Notable Figures
- Lei Feng, who was a soldier enshrined in new China history after 1949, died in this city. There is a memorial park named after him in Fushun's Wanghua District.
- Li Xianglan, also known as Yoshiko Otaka or Shirley Yamaguchi, was a famous China-born ethnic Japanese singer and movie star from the 1930s.
- Wang Nan, famous table-tennis sportswoman, who has won many gold medals in the world.
- Sawyer Teng, a famous English blogger with the pen name XiLing. He won a couple of national English speaking titles in China too and used to be professional footballer in Fushun.
- Puyi, the last Emperor of China, spent ten years in a Fushun War Criminals Management Centre.
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