for alternative spellings); ca. 1162 -August 18, 1227) was a Mongol "Khan" (ruler; posthumously "Khagan",... More
Nicholas D. Kristof

Nicholas D. Kristof

male, 49 years old
Nicholas Donabet Kristof (born April 27 1959 in Yamhill, Oregon) is an American political scientist, author, and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist... More
Edwin O. Reischauer

Edwin O. Reischauer

male, deceased (1990)
Edwin Oldfather Reischauer was the leading U.S. educator and noted scholar of the history and culture of Japan, and of East Asia. From 1961–66, he... More
Bruce Cumings

Bruce Cumings

male
Bruce Cumings is a historian, and professor at the University of Chicago, specializing in modern Korean history and contemporary international... More
Gavan McCormack

Gavan McCormack

male
Gavan McCormack is an Orientalist specialising in East Asia who is currently Emeritus Professor and Visiting Fellow, Division of Pacific and Asian... More
Xuanzang

Xuanzang

male, deceased (664)
Xuanzang (was a famous Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveler and translator that brought up the interaction between China and India in the early... More
Boa

Boa

female, 21 years old
Boa Kwon (born November 5 1986 in Guri, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) is a South Korean singer, commonly known by her stage name BoA. She is currently... More
Susan Shirk

Susan Shirk

female
Susan Shirk is a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State during the Clinton administration. She was in the Bureau of East Asia and Pacific... More
Guan Yu

Guan Yu

male, deceased (219)
Guan Yu (關羽) (160-219) was a Chinese military general under the warlord Liu Bei during the late Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms period in a... More
Stanley Karnow

Stanley Karnow

male, 83 years old
Stanley Karnow (born 1925 in New York City) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author who covered Asia from 1959 as chief correspondent for "Time" and... More