Shen Zhou

Shen Zhou

male, deceased (1509)
Shen Zhou was born into a wealthy family in Xiangcheng, near the thriving city of Suzhou, in the Jiangsu province, China. His genealogy traces his...
Wen Zhengming

Wen Zhengming

male, deceased (1559)
Wen Zhengming was a leading Ming Dynasty painter, calligrapher, and scholar. Born in present-day Suzhou, he claimed to be a descendant of the Song...
Carina Lau

Carina Lau

female, 45 years old
Carina Lau Kar-ling (Traditional Chinese: 劉嘉玲, Simplified Chinese: 刘嘉玲, pinyin: Liú Jiālíng;Wu Chinese (Suzhou Dialect) IPA:<font face="Lucida Sa...
Su Tong

Su Tong

male, 46 years old
Su Tong is the pen name of a Mainland Chinese writer born in Suzhou and now based in Nanjing. His name is Su Zhonggui (童中贵). He is best known for hi...
Qiu Ying

Qiu Ying

male, deceased (1552)
Qiu Ying (仇英; pinyin: Qiú Yīng, Wade-Giles Ch'iu Ying was a Chinese painter who specialized in the "gongbi" brush technique. He was born to a peasan...
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...
Chen Deming

Chen Deming

male, 60 years old
Chen Deming is the current Governor of Shaanxi. He was born in Shanghai. In September 1974, Chen joined the Communist Party of China. He went on to...
Ji Cheng

Ji Cheng

male, deceased (1642)
Ji Cheng (计成) (1582 - c. 1642) was a Ming dynasty garden designer. Ji Cheng was born in the Ming Wanli Reign 10th year (1582) in Tongli town...
Wang Tao

Wang Tao

male, deceased (1897)
Wang Tao was a Qing dynasty translator, reformer, political columnist, newspaper publisher, and fiction writer. He was born as Wang Libin in Puli...
Fan Zhongyan

Fan Zhongyan

male, deceased (1052)
Fan Zhongyan, born in Wuxian 吳縣, Suzhou (in Jiangsu province today), was a prominent politician and literary figure in Song dynasty China. He was...