Suzhou - Notable People

Notable People

Politicians

• Lu Xun (Three Kingdoms) 陆逊 (183–245) military general and politician of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms era
• Lu Kang 陆抗 (226–274) military general of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms era,the son of Lu Xun (Three Kingdoms)
• Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹 (989-1052) politician and literary figure in Song dynasty
• Weng Tonghe 翁同龢 (1830–1904) Chinese Confucian scholar and imperial tutor of Tongzhi Emperor and Guangxu emperor in Qing Dynasty
• Yen Chia-kan 嚴家淦 (1905－1993), President (1975-1978), Republic of China
• Qian Dajun 钱大钧 General
• Jin Renqing (金人庆) Minister of Finance
• Yuan Weimin (袁伟民) Chinese sports administrator

Poets and Writers

• Lu Ji (Shiheng) (陆机) (261–303) writer and literary critic of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period,the son of Lu Kang and grandson of Lu Xun (Three Kingdoms)
• Bai Juyi (白居易) (772–846) was a Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty. His poems mostly concern his responsibilities as governor of several small provinces. He is also renowned in Japan (where his name is read Hakkyo'i, はっきょい).
• Fan Chengda (范成大) (1126-1193 AD)
• Qian Qianyi (钱谦益) (1582–1664) late Ming official, scholar,poet and social historian,and along with Gong Dingzi and Wu Weiye was known as one of the Three Masters of Jiangdong(Chinese:江左三大家)
• Ye Shengtao (叶圣陶) (1894 — 1988) Writer, educator and publisher
• Yu Pingbo (俞平伯) (1900–1990) Writer, historian and critic
• Gu Jiegang (顾颉刚) (1893–1980) Historian
• Su Tong (苏童) (1963 -) Writer

Playwrights

• Feng Menglong (冯梦龙) (1574-1645 AD) vernacular writer and poet of the late Ming Dynasty

Artists

• Zhang Sengyou (张僧繇) famous Chinese painter in Liang Dynasty
• Shen Zhou (沈周) Painter and poet of the Ming Dynasty,the founder of Wu School (Chinese: 吴门画派),one of Four Masters of the Ming Dynasty
• Tang Yin (唐寅) Painter, calligrapher,and poet of the Ming Dynasty,better known by his courtesy name Tang Bohu (Chinese:唐伯虎)
• Wen Zhengming (文徵明) Painter and poet of the Ming Dynasty,the founder of Wu School (Chinese: 吴门画派),one of Four Masters of the Ming Dynasty
• Wen Zhenheng (文震亨) (1585-1645 AD) Painter
• Kuai Xiang (蒯祥) (1397-1481 AD) Architect and Engineer who is the designer of the Forbidden City.
• I. M. Pei (贝聿铭) (1917- ) Architect

Scientists & Engineers

• Tsung-Dao Lee (李政道) Physicist
• Chien-Shiung Wu (吳健雄) Physicist
• Zhang Guangdou (张光斗) Expert on Water Conservancy and Hydroelectric Engineering
• Wang Ganchang (王淦昌) Physicist
• M. T. Cheng (程民德) Mathematician
• An Wang (王安) Computer Engineer and Inventor
• Yang Jiachi (杨嘉墀) Space Automatic Control Scientist
• Cheng Kaijia (程开甲) Physicist
• Feng Duan (冯端) Physicist
• Pan Chengdong (潘承洞) Mathematician
• Thomas Dao (1921–2009), physician who developed breast cancer treatment alternatives.
• Fei Xiaotong (费孝通) Social Scientist
• Huston Smith Religious studies scholar

Philosophers

• Gu Yanwu (顾炎武)
• Zhang Taiyan (章太炎)

Entertainment

• Fei Mu (费穆) Movie director
• Wu Yonggang (吴永刚) Movie director
• Josephine Siao (萧芳芳) Actress
• Xia Meng (夏梦) Actress
• Carina Lau (刘嘉玲) actress
• Li Shaohong (李少红) Movie director

Others

• Sun Tzu (孙武) Military General who wrote the Art of War
• Lin Zhao (林昭) Dissident