Key Figures
123 figures in archive
Ai Qing
艾青
1910–1996
Poet
Aleksei Kosygin
阿列克谢·柯西金
1904–1980
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (1964–1980)
Bill Clinton
比尔·克林顿
1946–present
42nd President of the United States (1993–2001)
Bo Xilai
薄熙来
1949–present
Chongqing Party Secretary
Cai Yuanpei
蔡元培
1868–1940
President of Peking University (1916–1927)
Carlo Urbani
卡洛·乌尔巴尼
1956–2003
WHO Infectious Disease Specialist
Carrie Lam
林郑月娥
1957–present
Chief Executive of Hong Kong (2017–2022)
Charlene Barshefsky
夏琳·巴尔舍夫斯基
1950–present
United States Trade Representative (1997–2001)
Chen Duxiu
陈独秀
1879–1942
Co-founder and first General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
Chen Quanguo
陈全国
1955–present
Secretary, CPC Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Committee (2016–2021)
Chen Yi
陈毅
1901–1972
Commander, 3rd Field Army
Chen Yun
陈云
1905–1995
Vice Premier of the State Council
Chiang Kai-shek
蒋介石
1887–1975
Commander-in-Chief, National Revolutionary Army
Chris Patten
彭定康
1944–present
Last Governor of Hong Kong (1992–1997)
Chu Anping
储安平
1909–1966
Journalist
Deng Jiaxian
邓稼先
1924–1986
Theoretical physicist and nuclear weapons scientist
Deng Xiaoping
邓小平
1904–1997
Paramount Leader
Deng Zihui
邓子恢
1896–1972
Director of the Central Rural Work Department
Ding Ling
丁玲
1904–1986
Writer
Donald Trump
唐纳德·特朗普
1946–present
President of the United States (2017–2021)
Douglas MacArthur
道格拉斯·麦克阿瑟
1880–1964
General of the Army, United States Army
Du Yuesheng
杜月笙
1888–1951
Leader of the Green Gang (青帮)
Du Yuming
杜聿明
1904–1981
Lieutenant General, National Revolutionary Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
德怀特·艾森豪威尔
1890–1969
34th President of the United States
Edmund Ho Hau Wah
何厚铧
1955–present
Chief Executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region (1999–2009)
Fang Lizhi
方励之
1936–2012
Astrophysicist
Fu Zuoyi
傅作义
1895–1974
Nationalist General
He Yingqin
何应钦
1890–1987
Nationalist War Minister (1930–1944)
Henry Kissinger
亨利·基辛格
1923–2023
National Security Advisor (1969–1975)
Hu Jintao
胡锦涛
1942–present
CCP General Secretary (2002–2012)
Hu Shi
胡适
1891–1962
Literary reformer; advocate of vernacular Chinese
Hu Yaobang
胡耀邦
1915–1989
CCP General Secretary (1982–1987)
Hua Guofeng
华国锋
1921–2008
CCP Chairman (1976–1981)
Huang Baitao
黄百韬
1900–1948
General, National Revolutionary Army
Huang Wei
黄维
1904–1989
Lieutenant General, National Revolutionary Army
Jiang Qing
江青
1914–1991
Politburo Member
Jiang Yanyong
蒋彦永
1931–2023
Military Physician
Jiang Zemin
江泽民
1926–2022
CCP General Secretary (1989–2002)
Jimmy Lai
黎智英
1947–present
Founder of Apple Daily
John Rabe
约翰·拉贝
1882–1950
Siemens Representative, Nanjing (1908–1938)
Jorge Sampaio
若热·桑帕约
1939–2021
President of Portugal (1996–2006)
Joseph Stalin
斯大林
1878–1953
Supreme Leader of the Soviet Union
Lee Teng-hui
李登辉
1923–2020
Chairman of the Kuomintang
Leonid Brezhnev
列昂尼德·勃列日涅夫
1906–1982
General Secretary of the CPSU (1964–1982)
Leung Chun-ying
梁振英
1954–present
Chief Executive of Hong Kong (2012–2017)
Li Dazhao
李大钊
1889–1927
Co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party
Li Fuchun
李富春
1900–1975
Chairman of the State Planning Commission
Li Hongzhi
李洪志
1951–present
Founder of Falun Gong (Falun Dafa)
Li Kenong
李克农
1899–1962
Director of the Intelligence Department of the Central Military Commission
Li Lanqing
李岚清
1932–present
Vice Premier of the State Council (1993–2003)
Li Peng
李鹏
1928–2019
Premier (1987–1998)
Li Wenliang
李文亮
1986–2020
Ophthalmologist
Liao Yaoxiang
廖耀湘
1906–1968
Lieutenant General, National Revolutionary Army
Lin Biao
林彪
1907–1971
Defense Minister
Liu Bocheng
刘伯承
1892–1986
Commander, Central Plains Field Army
Liu He
刘鹤
1952–present
CCP Politburo Member
Liu Shaoqi
刘少奇
1898–1969
President of the PRC
Liu Xiaobo
刘晓波
1955–2017
Literary Critic
Liu Yalou
刘亚楼
1910–1965
Chief of Staff, Northeast Field Army
Long Yongtu
龙永图
1942–present
Vice Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation of the PRC (1993–2002)
Luo Gan
罗干
1935–present
Secretary of the Central Political-Legal Commission (2002–2007)
Luo Ronghuan
罗荣桓
1902–1963
Political Commissar, Northeast Field Army
Mao Zedong
毛泽东
1893–1976
Chairman of the CCP
Margaret Chan
陈冯富珍
1947–present
Director of Health of Hong Kong (1994–2003)
Margaret Thatcher
玛格丽特·撒切尔
1925–2013
Leader of the Conservative Party
Mark Wayne Clark
马克·克拉克
1896–1984
Commander in Chief of United Nations Command
Meng Xuenong
孟学农
1949–present
Mayor of Beijing (January–April 2003)
Minnie Vautrin
明妮·魏特琳
1886–1941
Dean of Studies, Ginling Women's College, Nanjing
Ngabo Ngawang Jigme
阿沛·阿旺晋美
1910–2009
Official of the Tibetan Local Government
Nie Er
聂耳
1912–1935
Composer
Nie Rongzhen
聂荣臻
1899–1992
Marshal of the PLA
Nikita Khrushchev
尼基塔·赫鲁晓夫
1894–1971
First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1953–1964)
Peng Dehuai
彭德怀
1898–1974
Marshal
Puyi
溥仪
1906–1967
Xuantong Emperor, Qing Dynasty (1908–1912)
Qiao Guanhua
乔冠华
1913–1983
Foreign Minister (1974–1976)
Richard Nixon
理查德·尼克松
1913–1994
37th President of the United States (1969–1974)
Robert Lighthizer
罗伯特·莱特希泽
1947–present
United States Trade Representative (2017–2021)
Sergey Brin
谢尔盖·布林
1973–present
Technology entrepreneur
Shao Yunhuan
邵云环
1951–1999
Xinhua News Agency Correspondent in Belgrade
Shi Guangsheng
石广生
1940–present
Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation of the PRC (2001–2003)
Song Qingling
宋庆龄
1893–1981
Vice-Chairman of the Central People's Government (1949–1954)
Song Zheyuan
宋哲元
1885–1940
Commander, 29th Route Army
Soong Mei-ling
宋美龄
1898–2003
First Lady of the Republic of China (1927–1975)
Su Yu
粟裕
1907–1984
Deputy Commander, 3rd Field Army
Sun Yat-sen
孙中山
1866–1925
Provisional President of the Republic of China (1912)
T.V. Soong
宋子文
1894–1971
Nationalist Finance Minister (1928–1933, 1942–1945)
Tan Zuoren
谭作人
1959–present
Citizen journalist
Tang Jiaxuan
唐家璇
1938–present
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China (1998–2003)
Tang Shengzhi
唐生智
1890–1970
Commander, Nanjing Garrison (December 1937)
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
第十四世达赖喇嘛
1935–present
Tibetan Religious and Political Leader
Tian Han
田汉
1898–1968
Playwright
Tung Chee-hwa
董建华
1937–present
First Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (1997–2005)
Vasco Rocha Vieira
韦奇立
1939–present
Governor of Macau (1991–1999)
Wan Li
万里
1916–2015
First Secretary of Anhui Provincial Party Committee
Wang Hongwen
王洪文
1935–1992
Vice-Chairman of the CCP Central Committee
Wang Jingwei
汪精卫
1883–1944
Head of the KMT Left-Wing Wuhan Government (1927)
Wang Lequan
王乐泉
1944–present
CCP official
Wang Lijun
王立军
1959–present
Chongqing Police Chief
Wang Qishan
王岐山
1948–present
Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (2012–2017)
Wei Jingsheng
魏京生
1950–present
Dissident
Wei Lihuang
卫立煌
1897–1960
General, National Revolutionary Army
Wen Jiabao
温家宝
1942–present
Premier (2003–2013)
Wu Yi
吴仪
1938–present
Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (1993–2003)
Xi Jinping
习近平
1953–present
CCP General Secretary (2012–present)
Xiao Gang
肖钢
1958–present
Chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (2013–2016)
Xu Xinghu
许杏虎
1968–1999
Guangming Daily Correspondent in Belgrade
Yang Hucheng
杨虎城
1893–1949
Commander, 17th Route Army
Yao Wenyuan
姚文元
1931–2005
Member of the CCP Politburo
Ye Jianying
叶剑英
1897–1986
Marshal
Yuan Shikai
袁世凯
1859–1916
Provisional President of the Republic of China (1912–1913)
Zeng Liansong
曾联松
1917–1999
Economist
Zhang Chunqiao
张春桥
1917–2005
First Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Committee
Zhang Dejiang
张德江
1946–present
Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (2013–2018)
Zhang Guotao
张国焘
1897–1979
CPC Co-founder
Zhang Wenkang
张文康
1940–present
Minister of Health of the People's Republic of China (1998–2003)
Zhang Xueliang
张学良
1901–2001
Commander-in-Chief, Northeastern Army
Zhang Zhizhong
张治中
1890–1969
General, National Revolutionary Army
Zhao Ziyang
赵紫阳
1919–2005
CCP General Secretary (1987–1989)
Zhou Enlai
周恩来
1898–1976
Premier of the State Council
Zhou Yongkang
周永康
1942–present
Politburo Standing Committee member (2007–2012)
Zhu De
朱德
1886–1976
Commander-in-Chief of the PLA
Zhu Rongji
朱镕基
1928–present
Premier of the State Council (1998–2003)
Zhu Ying
朱颖
1969–1999
Guangming Daily Correspondent in Belgrade