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...
Wang Jingwei

Wang Jingwei

male, deceased (1944)
Wang Jingwei (May 4, 1883 - November 10, 1944) was a Chinese politician. He was a member of the left wing of the Kuomintang (KMT) and is most noted...
Li Wei

Li Wei

male, deceased (1738)
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 (172...
Yang Yang

Yang Yang

male, 45 years old
Yang Yang (born December 9, 1963 in Nanjing, Jiangsu) is a former Chinese badminton player. He is the only badminton player in the world to have...
Li Yu

Li Yu

male, deceased (1680)
Li Yu (given name: Xianlu 仙侣; style name: Liweng 笠翁) (1610—1680) was a Chinese playwright, novelist and publisher. Born in Rugao, he lived in l...
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...
Yongle Emperor

Yongle Emperor

male, deceased (1424)
The Yongle Emperor (May 2, 1360 - August 12, 1424), born Zhu Di, was the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty of China from 1402 to 1424. His era name...
Wang Zhi

Wang Zhi

male
Wang Zhi (汪直) was a Chinese pirate and trader of the 16th century, one of the chief named and known figures among the "wokou" ("Japanese" pira...
Cao Xueqin

Cao Xueqin

male, deceased (1763)
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...
Zhang Yuan

Zhang Yuan

male, 46 years old (shanghai, China)
Zhang Yuan (Traditional: 張元; Simplified: 张元; pinyin: Zhāng Yuán) (born 1963, Nanjing, China) is a Chinese film director. Zhang received a BA in Cine...