- male, deceased (1593)
- Xu Wei (1521—1593) was a Ming Chinese painter, poet and dramatist famed for his artistic expressiveness. Revolutionary for its time, his painting st...
- male
- Zhang Sanfeng was a semi-mythical Chinese Taoist priest who is believed by some to have achieved immortality, said variously to date from either...
- male
- Chen Hongshou (1598 - 1652) was a Chinese painter of late Ming Dynasty.
- male, deceased (1645)
- Feng Menglong (1574-1645) was a Chinese vernacular writer/poet of the late Ming Dynasty. He was born in then Changzhou now Suzhou in Jiangsu...
- male, deceased (1666)
- Song Yingxing (Traditional Chinese:宋應星; Simplified Chinese:宋应星; Wade Giles: Sung Ying-Hsing; 1587-1666 AD) was a Chinese scientist and encyclopedis...
- male
- Hai Rui was a famous Chinese official of the Ming dynasty. His name has come down in history as a model of honesty and integrity in office.
- male, deceased (1695)
- Huang Zongxi was the name of a Chinese political theorist, philosopher, and soldier during the latter part of the Ming dynasty into the early part...
- male
- Lan Yu was a general of the Ming Dynasty. The founding emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang, employed Muslim commanders in his army: Chang Yuqun, Lan Yu, Ding...
- male, deceased (1644)
- The Chongzhen Emperor (February 6, 1611 - April 25, 1644) was the 16th and last emperor of Ming dynasty in China between 1627 and 1644. Born Zhu...
- male
- Yuanji Shitao, born Zhu Ruoji (1642 - 1707) was a Chinese artist. Born in Quanzhou County in Guangxi province, Shitao was a member of the Ming...
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