Notable People
A Qing dynasty poet declared "there are none such under heaven as Changzhou, where famous persons come from". Numerous memorial halls in Changzhou and the surrounding area commemorate its famous citizens, including soldiers, scholars, revolutionaries, industrialists, physicians, artists and writers.
- Su Dongpo (also known as Su Shi; 1036–1101), poet and essayist lived and died here.
- Sheng Xuanhuai (1844–1916), late Qing Dynasty bureaucrat and reformer.
- Lu Simian (1884–1957), historian and member of the Doubting Antiquity School
- Zhao Yuanren (1892–1982), prominent linguist.
- Hong Shen (1894–1955), pioneering dramatist and filmmaker was born here.
- Yun Daiying (1895–1931), revolutionary and pioneer of early Communist Youth activities.
- Liu Haisu (1896–1994), prominent artist.
- Zhang Tailei (1898–1927), one of the founders of Chinese Communist Party, first Chinese ever working in Communist International.
- Qu Qiubai (1899–1935), former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and prominent Marxist thinker and writer. Named "Changzhou San Jie" together with Yun Daiying and Zhang Tailei.
- Zhou Youguang (1906–), linguist often credited as the "father of Hanyu Pinyin"
- Hua Luogeng (1910–1985), prominent mathematician.
- Tang Jun (1965–), former President of Microsoft in China.
- Lu Lan (1987–), Olympic athlete and badminton player. Won the woman's championship at the 2009 BWF World Championships.
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