Non-graduate
- Jiang Zemin (江澤民), former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and President of the People's Republic of China (Studied at Nanjing Central University from 1943 to 1945).
- Kim Jun-Yop, historian, educationalist, social activist.
- Mochtar Riady, financial magnate in southeast Asia. Founder and CEO of Lippo Group. Chairman of the Asian Bankers Association. The founder of several banks.
- Wang Gungwu, historian, educator.
- Vikram Seth (賽斯), poet, novelist.
- Miles Flint, the former President of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications.
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