Iris Chang

Iris Chang

female, deceased (2004)
Iris Shun-Ru Chang (March 28, 1968 - November 9, 2004) was an American historian and journalist. She was best known for her best-selling 1997...
John Rabe

John Rabe

male, deceased (1950)
John Rabe (November 23, 1882 - January 5, 1949) was a German businessman whose Nanjing Safety Zone sheltered some 200,000 Chinese from slaughter...
Minnie Vautrin

Minnie Vautrin

female, deceased (1941)
Wilhelmina (Minnie) Vautrin was an American missionary renowned for saving the lives of many women at the Ginling Girls College in Nanking, China...
Hirohito

Hirohito

male, deceased (1989)
His personal name was. Like all his predecessors, he is known since his death by a posthumous name, that, according to a tradition dating back to...
Prince Asaka

Prince Asaka

male, deceased (1981)
of Japan, was a the founder of a collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family and a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Army. A son-in-law...
Kesago Nakajima

Kesago Nakajima

male, deceased (1945)
Kesago Nakajima (1881 – 1945) was a Lieutenant-General in the Imperial Japanese Army and, as commanding officer of the Japanese 16th Division in Na...
Kōki Hirota

Kōki Hirota

male, deceased (1948)
was a Japanese diplomat, politician and the 32nd Prime Minister of Japan from March 9, 1936 to February 2, 1937.
Hisao Tani

Hisao Tani

male, deceased (1947)
was a Lieutenant General in the Imperial Japanese Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War, and was implicated in the Nanjing Massacre. Tani was a...

Heisuke Yanagawa

male
Heisuke Yanagawa was a Japanese soldier and politician. During his career, he attained the posts of Division Commander and Vice-Minister of War,...

Harold John Timperley

male, deceased (1954)
Harold John Timperley (1898-1954) was an Australian journalist, known for his reporting from China in the 1930s, and the book "What War Means"...