- Ho Chi Minh
Hồ Chí Minh was a Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, who later became Prime Minister (1946–1955) and President (1946–1969) of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Ho is most famous for leading the Viet Minh independence movement from 1941 onward, establishing the communist-governed Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945 and defeating the French Union in 1954 at Dien Bien Phu. Ho was fluent in Vietnamese, several dialects of Chinese, English and French. - Lin Yutang
Lin Yutang (October 10, 1895 - March 26, 1976) was a Chinese writer and inventor whose original works and translations of classic Chinese texts into English became very popular in the West. Lin was born in in the town of Banzi in Fujian province in southeastern China, near Xiamen. This mountainous region made a deep impression on his consciousness, … - Robert Morrison
Robert Morrison (Traditional Chinese: 馬禮遜; Simplified Chinese: 马礼逊; born January 5, 1782 in Bullers Green, near Morpeth, Northumberland; died August 1, 1834 in Canton) was a Scottish missionary, the first Protestant missionary in China. He married Mary Morton on February 20, 1809. They had children James Morrison (5 March, 1811, died on the same day), Rebecca Morrison (July 1812), and John Robert Morrison (17 April, 1814). Mary Morton died in 1821. - Jin Yong
Jin Yong, born February 6, 1924, pen name of Louis Cha, OBE, is one of the most influential modern Chinese-language novelists. Co-founder of the Hong Kong daily "Ming Pao", he was its first editor-in-chief and held this position until 1993. Cha's fiction has a widespread following in Chinese-speaking areas, including Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. - Hu Yaobang
Hu Yaobang (Chinese: 胡耀邦 Pinyin: Hú Yàobāng, Wade-Giles: Hu Yao-pang; November 20, 1915-April 15, 1989) was a leader of the People's Republic of China. His death in 1989 triggered a series of events which eventually led to the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. - Victor H. Mair
Victor H. Mair is Professor of Chinese Language and Literature in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States. Professor Mair has edited the standard "Columbia History of Chinese Literature" and the "Columbia Anthology of Traditional Chinese Literature". Dr. Mair received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1976. He has taught at the University of Pennsylvania since 1979. Dr. - Li Si
Li Si (ca. 280 BC - September or October 208 BC) was the influential Prime Minister (or Chancellor) of the feudal state and later of the dynasty of Qin, between 246 BC and 208 BC. A famous Legalist, he was also a notable calligrapher. Li Si served under two rulers: Qin Shi Huang, king of Qin and later First Emperor of China -- and his son, Qin Er Shi. A powerful minister, he was central to the state's policies, including those on military conquest, … - James Legge
James Legge was a noted Scottish sinologist, a Scottish Congregationalist, representative of the London Missionary Society in Malacca and Hong Kong (1840–1873), and first professor of Chinese at Oxford University (1876–1897). In association with Max Müller he prepared the monumental "Sacred Books of the East" series, published in 50 volumes between 1879 and 1891. - Xiaxue
Xiaxue (Simplified Chinese: 下雪, real name Wendy Cheng) is one of the most prominent bloggers in Singapore. She started her blog in 2003. Her blog attracts about 20,000 readers every day with her take on current events and her life. She blogs about various topics, ranging from methods of measuring penises to dumb starfish and MRT irritants. She has been criticised, however, for the use of expletives in her entries, … - Li Yang
Li Yang is the Chinese creator of "Crazy English", an unorthodox method of teaching English. He claimed to have taught English to more than 20 million people in a decade. Li Yang was born in Urumqi, Xinjiang Province. As a child, he was very introverted. He entered Lanzhou University in 1986. It was during his time in that University when he invented "Crazy English". - Zheng Jun
Zheng Jun is a singer of Chinese rock. He is single. Originally from Xi'an, he attended university in Hangzhou. His first album, entitled "Naked" (赤裸裸), was released by Red Star Productions in 1993, and was immediately successful. He later released an album entitled "Third Eye" (第三只眼). Zheng Jun has also recorded a Chinese language version of Coldplay's song "Yellow", entitled "流星" ("shooting star," pinyin: "Liú Xīng"). - Cao Xueqin
Cao Xueqin is the author of "Dream of the Red Chamber", believed by many to be the greatest novel written in the Chinese language. His given name was Cao Zhan (曹霑) and his courtesy name is Mengruan - Li Wei
Li Wei (Chinese:李卫; Styled Youjie 又玠; Posthumous name Minda 敏达; 1687-1738) was a famous mandarin during the reign of the Yongzheng Emperor (1722-1735) of the Qing Dynasty who was instrumental in carrying out Yongzheng's nationwide reforms in his role in various regional governing positions. Li was a native of Tongshan, Jiangnan (present-day Xuzhou, Jiangsu), and was orphaned at age 10. He was not very literate, … - Bernhard Karlgren
Bernhard Karlgren was a Swedish sinologist, philologist, and the founder of Swedish sinology as a scholarly discipline. His full name was Klas Bernhard Johannes Karlgren, and he adopted the Chinese name 高本漢 (pinyin: Gāo Běnhàn). - Harry Wu
Harry Wu is an activist for human rights in the People's Republic of China. Now a resident and citizen of the United States, Wu spent 19 years in Chinese labor camps, for which he popularized the term laogai. Wu was born in Shanghai. He came from a wealthy family; his father was a banker, and his mother was descended from landlords. - Burton Watson
Burton Watson is a translator of Chinese and Japanese literature. Watson was born in New York City, United States. He has taught at Columbia, Stanford, and Kyoto universities. His translations include "The Lotus Sutra", "The Vimalakirti Sutra", "Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings", "Mo Tzu: Basic Writings", "Han Fei Tzu: Basic Writings", "Ryōkan: Zen Monk-Poet of Japan", "Saigyo: Poems of a Mountain Home", … - Tiong Hiew King
Tan Sri Datuk Tiong Hiew King is the Malaysian Chinese founder and chairman of the Rimbunan Hijau Group, a timber company founded in 1975. Its overseas timber operations in Papua New Guinea is the largest in that country. He also has interests in logging operations in Russia. Mr Tiong resides in Sibu, a town in Sarawak, of Borneo island that belongs to Malaysia. With a reported net worth of about US$1.1 billion, … - Liu Wei
Liu Wei (Chinese language:刘韡） (born 1972, China) is an artist based in Beijing. He works in varied media - video, installation, drawing, sculpture, and painting - with no uniting stylistic tendency, though the Saatchi Gallery finds a uniting theme of "a sentiment of excess, corruption, and aggression reflective of cultural anxiety". - Liu Ji
Liu Ji (Simplified Chinese: 刘基; Traditional Chinese: 劉基; Pinyin: Liú Jī; Wade-Giles: Liu Chi; July 1, 1311 — 16 May, 1375), courtesy name Liu Bowen (劉伯温), posthumous name Wencheng (文成), was a Chinese military strategist, officer, statesman and poet of the late Yuan and early Ming dynasty. He lived in Nantian Town, Wencheng County, Wenzhou, but came from Qiantian County. - Yuen Ren Chao
Yuen Ren Chao (Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jaw Yuanrenn) (November 3, 1892 - February 25, 1982) was an American Chinese linguist and amateur composer. He made important contributions to the modern study of Chinese phonology and grammar. Besides helping to shape the Gwoyeu Romatzyh, a Chinese romanization scheme, Chao is also credited with inventing a notation for transcribing tonal pitch variation in spoken languages. - Joey Yung
Joey Yung Cho-Yee (Traditional Chinese:容祖兒; Simplified Chinese:容祖儿; Cantonese: Yung Cho-Yee; Mandarin pinyin: Róng, Zǔ'ér (born June 16, 1980) is a rising and very popular female Cantopop singer and actress from Hong Kong. She is an artist of the Emperor Entertainment Group. She won the "Most Popular Female Singer Award" on Jade Solid Gold in 2003 with the help of her hit, "My Pride" and won the same prize in 2004, 2005, … - Leland Yee
Leland Yee (born 1948 in China) is a California State Senator in District 8. Yee's district includes the western half of San Francisco and parts of San Mateo County. Previously, Yee was the California State Assemblyman for the 12th Assembly District and the Supervisor of San Francisco's Sunset District. In 2004, Assemblymember Yee became the first Asian American to be appointed Speaker pro Tempore, … - William Jones
Sir William Jones (September 28, 1746 - April 27, 1794) was an English philologist and student of ancient India, particularly known for his proposition of the existence of a relationship among Indo-European languages. - Tu Wei-Ming
Tu Wei-ming is an ethicist and a New Confucian. He assumed his tenure as the Director of the Harvard-Yenching Institute in January 1996. Born in Kunming, Mainland China, Tu received his B.A. at Tunghai University, Taiwan, and M.A. and Ph.D. at Harvard University. Tu taught Chinese intellectual history at Princeton University and the University of California, Berkeley, and since 1981, Chinese history and Chinese philosophy at Harvard University. - Li Na
Li Na (Li or Chinese 李 is her surname; born May 1, 1984) is a Chinese diver who won a gold and silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She was born in Hefei, Anhui, China. - Li Na
Li Na (Chinese: 李娜, "Lǐ Nà"; born February 26, 1982), is a professional women's tennis player from the People's Republic of China. She was born in Wuhan, Hubei. - Norman Bethune
Dr. Henry Norman Bethune, MD (March 3, 1890 - November 12, 1939) was a Canadian physician, medical innovator, a member of the Communist Party of Canada, and humanitarian. In Chinese, he is known as "Bai Qiu-en" ([[:zh:白求恩 - Richard Wilhelm
Richard Wilhelm was a German translator. He translated many philosophical works from Chinese into German that in turn have been translated into other major languages of the world, including English. His translation of the "I Ching" is still regarded as one of the finest, as is his translation of "The Secret of the Golden Flower", both of which include insightful introductions by Swiss psychologist Carl Jung, who was a personal friend. - Herbert Giles
Herbert Allen Giles was a British diplomat and sinologist, educated at Charterhouse. He modified a Mandarin Chinese Romanization system established by Thomas Wade earlier, resulting in the Wade-Giles Chinese transliteration system. Giles was a diplomat to China (1867 - 1892). He was British Vice Consul at Pagoda Island (1880-83) and Shanghai (1883-85) and Consul at Tamsui (1885-91) and at Ningpo (1891-93) who later became the second professor of Chinese at Cambridge, … - Nurhaci
Nurhaci (Chinese: 努爾哈赤 <nowiki>[</nowiki>Nǔ'ěrhāchì<nowiki>]</nowiki> or 努爾哈齊 <nowiki>[</nowiki>Nǔ'ěrhāqí<nowiki>]</nowiki>; Manchu: ; 1558-1626) is considered to be the founding father of the Manchu state in China. Nurhaci is also credited with ordering the creation of a written script for the Manchu language. Nurhaci's organization of the Manchu people, his attacks on China's Ming Dynasty and Korea's Joseon Dynasty, … - Jenny Kwan
Jenny Wai Ching Kwan （Chinese: 關慧貞; pinyin: Guān Hùizhēn）is a Chinese-born Canadian politician. She is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for the NDP. Kwan emigrated to Canada at age 9 from Hong Kong. She graduated from Simon Fraser University with a Bachelor of Arts in criminology and was as a community legal advocate in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. In 1993, Kwan became the youngest-ever member of Vancouver City Council. - Zhou Zuoren
Zhou Zuoren (Wade Giles: Chou Tso-jen) (16 January 1885-6 May 1967) was a Chinese writer, primarily known as an essayist and a translator. He was the younger brother of Lu Xun. Born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, he was trained as a sailor as a teenager. Following the steps of Lun Xun, he left for Japan to pursue his study in 1906. During his stint in Japan, he spent his time to study classical Greek, … - Enid Blyton
Enid Mary Blyton (August 11, 1897-November 28, 1968) was a popular English children's writer. She was one of the most successful juvenile storytellers of the twentieth century. She is noted for numerous series of books based on recurring characters and designed for different age groups. Her books have enjoyed popular success in many parts of the world, and have sold over 400 million copies. - David Hawkes
David Hawkes (July 6, 1923-) is a British Sinologist. He studied Chinese at Oxford University between 1945 and 1947 and was a research student at the National Peking University from 1948 to 1951. He was Professor of Chinese at Oxford from 1959 until 1971. From 1973 to 1983, he was a Research Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, of which he is currently an Emeritus Fellow. David Hawkes translated the poetry anthology "The Songs of the South" in 1959. - Ye Shi
Ye Shi (Chinese: 叶适, courtesy name Zhengze (正则), pseudonym Shuixin (水心)) (1150-1223) was a Chinese neo-Confucianist of the Song dynasty. He was the most famous figure of the Yongjia School, a neo-Confucianism School composed mostly of philosophers from Wenzhou Prefecture in Zhejiang province. In contrast to other neo-Confucianists in the same period like Zhu Xi and Lu Jiuyuan, he stressed practical learning and applying Confucian doctrine to real world problems. - Jao Tsung-I
Jao Tsung-I (饒宗頤 pinyin: Rao Zongyi; courtesy name: Gu'an is a Chinese scholar, poet, calligrapher and painter. A versatile scholar, he contributes to every field of humanities, including archaeology, literature, philology, musicology and history. Currently he lives in Hong Kong. He has two daughters. Born into a wealthy family in Chaozhou, he is largely an autodidact. He began to publish scholarly works at a young age. - Vanessa-Mae
Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson, known onstage as Vanessa-Mae (in Chinese: 陳美, Chén Měi) is an internationally known British classical and pop musician, especially noted for her violin skills. Her music style is self-described as "violin techno-acoustic fusion", as several of her albums prominently feature the techno style. In April 2006, Vanessa-Mae was ranked as the wealthiest young entertainer under 30 in the UK in the Sunday Times Rich List 2006. - Gabriel Yiu
Gabriel W. O. Yiu was born and educated in Hong Kong. He immigrated to British Columbia in 1991. Gabriel has been an advocate for social justice and equal rights and access to social services for all Canadians. He has been an active commentator in the Chinese- and English-language media. He has appeared in the "Vancouver Sun", "Business in Vancouver", Fairchild Radio and TV, "Ming Pao", CHMB, CHNM and CBC. - William Milne
William Milne was the second Protestant missionary to China, after Robert Morrison. Born near Huntley, Aberdeenshire, he was converted to Christianity in 1804. Ordained as a missionary to China in 1812, he proposed "to go from house to house, from village to village, from town to town, and from country to country, where access may be gained, in order to preach the Gospel to all who will not turn away their ear from it". - Paul Pelliot
Paul Pelliot was a French sinologist and explorer of Central Asia. A pupil of Sylvain Lévi, Pelliot conducted only one archaeological expedition into Central Asia. Pelliot worked at École Française d'Extrême Orient in Hanoi, from where he was dispatched in 1900 to Beijing to search for Chinese books for the Ecole's library. While there, he was caught up in the Boxer Rebellion and trapped in the siege of foreign legations.
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