Abatai

Abatai

male, deceased (1646)
Abatai, (1589-1646), was a Manchu General. An inconsistent and dissolute malcontent, he nevertheless showed considerable ability as a commander and...

Liu Guitang

male, deceased (1943)
Liu Guitang or Liu Kuei-tang (1892-1943). Chinese bandit and soldier, involved in the Japanese attempt to control Chahar province in 1933. Noted...

Köke Temür

male
Köke Temür (Classical Mongolian: köke temür, Khalkha Mongolian: Хѳхтѳмѳр Höhtömör, Simplified Chinese: 扩廓帖木尔; Traditional Chinese: 擴廓帖木爾; ?-1375) w...

Laurence Thompson

male, deceased (2005)
Laurence "Larry" G. Thompson was a war veteran, sinologist, classical violinist and USC professor of East Asian languages and cultures emeritus....

Chu Hsi-Ning

male, deceased (1998)
Chu Hsi-ning (1927-1998) was born in Shandong province. In 1945, he entered an art college in Hangzhou, but dropped out to join the nationalist...
Mary Strong Clemens

Mary Strong Clemens

female, deceased (1968)
Mary Strong Clemens was an American botanist and plant collector. Born in New York as Mary Knapp Strong, she married Joseph Clemens, a Methodist...

Ma Hongkui

male
Ma Hongkui was a prominent warlord in China during the Republic of China era, ruling the northwestern province of Ningxia. Born in 1892, in Linxia,...
Ha Jin

Ha Jin

male, 53 years old
Jīn Xuěfēi is a contemporary Chinese-American writer using the pen name Ha Jin (哈金). Ha Jin was born in Liaoning, China in 1956. His father was a m...
Yang Zhensheng

Yang Zhensheng

male, deceased (1956)
Yang Zhensheng (1890 - 1956) was the president of the National University of Qingdao (now a part of Shandong University) from June of 1930 to 1932....
Hua Gang

Hua Gang

female, deceased (1972)
Hua Gang (1903 - 1972) was the president of Shandong University in Qingdao from February of 1951 until August of 1955.