Hongxi Emperor

Hongxi Emperor

male, deceased (1425)
The Hongxi Emperor (August 16, 1378-May 29, 1425) was an Emperor of the Ming Dynasty in China. He succeeded his father, Yongle, in 1424. Yongle's...
Taixu

Taixu

male, deceased (1947)
Venerable Master Taixu, 1890-1947, was a Buddhist activist and thinker who advocated the reform and renewal of Buddhism in China. Taixu was born in...
John Yu

John Yu

male
Dr. John Samuel Yu AC is a distinguished paediatrics doctor. Born in Nanjing, China, he attended Fort Street High School in Sydney, Australia. He...
Yung Wing

Yung Wing

male, deceased (1912)
Yung Wing. Born in Zhuhai in Guangdong province, he studied in Robert Morrison's missionary schools as a boy where Tong King-sing was a classmate....
Sun Chuanfang

Sun Chuanfang

male, deceased (1935)
Sun Chuanfang aka the "Nanking Warlord" or leader of the "League of Five Provinces" was a Zhili clique warlord and protege of the "Jade Marshal" Wu...

Hong Rengan

male, deceased (1864)
Hong Rengan was an important leader of the Taiping Rebellion. He was the cousin of the movement's founder and spiritual leader Hong Xiuquan. His...
Du Xigui

Du Xigui

male, deceased (1933)
Du Xigui (1875-1933) was a Chinese admiral during the warlord era. Born in Fuzhou, he graduated from Nanjing's naval college in 1902. In 1922, he...
Zhang Zongchang

Zhang Zongchang

male, deceased (1932)
Zhang Zongchang (1881 - 1932), nicknamed the "Dogmeat General," was a Chinese warlord in Shandong in the early 20th century. Born in poverty in Yi...

Zhou Fohai

male
Zhou Fohai, Chinese politician, and second in command of Wang Jingwei's collaborationist Nanjing Nationalist Government Executive Yuan. Born in...
Gang Tian

Gang Tian

male, 51 years old
Gang Tian (1958 -) is a Chinese mathematician and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is known for his contributions to geometric...